Category: Policy

  We are five days away from elect­ing Tennessee’s next gov­er­nor, and edu­ca­tion advo­cates are hop­ing to con­tin­ue our pos­i­tive … Con­tin­ue read­ing TN Guber­na­to­ri­al Elec­tion: How Will the Can­di­dates Cham­pi­on Edu­ca­tion?

Last week, the Gen­er­al Assem­bly com­plet­ed their work for the leg­isla­tive ses­sion. We will provide a detailed sum­ma­ry of their … Con­tin­ue read­ing The Ten­nessee Leg­isla­tive Ses­sion Ends: What Edu­ca­tion Advo­cates Should Know

The House and Sen­ate con­fer­ence com­mit­tee rec­om­mend­ed the fol­low­ing amend­ments be adopt­ed. This mea­sure passed in the House (84–1) and … Con­tin­ue read­ing SB 1623/HB1981 Sum­ma­ry

Part­ner orga­ni­za­tions came togeth­er to oppose SB2333/HB2312, which seeks to end the use of con­sular ID cards, used by many … Con­tin­ue read­ing Coali­tion Part­ners Come Togeth­er to Oppose Anti-Immi­grant Leg­is­la­tion

On Tues­day March 27th, at 9 a.m. the House Edu­ca­tion Admin­is­tra­tion and Plan­ning Com­mit­tee vot­ed on a bill that would … Con­tin­ue read­ing #EdTalk: Should Ten­nessee Teach­ers Car­ry Guns?

Last week:  The Sen­ate edu­ca­tion com­mit­tee held bud­get hear­ing for the Ten­nessee Depart­ment of Edu­ca­tion, the Uni­ver­si­ty of Ten­nessee, and … Con­tin­ue read­ing Notes From The Leg­is­la­ture: Week of March 5

It has been a busy few weeks at the Capi­tol, high­light­ed by our Coalition’s day on the hill.  Edu­ca­tion com­mit­tee cal­en­dars … Con­tin­ue read­ing What You Need To Know About the 2018 Ten­nessee Leg­isla­tive Ses­sion Before It Ends