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House Education Administration- February 16, 2022- House Hearing Room 1
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Welcome
everyone
to
the
house,
education
administration
committee
appreciate
you
all
being
here
committee
and
our
guest.
We
have
a
couple
of
great
presentations
today
from
tennessee
cheese
and
tennessee,
reconnect
very
informative,
and
so,
but
we
got
just
a
couple:
two
bills
we'll
go
run
first,
but,
madam
clerk,
would
you
start
by
calling
the
roll.
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Go
by
with
us,
dear
heavenly
father,
lord
thank
you
for
being
able
to
be
here
today
and
represent
the
people
of
the
great
state
of
tennessee,
help
us
be
wise
in
our
deliberations
and
be
true
in
our
thoughts.
We
send
a
special
blessing
on
those
individuals
that
are
protecting
us
both
here
and
abroad,
that
allow
us
to
sit
here
as
the
most
free
country
in
the
world.
Lord,
we
ask
in
jesus
name,
we
pray,
amen.
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Chairman
members
of
the
committee,
again,
as
we
said
in
the
the
subcommittee,
this
is
an
exciting
time
for
the
area
in
which
I
reside
down
in
in
giles
county
last
year,
governor
lee
in
in
this
body
moved
to
create
a
new
institution
of
higher
education
in
the
university
of
tennessee
system
by
bringing
mark
methodist
college
into
that
system.
First,
one
in
over
50
years.
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Excellent
and
chancellor
vance
so
great
to
have
you
here.
I
get
to
know
chancellor
a
couple
years
ago
when
he's
president
of
martin
methodist,
and
we
got
to
be
friends
and
such
a
wonderful
campus
and
I'm
just
really
excited
about
ut
southern,
and
I'm
glad
that
you
are
leading
that
that
effort.
So
thank
you
so
very
much
anything
we
can
do
to
support
you
we'll
do
it.
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That's
the
one
we
have
yes
got
a
motion.
Second,
it
rewrites
the
bill.
Do
we
want
to
add
that
committee
to
the
bill
and
then
discuss
it,
give
that
objection
all
those
in
favor
of
adding
house
amendment
or
the
amendment
one
three
one,
four
four
onto
house
bill,
1848
indicator,
saying:
aye
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it
we're
now
back
on
your
bill
as
properly
amended
you
may
discuss,
you
may
explain.
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Thank
you,
mr
chairman
committee,
since
that
amendment
makes
the
bill
I'll
just
explain
the
bill.
This
bill
came
out
of
a
conundrum
that
we
had
in
one
of
my
counties
in
my
district,
when
it
was
discovered
that
the
members
of
the
local
county
school
board
was
compensated
at
a
whopping
rate
of
200
a
month,
while
the
county
commission
was
compensated
at
a
pretty
nice
rate
of
903
dollars
per
month.
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They
work
equally
just
as
hard,
and
so
our
local
folks,
including
the
community
county
commission,
saw
this
as
an
in
equity,
and
so
they
support
this
bill
which
allows
the
school
system
to
include
the
school
board
compensation
in
its
budget
when
it
presents
it
to
the
county
commission.
The
county
commission
will
then
vote
on
the
budget.
They
can
either
vote
it
up
or
down.
They
can
communicate
to
the
school
board
if
they
want
a
line.
Item
changed
they
can't.
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Hearing
none.
Can
I
call
the
question.
Question's
been
called
all
those
in
favor
of
moving
house
bill,
1848
to
calendar
and
rules.
Isn't
it
capable
saying
aye
opposed
guys?
Have
it?
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
committee.
Thank
you,
chairman
howell,
okay,
member
and
item
number
three
house
bill.
1959
has
been
rolled
one
week
per
the
sponsor's
request,
so
that
wraps
up
our
bills,
but
we
got
two
great
presentations
that
we
invited
to
give
us
updates
on
programs
that
are
doing
a
lot
for
our
state,
miss
de
la
hondro
chrissy.
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So,
thanks
to
representative
supiki,
who
championed
a
pilot,
a
three-year
pilot,
we
were
able
to
serve
tennessee
promise
students,
our
most
economically
disadvantaged
tennessee,
promise
students
in
a
new
way.
