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Tennessee House Passes Bill Mandating Process For Reporting Divisive Concepts Complaints In Higher Education Institutions

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – The House passed legislation on Thursday that would establish a reporting process for complaints regarding the teaching of divisive concepts in Tennessee’s colleges and universities. House Bill 2784 (HB2784) was presented by sponsor Representative John Ragan (R-Oak Ridge-District 33). The House voted to conform to and substitute […]

Bill Allowing Non-Lethal Weapon Carry On Public College Campuses Passes Tennessee Legislature In Response To Murder Of College Student By Illegal Alien

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – The Tennessee General Assembly has passed a bill to remove the criminal offense for carrying a non-lethal self-defense weapon like pepper spray on a public college campus. The legislation has been titled the “Laken Riley Act of 2024” to honor its namesake, a nursing student […]

Bill To Close College Board Meetings Fails In Tennessee House Subcommittee

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov By Adam Friedman [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Legislation to allow public college boards to close meetings to discuss “sensitive” matters will not proceed after a House subcommittee killed the bill Monday. The House’s Higher Education Subcommittee voted 4-3 against the legislation, with the two Democrats on the panel voting in favor […]

MTSU Board Chairman Pushes Legislation By Senator Shane Reeves To Close Meetings For “Sensitive” Topics

Photo: Sen. Shane Reeves, R-Murfreesboro, is sponsoring a bill that would close public college board meetings to discuss “sensitive” topics. Photo Credit: John Partipilo By Sam Stockard [Tennessee Lookout -CC BY-NC-ND 4.0] – Middle Tennessee State University’s board chair is pushing legislation, sponsored by State Sen. Shane Reeves and Rep. Mark White, that would enable […]

Senate Education Committee Passes Bill Requiring AI Policies For Tennessee Public Schools

Image Credit: capitol.tn.gov The Tennessee Conservative Staff – Legislation that will require Tennessee public schools and universities to establish policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence (AI) will move on to the full Senate for voting after being passed by the Education Committee. Senator Joey Hensley (R-Hohenwald-District 28) presented Senate Bill 1711 (SB1711), which would […]

Annual Report Ranks Free Speech Policies Of Tennessee Universities

Image Credit: TheFire.org The Tennessee Conservative Staff – An annual report from the Foundation for Individual Rights and Expression says that only one Tennessee public university is strong when it comes to free speech policies on campus. The foundation’s yearly Spotlight on Speech Codes gave the University of Tennessee at Knoxville a rating of “green”, […]

Racial Chemistry is Apparently Now a Thing in College – HotAir

If you read the title of this article and found yourself scratching your head and wondering what “racial chemistry” might be, don’t worry. You’re not alone. It makes about as much sense as “beef-based veganism.” (And even that’s closer to reality because people have been making “vegan beef” out of plants for a while now.) […]