Department of Education
Dr. Tim Webb, Commissioner
2009 Legislative Summary (Printable
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106th General Assembly – 1st
Regular Session
2009
Report on Public Chapters and Resolutions
Affecting Pre-K-12 Education in Tennessee
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Public |
Senate & House Bill Numbers |
Description / Action Required / Senate and House Sponsors |
Effective Date |
DOE Point of Contact |
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SB327 |
As enacted, extends advisory council for education of students with disabilities, June 30, 2015. Sen. Johnson, Rep. Lynn |
04/02/09 |
Joseph Fisher |
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SB328 |
As enacted, extends advisory council on teacher education and certification, June 30, 2015. Sen. Johnson, Rep. Lynn |
04/02/09 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB1051 |
As enacted, extends state textbook commission, June 30, 2014. Sen. Johnson, Rep. Lynn |
04/02/09 |
Connie J. Smith |
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SB73 |
As enacted, removes restriction on commercial advertising on school buses that requires such advertising to be composed of black lettering on a white background; prohibits advertisement of individual food items that, pursuant to law, cannot be sold via vending machines to students in pre-K through grade 8. Sen. Tracy, Rep. Eldridge |
07/01/09 |
Robert Greene |
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SB850 |
As enacted, places restrictions on universal mental health testing, or psychiatric or socioemotional screening of juveniles; requires certain consent by a juvenile's parent, guardian, legal custodian, or caregiver before such testing can occur. Sen. Black, Rep. Harwell |
07/01/09 |
Connie Givens |
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SB283 |
As enacted, requires, rather than encourages, school districts to include certain criteria in policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying. Sen. Black, Rep. Dunn |
07/01/09 |
Mike Herrmann, |
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SB293 |
As enacted, requires the department of education to develop standards for parental involvement in public schools and to report on parental involvement in each school and school district on the report card for Tennessee schools beginning with the 2010-2011 school year. Sen. Berke, Rep. Brooks, K. |
05/07/09 |
Connie J. Smith |
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SB680 |
As enacted, authorizes courts to notify the school of a child who is adjudicated delinquent based on an offense for which school notification is not mandatory under law. Sen. Woodson, Rep. Dunn |
07/01/09 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB2326 |
As enacted, removes the provision whereby no student may graduate based solely on attendance in alternative schools. Sen. Kyle, Rep. Towns |
05/07/09 |
Mike Herrmann |
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SB2327 |
As enacted, removes the authorization for an LEA to transport up to 15 students to and from an interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or school sponsored activity in a van. Sen. Kyle, Rep. Turner, L. |
05/07/09 |
Robert Greene |
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SB1084 |
As enacted, requires the board of regents to study feasibility of cooperative career and technical programs between LEAs and Tennessee technology centers or other two-year institutions offering career and technical education. Sen. Finney, Rep. Cobb, T. |
05/13/09 |
Ralph Barnett |
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SB1703 |
As enacted, directs department of education to develop an alternative teacher licensing program for instructors of any military branch who have taught for a community college of any military branch. Sen. Overbey, Rep. Brooks, H. |
05/18/09 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB2328 |
As enacted, revises provisions governing the department of education contracting and collaborating with certain entities in relation to preschool programs. Sen. Kyle, Rep. Winningham |
05/04/09 |
Bobbie Lussier |
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SB1514 |
As enacted, extends provisions on reemployment of teachers after retirement from June 30, 2010, to June 30, 2011. Sen. Burchett, Rep. Brooks, H. |
05/20/09 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB2030 |
As enacted, requires the department of education to explore with the Tennessee congressional delegation and the United States department of education modification of No Child Left Behind determination of who is a dropout for students who receive a GED and pass appropriate examinations or have good scores on the ACT. Sen. Burchett, Rep. Brooks, H. |
05/20/09 |
Connie J. Smith |
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SB2312 |
As enacted, removes requirement of passage of the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests in order to receive a full diploma; provides for end-of-course assessments; revises lottery scholarship day provisions. Sen. Kyle, Rep. Brown |
07/01/09 |
Connie J. Smith |
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SB899 |
As enacted, provides that in the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreak of illness affecting or endangering students or staff during a school year, the commissioner of education may waive for such school year the requirement for 180 days of classroom instruction, if the request is submitted to the commissioner by the director of schools. Sen. Burks, Rep. Winningham |
05/21/09 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB417 |
As enacted, restates provisions governing reporting of suspected child abuse by personnel of educational institutions and release of related records. Sen. Marrero, Rep. Jones, S. |
07/01/09 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB251 |
As enacted, enacts the "Archival Protection Act of 2009" to urge preservation of historically significant personal property located in public schools that have been closed. Sen. Marrero, Rep. Coley |
07/01/09 |
N/A |
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SB540 |
As enacted, provides that, during negotiations between representatives of public employee unions and representatives of state or local governmental entities, planning or strategy sessions of either set of representatives when meeting with the entity it represents are not open to the public. Sen. Ketron, Rep. Todd |
07/18/09 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB979 |
