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TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/9/24
This week focused on Gov. Bill Lee’s State of the State and his proposed FY 24-25 budget. TSEA published a full recap of the governor’s speech and proposed budget on [&hellip
Read More »TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 2/2/24
This week, Cordell Hull was busy as legislators worked to file legislation by the bill filing deadline. We will publish a list of bills we are monitoring in future updates [&hellip
Read More »TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 1/12/24
The Tennessee General Assembly reconvened for the 113th legislative session on Tuesday, January 9, 2024. The hill has been active as bills are filed and the general business of legislative [&hellip
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Important Notice: Clarification on State Employee Pay for Performance raises and Benefit Improvements
Pay for Performance clarification We want to clarify a statement in our Legislative Update Week Ending 4-21-23. In the update, we mentioned that based on the budget which just passed [&hellip
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TSEA Legislative Update – Week Ending 4/21/2023
The Tennessee General Assembly has passed the $56.2B state budget for 2024, and all legislative activity on bills we are working to advance has concluded. A few bills await signatures, [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 4/14/23
This year’s legislative session is nearing its end, and we are pleased to report that it has been an excellent year for state and higher education employees. The budget contains [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 4/7/2023
The Legislative Session is in the home stretch, and we anticipate another successful year for state employees, with significant investments supportive of state employees contained in this year’s budget, pending [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 3/31/23
We are making good progress on the hill, and it’s looking like session will come to a close by early May. The pace has been rapid, but we’re keeping up [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 3/24/23
Good news, Senate Bill 0276, which would provide 12 weeks of paid leave for state employees for the birth or adoption of a child, passed the Senate on Thursday, 3-23-23. Now [&hellip
Read More »Legislative Update – Week Ending 3/10/23
More details about the Governor’s state employee package (including proposed parental leave and benefits changes), progress on our legislative priorities, and continued budget hearings top the list for legislative activity [&hellip
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