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STATE OF TENNESSEE RANDY MCNALLY UEUTENANT GOVERNOR 428 BTH AVENUE NORTH S4ROVAL TROON CIRCLE Sure 700 ‘ONK RIDGE, TH37030 NASHVILLE, TN 37243, as) aaa (616) 741-6606 - 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

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