2018 Score
B
Lifetime Score
A
House Average
B
| Issue | Bill # | Description | TSS Position | Rep Voted |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| assessment | HB 1855 | HB 1855 Rudd / SB 1806 Ketron would have prevented Tennessee from adding to or changing subjects for the end of the year assessment during the next three years. Tennesseans for Student Success was opposed to this bill in its original form, then moved to neutral once amended to prohibit a new assessment until 2019 with House Amendment 014083. (IP Subcomittee Vote) | ||
| assessment | HB 1855 | HB 1855 Rudd / SB 1806 Ketron would have prevented Tennessee from adding to or changing subjects for the end of the year assessment during the next three years. Tennesseans for Student Success was opposed to this bill in its original form, then moved to neutral once amended to prohibit a new assessment until 2019 with House Amendment 014083. (IP Committee Vote) | ||
| choice | HB 1870 | HB 1870 Dunn / SB 1901 Gresham makes certain all eligible special needs students, including those in Tennessee’s public charter schools, have access to services that will help them succeed. These services are often provided by special education services associations. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Subcommittee Vote) | ||
| choice | HB 1870 | HB 1870 Dunn / SB 1901 Gresham makes certain all eligible special needs students, including those in Tennessee’s public charter schools, have access to services that will help them succeed. These services are often provided by special education services associations. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Committee Vote) | ||
| choice | HB 1870 | HB 1870 Dunn / SB 1901 Gresham makes certain all eligible special needs students, including those in Tennessee’s public charter schools, have access to services that will help them succeed. These services are often provided by special education services associations. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Floor Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 1569 | HB 1569 H. Brooks / SB 1691 Lundberg creates greater access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses in high school by allowing eligible local school districts to expand CTE class sizes. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill.(IP Subcommittee Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 1569 | HB 1569 H. Brooks / SB 1691 Lundberg creates greater access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses in high school by allowing eligible local school districts to expand CTE class sizes. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill.(IP Committee Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 1569 | HB 1569 H. Brooks / SB 1691 Lundberg creates greater access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses in high school by allowing eligible local school districts to expand CTE class sizes. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Finance Committee Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 1569 | HB 1569 H. Brooks / SB 1691 Lundberg creates greater access to Career and Technical Education (CTE) courses in high school by allowing eligible local school districts to expand CTE class sizes. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Floor Vote) | ||
| accountability | HB 1549 | HB 1549 Terry / SB 1804 Ketron will help clear the way for high-quality teachers to come from out of state to serve in our classrooms. This bill streamlines the license renewal process by reducing the number of evaluative assessments required by proven educators. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Subcommittee Vote) | ||
| accountability | HB 1549 | HB 1549 Terry / SB 1804 Ketron will help clear the way for high-quality teachers to come from out of state to serve in our classrooms. This bill streamlines the license renewal process by reducing the number of evaluative assessments required by proven educators. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Committee Vote) | ||
| accountability | HB 1549 | HB 1549 Terry / SB 1804 Ketron will help clear the way for high-quality teachers to come from out of state to serve in our classrooms. This bill streamlines the license renewal process by reducing the number of evaluative assessments required by proven educators. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Finance Committee Vote) | ||
| accountability | HB 1549 | HB 1549 Terry / SB 1804 Ketron will help clear the way for high-quality teachers to come from out of state to serve in our classrooms. This bill streamlines the license renewal process by reducing the number of evaluative assessments required by proven educators. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Floor Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 1599 | HB 1599 Forgety / SB 1649 Norris incentivizes Tennessee’s businesses to participate in work-based learning partnerships with local school districts through a newly created grant program, providing students invaluable hands-on experience in their chosen field of study. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Subcommittee Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 1599 | HB 1599 Forgety / SB 1649 Norris incentivizes Tennessee’s businesses to participate in work-based learning partnerships with local school districts through a newly created grant program, providing students invaluable hands-on experience in their chosen field of study. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Committee Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 1599 | HB 1599 Forgety / SB 1649 Norris incentivizes Tennessee’s businesses to participate in work-based learning partnerships with local school districts through a newly created grant program, providing students invaluable hands-on experience in their chosen field of study. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Finance Committee Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 1599 | HB 1599 Forgety / SB 1649 Norris incentivizes Tennessee’s businesses to participate in work-based learning partnerships with local school districts through a newly created grant program, providing students invaluable hands-on experience in their chosen field of study. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Floor Vote) | ||
