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Votes recorded by the committee clerk and reported in committee:

- HR 0009 — Confirmation of Dr. Ina Maxwell to the State Board of Education: committee vote reported as 17 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HJR154 — Confirmation of Demetra Smith Knight (TSU board): 17 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HJR155 — Confirmation of Trevia Chapman (TSU board): 17 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HJR156 — Confirmation of Jeffrey Norfleet (TSU board): 17 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HJR157 — Confirmation of Terrica/Tareka Smith (TSU board): 17 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HJR158 — Confirmation (TSU board): 17 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HJR159 — Confirmation of Charles Trauber (TSU board): 17 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HJR160 — Confirmation of Takasha Winton (TSU board): 17 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HJR164 — Confirmation of Todd Skelton (UTK advisory board): 17 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HJR66 — Encouraging ASVAB Career Exploration Program participation: committee vote reported as 16 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

- HB760 — Allows schools to keep emergency stock inhalers for students experiencing asthma attacks: committee vote recorded as 16 ayes, 0 nays; outcome: approved and sent to Government Operations (Gov Ops).

- HB61 — Allows juvenile courts to review more than one year of absenteeism data for the current school year (as described to committee): committee vote recorded as 15 ayes, 1 nay; outcome: approved and moved to calendar and rules.

Notes: Several confirmations were advanced en bloc following introductions with no recorded dissent in committee. The ASVAB resolution followed a National Guard briefing and Q&A; committee members asked for clearer outreach to schools and parents. The bills HB760 and HB61 were advanced with recorded tallies as shown above.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","Education Committee\tMar 4, 2025","oneSentenceSummary","The committee recorded votes on multiple confirmations, House Joint Resolution 66 on ASVAB, House Bill 760 on emergency inhalers, and House Bill 61 on juvenile attendance data review.","taxTitle","taxId",0,"location","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":75,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":76,"_41":77,"_43":78,"_45":46,"_47":79,"_49":80,"_51":81,"_53":82,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":83,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":84,"_67":-5,"_68":69,"_70":-5,"_71":72,"_73":72},6418923,"Committee advances bill encouraging ASVAB career-exploration testing after guard briefing",1122,4816000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2488977-8f71f78a210c50f299c6205b0a524fcf&start=4816&end=5938","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2488977-8f71f78a210c50f299c6205b0a524fcf/thumbnail_4816000.jpg","/articles/6418923/Committee-advances-bill-encouraging-ASVAB-career-exploration-testing-after-guard-briefing","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6418923-df5b2aa63a5d09f69106f730a608f268/orig.mp4?Expires=1770651465&Signature=Y70lJuy~Cu3Y~JxShOKkb~tt1ybHX~xc6rwRSMVx0lz-H-nKpadLN-bWkFBuM37wKSKJONGJEKacajXnywuGx5PRSWHWGVPNm6fgJ6FqMvWNcYovcvNwSRpxo2OZmX6m4ip3wT4wrI3Xcm2psqz6NkFm-NG8VjdKxCpl7jeDc3e3C9snJzZw-Zn-bVVDoLGTWDxkZ2ruXMgECnlpKZZFWKnKdszPuyqrGexFlEN~MPPiQ8po75AaI-dxmwYr8Rle29V-LQ2FWhqAqEVBquC1B5M-qY~mtNqn17HJvCHBh9dQ435nsiEdDmGPrtMptrEgPL12Qyfh3rzBGD4nF0s44g__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Full Committee on Education voted to advance House Joint Resolution 66, which encourages local education agencies that operate high schools to participate in the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB) Career Exploration Program and make the test widely available to students. The committee heard a briefing from Tennessee Army National Guard recruiting officials before moving the resolution out to calendar and rules.

Lieutenant Colonel William Blake English, Tennessee Army National Guard recruiting and retention commander, told the committee the ASVAB is \"a heavily researched aptitude test\" that provides students, counselors and parents information about academic strengths and potential career pathways. \"It should be more thought of as a career exploration resource more than an entry into the military,\" English said, adding the test has no cost to school systems.

Officials told members they have noticed a decline in schools scheduling the ASVAB and cited misunderstandings linking the test to mandatory recruitment. The commander said some schools and parents view the ASVAB as a military enrollment tool rather than a career-assessment resource, and the National Guard representatives urged clearer communication to educators and families about the test's purpose.

