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2024 Legislative Wrap Up

2024 Legislative Wrap Up Each year from January through April or May when the Tennessee General Assembly holds its legislative session TQEE advocates for a set of legislative and budget proposals that would have a meaningful impact on one or more of the priorities outlined in our Policy Blueprint.  This year, we supported a number of…

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2024 Budget and Legislative Priorities

Governor Bill Lee’s Proposed 2024-25 Budget We applaud proposals in the Governor’s budget presented Monday, February 5 to support child learning, health and mental health and urge the General Assembly to approve them.  In particular: As we continue to dive into the budget more deeply we’ll update this page to reflect any new additions to our support…

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Rebecca Woods
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2023 Legislative Wrap Up

Momentum builds for early care and education in Tennessee During the first year of the 113th Tennessee General Assembly, a large number of policy initiatives that align with Tennesseans for Quality Early Education’s Policy Blueprint 2.0 gained momentum. Below, we outline important legislative and budget items related to our priorities of high-quality birth-through-age-eight learning environments,…

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2022 Legislative Wrap Up

Momentum continues for early care and education  Tennessee saw some great wins for early education in the 2022 legislative session. The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act (TISA) In the biggest win for Tennessee children this session, the Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act (SB2396/HB2143) passed, updating the K – 12 public education funding model…

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2022 Legislative Wrap-up

The second year of the 112th Tennessee General Assembly ended last week, and we’re proud of what we achieved together on behalf of Tennessee’s littlest learners. THANK YOU for creating a powerful movement to make early care and education a priority for Tennessee policymakers. We are inspired by the momentum we’ve gained. Here are some…

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Together, we achieved big wins for little kids in 2021

As 2021 comes to a close, we extend our sincere gratitude to partners like you who help ensure Tennessee’s youngest learners get the brightest start possible. It is important to say that we don’t accomplish anything alone. From a successful legislative session to the launch of the Bright Start Tennessee Network (and everything in between),…

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2021 Legislative Wrap Up

Big successes for early education, children and families this year! We had a very successful 2021 legislative session.  Three legislative proposals were introduced on TQEE’s behalf, and we endorsed another six.  Additionally, TQEE endorsed and advocated in support of the Governor’s legislative package presented in a special legislative session on education called by Governor Lee in January. A Strategic…

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Governor Lee’s Education Bill Package is a Strong Start for Tackling TN’s Early Learning Gap

TQEE actively supported the Lee administration’s education proposals during the special session as a strong and important start for addressing the literacy crisis and education-related challenges laid bare by the pandemic. With nearly two-thirds of Tennessee’s third graders not proficient in reading and math – a number that has likely worsened due to the COVID-19…

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Legislative Support Signals Commitment to Improve Tennessee early education

Media Release: Early education advocates across Tennessee are cheering results of the 2019 Tennessee legislative session that include a slate of approved policy proposals aimed at boosting learning prior to third grade as a strategy to improve Tennessee’s public education system. Highlights include a new pilot to create a network of early grades literacy and…

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Legislative Wins Build Momentum for Quality Early Education

This year’s legislative session has concluded, and with the help of our many coalition partners and friends TQEE had great success advancing our legislative priorities.  Below is a short wrap up.  Please share with your colleagues and friends who may be interested, and be sure to sign up to join TQEE if you haven’t already, to ensure…

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