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HB0018 by Reedy
SB0338 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, adds students who attended a nonpublic school or home school for the preceding school year to the category of students eligible for their parent to participate in the individualized education account program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14. | HB0018: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0338: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2020 2/4/2019 |
HB0019 by Reedy
SB0336 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, disqualifies relatives of an LEA's director of schools, a member of the LEA's central office staff, or a member of the LEA's board of education from serving as a member of the LEA's board of education; exempts members of a local board of education who are currently serving a term on the board for which they were elected before July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2. | HB0019: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB0336: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0020 by Reedy
SB0337 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires the department to pay for certain background investigations conducted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for LEA employees who hold a position as a teacher or any other position requiring proximity to school children or to children in a child care program under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5. | HB0020: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB0337: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 2/4/2019 |
HB0025 by Jernigan
SB0033 by Dickerson | Education - As enacted, prohibits the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf, the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute from sharing the same president, director of schools, or officers at the same time. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0025: Effective date(s) 05/21/2019 SB0033: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 460 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0030 by Cooper
SB0299 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, permits certain incarcerated persons who are allowed to enroll in courses offered by a community college or Tennessee college of applied technology pursuant to an approved release plan to receive a Tennessee reconnect grant. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0030: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education SB0299: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/26/2019 2/4/2019 |
HB0034 by Carr
SB0375 by Swann | Education - As enacted, allows a local board of education to authorize a teacher, school employee, or other person employed by the LEA to raise funds for noneducational purposes; requires the local board of education that authorizes funds to be raised for noneducational purposes to create policies and procedures for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of funds raised. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3. | HB0034: Effective date(s) 04/09/2019 SB0375: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 134 | 4/15/2019 4/15/2019 |
HB0038 by Van Huss
SB0496 by Bowling | Education - As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the period for which public notice must be given in advance of an LEA's acceptance of bids for contracts for the construction of a school building, or an addition to an existing school building, the cost of which exceeds $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0038: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB0496: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 6/4/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB0059 by Dunn
SB0298 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, changes the amount of physical education class time that must be taught by a licensed teacher with an endorsement in physical education from at least 60 minutes to at least 30 minutes; authorizes LEAs to allow additional physical education class time to be taught by a licensed teacher with an endorsement in elementary education to teach any remaining or additional physical education class time in collaboration with a physical education teacher. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021. | HB0059: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0298: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/12/2019 2/4/2019 |
HB0060 by Dunn
SB0050 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires the department to create a three-year early learning pilot program, to begin in the 2019-2020 school year, to identify early learning programs that provide opportunities for quality early childhood education and improvement in student outcomes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1. | HB0060: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0050: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/26/2019 1/28/2019 |
HB0066 by Moon
SB0373 by Swann | Education - As introduced, reduces, from 30 percent to 15 percent, the portion of a teacher's evaluation that must be comprised of student achievement data, if the teacher does not have access to individual data representative of student growth; allows the teacher to decide whether an additional 15 percent of the evaluation is based on student growth and represented by TVAAS evaluation composites; specifies that the qualitative portion must be increased to account for the remainder of the teacher's evaluation. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302. | HB0066: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB0373: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 1/28/2019 3/20/2019 |
HB0070 by Powers
SB0020 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, extends the date of the repeal of the Virtual Public Schools Act from June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 16. | HB0070: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 283 SB0020: Effective date(s) 05/08/2019 | 5/13/2019 5/13/2019 |
HB0072 by Lamar
by | Education - As introduced, extends for a student who becomes pregnant during the four-month period immediately preceding the date on which the student completes high school in a Tennessee home school program, obtains a GED® or HiSET®, or graduates from high school, the time within which the student must be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible postsecondary institution to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. | Withdrawn. | 2/4/2019 |
HB0091 by Hicks
SB0442 by Bell | Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs that receive pre-kindergarten program approval to utilize a comparable alternative measure of student growth approved by the state board of education and adopted by the LEA, rather than the pre-k/kindergarten growth portfolio model approved by the state board of education in the evaluation of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers; creates portfolio review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1. | HB0091: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 376 SB0442: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB0093 by Wright
SB0274 by Massey | Education - As introduced, changes from March 15 to March 1 the date by which the Tennessee higher education commission must submit the annual Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book to the governor and the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0093: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0274: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/28/2019 1/31/2019 |
HB0094 by Halford
SB0058 by Gilmore | Education - As enacted, establishes a task force regarding the creation of the Tennessee outdoor education and recreation grant program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 49 and Title 70. | HB0094: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 172 SB0058: Effective date(s) 04/23/2019 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
HB0107 by Hicks
by | Education - As introduced, requires that statewide assessment scores used in the calculation of students' final course grade or teacher and administrator evaluations be returned to districts at least five instructional days before the end of the school year. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-617. | Withdrawn. | 1/24/2019 |
HB0111 by Cepicky
SB0319 by Hensley | Education - As enacted, declares the legislative intent that the dual enrollment grant be fully funded before any funds in the lottery for education account are transferred to the Tennessee Promise scholarship endowment fund. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. | HB0111: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019; 07/01/2020 SB0319: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 463 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0114 by Sparks
SB1245 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, extends, from 30 days to 45 days, the time period after a board of education meeting, or from the time a copy of the board's meeting minutes are mailed or provided to board members, that the board must prepare, or have prepared, and mail a copy of the board's minutes to the president of each local education association. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0114: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1245: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/28/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0115 by Sparks
SB1239 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller to conduct a study on the average cost of attendance for an undergraduate program at a public institution of higher education, including the cost of textbooks, and to report its findings to the education committees of the general assembly by February 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0115: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee SB1239: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/4/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB0124 by Hodges
SB0198 by Johnson | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Local Education Capital Investment Act." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | HB0124: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. SB0198: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/26/2020 4/1/2019 |
HB0126 by Hodges
SB0347 by Briggs | Education - As introduced, requires the commission to create a baccalaureate degree for veterans who retire with 20 years of service; requires each state institution of higher education that offers a baccalaureate degree program to award the degree created by the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | HB0126: Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee SB0347: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/19/2019 2/4/2019 |
HB0148 by Baum
SB0444 by Bell | Education - As introduced, changes from October 1 to October 15 the date by which an LEA with one or more charter schools must annually catalog all underutilized and vacant properties owned or operated by the LEA and all underutilized and vacant properties within any educational facility owned or operated by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0148: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0444: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 1/31/2019 3/29/2019 |
HB0177 by Love
SB0295 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, directs that any interest accruing on the balance of an LEA's dedicated education fund that remains unexpended at the end of a fiscal year must be returned to the fund balance and become part of the fund balance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | HB0177: Taken off notice for cal. in Education SB0295: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 3/27/2019 3/13/2019 |
HB0196 by Lafferty
SB0180 by Massey | Education - As enacted, reduces, from no less than four to no more than four, the number of high school students who may serve on a local board of education as advisory, nonvoting members; deletes the requirement that half of the high school students selected to serve on the board must be enrolled in the college preparatory track and half must be enrolled in the technology track. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2. | HB0196: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 192 SB0180: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
HB0205 by Hodges
SB0242 by Kurita | Education - As enacted, requires public postsecondary institutions to classify the spouse or dependent child of an active member of the United States armed forces transferred out of state on military orders as an in-state student for tuition purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | HB0205: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 80 SB0242: Effective date(s) 04/03/2019 | 4/9/2019 4/9/2019 |
HB0207 by Leatherwood
SB0269 by Kelsey | Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing the sale of surplus property by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 20. | HB0207: Effective date(s) 05/21/2019 SB0269: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 413 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0209 by Leatherwood
SB0268 by Kelsey | Education - As enacted, prohibits, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board from modifying the uniform grading system more than once every two years. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 4. | HB0209: Effective date(s) 05/21/2019 SB0268: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 414 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0215 by Clemmons
SB0259 by Kyle | Education - As introduced, requires local education agencies to develop and implement a "Stop the Bleed" program that requires each school in the LEA to place a bleeding control kit within the school; requires the department of education to develop a bleeding control kit training program for LEA employees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0215: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019 SB0259: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. | 4/24/2019 4/18/2019 |
HB0224 by Parkinson
SB0070 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, increases, from one to three, the minimum number of board members who must be employed, at the time of the appointment, as a K-12 public school teacher, beginning with appointments made on or after January 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1. | HB0224: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. SB0070: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/21/2020 1/30/2019 |
HB0239 by Lamberth
SB0197 by Johnson | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Local Education Capital Investment Act." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | HB0239: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. SB0197: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/3/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0240 by Moody
SB0213 by Haile | Education - As introduced, changes from October 1 to September 15, the date by which the commissioner shall notify any school and its respective LEA if the school is among the bottom 10 percent of schools in overall achievement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0240: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee SB0213: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0241 by Dunn
SB0166 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, specifies that a student may only enroll in two course access program courses per school year, unless additional courses are approved by the student's home LEA, and that students must pay all tuition and fees required for any additional courses taken during the same year; requires a home LEA to pay the required tuition and fees to a host LEA for the first two course access program courses in which a student is enrolled per school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18. | HB0241: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146 SB0166: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 4/24/2019 4/24/2019 |
HB0243 by Dunn
SB1249 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires the commission to develop and implement a quality assurance funding program that will allow institutions of higher education to earn a percentage of funds, in addition to the institution's outcomes-based funding formula model recommendation, that is based on the quality of programs and student success beyond graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | HB0243: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1249: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 2/11/2019 |
HB0245 by Sherrell
SB1448 by Bailey | Education - As introduced, establishes the board as the regulating authority for all athletic events for cross country, football, soccer, volleyball, golf, basketball, bowling, wrestling, baseball, softball, tennis, and track events for public schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0245: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1448: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 4/10/2019 |
HB0248 by Tillis
SB0182 by Reeves | Education - As enacted, requires an LEA that has one or more school buses operating in the LEA with a camera or video camera installed inside a school bus that is used to transport students to and from school or school-sponsored activities to adopt a policy that establishes a process to allow a parent, guardian, or person having custody of a student to view photographs or video footage collected from the camera. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0248: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 256 SB0182: Effective date(s) 04/30/2019; 07/01/2019 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
HB0253 by Freeman
SB0760 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to provide students with characteristics of dyslexia appropriate tiered dyslexia-specific intervention through services provided by a teacher trained in dyslexia intervention; requires the department of education to employ at least one dyslexia specialist beginning with the 2019-2020 fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2. | HB0253: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education SB0760: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/3/2019 3/27/2019 |
HB0255 by Freeman
SB1149 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the number of instructional positions funded under the BEP to reflect the number of teachers a school district is required to employ to comply with maximum class size requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | HB0255: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1149: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0267 by Staples
SB0273 by Massey | Education - As introduced, encourages LEAs to provide an age-appropriate seizure education program to teach students about seizures and seizure disorders; encourages the state board of education to promulgate rules for the development and implementation of seizure education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0267: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB0273: Failed in Senate Education Committee | 4/17/2019 3/27/2019 |
HB0289 by Hawk
SB0052 by Southerland | Education - As introduced, requires TSAC to award $500 for each of the first four courses taken under a dual enrollment grant. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0289: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee SB0052: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/5/2019 1/30/2019 |
HB0294 by Hawk
SB0917 by Southerland | Education - As introduced, allows, subject to available appropriations, students to take the ACT WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate examinations in lieu of retaking the postsecondary readiness examination required at grade 11. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-6001. | HB0294: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB0917: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/5/2019 3/6/2019 |
HB0301 by Van Huss
SB0019 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, authorizes a county or city governing body to require the director of schools to face a retention election; prohibits a local board of education from extending the contract of a director of schools if a majority of those voting on the question vote against retaining the director of schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2. | HB0301: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB0019: Refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 1/19/2019 |
HB0306 by Powers
SB0523 by Niceley | Education - As introduced, decreases the amount of time, from 10 to five business days, within which a local administrative agency has to provide the personnel file of a previous employee seeking employment in another local administrative agency, if so requested, for the purpose of determining if sexual misconduct was committed by the person seeking employment. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0306: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0523: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/4/2019 2/7/2019 |
HB0307 by Powers
SB1373 by Yager | Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing released time courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0307: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 272 SB1373: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
HB0311 by Johnson G
SB0296 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, enacts the Truth in Teacher Pay Act; requires the salary schedules approved by the state board of education to reflect certain increases to the instructional salaries and wages component of the BEP in the general appropriations act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0311: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education SB0296: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 4/3/2019 2/4/2019 |
HB0315 by Hicks
SB0443 by Bell | Education - As introduced, requires that statewide assessment scores used in the calculation of students' final course grade be returned to districts at least five instructional days before the end of the course. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-617. | HB0315: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0443: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 3/26/2019 3/20/2019 |
HB0351 by Coley
SB1449 by Bailey | Education - As introduced, specifies that the annual report detailing a local education agency's use of corporal punishment must be sent to the department of education at the completion of a school year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0351: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1449: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/4/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0353 by Daniel
SB0571 by Bowling | Education - As enacted, allows certain persons who receive certified occupational training as a prisoner or a student in a high school technical training class to receive equivalent credit toward an occupational license relating to the training received. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 37; Title 38; Title 41; Title 49; Title 62 and Title 63. | HB0353: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019; 01/01/2020 SB0571: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 492 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0357 by Cooper
SB0840 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires certain Title I public schools to implement an age-appropriate, reward-based behavior modification system that reinforces positive student behavior with awards and incentives that are tailored to each school's unique student population. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0357: Withdrawn. SB0840: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/21/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0358 by Cooper
SB0839 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires the department to establish a pilot project for the 2019-2020 school year to implement ticket programs for behavior management in certain Title I schools. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0358: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education SB0839: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/6/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0359 by Cooper
SB0395 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, changes the deadline for publication of the Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book from March 15 to March 30 each year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0359: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0395: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/4/2019 2/6/2019 |
HB0379 by Lamar
SB0823 by Akbari | Education - As enacted, requires TSAC to promulgate rules designating pregnancy as an approved medical leave of absence for purposes of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | HB0379: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 533 SB0823: Effective date(s) 03/19/2020 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
HB0383 by Weaver
SB0488 by Bowling | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to use the ACT, ACT Aspire, or SAT suites of assessments, instead of state-mandated assessments, to test students in grades 9-12 in the subjects of math and English language arts. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0383: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0488: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/19/2019 2/7/2019 |
HB0398 by Moody
SB0189 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to inform LEAs before each school year if sufficient funds have been appropriated to pay the cost of the required college entrance examination for students who want to take the examination a second time. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0398: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0189: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/6/2019 1/31/2019 |
HB0399 by Parkinson
SB1261 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education and charter school governing body to adopt a comprehensive code of conduct for each school under the authority of the board or governing body that describes the types of behavior expected from all persons entering on school grounds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0399: Taken off notice for cal. in Education SB1261: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/10/2019 4/17/2019 |
HB0402 by Staples
SB0064 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education to adopt a policy requiring all K-12 teachers, principals, and assistant principals employed by the LEA to participate in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) training on an annual basis. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0402: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB0064: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 3/13/2019 |
HB0405 by Love
SB0170 by Robinson | Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a trauma-informed discipline policy; requires the department of education to develop guidance on trauma-informed discipline practices that LEAs must use to develop a trauma-informed discipline policy. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0405: Effective date(s) 05/21/2019 SB0170: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 421 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0406 by Love
SB0818 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, changes from July 1 to August 1 the date by which the department of education must submit its annual report on virtual education programs to the governor, the general assembly, the state board of education, and the BEP review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0406: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0818: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/6/2019 3/16/2020 |
HB0415 by Moody
SB0305 by Niceley | Education - As introduced, specifies that nutritional standards adopted by the state board of education do not prohibit LEAs and schools from offering whole milk as a food choice for students. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 44; Title 49 and Title 53. | HB0415: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB0305: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/6/2019 3/20/2019 |
HB0417 by Zachary
SB0421 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, exempts, over a period of three fiscal years, the sales price of tickets for admission to an intercollegiate athletic event hosted by a college or university from the amusement sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67. | HB0417: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019 SB0421: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | 4/24/2019 4/30/2019 |
HB0420 by Smith
SB0460 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to submit the annual report detailing the operation of the virtual education programs to the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0420: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB0460: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0439 by Daniel
SB0107 by Roberts | Education - As enacted, extends the board of trustees of the college savings trust fund program to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 7. | HB0439: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 50 SB0107: Effective date(s) 03/28/2019 | 4/9/2019 4/9/2019 |
HB0474 by Daniel
SB0142 by Roberts | Education - As enacted, extends the department of education to June 30, 2022; requires the department to appear before sunset review committee in 2019 to discuss progress made in addressing findings in its 2018 audit. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3. | HB0474: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 SB0142: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 336 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB0475 by Daniel
SB0143 by Roberts | Education - As enacted, extends the state board of education to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3. | HB0475: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 292 SB0143: Effective date(s) 05/08/2019 | 5/13/2019 5/13/2019 |
HB0499 by Eldridge
SB0062 by Robinson | Education - As enacted, requires the department to develop rules, to be adopted by the state board of education, that include procedures for providing instruction to students incarcerated in juvenile detention centers for a minimum of four hours each instructional day. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49. | HB0499: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 191 SB0062: Effective date(s) 04/25/2019; 07/01/2019 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
HB0510 by Curcio
SB0252 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, changes from October 1 to November 1 the date by which child care programs must submit an annual report to the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0510: Reset on Final cal. SB0252: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0512 by Curcio
SB1362 by Yager | Education - As introduced, deletes provisions declaring incarcerated persons to be categorically ineligible for financial assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | HB0512: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee SB1362: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/25/2020 |
HB0559 by Camper
SB0504 by Akbari | Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to offer internship programs for elective credits in the high school curriculum through cooperative agreements with local and state governments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0559: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 304 SB0504: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/13/2019 5/13/2019 |
HB0561 by Cepicky
SB0623 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education to provide professional development credit to a teacher who successfully completes a foreign language course that will assist the teacher in educating students for whom English is a second language; allows a local board of education to grant teachers one day of in-service credit for successfully completing an approved foreign language course. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0561: Withdrawn. SB0623: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 3/7/2019 3/12/2019 |
HB0564 by Dunn
SB0482 by Gardenhire | Education - As introduced, authorizes a local board of education to make payroll deduction for dues of professional employees' organizations available to its professional employees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5. | HB0564: Re-refer to Senate Calendar Committee SB0482: Companion House Bill substituted | 4/29/2019 4/29/2019 |
HB0566 by Dunn
SB0538 by Lundberg | Education - As introduced, requires the department to annually report the total amount of education funding paid to each state agency responsible for the education of a child in state custody for the immediately preceding school year and to provide the report to the chairs of the education committees of the general assembly by October 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3. | HB0566: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB0538: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 4/1/2019 |
HB0567 by White
SB0310 by Massey | Education - As enacted, directs the Tennessee School for the Deaf, together with the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, to establish a one-year deaf mentor pilot project to assist families and agencies in implementing bilingual and bicultural home-based programming for young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 9. | HB0567: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 SB0310: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 500 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0586 by Staples
SB0516 by Massey | Education - As introduced, prohibits eligible postsecondary institutions, for purposes of state lottery proceeds, from denying a student residential housing on the campus of, or in affiliation with, the eligible postsecondary institution solely because of the student's award of a Tennessee STEP UP scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7. | HB0586: Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee SB0516: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. | 3/26/2019 3/25/2019 |
HB0592 by Lamberth
SB0591 by Haile | Education - As introduced, changes the date, from October 1 to September 1, by which the office of coordinated school health in the department of education is required to provide an annual report on the implementation of the minimum physical activity requirements for elementary, middle, and high school students to the education committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 1. | HB0592: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee SB0591: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/17/2019 2/20/2020 |
HB0600 by White
SB1250 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs and state institutions of higher education to use certain definitions and examples of anti-Semitism when reviewing, investigating, or determining whether there has been a violation of certain education policies prohibiting discrimination based on Jewish ancestry or ethnic characteristics. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0600: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1250: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0619 by White
SB0327 by Kelsey | Education - As introduced, requires the department to create and administer a coaching network for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers throughout the state, to begin in the 2019-2020 school year; declares certain goals for the coaching network; requires the department to ensure the availability of early childhood consultants regionally, throughout the state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0619: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education SB0327: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 4/3/2019 2/4/2019 |
HB0632 by Terry
SB0565 by Bowling | Education - As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board of education to award a teacher five additional professional development points if the teacher's overall evaluation demonstrates an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations" and the evaluation is based on the teacher's performance while employed at a school that is on the priority list or the focus list. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0632: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 SB0565: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 464 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0638 by Coley
SB1240 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires each governing board of a state institution of higher education to perform a cost-benefit analysis for each institution under the governing board's authority; requires each governing board to report the results of each cost-benefit analysis performed to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives by October 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | HB0638: Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee SB1240: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/9/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB0652 by Hawk
SB1040 by Roberts | Education - As introduced, reduces from 10 to five days the time within which a change in a person designated to check a school bus must be submitted to the local education agency, along with the name, address, and telephone number of the new designee. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0652: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1040: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0653 by Hawk
SB0909 by Southerland | Education - As introduced, increases the number of BEP funded full-time public school nurse positions from one for every 3,000 students to one for every 700 students; increases the number of full-time public school nurses considered sufficient for the public school nurse program to adequately provide services from one nurse for every 3,000 students to one nurse for every 700 students. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 12. | HB0653: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee SB0909: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 3/27/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB0663 by Parkinson
SB0605 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, allows a local board of education to consider whether the establishment of a new charter school will result in oversaturation of a school zone located within the LEA when considering whether to approve or deny a charter school application. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. | HB0663: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0605: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/5/2019 2/7/2019 |
HB0664 by Parkinson
SB0604 by Robinson | Education - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding alternative schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0664: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 SB0604: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0671 by Daniel
SB1196 by White | Education - As introduced, increases the amount of time from 30 to 45 days prior to adoption of a district-wide and building-level school safety plan that the local education agency shall make the plan available for public comment. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | HB0671: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1196: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0678 by Terry
SB0898 by Niceley | Education - As introduced, changes the due date, from February 1 each year to July 1 each year, of the commissioner of education's report to the governor and general assembly regarding the Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Act. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-205; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 42. | HB0678: Taken off notice for cal. in Education SB0898: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 4/10/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0681 by Helton
SB0625 by Watson | Education - As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4. | HB0681: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 379 SB0625: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB0688 by White
SB0335 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, exempts certain postsecondary educational institutions from the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016 under certain circumstances; subjects certain postsecondary educational institutions to bond requirements under the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004 and Section 49-7-2022. | HB0688: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 82 SB0335: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 4/9/2019 4/9/2019 |
HB0689 by Lamar
SB0831 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, extends for a student who becomes pregnant during the four-month period immediately preceding the date on which the student completes high school in a Tennessee home school program, obtains a GED® or HiSET®, or graduates from high school, the time within which the student must be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible postsecondary institution to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. | HB0689: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee SB0831: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 4/17/2019 3/16/2020 |
HB0700 by Leatherwood
SB1059 by Dickerson | Education - As introduced, requires the disclosure concerning transferability of credits that institutions authorized to operate by THEC must make to potential students to be in 18-point type rather than 16-point type. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | HB0700: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1059: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2019 3/25/2019 |
HB0707 by Thompson
SB0775 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, requires the board of regents, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, and the state university boards to create and approve a policy requiring public institutions of higher education to compensate adjunct professors at least $1,000 per credit hour taught. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0707: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee SB0775: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/18/2019 4/17/2019 |
HB0719 by Hazlewood
SB0220 by Lundberg | Education - As introduced, expands the category of independent students eligible for a Tennessee reconnect grant to include students who are not eligible to be claimed as a dependent for federal tax purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | HB0719: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee SB0220: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/27/2019 |
HB0736 by Lafferty
SB1260 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, authorizes a local education agency (LEA) to: provide career-based experiences to the LEA's high school students; allow the students to participate in any available career-based experiences; and establish partnerships with industry and local businesses to provide career-based experiences to such students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0736: Effective date(s) 03/06/2020 SB1260: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 527 | 3/16/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0737 by Moody
SB1241 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, authorizes the state board to extend the six-year period required for the standards review and development committees and advisory teams to review the standards for English language arts and mathematics one time for a period not to exceed three years. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3. | HB0737: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 270 SB1241: Effective date(s) 04/30/2019 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
HB0739 by Terry
SB0601 by Crowe | Education - As introduced, changes, from within the first year of service to within the first six months of service, the time in which a state university board member appointed or selected on or after July 1, 2019, must attend an orientation administered by the Tennessee higher education commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201. | HB0739: Failed in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education SB0601: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 4/2/2019 2/7/2019 |
HB0740 by White
SB1259 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, replaces the department of economic and community development with the Tennessee higher education commission as the state agency charged with administering grants related to work-based learning programs; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 50. | HB0740: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 SB1259: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 468 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0742 by Powers
SB1380 by Yager | Education - As introduced, requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to award $500 for each of the first four dual enrollment courses taken with a dual enrollment grant; authorizes TSAC to determine the amount of the award per credit hour for the fifth through eighth dual enrollment courses taken with a dual enrollment grant. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0742: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1380: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 2/11/2019 |
HB0745 by Powers
