Representative David Byrd

Civics institute at UT-Knoxville / Public Chapter 963 – The General Assembly approved legislation to establish the Institute of American Civics at Tennessee’s largest public university. The new law locates the institute within the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy on the campus of the University of Tennessee-Knoxville. The 2022-23 budget allocates $6 million for the project. A few of the seven objectives listed in the measure include to: foster a deeper understanding of the structures and institutions of federal, state, and local government; further the understanding of the princip...