(a) There is created a standards recommendation committee. The committee shall be composed of ten (10) members. The governor shall appoint four (4) members, the speaker of the senate shall appoint three (3) members, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint three (3) members. The standards recommendation committee shall review and evaluate the recommendations of the two (2) standards review and development committees and post the recommendations to the website created pursuant to § 49-1-311(a)(3) for the purpose of gathering additional feedback from the public.
(b) Gubernatorial appointments made pursuant to subsection (a) for the standards recommendation committee shall be subject to confirmation by the senate and the house of representatives, but appointments shall be effective until adversely acted upon by the senate and the house of representatives.
(c) (1) The standards recommendation committee shall make the final recommendations as to the new set of standards for English language arts and mathematics to the state board of education.(2) The state board of education may adopt, reject, or make technical nonsubstantive revisions to the standards recommended by the committee, but the state board of education shall adopt a set of standards in English language arts and mathematics that fit the needs of Tennessee students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).
(1) The standards recommendation committee shall make the final recommendations as to the new set of standards for English language arts and mathematics to the state board of education.
(2) The state board of education may adopt, reject, or make technical nonsubstantive revisions to the standards recommended by the committee, but the state board of education shall adopt a set of standards in English language arts and mathematics that fit the needs of Tennessee students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).
(d) The standards recommendation committee shall include in their final recommendation for the academic standards for mathematics to the state board of education advanced mathematics academic standards for students in an advanced mathematics course in grades five through seven (5-7).