Tennessee Advances Legislation That Would Tie Welfare To Childrens’ Grades

Tennessee Advances Legislation That Would Tie Welfare To Childrens’ Grades: Two Tennessee lawmakers introduced legislation that would tie welfare assistance under the Temporary Assistance for Needy Families program to the educational performance of students who benefit from it, and the legislation was approved by committees in both the state House and Senate last week. Under the legislation brought by two Republicans, a student who doesn’t [...]/p