Tennessee Bill Allowing Law Enforcement To Assign SROs To Schools That Do Not Request One Signed By Governor Lee

Governor Lee Has Signed Legislation That Will Allow Law Enforcement Officials To Assign School Resource Officers To Schools That Have Not Entered Into An Agreement Between The Local School Board And Law Enforcement Agency To Obtain One.

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Year-Round Board Schools Bill For Tennessee’s “At-Risk” Youth Placed Behind Governor’s Budget

A Bill To Create Year-Round Boarding Schools Or “Opportunity Public Charter Schools” For “At-Risk” Youth In Tennessee Has Been Placed Behind The Governor’s Budget In The House Finance, Ways And Means Subcommittee After Passing On The Senate Floor Just Last Week.

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Republicans Call Tennessee Education Commissioner’s Credentials Into Question

Some House Republicans Have Now Joined In Calling For The Resignation Of Tennessee’s Education Commissioner Lizzette Reynolds.

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Tennessee House Passes Bill To Allow Law Enforcement To Assign SROs To Schools That Fail To Request One

The Tennessee House Has Passed A Bill That Will Allow Law Enforcement To Assign School Resource Officers To Schools That Have Not Entered Into An Agreement Between The Local School Board And Law Enforcement Agency To Provide The Service.

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Bill To Protect Tennesseans From Intelligence Investigations By Biden’s DOJ Killed By Establishment Republicans In Senate Judiciary

A Bill That Would Have Prohibited The Use Of Local And State Law Enforcement For Intelligence Gathering Operations With Tennesseans As The Focus, Died Yesterday In The Senate Judiciary Committee Because None Of The Members Of That Committee Would Motion For The Bill To Be Heard.

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Tennessee Bill Would Prohibit FBI From Pulling State Law Enforcement Resources Into Intelligence Operations Targeting Tennesseans (Update 3.27.24)

This Week, A Bill That Will Prohibit The FBI From Arbitrarily Pulling In Local And State Law Enforcement Resources Into Investigations In Tennessee, Unless It Is A Criminal Investigation, Is Scheduled To Be Heard In The House Criminal Justice Subcommittee.

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Conservative Lawmaker Sounds Alarm On GOP Leadership Efforts To Kill Bills That Protect Tennesseans

Conservative Tennessee State Representative Todd Warner Has Brought Legislation That Aims To Prohibit The FBI From Pulling State Law Enforcement Resources Into Intelligence Operations Targeting Tennesseans They Believe To Be A Threat Due To Their Conservative Values And Beliefs.

The Passage Of What Tennessee Grassroots Is Calling The “FBI Bill” May Be In Danger Because Warner Has Voted The Wishes Of His Constituents Instead Of Bending To The Will Of GOP Leadership.

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Tennessee House Education Administration Passes Bill Allowing Law Enforcement Agencies To Assign Officers To Schools That Fail To Request One

The Tennessee House Education Administration Committee Moved Forward With Legislation That Would Allow Law Enforcement Agencies To Assign An Officer To Serve As A School Resource Officer At A School That Fails To Request That One Be Assigned.

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Tennessee School Voucher Omnibus Bill Passes in House Govt Operations Committee

The House Version Of This Year’s School Choice Legislation, Also Called “The House Public School Omnibus Bill,” Was Passed Out Of The House Government Operations Committee On Monday Via A Voice Vote.

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House Subcommittee Kills Tennessee Bill To Create Transparency In Sexual Harassment Investigations

A Tennessee House Panel Refused To Hear A Bill By A Bipartisan Duo Of Lawmakers To Shift House Sexual Harassment Investigations To A Third Party And Denied Former Rep. Scotty Campbell A Chance To Testify For The Measure.

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