Tennessee Bill To Ensure Compliance With Age Appropriate Materials Act Placed Behind Budget By Subcommittee Chairman Gary Hicks

Yesterday, In The Tennessee House Finance, Ways And Means Subcommittee A Bill Seeking To Add An Explicit, Standing Provision To The Age Appropriate Materials Act Of 2022 That Would Give Parents The Ability To File Claims To Enforce The Act Was Placed Behind The Budget.

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Bill Ensuring Compliance With Tennessee’s Age-Appropriate Materials Act Passes House Education Committee (Update 2.19.24)

Following A Line Of Questions And A Deferral Request From Democrats, A Bill That Clarifies The Age-Appropriate Act Of 2022 Passed The Tennessee House Education Administration Committee.

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Tennessee Bill That Ensures Compliance With Age Appropriate Materials Act Passes House Subcommittee (Update 2.5.24)

A Tennessee Bill That Makes It Clear That Parents Have A Right To See To It That Their Local Schools Are Abiding By The Age-Appropriate Materials Act And Also Makes A Provision For Parents To Take Their Local Education Agency To Court If The Act Is Violated Passed Out Of A House Subcommittee By Voice Vote Yesterday Afternoon.

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Bills To Ban Classroom Pride Flags & To Ensure Compliance With Age Appropriate Materials Act To Be Heard In Tennessee House Subcommittee (Update 1.31.24)

The Tennessee House K-12 Subcommittee Is Set To Consider Two Pieces Of Legislation Designed To Provide Additional Protection Of Children From Inappropriate Materials And Indoctrination In Tn Public Schools.

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GOP Rep. From Williamson County Files Bill That Will Ensure Compliance With Age Appropriate Materials Act Of 2022

Republican Representative Gino Bulso Has Filed A Bill That Aims To Create A Mechanism That Parents Can Use To Compel Compliance With Tennessee’s Age Appropriate Materials Act Of 2022, Without Having To Withstand Extended And Costly Litigation.

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Memphis High School Considers Addition Of George Floyd Biography To School Library After Presentation By Authors

Students At One Memphis Area High School Attended A Presentation From The Authors Of A Book About George Floyd That Is Filled With Themes Of Systemic Racism Throughout. School Leaders Are Now Considering Placing The Book In The Whitehaven School Library For Students To Access.

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Failure Of Tennessee’s Age Appropriate Materials Act On Clear Display In Williamson County

A Concerned Williamson County Parent Sent A Letter To Speaker Cameron Sexton, Senate Republican Leader Jack Johnson And Governor Bill Lee Outlining Clear Violations Of Tennessee’s Age Appropriate Act Of 2022 In Her County’s Schools.

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In Response To Lawmaker’s Letter, School Board Hires 1st Amendment Attorney To Clarify TN Law Regarding Obscene Materials

In Response To A Letter Sent To The Wilson County Board Of Education From Representative Susan Lynn, School Board Attorney Mike Jennings Recommended That The Board Consult With An Attorney Well Versed In First Amendment Law.

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Resource Book Available In Tennessee High School Teaches Students How To Argue With “Homophobic Christians”

Found In A Clarksville High School As A “Resource” Book, This Book Is Gay By Juno Dawson Tells Students “How To Argue With A Christian” And That “Straight People Have Anal Sex All The Time Too.” According To The Author, Certain People In The Bible Were Gay And The Quran – The Holy Book Of Islam – Does Not “Explicitly Forbid Homosexual Behavior.”

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Conservatives Blamed For Extra Work Teachers Have In Cataloging All Books In Schools

Conservatives Are Being Blamed For The Extra Workload That Tennessee Teachers Are Currently Faced With Due To The Age Appropriate Material Act, A New Law That The Republican Controlled Tennessee General Assembly Passed This Year.

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