Notes From the Legislature: Week of Jan. 29

Last week: Dr. Sara Mor­rison of the State Board of Edu­ca­tion will present on the bud­get and provide an overview of the SBE. Sim­i­lar pre­sen­ta­tion will occur for the Ten­nessee Edu­ca­tion Lot­tery Cor­po­ra­tion. The joint com­mit­tees will also hear pre­sen­ta­tions from the U.S. Cen­sus Bureau regard­ing the 2020 US Cen­sus, and from the High­er Edu­ca­tion Task Force regard­ing the TN Sui­cide Pre­ven­tion Net­work.

Com­ing up this week: The House edu­ca­tion com­mit­tees will have a joint hear­ing to receive the fol­low­ing updates:

• Bud­get and Agen­cy Overview — Ten­nessee High­er Edu­ca­tion Com­mis­sion, Mike Krause, Exec­u­tive Direc­tor
• Uni­ver­si­ty of Ten­nessee, Dr. Joe DiP­i­etro, Pres­i­dent
• Ten­nessee Board of Regents, Dr. Flo­ra Tyd­ings, Chan­cel­lor
• Local­ly Gov­erned Insti­tu­tions, Rep­re­sent­ed  Dr. David Rudd, Uni­ver­si­ty of Mem­phis

Sen­ate Edu­ca­tion Com­mit­tee will meet on Wednes­day at 3 p.m. in Sen­ate Hear­ing Room 1
House Edu­ca­tion Admin­is­tra­tion & Plan­ning Com­mit­tee will meet Tues­day at 9 a.m. in HHRIII.
House Edu­ca­tion Instruc­tion & Pro­grams Com­mit­tee and Tues­day at 12 p.m. in HHRI
Joint hear­ing with House Edu­ca­tion Admin­is­tra­tion & Plan­ning Com­mit­tee
House Edu­ca­tion Admin­is­tra­tion & Plan­ning Sub­com­mit­tee will meet Tues­days at 3 p.m. in HHRV
House Edu­ca­tion Instruc­tions & Pro­grams Sub­com­mit­tee will meet Wednes­day at 1:30 p.m. in HHR2