HB1214 Is A Bad Choice For School Choice (Op-Ed)

HB1214 Could Both Threaten The Best Current School Choice Options We Have And Introduce New, Worse Ones. Broadly Speaking, We Now Have Public, Private, Charter, And Homeschool Options In Tennessee. House Bill 1214 And Its Sister, Senate Bill 1194, Have The Potential To Alter Several Of These Choices.

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Local Assessor Warns Of TN State Property Tax In 2020, Prediction May Be Coming True (Op-Ed)

Tennessee Should Remain Ever Vigilant In Her Finances. As There Is An Ever Increasing Push To Expand Government Services There Will Be An Attempt To Find Ways To Fund Them.
The State Property Tax Went Away In 1946 (Sort Of) But Not The Empowering Legislation That Makes It So Potentially Dangerous. With The Simple Stroke Of A Legislative Pen It Could Once Again Be Set Into Motion.

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Effort To End Deceptive Voice Votes In Tennessee House Brought By Rep. Richey

On The House Floor This Week, Freshman Representative Bryan Richey Made A Motion To Amend The Current Rules Of Procedure For How Members Of House Committees And Subcommittees Cast Their Votes.

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Coordinated Efforts Of Homeschool Parents Credited For Bill Being Stalled But Concern Remains

According To Several Sources, The Coordinated Effort That Brought Homeschooling Families To The Capitol On Wednesday In Droves May Have Played A Part In A Bill Being Sent To General Subcommittee Of The Senate Education Committee, Effectively Killing It On The Senate Side For This Year.

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McNally Stalls Bill To Stop TennCare Coverage Of “Gender Affirming Treatments”

Legislation To Prevent TennCare From Covering “Gender-Affirming” Treatments Is Stalled In The Tennessee Legislature. A Spokesperson For McNally, Says The Lt. Gov. Has “No Plans To Run The Bill In The Senate.”

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Lawmakers Overwhelmed By Phone Calls From Homeschool Community, Speaker’s Bill Set To Be Amended

Tennessee Homeschooling Parents Report That Lawmakers Are Overwhelmed By The Response From The Homeschool Community Over A Bill That Sought To Modify State Homeschool Law.

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Speaker’s Charter School Bill Targeting Homeschoolers And “At Risk” Youth Draws Ire From Homeschool Community, Questions Regarding Migrant Children

A Bill Being Pushed By Speaker Cameron Sexton That Creates Two Very Different Kinds Of Charter Schools Is Drawing Ire From The State’s Homeschool Community.

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House Speaker Sexton Proposes Panel To Consider Rejection Of Federal Education Funding

House Speaker Cameron Sexton Is Looking Into The Creation Of A Task Force To Determine Whether It Would Be Feasible For Tennessee To Reject Federal Education Funding In An Attempt To Eliminate Federal Regulation Of State Public Schools.

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House Speaker Pushes Hybrid Charter Schools For Homeschoolers And Boarding Schools For “At Risk” Youth In Same Bill

Representative Mark White Introduced A Caption Bill On Behalf Of House Speaker Cameron Sexton Last Week That Would Allow For Two Very Different Types Of Charter Schools In Tennessee.

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Tennessee Lawmakers Sneak In Attack On Human Life Protection Act Via Caption Bill

Referred To As The “Life Of The Mother, Post Dobbs Cleanup Act,” House Bill 0883 Is In Reality An Attack On Tennessee’s Strict Abortion Law Passed Last Year, Weakening The Law And Offering Cover For Abortionists In The State.

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