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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Hamilton County Mayor Withdraws Requests To Use Excess Pandemic Funds For County Projects

County Mayor Weston Wamp Halted His Effort To Get $3 Million In Covid Funds Previously Allotted To The Hamilton County Wastewater Treatment Authority Reallocated For Other County Projects.

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Hamilton County Schools Administrator Concerned With Long-term Effects For Perpetrator Of Alleged Sexual Assault

A Hamilton County Schools Administrator Who Is Accused Of Not Taking Proper Precautions To Protect A Female Student From A Sexual Assault Allegedly Took Part In An Email Conversation Where She Worried About The Effects Of The Situation On The Alleged Perpetrator.

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3rd Grade Retention, School Choice Expansion, Ignoring Torment Of Kids, More Foreign Labor, & TN Toll Roads? + Much More!- The TennCon Big 7!

• Legislators Set New Rules For Controversial Third Grade Retention Law
• TN GOP Senators Look To Expand Eligibility For Education Savings Accounts
• Loudon County School District Sued For Ignoring Reports Of Sexual Harassment At Middle School
• Lawsuit Claims Hamilton County School Administrators Didn’t Protect Sexual Assault Victim
• TN Republican Pushes For More Foreign Labor To Replace Native Workers
• Sen. Johnson Pushes To Close Public Records Of Investigations Of Deaths Not Resulting From Crime
• Governor’s Transportation Proposals Draw Wide Reactions
• Lee’s ‘Build With Us’ Plan Would Raise Electric Vehicle Registration Fees, Potentially Add Toll Lanes
• Gender Surgeries Only Temporarily Paused Says Memphis Hospital
• TN Rep Calls Out ACLU For Threats Against Hospital Halting Gender Reassignment Surgeries

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Lawsuit Claims Hamilton County School Administrators Didn’t Protect Sexual Assault Victim

A Federal Lawsuit Claims A Chattanooga 7th Grader Was So Badly Harassed Following A Sexual Assault In A School Boiler Room That She Ended Up Having To Be Hospitalized Due To A Mental Breakdown.

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All 8 Hamilton County Charter Schools Required To Amend Their Contracts

Hamilton County Public Charter Schools Are Being Required To Redo Their Contracts With The School District And Include A Performance Framework In Order To Be In Compliance With State Law.

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Hamilton County School Board Predicts 30% of Third-Graders At-Risk Of Retention

Hamilton County School’s District Officials Are Expecting At Least 30% Of Third Grade Students To Be In Danger Of Not Making It To The Fourth Grade.

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