NASHVILLE, Tenn. — Tennessee lawmakers on opposite sides of the aisle introduced a bill that would make it a felony to assault educators while they are at work. The House version of the bill, HB ...

Tennessee has made significant progress in education, moving from 44th to the top 20 in student achievement nationally. Proposed legislation, House Bill 793/Senate Bill 836, aims to deny public ...

House and Senate Republicans are now running two significantly different versions of the bill, which the GOP hopes will trigger a U.S. Supreme Court case. A bill that would allow Tennessee schools ...

Tennessee state lawmakers introduced a bill to allow school districts and law enforcement agencies to deny enrollment to illegal migrant students. S.B. 836 states that a law enforcement agency or ...

The Tennessee House of Representatives has overwhelmingly approved a measure requiring schools to ban cell phone use when teachers are instructing students. House bill 932, sponsored by Republican ...

A state Republican leader has introduced a resolution encouraging Tennessee ... by a group of teachers and the state's largest teacher organization. Under Republican Gov. Bill Lee, the legislature ...