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 the state. Back in 2023, the legislature recognized that they had funded the university $544 million less over time than the other land grant university in the state — University of Tennessee-Knoxville…