2024 was an "implementation year" for the Tennessee Department of Education and General Assembly, but that doesn't mean that nothing changed in the education policy world. AND, in some cases, that nothing changed IS the story! Check out what policy issues to know for the coming 2024-2025 school year here!
The Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA) is turning 34 this year! Join us in celebrating #ADA34 and the hard work and advocacy of the disability community.
Carol Westlake, founder and executive director of the Tennessee Disability Coalition, on lessons learned in 35 years of disability advocacy in Tennessee.
On April 25th, the Tennessee General Assembly adjourned sine die, concluding the 2nd year of the 113th General Assembly. Read this to see how the Tennessee disability community fared this year!
We made it! The General Assembly members have concluded their work for the year (as have we) and they are blessedly headed home for the year (to campaign). All in all, dear reader, we had another pretty darn good year. We, of course, did not win every battle, but we won a lot of them and flexed some disability community muscle.
