January 6, 2006

Outlook for Higher Education in the 50 State Legislatures

By KARIN FISCHER

TENNESSEE

Dates of session

January 10 to late April

Budget request

  • $1.2-billion, the same as last year's appropriation.

Outlook for budget request

  • Expect the triumph of low expectations. Although the state's economy is improving, health care, elementary and secondary education, and other mandatory programs are expected to gobble up any potential budget surplus. The Tennessee Higher Education Commission, the statewide coordinating

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