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State Rep. Mark White says charter schools in the Achievement School District should be under the charter commission, but state Rep. Antonio Parkinson says all 30 schools should return to local districts in Memphis and Nashville.
House Education Committee Chairman Mark White says two "go-to" liaisons to the Legislature who resigned Friday leave a communication void as the 2020 General Assembly session begins Jan. 14.
State Rep. Mark White believes non-tuition items paid for with education savings accounts could be taxed under the state's new voucher program. But even as questions are raised about the governor's initiative, the Department of Education still hasn't firmed up the rules.
Seeking a seventh House term representing Shelby County’s District 83, state Rep. Mark White stands on his record of “education reform” and defends support of the governor’s education savings account legislation, which is set to take effect in 2020.
Memphis product Jerri Green might be a mother of three, but she’s ready to fight for the House District 83 seat in a 2020 race with Republican state Rep. Mark White.
State Rep. Mark White and other leaders urged Education Commissioner Penny Schwinn to slow-walk revisions in accountability measures it took lawmakers years to win, but Gov. Bill Lee backs her efforts to change the status quo.
East Memphis Republican will travel Tennessee working for Lipscomb's College of Leadership & Public Service.
State Rep. Mark White supports legislation sponsored by U.S. Sen. Marsha Blackburn to move federal agencies out of Washington, D.C., and bring the Education Department to Tennessee.
Even though public hearings have shown no support, some Shelby County Republicans continue supporting the pursuit of a Medicaid block grant proposal rather than conventional expansion.
The Department of Education will spend $25 million this year and hire a new vendor to give the TNReady test, but lawmakers can only hope it will run without errors when the state test goes completely online in 2021.
Republican Gov. Bill Lee says an independent Public Charter Schools Commission won’t be lenient but will give the state greater latitude for overseeing charter operators across the state.
State Rep. Mark White is working on legislation language to calm Republicans’ nerves over his bill requiring weapons to be secured when kept in vehicles and boats.
House Education Committee Chairman Mark White says the Tennessee Department of Education faces a difficult task in setting up an education savings account program in time for the 2020-21 school year.
Earle Fisher of Memphis disagrees with the notion the Black Voter Project or #UPTheVote901 committed voter fraud when they turned in thousands of voter registration applications, including many incomplete forms, to the Shelby County Election Commission in 2018. But the state representative who sponsored the legislation claims they were "fraudulent."
Memphis state Reps. John DeBerry and Mark White, a Democrat and Republican, are staying in the middle of Tennessee’s argument over expanding healthcare services, whether to expand Medicaid or take a federal block grant.
Schools across Tennessee will start delving into traumatic experiences in students’ lives as part of a new law targeting “exclusionary” discipline under legislation sponsored by state Sen. Katrina Robinson, a first-term Memphis Democrat.
State Reps. Mark White and Tom Leatherwood flew to Shelby County with Gov. Bill Lee for a Republican Party event Aug. 23, but both say it was no perk for their votes in favor of the governor’s education savings account bill during the regular session.
State Rep. Mark White believes a Knoxville House member’s resolution to remove embattled Rep. David Byrd from the House could hit a wall in the Republican-controlled chamber during a special session.
Rep. Joe Towns is preparing to sponsor legislation to rescind the state’s new education savings account law and said he notified House Speaker nominee Cameron Sexton about his plans.
Voucher legislation – the most contentious issue of the 2019 session – could make its way back to the House next year with a key opponent, state Rep. Cameron Sexton, set to take the reins as Speaker.
House Speaker nominee Cameron Sexton might not bring an about-face for the embattled House Republican Caucus, but Shelby representatives expect a “definite” style change from resigning Speaker Glen Casada.
While some officials contend a new strategy is needed for the state’s Achievement School District following a poor report, state Rep. Antonio Parkinson says it’s time to ditch the program.
With up to seven House members seeking the Speaker’s post, Shelby County House Republicans are expecting multiple rounds of caucus voting to choose a nominee, but they believe the group will unify behind the next Speaker.
Tennessee’s new “hands-free law,” which took effect Monday, seeks to curb distraction-related crashes across the state and particularly in Shelby County, which leads the state in such accidents. The measure is among a number of new state laws that became effective Monday.
NASHVILLE – Questions about the Legislature's constitutional authority to remove the House speaker from office are influencing Gov. Bill Lee’s decision to call an August special session on the matter, according to a Memphis legislator.