Bill Title: As enacted, prohibits supervisors from disciplining or discouraging teachers and other educators for reporting inaccuracies or errors or potentially inflammatory material in textbooks or other educational materials to supervisors, elected officials, or parents or guardians; prohibits requiring a teacher or other educator to agree not to report inaccuracies or errors or potentially inflammatory material in textbooks or other educational materials, as a condition of employment. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Spectrum: Moderate Partisan Bill (Republican 21-4)

Status: (Passed) 2015-04-27 - Pub. Ch. 165 [HB0429 Detail]

Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

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Sponsors

Name	Type	Sponsorship	District	Financial	Encyclopedia	Biography
Representative Tilman Goins [R]	Primary	Sponsored Bills	HD-010	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Timothy Hill [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-003	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Glen Casada [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-063	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Rick Womick [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-034	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Judd Matheny [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-047	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jeremy Durham [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-065	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Billy Spivey [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-092	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John DeBerry [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-090	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Senator Raumesh Akbari [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	SD-029	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Mike Sparks [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-049	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Byrd [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-071	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Andy Holt [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-076	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Debra Moody [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-081	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Bryan Terry [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-048	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Harold Love [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-058	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Courtney Rogers [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-045	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Ron Lollar [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-099	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative David Alexander [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-039	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative John Ragan [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-033	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jerry Sexton [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-035	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Eddie Smith [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-013	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Terri Lynn Weaver [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-040	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jimmy Eldridge [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-073	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative Jay Reedy [R]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-074	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart
Representative G.A. Hardaway [D]	Cosponsor	Sponsored Bills	HD-093	FollowTheMoney	Ballotpedia	VoteSmart

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