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| 4 | 4 | | SENATE RESOLUTION 122 |
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| 5 | 5 | | By Lowe |
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| 8 | 8 | | SR0122 |
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| 9 | 9 | | 006618 |
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| 12 | 12 | | A RESOLUTION to commemorate the 100 |
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| 14 | 14 | | anniversary of the |
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| 15 | 15 | | passage of the Education Act of Tennessee. |
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| 17 | 17 | | WHEREAS, the members of this General Assembly take great pride in the storied |
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| 18 | 18 | | history of the Volunteer State and events that have proven to be pivotal points in the |
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| 19 | 19 | | advancement of the quality of life for Tennesseans; and |
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| 20 | 20 | | WHEREAS, on April 16, 1925, Governor Austin Peay signed into law Public Chapter 115 |
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| 21 | 21 | | of 1925, commonly known as the Education Act of Tennessee, which established our first |
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| 22 | 22 | | uniform system of public schools; and |
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| 23 | 23 | | WHEREAS, at the time Governor Peay took office in 1923, adult illiteracy was high in |
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| 24 | 24 | | Tennessee, and our educational system ranked last in teacher salaries and forty-third in per |
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| 25 | 25 | | pupil expenditures; and |
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| 26 | 26 | | WHEREAS, a comprehensive piece of legislation, the Education Act of Tennessee |
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| 27 | 27 | | established a state salary schedule, set standardized licensing requirements for teachers, and |
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| 28 | 28 | | created an equalization fund that guaranteed an eight-month school year in public elementary |
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| 29 | 29 | | schools; and |
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| 30 | 30 | | WHEREAS, the legislation also increased funding for the University of Tennessee and |
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| 31 | 31 | | led to the establishment of the University of Tennessee at Martin and Austin Peay State |
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| 32 | 32 | | University; and |
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| 33 | 33 | | WHEREAS, one hundred years later, it is highly appropriate that we pause in our |
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| 34 | 34 | | deliberations to specially recognize the anniversary of that historic event; now, therefore, |
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| 35 | 35 | | BE IT RESOLVED BY THE SENATE OF THE ONE HUNDRED FOURTEENTH |
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| 36 | 36 | | GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE, that we commemorate the 100 |
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| 41 | 41 | | - 2 - 006618 |
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| 43 | 43 | | anniversary of the passage of the Education Act of Tennessee, honoring the legacy of Governor |
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| 44 | 44 | | Austin Peay and the establishment of Tennessee's uniform system of public schools. |
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| 45 | 45 | | BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that an appropriate copy of this resolution be prepared |
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| 46 | 46 | | for presentation with this final clause omitted from such copy. |
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