NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — Tennessee State University is proposing up to $13 million in staff cuts and capping scholarships for each new freshman class moving forward during the next five years. Gov. Bill Lee’s state budget provided very little about how to help TSU’s financial situation, which could come in the form of a financial amendment in the legislature. The school was veering toward a financial crisis and nearing its ability to pay its bills. However, TSU leaders came to the podium at the State Building Commission with the idea of using money set aside for capital funding appropriated by…
Author: Emily R. West
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WTVF) — The former financial director of Tennessee State University is claiming in a new lawsuit against the school she was fired this fall because she wouldn’t commit perjury for scholarship money. Tennessee State University has been under a microscope for the last few weeks after school officials publicly admitted they couldn’t make payroll and laid off more than 100 employees. In a meeting before Thanksgiving, the school told the TSU Board of Trustees that without financial cuts the school would run a $46 million deficit by the end of the year. Former Metro Council person Tanaka Vercher…