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House K-12 Subcommittee - March 16, 2021 - House Hearing Room 2
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Thank
you.
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
committee
house,
bill
962
actually
increases
the
half
credit
to
one
credit.
The
number
of
credits
that
may
be
awarded
to
a
student
for
work
completed
in
a
release
time
course,
under
a
policy
adopted
by
the
local
board,
currently
release
time.
Courses
are
limited
one
class
period
per
day.
It
is
an
elective
credit,
but
students
are
encountering
problems,
finding
other
half
credit
courses
which
would
count
toward
their
graduation.
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I
think
we
went
to
half
the
one
half
credit
last
year
and
we
really
to
me
we
just
haven't
really
had
a
chance
to
have
a
good
evaluation
of
what
it's
looked
like
during
this
this
past
school
year,
so
that
that's
the
one
apprehension
I
have
about
going
ahead
and
doing
this
until
we
actually
see
what
this
looks
like
in
in
in
action,
but
but
with
that,
if
there's
no
other
questions
all
right,
we
will
be
voting.
Okay.
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B
Both
they've
been
they've
been
doing
kind
of
a
hybrid
that
they've
been
doing
so
most
of
the
client
most
of
the
courses
and
everything
and
most
of
the
classes
up
there
are
in
person
we
haven't.
You
know
in
some
of
the
areas
that
they've
been
taking
it,
so
they
haven't
had
to
do
a
whole
lot
of
virtual,
but
just
when
they've
been
out
for
like
a
week
or
two
or
maybe
even
one
time
for
a
month,
yeah.
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C
If
representative
hakeem
can
control
the
25
million
dollars
to
do
this,
it
would
allow
more
more
help
for
our
most
needy
kids,
who
are
below
or
approaching
expectations
that
would
help
and
coincide
with
what
we've
done,
with
the
learning
loss
bill
to
create
lower
class
sizes,
more
intervention,
more
more
help
for
the
kids
who
need
it
the
most.
So
if
we
can
get
25
million
across
the
finish
line,
it
would
work.
Thank
you.
B
Just
follow
up,
I
mean
finance
is
not
our
problem,
so
we
have
to
worry
about
25
million,
but
my
friend
you
do
it
ain't
gonna
have
what
does
the
department
of
education
think
do
they
like
this?
I
mean
if
we,
if
25
million,
fell
out
of
the
sky,
do
they
like
this?
Is
this
a
good
public
pilot
now
look
at
the
two
chairmans
of
this
committee
as
well
as
you
representative,
is
this?
Do
we
need
to
be
doing
this,
for
is
this
a
good
bang
for
our
25
million
dollars,
representative
keem.
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C
You,
mr
chairman
committee,
this
is
part
two
of
the
discipline
act.
If
you
remember,
on
the
house
floor,
we
talked
about
getting
some
training
for
our
teachers
to
be
able
to
evaluate
students
that
could
be
struggling
from
mental
health
or
behavioral
health
issues
or
aces
aces
issues.
What
this
bill
does
is.
C
It
creates
a
two-year
grant
program
through
the
department
of
education
to
allow
lease
to
opt-in,
opt-in,
a
program
at
their
choice
to
help
get
our
teachers
and
staff
training
that,
when
these
children
come
back
in
august
to
make
sure
that
they
can
help
these
children
and
identify
them.
That
may
be
struggling
with
mental
health
issues,
and
also
this
coincides
with
the
discipline
act
to
make
sure
that
teachers
get
the
training
that
they
necessarily
need
to
help
identify
students
that
need
to
be
referred.
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C
The
premise
behind
this
is
to
make
sure
that
if
we
have
a
child
that
comes
back
to
school,
that
is
struggling
with
mental
health
issues
or
just
acclimating
themselves
back
into
the
classroom.
There's
a
there's
a
a
vehicle
here
for
the
teacher
to
be
able
to
be
trained
properly,
to
identify
that
and
make
the
necessary
referrals
to
the
proper
staff
to
get
those
children
the
help
they
need.
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D
C
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C
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C
How
are
lea
is
going
to
be
able
to
hire
teachers
hire
staff
make
sure
their
classrooms
are
ready
to
go
so
what
this
bill
does?
We've
been
working
on
this
for
three
months
now
and
we
think
we
have
it
in
a
place
that
meets
the
needs
of
our
lease
for
the
next
year.
So
I'm
going
to
walk
you
through
this
at
any
time.
You
need
me
to
stop,
mr
chairman.
Just
stop
me
and
I'll
expand
if
I
have
to
okay.
