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House Finance Committee- April 20, 2021
D
D
A
A
E
D
A
B
Representative
miller,
thank
you,
madam
chair
lady.
Just
to
reiterate,
I
want
to
say,
welcome
all
of
the
tennessee
labor
unions,
all
of
the
workers
that
you
represent
in
this
state
and
just
to
to
say
how
much
I
we
appreciate
what
you've
done:
the
history
of
labor
unions
in
this
country
in
this
state
that
has
not
only
helped
build
the
economy
and
continue
to
help
build
this
economy
in
this
state,
but
the
economy
in
america.
Thank
you.
A
Do
we
have
other
personal
orders
or
announcements
seeing
none?
We
have
24
bills
on
our
regular
calendar
and
addendum
calendar
today,
but
before
we
get
to
those
is
announced
on
the
floor.
We're
going
to
hear
from
the
department
of
education
on
their
latest
expansion
request
the
documents
from
this
before
this
proposal
are
on
your
dashboard.
You
should
be
able
to
find
them
all
their
members
and
so
without
objection.
We're
out
of
session
and
we'll
ask
the
department
to
come
forward.
Commissioner
swin
and
whatever
support
team
you'd
like
to.
A
A
A
Your
goal
is
the
department
and
our
goal
as
a
legislature
is
to
do
all
that
we
can
to
make
sure
that
those
dollars
are
used
well,
that
they're
used
effectively
for
the
benefit
of
tennesseans
and
particularly
for
the
benefit
of
our
students
with
those
dollars
that
are
designated
for
education.
So
if
you
would
just
like
to
talk
with
us
about
the
plans
and
the
amounts
of
dollars
that
will
be
included
in
these
expansion
requests.
F
So,
just
to
give
some
context
as
we're
moving
into
this.
As
you
all
likely
know,
we've
had
now
three
rounds
of
federal
funding
to
make
sure
that
we
are
talking
about
funding,
as
it
relates
to
the
outcomes
that
that
funding
should
generate
and
the
ways
that
we're
investing,
we've
included
sr1
what
we
call
sr2
and
sr3.
So
I'm
going
to
go
through
all
of
it
as
one
state
investment
from
the
sca
perspective
and
just
to
make
sure
to
kind
of
frame.
As
I
always
do,
our
investments
are
aligned
to
our
strategic
plan.
F
We
know
that
there
were
needs
that
occurred
before
the
pandemic.
We
want
to
make
sure
we're
investing
deeply
in
a
few
core
areas,
as
opposed
to
in
a
very
shallow
way
over
a
bunch
of
new
initiatives.
This
has
to
be
something
with
staying
power
and
so
just
to
to
recap
what
we're
looking
at
here
in
tennessee.
These
are
historic
amounts
of
federal
funding.
F
I
want
to
note
that
tennessee
is
one
of
the
only
states
that
didn't
have
the
budget
cuts
that
didn't
reduce
funding
to
schools
in
the
way
that
we're
seeing
in
lots
of
states
across
the
country.
So
the
additional
funding
that
we're
seeing
at
the
sca
level,
and
certainly
that's
going
out
to
leas,
is
all
on
top
of
what
they
would
normally
receive.
And
so
this
is
a
really
strong
and
important
opportunity
for
all
of
our
school
districts.
F
Just
like
the
state
will
be
approaching
it
to
really
think
about
ways
that
we
can
move
the
needle
for
student
achievement.
All
in
total,
we'll
have
just
over
4.5
billion
dollars
in
federal
relief
funds.
We
had
a
150
million
dollars
from
the
crf
that
was
on
top,
and
that
was
for
a
lot
of
the
school
reopening
conversations
that
happened
in
july
august
and
september.
F
In
terms
of
a
summary
of
the
strategic
investments,
we
will
have
the
opportunity
to
invest
pretty
significant
amounts
and
things
that
we
know
will
move
the
needle
for
kids.
So,
first
and
foremost,
120.7
million
dollars
will
be
to
support
the
literacy
success
act
from
special
session
as
well
as
reading
360..
F
I
think
the
second
thing
I
would
point
to
is
around
the
tennessee
all
core
again
something
that
came
out
of
special
session.
I
think,
and
one
of
the
most
important
pieces
of
legislation
we've
seen
in
the
country
and
this
state
was
ahead
of
all
the
other
states
in
terms
of
trying
to
respond
to
the
pandemic
and
what
our
school
systems
would
need.
That's
given
us
the
vehicle
to
now
put
in
170
million
dollars
towards
the
tennessee,
all
core
that
will
be
one
to
one.
F
That's
coming
up,
it's
not
coming
up
for
a
couple
of
years,
but
we
do
know
that
districts
oftentimes
need
support,
so
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they
have
additional
financial
grants
to
help
them
with
their
local
adoptions
and
selection
processes,
and
then
32
million
to
support
the
ongoing
online
professional
development
resources.
We've
been
sending
and
providing
for
families
and
certainly
to
have
that
level
of
support
from
a
technology
perspective
for
student
readiness,
we'll
be
investing
a
pretty
significant
amount
of
money,
32.6
million
dollars
for
innovative
high
schools
and
those
grants
are
open.
F
Now
we
have
a
number
of
districts,
I
think
we're
over
70
districts
who
are
looking
to
submit
applications
and
that's
to
match
high
school
with
workforce
and
post-secondary
opportunities
for
students
in
really
thoughtful
ways
and
innovative
ways.
We
also
are,
on
the
tail
end
of
a
grant
application
that
will
provide
ap
access
for
all
and
what
that
is
is
the
grant
that
will
allow
for
5
000
new
students
to
be
able
to
take
ap
classes
online.
F
This
would
give
them
that
access
for
those
rigorous
courses
and
then
15
or
56,
just
over
56
million
dollars
and
those
are
for
other
student
readiness
activities
again
pushing
out
grants,
supports
and
resources
for
content
for
professional
development,
for
teachers
etc.
But
this
would
all
be
grants
and
funds
that
go
out
to
our
school
districts
and
then
last
is
our
educators,
bucket
21
million
dollars
in
programs
to
support
the
educator
pipeline.
You've
seen
things
like,
we
released
our
grow,
your
own
application,
it's
the
second
round.
F
We
have
just
about
three
dozen
districts
who
are
currently
participating,
but
this
is
to
really
make
sure
that
we
have
folks
coming
into
the
pipeline.
We
also
are
supporting
things
like
our
aspiring
assistant,
principal
network,
our
rural
principal
network,
etc.
So
those
who
are
currently
in
the
pipeline
right
now,
as
well
as
those
who
are
in
the
classroom
and
in
our
school
buildings,
how
do
we
invest
in
them
to
support
their
future
careers
and
pathways
and
then
from
a
foundational
investments,
perspective
school
models?
F
We
have
six
million
dollars
to
support
that
work
and
then
what
you
see
in
the
last
three
is
really
about
some
of
the
additional
investments
that
came
through
crf
and
some
of
the
school
startups.
So
technology
we
had
a
pretty
massive
investment
as
a
state.
50
million
dollars
went
to
districts
for
computers
and
devices,
and
another
15
million,
went
for
high-speed
internet
and
wi-fi
connections
for
ppe
and
disinfecting
and
supplemental
supports.
That's
a
lot
of
the
work
that
you
see
in
that
partnership
that
we
had
with
teema.
F
We
had
tens
of
millions
of
pairs
of
gloves
that
have
been
sent
to
our
local
districts,
they've
been
able
to
order
through
this
month,
and
that
was
at
the
school
site.
So
as
school
sites
needed
more,
whether
it
was
ppe
or
disinfecting
equipment,
they
could
actually
order
that
online
directly
and
tima
worked
overtime
over
the
last
school
year
to
make
sure
that
they
could
have
those
direct
shipments
to
schools
and
for
classrooms.
F
A
G
In
in
your
supplemental
request
for
additional
positions,
you're
asking
for
an
additional
22
positions
to
help
with
the
management
of
these
funds,
will
the
people
being
hired?
