By Associated Press
Nashville, TN – Tennessee Gov. Bill Haslam is the new Vice Chairman of the National Governors Association Education, Early Childhood and Workforce Committee. The committee has jurisdiction over issues in education at all levels as well as workforce development and labor. In March, Haslam joined Colorado Gov. John Hickenlooper and U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan to serve on a federal bipartisan study group. Its mission is to review the effectiveness of education regulations and assessment evaluations in Tennessee and Colorado.