C
So
I
and
I
really
wanted
to
have
a
dry
erase
board
in
here.
So
I
could
just
draw
this
for
you,
but
I'm
going
to
explain
it
to
you.
So,
at
the
end
of
this
school
year
in
21
we're
going
to
do
a
calculation
and
we're
going
to
fund
our
schools
in
2122
based
off
of
what
that
attendance
number
came
out
to
be.
C
F
I
was
on
a
zoom
over
the
weekend
with
with
some
in
my
area
and
all
and
what
they
were
concerned
about
and-
and
I
kind
of
I
knew
this
and
how
I
explained
it
to
them.
But
what
they
were
concerned
about
is
so
they
get
the
money,
the
bep,
based
on
what
they
end
with
this
school
year,
this
this
may
or
june,
whenever
they
finish
for
fall
of
this
year.
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F
So
so
that's
why
I
want
to
try
to
so
that
whoever's
watching
at
home
or
whatever
that
we
clarify
how
and
and
then
so
you
bring
up
the
the
locals
doing
their
maintenance
of
effort,
the
locals
doing
that,
based
on
a
lot
of
times
they
wait
till
they
get
their
bep
money
and
do
that.
So
how
do
we
try
to
give
our
local
lease?
The
the
confidence
that,
in
terms
of
hiring
and
being
ready
to
have
that
many
coming
back
without
making
their
classes
right
up
to
the
very
end
of
enrollment.
C
Chairman
spiggy
two-part
answer
for
you
currently,
if
kids
show
up
to
your
school
system
and
are
and
just
move
into
the
district
right,
they're
not
accounted
for
in
the
bp
to
begin
with.
Now
we
can
all.
We
can
all
acknowledge
that
this
year
has
been
extraordinary
with
what's
happened,
so
we're
trying
to
come
up
with
an
extraordinary
way
to
meet
the
needs
of
the
lea
without
getting
ourselves
in
bep
trouble.
C
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C
So
therefore,
by
funding
the
children
that
show
up
in
october,
because
that's
the
normal
mechanism
we
use,
we
are
staying
in
compliance
with
exactly
how
we
have
the
bep
right
now
and
therefore
that's
where
the
locals
come
in.
I
think,
if
we
signal
to
them
our
intentions,
then
they'll
they'll
have
a
little
bit
of
peace
of
mind.
Knowing
hey,
there
may
be
something
coming
up
in
august,
but
we
know
we're
going
to
get
money
coming
to
us
in
I
october
that
answer
your
question.
G
G
So,
if
we,
if
we
tell
them
that
the
numbers
you're
being
funded
for
based
on
previous
years
as
a
thousand
or
two
thousand,
whatever
number
lower
than
what
you
were
they're
not
going
to
hire
those
teachers,
so
we're
going
to
be
presented
potentially
in
the
fall
where
we
had
the
teachers,
let
go
and
they
may
or
may
not
have
stuck
around
to
be
rehired
so
that
the
lea
is
going
to
face
a
situation
where
they
may
need
to
hire
more,
but
there's
not
more
to
hire.
How
is
your
legislation
going
to
address
that
chairman.
C
Speaking
so
it's
a
great
question:
if
you
look
at
northeast
tennessee
right
now,
the
numbers
of
students
that
are
dropping
from
their
classrooms
they're
having
to
address
those
issues
of
how
do
we
move
forward
with
enrollments
dropping
and
be
prepared
that,
if
we're
flexible
enough,
those
those
kids
come
back
with
the
unprecedented
times
that
we're
in
to
stay
in
compliance
with
the
bep.
So
we
have
uniformity
application
across
the
state,
so
everybody
has
the
same
opportunity
to
be
treated
like
they've
been
treated
in
the
past.
C
The
mechanism
we're
using
right
now
with
the
growth
is
a
funding
mechanism
that
all
leas
experience
all
the
time
if
they
have
an
influx
and
I'll
give
you
another
example
in
murray
county,
we
have
roughly
about
600
students
right
now
a
year
showing
up
more
that
we're
unaccounted
for
and
so
we're
having
to
figure
out.
We
got
to
keep
teachers
plus
we
have
to
go
hire
new
teachers.
That's
why
we're
trying
to
send
a
message
to
them.
C
C
If
you
get
into
that
situation,
where
we
got
to
find
more
teachers
or
we're
going
to
have
to
take
a
leap
of
faith,
and
I
think
they
could
negotiate
that
with
the
teachers
to
say,
look,
we
have
money
to
fund
you.
If
the
kids
come
back,
if
the
kids
don't
come
back
either,
we
have
to
give
you
a
different
job
in
the
district
or
we
have
to
let
you
go
to
someone
else.