SB1379 by Yager | Education - As enacted, increases, from $600 to $1,000, the amount of a Tennessee middle college scholarship awarded each semester to an eligible student for full-time attendance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. | HB0745: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 SB1379: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 469 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0759 by Moody
SB0631 by Watson | Education - As introduced, requires the department to study and report on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program and provide recommendations on the development of a process to provide high school and college credit to students achieving high scores on the TNReady and end-of-course assessments administered in English language arts and mathematics. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0759: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education SB0631: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/9/2019 4/17/2019 |
HB0766 by Love
SB0819 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires all school personnel to receive implicit bias in-service training annually; requires students desiring a license to teach to pass a course of implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0766: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee SB0819: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0767 by Love
SB0820 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires in-service training in restorative justice discipline practices for all employees of an LEA; requires the course of instruction in all public schools to include content designed to educate children on restorative justice discipline practices. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0767: Held on desk. SB0820: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 4/18/2019 3/16/2020 |
HB0768 by Love
SB0503 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires county election commissions to conduct a supplemental registration at public and private high schools once each fall and spring semester; authorizes high schools to provide opportunities for students to register to vote online at times other than the supplemental registrations. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49. | HB0768: Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Committee SB0503: Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee | 3/27/2019 3/17/2020 |
HB0769 by Moody
SB1187 by Kelsey | Education - As introduced, changes from October 31 to October 1 the date by which the departments of education and health are required to jointly compile an annual report to the governor and the general assembly of self-administered medications and healthcare procedures. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0769: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019 SB1187: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | 4/24/2019 4/30/2019 |
HB0776 by Ramsey
SB1135 by Swann | Education - As enacted, requires, rather than encourages, all public middle and elementary schools to place one or more automated external defibrillator (AED) devices within the school. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 4. | HB0776: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 391 SB1135: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB0783 by Hicks
SB0508 by Massey | Education - As introduced, requires a medical student in good academic standing with an accredited medical college in this state to receive priority consideration over a medical student attending medical college outside of this state in the process of assigning clinical rotations to a healthcare facility contracting with a state medical school or accepting state funding. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68. | HB0783: Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee SB0508: Deferred to Summer Study | 4/16/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB0788 by Dunn
SB1251 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, makes various changes to state education laws; revises certain duties of the commissioner of education; transfers certain duties from the department of education to local boards of education; transfers certain duties from the state board of education to local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0788: Effective date(s) 05/02/2019 SB1251: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 248 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
HB0798 by Coley
SB0334 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, increases, from 10 days to 15 business days, the deadline for an LEA to deliver to the commissioner of education a copy of the audit report of the LEA's school funds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | HB0798: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0334: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2019 2/4/2019 |
HB0802 by Haston
SB0670 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires the board to develop and adopt two alternative graduation pathways for public high school students, one designated the college preparatory track and one designated the technology track, to be implemented in all public high schools beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0802: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0670: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/2/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB0803 by Haston
SB0671 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, allows an 11th grade student to take an examination to assess the student's career readiness in lieu of the postsecondary readiness examination; adds, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, student achievement on examinations administered to assess career readiness to the measures used to evaluate school and principal performance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0803: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0671: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 3/5/2019 4/1/2019 |
HB0804 by Haston
SB0669 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires an assessment provider responsible for the misadministration of an assessment to provide an incident report to the department and the LEA or LEAs in which the misadministration occurred no later than 30 days after the misadministration of the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60. | HB0804: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0669: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 3/26/2019 4/1/2019 |
HB0808 by Kumar
SB1242 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires an LEA that designates its employees as classified, certified, or any other designation, to assign school nurses employed by the LEA the same designation as assigned to teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0808: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee SB1242: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/17/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB0826 by Sherrell
SB1450 by Bailey | Education - As introduced, requires the closure of all county and municipal school systems and special school districts on Veterans' Day. - Amends TCA Title 15 and Title 49. | HB0826: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1450: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee | 1/14/2020 3/20/2019 |
HB0827 by Clemmons
SB0606 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Hunger-Free Students Act"; prohibits a school from taking certain actions against a student who cannot pay for a meal, or who owes a meal debt; requires a school to assist parents and guardians in obtaining free or reduced-price meals for the parent's or guardian's eligible student. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71. | HB0827: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education SB0606: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/6/2019 2/7/2019 |