I
always
say
it's
a
deep
dive
into
what
is
actually
preventing
students
from
earning
a
post-secondary
credential
and
we
call
those
completion
grants
sometimes
in
higher
education.
They're
referred
to
as
emergency
grants,
and
I
don't
like
the
chaos
around
that
word.
So
we
call
them
completion
grants
and
a
completion.
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Grant
essentially
is
funds
outside
of
tuition
and
fees
that
are
currently
being
covered
by
the
tennessee
promise.
That
would
allow
a
student
to
maybe
work
less
or
maybe
address
food
insecurity
or
housing
insecurity.
You
will
see
here
that
we
implemented
representative
sipiki's
vision
within
two
months,
so
250
thousand
dollars.
We
were
allocated
217
000
of
those
dollars
and
within
two
months
students
were
being
served
by
those
funds.
We
have
created
a
chart
that
you
can
see
here.
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Many
of
them
were
actually
utilizing
their
cell
phones
to
watch
instruction
to
take
care
of
their
classwork,
which
seems
like
a
nightmare
to
this
42
year
old.
So
a
lot
of
tech
being
addressed,
also
gas.
So
if
you
live
in
many
of
the
communities
that
you
serve,
I
think
about
obian
county,
for
example,
one
of
our
rural
communities.
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You
can
find
yourself
in
a
post-secondary
desert
where
your
post-secondary
institution
is
far
from
your
home
and
so
that
gas,
to
and
from
a
community
college
or
technical
college
every
day
will
prevent
you
from
retaining
and
completing
so
gas
a
big
piece
of
this
and
also
food
insecurity.
So
again,
these
are
students
who
are
reporting
a
household
income
of
thirty
30,
000
or
less.
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Those
are
the
students
that
are
currently
being
served
by
this
85
counties
were
represented
in
the
completion
grant
push
over
the
two
months
we
distributed
almost
1200
completion
grants
to
668
students.
You
can
see
there
the
overwhelming
majority
landing
with
community
college
students.
That's
because
the
overwhelming
majority
of
our
students
at
tennessee
achieves
are
currently
enrolled
at
a
community
college.
Graham
thomas
who
works
with
tennessee,
achieves
met
with
representatives
picky,
who
really
wanted
to
know
how
the
students
were
doing
so
in
full
disclosure.
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This
is
self-reported,
so
all
students
which
I'll
talk
about
in
a
bit
must
work
with
a
tennessee
achieves
coach,
a
full-time,
proactive
near
peer
coach
that
is
walking
this
journey
alongside
students,
building
relationships
and
making
sure
that
student
is
earning
a
credential
and
entering
the
workforce.
So
students
reported
back
that
85
percent
of
them
are
returning
in
the
spring,
this
far
outpaces
what
we
see
with
our
typical
low-income
students.
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If
you
look
at
the
state
average,
it's
49,
so
I'm
going
to
pause
and
say
that
again,
49
to
85,
with
the
students
currently
being
served,
we've
also
broken
it
down
by
demographic
males,
not
asking
for
funds
as
much
as
females.
I
will
say
we're
proactively
pushing
this
to
our
students,
saying
let
us
help
you
in
this
space,
so
not
waiting
for
the
students
to
come
to
us.
You
can
also
see
the
representation.
The
number
of
students
that
fall
into
each
category.
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So
the
backbone
of
the
work
is
our
completion.
Coaches.
Again
I
talked
about
the
fact
that
this
work
is
all
based
around
scaffolding
or
support
for
students.
This
is
not
a
handout
of
free
dollars.
The
student
must
work
alongside
their
coach
in
order
to
access
the
funds,
that
is
the
magic,
the
marriage
of
the
completion
grant.
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With
the
coach
that
is
working
every
month
with
the
student
you
can
see
currently
because
of
some
funds
from
both
private
funds,
as
well
as
the
public-private
partnerships
and
funds
we
have
over
at
t-hec,
we
have
about
4
500
students,
currently
under
our
coaching
umbrella.
It's
about
14
of
students
under
the
tennessee
promise
umbrella
being
served
by
our
coaches
for
a
total
of
13
coaches.
