Stop TN School Voucher Bill HB1049

 

UPDATE:VoucherButtonFINAL
The House has voted to suspend the rules and allow items to “Flow” through committees, even if they are not on the calendar! That means the voucher bill could pass through the subcommittee and on to the full committee very, quickly.

This bill needs to be stopped now.

Please encourage your relatives, co-workers, neighbors, and friends (heck, even call on your enemies!) to do a little letter writing, to tell the Finance Ways and Means subcommittee that taking money AWAY from struggling schools and giving it to private institutions is NOT the way to help struggling schools and neighborhoods succeed!

If you need ideas to get your letter started, NEA has a great article:
The Case Against Vouchers

More info is available at the following links:
Fiscal impact to TN: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Fiscal/HB1049.pdf

“… the shift of state and required local BEP funding from these local education agencies to the non-public participating schools is estimated as follows:
 $  16,570,000.00 in FY15-16;
 $  25,473,800.00 in FY16- 17;
 $  34,815,000.00 in FY17-18; and an amount exceeding
 $  69,630,000.00 in FY18-19 and subsequent years.”

[$146,488,800.00+ in the first 4 years]

The full bill: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Bill/HB1049.pdf

Amendments to the original bill:
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Amend/HA0182.pdf
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/109/Amend/HA0231.pdf

Also – please note that the Knox County Board of Education voted AGAINST supporting vouchers, yet Representative Dunn keeps pushing on, claiming to be doing it “for Memphis.” I have been in several of those committee meetings, and have yet to hear anyone from Memphis asking for this kind of support. On the contrary, their representatives are voting AGAINST this bill.

While writing, it would also be worthwhile to contact Representatives Harry Brooks, Bill Dunn, and Eddie Smith, to ask why they voted for the supposed interests of Memphis, rather than representing their constituents in Knoxville!


 

House Subcommittee – Finance Ways and Means

If you prefer to email all sub-committee members at once, just copy/past the list below into your email address field:

rep.mike.harrison@capitol.tn.govrep.david.alexander@capitol.tn.gov;
rep.joe.armstrong@capitol.tn.govrep.kevin.brooks@capitol.tn.gov; rep.karen.camper@capitol.tn.govrep.craig.fitzhugh@capitol.tn.gov;
rep.david.hawk@capitol.tn.govrep.ryan.haynes@capitol.tn.gov;
rep.gerald.mccormick@capitol.tn.govrep.steve.mcdaniel@capitol.tn.gov;
rep.curry.todd@capitol.tn.gov

***Depending on your mail program, you may need to use commas, rather than semicolons, between recipients. You may also choose to click each email link to send individual emails. If you have problems with the list or the links, please let me know: Email Me.


Additional information about the subcommittee is here:
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/committees/sub-finance.html

Additional information about the full committee is here: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/house/committees/finance.html

House – Finance Ways and Means Full Committee


Knox County Representatives:

Representative Joe Armstrong
D – Knoxville
District 15: Part of Knox County
rep.joe.armstrong@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 33 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-0768
Fax: (615) 253-0316

SPONSOR OF HB1049
Representative Bill Dunn
R – Knoxville
District 16: Part of Knox Co
rep.bill.dunn@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 115 War Memorial Bldg
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-1721
Fax: (615) 253-0276

Representative Ryan A. Haynes
R – Knoxville
District 14: Part of Knox County
rep.ryan.haynes@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 214 War Memorial Bldg.
Nashville TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-2264
Fax: (615) 253-0317


Committee Chair
Representative Charles Sargent
R – Franklin
Dist 61: Part of Williamson Co
rep.charles.sargent@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 206 War Memorial Bldg
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-6808
Fax: (615) 253-0217

Committee Vice-Chair
Representative David Alexander
R – Winchester
Dist 39: Moore, part of Franklin and Marion Counties
rep.david.alexander@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 107 War Memorial Bldg
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-8695
Fax: (615) 253-0314

Representative Kevin Brooks
R – Cleveland
District 24: Part of Bradley County
rep.kevin.brooks@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 103 War Memorial Bldg
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-1350
Fax: (615) 253-0346

Representative Karen D. Camper
D – Memphis
Dist 87: Part of Shelby County
rep.karen.camper@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 32 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-1898
Fax: (615) 253-0211

Representative Mike Carter
R – Ooltewah
Dist 29: Part of Hamilton County
rep.mike.carter@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite G-3 War Memorial Bldg
Nashville, TN. 37243
Phone: (615) 741-3025
Fax: (615) 253-0241

Representative Barbara Ward Cooper
D – Memphis
Dist 86: Part of Shelby County
rep.barbara.cooper@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 38 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-4295
Fax: (615) 253-0327

Representative Craig Fitzhugh
D – Ripley
Dist 82: Lauderdale, Crockett & Haywood Co
rep.craig.fitzhugh@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 33 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-2134
Fax: (615) 741-1446

Representative Brenda Gilmore
D – Nashville
Dist 54: Part of Davidson Co
rep.brenda.gilmore@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 26 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-1997
Fax: (615) 253-0361

Representative Mike Harrison
R – Rogersville
Dist 9: Hancock and Hawkins Co
rep.mike.harrison@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 206-A War Memorial Bldg
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone (615) 741-7480
Fax (615) 253-0307

Representative David B. Hawk
R – Greeneville
Dist 5: Part of Greene Co
rep.david.hawk@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 201 War Memorial Bldg
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone (615) 741-7482
Fax (615) 253-0210

Representative Patsy Hazlewood
R – Signal Mountains
Dist 27: Part of Hamilton Co
rep.patsy.hazlewood@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 20 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-2746
Fax: (615) 253-0304

Representative Matthew Hill
R – Jonesborough
Dist 7: Part of Washington Co
rep.matthew.hill@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 23 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone (615) 741-2251
Fax (615) 253-0299

Representative Curtis Johnson
R – Clarksville
Dist 68: Part of Montgomery Co
rep.curtis.johnson@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 15 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-4341
Fax: (615) 253-0269

Representative Susan Lynn
R – Mount Juliet
Dist 57: Wilson Co
rep.susan.lynn@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 104 War Memorial Bldg
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-7462
Fax: (615) 741-0353

Representative Gerald McCormick
R – Chattanooga
Dist 26: Part of Hamilton Co
rep.gerald.mccormick@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 18-A Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-2548
Fax: (615) 253-0305

Representative Steve McDaniel
R – Parkers Crossroads
Dist 72: Henderson, Chester, Decatur & Perry Counties
rep.steve.mcdaniel@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 18 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-0750
Fax: (615) 253-0213

Representative Steve McManus
R – Cordova
Dist 96: Part of Shelby Co
rep.steve.mcmanus@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 20 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-1920
Fax: (615) 253-0232

Representative Larry J. Miller
D – Memphis
Dist 88: Part of Shelby Co
rep.larry.miller@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 36 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-4453
Fax: (615) 253-0329

Representative Bo Mitchell
D – Nashville
Dist 50: Part of Davidson Co
rep.bo.mitchell@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 37 Legislative Plaza
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-4317
Fax: (615) 741-0360

Representative Curry Todd
R – Collierville
Dist 95: Part of Shelby Co
rep.curry.todd@capitol.tn.gov
301 6th Avenue North
Suite 209 War Memorial Bldg
Nashville, TN 37243
Phone: (615) 741-1866
Fax: (615) 253-0208

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