60% Of Tennessee Third-Graders Fail To Meet Proficiency On TCAP Test

After Spending The School Year Preparing Their Third-Grade Students For High-Stakes State Testing, School Districts Received Raw Scores For The TCAP Reading Test Late Friday Afternoon. Those Scores Show That 60% Of Third-Graders Across The State Failed To Meet Proficiency Levels Required To Be Promoted To The Fourth Grade.

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Lee Proposes Spending $83M To Fund Tennessee Airports

Tennessee Plans To Spend More Than $83 Million Next Fiscal Year Funding Infrastructure At The State’s Airports, According To Gov. Bill Lee’s Budget Amendment Released Tuesday Morning.

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Tennessee Information Protection Act Moves Forward In Both Chambers Of Legislature

The Tennessee Information Protection Act, Which Aims To Protect Tennessean’s Privacy And Security By Guarding Them From Big Tech’s Private Data Collection Efforts, Has Progressed In Both Chambers Of The Tennessee Legislature.

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Republican Senators Take Issue With Tennesseans Rights To Religious Exemptions Enshrined In State Constitution

A Bill Aimed At Codifying The Constitutional Rights Of Tennesseans To Decline Vaccines For Religious Reasons In The Private Sector Failed In The Senate Commerce And Labor Subcommittee Yesterday.

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Conflict of Interest: Wife Of State Senator To Lobby For More Corporate Welfare

Nicole Osborne Watson, Wife Of Senator Bo Watson, Will Be Lobbying For Major League Baseball And A Potential New Partially Taxpayer-Funded Stadium To Come To Nashville.

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TN Bill That Would Enable School District Employees To Handcuff Special Needs Children Heads To Committees

This Week, A Bill That Would Enable School District Security Employees To Use Handcuffs On Disabled Students, Will Be Heard In Committees On Both Sides Of The Tennessee General Assembly.

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Legislature To Consider Handcuffing Special Needs Children In Tennessee Schools, Method Of “Emergency” Restraint

This Week The Senate Education Committee Will Be Considering A Bill To Allow School Resource Officers (SROs) And School Security Officers To Handcuff Special Needs Children In “Emergency” Circumstances.

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Bills To Prohibit Social Media Platforms From Censoring Tennesseans Head To Committee Hearings

Two Sets Of Republican-Sponsored Bills That Aim To Prohibit Social Media Platforms From Censoring Tennessee Residents Are Headed To Subcommittees And Committees In The House And Senate Next Week On March 14th, 2023.

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Combatting Private Data Collection – Tennessee Information Protection Act Heads To Committee

The Tennessee Information Protection Act Which Aims To Protect Tennesseans Privacy And Security By Guarding Them From Big Tech’s Private Data Collection Efforts, Has Officially Been Scheduled For Consideration In Committee Next Week.

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