Image Credit: Anastasia Shuraeva / Pexels / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – The state of Tennessee was supposed to have effectively dropped Common Core curriculum for Math and English, back in 2021. A law was implemented that year that officially banned textbooks and instructional materials created to “align exclusively with Common […]
Image Credit: iStock The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – Another piece of legislation regarding age-appropriate materials for minors has been filed by Rep. John Ragan (R-Oak Ridge-District 33). House Bill 1661 (HB1661) as introduced, would enact the “Restricted Access by Minors to Obscene Library Materials Act” and amend Tennessee Code Annotated Title 10, Chapter […]
Image Credit: Enokson / CC The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – As Tennessee universities begin to formulate official policies regarding the use of AI in coursework at the college level, one state representative has introduced a bill that will require all K-12 school districts and public institutions of higher education to adopt rules governing […]
Image Credit: PickPik / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Paula Gomes] – A bill has been filed for a second time that would expand who is eligible for lifetime orders of protection in Tennessee. Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44) is sponsoring House Bill 1645 (HB1645) and Senator Paul Rose (R-Covington-District 32) is sponsoring the […]
Image Credit: нυвιѕ тανєяη / Unsplash The Tennessee Conservative Staff – One Democrat legislator wants to make physician assisted suicide an option for Tennessee residents, calling it death in a “humane and dignified manner.” State Representative Bob Freeman (D-Nashville-District 56) filed House Bill 1710 (HB1710) to give terminally ill individuals access to drugs that could […]
Image Credit: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service via Picryl / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Kelly M. Jackson] – A set of companion bills were filed in the first week of January that would change the current law, enabling law enforcement agencies to assign resource officers to schools who had not previously requested one. […]
Image Credit: Nick Youngson CC BY-SA 3.0 Pix4free.org The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – House Majority Leader Rep. William Lamberth (R-Portland-District 44) has filed a bill to authorize the death penalty as punishment for child rapists who were an adult at the time of the crime. “They should forfeit their own life,” said Rep. […]
Image Credit: Annie Spratt / UnSplash The Tennessee Conservative [By Adelia Kirchner] – This week Rep. Ed Butler (R-Rickman-District 41) filed a bill that would effectively make it easier to funnel children away from their parents and into state custody. House Bill 1808 (HB1808) as introduced, amends Tennessee law by requiring Tennessee’s Department of Children’s […]
Image Credit: Austin Lowman / UnSplash The Tennessee Conservative Staff – New legislation would protect foster and adoptive families from being forced to support policies that go against the family’s religious beliefs regarding sexual orientation and gender identity. Senate Bill 1738 (SB1738), also known as the “Tennessee Foster and Adoptive Parent Protection Act”, was introduced […]
A New Tennessee Bill Barely Scratches The Surface To Address The Concerns Of Students Who Are Worried About Their Personal Information Being Shared To Third Parties. Image: Middle Tennessee State University students listening and taking notes. Image Credit: Defense Visual Information Distribution Service / Picryl / Public Domain The Tennessee Conservative [By Rebecca Scott] – […]
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