TBA Law Blog


Posted by: Stacey Shrader Joslin on Jan 15, 2021

Gov. Bill Lee has released the package of bills to be taken up by lawmakers in a special session scheduled to begin on Tuesday. In a release yesterday, Lee identified three bills to be considered in the special session, which is dedicated to “addressing K-12 student learning loss and the adverse effects on Tennessee students’ proficiency in reading and math after extended time away from the classroom due to COVID-19.” The bills are SB 7002 “Intervening to Stop Learning Loss,” SB 7003 “Building Better Readers with Phonics” and SB 7001 “Accountability to Inform.”