Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HJR0198 Latest Draft

Bill / Draft Version Filed 02/10/2025

                             
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HOUSE JOINT RESOLUTION 198 
By Lamberth 
 
 
HJR0198 
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A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Annie Dockery to 
the standards recommendation committee for 
English language arts.  
 
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-312, creates a standards 
recommendation committee for English language arts; and 
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-312(a), provides that the 
governor shall appoint four members to the standards recommendation committee for English 
language arts; and 
WHEREAS, Governor Bill Lee has appointed Annie Dockery to serve on such committee 
for a term that expires on December 31, 2025; and  
WHEREAS, Annie Dockery began her teaching career at Hardin Valley Academy in 
Knoxville, where she taught College Prep and Honors English; she currently serves as an 
educator with Maryville City Schools, where she has taught at both the middle school and high 
school levels; and  
WHEREAS, she is a 2020 graduate of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; and  
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-312(b), provides that all 
appointments to the committee "shall be subject to confirmation by the senate and the house of 
representatives"; now, therefore, 
 BE IT RESOLVED BY THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES OF THE ONE HUNDRED 
FOURTEENTH GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, THE SENATE 
CONCURRING, that we confirm the appointment of Annie Dockery to the standards 
recommendation committee for English language arts for a term that expires on December 31, 
2025.