C
C
C
The
governor
is
contemplating
their
own
legislation
on
the
bep,
so
my
intention
is
because
we're
under
the
gun
here
with
weeks
is
if
this
committee
moves
this
forward
from
the
subcommittee
that
will
buy
governor
lee's
people
another
week
to
figure
out.
Are
they
going
to
go
with
this,
or
are
they
going
to
come
up
with
something
different
that
we
have
to
consider
we're
trying
to
get
the
governor's
office
to
decide?
Yes,
we're
good
to
go
on
this
one
or
no.
D
Thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
thank
you
chairman,
sir
picky
for
the
legislation.
I'm
looking
at
section.
One
letter
b
number
one:
the
department
of
education
shall
distribute
an
estimated
50
of
the
funds
specifically
appropriated
for
purpose
of
this
section
to
eligible
lease.
No
later
than
june,
1st
2021
the
department
should
distribute
the
remainder
of
the
funds
to
eligible
lease
no
later
than
october.
31St
2021.,
so
is
the
first
50
based
upon
the
enrollment
from
last
august
to
end
of
school
year.
This
year.
C
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H
Charlie
buffalino
department
of
education-
thank
you
chairman.
I
think
primarily
we
just
wanted
to
make
ourselves
available
to
answer
questions.
If
there
are
any
that
folks
have
appreciate
chairman
sebicki
bringing
this
legislation,
I
know
we've
had
lots
of
conversations
about
it.
Obviously,
the
bep
and
any
sort
of
hold
harmless
is
certainly
a
complicated
topic,
and
I
think
there
are
many
facets
for
the
general
assembly
to
consider
and
yes,
the
the
governor's
office
is
continuing
to
sort
of
contemplate
sort
of
a
separate
vehicle
that
exists.
That
is
house
bill.
H
777,
that's
not
a
caption
bill.
The
language
that
sort
of
is
on
that
is,
is
sort
of
where
that's
at
currently
and
hope
to
be
able
to
share
updates
with
members
of
the
committee
sort
of
when
we
have
them.
I
think
that
one
thing
I
would
just
note
for
folks
that
I
think
is
worth
sort
of
considering,
as
as
sort
of
we
continue
to
sort
of
work
on
this
issue
together
is
just
how
local
matches
and
local
maintenance
of
efforts
would
or
would
not
be
affected
by
this.
H
C
So
it's
great
to
be
able
to
present
a
bill
and
ask
questions
the
exact
same
time.
So
you
talked
about
bep.
Our
local
match
maintenance
of
effort
because
of
tennessee's
position
with
covet
19
and
having
a
a
growth
in
in
revenue
are:
aren't
there
not
restrictions
on
maintenance
of
effort
right
now
that
leas
cannot
reduce
their
maintenance
of
effort
because
of
our
growth
in
tennessee.
H
So,
thank
you,
chairman,
not
quite
if,
if
state
portions
were
to
drop
which
they
would,
if
there
isn't
sort
of
a
hold
harmless
here
based
on
the
enrollment
in
this
year,
those
local
matches
or
those
requirements
are
based
on
sort
of
what
they're
getting
so
so
it
could
be
dropped
if
at
the
local
level
they
made
that
decision.
I
I
think,
if
I
could
follow
up,
if
you
would,
I
think
you
may
have
been
referring
to
the
federal
requirements
of
maintenance
of
effort.
Am
I
am
I
correct
in
that
regard?
H
So
so,
yes,
that's
a
complicated
question
and
one
that
we
are
continuing
to
look
for
guidance
from
the
federal
government
on
you
know
I
think
going
back
to
special
session.
We
were
talking
about
this.
There
is
a
requirement
in
the
federal
relief
funding
that
states
cannot
reduce
their
funding
in
order
to
unless
otherwise
there
would
be
at
risk
of
having
to
revert
or
turn
back
some
of
that
federal
funding.
I
think,
with
the
most
recent
esther
3.0
in
the
american
rescue
plan.
Sorry,
it
was
forgetting
the
acronym.
H
There
is
additional
maintenance
of
effort
requirements
that
could
put
the
state
in
jeopardy
of
that.
If
there
isn't
some
sort
of
hold
harmless
there
again,
it's
the
sort
of
thing
that
I
think
would
get
clarified
and
regs
and
further
guidance
that
hasn't
come
out
yet,
but
there
is
at
least
the
risk
of
that.
If
sort
of
something
isn't
done
on
that
front,
I
hope
that
helps
answer
your
question.
