JAMESTOWN, Tenn. - All employees of the Alvin C. York Institute in Jamestown are being laid off as part of the state budget process.
Tennessee Department of Education spokeswoman Amanda Maynord Anderson said the state is handing off the 600-student school to the Fentress County public school system.
Notices were being mailed out Friday as part of more than 850 layoffs across state government. Anderson said 94 filled positions are being eliminated at the school.
The state has funded the school's operation for decades. Anderson says the state's contribution will now fall from $5.5 million annually to about $3.2 million.
Anderson said the employees were getting three months' notice that their state jobs were being eliminated. Each will get about $3,200 severance and tuition credit.