Are
they
brought
on
to
just
augment
you
all?
Will
there
be
a
separate
entity
that
that's
all
they're
doing
is
monitoring
the
funds
and
providing
feedback
and
direction.
F
Yep,
that's
so
thank
you
for
that
question.
So
in
context
we
are
asking
for
those
22
positions.
They
would
be
hired
and
posted
as
term
so
essentially
as
soon
as
the
funding
runs
out,
the
position
is
eliminated
immediately,
so
we're
only
hiring
from
them
for
that
short
period
of
time,
specifically
to
support
this
amount
of
money
which,
as
I
said,
is
significant.
It
matches
what
the
last
big
federal
investment
we
had.
So
it's
we're
doing.
I
think
eight
times
as
much
with
the
same
human
capital
perspective
in
terms
of
numbers.
F
They
would
still
be
managed
within
the
department
and
they
would
work
under
their
respective
groups.
So
the
monitoring
folks
would
work
with
our
federal
programs
office.
The
folks
who
would
be
there
to
support
the
tutoring
group
would
work
in
our
academics
office,
but
they
would
be
termed
positions.
G
You
ma'am
chair
will
they
be
providing
support
to
the
leas
as
well
with
respect
to
the
amount
of
money
they're
going
to
get
so
you
know
everybody
is
receiving
a
lot
of
funds
and
we
want
to
make
sure
that
they're
responsible,
there's
transparency.
Well.
These
people
in
this
particular
group
be
also
providing
support
to
the
lease
where
they
have
to
do
something.
Similarly,
local.
F
So
it'll
be
a
little
bit
of
both
so
in
in
we'll
match
up
what
we
expect
to
see
in
the
lease
so,
for
example,
we're
using
most
of
our
funds
to
support
a
lot
of
that
monitoring
work.
We're
also,
we
can't
require,
as
you
all
know,
in
the
law,
but
we
are
strongly
encouraging
that
all
of
our
districts
spend
one
percent
of
their
funds
on
additional
capacity
to
help
with
the
monitoring,
reporting
and
auditing,
in
the
same
way
that
the
department's
doing
for
our
academics.
F
Folks
so
folks
who
will
be
working
on
the
tennessee,
all
core
or
literacy,
math,
etc.
They,
those
folks,
are
brought
in
both
to
support
any
initiatives
that
would
be
in
place
and,
most
importantly,
to
support
districts
so
they'll
be
on
the
phone
with
districts,
technical
assistance,
managing
grants,
etc.
G
F
Sure
so
the
the
majority
and
I'd
say
about
a
third
of
them
are
specifically
for
monitoring,
so
we're
looking
for
folks
who
have
been
accountants,
maybe
for
people
who
have
done
monitoring
work
in
the
past.
I
think,
with
a
lot
of
things
similar
to
districts,
there
are
people
who
have
recently
retired,
who
might
come
back
for
a
term
position.
They
don't
necessarily
want
to
work
for
another
10
years,
but
are
willing
and
open
and
able
to
work
for
the
next
three
in
this
term
type
of
role.
We
have
another.
F
Third
that
is
working
on
getting
the
initiatives
off
the
ground.
We
have
a
pretty
significant
amount,
as
you
can
see,
dedicated
to
tutoring
to
reading
to
math,
etc.
So
these
are
going
to
be
content
experts
who
can
come
in
and
make
sure
that
we
have
things
aligned
to
tennessee
standards
that
will
work
for
tennessee
schools
and
then
the
other
third
is
really
around
ensuring
that
we
have
from
a
fiscal
management
perspective
enough
folks
to
to
move
the
dollars
at
the
pace
in
which
the
federal
government
is
requiring
us
to
do.
F
One
of
the
challenges,
as
you
will
see-
and
I'm
happy
to
actually
just
highlight
that
on
the
next
slide
in
red-
is
that
that
we
have
a
different
kind
of
expenditure
date
that
has
to
happen
so
districts
have
until
2022,
23
and
24
respectively
to
spend
down
their
funds.
The
state
has
12
months
from
the
date.
H
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
and
thank
you,
miss
miss
director
for
being
here.
It's
good
to
have
problems
like
this
and
just
to
have
a
lot
of
money.
It's
good.
I
wanted
you
to
talk
a
little
bit
about
because
I,
as
you
know
I
had
I
had
talked
about
some
legislation
that
we
we
laid
aside,
but
the
20
120
million
point.
H
F
Yes,
sir,
so
on
the
slide
that
has
the
extended
learning
it's
under
the
academics
bucket
that
outlines
what
we're
thinking
about
for
tutoring.
One
of
the
things
is
that
some
of
that
fund
will
go
directly
to
districts
for
district
level
grants
for
tutoring,
but
there's
also
a
pot
that
will
be
set
aside
for
community
organizations
to
support
tutoring
as
well.
So
that
way,
everybody
it's
going
to
take
everybody
to
support
this
number
of
students
in
this
time
period,
and
so
both
pots
will
be
available.
H
F
Districts
can
choose
to
provide
the
tutoring
services
themselves
or
they
can
choose
to
work
with
whatever
partner
they
select
at
the
local
level,
or
they
can
do
both.
In
those
cases,
districts
will
likely
reach
out
to
community
partners
with
the
other
funding
that
goes
directly
to
community
partners.
Our
expectation
would
be
that
the
community
partners
would
reach
out
to
the
district
and
see
the
best
ways
that
they
can
help
coordinate
efforts.
Thank
you.
B
Miller.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
commissioner.
Thank
you
all.
Yes,
sir,
a
quick
question
in
reference
to
safety,
of
course,
the
schools
are
almost
getting
back
to
100
percent
in-person
learning,
but
we're
still
in
the
middle
of
a
pandemic
and
as
a
look
at
the
ppe,
80
million
dollars
direct
school
shipment
of
supplemental
ppe.
F
B
F
We're
waiting
on
rules
from
this
I
apologize
is
that
okay,
we're
waiting
on
the
rules
right
now
for
everything
related
to
these
funds.
We
have
not
yet
received
any
guidance.
We
just
got
the
maintenance
of
effort
guidance
in
the
last
36
hours,
but
what
we
do
know
is
when
we
actually
have
read
the
law
itself,
it
does
include
safety
and
disinfecting
and
custodial
services
as
allowable
expenses,
because
it
helps
to
keep
schools
open
or
open
schools.
F
What
we
haven't
received
from
the
federal
government
is
any
guidance
or
guidelines
whatsoever
related
to
what
we
need
to
report
on
how
often
their
rulemaking
and
policy
making.
So
we
do
expect
there
to
be
some
shifts
in
the
guidance
we
can
provide.
We
can't
do
that
until
we
get
that
from
them.
We
follow
up
on
a
weekly
basis,
so
thank
you,
sir.
H
D
F
Yep,
so
all
great
questions
right
now
from
a
framework
perspective,
what
we
do
know
that's
written
into
from
the
federal
level
is
they
have
signaled
and
said
that
there
will
be
kind
of
an
escalated
or
elevated
reporting
requirement.
They
have
not
said
the
frequency
or
what
that
data
collection
or
reporting
will
be
that's
what
we
are
waiting
on,
because
that
certainly
drives
how
we
would
structure
our
process
and
saying
kind
of
putting
that
to
the
side
and
saying
well
we're
going
to
do
what
we
need
to
do
here
in
tennessee.
F
From
the
department's
perspective,
we
have
certainly
heard,
I
think,
a
robust
amount
of
feedback
that
the
public
wants
to
know
how
the
dollars
are
being
spent.
They
want
to
know
that
at
a
regular
cadence
and
they
want
that
to
be
in
an
accessible
format.
So
all
of
the
district's
spending
plans
what
we
we
put
them
in
something
called
e-plan,
and
that's
where
you
can
look
at
the
kind
of
very
minut
detail
of
everything
and
how
the
districts
are
thinking
about
the
money,
I
would
say
as
a
parent.
F
F
That
needs
to
happen
on
a
monthly
basis
with
esser.
One
of
the
lessons
learned
is
that
our
districts
might
be
spending
the
money.
We
don't
necessarily
know
that
unless
they
ask
for
the
reimbursement,
so
we'll
see
that
on
a
monthly
basis,
we
will
post
that
on
a
monthly
basis,
we
will
also
have
data
collection
to
show
what
is
happening
as
a
result
of
the
dollars.
So
things
like,
we
have
a
number
of
the
the
universal
screener
for
literacy.
We
have
information
related
to
attendance,
computer
purchases,
etc.
F
So
you
can
know
exactly
what's
happening
with
the
money
for
the
department's
perspective,
we
will
also
be
publishing
on
a
monthly
basis
what
we
are
doing
with
our
funds
and
we'll
likely
have
to
submit
at
a
regular
cadence,
if
not
monthly,
then
more
frequently
to
the
us
department
of
education.
All
of
the
information
that
I
just
talked
about
that
will
be
published
at
the
usdoe
level
as
well
as
at
the
state
level.
F
A
Thank
you,
commissioner.
I
have
a
question.
Slash
suggestion.
Yes,
ma'am
one
of
our
members,
representative,
hasten
had
brought
to
our
attention
that
there's
an
opportunity.
There
was
an
organization
that
has
proven
the
data
is
good
from
other
states
where
they've
operated
and
they
do
a
statewide
contract
for
a
student.
It's
a
student
attendance
recovery
program.
A
They
find
these
students
who
have
you
know
lots
of
students
have
been
out
of
school
for
over
a
year.
We
don't
really
know
where
they
are,
what
school
system
they
should
be
in
at
this
point,
how
to
get
them
back
into
the
learning
process.
So
there
is
a
proven
entity
that
can
do
that.
The
cost
is
significant.
It's
three
million
dollars,
but
in
terms
of
the
amounts
of
money
that
we
are
going
to
be
drawing
down
from
the
feds
is
something
that
we,
I
think
as
a
body.
A
F
A
Seeing
none
thank
you
for
being
here
today
again,
we
thank
you
for
the
work
that
you
have
done
and
the
work
that
will
be
done
to
again
ensure
that
the
dollars
that
are
these
are
all
taxpayer
dollars
and
that
they
are
actually
used
in
the
way
that
is
intended
and
that,
at
the
end
of
the
day,
will
make
a
difference
for
students
in
tennessee,
for
our
educational
system
and
for
all
the
parents
of
those
students.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
the
work
that
you're
doing.
Thank
you
so
much
ma'am.
A
Item
number
one:
on
our
calendar:
we
have
the
patiently
waiting
speaker
pro
tem.
We
have
a
motion
in
a
second,
we
do
have
a
finance
subcommittee
amendment
on
that.
I
believe
drafting
code,
zero,
zero,
six,
nine!
Six!
Three
is
that's
right:
we
have
a
motion
and
a
second
on
the
amendment
and
speaker
pro
tip.
You
are
recognized
on
the
amendment.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chairman.
This
bill
states
that
a
county
trustee
may
proceed
against
a
taxpayer
who
is
delinquent
in
the
payment
of
tangible
personal
property
taxes
by
retaining
an
agent
to
collect
such
delinquent
taxes.
They
have
several
rules
about
how
they
acquire
a
collection
agency
and
several
rules
about
what
they
can
charge
and
like
I'll
present
that
take
any
questions.
A
Question
has
been
called
all
in
favor
of
amendment
zero:
zero,
six,
nine
six,
three
please
signify
by
saying
aye,
any
opposed
guys
have
it
drafting
code,
amendment
zero,
zero,
six,
nine!
Six!
Three
is
now
attached
to
house
bill,
358
speaker
pro
tem.
Would
you
like
to
describe
the
bill
as
amended,
or
did
the
amendment
make
the
bill.
A
J
D
D
G
D
Cap
is
30
percent
in
the
30.
That's
the
cap.
It
could
be
less
than
that,
but
they
have
to
put
the
30
percent
on
top
of
the
delinquent
tax,
so
the
county
is
whole.
So
I
don't
know
if
this
is
going
to
make
a
lot
of
difference,
but
the
one
we
started
out
with
I
thought
was
made
a
lot
of
sense
to
me,
but
after
everybody's
gotten
involved,
this
is
what
they
wanted
to
see.
We
got
the
chamber
in
fib.
Everybody
is
happy
with
this,
so
this
is
what
we
got.
A
A
A
C
Thank
you
very
much
members.
This
is
the
bep
hold
harmless
bill
that
we've
been
working
on
in
the
education
department,
along
with
governor
lee.
I'm
going
to
give
you
some
numbers
here
so
hopefully
you'll
be
able
to
stay
with
me.
Currently,
what
we
do
is
we
use
the
previous
year's
attendance
numbers
to
determine
what
each
lea
is
going
to
be
funded
as
they
move
forward
in
the
upcoming
school
year.
C
We
know
we've
had
an
issue
with
over
30
000
students
that
have
left
our
school
system
due
to
covet,
but
they
may
be
returning
this
fall,
so
we
had
to
have
a
mechanism
in
place
to
make
sure
that
when
those
children
do
come
back,
our
lease
are
not
shorted
and
therefore
they
have
to
come
up
with
the
extra
money
to
be
able
to
educate
these
children.
What
house
bill
77
does?
C
C
The
requirement
is
that
they
have
to
maintain
their
normal
attendance
records
for
the
21
22
school
year,
so
that
when
the
22
23
school
year
comes
about
the
bep
reverts
back
to
the
normal
funding
formula
and
the
attendance
will
determine
what
the
funding
is
for
those
leas,
it
is
funding
the
governor's
budget.
I
have
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
E
Thank
you
chair,
lady,
not
a
question
just
to
follow
up
to
the
chair.
Ladies
comments,
before
what
we're
doing
here
is
plugging
a
hole
that
we
see
that's
coming
in
the
future
as
it
relates
to
holding
our
schools
harmless,
which
is
really
important,
but
the
chair,
lady
just
commented
in
the
testimony
prior
to
this
about
a
an
entity
that
helps
us
find
these
kids,
so
that
we
in
the
future
don't
have
to
hold
harmless.
E
As
you
can
see
by
this
mandatory
language
that
the
leader
and
and
and
education
staff
worked
on,
it's
we're
spending
quite
a
bit
of
money
here,
just
to
hold
us
hold
students
harmless,
but
sometimes
spending
money
in
order
to
find
those
students
is
also
equally
important,
and
I
think
it's
important
with
the
hundreds
of
millions
of
dollars
that
we're
spending
in
education
here
in
this
state
that
we
do
our
our
best
to
try
to
find
these
kids
and
just
want
to
thank
you
for
the
bill
and
and
the
leaders
as
well.
Thank
you.
K
K
If
this
bill
and
all
the
rest
of
the
legislation
this
year
passes
not
even
including
you
know,
some
of
the
federal
money
that's
out
there,
this
will
make
it
a
450
million
dollar
increase
in
k-12
education
in
this
state
that
pushes
us
up
above
over
the
last
roughly
10
years,
more
than
2
billion
new
dollars
placed
into
k
through
12
education
and-
and
I
echo
chairman
williams
sentiment
more
money
does
not
always
equal
better
results,
but
in
what
we
have
seen
over
the
last
several
years.
It
does
so.
Thank
you
for
your
leadership
in
that.
K
I
truly
hope
the
committee
supports
this
legislation,
but
there
have
been
arguments
in
years
past
that
somehow
or
another
we
have
not
stepped
up
to
the
plate
and
provided
the
funding
that
is
needed
and
that
absolutely
cannot
be
argued.
This
year
we
are
going
above
and
beyond
and
literally
almost
half
a
billion
new
dollars
in
k-12
education.
Thank
you
for
carrying
the
bill.
D
C
Chairman's
a
picky:
well,
the
answer
is
yes
to
that:
it's
it's
all:
hands
on
deck
principals,
teachers,
guidance,
counselors,
social
workers,
cafeteria
personnel-
that
just
don't
have
their
their
kid.
That
shows
up
for
their
normal
bologna
sandwich
on
a
certain
day
or
whatever
right.
It's
making
sure
that
we're
trying
to
find
all
these
children.
We
have
to
make
sure
that
we
get
all
these
kids
back
in
our
schools.
We
have
to
make
sure
we
get
them
across
the
finish
line.
C
D
A
I
D
C
The
good
thing
is
the
governor
has
made
an
investment
of
over
20
million
dollars
into
this
type
of
line
item,
so
we
do
have
some
some
availability
in
the
future
years
to
continually
address
this.
This
issue.
We
are
trying
to
send
a
message
across
the
state
of
tennessee
that
that
we
are
all
in
in
education.
We
are
going
to
be
the
best
a
little
bit
off
topic,
but
I'm
going
to
be
brief
here.
C
H
Shaw,
thank
you,
madam
chair.
Just
briefly,
and
I
do
echo
all
that's
been
said,
mr
chairman,
and
I
know,
we've
also
put
some
money
in
the
budget
for
teachers,
but
since
we
got
all
this
good
grace
coming
in
right
now
all
this
money-
I
I
hope
we
don't
forget
our
teachers
in
this
matter
because
to
have
a
good
system
without
good
teachers
might
be
a
downfall.
So
I
hope
we'll
keep
our
teachers
in
mind
as
we
move
forward,
especially
when
we're
dealing
with
the
bep.
C
I
have
to
have
to
represent
my
committees,
also
that
I
that
I
I'm
on
also
is.
We
do
agree
with
you.
We
think
we
have
some
of
the
best
teachers
in
the
country
working
for
us
right
now.
We
need
to
make
sure
that
they
stay
and
they're
appreciated.
As
we
move
forward.
You
know
the
4.2
billion
unprecedented
amounts,
investment
from
the
federal
government,
the
money
that
we're
investing
at
the
state
level.
K
Oh,
thank
you,
madam
chairman,
and
and
if
we
can
hold
that
for
just
one
moment,
I
would
remind
the
members
and
since
we
brought
it
up
that
there's
approximately
160
million
dollars
in
this
potential
budget
if
it
were
to
pass
for
an
increase
in
salaries
for
teachers.
So
let
us
not
forget
what
we
will
be
debating
soon.
G
H
A
A
A
J
Okay,
members,
this
this
bill
seeks
to
address
something
that
came
up
during
fiscal
review
late
in
the
fall
we
deals
with
when
the
governor
creates
an
executive
agency
under
the
emergency
powers
that
we
granted
to
the
executive
branch.
So
these
are
not
powers
that
that
rested
with
the
governor.
Initially,
these
are
powers
of
the
general
assembly
granted
to
the
governor.
So
it's
saying
that
under
a
state
of
an
emergency,
the
governor
can
create
an
executive
agency.
J
What
we
I
don't
think
anticipated
was
that
those
agencies,
then
could
have
procurement
budgets
could
enter
into
contracts
and
they
are
never
reviewed
by
the
general
assembly
ever
and
so
what
this
does
just
sets
up
a
process
like
for
that
review,
as
we
do
for
existing
agencies
that
have
sunset
hearings
and
so
forth
to
come
before:
gov,
ops
and
fiscal
review,
and
so
on.
So
that's
what
this
bill
seeks
to
do
it
just
kind
of
closes,
a
loophole
that
we
didn't
know
existed
until
the
pandemic,
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
J
Thank
you
man.
Thank
you
very
much.
Yes,
so
it
says,
notwithstanding
any
precision
this
part,
an
executive
agency
must
be
reviewed
by
a
joint
evaluation
committee
created,
presumably
to
429-103
within
60
days
of
the
executive
agency's
creation
for
the
sole
purpose
of
making
a
recommendation
on
whether
to
continue
or
discontinue
the
executive
agency
and
its
function.
So
governor
creates
a
brand
new
agency,
a
new
department
of
government
under
his
his
or
her
executive
authority,
and
it
says
that
within
60
days,
because
the
gov
ops
committee
meets
every
month
anyway.
J
A
Other
questions
well.
Thank
you.
Chairman
curcio
is
one
of
the
several
folks
from
this
chamber
who
served
on
that
committee.
As
you
mentioned,
this
was
an
issue
we
didn't
know
we
had
until
the
pandemic,
but
certainly
no
reflection
on
the
governor
and
anything
that
he
did
or
didn't
do.
But
we
don't
know
what
future
governors
might
choose
to
do
in
this
kind
of
circumstance.
A
So
I
think
it
behooves
us,
as
representatives
of
the
people,
to
make
sure
that
we
have
some
oversight
and
that's
that's
simply
what
this
legislation
is
doing
so
with
that.
Is
there
any
objection
to
calling
the
question
seeing
none
we're
voting
on
house
bill
1347.,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it
house
bill
1347
moves
on
to
calendar
and
rules,
chairman
curcio
you're
still
with
us
on
house
bill
888..
J
That
has
worked
very,
very
well,
and
so
what
we're
trying
to
do
here
is
just
expand
upon
that
that
success
that
we've
had
in
tennessee.
So
it
also
does
a
number
of
other
things
a
couple.
Last
year
there
was
a
a
big
push.
I
think
it
was
maybe
two
years
ago
and
I
lost
a
year
with
covid
a
push
to
say
that
the
state
was
no
longer
going
to
charge
an
expungement
fee,
and
when
we
had
those
debates
we
all
said
in
committee.
This
will
make
it
free
and
the
locals.
J
You
know
they.
Don't
they
don't
have
to
charge,
they
have
the
ability
not
charge.
We
actually
realize
it
in
the
code.
It
says
that
the
the
clerk
shall
charge
a
100
fee
for
expungement,
so
this
changes
that
shall
to
a
may.
So
if
there
are
clerks
who
don't
want
to
charge
that
expungement
fee
back
home
they
don't
have
to,
but
if
they
need
to
continue
charging
it,
it
would
allow
that
so
it
just
changes
that
shall
charge
to
a
may
and
with
that
I'd
be
happy
to
answer
any
questions.
G
G
It
was
chairman
faison,
and
I
who
worked
hard
to
make
sure
that
we
passed
that
bill
and
we
worked
almost
an
entire
year
trying
to
build
up
the
support
to
get
that
done
and
tennessee
have
come
a
long
way.
So
I
really
appreciate
you
know
as
the
chairman
of
criminal
and
all
the
work
that
you've
done
for
the
state
with
respect
to
this
very
issue.
It
means
a
lot
to
tennesseans.
G
People's
lives
are
being
changed.
People
are
getting
an
opportunity
that
they
probably
wouldn't
have
had
before,
and
so
many
people
who
made
a
mistake
once
in
their
younger
days
and
now
able
to
move
on
and
move
up
in
management
positions.
You
know
start
businesses,
it's
just.
It's
just
been
wonderful
with
what
we've
done
with
expansion
in
this
state.
G
So
I
want
to
applaud
you
for
bringing
the
bill
and
I
support
you
and
and
getting
across
the
finish
line,
and
I
support
the
governor
for
for
supporting
this
initiative
because
it
means
so
much
for
tennesseans
and
it's
a
great
opportunity
to
lift
people
out
of
poverty.
It
just
can
do
so
much
so
I
really
appreciate
it.
Thank
you,
madam
chair,
for
allowing
me
to
express
those
comments.
A
A
A
D
You,
madam
chair,
this
administration
bill,
seeks
to
improve
the
registered
apprenticeship
system
in
tennessee
by
establishing
a
state
apprenticeship
agency.
If
this
bill
is
adopted,
tennessee
would
be
the
27th
state
to
do
so.
Establishing
a
state
apprenticeship
agency
will
streamline
the
apprenticeship
application
process
and
should
increase
completion
rates
by
our
students.
With
that
I'll,
be
glad
to
answer
any
questions.
A
Any
questions
I'd
like
to
applaud
you
for
bringing
this
bill.
I
gestamp
is
not
in
my
district,
but
it's
in
hamilton
county,
where
I'm
proud
to
live
and
serve
at
least
part
of
the
county.
Gestamp
has
a
marvelous
apprenticeship
program
at
their
establishment.
They
work
with
the
schools
to
make
sure
the
kids
get
their
education
there
on
site.
They
get
job
training
and
as
quickly
as
they're
finished,
with
the
they
get
their
high
school
degree.
A
A
L
A
D
D
A
A
A
D
D
L
D
A
D
A
D
And
this
bill
was
intended
to
move
it
back.
However,
the
physical
note
on
there
made
that
something
that
couldn't
happen
right
away,
so
what
the
bill
does
now
as
amended,
is
it
commissions
a
study
so
that
we
have
the
cost
and
everything
laid
out
so
that
when
I
come
back
next
year,
we
will
have
the
money.
K
Thank
you
ma'am,
chairman
and
chairman
on
the
amendment.
It's
7029
it
and
I
apologize.
I
should
have
looked
at
the
actual
text
of
the
minute.
Closer
is
the
only
thing
it
does
is
create
a
study
committee.
It
doesn't
move
around
any
sunset
dates
or
anything
of
that
nature.
It
literally
just
creates
a
study
committee
you're
correct,
sir
okay.
Thank
you.
A
Thank
you,
representative
shaw,
drafting
code007029,
all
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
You
guys
have
it
the
amendment's
attached
and
the
question
has
been
called
on
the
bill.
Any
objection
to
calling
the
question
seeing
none
you're
voting
on
house
bill
319
all
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed,
seeing
none
the
eyes.
Have
it
house
bill
319
moves
on
to
calendar
and
rules.
A
L
So
what
we've
started
doing
the
past
number
of
years
is
that
we
put
them
all
on
a
lottery
calendar
because
we're
very
protective
of
our
lottery
funds
make
sure
that
that
we
protect
the
money's
being
swept
into
that
each
year
this
year
the
lottery
calendar
and
the
committee
passed
out
five
such
requests,
the
one
before
you
is
one
of
these.
This
is
for
vote.
Tech,
school
and
memphis
has
been
around
87
years.
L
They
provide
degrees
in
hvac,
automotive,
plumbing
machine
technology,
welding
boiler,
refrigeration,
industrial
electronics,
like
electrical
work,
is
applied
technology;
in
other
words,
they
provide
much-needed
jobs
for
the
for
the
economy.
Now
that
we
have
dual
enrollment,
where
high
school
students
can
take
dual
enrollment
courses
through
through
higher
education,
they
can
come
out
of
school.
We
have
another
bill
going
through
whether
the
state
will
be
paying
for
four
full
dual
enrollment
courses,
so
in
high
school.
A
Question
has
been
called
any
objection,
seeing
none
we're
voting
on
house
bill
471
all
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed
eyes.
Have
it
house
bill
471
moves
on
to
calendar
and
rules,
chairman
white
you're
up
again
with
house
bill
74,
you
have
a
motion
and
a
second
please
explain
this
legislation.
Thank
you.
L
You
very
much
this
this
particular
legislation
before
you
deals
with
the
achievement
school
district.
As
you
all
know,
the
achievement
school
district
every
state
is
required
to
have
to
have
a
transitional
or
intervention
plan
for
states
to
address
our
failing
schools.
So
back
in
2010,
tennessee
came
up
with
the
achievement
school
district
and
and
those
that
were
put
into
the
achievement
school
district
were
on
a
10-year
contract.
L
L
D
K
L
I
would,
I
guess,
anything's
possible,
I
I
don't
know
I
haven't
thought
of
that
that
question,
but
if,
if
you
have
an
asd
and
the
parents
are
fully
supportive
of
remaining
in
the
asd,
then
the
means
when
they
got
there.
So
I
would,
I
would
assume
you
know
yes,
but
it
would
be
the
votes
of
the
parents.
You
had
to
a
petition
of
60
of
the
parents.
L
G
L
If
the,
if
the
charter
independent
charter,
is
going
back
into
the
lea,
what
this
bill
particularly
points
out,
it
doesn't
get
into
that.
That
would
probably
be
an
agreement
between
the
if
they
go
back
into
the
lea.
Well,
this
says
most
of
the
the
charters
are
in
school
property,
the
lea
property.
This
says
it
gives
them
a
three
year
window
to
continue,
leasing
and
or
and
or
buy
the
property
at
the
end
of
three
years
or
during
the
three
years
at
market
value.
A
I
I
This
contemplates
an
athlete
having
the
ability
to
be
receive
compensation
for
the
use
of
their
name
image
or
likeness.
It
is
not
a
pay
compensation
for
play
bill.
It
doesn't
strike
to
the
heart
of
amateur
athletics.
What
it
does
is
it
allows
our
state
to
come
into
compliance
with
the
supreme
court
ruling
in
the
ed
o'bannon
case
where
he
was
sued,
because
his
image
was
used
on
an
ncaa
video
game
and
he
received
no
compensation
for
it
that
that
situation
was
litigated
over
years.
The
ncaa
found
in
favor
of
that.
J
Thank
you,
madam
chair
chairman
vaughn,
you
and
I
have
discussed
this
bill.
Thank
you
for
bringing
it
fully
supported.
I
do
have
a
couple
of
questions,
though,
just
for
clarification
in
section
f,
where
it
talks
about
an
institution,
may
adopt
reasonable
time
placement
or
restrictions
to
prevent
intercollegiate
athletes,
name,
image,
likeness
from
interfering
with
team
activities,
institutions,
operation
or
the
use
of
the
institution
facilities.
J
What
would
be
the
is
there
anything
else
in
this
bill
that
would
prohibit
them
from
being
filmed
at
nayland
or
thompson
bowling
or
the
liberty
bowl?
Is
there
anything
in
this
build
that
would
prohibit
them
from
using
the
facilities,
whether
sports
or
just
academic?
Just
for
recognition
at
these
institutions.
I
Thank
you,
chairman
zachary,
that's
a
good
question
and
I
appreciate
you
bringing
that
forward
the
what
this
bill
does
is
sets
frameworks
by
which
the
institutions
can
implement
their
own
guidelines
for
uses
of
their
own
facilities,
because
we
understand
that
a
private
institution
like
vanderbilt
may
have
different
rules
for
uses
of
their
facilities
by
their
athletes
than
say
a
public
institution
does
what
this
does
is.
This
requires
rules
to
be
brought
forward
on
each
campus
to
best
fit
their
needs.
J
J
Where
we
discussed,
I
was
discussing
the
use
of
the
athletes
wearing
warm-ups
jerseys,
whatever
it
may
be,
can
you
speak
to
that
specifically
in
terms
of
their
use
of
test
darby's
wearing
her
jersey
or
a
warm-up
or
any
or
even
can
they
go
generic
using
the
team's
colors?
Is
there
any
or
that's
all
up
to
the
institution.
I
Thank
you.
It
would
be
up
to
the
institution.
I
would
assume
team
colors
are
generic
enough,
that
it
would
not
be
an
implied
endorsement
for
somebody
to
do
that,
but
somebody
wearing
a
a
checkerboard
or
a
power
t
would
probably
be
frowned
upon
in
these
academic.
These
rules
and
one
I'm
glad
that
you
brought
that
section
of
the
bill
up,
because
I
think
it's
important
too,
that
we
look
at
section
g3.
It
says:
intercollegiate
athletes
are
prohibited
from
involvement
in
name
image
or
likeness
activities
that
promote
gambling,
tobacco,
alcohol
or
adult
entertainment.
I
So
there
are
we're
putting
guidelines
in
here
in
guard
rails
to
make
sure
that
people's
brands
are
not
diminished,
that
they're
still
part
of
programs
that
have
built
throughout
the
years
with
regards
to
protection
of
these
brands,
and
so
that's
what
we're
that's.
We
believe
we've
set
this
to
where
each
institution
can
individualize
it
as
much
as
possible,
but
also
that
we
do
have
the
broader
look
at
it
to
where
there's
not
going
to
be
something
that
that
we
would
be
embarrassed
to
have
passed
through
this
house.
One
last.
J
One
madam
chair
chairman,
thank
you.
Thank
you,
madam
chair
chairman,
truly
thank
you
for
bringing
the
bill.
I've
talked
to
the
university
of
tennessee
about
it
they're
in
support.
This
puts
us
in
line
with
other
states
that
have
passed
this.
It's
a
win
for
our
student
athletes.
Thank
you
for
bringing
it,
but
I
do
have
exception
to
one
make
I
do
have
exception
to.
I
have
to
take
exception.
To
one
thing
you
said
the
university
of
tennessee
does
not
have
a
generic
color.
J
K
Beyond
being
in
100
full
concurrence
with
chairman
zachary
on
that
last
statement,
other
people
may
not
really
understand
the
power
of
the
true
university
of
tennessee
orange,
but
we
do
and
many
people
in
this
committee
do,
but
I
have
a
question
that
actually
is
substituted
to
the
bill,
and
I
know
I
asked
you
this
earlier.
The
fiscal
note
on
this
has
a
potential
loss
for
schools
that
may
allow
their
student
athletes
to
participate
in
this
of
about
45
million
dollars,
and
that
is
concerning,
and
so
I
had
to
ask
you
earlier.
K
I
Chairman
vaughn,
yes,
sir,
and
and
thank
you
for
that
question-
the
fiscal
note
on
this
bill.
If
you'll
look
at
it
has
is
chocked
full
of
maybes
maze
could
be
from
talking
to
the
universities.
They
basically
gave
the
nuclear
option
of
what,
if
the
ncaa
dropped
the
hammer
and
dissolved
the
southeastern
conference.
I
Imagine
that
so.
These
are
the
worst
case
scenarios
that
could
be
contemplated,
because
this
this
bill's
origin
was
last
year,
where
we
had
a
number
of
bills
brought
forth,
had
to
do
everything
from
compensation
for
athletes,
performance,
all
sorts
of
things.
And
so
I
think
that
fiscal
note
is
a
little
bit
of
a
carryover
from
this,
but
I
also
have
to
point
out
that
again,
this
is
a
rapidly
changing
landscape.
I
The
o'bannon
case
is
not
the
only
case
that
the
ncaa
is
involved
with.
We
don't
even
know
if,
by
the
time
that
this
bill
is
enacted
in
january
1st
of
2022,
that
the
ncaa
will
still
have
the
broad
range
of
power
and
authority
that
it
does,
because
it's
in
front
of
the
supreme
court
trying
a
case
right
now
where,
in
the
austin
case,
where
there
any
trust
status,
is
being
questioned.
So
we
don't
know
what
the
landscape
of
college
athletics
will
be.
I
I
don't
think
that
the
ncaa
is
going
to
come
out
in
a
stronger
position
by
any
means,
particularly
since
they
they're
they're
accruing
quite
the
record
in
court
these
days.
But
again,
the
last
thing
that
I
the
what
I'd
like
to
point
out
to
you
is
so
far
states
that
have
approved
this
are
michigan
new
jersey's,
not
a
big
powerhouse,
nebraska,
colorado,
california
and
then
the
last
four,
I
think,
is
very
relevant
to
us
florida,
which
started
this
start
of
the
parade,
mississippi
georgia
and
alabama.
I
So
those
are
the
states
who
have
adopted
very
similar
legislation
to
this
and
for
me
to
sit
and
think
that
the
sec
is
going
to
kick
georgia
and
alabama
and
auburn
and
mississippi
state
ole
miss
in
tennessee
out
as
a
result
of
passing
nil.
Legislation
is
somewhat
far-fetched,
but
again
our
enactment
date
is
the
first
of
january
and
if
some
some
miracle
of
rebirth
and
re
and
re-uh
instituting
the
ncaa's
authority
happens
between
now
and
then
I
bet
that
we
could
probably
take
up
some
amendatory
language
at
the
beginning
of
next
session.
K
G
Leader
camper,
thank
you,
mr
madam
chair.
I
think
he
answered
the
question.
I
was
going
to
ask
with
relation
to
the
ncaa
and
their
role,
because
you
talked
about
the
individual
universities
being
able
to
develop
how
how
it
would
be
managed
at
those
universities.
So
are
you
saying
that
the
ncaa
won't
have
a
role
at
all
in
how
this
is
developed?
How
it's
implemented
or
carried
out
in
various
states
or
in
our
state.
I
It
may
make
that
time
at
college
a
little
longer
than
it
would
be
if,
unless
they
immediately
have
to
go
to
the
to
the
professional
ranks,
to
apply
their
trades
or
attempt
to
go
to
the
professional
ranks.
So
we
see
this
as
a
bit
of
a
retention
aspect
from
from
that
standpoint
for
our
student
athletes,
but
we
also
we're
not
going
to
turn
our
head
to
the
competitive,
the
competitive
field
as
well.
G
A
A
D
A
D
A
Question
has
been
called
and
I
would
echo
the
the
good
bill
comments.
This
is
something
we
have
as
more
of
us
continue
to
age.
There
are
issues
that
come
with
that
some
of
us
are
already
suffering
from
them,
but
at
any
rate,
we
appreciate
the
opportunity
to
keep
our
seniors
safe.
So
we
are
voting
on
house
bill
119
by
chairman
faison,
all
those
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed
the
eyes.
Have
it
the
silver
alert
bill
house
bill,
119
moves
on
to
calendar
and
rules.
D
Thank
you,
madam
chairman
committee,
good
to
be
with
you
today.
This
bill
would
allow
local
breweries
that
some
of
you
all
have
in
your
districts
to
be
able
to
get
outside
of
their
county
line.
Current
law
only
allows
them
to
distribute
inside
their
county
line
this
bill.
If
you
all
allow
us
to
pass
it
and
became
law,
they
would
allow
them
to
be
able
to
move
past
their
county
and
they
distribute
up
to
1800
barrels
annually.
A
A
A
D
A
A
K
Thank
you
chairman.
This
is
a
four-part
bill
and
it
deals
with
both
the
department
of
labor
and
departmental
health
being
able
to
update
their
processes
to
be
able
to
deal
with
certain
issues
with
the
pandemic,
specifically
dealing
with
electronic
transmission
of
records
dealing
with
suspending
potentially
the
one-week
weight
if
someone's
on
unemployed-
and
that
would
not
happen
in
every
case.
But
it
is
discretionary
and
then,
on
top
of
that,
just
allowed
for
some
really
some
more
just
streamlined
processes
for
labor.
H
A
L
L
Right
to
work
simply
says
that
workers
cannot
be
fired
or
penalized
for
joining
a
union
or
refusing
to
join
a
union
and
pay
union
dues.
Ultimately,
the
right
to
work
is
about
protecting
worker
freedom.
A
person
wishes
to
join
a
union
and
pay
union
use
for
the
union's
representation.
He
or
she
should
have
every
right
to
do
so,
but
if
a
worker
wishes
to
remain
independent
and
not
contribute
his
or
her
unearned
income
to
union
dues,
he
or
she
should
not
be
forced
to
do
so.
L
That's
precisely
the
decision
that
our
right
to
work
law
protects.
This
has
been
the
law
for
almost
75
years
in
our
state
since
1947,
like
other
states
that
have
adopted
this
policy,
we
have
reaped
the
economic
benefits
of
it.
Studies
show
that
the
right
to
work
states
have
higher
real
income
growth,
economic
growth
and
population
growth
and
share
with
that
I'll,
be
glad
to
take
any
questions.
A
Thank
you,
chairman
todd,
and
we
do
have
outside
testimony
folks
who
have
asked
to
be
heard
on
this
piece
of
legislation.
So
without
objection,
we're
going
to
go
out
of
session
and
we
have
from
the
teamsters
we
have
mark,
brooks
lyndon
grisham
and
scott
arnwine
and
if
they
would
come
forward
and
have
a
seat
at
the
table,
each
of
you
will
have
be
limited
to
three
minutes
and
we
would
ask
that
this
is
the
finance
committee.
B
B
B
If
this
case
goes
into
arbitration,
that
cost
could
jump
to
fifteen
thousand
dollars
cost
to
cover.
This
is
coming
out
of
members
dues,
so
why
would
non-members
be
able
to
benefit
from
a
plan
they
have
not
paid
into
with
the
current
right
to
work
law?
The
one
we're
discussing
today
is
against
the
law
for
us
not
to
provide
non-members
every
bill
and
whistle
our
organization
provides,
and
this
is
money
we
will
never
recover
the
way
the
right
to
work
law
is
currently
written.
B
B
This
not
only
would
cost
the
state
another
ten
thousand
dollars,
but
it
also
misspends
the
valuable
time
and
effort
involved
that
you
put
into
committee
work.
My
ask
here
today
is
that
you
help
stop
this
resolution
here
in
this
committee
to
give
everyone
a
chance
to
reevaluate
this
bill.
My
hope
in
the
end
is
that
we
can
come
up
with
a
balanced
solution
that
can
protect
all
parties
involved.
Thank.
M
M
My
name
is
mark
brooks
and
while
I
am
honored
to
be
associated
with
my
team's
colleagues
today,
I'm
actually
from
the
utility
workers
union
of
america,
I
am
special
counsel
to
the
national
president
of
the
utility
workers
union.
We
represent
employees
in
electric
gas
and
water
utilities
across
the
united
states,
including
here
in
tennessee,
and
I've
been
proud
to
call
tennessee
my
home
for
the
past
41
years
and
devoted
my
entire
legal
career
to
representing
working
families.
I'd
like
to
take
a
few
moments
to
correct
from
a
legal
perspective.
M
It
has
been
a
matter
of
black
letter
law
under
the
national
labor
relations
act
for
many
decades
that
any
union
that's
certified
to
represent
a
bargaining
unit
under
the
act
is
required
to
represent
all
of
the
members
of
that
bargaining
unit
without
regard
to
union
membership.
Claims
made,
to
the
contrary,
are
simply
misleading.
M
A
second
misleading
claim
that
is,
is
that
state
right
to
work
laws
are
necessary
to
prevent
employees
from
being
forced
to
join
unions
against
their
will.
This
is
also
simply
not
true,
for
the
simple
reason
that
this
is
national
law
already
makes
that
illegal
since
1947,
the
only
union
security
clause
that
the
national
labor
relations
act
allows
is
for
an
arrangement
of
a
freely
negotiated
agency
fee
payment
arrangement,
whereby
all
members
of
the
bargaining
unit
are
may
be
required
to
pay
the
fair
share
of
their
cost
of
representation.
M
Compulsory
union
membership
is
not
allowed
under
the
act.
It
has
not
been
since
1947
claims
to
the
contrary,
are
simply
not
true.
What
right
to
work
does
is
basically
take
away
from
union
workers
their
ability
to
try
to
negotiate
with
their
employer
an
agency
fee
payment
arrangement
so
that
all
employees
covered
by
the
contract
have
an
obligation
to
help
defray
the
cost
of
their
representation.
Nothing
more
is
allowed.
M
In
short,
we
believe
it
is
bad
policy
for
state
government
to
intrude
into
the
freedom
of
contract
between
private
parties
to
regulate
a
private
sector,
labor
relations
issue.
We
also
turning
to
the
fiscal
issues.
We
also
believe
it
is
bad,
a
bad
idea
to
waste
any
time
or
even
a
single
dollar
of
taxpayer
money
to
to
launch
the
constitutional
amendment
process
over
an
issue
which
the
sponsor
points
out
has
been
covered
by
state
legislation
for
nearly
75
years.
We
think
it's
a
waste
of
time.
It's
a
waste
of
money
to
go
through
this
process.
M
E
E
As
my
counterparts
have
already
said,
we
have
the
legal
responsibility
to
represent
non-members
and,
as
it's
already
been
explained
at
the
cost,
it
goes
above.
The
cost
that's
already
been
mentioned,
because
in
today's
world
everyone
has
a
lawyer
and
if
a
non-member
files
agreements
or
a
protest
against
a
discharge
and
we're
not
successful
as
a
union
and
getting
that
non-member's
job
back.
E
The
next
step
is
a
an
lrb
charge
or
a
lawsuit
or
an
eeoc
charge.
It
doesn't
stop
there
and
the
resources
and
the
money
that
has
to
be
spent
to
justify
that
or
to
defend
ourselves
in
the
case
like
that
is
from
the
members
the
rank
and
file
members
right
now
I
am
the
president
of
local
480,
but
I
was
a
truck
driver
for
a
lot
more
years
than
I've
ever
been
a
union
leader.
E
The
rank
and
file
members
are
the
union
and
they
are
the
ones
that
make
up
and
they're
the
ones
that
pay
for
the
negotiated
benefits
that
they
enjoy
and
because
of
right
to
work,
the
non-members
enjoy
the
same.
I
would
ask
you
to
halt
this.
To
it
has
no
place.
It's
not
right
to
work
is
not
right,
it's
wrong
and
it
has
no
place
in
our
constitution,
and
I
thank
you
for
this
opportunity.
A
D
Thank
you
so
much
here,
lady.
I
appreciate
that.
I
just
want
to
say
I
thank
you
for
your
testimony
and
coming
and
speaking
up
for
the
unions,
the
unions
and
the
teamsters.
One
of
the
local
chapters
is
located
in
my
district,
and
I
appreciate
how
they
have
defended
many
workers
who
can't
defend
themselves.
D
We
must
make
sure
we're
keeping
compassionate
compassion
at
the
forefront
of
how
we
legislate
and
the
unions
have
been
so
instrumental
in
defending
workers
workers
who
typically
can't
defend
themselves.
So
I'm
respectfully
can't
support
this
bill
because
I
do
believe
the
unions
have
a
place
in
our
society
and
they
need
to
be
supporting.
Tennessee
needs
to
be
a
state
where
employee
employees
have
support
as
well
and
that's
what
they
usually
provide.
So
thank
you
so
much
for
coming.
H
H
M
M
Who
may
prefer
to
debate
this
issue
in
the
future.
I
believe
that
we
have
a
great
representative
democracy
and
that
our
elected
legislators,
their
their
job,
is
to
debate
legislative
policy.
The
only
point
seems
to
me
of
putting
this
in
the
constitution
is
simply
to
tie
the
hands
of
future
legislators
to
have
this
discussion.
H
M
Let
me
well
just
let
me
say:
I
think
that
things
would
stay
the
same
if
this
constitutional
amendment
fails.
I
want
to
associate
myself
with
my
teamster
colleagues
and
say
that
right
to
work
doesn't
give
any
anybody
a
right
to
a
job
or
rights
to
anything.
It
simply
undermines
the
rights
of
union
workers
to
try
to
defend
the
entire
bargaining
unit
by
you
know
requiring
agency
fees.
K
M
M
Sir,
I'm
I
have
no
familiarity
with
the
details
of
that
unions
are
human
institutions,
as
are
businesses
which
have
been
found
to
be
guilty
of
incredible
corporate
crimes
over
the
decades,
but
that
doesn't.
I
would
never
paint
all
business
people
as
being
criminals
merely
because
there
have
been
a
few
bad
apples.
Moreover,
this
really
has
nothing
to
do
with
the
subject
today,
which
is
whether
to
mend
our
constitution
to
put
this
policy.
This
misguided
policy,
in
my
view,
into
the
constitution.
K
I
mean
we're
fighting
for
these
guys,
just
like
you
guys
are,
and
we
respect
y'all's
ability
to
be
able
to
do
so.
