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Committee approves task force to inventory federal K-12 funding and rules
Summary
The K-12 Subcommittee voted to send House Bill 958 to full education after adopting an amendment that directs a seven-member task force to catalog federal funding streams, related requirements and positions supported by federal dollars.
The K-12 Subcommittee voted to advance House Bill 958 to full education after adopting an amendment that does not change the bill’s substance but was accepted by the committee.
Representative Slater, sponsor of the bill, said, “House Bill 958 will create a federal education deregulation cooperative task force to prepare Tennessee for potential changes to the US Department of Education.” He described the seven-member panel’s duties as identifying federal funding for K-12 education, the federal requirements attached to that funding, state resources needed to receive funds, and the number of jobs supported by federal dollars, and said the panel “will consider whether programs or resources provided by the federal funds should be continued.”
The amendment (draft code 4076) was moved and seconded and adopted without objection. After discussion ended, the clerk recorded five affirmative votes and the committee chair announced, “With 5 ayes, the bill passes on to full education.”
The committee did not specify staffing, deadlines, or implementation details during the discussion; Representative Slater “stand[ed] ready for questions” and there were no recorded follow-up directions to staff in the transcript.
The committee’s vote advances the bill to the next stage in the Legislature; the transcript contains no further details about the task force’s reporting timetable or funding source.
Members and staff may still specify membership appointments or funding in later committee action or in other bills.
