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The National Transportation Safety Board has released a preliminary report on the October deadly school bus crash in Meigs County.
According to the report, a utility truck driver was traveling north on State Highway 58 when the vehicle drifted off the right edge of the pavement and the right tires went into the ditch.
The truck driver reported that it happened while he looked in his mirror.
As the driver steered back onto the roadway, the truck yawed in a counterclockwise direction and crossed into the southbound lane in front of the school bus.
The NTSB is continuing to investigate the crash.
Tennessee lawmakers are pushing a bill that threatens to pull state funding from school districts if they don’t have in-person learning for at least 70 days.
Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland), whose district covers part of Sumner County where students have been on a hybrid schedule since the start of the school year introduced HB 7021 on Tuesday.
“As introduced, requires LEAs serving any of the grades K-8 to provide in-person instruction for students for a minimum of 70 days in the 2020-2021 school year by June 30, 2021, and the full 180 days in the 2021-2022 school year; the commissioner of education may withhold all or part of an LEAs BEP funding, if the LEA fails to comply with the in-person instruction requirements.”
A Tennessee state senator said Thursday that he has tested positive for COVID-19 after attending the start of this year’s legislative work.
Republican Sen. Ed Jackson said he learned Wednesday afternoon that he had tested positive and is quarantining at home with mild symptoms.
The GOP supermajority Legislature started its annual session in person last week and kicked off an education-focused special session Tuesday. Jackson was on hand during the Tuesday afternoon floor session but was not there for the Wednesday morning floor session.
The number of COVID-19 positive cases among staff and lawmakers has topped 30. That was the number of people who had tested positive at some point since May as of Dec. 10.
