State legislators in Tennessee have filed a bill that would require high schools to reimburse the community college system for students placed in remedial courses.  According to an article published in the Chattanooga Times Free Press,

Last year, Tennessee two-year colleges spent an estimated $18.45 million on remedial classes in areas like math, reading and writing so unprepared students could start doing college-level work.

Now state Sen. Todd Gardenhire, R-Chattanooga, thinks he has a partial answer to a problem that state lawmakers have griped about for decades.

He’s introduced Senate Bill 526, which would require Tennessee public school districts to reimburse the costs of recent high school graduates who have had to take a remedial course.

Some North Carolina legislators have considered doing the same.  Last year, the community college remediation rate was over 50 percent.