Tennessee Conservative
Last Week Rep. Bryan Richey Wrote A Letter Addressed To Gov. Bill Lee, Calling On Him To Cancel The Special Session On Gun Control Legislation. Even Though Lee’s Stance Is Clearly In Opposition To His Own Political Party, He Still Seems Quite Confident That By The Time August Rolls Around Republican Legislators Will Side With Him Or At The Very Least Compromise.
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1) 60% Of Tennessee Third-Graders Fail To Meet Proficiency On TCAP Test
1A) Tennessee Releases School District Specific Data On Third-Grade Proficiency
2) Conservative Lawmakers Urge Governor Lee To Abandon Plans For Special Session To Enact Unconstitutional ‘Red Flag’ Laws
2A) More Tennessee County GOP’s, County Commissions Issue Resolutions Against Red Flag Laws
3) Tennessee Governor Signs Parental Rights Bill Counteracting Mature Minor Doctrine
4) Crime Is Up On Tennessee College Campuses From 2021-2022, But Still Down Significantly From 2019
5) Gov. Lee Allocated $140M To Put An Armed Guard In Every School, But There Aren’t Enough Officers To Go Around
6) Lee Signs Bill Prohibiting Forced Implicit Bias Training For Tennessee Teachers
6A) Governor Lee Protects Teachers’ Rights To Refuse To Use Preferred Pronouns Of Students
7) New Tennessee Law Bans Colleges From Requiring Agreement With ‘Divisive’ Academic Concepts
After A Status Conference, Held Earlier This Week, Regarding The Release Of Records From The Covenant School Shooting, A Judge Has Now Decided That Those Wishing To Intervene In The Lawsuits Against Metro Government Of Nashville And Davidson County Will Be Allowed To Do So.
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Just Yesterday, Gov. Bill Lee Authorized The Deployment Of 100 Tennessee National Guard Members Down To Our Southern Border Where They Will Provide Patrol Support, Help Place Barriers, And Staff Outposts.
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Amid Uproar Over Third-Grade Reading Scores And The Prospect Of Thousands Of Failing Students, Tennessee Lawmakers Extended The Testing Vendor’s Contract And Bumped Up The Total Payout By Nearly $40 Million.
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Tennessee State Rep. Bryan Richey Has Penned An Open Letter To Governor Lee Asking Him To Not Call Legislators Back To Nashville On August 21st To Enact An Unconstitutional ‘Red Flag’ Law. Reps Todd Warner And Ed Butler Along With Senator Janice Bowling Have Already Signed The Letter. More Conservative-Leaning Republicans Are Expected To Sign On In Time.
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Metro Nashville’s Legal Department Filed A Lawsuit To Block A New State Law Making It Easier For The Metro Council To Approve A New Racetrack At The Nashville Fairgrounds Speedway.
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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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A New Tennessee Law Forbids Public Higher Education From Requiring Allegiance To “Divisive Concepts,” Including Some Tenets Of Diversity, Equity And Inclusion, Or DEI.
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Tennessee Governor Bill Lee Along With Eight Other Republican Governors Met With Texas Gov. Greg Abbott Monday To Discuss A Joint Border Security Plan.
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