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March 2003 - TAG Action Alert (Tennessee Association for the Gifted). Please share this information with gifted advocates throughout Tennessee: Word document · PDF document - Get Acrobat Reader

12 February 2003 - In January 2003, representatives of TAASE (Tennessee Association of Administrators of Special Education), TIGER (Tennessee Initiative for Gifted Education Reform), and TAG (Tennessee Association for the Gifted) met to discuss future legislation. They agreed, subject to the approval of their respective boards, to draft and support a legislative resolution to create a study committee on gifted education. Senator Curtis Person, Jr. and Representative Mark Maddox introduced the proposal for a study committee in Senate Joint Resolution 84 and House Joint Resolution 75.

The purpose of the study committee is to make improvements to the State Board of Education’s rules and regulations on gifted education. TAASE, TIGER, and TAG agreed that the legal status of gifted students in TCA 49-10 would not be raised in legislation or in the study committee.

TAG members and other gifted advocates throughout Tennessee are encouraged to write a brief e-mail or letter to their legislators supporting these resolutions. SJR 84 and HJR 75 are companion resolutions and are the same.

Resolution Status: SJR 84 · HJR 75
Resolution text (HJR 75): Word document · PDF document - Get Acrobat Reader

Tennessee Legislation 2002

In January 2002, TAASE (Tennessee Association of Administrators of Special Education) drafted a bill filed by Representative Maddox to remove services for intellectually gifted students from TCA 49-10. The House Education Committee heard testimony, and the bill was withdrawn from consideration a few weeks later without a vote. Legislators received hundreds of letters, e-mail messages, telephone calls, and personal visits from parents, educators, and children who opposed the bill. Statewide organizations opposing the bill included TAG (Tennessee Association for the Gifted), TIGER (Tennessee Initiative for Gifted Education Reform), Tennessee School Boards Association, Tennessee Congress of Parents and Teachers, and the Tennessee Department of Education.

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Issue Brief: Gifted Education in Tennessee

Commentary on 'No Child Left Behind'

For detailed information on state mandates governing gifted education, review the National Survey on the State Governance of K12 Gifted and Talented Education (PDF Document) published by TIGER, Tennessee Initiative for Gifted Education Reform.

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Contact Legislators

Please cite the bill number and include your name, postal address, and phone number in all correspondence to legislators

Find your state legislators:
House · Senate

Legislators most concerned with education issues:

House Education Committee

House K12 Education Subcommittee

Senate Education Committee

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