Notes From The Legislature: Week of February 5

Last week: The House edu­ca­tion com­mit­tees had 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

Com­ing up this week: The Sen­ate will hold bud­get hear­ings for THEC/TSAC, TN Board of Regents, and the TN lot­tery Cor­po­ra­tion.

Sen­ate Edu­ca­tion Com­mit­tee will meet on Wednes­day at 2:30pm in Sen­ate Hear­ing Room 1

House Edu­ca­tion Admin­is­tra­tion & Plan­ning Com­mit­tee will meet Tues­day at 9am in HHRIII.

House Edu­ca­tion Instruc­tion & Pro­grams Com­mit­tee and Tues­day at 12:00pm in HHRI

Joint Hear­ing with House Edu­ca­tion Admin­is­tra­tion & Plan­ning Com­mit­tee at 12:30. Pre­sen­ta­tions by: Super­in­ten­dent Dorsey Hop­son, Shel­by Coun­ty Schools; Dr. Jan­ice Snow Rodriguez, Ten­nessee For­eign Lan­guage Insti­tute; Tere­sa Carl, Governor’s Book from Birth Foun­da­tion.

House Edu­ca­tion Admin­is­tra­tion & Plan­ning Sub­com­mit­tee will meet Tues­days at 3pm in HHRV

House Edu­ca­tion Instruc­tions & Pro­grams Sub­com­mit­tee will meet Wednes­day at 1:30pm in HHR2