| accountability | HB 1694 | HB 1694 Smith / SB 1629 Gresham will ensure everyone involved in Tennessee’s teacher preparation programs is accountable for student success. The bill requires teacher preparation programs to report the number of recent graduates that are performing below expectations on their teacher evaluations and the estimated cost of providing remediation. It also clarifies the probation and revocation process for underperforming teacher preparation programs. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Floor Vote) | ||
| standards | HR 192 | HR 192 Hawk / SR 158 Norris – These resolutions confirm changes in the state’s education funding formula, the BEP, that add $13 million per year of RTI2 (early intervention for struggling students) funding for instructors. Tennesseans for Student Success supported both resolutions. (Finance Committee Vote) | ||
| standards | HR 192 | HR 192 Hawk / SR 158 Norris – These resolutions confirm changes in the state’s education funding formula, the BEP, that add $13 million per year of RTI2 (early intervention for struggling students) funding for instructors. Tennesseans for Student Success supported both resolutions. (Floor Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 2644 | HB 2644 Sargent / SB 2552 Norris – This year’s state budget, once again, highlights and supports education efforts in Tennessee. It added $212 million to K-12 including: $55 million in teacher pay raises, $6 million in charter school facilities grants, $10 million in school turnaround grants for priority schools, $3.5 million for the Read to be Ready early literacy program, $1.75 million to strengthen Tennessee's principal pipeline and $13.3 million for RTI2. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Finance Committee Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 2644 | HB 2644 Sargent / SB 2552 Norris – This year’s state budget, once again, highlights and supports education efforts in Tennessee. It added $212 million to K-12 including: $55 million in teacher pay raises, $6 million in charter school facilities grants, $10 million in school turnaround grants for priority schools, $3.5 million for the Read to be Ready early literacy program, $1.75 million to strengthen Tennessee's principal pipeline and $13.3 million for RTI2. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Floor Vote) | ||
| choice | HB 2430 | HB 2430 M. White / SB 1899 Gresham ensures that public charter schools authorized by the Tennessee State Board of Education have full and equitable access to available resources provided to all Tennessee school districts. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Subcommittee Vote) | ||
| choice | HB 2430 | HB 2430 M. White / SB 1899 Gresham ensures that public charter schools authorized by the Tennessee State Board of Education have full and equitable access to available resources provided to all Tennessee school districts. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Committee Vote) | ||
| choice | HB 2430 | HB 2430 M. White / SB 1899 Gresham ensures that public charter schools authorized by the Tennessee State Board of Education have full and equitable access to available resources provided to all Tennessee school districts. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Finance Committee Vote) | ||
| choice | HB 2430 | HB 2430 M. White / SB 1899 Gresham ensures that public charter schools authorized by the Tennessee State Board of Education have full and equitable access to available resources provided to all Tennessee school districts. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Floor Vote) | ||
| choice | HB 2060 | HB 2060 Smith / SB 2571 Hensley will create a grant program for two schools to focus on encouraging and studying parent engagement, highlighting that parents are a full, necessary, and welcome part of the work for student success. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Finance Committee Vote) | ||
| choice | HB 2060 | HB 2060 Smith / SB 2571 Hensley will create a grant program for two schools to focus on encouraging and studying parent engagement, highlighting that parents are a full, necessary, and welcome part of the work for student success. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (Floor Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 2030 | HB 2030 Forgety / SB 1975 Gardenhire creates a two-year pilot program for students in an advanced integrated industrial technology dual enrollment course. This bill encourages students to get hands-on experience for the standards taught in their classrooms. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Subcommittee Vote) | ||
| standards | HB 2030 | HB 2030 Forgety / SB 1975 Gardenhire creates a two-year pilot program for students in an advanced integrated industrial technology dual enrollment course. This bill encourages students to get hands-on experience for the standards taught in their classrooms. Tennesseans for Student Success supported this bill. (IP Committee Vote) | ||
| assessment | HB 1609 | HB 1609 M. Hill / SB 2575 Hensley would have ushered in a national assessment and thrown out the statewide work to establish a Tennessee-specific assessment by prohibiting the TCAP End of Course Assessments and only requiring the ACT for high school graduation. Tennesseans for Student Success opposed this bill. (IP Subcommittee Vote) | ||
| accountability | HA 1337 | HA 1337 Williams (HB 2426) – This amendment allows for the removal of 2018 TNReady data in teacher’s student growth composites for the next three years. Tennesseans for Student Success opposed this amendment because it was a disproportionate reaction that went beyond the scope of the 2018 TNReady complications, threatening the next two years of student success. (Floor Vote) |
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| Issue | Bill # | Description | TSS Position |
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| assessment | HB 2203 | HB 2203 Byrd / SB 2589 Hensley removed End of Course Assessments from several high school subjects and removed some science and social studies annual assessments in grades 3-8. This bill would have prevented teachers, parents, and students from being able to utilize information from the assessment to improve the work done in the classroom. Tennesseans for Student Success opposed this bill. | |
| accountability | HB 2207 | HB 2207 Byrd / SB 2564 Hensley would have made it difficult for teachers to observe and record their students’ year to year growth by tying the growth component percentage of teacher evaluations to the number of annual assessment questions publicly released. Tennesseans for Student Success opposed this bill. |