Committee members asked about scoring and participation. The recruiting staff provided fiscal-year data they said had been reported to their offices: of 29,247 students who attempted the ASVAB in the referenced period, 14,283 (49 percent) met the passing threshold reported earlier by one presenter and 14,964 (51 percent) did not. During Q&A, one service representative distinguished the ASVAB composite (AFQT) minimum as a score of 31 for some service entry requirements; the committee record contains both figures as they were stated by different speakers during the same hearing.

Command Sergeant Major Lloyd Bland described typical recruiter interactions in schools as relationship-building work with teachers, principals and guidance counselors and said recruiters aim to \"provide information so students can make an informed decision.\" Master Sergeant Victor Stevenson outlined test content areas that feed the AFQT and said the sections include arithmetic reasoning, word knowledge, paragraph comprehension and mathematics knowledge.

After the briefing and discussion, members voted to move HJR66 out to calendar and rules. The clerk recorded the committee vote as 16 ayes and 0 nays on the motion to advance the resolution.

Committee members said they intend to reference the hearing when a related bill about military relationships with schools returns to the committee. Several members expressed appreciation for the presenters' military service and for the ASVAB as a career-pathway tool for students who may not follow a traditional college route.","The committee heard National Guard recruiters explain the ASVAB career-exploration test, discussed declining participation and misconceptions, and approved a resolution urging local education agencies to offer the ASVAB.",{"_33":86,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":87,"_41":88,"_43":89,"_45":90,"_47":91,"_49":92,"_51":93,"_53":94,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":95,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":96,"_67":-5,"_68":69,"_70":-5,"_71":72,"_73":72},6418978,"Dyersburg sixth-graders present STEM project to make dodgeball accessible for wheelchair user",1147,3144000,4291000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2488977-8f71f78a210c50f299c6205b0a524fcf&start=3144&end=4291","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2488977-8f71f78a210c50f299c6205b0a524fcf/thumbnail_3144000.jpg","/articles/6418978/Dyersburg-sixth-graders-present-STEM-project-to-make-dodgeball-accessible-for-wheelchair-user","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6418978-3ba7cbb4d82b80fb40a7a9a0dbce099d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770651465&Signature=jq7QGQhRnuRY3TYY9s1tFKeMWYCLgkeQV~RDmTSW~e8ORdGa9BND~EcdNTRy8CpGXxsAzFo5n-QsR8F6qiFpWNU3FSZoVf0FAkwjS789RpAinIVBmNietK4Fc1RGsAmvEDBUmsRcRUwruorcylrg6xqpk5wcswuBgKla~VwkrBdAHEqB8JBN92xEro3j2ZXpJpRw844D47ynLIi28rST5yL4vYlHXPItp8AXcPykiZXYWlXIQdsKUtgCAUnsNIyuT3ppdGYiEMDSRTP1MfKCK9U3xM9Hl3NWJZhOIUUftfgSDjVaDqW0EJZ11TYS66VfUFrxJVbuJXFLOZMU62188A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","A group of sixth-grade students from Dyersburg Middle School presented a student-designed accessibility project to the House Full Committee on Education, describing a prototype launcher and support partnerships intended to let a wheelchair-user student play dodgeball with classmates.

\"Our number 1 requirement is safety,\" student Fatou Manet told the committee, describing design constraints that included a protective shield, adjustable launch angle, single-ball launch, and an accessible activation lever or button placed on the student’s dominant side. Classmates described project steps that ranged from sketches to 3-D models in TinkerCAD and coordination with high-school welding and STEM teams.

Kim Worley, director of Dyersburg City Schools, told the committee the project grew from investments in CTE and middle-school STEM programs supported by state funding streams the district has used to expand career and technical education. \"These sixth grade students are involved in our STEM programs and they are the investment to our future,\" Worley said.

Students explained their timeline and community collaboration. \"In August we started school and by December the teachers approached Ms. Roy with the idea of the Kellen project,\" student Tynla Newsome said; the students expect a first prototype by May and plan to involve local employers and the high-school welding team in the summer and following school year.

Armco, a transformer manufacturer, presented as a community partner. Brad Whittle of Armco said the company has donated over $500,000 to bolster CTE and STEM initiatives over the past three years and described ongoing support for Dyersburg and neighboring districts. \"We are excited to see what the future holds in these partnerships,\" Whittle said.

Students described accessibility adaptations made after consulting Kellen’s therapist; they said Kellen’s dominant hand is left and that he requested the machine be blue. \"Kellen is in sixth grade... his dream is to play dodgeball with his friends,\" student Chandler Ford said as he introduced Kellen to the committee.

Committee members responded with praise for the students' work and community partnerships. Representative Herb and Representative Glenn thanked students, parents, teachers and industry partners for the collaboration and for providing hands-on engineering and workforce-preparation experiences. Several members encouraged the students to return with results.

