2010 Tennessee Code
Title 49 - Education
Chapter 1 - State Administration
Part 9 - Tennessee Literacy Initiative Act of 1999
49-1-907 - Annual report to the joint oversight committee on education.

49-1-907. Annual report to the joint oversight committee on education.

(a)  The state board of education, the higher education commission and the department of education shall report at least annually to the joint oversight committee on education as to what actions are being taken to implement this part.

(b)  The report shall also include a more general report on the number, status and funding of reading programs in kindergarten through grade three (K-3) in public schools in this state. This general report shall include:

     (1)  The number of identifiable reading programs being conducted in this state;

     (2)  The LEAs that are conducting such programs and the number of programs in each LEA;

     (3)  The number of students served in each program;

     (4)  The number of hours such programs are conducted, either by the week or school term;

     (5)  The source of funding for such programs, whether federal, state, local, or private;

     (6)  The amount spent on reading programs by each LEA, from all sources;

     (7)  The testing procedures used to evaluate students before, during, and after such programs;

     (8)  The number of teachers certified as reading specialists in each LEA; and

     (9)  Other information that the joint oversight committee, the education committee of either the senate or the house of representatives or the committee on children and family affairs of the house of representatives may request.

[Acts 2000, ch. 911, § 1; 2001, ch. 250, § 1.]