Cosmetology and Barber Examiners Board approves new barber school, two relocations and multiple licensure actions

The Tennessee State Board of Cosmetology and Barber Examiners on Feb. 3 in Nashville approved a new barber school application subject to minor corrections and approved two school location changes, and it granted several individual licensure exceptions and agreements.

The board voted to approve Ivan’s Barber Academy (presented by Ivan Rajed) on the condition that the school submit requested corrections to paperwork and clock-hour calculations. Executive Director Roxanna Gamusio told the board staff had found mismatches between listed part-time hours and the daily schedule and that the school must specify the weeks/months-to-graduate math for clock hours. Gamusio also said apprenticeship students must be shown in the application as spending 50% of hours at the school and 50% at a barbershop; she told the applicant to add that split to the paperwork. "If you do 20 hours, you would either need another 4-hour day, or add an hour each day," Gamusio said while reviewing the application. The board approved the school pending those updates and an inspection.

The board also approved a change of location for Glam and Grit School of Cosmetology after reviewing a revised floor…