Proposed bill would increase teacher’s budget for classroom supplies

WTVF, 1/16/23

“Teachers are also spending money not just on the classroom supplies, but on basic needs for kids,” said President and CEO of the Nashville Public Education Foundation, Katie Cour. “Sometimes a child might come to school without a backpack or in need of hygiene products or food items.” But a new proposed bill heading to the state legislature would increase that allotment to $500.