Under
this
particular
model,
you
can
also
see
we've
been
running.
A
very
successful
pilot
program
called
knox.
Promise
thanks
to
the
haslam
family
foundation,
as
well
as
in
partnership
with
score.
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G
You
can
also
see
here
these
students
have
access
to
completion,
grant
funding
and
I'm
about
to
show
you
what
I
think
is
a
really
dramatic
representation
of
this
work.
What
this
work
can
do
so
college
going
rate.
Many
of
you
know
this,
I'm
sure
all
of
you
know
this
saw
a
dramatic,
almost
gut-wrenching
decrease,
with
the
onset
of
covid,
a
five
percentage
point
drop
to
pre-promise
times
in
terms
of
the
number
of
students
that
were
enrolling
in
high
school
directly
following
enrolling
in
college
directly
following
high
school.
G
What
you
see
here
is
in
knox
county.
We
actually
increased
by
two
percentage
points.
The
number
of
students-
and
I
can
tell
you-
we've-
ran
the
data.
The
overwhelming
majority
of
those
students
are
landing
at
pellissippi
state
community
college
under
the
tennessee
promise
umbrella,
so
knox
promised
well.
I
will
not
talk
about
causality
here,
but
I
will
say
it
did
bolster
these
students
in
a
very
different
way
than
we
were
able
to
to
other
students
in
the
other
89
counties
that
we
serve
across
the
state
looking
at
first
year
retention.
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G
So
a
huge
difference
maker
and
again
for
me
that
magic
of
providing
students
with
someone
who
can
walk
the
journey
with
them,
but
also
with
those
funds
to
eliminate
many
of
the
barriers
that
our
students
we
do
currently
have
some
dollars
for
expansion
in
the
budget
proposal.
I
wanted
to
just
make
you
aware
that
we're
working
really
hard
to
try
to
bring
this
to
every
economically
disadvantaged
student
across
the
state.
G
We're
also
trying
to
ensure
that
the
funds
are
not
limited
to
two
months
out
of
the
academic
year
that
we
can
actually
expand
throughout
the
academic
year
so
that,
if
we're
helping
a
student
in
september
when
they
begin
their
post-secondary
journey,
we're
also
able
to
help
that
student
on
the
other
side
of
their
second
semester
and
making
sure
they're
following
through
with
pension
and
graduation,
we
will
serve.
If
this
is
passed.
It's
a
five-year
pilot.
G
Currently
at
14
and
a
half
million
dollars,
we
will
be
able
to
about
18
thousand
students
annually
at
2.9
million,
with
10
additional
coaches
and
1.9
million
additional
dollars
in
those
completion
grants.
So
the
completion
grants.
I
will
tell
you
my
team
of
30.:
it
is
a
significant
lift
to
get
the
completion
grants
right,
because
it's
not
just
here.
You
go.
Here's
your
free
money.
G
We
really
are
making
sure
students
are
enrolled,
full
full-time
they're,
working
with
their
coach,
that
we
have
the
proper
documentation
should,
for
example,
we
are
paying
for
rent
for
a
student
to
address
housing
insecurity
that
we
have
all
that
documentation
in
place.
We're
also,
I
think,
really
important
to
note
tracking
programs,
both
at
the
boyd
center
at
the
university
of
tennessee,
with
dr
bill
fox,
but
also
we're
tracking
it
internally
and
we'll
be
happy
to
come
back
to
you
annually
or
at
any
point
that
you
want
to
update
you
on
our
progress
with
cobit.
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Thank
you,
mr
chairman.
Chris.
Thank
you
for
being
here,
love.
What
you're
doing
I
had
the
opportunity
this
summer
to
come,
see
some
of
your
students
in
action
at
southwest
community
college
and
wanted
to
follow
up
on
that.
How
is
that
program
doing
with
kind
of
covet
where
it
is
now?
Do
you
all
plan
on
expanding
it?
Now,
just
and
then
I
got
a
follow-up
question
after
you
answer
that.