C
And
so
it's
totally
at
the
discretion
of
the
leas,
based
off
the
conversations
that
we
have
possibly
in
committee,
encouraging
them
to
until
we
get
past
august
september
october.
We
really
don't
know
what
position
you're
going
to
be
in
so
be
careful
cutting
funds
on
the
front
end
because
you
may
end
up
having
to
go
back
and
fix
a
budget
on
the
back
end.
If
the
children
come
back
into
school.
H
H
You
still
may
be
looking
at
that
sort
of
at
the
local
level
statewide,
whereas
if
it
were
done
sort
of
in
the
way
it
had
been
done
last
year,
those
requirements
would
be
sort
of
carried
through
because
the
state
would
be
putting
that
through
on
the
front
end.
But
it's
an
it's
an
important
thing
to
consider
and
think
through
one.
A
H
D
H
I
think
I
understand
so
I
think
you're
asking
for
next
year's
21
22
school
funding
budget,
essentially
what
that
is
based
on
in
terms
of
current
year,
enrollment
right,
yes,
great
question,
so
that
is
going
to
continue
to
be
updated
and
won't
be
final
until
june.
So
the
way
that
that
goes
is
there
are
enrollment
counts
that
are
sort
of
submitted
each
each
month.
Essentially,
those
are
projections,
those
are
estimates.
Those
can
get
trued
up
and
cleaned
up
by
districts,
all
the
way
till
the
very
end
come
april
may
and
june.
H
The
department
begins-
and
we
do
this
every
year.
Nothing
different
sort
of
in
this
process
we'll
send
each
district
their
estimated
funding
for
the
next
year,
and
we
do
it
sort
of
for
three
months.
So
there's
an
opportunity
to
true
up
make
sure
sort
of
data
is
clean
and
that
something
sort
of
wasn't
missed
at
the
local
level
in
reporting,
and
none
of
that
is
sort
of
fully
finalized
until
june
in
terms
of
those
actual
numbers.
But
that's
what
the
process
looks
like.
D
H
H
You
know
to
sort
of
keep
the
floor
steady
for
districts,
that's
where
that
additional
20
million
has
sort
of
been
set
aside
as
a
proposed.
That
cannot
be
done
unless
there's
sort
of
a
a
vehicle
or
a
bill.
That
sort
of
would
do
that,
because
that
can't
just
be
done
sort
of
through
the
budget
process,
because
if
that
answers
it
thank
you.
B
Yeah,
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
sorry.
I
was
late.
I
was
presenting
a
bill
on
another
committee
this
this
afternoon,
so
I
want
clarification
on
that
budget.
Vegetarian
issue,
so
is:
is
the
governor's
budget
amendment
going
to
take
that
money
out
or
is
the
budget
that
he
presented
going
to
remain
the
same,
because
I'm
trying
to
figure
out
why
we
need
a
harmless
provision
if
it's
going
to
remain
the
same.
H
If
I
understand
your
question
quickly,
I
mean
I
can't
answer
on
what
the
final
supplementary
budget
is
going
to
look
like.
I
can
say
that
there
was
in
the
proposed
budget.
There
was
20
million
that
was
sort
of
put
there
in
the
case
that
something
was
going
to
be
done
in
terms
of
the
bep
hold
harmless.
I
can't
comment
on
how
that's
all
going
to
shake
out.
B
H
A
F
Yes,
thank
you,
mr
chairman,
and
I
guess
I
mean
from
serving
on
knox
county
commission
and
every
year.
At
this
time
we
would
try
to
estimate
what
the
county's
portion
was
going
to
be
based
off
our
bep,
and
we
would
get
early
reports
on
what
we
thought.
Bep
was
going
to
be
and
and
how
much
we
thought
that
the
county
was
going
to
match,
or
you
know
for
their
and
for
the
maintenance
of
effort
and
all
so.
H
Yeah,
I
think
I
understand,
and
I
mean
I
think
it's
an
astute
observation.
I
think
it's
what
chairman
sipiki
was
talking
about.
I
mean
there
is
going
to
be
some
uncertainty
in
that
period
in
the
sort
of
proposal
and
in
front
of
you
in
that
you
know
if
the
students
are
coming
back
to
make
those
decisions
but
they're
making
budgeting
decisions
with
staff
now
and,
and
that
is
going
to
be
more
of
a
pinch
than
normal.
H
If
the
the
relief
for
the
additional
funding
sort
of
through
growth,
we're
talking
about,
wouldn't
start
to
kick
in
until
august,
and
really
that's
just
the
beginning
of
it,
it
would
sort
of
be
later
as
sort
of
it's
laid
out
in
the
bill
too,
and
and
it's
one
of
the
things
that
I
think
is
worth
considering
in
terms
of
whatever
the
pathway
is.
