Tennessee Leger

Sen. Andy Berke (D-10) filed SB0279 which would require the state board of education to develop a green jobs vocational and technical education program. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback TabView MicroPoll

Sen. Andy Berke (D-10) filed SB0271 which would create new lottery scholarship programs for students preparing to become teachers; requires THEC, TBR, and UT to assist colleges in establishing joint teacher preparation programs with nonprofit organizations and LEAs to meet the requirements of one of the scholarships. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls [...]

Sen. Andy Berke (D-10) filed SB0268 which would provide for erection of directional signs for the Children’s Holocaust Memorial at Whitwell Middle School on Interstate 24 in Marion County. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback TabView MicroPoll

Sen. Jim Tracy (R-16) filed SB0264 which would exempt employees of state colleges and universities who provide locksmithing services at facilities operated by the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee or the state board of regents from locksmith licensing requirements. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback [...]

Rep. Harry Brooks (R-19) and Sen. Jamie Woodson (R-6) filed HB0175/SB0252 which would allow LEAs to convert to a new form of school district to be known as an innovative school district. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback TabView MicroPoll

Senator Stacey Campfield (R-7) filed SB0116 which would require credit for courses taken at military schools to be transferable to public postsecondary educational institutions. The Bill would allow up to 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours to be transferable starting January 1st, 2012. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing [...]

Rep. Charles Sargent (R-61) and Sen. Jack Johnson (R-23) filed HB0123/SB0107 which revises provisions governing eligibility for unemployment compensation for certain persons who provide certain services for an educational institution or its students. The caption pertains to qualifications for unemployment benefits generally. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback [...]

SB0102 filed by Sen. Dolores Gresham (R-26) would change the way teachers become trustees of the Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System. Currently, the three teacher trustees (out of a total of twenty trustees) are elected by the representative assemblies of the Tennessee Education Association and the Tennessee Retired Teachers Association. This Bill would require those three [...]

SB0077 filed by Sen. Doug Overbey (R-8) increases the number of student members on the board for the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation from one to two and outlines their selection process. Click Here for PollOnline SurveyConjoint Analysis | Polls | Email Marketing | Feedback TabView MicroPoll

HB0037/SB0061 filed by Rep. Bill Dunn (R-16) and Sen. Delores Gresham (R-26) would remove the annual reporting requirement of the State Board of Education on the weight of textbooks. The Bill captions all of Title 49, however, making it a vehicle to change any education-related law in Tennessee, including the historical revision of textbooks. Click [...]