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Latest Action: 02/14/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Government Operations for review--Education Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1019. Education - Creates professional standards commission to assume all functions and duties relative to the licensure of public school teachers; creates appeals council to hear appeals from determinations of the professional standards commission. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB0875 / SB1019Increase State Expenditures - $225,000 FY08-09 Increase State Revenues - $2,250,000 FY08-09 Bill Summary for *HB0875 / SB1019 This bill creates a professional standards commission, which will assume all duties and responsibilities of the department of education with respect to the licensure of teachers. The commission will consist of the following 17 persons appointed by the governor: (1) Six licensed teachers; (2) Three licensed principals; (3) One director of schools; (4) One LEA human resources [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Public Chapter 369 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2177. Education - Revises various provisions regarding the BEP, including requiring state to provide 75 percent of the funds generated for instructional positions within the classroom component and setting to dollar value of the BEP instructional positions component at $38,000 for fiscal year 2007-2008. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for HB2293 / *SB2177 MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB2293 / *SB2177 ON MAY 31, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2293, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and revises the following provisions regarding the BEP: (1) This amendment deletes the present law requirement that BEP funds that are earned in classroom components, which include pupil contact and classroom support as defined by the state board, must be [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0875. Education - Creates professional standards commission to assume all functions and duties relative to the licensure of public school teachers; creates appeals council to hear appeals from determinations of the professional standards commission. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB1019 / *HB0875Increase State Expenditures - $225,000 FY08-09 Increase State Revenues - $2,250,000 FY08-09 Bill Summary for SB1019 / *HB0875 This bill creates a professional standards commission, which will assume all duties and responsibilities of the department of education with respect to the licensure of teachers. The commission will consist of the following 17 persons appointed by the governor: (1) Six licensed teachers; (2) Three licensed principals; (3) One director of schools; (4) One LEA human resources [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/19/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 369 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2293. Education - Revises various provisions regarding the BEP, including requiring state to provide 75 percent of the funds generated for instructional positions within the classroom component and setting to dollar value of the BEP instructional positions component at $38,000 for fiscal year 2007-2008. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *SB2177 / HB2293 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB2177 / HB2293 ON MAY 31, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2293, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and revises the following provisions regarding the BEP: (1) This amendment deletes the present law requirement that BEP funds that are earned in classroom components, which include pupil contact and classroom support as defined by the state board, must be [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Budget of FW&M Bill TextPensions and Retirement Benefits - Directs excess appropriations of retirement contributions for teachers be used to improve retirement benefits. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-124. Fiscal Summary for *HB0086 / SB0278Increase State Expenditures - Annual Amortized Cost: $14,163,000 FY07-08 $28,326,000 FY08-09 $42,489,000 FY09-10 $56,652,000 FY10-11 $70,815,000 FY11-12 and Thereafter Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Annual Amortized Cost: $9,442,000 FY07-08 $18,884,000 FY08-09 $28,326,000 FY09-10 $37,768,000 FY10-11 $47,210,000 FY11-12 and Thereafter
Latest Action: 02/21/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Budget of FW&M Bill TextPensions and Retirement Benefits - Permits retired teacher to be employed for 210 days by a public school system without loss of retirement benefits; provided, that the retired teacher is employed as support personnel in a local public school in a position that does not require licensure. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-805. Fiscal Summary for HB0910 / *SB0283Increase State Expenditures - $2,992,000 Annual Amortized Cost Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - $1,994,600 Annual Amortized Cost
Latest Action: 06/06/2007 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee Budget of FW&M Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1424. Pensions and Retirement Benefits - Provides for reimbursement of retired teachers' insurance premiums in LEAs that do not participate in the state basic plan for LEA employees on the same basis as premiums for retired teachers in LEAs that do participate in the state basic plan. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27. Fiscal Summary for HB1434 / *SB1424Increase State Expenditures - $11,864,000 - FY07-08 Other Fiscal Impact - The increase to state expenditures estimated for this bill is expected to increase each year by the rate with which insurance premiums increase each year. Assuming 8% annual growth as suggested by the Division of Insurance, state expenditures would increase by approximately $12,813,000 for FY08-09. Bill Summary for HB1434 / *SB1424 Present law requires the local education insurance committee to approve a [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/08/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextPensions and Retirement Benefits - Directs excess appropriations of retirement contributions for teachers be used to improve retirement benefits. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-124. Fiscal Summary for SB0278 / *HB0086Increase State Expenditures - Annual Amortized Cost: $14,163,000 FY07-08 $28,326,000 FY08-09 $42,489,000 FY09-10 $56,652,000 FY10-11 $70,815,000 FY11-12 and Thereafter Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Annual Amortized Cost: $9,442,000 FY07-08 $18,884,000 FY08-09 $28,326,000 FY09-10 $37,768,000 FY10-11 $47,210,000 FY11-12 and Thereafter
