STATE OF TENNESSEE
RANDY MCNALLY
UEUTENANT GOVERNOR
428 BTH AVENUE NORTH S4ROVAL TROON CIRCLE
Sure 700 ‘ONK RIDGE, TH37030
NASHVILLE, TN 37243, as) aaa
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OFFICE OF THE LIEUTENANT GOVERNOR
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
Decémber 7, 2017
The Honorable Justin P. Wilson
Comptroller of the Treasury
State Capitol, First Floor
Nashville, Tennessee 37243
Dear Comptroller Wilson,
| would respectfully request that your office conduct an investigation into the non-profit
organization ACT, Inc. As you may know, ACT, Inc. recently invalidated the scores of
Tennessee high school at Bearden High School in Knoxville and Alvin C. York Institute
in Jamestown due to a minor bureaucratic error.
The organization's refusal to even entertain the release of these important college
admissions scores has led me and other state officials to question the integrity of the |
organization. | believe further investigation of ACT to be in the interest of Tennessee |
students. Due to the fact that state dollars have been appropriated to administer the |
ACT test in Tennessee, | believe your office would be the appropriate investigatory
authority
As part of the investigation, | would request you to look in to the organization's non-profit
status. The top level executives at ACT are highly compensated. | would ask that you
investigate whether ACT is funneling profits into bonuses and salaries for their
executives in to order to maintain their nonprofit status. Itis also my understanding that
ACT is selling information about students taking the ACT. If this is true, does this
endanger their non-profit status or violate any federal or state privacy laws?
| would also request you examine all contracts the state of Tennessee has entered in to
with ACT and determine if the organization is in compliance with the law in each and
every instance.Thank you for your attention to this matter. The scores ACT generates (or refuses to
generate) can and do impact the futures of our state's young adults. It is important that
‘Tennessee parents and students have as much information about this organization as
is possible to obtain.
If there is any further information you need from me, please do not hesitate to ask. 1
appreciate all you and your department do for the state of Tennessee,
Sincerely,
Lieutenant Governor