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Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2278. Drugs - Punishes teen athletes who use steroids by removing their eligibility to compete in interscholastic events for two years. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB2113 / SB2278Increase State Expenditures - $59,300 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for *HB2113 / SB2278 This bill requires any athletic association that sponsors a tournament championship series in which public schools participate to develop rules requiring that a student-athlete be ineligible for two school years to compete in interscholastic athletic competition if the student used steroids during the training period immediately preceding the sport season or during the sport season, unless the steroid was prescribed by a physician for a medical condition. This bill requires LEAs [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/16/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2113. Drugs - Punishes teen athletes who use steroids by removing their eligibility to compete in interscholastic events for two years. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for SB2278 / *HB2113Increase State Expenditures - $59,300 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for SB2278 / *HB2113 This bill requires any athletic association that sponsors a tournament championship series in which public schools participate to develop rules requiring that a student-athlete be ineligible for two school years to compete in interscholastic athletic competition if the student used steroids during the training period immediately preceding the sport season or during the sport season, unless the steroid was prescribed by a physician for a medical condition. This bill requires LEAs [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/26/2007 - Public Chapter 459 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0620. Education - Provides for establishment of cooperative innovative programs in high schools and public colleges and universities; provides authority for the development of articulation agreement for college credit for certain high school courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB0099 / SB0620Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Other Fiscal Impact - Local education agencies (LEAs) and post-secondary institutions have discretion whether to enter into cooperative agreements. Any decision by a post-secondary school to enter into an agreement will be voluntary and will not be required based upon a request from an LEA. If an LEA and an institution enter into an agreement, the institution will incur potential costs for curriculum development and review, additional compensation for professors,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/14/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Education Bill TextEducation - Deletes requirement that students pass comprehensive assessment program tests prior to graduating from high school; requires students to successfully complete all grade 12 requirements instead. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB1045 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 05/30/2007 - Failed In: Education Committee Bill TextEducation - Deletes requirement that students pass comprehensive assessment program tests prior to graduating from high school; requires students to successfully pass all 12 grades instead. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB1046 / SB2303 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 06/26/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 459 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0099. Education - Provides for establishment of cooperative innovative programs in high schools and public colleges and universities; provides authority for the development of articulation agreement for college credit for certain high school courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB0620 / *HB0099Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Other Fiscal Impact - Local education agencies (LEAs) and post-secondary institutions have discretion whether to enter into cooperative agreements. Any decision by a post-secondary school to enter into an agreement will be voluntary and will not be required based upon a request from an LEA. If an LEA and an institution enter into an agreement, the institution will incur potential costs for curriculum development and review, additional compensation for professors,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/26/2007 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Edu. Comm. Bill TextEducation - Deletes requirement that students pass comprehensive assessment program tests prior to graduating from high school; requires students to successfully pass all 12 grades instead. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for SB2303 / *HB1046 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 05/23/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 174 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0293. Education, Curriculum - Urges the state board of education to develop guidelines for the materials and method of instruction used to teach the procedure for voluntarily surrendering a newborn baby and to include that instruction in the lifetime wellness curriculum for grades nine through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for *HB0234 / SB0293 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0234 / SB0293 Present law authorizes any mother of an infant age 72 hours or less to voluntarily surrender the infant at certain health care facilities, such as hospitals and walk-in clinics, without committing child neglect, or any other criminal offense, so long as the infant is unharmed. This bill requires that the course of instruction in all public schools in grades 9 through [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Public Chapter 238 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0562. Education, Curriculum - Provides guidance to the department of education for the review of the lifetime wellness curriculum and encourages LEAs to post signs on school grounds prohibiting driving a motor vehicle in excess of 10 m.p.h. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB0337 / SB0562 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0337 / SB0562 ON APRIL 19, 2007, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1 AND #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 337, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill. This amendment requires the department of education to consider, in reviewing the lifetime wellness curriculum, instruction in school safety issues. This amendment encourages the department to collaborate with the University of Tennessee in developing school safety instructional materials and requires [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Withdrawn. