March 1, 2013 Legislative Update Only a couple of education bills caught my eye this week. All in all, with the legislature more concerned about abortions and guns than…
February 26, 2013 The Tennessee Parent Trigger Parent-trigger laws, or laws that allow parents to intervene when their child’s school is failing, have become increasingly popular over the past several years….
February 20, 2013 Legislative Update – All About Guns This legislative session, so far at least, has been all about guns, abortions, and the great Medicaid debate. The legislature has already passed Act…
February 12, 2013 Lottery Scholarship Amounts in Question Again Several legislators filed a bill this week to once again lower the amounts future students will receive from the lottery scholarship. The amounts have…
February 6, 2013 Texas Court Rules School Funding Unconstitutional A Texas district court in Austin ruled Monday that the state school funding system is inadequate, inequitable, and unconstitutional. The litigation began when more…
February 4, 2013 Legislative Update Here are a few of the education bills from the past week or so that have caught my eye: HB1181 – The is the…
January 30, 2013 Tennessee Governor Endorses Vouchers Tennessee Governor Bill Haslam elaborated on his education initiatives in his State of the State speech Monday night to the Tennessee General Assembly. In…
January 25, 2013 Another Week at the Capitol…. It seems to have been a fairly quite week at the capitol. Only a few notable education bills were filed: HB1076 – Requires the…
January 18, 2013 Legislative Update Let’s take a look at what happened during the first week of the session. Here are a few bills we knew were coming: SB15 –…
January 12, 2013 Legislative Session Preview While working for Governor Beebe, one of my biggest tasks was reading, analyzing, and tracking all education-related bills as they were filed during legislative…