Legislative Updates

Legislative Update | Sept 19, 2025

Click here to view the latest actions for bills.

Legislative Update | April 15, 2024

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Legislative Update | February 5, 2024

Legislative Update | January 27, 2024

Click here to view updates on current CTE bills. Richard Skipper, Arlette Robinson, and I (Ryan Goodman) have been working on crafting a bill for the middle school CTE course enrollment max numbers to be the same as the general education enrollment numbers for those same grades. It will likely be introduced this week. Please reach out to your legislators to gain support for the bill.

Legislative Update | January 19, 2024

Click here to view updates on current CTE bills. There are 3 included on the document. One is regarding WBL, which has already passed on second reading.

Legislative Update | January 15, 2024

Click here to view the federal legislative update. The House Education and Workforce committees announces plans to hold hearing on CTE.

Legislative Update | November 7, 2023

Click here to view updates in regards to discussions on the hill around Federal Education Funding. The Sycamore Institute presented to the joint committee today, November 7. Click to view information provided by The Sycamore Institute: Implications and Considerations for Federal Education Funding in Tennessee.

Legislative Update | September 26, 2023

A Tennessee legislative panel will look into rejecting federal education funds.
House Speaker Cameron Sexton and Lt. Gov. Randy McNally assigned a panel to explore a proposal that could cost Tennessee schools over $1 billion a year in federal aid. Click here to view the update.

Legislative Update | August 11, 2023

Click here to view the Legislative Update. This report includes all Acts passed by the Tennessee General Assembly impacting education during the 113th Legislative Session. It contains a link to the public chapter and the Tennessee Department of Education (TDOE) contact who may provide helpful information related to the new law.

Student Club Membership | July 27, 2023

Click here to view an update and important change regarding student club membership.

Bill HB0662 | May 17, 2023

Important information pertaining to Bill HB0662:
(2) Provide that, if a person holds an active industry license or credential relevant to a career and technical education course as determined by the department of education, then the person may provide instruction to students in the career and technical education course as long as the instruction provided by the person is supervised at all times in the classroom by a licensed teacher who serves as the teacher of record for the course; and

(3) Clarifies that a person providing instruction to students in a career and technical education course pursuant to (2) is subject to investigation pursuant to law relative to investigating applicants for teaching positions

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Navigating the TN General Assembly Web Page | January 24, 2023

Dr. Ryan Goodman offered a short, but informative webinar on navigating the TN General Assembly Webpage so everyone will be aware of the legislature on the docket for this season. Thank you, Ryan!

Click here to view the webinar.