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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
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As the budget hearings progress, TSEA remains active and engaged on the hill, attending all relevant hearings related to department budgets or containing legislation we are either following or working [&hellip
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DCS Announces Case Manager Series Salary Increases
Tennessee Department of Children’s Services Commissioner Jennifer Nichols announced today in an email to state employees details about Case Manager series salary increases. Her announcement is below. We are excited [&hellip
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Legislative Update: Week Ending 2-12-2021
“I said at the start how proud I am of my staff and cabinet, and I am just as proud of all of our fellow co-workers, the best state employees [&hellip
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TSEA urges Gov. Lee to prioritize state employees
NASHVILLE – The Tennessee State Employees Association urges Gov. Bill Lee to include funding for State and Higher Education salary and market adjustments in his proposed FY21/22 state budget. “Our [&hellip
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DCS Announces CPS Reorganization Pilot Program
The Tennessee Department of Children’s Services today announced plans to merge CPS services and investigations under one division called the Office of Child Safety. “This reorganization incorporates several other changes, [&hellip
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DCS Caseloads Bill passes House Children and Families Subcommittee
The House Children & Families Subcommittee today (3-5-19) unanimously passed an amended version of HB0921, the DCS Caseloads bill, on to the House Judiciary Committee. This is the first step [&hellip
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Senate says no to House amendment on DCS caseload bill
On Monday 2/12/18 the Senate voted to not concur with the House amendment placed last week on SB1168. To view their vote, follow this link: https://goo.gl/gZ5Pzi The Senate passed SB1168 last [&hellip
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Bill limiting DCS caseloads passes House
The House during this morning’s floor session (2/7/2018), after substituting and conforming to the Senate version of the bill, unanimously passed an amended version of SB1168. This bill as amended [&hellip
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Woodland Hills YDC may move to New Vision in 2017
The National Guard’s Youth ChalleNGe program may soon expand to Tennessee. The Tennessee Department of the Military recently filed an application to bring the Youth ChalleNGe program to Nashville. If [&hellip
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