Following Gov. Bill Lee’s disappointing State of the State address during which he revealed a status quo budget when it comes to public schools, state Sen. Jeff Yarbro of Nashville called on the Lee Administration to use the opportunity of a huge budget surplus to update the BEP.

WATCH: “At this point the BEP is so out of touch with what the norm of the state is that it has to get updated.”

Senator @yarbro explains why the GOP claim that Tennessee is “fully funding” education is so misleading, and why the formula itself is broken. pic.twitter.com/Hg6B4NJi8I

— The Tennessee Holler (@TheTNHoller) February 9, 2021

Yarbro is right, of course. The BEP woefully underfunds Tennessee schools. Back in 2014, the BEP Review Committee highlighted a long list of needs.

Since then, the problem has only gotten worse.

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