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State officials have officially changed the way schools are held accountable this week by doing away with the legal strings that tied Tennessee to the federal No Child Left Behind program. Gov. Bill Haslam signed into law provisions that allow the state to grade schools on a different rubric following the U.S.
Continue reading …Press release from the Office of Tennessee Gov.
Continue reading …Press release from the Tennessee Department of Safety & Homeland Security; May 8, 2012: NASHVILLE — May is Motorcycle Safety Awareness Month, and the Tennessee Department of Safety and Homeland Security and Tennessee Highway Patrol are encouraging motorists to exercise caution in response to the rise in motorcycle fatalities in the state and across the nation this year. Motorcycle fatalities accounted for 12.0 percent of total fatalities within Tennessee in 2011
Continue reading …‘Gateway Sexual Activity’ Bill a Tease — Won’t Change Much, TN Edu. Official Says
May 7, 2012 1 Comment
The thrust of sex education classes taught in Tennessee schools will stay the same under a controversial bill awaiting the governor’s signature, according to the Department of Education. The so-called “gateway sexual activity” bill seeks to punish teachers and third-party groups that promote “sexual contact encouraging an individual to engage in a non-abstinent behavior” and rewrite state code to emphasizes abstinence education — both issues that caught the national spotlight this year. “It really will not do much to change the current curriculum, the ways schools operate currently,” said Kelli Gauthier, a Department of Education spokeswoman.
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Gov. Bill Haslam said he’s getting “some” grief over his call to veto a bill that would have targeted Vanderbilt University’s discrimination policy imposed on student clubs.
Continue reading …Haslam’s First Veto Strikes Down Challenge to Vanderbilt’s Discrimination Policy
May 3, 2012 No Comment
A bill that would have required all public universities — and Vanderbilt University because of the level of government money it accepts – to allow student campus organizations to control their own membership qualifications has prompted Gov. Bill Haslam to announce he’ll use his first veto
Continue reading …Press release from the Office of Gov. Bill Haslam ; May 2, 2012: NASHVILLE – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam released the following statements regarding HB 3540/SB 3345 and HB 3576/SB 3597.
Continue reading …Press release from the Senate Republican Caucus; April 27, 2012: (NASHVILLE, TN), April 27, 2012 — The Senate passed and sent to the House of Representatives a $31.1 billion budget today for the 2012-2013 fiscal year, which will begin on July 1. The budget, sponsored by Senate Majority Leader Mark Norris (R-Collierville), spends $31.1 billion, nearly $1 billion less than the almost $32.1 billion budget estimated for the current budget year.
Continue reading …State Assigns More Than 200 Top Teachers to Ease Transition to New Standards
April 26, 2012 No CommentPress release from the Tennessee Department of Education ; April 26, 2012: NASHVILLE – The Tennessee Department of Education is putting the work of the Common Core transition into the hands of those who know best — the state’s top teachers. As Tennessee gears up to implement the Common Core State Standards in grades 3-8 math next school year, more than 200 teachers from across the state will spend their summer as Core Coaches, helping colleagues in their districts navigate the transition to the rigorous standards.
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