Haslam: Outsourcing is 'pretty good' for employees

A new version of a letter by Sen. Steve Dickerson (R-Nashville) to the head of the Office of Customer Focused Government, Terry Cowles, has 75 members of the House and Senate asking for a halt to the state's massive outsourcing project, but Gov. Bill Haslam said he has no second thoughts about the plan.

"It's an effort we've been working on for two and a half years. It's been as public as it can be. Everything about that is out there, OK? The effort is really clear that everybody's job is protected. Nobody loses their job," Haslam said during a tour to a Wilson County elementary school. "Everybody's job is protected. The schools themselves or the entities themselves get to decide. And it's been shown by an outside firm that this saves real money. I've gone to board meetings all around, and when they look at, should we raise students' fees, should we raise tuition or should we look at other ways to save money, I think that people should do their due diligence to see, is this another good avenue to save money so we can keep tuition and fees low."