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in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 1070: Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the attorney general and counsel for a public institution of higher education that is a party to pending litigation to report to the institution's governing board at its regular meetings on the litigation and its status. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee of Education Administration & Planning

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 340: Education - As introduced, enacts the "Local School District Empowerment Act," which creates a pilot program for reestablishment of the office of elected school superintendent; requires the department of education to study the pilot program procedures for reestablishment of the office; adjusts duties of local boards of education in systems in which the office of elected school superintendent is reestablished. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee of Education Administration & Planning

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 475: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA) in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to study and report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives on the issue of electing a director of schools versus allowing the local board of education to appoint the director of schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 181: Election Laws - As introduced, deletes the requirement that a county election commission publish in a newspaper of general circulation a notice of the time and place of a supplemental voter registration, at least three days before the supplemental voter registration, and with notice that transfers of registration can be conducted at the supplemental voter registration. - Amends TCA Section 2-2-114.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 1332: Public Employees - As introduced, increases from seven to 10 business days the time a department or agency with regulatory authority over business activity has to notify the small business advocate that the department's or agency's designated contact person for the small business advocate has changed. - Amends TCA Title 8.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State and Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 499: Education, Higher - As introduced, provides a student enrolled at an institution of higher education or student organization officially recognized by an institution of higher education with a right to representation by an attorney or non-attorney advocate at the student or organization’s expense; prohibits the student or student organization from the right to representation if the institution has a student honor court or in instances of academic dishonesty; requires institutions of higher education to provide an annual report about the number and type of disciplinary hearings as well as the number of students represented by an attorney or non-attorney advocate. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

Action Def. in s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee to 2018

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HJR 24: Constitutional Conventions - Calls for a convention of the states to plan for an Article V convention to propose a balanced budget amendment to the United States Constitution; creates a balanced budget amendment convention committee. -

Taken off notice for cal. in State Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 624: Pets - As introduced, increases from 90 to 100 days the length of time that a licensed dog and cat dealer must wait before applying for reinstatement of the dealer's license following suspension. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 40, Chapter 39, Part 1; Title 44; Title 47, Chapter 18; Title 56 and Title 63, Chapter 12.

Meeting Cancelled. Action Def. in s/c Agriculture and Natural Resources Subcommittee to 2018

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 582: Election Laws - As introduced, requires partisan elections in municipalities with a population 100,000 or greater and in all school board elections. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49.

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Local Government Subcommittee of Local Government Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 91: Welfare - As introduced, requires certain amounts of work, community service, education, or job-seeking activities for recipients of food assistance (SNAP) unless certain exemptions apply. - Amends TCA Title 71.

Taken off notice for cal. in Finance, Ways & Means Committee

in committee · Tennessee · House Apr 4, 2017

HB 510: Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - As introduced, specifies that semester hours earned in ROTC courses by ROTC students do not count toward the semester hour limitation for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship; excludes grades received in ROTC courses from the calculation of an ROTC student's grade point average for Tennessee HOPE scholarship purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

in committee · Tennessee · Senate Apr 4, 2017

SB 508: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA) in the office of the comptroller of the treasury to study and report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives on the issue of electing a director of schools versus allowing the local board of education to appoint the director of schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee