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Here is a summary of how our Knox County legislators voted during the first half of the current legislative session in regard to issues important to educators. Thanks goes to Bill Bell, Legislative Contact Team, for supplying and clarifying the list.
Most of the listings are self-explanatory; here are three clarifications:
“Repeal of Negotiations” created the Collaborative Conferencing Act (PECCA).
The “alteration of TCRS” refers to the removal of our right to elect our representatives to the retirement board (Tennessee Consolidated Retirement System).
“No Vote” simply means the legislator did not vote. It does not indicate support of or opposition to any specific bill.
| Legislator |
Diminish Tenure
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Repeal Negotiations
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Authorize Virtual Schools
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Alter TCRS Board
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Expand Charter Schools
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Authorize
At-Will Employment
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| Sen. Campfield, Stacy (R-7) |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Sen. McNally, Randy (R-5) |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Sen. Woodson, Jamie (R-6) |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Rep. Armstrong, Joe (D-15) |
No Vote
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No
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No
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No
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Yes
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No
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| Rep. Brooks, Harry (R-19) |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Rep. Dunn, Bill (R-16) |
Yes
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No Vote
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No Vote
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Yes
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No Vote
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Yes
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| Rep. Hall, Steve (R-18) |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Rep. Haynes, Ryan (R-14) |
Yes
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No Vote
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No Vote
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Yes
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No Vote
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Yes
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| Rep. Niceley, Frank (R-17) |
Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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Yes
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| Rep. Tindell, Harry D-13) |
No
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No Vote
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No Vote
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No
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No Vote
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No
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We need to elect Gloria Johnson!!!
Election day is Tuesday . . . yep, Tuesday! There’s not much time!
1,350 TEA members + each significant other + at least one friend = 4,050 votes for Gloria – and for us!
Yes, we do have that much power!!!
But . . . not unless we use it.
Let’s vote! And, if you can help Gloria contact our members to get them to vote, please call her at 660-9800 or e-mail at glostik@bellsouth.net
There’s not much time left!
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We really do have a GREAT chance of putting GLORIA in the State Senate for District 6!!!
There are 1,350 TEA members who live in district 6, but only 51 have voted! (early voting) We can’t put her in office unless we make the effort to vote! The consequences of not voting should now be painfully obvious to us all.
Let’s vote! And, if you can help her contact our members to get them to vote, please call her at 660-9800 or e-mail at glostik@bellsouth.net
There’s not much time left!
Message from Gloria:
The campaign is going great and we are gaining momentum. The News Sentinel piece after the press conference was incredibly favorable to me and the Metropulse article was also extremely positive. I am getting great feedback on our commercial as well.
I am trying to pull together a door-to-door canvass for teachers on Saturday. We will be knocking on doors of likely voters in the 6th Senate District. We could have a brief rally then head out with maps, lists and scripts to knock on doors of folks who haven’t voted yet. My plan is to start at Fountain City Park at 10:30 am, have a brief rally and instructions, then head out and knock a few doors.
They may call me or email me for more information. We will be knocking on “friendly” doors where we know voters will be receptive to our message so it is really easy and fun to get out and meet folks and find that most people appreciate what we do!
Thanks for the support!
Gloria
660-9800
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After our Knox County Political Action Committee for Education (KC-PACE) members recommended endorsement, TEA’s Fund for Children and Public Education Counsel concurred in recommending Knox County teacher and Democratic candidate Gloria Johnson for the unexpired term of District 6 State Senate!
Our Legislative Contact Team leader, Bill Bell said, “I met Gloria some time ago and have communicated with her several times since. I have been very impressed! Gloria is a very intelligent and knowledgeable person – much better qualified than the Republican candidate.”
We are confident she will represent us well – and she will not betray us.
Gloria needs our help with her campaign. She is running against a well financed member of the anti-education machine. If you can help, e-mail her at glostik@bellsouth.net
Early voting has already begun. The traditional election day is November 8th.
This has been a low turn-out election. As such, it gives us a prime opportunity to get our votes out and elect Gloria!
We need everyone to vote, then get a friend and significant other to do the same. If we do, that may very well put her into the State Senate.
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Please call and/or email your Representative before Tuesday! They deserve to hear from each of us.
If you have friends and relatives who live in other representatives districts, please ask them to call and write as well.