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G
Summer
institute
is
a
six-week
program
designed
to
address
remediation
within
the
urban
core
of
memphis,
and
let
me
just
the
results
are
like
outstanding,
so
83
percent
of
the
students
identify
as
economically
disadvantaged
100
percent
of
the
students
identify
as
non-white
and
last
summer,
100
percent
of
the
students
eliminated
remediation
and
began
with
nine
credit
hours,
so
students
that
were
behind
actually
began
college
ahead
of
their
peers.
It
really
works
that
deep
dive
over
the
summer
is
truly
incredible.
G
We
also
run
a
three-week
summer
bridge
program
that
happens
at
all
13
community
colleges
across
the
state.
It
has
an
89
success
rate
with
students
eliminating
remediation
and
dramatically
increasing
their
test
scores,
unfortunately,
that
those
funds
have
been
plucked
out
of
the
budget
proposal,
so
we
are
scrambling
to
try
to
figure
out
how
to
bring
this
best
practice
back
in
the
summer,
because,
quite
frankly,
if
there
was
ever
a
summer
that
we
needed
it,
it's
now.
H
Well,
I'm
just
going
to
follow
up
with
what
you
just
said,
but
I
would
love
to
work
with
you
on
that
to
find
a
solution.
I'm
sure
I
don't
want
to
speak
for
the
entire
committee,
but
I'm
sure
there
are
multiple
people
up
here.
That
would
also
see
that,
because
the
results
do
speak
for
themselves
and
with
all
the
challenges
we
have
going
on
right
now
in
west
tennessee
and
with
the
exciting
news
of
the
blue
oval
city
coming,
it
is
a
best
practice
and
we
need
to.
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I
Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chair
and
chris.
Thank
you
so
much
for
for
the
work
that
you're
doing
you
know,
I'm
I'm!
I
really
appreciate
you
know
the
the
results.
You
know
that's
being
delivered.
You
know
through
through
this
work
through
this
ministry
that
that
you,
you
all,
are
providing
the
the
the
haslam
investment.
I
Do
we
know
do
we
know,
of
course
we
do
what
level
of
investment
that
was
and-
and
you
know,
because
I'm
looking
at
how
do
we
duplicate
that
that
same
investment
in
shelby
county,
with
some
of
our
philanthropists
in
shelby
county,
to
ensure
that
everyone
gets
that
coach
and
and
so
we
can
bump
those
numbers
up
too?
Can
you
tell
me
about
that.
G
We
are
in
our
fourth,
we
will
be
in
our
fourth
cohort
this
year.
It's
an
easy
lift.
It's
a
model
we
built
in-house
for
us,
it's
just
about
ensuring
again
sort
of
that
magic
of
completion
grants
and
a
dedicated
coach
that
wakes
up
every
day.
Thinking
about
a
certain
group
of
students
comes
together
in
a
meaningful
way,
so
we
care
deeply
about
students
that
tennessee
achieves
and
we're
happy
to
bring
that
program
to
shelby
county.
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G
So
much
of
what
happens
with
students
is
life.
I
mean
what
we
hear
from
students
is
that
they
are
helping
pay
their
parents
mortgage
that
they're
babysitting
their
younger,
siblings,
they're,
doing
very
adult
things
that
is
tugging
them
away
from
the
post-secondary
pipeline.
So
I
think
life
is
one
big
bucket.
I
also
think
another
big
bucket
is
many
of
them
come
so
academically
behind
that
they
find
themselves
sort
of
scratching.
G
If
you
will
chairman
to
catch
up
and
just
really
give
up-
and
I
think
that
probably
represents
about
10
of
our
students
and
the
other,
is
you
know
I
I
need
to
work
full-time
or
I
need
to
take
care
of
sibling
or
it's
life,
and
so
you
know
it's
our
job
to
try
to
proactively
think
through
those
barriers.
That's
why
the
coach
is
so
important.
B
B
J
A
J
It
is
a
great
pleasure
to
be
here
today,
mr
chairman
and
members.
Thank
you
very
much
we're
here
today
to
talk
to
you
about
the
tennessee
reconnect
grant
program
and
a
review
of
that
program
is
actually
required
by
statute,
and
I'm
delighted
that
we
have
a
great
team
here
to
provide
this
presentation
for
you.
