In 1987, the State Board of Education cited a shortage of minority teachers in Tennessee. In 1988, The Tennessee Task Force on the Supply of Minority Teachers issued several recommendations--most of which were implemented--to increase the number of minority teachers. In 1989, House Joint Resolution 36 also requested an annual report on the status of minority teachers be submitted to the Senate and House K-12 Education Sub-Committee of the Tennessee General Assembly. Legislation was adopted in 1993 urging each local board of education to establish reasonable, incremental goals for the recruitment, employment, and retention of African-American teachers in numbers which reflect the percentage of African-Americans within the community served by the local education agency. The Department of Education prepares the annual report, collecting information from the Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation, Tennessee Education Association, public and private colleges and universities with teacher licensure programs, and local school systems. This report is included in this document. The Board annually reviews the report with regard to the "Master Plan for Tennessee Schools" and the priorities of the "Teacher Education Policy." The Board has worked with others to streamline the scholarship loan programs for minority teachers and with the help of the General Assembly has achieved full funding of the program. The next step is to improve funding for the minority education grant program as called for in the "Master Plan." Appended are: (1) Supply of Minority Teachers Statistical Summary Tables; and (2) Minority Matching Grants Awardees. (Contains 16 tables.) [Included in this document is: Report to the State Board of Education on the Status of Minority Classroom Teachers in Tennessee, compiled by the Tennessee Department of Education.]