The presentation highlighted the district’s use of CTE/STEM funding to build programs at younger grade levels, and the students emphasized inclusion as a guiding value: \"So that we can include everyone,\" student Lainie Garner said. The committee did not take formal action on the presentation; members signed a commemorative book and directed school leaders to continue engagement with the legislature on workforce and CTE initiatives.","A group of Dyersburg Middle School sixth-graders demonstrated a student-designed dodgeball launcher and described partnerships with local industry and their school’s expanded CTE/STEM offerings.",{"_33":98,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":99,"_41":100,"_43":101,"_45":102,"_47":103,"_49":104,"_51":105,"_53":106,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":107,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":108,"_67":-5,"_68":69,"_70":-5,"_71":72,"_73":72},6419032,"Education committee confirms slate of trustees and a State Board appointment",1818,1305000,3123000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2488977-8f71f78a210c50f299c6205b0a524fcf&start=1305&end=3123","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2488977-8f71f78a210c50f299c6205b0a524fcf/thumbnail_1305000.jpg","/articles/6419032/Education-committee-confirms-slate-of-trustees-and-a-State-Board-appointment","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6419032-5badaaf7a576c2f7ba88869be4dd888d/orig.mp4?Expires=1770651465&Signature=cXlQRbJMHKV32XPJuL-zSwBQvI6zdX3aCv5x-BfjiGBTCAHL0HDzCi4EFkQYiHIY5AwcAuPCfj1zKYXtEPoMQMof80GISWDqOZ8zXcGap1bZCbg5USbkremX0vcE8Ca1HnuTNEM5jdGyXXqA7FDBeU-RLfaimshdNniu5spZ5tRNfMwAz6ti9G83k--Z29zuV9m7GFs~RP18gPNJOp4DLNmG16Mj3OdYOilx2pI0Mkxx-7Tf00tQMj-Tmd-WM-SRzNWitT6LGBfFiMaoyK21USV4wXuiX65Y4CeR1l6cMh3tU4uajDMsV~NNKKRD8TbDPJKZ~sEeFFP7YmD9LHSgzA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The House Full Committee on Education voted unanimously to confirm a series of higher-education and board appointments, including the confirmation of Dr. Ina Maxwell to the Tennessee State Board of Education and several appointees to the Tennessee State University board of trustees and University of Tennessee advisory board.

Dr. Ina Maxwell, appointed by Speaker Sexton in 2024 to represent the Sixth Congressional District, was introduced to the committee and confirmed without recorded opposition. \"I am Ina Maxwell... I am a career educator,\" Maxwell told the committee during her brief remarks. Committee members praised her 33-year career in Cumberland County schools and her experience as a director of schools and classroom teacher.

The committee also confirmed a slate of nominees to the Tennessee State University board of trustees presented by Representative Love. Confirmed nominees and the resolutions advancing them included: HJR154 (Demetra Smith Knight), HJR155 (Trevia Chapman), HJR156 (Jeffrey Norfleet), HJR157 (Terrica Smith), HJR158 (one of the slate), and HJR159 and HJR160 (additional trustees). Each nomination was advanced on recorded voice votes that the clerk reported as unanimous by the committee.

Separately, the committee confirmed Todd Skelton to the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, advisory board on House Joint Resolution 164. Skelton, described by the introducer as general counsel for HF Capital and a former deputy counsel to Governor Haslam, told members he would \"welcome any questions\" and called his appointment an honor.

Committee members who introduced nominees gave brief biographical summaries in committee: the records include nominees' education, prior employment, and civic roles. Several confirmed trustees described ties to Tennessee State University and professional experience in fields such as accounting, banking, higher-education administration, law, corporate government relations and STEM industries.

The confirmations were advanced en bloc in most cases after brief introductions; the clerk recorded unanimous committee votes (commonly \"17 ayes and 0 nays\" on the items reported). The committee moved all confirmed nominations to calendar and rules for further consideration by the full House.

Members did not take substantive policy debate on the appointments during the session; each nominee was given the opportunity to introduce themself and answer any questions. No questions were recorded for Dr. Maxwell and the other nominees after their introductions.

The confirmations continue the legislature's review of governor and speaker appointments for higher-education boards and the State Board of Education. The committee's votes now send the nominations to the calendar and rules process before possible floor consideration.","The House Education Committee voted unanimously to confirm multiple university trustees and a State Board of Education appointee, advancing each nomination to calendar and rules.","actionData","errors"]

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