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Description
Vote
Result
Tally
Date
SB 571
Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Baccalaureate Education System Trust Act and the chairs of excellence; redesignates the Act as the "Tennessee College Savings Trust Act". - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 35; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 8; Title 55; Title 65 and Title 67.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 5, 2017
HB 1057
Public Property - As introduced, clarifies that government records unlawfully removed from a government records office be returned to their office of origin within two business days of the time safeguards are established to prevent further recurrence of unlawful removal. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 10; Title 12, Chapter 6 and Title 39, Chapter 16.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 5, 2017
SB 570
State Universities - As enacted, removes the prohibition on a state university governing board member serving on the governing board of any institution of higher education and replaces it with a prohibition on a state university governing board member serving on the governing board of a public institution of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
7–1
Apr 5, 2017
SB 536
Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability to study the Response to Instruction and Intervention framework and submit a report on its implementation in elementary schools to the members of the education committee of the senate and the education administration and planning committee of the house of representatives no later than July 1, 2018. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Bipartisan
Yea
Failed
4–4
Apr 5, 2017
SB 587
Education, Higher - As enacted, establishes certain requirements regarding records of the state university and community college system and the University of Tennessee system relative to investment programs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Apr 5, 2017
SB 249
Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to form a partnership with a national nonprofit education organization to increase the offerings of rigorous high school classes that prepare students for college and that provide college credit through examination; requires, subject to appropriations, the state to fund payment of college credit examination fees and career and technical certification or licensure examination fees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
Absent
Passed
7–1
Apr 5, 2017
SB 585
Education, Higher - As enacted, revises the application process for dual enrollment grants; revises provisions governing state employees taking up to four courses per academic year at any state-supported college or university, college of applied technology, or the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees, registration fees, or online course fees for courses taken through the regents online degree programs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 5, 2017
SB 217
Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes an LEA to develop and adopt, in consultation with the appropriate local law enforcement agency, a policy that authorizes a school security officer employed by the LEA to patrol within a one-mile radius of the security officer's assigned school, but not to exceed the boundaries of the assigned school's LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Yea
Passed
9–0
Apr 5, 2017
SB 400
Education - As introduced, creates a pilot program to provide grants to elementary and middle schools to implement the Leader in Me® pilot program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Apr 5, 2017
SB 859
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As introduced, authorizes the BEP to provide funding that allows all first time teachers in the state to receive $500 for classroom instructional supplies. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.
Yea
Passed
8–0
Apr 5, 2017
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