Bill allowing vaccine exemption based on religious beliefs, right of conscience dies in House subcommittee Yue Stella Yu, Nashville Tennessean
Following public health concerns from multiple lawmakers, a bill that would allow Tennesseans to reject vaccination based on religious beliefs or by right of conscience died in a House subcommittee Tuesday.
HB10/SB7, sponsored by Rep. Jay Reedy, R-Erin, and Sen. Mark Pody, R-Lebanon, would carve out religious exemptions from immunization shots, including the COVID-19 vaccine, even during a pandemic. The bill failed on a 7-3 vote.
Supporters said the bill upholds and honors people s religious liberty. But several lawmakers some of whom are medical professionals voted in opposition and expressed concerns the bill could effectively endanger public health under circumstances where vaccination mandates may prove necessary.
House Republicansâ Attempt to Remove Nashville Judge May Set Off War Metropolitik: On state Rep. Tim Ruddâs vengeful resolution to remove Judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle Tweet
State Rep. Tim Rudd
Somehow the simmering fight between business interests and the Republican base has ended up on the fourth floor of the historic Metro Courthouse in Chancery Court Part III.Â
Last week, state Rep. Tim Rudd (R-Murfreesboro) filed a resolution to have Judge Ellen Hobbs Lyle removed from her Part III bench. (Or more precisely, filed a resolution to establish a committee to consider removing her.) For what? The sin of allowing more people to vote by mail in Augustâs primary. Lyleâs pre-election ruling, which was partially overturned by the Tennessee Supreme Court, said that the fear of contracting COVID-19 was enough justification for getting an absentee ballot. Since more than 11,000 Tennesseans have now died from the virus, those fears seem to have bee
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Rutherford County Schools wasted 1,000 COVID-19 vaccines intended for employees after a storage error.
The school district received 1,000 doses of the Moderna vaccine on Thursday for a vaccine clinic on Saturday but the district had to dispose of the vaccines after incorrectly storing the vaccines, according to a press release from the district Friday afternoon.
The school district’s health services department initially stored the vaccines in a freezer Thursday, but the doses were then moved to a refrigerator in preparation for the vaccination clinic.
On Friday morning, the digital data logger tool supplied by the Tennessee Department of Health showed the correct temperature but later gave an error code. After checking with the state health department, which has begun directly supplying vaccines to some Tennessee school districts, Rutherford County Schools officials learned the health services department had made an error.
TDOE Announces Several Local Schools Selected For Teaching All Students Initiative Through $5.5M Grant Friday, February 26, 2021
The Tennessee Department of Education on Friday announced the 18 schools selected to participate in the first cohort of the Teaching All Students Initiative to serve students with the most significant cognitive disabilities, including several local schools. Through a five-year, $5.5 million State Personnel Development Grant, the first cohort of this initiative will strengthen instructional practices in schools across the state to better support students with significant cognitive disabilities.
The TAS Initiative will fund training, coaching, and tools to help high school teachers and staff build an accessible learning environment for all students, with the goals of reducing the achievement gap and increasing the graduation rate and enrollment in postsecondary education through inclusive higher education, technical colleges, community colleges an