1. LITERACY - HB 7002
● What is it?
Reading ability and literacy levels are fundamental benchmarks of education. Only ⅓ of
Tennessee 3rd graders are on reading level. This legislation aims to improve the amount of
Tennessee students on reading level by focusing on a fundamental of reading: phonics
(method of teaching to read based on sounding out words,…
On January 12, legislators were sworn in to office for the 112th Tennessee General Assembly. During his tenure, Rep. Bryan Terry, MD (R-Murfreesboro) has taken the opportunity to engage Governors Bill Haslam and Bill Lee in pre-session discussions that he refers to as a District Debriefing. Following the swearing in ceremony, Terry met with Gov.…
The challenge is to do good things without harming the good things we already have in place.
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We started back in Legislative Session at 12:00 noon on January 12th. We always start Session on the second Tuesday of January every year. Each start is full of excitement and this year was no different with lots of…