J
You
know
the
comptroller's
office.
Our
office
mission
is
to
make
government
work
better,
and
I
think
you
will
see
that
this
presentation
and
the
information
contained
here
in
will
allow
you
to
do
that
now,
members.
I
hope
some
of
you
received
a
packet
deliver,
or
all
of
you
should
have
received
a
packet
delivered
to
your
office,
some
of
you,
some
of
you,
might
have
it
with
you.
You
received
an
email
about
this.
The
report
is
long,
there's
a
summary,
but
you
particularly
as
a
member
of
this
committee,
I
know,
are
vitally
interested
in
it.
J
J
Russell
moore
is
our
director
of
that
division,
but
today
we
have
three
folks
here
from
orea:
laura
inspires
jamie
tebow
and
anna
johnson,
who
are
going
to
give
this
presentation
to
you,
so
I'm
going
to
get
out
of
the
way
and
ask
you
to
welcome
them.
I
think
you'll
be
impressed
by
what
you
hear
and
see.
Thank
you.
Thank
you.
K
Okay,
I
think
I
got
it
on
all
right.
Mr
chairman,
members
of
the
committee,
my
name
is
laurence
byers,
I'm
with
the
comptroller's
office.
We're
pleased
to
share
with
you
the
results
of
our
evaluation
of
the
tennessee
reconnect
grant,
which
provides
free
tuition
to
adults
who
don't
yet
have
a
college
degree.
K
K
The
tennessee
reconnect
grant
is
available
to
adults
in
tennessee
who
have
not
yet
earned
an
associate
or
a
bachelor's
degree,
and
we
estimate
that
there
are
about
2.4
million
tennesseans
who
are
eligible
wow.
So
what
exactly
is
provided?
Participants
can
pursue
a
certificate
or
an
associate
degree
free
of
tuition
and
mandatory
fees.
The
reconnect
grant
does
not
cover
the
cost
of
textbooks
special
course
fees
or
supplies.
K
K
Students
can
use
the
grant
at
one
of
tennessee's
13
community
colleges.
There
are
some
eligible
public
and
private
universities,
but
most
students
go
to
a
community
college
and,
most
importantly,
why
tennessee
reconnect
was
created
as
part
of
former
governor
bill.
Haslam's
drive
to
55
initiative,
which
is
focused
on
meeting
workforce
demand.
K
K
That
means
that
students
file
a
fafsa
which
determines
their
eligibility
for
other
grants
and
gift
aids,
such
as
the
federal
pell
grant
or
the
tennessee
student
assistance
award.
Money
from
those
programs
is
applied
to
the
students,
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
first
and
then
reconnect
will
cover
the
difference.
If
any,
because
of
this,
some
reconnect,
students
may
receive
little
to
no
money
from
the
reconnect
grant,
while
other
students
will
have
all
of
their
tuition
and
fees
covered
by
reconnect.
K
K
Last
year
there
was
482
million
in
lottery,
proceeds
available
for
lottery
funded
scholarships.
The
pie
chart
on
the
left
shows
how
much
was
spent
on
each
of
these
scholarships
reconnect
is
shown
in
yellow
and
cost
about.
29
million
and
the
largest
expense
was
on
hope.
Scholarships
represent
represented
by
the
dark
blue
that
takes
up
about
75
of
the
chart
and
the
hope
scholarship
costs
about
298
million
and
after
all,
of
the
lottery
funded,
scholarships
were
awarded.
There
were
74
million
remaining.
L
L
L
Now
we'd
like
to
present
you
with
several
conclusions
from
our
evaluation
between
fall,
2018
and
fall
2020
about
90
000
people
applied
to
become
a
reconnect
student
at
one
of
the
state's
13
community
colleges
by
fall
2020
about
30.
000
of
these
35
percent
of
applicants
have
become
reconnect
students.
L
The
remaining
65
percent
of
applicants
did
not
become
reconnect
students.
The
average
student
who
ultimately
enrolled
was
around
32
years
old
female,
had
dependents
and
planned
to
work
full-time
while
enrolled
after
analyzing
the
data.