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1308. Education, Curriculum - Creates a study committee for driver education curriculum for public secondary schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for *HB0922 / SB1308Increase State Expenditures - $500 Each One Day Meeting Bill Summary for *HB0922 / SB1308 This bill creates the Tennessee public high school driver education course advisory committee, which would study the necessity of the development of driver education curricula for all state public secondary schools. The committee would present its final report to the education committees of the senate and house on or before February 1, 2007, and the committee would cease to exist after presenting this report. The committee would consist of the following 12 members: (1) One member of the senate, appointed by the senate [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3522. Drugs - Penalizes student athletes for use of anabolic steroids; creates new offense of knowingly procuring, selling, or administering anabolic steroids with intent to compromise student athletic competitions; requires LEAs to establish curriculum for grades 7-12 for prevention of use of anabolic steroids. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB4167 / *SB3522Increase State Expenditures - $61,900/Incarceration* $16,000/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4167 / *SB3522 This bill requires any athletic association that sponsors a tournament championship series in which public schools participate to develop rules requiring that a student-athlete be ineligible for two school years to compete in interscholastic [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill TextEducation, Curriculum - Requires students to pass a course in personal finance to receive a high school diploma. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3982 / *SB3923MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextEducation, Curriculum - Directs state board of education to require that all secondary public schools offer mandatory course in driver education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 12. Fiscal Summary for SB4024 / *HB3253Increase State Expenditures - $31,160,700 Decrease Local Expenditures - Exceeds $1,000,000
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 993 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4136. Education - Creates a two-year pilot initiative for metro Nashville public schools and Davidson County wherein class sizes in career and technical education classes may be extended not to exceed the limit set for academic classes in grades seven through 12, only where programs are implemented that use the career academy or small learning community model; requires the department of education to convene a committee for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations based on the two-year pilot initiative. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB4169 / SB4136Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4169 / SB4136 ON APRIL 24, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4136, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to create a two-year pilot [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/06/2008 - Public Chapter 993 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4169. Education - Creates a two-year pilot initiative for metro Nashville public schools and Davidson County wherein class sizes in career and technical education classes may be extended not to exceed the limit set for academic classes in grades seven through 12, only where programs are implemented that use the career academy or small learning community model; requires the department of education to convene a committee for the purpose of reviewing and making recommendations based on the two-year pilot initiative. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB4136 / *HB4169Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4136 / *HB4169 ON APRIL 24, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4136, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to create a two-year pilot [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextEducation, Curriculum - Requires students to pass a course in personal finance to receive a high school diploma. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB3923 / HB3982MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill TextEducation, Curriculum - Requires Tennessee history to be taught in all public high schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 12. Fiscal Summary for HB3467 / *SB3615Increase State Expenditures - $14,000/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures* - $15,454,800/Recurring $3,237,300/Every Six Years
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4167. Drugs - Penalizes student athletes for use of anabolic steroids; creates new offense of knowingly procuring, selling, or administering anabolic steroids with intent to compromise student athletic competitions; requires LEAs to establish curriculum for grades 7-12 for prevention of use of anabolic steroids. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB3522 / HB4167Increase State Expenditures - $61,900/Incarceration* $16,000/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3522 / HB4167 This bill requires any athletic association that sponsors a tournament championship series in which public schools participate to develop rules requiring that a student-athlete be ineligible for two school years to compete in interscholastic [...] show full description
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - Action Deferred in Subcommittee K-12 of Education to Department of Education for study Bill TextEducation, Curriculum - Prohibits the teaching of or furnishing of materials on human sexuality other than heterosexuality in public school grades K-8. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for *HB2997 / SB3733MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/19/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill TextEducation, Curriculum - Directs state board of education to require that all secondary public schools offer mandatory course in driver education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 12. Fiscal Summary for *HB3253 / SB4024Increase State Expenditures - $31,160,700 Decrease Local Expenditures - Exceeds $1,000,000
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