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A group of Tennessee county officials are urging Gov. Bill Lee to take advantage of a federal food benefits program they say is a vital tool to fight child hunger.

For the first time in five years, most low-income Tennessee students will not receive summer grocery benefits to help bridge the gap before school starts back. Advocates warn Tennessee’s decision to reduce its program will harm students.

The bill is a direct effort to challenge a long-standing U.S. Supreme Court precedent guaranteeing a right to public education to all children.

Tennessee's ban on medication and treatments for transgender youth goes before the U.S. Supreme Court on Dec. 4.

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Still, the governor does not want to forego the federal education funding that helps pay for Tennessee schools.

The bill is narrowly tailored in an apparent response to the 2023 expulsions of Reps. Justin Jones, D-Nashville, and Justin Pearson, D-Memphis.

Republicans have decried federal education involvement as overreach. Disability advocates say the oversight is protection for vulnerable kids.