As enacted, requires the department of education to study and report on sufficiency of extended learning opportunities complementary to school curricula that are occurring in the LEAP after school program. Sen. Berke, Rep. Brown |
05/27/09 |
Mike Herrmann |
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SB982 |
As enacted, requires the department of education to survey LEAs concerning extended learning opportunities in LEAs or communities and to include the results of the survey in the commissioner's annual report. Sen. Berke, Rep. Brown |
05/27/09 |
Mike Herrmann |
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SB1925 |
As enacted, instructs the state board of education to review LEA policies on school personnel recommending psychotropic drugs such as Ritalin to treat elementary and secondary school students for behavioral concerns; requires the state board to report its findings to the select oversight committee on education. Sen. Haynes, Rep. Winningham |
5/27/09 |
Connie Givens |
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SB1742 |
As enacted, requires written referrals for student's behavior to be returned to faculty or staff member issuing the referral; referral to be kept in a student discipline file and not part of student's permanent record. Sen. Marrero, Rep. Coley |
07/01/09 |
Mike Herrmann |
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SB482 |
As enacted, enacts the "Education Pays Act," which encourages LEAs to develop Education Pays pilot programs for at-risk students to encourage student academic achievement through monetary or other rewards. Sen. Bunch, Rep. Kelsey |
05/18/09 |
N/A |
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SB433 |
As enacted, requires that diplomas issued by church-related schools and home schools in recognition of completion of secondary education requirements be considered by all state and local governmental entities as having the same rights and privileges of diplomas issued by public school systems. Sen. Bunch, Rep. Bell |
06/01/09 |
Connie Mayo |
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SB217 |
As enacted, allows Shelby County board of education to delegate authority regarding assignment of individual students for decision-making on such matters; provides that if a local board of education delegates its power to determine the assignment of students, such delegation must be made to a three-member committee consisting of at least one current board member with all remaining members as board employees. Sen. Stanley, Rep. Todd |
06/01/09 |
N/A |
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SB1740 |
As enacted, requires private schools and church-related schools to turn over records on a child who is the subject of a child abuse investigation and to cooperate fully with the investigation. Sen. Marrero, Rep. Jones, S. |
06/01/09 |
Connie Mayo |
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SB718 |
As enacted, extends provisions regarding dismissal of tenured teacher in Davidson County to also apply in Shelby County. Sen. Tate, Rep. Jones, U. |
07/01/09 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB1446 |
As enacted, affords tenured teachers in Davidson County a hearing if such teachers are suspended from duty. Sen. Haynes, Rep. West |
06/05/09 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB2002 |
As enacted, requires the select oversight committee on education to conduct a hearing on the status of differentiated pay programs in Tennessee, including bonuses or other compensation tied to performance standards. Sen. Haynes, Rep. Harwell |
06/05/09 |
Robert Greene |
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SB2192 |
As enacted, allows a special school district to remain in existence when a county, in which there is at least one special school district, and a city or cities within the county choose to form a metropolitan government. Sen. Kyle, Rep. Harmon |
06/05/09 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB23 |
Allows certain school buses to be used up to 17 years of service, subject to safety inspections, requires certain maintenance records be kept. Requires Dept of Safety to promulgate rules. Sen. Yager, Rep. Cobb, J. |
07/01/09 |
Robert Greene |
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SB1590 |
Beginning 2010-2011 school year, requires LEAs to start school no earlier than August 1, unless the majority of the board votes for an alternative or year-round calendar; requires commissioner of education to establish assessment dates to provide maximum instructional time before assessments are given. Sen. Burchett, Rep. McCord |
06/23/09 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB1771 |
As introduced, provides that students who miss school to attend required court proceedings shall not be penalized for grading or attendance purposes. Sen. Herron, Rep. J. DeBerry |
06/02/09 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB1320 |
As enacted, authorizes local boards of education to cooperate with community organizations to provide extended learning opportunities. Sen. Berke, Rep. Brown |
06/25/09 |
Mike Herrmann |
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SB2355 |
As introduced, makes appropriations for fiscal years 2008-2009 and 2009-2010. Sen. Kyle, Rep. Fitzhugh |
07/01/09 |
Robert Greene |
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SB2133 |
As enacted, provides for enrollment in charter schools for free and reduced price lunch students in LEAs with 14,000 or more student once the high priority students have been served; lifts caps on number of charter schools; expands charter period to then years. Sen. Woodson, Rep. Harwell |
06/29/09 |
Connie J. Smith |
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Resolution |
Description | DOE Point of Contact |
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HJR 0811 |
Directs office of education accountability to survey each LEA conducting pre-K program to determine if all employment rights for K-12 teachers also accrue to pre-K teachers and report findings to the general assembly. |
Bobbi Lussier |
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HJR 0932 |
Urges the Tennessee Department of Education to study and develop lesson plans for parents to use with the Books from Birth program. |
Bobbi Lussier |
| SJR 0638 |
Designates Wednesday, November 19, 2008, as “Civic Education Day” in Tennessee |
Assistant Commissioner,Teaching & Learning |
| SJR 1180 |
Directs the BEP review committee to study funding policies implemented by local governments in light of increased state funding through BEP 2.0. |
Robert Greene |