If
something
sort
of
is
going
to
happen
on
this
front,
I
think
that's
an
important
consideration
to
keep
in
mind.
F
But
but
then
people
have
to
be
able
to
provide
for
their
families,
and
you
know
so
so
I'm
very
it's
going
to
be
very
interesting
to
see
how
we
as
a
state,
become
out
as
the
leader
of
this
and
and
trying
to
kind
of
see
what
is
happening
and
maybe,
by
the
end
of
the
year,
maybe
some
of
our
local
lease.
I
mean.
F
I
hope
that
you
know
they'll
get
in
contact
with
all
their
state
representatives,
just
to
kind
of
know
where
they're
at
where
you
know
where
they
ended
and
the
the
difference
in
the
year
before
and
that
we're
all
together.
I
just
want
our
locals
and,
like
the
representative,
pickies
work
so
hard
now
I
just
I
want
all
of
our
locals
to
know
how
we
all
take
this
very
passionate
about
taking
care
of
them
and
not
just
leaving
it
behind
dry
and
our
governor
is
very
much
on
board
with
making
sure.
So.
C
So
currently,
in
the
bep
from
talking
to
talking
to
staff
they
roughly
for
growth,
they
roughly
keep
about
20
to
23
million
in
the
budget
some
some
years.
That
goes
a
long
way.
Some
years
it
doesn't
depending
on
who
comes
back
in
the
fiscal
note,
you're
looking
about
the
projected
is
51
million
dollars.
C
23
plus
the
20
million
of
the
governor
puts
us
at
43.
We'd
have
to
find
another
ish
10
million
dollars,
depending
on
how
many
students
come
back.
I
served
on
the
county
commission
in
murray
county
for
four
years.
I
served
as
budget
I
served
on
the
budget
committee
and,
as
chairman
too,
I
know
exactly
what
you're
talking
about
the
great
unknown
from
in
the
school
year
to
august
and
the
problem
is
it's
been
exasperated
exacerbated
by
what
we're
going
through
in
covet.
C
C
There's
going
to
be
jobs
for
good
teachers,
there
will
be
there's
always
a
job
for
a
good
school
teacher.
Now
you
may
not
be
close
to
where
you
want
to,
but
there's
always
a
job
for
a
good
school
teacher,
and
so
like.
I
said
this
is
a
funding
mechanism,
we're
waiting
to
see
what
governor
lee
wants
to
do
and
and
take
a
look
at
what
what
his
thoughts
are.
C
A
A
A
A
I
Thank
you,
mr
chairman
and
committee.
This
information
that
we
did
not
have
a
statewide
library
coordinator
was
brought
to
me
by
during
a
meeting
with
the
tennessee
association
of
school
librarians.
I
was
kind
of
surprised
they
didn't
have
this
position
that,
and
I
was
told
that
at
one
time
in
the
department
of
education
they
did
have
this
and
somehow,
over
the
years
it
had
fallen
away,
and
this
legislation
reinstates
the
tennessee
state
library
and
coordinate
aid
coordinator
position
within
the
department
of
education.
I
By
reinstating
this
position,
it
will
allow
the
department
to
promote
best
practices
among
school,
librarians
and
technology
coordinators,
while
also
developing
and
promoting
strategies
for
librarians
to
pro
to
partner
with
other
classroom
instructors
to
support
school
and
district
level.
Instructional
programs.
You
know
it
dovetails
perfectly
with
the
goals
set
by
the
department
of
education
chief,
strategic
plan,
tennessee
best
for
all,
which
was
adopted
by
this
assembly
in
2019,
and
the
bill
explains
the
duties
and
responsibilities
for
the
school
librarians
and
they
will
assist
implementing
the
department's
strategic
plan
in
school
literacy
in
digital
initiatives.
I
I
They
will
address
the
inequities
in
the
staff
and
school
librarians
and
report
to
the
commissioner
when
additional
resources
are
needed.
They'll
provide
input
on
revisions
to
the
school
librarian
evaluation
model,
work
with
the
school
state,
library
and
archives
to
promote
school
libraries
with
equal
access
to
high
quality,
educational
reading
materials
and
resources
support
the
department
work
by
promoting
best
practices
among
school,
librarians
and
technology
coordinators,
and
develop
and
promote
strategies
for
school
librarians
to
partner
with
classroom
instructors
to
support
school
and
district
level.
Instructional
programs.