We
first
found
a
decline
with
the
number
of
students
participating
across
the
first
three
cohorts.
We
are
seeing.
Fewer
students
apply
for
the
program
in
becoming
reconnect
students.
L
L
L
L
L
We
identified
two
areas
for
improvement,
however.
Black
and
hispanic
students
earn
degrees
at
lower
rates
compared
to
other
reconnect
students.
Additionally
reconnect
students
with
30
or
more
credit
hours,
which
means
they
could
be
halfway
to
an
associate
degree
or
more
had
lower
degree
attainment
than
similar
students.
L
L
These
degrees,
such
as
medical
lab
technology
and
cyber
defense,
are
designed
for
students
planning
to
enter
the
job
market
immediately
upon
graduation
reconnect,
students
also
earn
more
high
need
degrees,
such
as
your
stem
computer
science,
health
and
agriculture
degrees.
This
is
especially
positive,
considering
the
state's
emphasis
on
workforce
readiness.
K
K
As
you
can
see,
we
are
right
on
track
to
meet
the
drive
to
55
we're
currently
about
a
half
of
a
percentage
point
above
where
we
need
to
be,
however,
declining
participation
in
programs
like
reconnect,
as
anna
mentioned,
as
well
as
declining
college
enrollment,
that
we're
experiencing
in
the
post
covet
era.
It's
going
to
impact
our
progress
toward
the
drive
to
55.
K
K
K
M
M
L
L
L
Adult
students
may
encounter
more
barriers
than
traditional
students
and
may
benefit
from
greater
flexibility.
For
instance,
students
could
be
granted
a
grace
semester
where
they
can
leave
the
program
in
return.
Currently,
if
a
student
takes
a
semester
off,
they
are
no
longer
eligible
for
the
reconnect
grant.
L
L
L
M
M
M
The
screenshot
here
is
an
example
from
dyersburg
state's
website,
because
I
think
they've
done
an
excellent
job
of
making
students
aware
of
these
expenses.
So,
as
you
can
see
here,
they
clearly
lay
out
what's
covered
and
what's
not,
but
again,
not
every
institution.
Does
this
so
we're
just
suggesting
more
efforts
to
promote
transparency
and
that
way
students
won't
be
caught
off
guard
by
an
outstanding
balance.
M
M
M
M
Here
you
can
see
a
breakdown
of
all
the
policy
options
that
we've
presented
to
you,
and
you
can
find
much
more
detail
about
each
of
these
options.
In
our
report
and
earlier
today,
you
should
have
received
both
a
one-page
snapshot
and
an
executive
summary
of
the
report,
but
the
full
version
can
be
accessed
on
orea's
website.
B
B
C
B
A
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
and
thank
you
all
for
the
presentation.
That's
great
and
I'm
glad
so
many
people
are
benefiting
from
this
program
and
we
obviously,
I
think,
to
echo
the
chairman's
sentiments
we
need
to
make
some
tweaks.
One
of
the
things
that
jumped
out
at
me
immediately
was
the
average
reconnect
student
being
a
32
year
old,
female
and
who
cares
for
dependents,
and
so
then,
that
immediately
I
started
thinking
about
well.
Are
we
requiring
too
much
and
those
six
hours
or
two
courses?
Every
semester
seemed
like
a
pretty
obvious
tweak.
A
My
question
is:
did
y'all
discover
any
correlation,
or
did
you
get
any
feedback
from
administrators?
That
shows
if
we
decreased,
that
requirement
that
that
tends
to
then
result
in
dropouts
or
discontinuation
of
studies,
if
someone's
only
taking
one
class
per
semester,
is
there
any
correlation
there
that
we
should
watch
out
for.
K
K
A
A
B
K
Sorry,
so
that
is
in
state
law.
So
that's
something
that
you
know
it's
not
in
the
program
rule
it's
written
into
statute
and
I
I
think
that
it's
just
an
incentive
to
keep
students
enrolled.
You
know
the
fear
being
that
if
they
take
a
semester
off,
they
might
not
come
back,
but
something
that
we
have
suggested
in
our
policy
options
would
be
to
allow
for
a
great
semester.