Latest Action: 04/11/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextPensions and Retirement Benefits - Permits retired teacher to be employed for 210 days by a public school system without loss of retirement benefits; provided, that the retired teacher is employed as support personnel in a local public school in a position that does not require licensure. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-805. Fiscal Summary for *SB0283 / HB0910Increase State Expenditures - $2,992,000 Annual Amortized Cost Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - $1,994,600 Annual Amortized Cost
Latest Action: 04/17/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1434. Pensions and Retirement Benefits - Provides for reimbursement of retired teachers' insurance premiums in LEAs that do not participate in the state basic plan for LEA employees on the same basis as premiums for retired teachers in LEAs that do participate in the state basic plan. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27. Fiscal Summary for *SB1424 / HB1434Increase State Expenditures - $11,864,000 - FY07-08 Other Fiscal Impact - The increase to state expenditures estimated for this bill is expected to increase each year by the rate with which insurance premiums increase each year. Assuming 8% annual growth as suggested by the Division of Insurance, state expenditures would increase by approximately $12,813,000 for FY08-09. Bill Summary for *SB1424 / HB1434 Present law requires the local education insurance committee to approve a [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Sponsor change. Bill TextEducation - Decreases from 20 to 15 the maximum number of consecutive teaching days a substitute without a teacher's certificate or permit may teach. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB4123 / SB4167Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextEducation - Decreases from 20 to 15 the maximum number of consecutive teaching days a substitute without a teacher's certificate or permit may teach. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for SB4167 / *HB4123Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 676 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3366. Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Requires school principals to grant students excused absences for up to 10 days for purposes of visiting a parent or legal guardian who is stationed outside of the country and is granted rest recuperation leave by the United States military. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3019. Fiscal Summary for HB3942 / *SB3366MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3942 / *SB3366 Under present law, if a student's parent, custodian, or other person with legal custody or control is a member of the United States armed forces, including the state national guard or a reserve component called to federal active duty, a public school principal must give the student an excused absence for one day when the member is deployed and another day when the service member returns from deployment. This bill requires the [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/23/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 925 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3364. Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Adds licensed teacher's leave to visit a spouse, child, or parent deployed for military duty to present situations eligible for mandatory grant of leave from employment; authorizes licensed teachers to take up to 10 days leave without forfeiture of leave credits, tenure, or other fringe benefits, in order to visit a spouse, child, or parent deployed for military duty out of the country who has been granted rest and recuperation leave. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7. Fiscal Summary for HB3943 / *SB3364Decrease State Expenditures - $490,000 Decrease Local Govt. Expenditures - $121,500 Bill Summary for HB3943 / *SB3364 ON APRIL 10, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 3364, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 revises this bill to authorize licensed [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill TextBasic Education Program (BEP) - Requires funds to be included in the BEP classroom components to provide one reading coach per public school; requires LEAs to spend such funds for reading coaches. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3704 / *SB2769 Increase State Expenditures - $57,079,300 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - $24,462,600
Latest Action: 03/28/2008 - Signed by Governor. Bill TextComptroller, State - 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. - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0811Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill TextTeachers, Principals and School Personnel - Requires reasonable accommodation for applicants who are unable to pass the state teacher's examination due to a diagnosed learning disability or other handicap. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3395 / *SB3794Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee Bill TextPensions and Retirement Benefits - Requires forfeiture of benefits of teachers who become members of TCRS after July 1, 2008, if convicted of any felony in state or federal court. - Amends TCA Title 8. Fiscal Summary for *HB3057 / SB3701Other Fiscal Impact - If certain teachers in the future were denied retirement benefits that would not have been denied in the absence of this bill, a savings in expenditures from the retirement system would occur. Any such savings would depend on the number of persons affected and the level of benefits which would have been received by such persons. These savings cannot be precisely quantified, but are reasonably estimated to exceed $100,000 over time.
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextPensions and Retirement Benefits - Requires forfeiture of benefits of teachers who become members of TCRS after July 1, 2008, if convicted of any felony in state or federal court. - Amends TCA Title 8. Fiscal Summary for SB3701 / *HB3057Other Fiscal Impact - If certain teachers in the future were denied retirement benefits that would not have been denied in the absence of this bill, a savings in expenditures from the retirement system would occur. Any such savings would depend on the number of persons affected and the level of benefits which would have been received by such persons. These savings cannot be precisely quantified, but are reasonably estimated to exceed $100,000 over time.
Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Held on desk. Bill TextTeachers, Principals and School Personnel - Eliminates requirements for criminal background investigations for students entering approved teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 56. Fiscal Summary for *HB3285 / SB3532Decrease State Revenue - $101,500 Decrease State Expenditures - $101,500
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