From TEA:
“Come to Nashville Tuesday, March 22, for the noon meeting of the House Education Committee. On the agenda will be HB130, Rep. Maggart’s bill to repeal professional negotiations and Amendment 1, Rep. Dunn’s amendment rewriting HB130 to substantially diminish bargaining rights. Be sure to wear red, or buy a red t-shirt at the TEA building before the hearing.
On spring break next week? Take the opportunity to make a difference for your profession by coming to Nashville. Not on spring break? If you can take a personal leave day, you too can be heard before your voice is silenced by HB130. Let’s see just how many teachers and retired teachers dressed in red it takes to fill Legislative Plaza to capacity.”
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| House State & Local Government General Subcommittee: |
| Member (Party & District) |
Phone
(615) |
E-Mail Address |
| Chairman Bob Ramsey (R-20) |
741.3560 |
rep.bob.ramsey@capitol.tn.gov |
| Vice Chairman Ryan A. Haynes (R-14) |
741.2264 |
rep.ryan.haynes@capitol.tn.gov |
| Tommie F. Brown (D-28) |
741.4374 |
rep.tommie.brown@capitol.tn.gov |
| Jim Cobb (R-31) |
741.1450 |
rep.jim.cobb@capitol.tn.gov |
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If you haven’t already called your legislator’s office, do so tonight or in the morning.
Keep those messages coming through Wednesday! Once again, here is the target:
HB 130, which would repeal the professional negotiations law, is the first bill on the calendar for the House Education Subcommittee on Wednesday, March 16, 3:30 p.m.
We need NUMEROUS contacts to subcommittee members prior to this vote.
Below is contact information for the subcommittee.
We could use your support! Remember to identify yourself as a constituent.
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Teachers Must be Heard!
The House Education Subcommittee will meet to discuss and vote on HB 130 and 2012 on Wednesday, March 16, at 3:30 p.m.
This is one stop on the way to becoming law and contacts to legislators must be made to urge them to vote NO on these bills to prevent that from happening.
We urge you to call, e-mail, fax, write and visit your legislators to urge them to vote NO on bills that attack teachers and TEA. The more contacts that are made, the more that teachers will be heard!
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 Yesterday’s TEA Teacher Rally in Nashville was HUGE. Thousands of teachers and supporters from all over Tennessee turned out to march to Legislative Plaza, in front of the Capitol building, to tell our ELECTED representatives to vote “NO” on anti-teacher bills.
The cold, dark, rainy day did not deter the two bus-loads of Knox County teachers who went to represent our local teachers and deliver page after page of signed petitions from other certified educators.
My personal favorite moment was right before our meeting at the KCEA office on Thursday afternoon: I opened the front door for a visitor who was there to deliver petitions from her colleagues and JOIN KCEA! If the Anti-teacher sentiment keeps up, we may end up with more members than we ever imagined! (I love irony.)
The support we had from our communities was amazing and we owe a big “Thank You!” to our brothers, sisters, husbands, wives, parents, children, and friends who stood beside us Saturday. Teachers have really felt beaten-up by our legislators and some of the media. It was uplifting to see the people who turned out just to support us. Though I have tried to list the groups that came to march and stand beside us, I know this isn’t even close. Please let me know about friends we need to add.
- Students – current and former
- Parents of our students
- Teamsters
- Local 519 – Knoxville, TN
- Local 480 – Nashville, TN
- AFL-CIO
- International Union of Painters and Allied Trades
- International Association of Fire Fighters
- United Steel Workers – District 9
- International Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers
- Machinists District 711 – “Supporting our kids’ teachers”
- Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers and Trainmen – Division 239 – Knoxville, TN
- United Food and Commercial Workers International Union
- Laborers’ International Union
- International Brotherhood of Electrical Workers – Local 429 – Nashville, TN
- United Steel Workers of America – Local 7655 – Collierville, TN
- Nashville Peace and Justice Center
- Chip Forrester – Tennessee Democratic Party
- Chairman of the Democratic Caucus – Representative Mike Turner
Pictures are being posted here.
If you have other pictures from Saturday’s event (or Wednesday’s sign-making), please send them to me. Please send them in their original format, without compressing the individual pictures. A few at a time will work best for emailing. If you upload them to a sharing site (like Flickr), just send the link. Don’t worry about cropping, red-eye, etc. I will check each one before posting.
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Below is contact information for the Senate Education Committee.
PLEASE MAKE CONTACTS IMMEDIATELY.
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