B
H
K
Yeah,
so
right
now,
after
all
of
the
lottery
funded,
scholarships
are
paid
that
74
million
that
was
remaining
last
year
is
transferred
into
the
tennessee
promise
endowment
fund,
and
so
any
changes
that
would
result
in
increased
expenditures
on
other
scholarships
would
just
mean
less
money.
Going
into
that
endowment.
H
And
on
a
completely
different
note,
is
there
a
way
or
do
you
all
track
where
the
students
live?
I'd
love
to
get
a
breakdown
both
by
county
by
county
and
then
specifically
in
shelby
county
by
zip
code,
or
something
similar
to
that,
and
I
don't
know
if
that's
something
you'll
do
or
not.
If
you
could
point
me
in
that
direction,
that'd
be
great.
M
B
Thank
you.
Well,
I
think
this
is
a
very
valuable
program
and
tennessee
is
blessed
to
have
it.
2.4
million
eligible
tennesseans,
that's
like
one-third
of
our
population,
so
I
think
we
need
to
do
more
marketing
and
we
need
to
pull
this
back
up
and
see
if
we
can
fix
a
few
things
to
to
help.
You
know
tennesseans
across
because
the
job
market
is
in
high
demand
right
now.
We
need
we
need
to
put
everybody
into
it.
Members
anybody
else
have
chairman,
sir
picky's
got
a
question
and
then
we'll
go
to
chairman
bond.
Thank.
C
Just
in
a
radius
I
mean,
if
you
could
just
draw
a
circle,
80
miles
away
one
hour
driving
time,
how
many
people
are
taking
advantage
of
reconnect
there,
because
I
think
flora
tiding
said
something
about
having
to
market
and
recruit
more
people
to
take
advantage
of
this
of
these
programs.
So
you
could
and
then
just
send
to
the
chairman.
B
E
K
K
K
Another
reason
could
be
that
the
cost
of
tuition
and
mandatory
fees
is
more
at
a
four-year
institution
and
the
grant
is
will
only
pay
the
equivalent
of
what
it
would
cost
for
that
student
to
go
to
a
community
college.
So
if
they
go
to
a
community
college,
it's
going
to
cover
their
full
cost
of
tuition
and
mandatory
fees.
If
they
go
to
a
public
or
private
university,
it's
only
going
to
cover
a
portion.
E
E
The
supply
of
of
of
students,
potential
students
who
might
be
interested
in
an
associate's
degree
that
that
might
be
continuing
kind
of
perpetual.
The
supply
of
of
students
who
might
be
interested
in
this
kind
of
support
for
a
community
college
might
be
being
diverted
to
the
the
tennessee
promise
program
so
that
this
existing
sample
or
our
pool
of
adults
who
would
be
interested
in
tennessee
reconnect.
E
The
ones
who
are
interested
have
by
now
begun
to
participate
in
the
program
and
the
supply
line
of
students
that
would
otherwise
become
these
adults,
who
are
interested
in
financial
assistance
to
get
an
associate's
degree.
They're
they're
not
entering
they're,
not
replacing
these
adults
in
this
population,
because
they're
taking
tennessee
promise
and
are
getting
an
associate's
degree
through
that
program.
K
Yeah,
that's
definitely
something
that
we
attribute
that
decline
to
and
also
the
first
year
any
adult
student.
He
was
already
enrolled
in
an
eligible
institution
and
eligible
program
of
study.
They
would
have
been
captured
in
that
first
cohort
as
well,
so
that
so
that's
definitely
an
attributing
factor.
B
Well,
thank
you
very
much.
Don't
have
anybody
else
on
the
list,
but,
as
usual
orea
is
so
valuable
to
the
general
assembly
for
this
research.
I'm
going
to
take
your
information
and
get
with
tbr
and
t
hack
and
go
with
this.
I
think
we
could.
We
need
to
look
at
some
things
to
boost
us
back
up
some
changes.
So
thank
you
all
for
that
and
we'll
be
calling
you
members.
Anyone
else
have
any
comments
of
our
guests
saying
none.
Thank
you
also
very
much
appreciate
it.