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SENATE RESOLUTION 16
By McNally
SR0016
003749
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A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Marsha Johnson
of Clarksville to the State Board of Education.
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-301, provides for the creation of
the State Board of Education; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-301, further provides that the
Speaker of the Senate shall appoint members representing the third, fourth, and seventh
congressional districts to the State Board of Education; and
WHEREAS, Speaker Randy McNally has appointed Marsha Johnson of Clarksville to
the State Board of Education as a member representing the Seventh Congressional District to a
term that will expire on March 31, 2029; and
WHEREAS, a highly respected member of her community, Marsha Johnson is a former
elementary and middle school teacher with thirty-five years of experience, having taught in the
Montgomery County Schools System and in Kentucky at Fort Campbell's Dependent Schools;
and
WHEREAS, Mrs. Johnson earned her undergraduate and graduate degrees in
elementary education at Austin Peay State University and received a Presidential Award
representing the Armed Forces for Excellence in Mathematics in 2001; and
WHEREAS, Marsha Johnson is a person of integrity and an active citizen whose
benevolence, acumen, and strong commitment to public service have helped to enhance the
well-being of this State and its citizens; and
WHEREAS, Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-301, provides that each member
appointed by the Speaker of the Senate to the State Board of Education shall be subject to
confirmation by the Senate; now, therefore,
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BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH
GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, that this body does hereby confirm
the appointment of Marsha Johnson of Clarksville to the State Board of Education as a member
representing the Seventh Congressional District to a term that will expire on March 31, 2029.