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SB0355 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
Ferrell Haile, Raumesh A. Akbari, Jeff Yarbro
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, requires the department to conduct a statewide needs analysis of preschool education in this state; requires the department to establish the Tennessee preschool task force to assist in developing a strategic plan for preschool education in this state and to provide recommendations on high-quality programming; requires, subject to available funding, the department to implement a pilot program to award grant funds to five LEAs to implement innovative and high-quality preschool programs in the 2023-2024 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Passed
SB1163 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 9; Title 49, Chapter 9; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8, relative to higher education.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, requires the board of trustees to report the initial compensation approved by the board for each chancellor of each campus and for the Institute of Agriculture to the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives by December 1, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 9; Title 49, Chapter 9; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0412 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to student retention.
Jeff Yarbro, Heidi Campbell
Last updated almost 2 years ago
2 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, removes the retention requirement for third grade students who did not test proficient on the English language arts (ELA) portion of their most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test; authorizes a student's ELA teacher or school principal to retain the student in the third or fourth grade if the teacher or principal determines that the student is not proficient in ELA; requires written notice to a student's parent of the student's potential retention and of any alternatives to retention that are available to the student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0721 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56 and Title 63, relative to telehealth.
Becky Duncan Massey, Ken Yager, Jeff Yarbro
Last updated over 1 year ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, exempts a patient receiving an initial behavioral health evaluation via telehealth from the requirement that a patient have an in-person encounter with a healthcare services provider, the healthcare services provider’s practice group, or the healthcare system within 16 months prior to an interactive visit in order to establish a provider-patient relationship for purposes of telehealth; allows a physician assistant who is authorized to prescribe drugs and who provides services solely via telehealth to arrange for chart review by a collaborating physician via HIPAA-compliant electronic means. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 63.
STATUS
Passed
SB0979 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 71, relative to abuse.
Todd Gardenhire, Heidi Campbell, Jeff Yarbro
Last updated over 1 year ago
9 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, revises present law definitions relative to abuse. - Amends TCA Title 36, Chapter 3, Part 6 and Title 71.
STATUS
Passed
SB1119 - AN ACT to designate the National Guard Armory to be constructed in Warren County as the "Major General Terry Max Haston National Guard Armory."
Janince Bowling, Becky Duncan Massey, Raumesh A. Akbari
Last updated over 1 year ago
31 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, designates the National Guard Armory to be constructed in Warren County as the "Major General Terry Max Haston National Guard Armory".
STATUS
Passed
SB0529 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3, relative to sales and use tax exemptions.
Ferrell Haile, Rusty Crowe, Becky Duncan Massey
Last updated almost 2 years ago
7 Co-Sponsors
As introduced, eliminates the sales and use tax on infant diapers, wipes, and formula. - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6, Part 3.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0802 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to student retention.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, authorizes an LEA or public charter school to retain a student in the third grade if the student has not shown a basic understanding of the curriculum and an ability to perform the skills required in the subject of reading, as demonstrated by the student's grades or standardized test results, instead of requiring an LEA or public charter school to retain a third grade student who did not achieve a performance level rating of "on track" or "mastered" on the English language arts portion of the student's most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test. - Amends TCA Title 49.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0800 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 54 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to highways and roadways.
Jeff Yarbro
Last updated almost 2 years ago
1 Co-Sponsor
As introduced, authorizes the department of transportation to submit its report concerning tolling as an alternative means of funding or financing bridges or highways within the state pursuant to the Tennessee Tollway Act in an electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 54 and Title 55, Chapter 8.
STATUS
Introduced
SB0658 - AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 56 and Title 66, relative to sinkholes.
Mark Pody, Jeff Yarbro, Bill Powers
Last updated 8 months ago
3 Co-Sponsors
As enacted, specifies that a seller of residential property is required to disclose the presence of a known sinkhole on the property prior to entering into a contract with a buyer regardless of whether the sinkhole is indicated through the contour lines on the property's recorded plat map. - Amends TCA Title 56 and Title 66.
STATUS
Passed
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