This meeting is only 20 minutes long. One learns a lot more about the important issues facing the city by
watching the B&;F committee meetings than they do by watching the
council meetings. Most of the bills sail through without discussion.
The meeting with Director of Schools Jessie Register of School Board occurred immediately prior to this B&F committee meeting and is not captured on this video. The below link is to a Tennessean article that reports on that meeting.
Charlie Tygard takes the opportunity to chastise the school board for the loss of the $3.4 million dollars as a result of defying the State Department of Education. See 10:35
Bill 20-12-220 which would significantly reduce the health insurance subsidy for future former council members passes by a vote of 8-2. There is no discussion of the bill.
Metro school board didn't know funds would be withheld, director says
System lost $3.4 million after defying state order to approve Great Hearts Academies plan
by Joey Garrison, The Tennessean,12/18/2012- The Tennessee Department of Education never warned Metro that state education funds were at stake if it were to reject the controversial charter school proposal of Great Hearts Academies, Director of Schools Jesse Register told members of the Metro Council on Monday.
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