Barbara Ward Cooper
Family and Personal:
Rep. Cooper has three children, three grandchildren, and three great-grandchildren and is a retired educator, community relations specialist, and parent coordinator.
Memberships:
She is a member of the Shelby County Democratic Women, Co-Convener, African American People’s Organization, NAACP, Women in Government, National Black Caucus of State Legislators (NBCSL), National Council of Negro Women, Shelby County Section SAC Chair, Cooper/Jones Initiative, Citizens for Better Service, Tennessee Dispensing Opticians Association, Tennessee Tourism Roundtable, Kennedy Democratic Organization (KDO), S/W Forum on Taxes, Thirteenth Documentary Cultural Awareness, Neighborhood Clean Up in Public Safety, and Transportation: A Way out of Poverty.
Councils and Boards:
She serves on the Southwest Community Education Advisory Committee and as chair of the Shelby County Section SAC. She also serves on the CIO Labor Council, Education Leadership Council, Memphis Area Association of Governments Board (MAAG), Downtown Memphis Commission Board, Social Action Committee, and is secretary of the Shelby County Delegation.
Rep. Barbara Cooper is a Member, Agriculture and Natural Resources Committee, Naming and Designating Committee, and the State Government Committee.
Representative Cooper will celebrate her 92nd birthday on 4 August, 2021. She has been a member of the Tennessee General Assembly since 1997. We commend her for her dedication and perseverance.
She filed nineteen bills this year, two of which passed into law: HB789, requiring the Departments of Health and Education to disseminate information from the centers for disease control and prevention concerning the health effects and dangers of using vapor products to students in public middle schools, public junior high schools, and public senior high schools in this state, and HB1091, which removes the restriction on appointment to the board of dentistry for persons affiliated with educational institutions where the practice of dentistry, dental hygiene, and dental assisting is taught.
Rep. Cooper stays in line with her fellow democrats with a 34% vote score and D+ on Leadership, indicating the democrat commitment to bigger government. She has always demonstrated grace and civility and commands great respect among her peers and admirers.
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Related Bills
Pre-K - 2: Revises Teacher evaluation, eliminates the portfolio growth model for pre-K and K
Gives LEAs the option of administering TCAP assessments on paper.
Sports participation to be determined by biological sex/gender.
Creates new banks of items (questions) for assessments in order to allow current tests items to be revealed after administration.
Dealing with foreign influence in higher education
Allows direct agreements between patients and healthcare providers
Military experience qualifies to obtain occupation license and adds appeal process.
Strengthens law concerning the promulgating of new rules by government agencies.
Audit results permitted to be released pre-conclusion.
Discipline help for teachers.
Limitations on Abortion
Limits authority of wildlife resource officers to search/seize on private property, land, buildings, or vehicles.