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Tennessee lawmakers reflect on legislative session Tennessee lawmakers reflect on legislative session By Arianna Poindexter | May 7, 2021 at 4:49 PM CDT - Updated May 7 at 6:31 PM MEMPHIS, Tenn. (WMC) - From gun legislation to bills targeting LGBTQ youth, the Tennessee legislature had a year filled with controversial legislation. “We’re on an extreme path and it comes from the top,” said Senate Minority Leader, Jeff Yarbro, (D) Nashville. Yarbro was among other Democratic leaders who...

Tennessee lawmaker backs down from measure banning local challenges of state law constitutionality Yue Stella Yu, Nashville Tennessean A Tennessee lawmakers attempt to bar local authorities from filing constitutional challenges over state law has failed for the year. The proposal, spearheaded by Sen. Brian Kelsey, R-Germantown, has been watered down and passed the Senate 17-10 on Wednesday following bipartisan concerns from his colleagues the bill could restrict local governmen...

The initiative died after drawing bipartisan concerns that the proposal itself could be unconstitutional.

Washington County commissioners and officials with the county’s school system say they are close to agreeing on a new $76.2 million education budget that includes a 4% pay increase for all of the system’s employees. On Wednesday, members of the County Commission’s Budget Committee asked Jerry Boyd, the director of county schools, and Brad Hale, the budget director of the school system, to make revisions to the education budget that was approved by the Washington County Board of E...

State should fully fund its share of cost of operating Tennessees schools | Opinion Taxpayers shouldnt have to cover unfunded mandates and deficiencies in the Basic Education Program for K-12 public school students. Pastors for Tennessee Children and the Tennessee Public Education Coalition A Tennessee family of four, on average, pays over $1,000 a year in property taxes to offset the state’s ongoing underfunding of K-12 education. The state continues to rely on local taxpayers to finance num...

The state's budget is in its final week and Tennessee lawmakers are working on one of the largest items - education.

Joey Hensley It has been busy on Capitol Hill during the week of April 19 with Tennessee lawmakers acting on some of the most important bills of this legislative session. With the closure of two more Senate Committees, action for the remainder of the 2021 legislative session will shift to the Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee, which considers all legislation that affects the state budget, and the Senate floor, as bills pass final consideration. Transparency of foreign influence on stat...

The Tennessee Department of Education announced on Monday that since June 2020, Tennessee has administered more than 178,000 ACT tests, which is more than any other state in the country. “As a state, we are deeply committed to ensuring our students receive a great education and are ready for success after high school graduation. This accomplishment did not happen by accident,” Commissioner Penny Schwinn said in a news release. “We want to thank our students, families, teachers, c...

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Whether by emails and phones calls, through occasional meetings or with a resolution, the Jackson-Madison County School System board tries to vocalize its concern or support for proposed legislation whenever state lawmakers consider things affecting the educational system.  Like when the school board opposed public-school funded vouchers to private schools in 2019 or when the board recently supported legislation that says the Basic Education Program funding for the 2021-22 school year canno...