Education
Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. [SB-2787]
[Education ]
As introduced, requires the department of education to study the school choice programs available in other states and to submit a report of the department's findings at the conclusion of the study to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the speaker of the senate no later than January 1, 2025. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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US Congress 118th Congress
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that paraprofessionals and education support staff should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions. [HR-990]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that paraprofessionals and education support staff should have fair compensation, benefits, and working conditions.
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US Congress 118th Congress
A resolution commending Blue Mountain Christian University for 150 years of service to the State of Mississippi and the United States. [SR-538]
[Education ]
A resolution commending Blue Mountain Christian University for 150 years of service to the State of Mississippi and the United States.
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US Congress 118th Congress
A resolution supporting the contributions of Catholic schools in the United States and celebrating the 50th annual National Catholic Schools Week. [SR-539]
[Education ]
[Religion ]
A resolution supporting the contributions of Catholic schools in the United States and celebrating the 50th annual National Catholic Schools Week.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Arts Incubator Workgroup - Established [SB-764]
[Arts and Culture ]
[Community Development ]
[Economic Development ]
[Funding ]
Establishing the Arts Incubator Workgroup to study how arts and cultural institutions can support local artists; and requiring the Workgroup to submit to the Governor and the General Assembly a preliminary report on its findings, including research, case studies, and examples of approaches used to support artists in other areas, by January 1, 2025, and a final report on its recommendations, including any necessary budget, facilities, or in-kind services that are needed or could be used to support local artists, by October 1, 2025.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Initial Teacher Certification - Requirements [SB-771]
[Education ]
Repealing a provision of law that requires a teacher preparation program to require a student to pass a certain assessment as a graduation requirement; altering the requirements for initial teacher certification; authorizing a local school system to establish a comprehensive induction program to aid in meeting a certain requirement for initial teacher certification; and altering the qualification requirements for a teacher who holds a professional license or certificate from another state.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
State Officers and Employees - Required Surety Bonds - Insurance Policies Authorized [SB-775]
[Insurance ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Budget and Spending ]
Altering the requirements that certain officers and employees of the State be covered by certain surety bonds to allow the officers and employees to be covered by certain insurance policies; transferring certain duties and responsibilities of the Maryland State Employees Surety Bond Committee to the State Treasurer; and repealing certain provisions of law related to the approval, form, and record of certain surety bonds required for certain officers and employees of the State.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Maryland Civic Excellence Program - Established [SB-762]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
Establishing the Maryland Civic Excellence Program as a voluntary program in which local school systems may participate to recognize students and public schools that promote the civic readiness and civic engagement of students in public schools in the State; and requiring, on or before July 1, 2026, and each July 1 thereafter, each participating local school system to submit to the State Department of Education a report on the Program in the most recently completed school year.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Testing Facilities That Use Animals - Licensing and Regulation [SB-761]
[Animals ]
[Agriculture ]
[Science ]
[Public Health ]
[Consumer Protection ]
Requiring each testing facility in the State to be licensed by the Department of Agriculture to use animals in research, education, or testing; establishing requirements for the use and treatment of dogs or cats by a testing facility; prohibiting a testing facility from using certain dogs and cats for research or testing purposes and performing certain procedures on dogs or cats; prohibiting a testing facility from using traditional animal test methods under certain circumstances; etc.
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Maryland 2024 Regular Session
Education - Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program and Fund - Established [SB-797]
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[Funding ]
[Budget and Spending ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Disabilities ]
Requiring certain information to be provided to the parents of a child with a disability under certain circumstances; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Program; establishing the Access to Attorneys, Advocates, and Consultants for Special Education Fund; requiring interest earnings of the Fund to be credited to the Fund; requiring the Governor to include in the annual budget bill an appropriation of $1,000,000 to the Fund beginning in fiscal year 2026; etc.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 67, relative to education. [SB-2675]
[Education ]
As introduced, requires the state board of education to publish on its website the reports on night schools that it receives from school boards. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 67.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. [SB-2683]
[Education ]
As introduced, increases, from 30 to 60, the number of days that a tenured state university or community college faculty member has to file a petition for review in chancery court if the faculty member is dismissed or suspended for cause. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. [HB-2922]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
As enacted, authorizes certain opportunity public charter schools serving any of the grades six through 12 for which at least 75 percent of the students enrolled in the school, at the time of enrollment, are at-risk students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. [SB-2758]
[Education ]
As introduced, extends, from October 1 to October 15, the date by which the department of education is required to provide a report regarding the physical education programs and activity for each local education agency to the education committee of the senate and the education instruction committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. [SB-2684]
[Education ]
As introduced, increases, from 5 to 10, the number of business days that the department of education has to include on its website any rules, regulations, or policies of the state board that are waived by the local board of education, following approval by the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. [SB-2667]
[Education ]
As introduced, changes, from at least 14 calendar days to at least 10 business days, the number of days before the beginning of an open enrollment period that an LEA must post on its website the number of spaces available for enrollment in each school by grade, class, and program level. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. [SB-2673]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
As introduced, reduces, from 90 to 60, the number of days following the issuance of a temporary certificate that the department of education has to determine whether an applicant to operate a child care program has complied with all regulations governing the classification of the child care program for which the application was made. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12 and Title 49, relative to school safety. [SB-2765]
[Education ]
[Public Safety ]
[Law Enforcement ]
[Children and Youth ]
As introduced, enacts the "Protecting Tennessee Schools and Events Act"; subject to appropriations, requires the department of education to contract for the provision of walk-through metal detectors to LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 49, relative to family leave. [HB-2923]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Labor, Jobs, Employment ]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires public charter schools to provide licensed employees of the public charter school six paid workweeks after a birth or stillbirth of the employee's child or the employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49.
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Tennessee 113th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education. [SB-2685]
[Education ]
As introduced, increases from 45 to 60, the number of days, following service of a petition for judicial review from a tenured faculty member seeking review for dismissal or suspension, that the board of regents or state university board has to transmit to the reviewing court an original or certified copy of the entire record of a dismissal or suspension proceeding against the tenured faculty member. - Amends TCA Title 49.