You
have
a
right
to
work
in
this
state
and
it
is
a
right,
sir.
So
I
merely
wanted
to
point
out
a
couple
of
aspects
that
may
or
may
not
have
been
brought
to
light,
but
for
those
comments.
But
there
are
several
reports
that
outline
this.
K
E
E
E
A
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair.
Ladies,
my
question
has
actually
been
been
answered
when
you
spoke
about
the
fact
that
what
this
bill
represents
this
constitutional
amendments
and-
and
it's
basically
to
say,
we
will
further
tie
the
hands
of
of
labor
unions,
we
will
further
keep
that
conversation,
we'll
kill
it
at
this
point
of
a
constitutional
amendment
and
I've
always
been
leery
of
members
wanting
to
amend
our
tennessee
constitution
always
wanted
to
know
what
the
motivations
were
and,
I
think,
you've,
given
us
what
the
real
motivation
behind
this
constitutional
amendment.
B
B
E
E
E
A
A
I
worked
for
a
company
for
a
very
long
time
that
had
union
membership,
some
of
those
folks
were
sitting
in
the
audience.
Today
I
was
never
a
member
of
that
union.
I
was
a
part
of
the
management
ranks,
but
again
we
thank
you
and
we
do
recognize
the
work
and
the
value
that
your
members
bring.
So
without
any
further
questions
we
are
back
in
session
and
chairman
williams,
I
believe
you
have
a
question
for
the
sponsor.
E
Since
I've
been
here
in
the
legislature,
tens
of
thousands
of
jobs
have
come
to
tennessee
with
billions
of
dollars
in
investment
over
those
periods
of
time
and
those
employers
that
I
speak
with.
This
is
a
seminal
issue,
as
it
relates
to
their
decision
making.
In
fact,
three
billion
dollars
was
announced
last
week
with
more
than
10
000
jobs
and
as
people
make
these
kind
of
long-term
decisions.
E
This,
as
these
folks
described
as
misguided
ideas,
are
simply
not
true.
They
simply
have
defined
this
state
for
75
years.
All
this
would
do
is
codify
it
and
preserve
it
and
continue
the
kind
of
success
that
we've
seen
over
the
last
decade
or
two
as
it
relates
to
job.
I
just
want
to
thank
the
sponsor
for
the
bill
and
the
amendment.
I
look
forward
to
supporting
him.
L
L
L
L
Unions
are
only
required
to
represent
non-union
workers
if
union
executives
choose
to
take
on
exclusive
bargaining
representation.
This
monopoly
bargaining
and
some
of
your
members
probably
don't
even
know
this.
The
monopoly
bargaining
option
means
a
union
has
decided
to
represent
and
negotiate
on
behalf
of
all
employees
in
a
company.
They
chose
this,
regardless
of
whether
every
member
every
employee
wants
that
representation.
L
L
If
a
union
decides
against
exclusive
monopoly
bargaining,
it
is
not
required
to
represent
non-members.
It's
a
key
point.
In
that
case,
only
the
members
with
a
signed
contract
are
required
to
pay
dues
and
the
new
union
negotiate.
Only
for
those
members
federal
law
does
not
obligate
unions
to
represent
non-members
under
the
national
labor
relations
act,
unions
can
represent
only
their
dues-paying
members
under
a
members-only
contract.
L
The
benefits
secured
under
these
contracts
apply
only
to
dues-paying
members,
as
noted
by
the
former
chairman
of
the
nlrb,
william
gould.
The
law
now
permits
members
only
bargaining
for
employees,
so
members
of
this
committee
admit-
I
know
many
of
you
have
been
lobbied
by
this
group
and
again
I
support
these
individuals
and
their
right
to
organize
nothing
about
this
changes.
That
representative
shaw
asked
earlier:
what
does
this
change
if
this
is
put
in
the
constitution?
If
your
voters
decide
to
put
this
into
our
constitution
and
enshrine
it
permanently,
nothing
changes
tomorrow.
L
Nothing
changes
the
day
after
they
make
that
vote.
It's
just
put
in
a
different
position
in
our
law.
It's
in
the
constitution
instead
of
the
green
books.
That's
what
this
does
now.
I
hope
you
know
the
truth.
I
have
had
to
do
a
lot
of
digging
to
figure
this
out,
because
I
too
had
that
information
shared
with
me.
What
what
was
testified
to
today
and
had
to
do
some
digging
to
make
sure
I
knew
what
the
whole
truth
was.
We've
only
been
presented
with
part
of
the
truth
until
now.
A
H
Shaw,
thank
you,
madam
chair
and,
and
this
question
is
to
the
sponsor
of
legislation
and
before
I
ask
it,
I
do
want
to
say
I've.
I've
really
grappled
with
this
a
lot
of
people
in
my
district
and
especially
a
lot
of
industry
workers
and
especially
ceos
and
people
of
such
really
lobbied
this
and
asked
me
to
vote
for
it,
and
so
I
really
want
to
go
on
record
here
and
I
I
think
I'm
right
where
I
was
with
our
visitors
up
here.
H
L
L
On
the
other
front
that
we're
now
faced
with
that,
we
haven't
even
talked
about
today,
we
can
look
no
further
than
virginia,
where
legislators
continue
to
propose
repealing
the
right
to
work
protections
in
that
state
or
in
washington
d.c,
where
the
biden
administration
has
called
for
repealing
right
to
work
and
where
the
u.s
house
has
passed
the
pro-act
to
do
so.
Placing
this
right
to
work
in
the
state
constitution
is
the
best
way
to
protect
against
those
attacks,
and
this
does
protect
both
the
union
worker
and
non-union
worker,
as
I've
thought.
L
Through
this,
I've
had
to
again
I've
had
to
think
through
all
the
scenarios,
and
I
can
imagine
a
non-union
shop
having
a
new
employee
that
was
a
union
member
somewhere
else
and
wanting
to
organize
this
prevents
them
from
being
discriminated
against
and
allows
them
the
same
protection
as
those
that
choose
not
to
organize.
So
it's
it's
equal
protection
under
the
law.
I
appreciate
your
question.
D
B
Thank
you,
madam
chair
lady,
as
a
representative
spoke
about
president
biden,
and
he
also
included
some
other
political
points
and
then
I'm
thinking,
so
this
is
what
it's
actually
boiling
down
to
it's
political,
but
I
I
have
not
asked
any
member.
That's
out
there
right
now
being
represented
what
party
they
are
affiliated
with.
B
As
it
comes
to
this
right
to
work
and
as
representative
charles
said,
it's
been
in
place
for
75
years
and
it's
been
working
no
point
intended
for
75
years.
So
why
are
we
even
having
to
discuss?
Why
are
we
even
putting
this
this
amendment
forward?
It
is
a
waste
of
time
and
it
is
more
political
than
anything
else.
Thank
you.
A
J
K
E
L
E
J
A
A
A
A
D
A
K
Thank
chairman,
this
deals
with
the
line
of
succession,
if
there's
a
temporary
disability
of
the
governor
and
they
the
governor,
is
unable
to
serve.
This
happened
apparently
under
the
bredesen
administration,
and
there
was
nothing
in
the
book.
So
it's
been
talked
about
for
several
years.
There
was
a
resolving
clause
that
had
a
clerical
error
in
it.
So
this
is
the
exact
same
resolution
that
we
passed
last
year.
There
are
no
substantive
changes
in
the
resolution
and
I
want
to
state
that
for
the
record
in
case
somebody
down,
the
road
would
ever
try
to
challenge
that.
A
A
You've
heard
the
explanation:
are
there
any
questions
on
the
amendment
seeing
none
we're
voting
on
the
amendment
drafting
code,
zero,
zero,
seven,
zero,
nine,
three!
All
in
favor,
please
signify
by
saying
aye
any
opposed.
You
guys
have
it.
The
amendment
is
hereby
attached.
Representative
casa.
Could
you
please
explain
what
the
bill
does
as
amen.