HB0866 by DeBerry
SB0063 by Robinson | Education - As enacted, expands career and technical education programs to middle school grades; requires the board of career and technical education to plan facilities for comprehensive career and technical training for middle school students. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0866: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 366 SB0063: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019; 07/01/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB0869 by DeBerry
SB0365 by Gardenhire | Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to notify the commissioner of education when a board declares itself a high performing school district; requires the commissioner to post a list of high performing school districts on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0869: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0365: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2019 2/4/2019 |
HB0880 by Dixie
SB0676 by Gilmore | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Grow Your Own Teacher Act"; requires the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation to create a loan-scholarship program for economically disadvantaged high school students who will become teachers at high-needs schools in the LEA from which the students graduate. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | HB0880: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education SB0676: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 4/9/2019 2/7/2019 |
HB0886 by Dixie
SB0976 by Yarbro | Education - As enacted, clarifies that if, pursuant to current law, a local government appropriates nonrecurring funds for priority schools, evidenced by a written agreement with the LEA establishing the nonrecurring use of the funds, then such funds must be excluded from the maintenance of local funding requirement and from any apportionment requirement under the present law provisions governing the local tax levy for each year that the school is identified as a priority school plus one additional year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0886: Effective date(s) 05/22/2019 SB0976: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 439 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0892 by Vaughan
SB0833 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, changes from January 31 to January 15 the date by which the department of health must provide the governor's office, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives a report of the aggregate results of all BMI screenings performed in the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0892: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee SB0833: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB0893 by Vaughan
SB0834 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, changes from two weeks to four weeks the time period following written notice to the affected board of education within which the commissioner of education may, upon due hearing, withhold and declare forfeited state school funds due any school district that refuses or neglects to comply with and enforce the census or compulsory school attendance laws. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0893: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0834: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2019 3/16/2020 |
HB0898 by Zachary
SB1203 by Crowe | Education - As introduced, extends the time by which the fiscal review committee may comment on a proposed procurement contract from 40 business days to 45 business days. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56; Title 12; Title 41, Chapter 22; and Title 49, Chapter 3. | HB0898: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1203: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee | 2/7/2019 4/2/2019 |
HB0902 by Holt
SB0996 by Kelsey | Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner to include certain information for LEAs operating at least one high school on the commissioner's annual report, including the number of students that took a college entrance exam, the number of students that qualified for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship but did not attain the required score on the ACT or SAT, and the number of students that were not eligible to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship but that were eligible to receive the Tennessee promise scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0902: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0996: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0905 by Leatherwood
SB0832 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, allows the LEA to provide a copy of a student's report card to the parent or parents of the student electronically. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0905: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0832: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2019 3/16/2020 |
HB0906 by Leatherwood
SB0835 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, changes from within 48 hours to within 72 hours of the imposition of corporal punishment within the special school district the time period in which the pupil has the right to be examined by a physician to determine if the punishment was excessive. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0906: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0835: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/7/2019 3/16/2020 |
HB0916 by Keisling
SB1285 by Pody | Education - As introduced, requires the board to promulgate rules to allow a public school system to meet the 180 days of classroom instruction required for each school term by providing a minimum number of instructional hours per school year. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3004. | HB0916: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1285: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 2/11/2019 |
HB0917 by Keisling
SB1359 by Yager | Education - As enacted, creates the Class A misdemeanor and Class E felony offenses of withdrawing, transferring, or altering a child's school enrollment with intent to hinder an active child abuse or child neglect investigation. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49. | HB0917: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 398 SB1359: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB0928 by Lamberth
SB0784 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, revises the use of student growth data for purposes of a teacher's or principal's annual evaluation; deletes obsolete provisions regarding the use of student growth data; excludes, for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years, student growth evaluation composites generated by assessments administered in the 2017-2018 school year if the exclusion results in a higher evaluation score for the teacher. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302. | HB0928: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 42 SB0784: Effective date(s) 03/22/2019 | 4/3/2019 4/3/2019 |
HB0934 by Lamberth
SB0790 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, makes various changes to the state's special education laws; transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, control over the state's special schools. - Amends TCA Section 4-5-322; Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 50. | HB0934: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 107 SB0790: Effective date(s) 04/11/2019 | 4/15/2019 4/15/2019 |
HB0938 by Lamberth
SB0794 by Johnson | Education - As introduced, extends the initial student application period, from 30 days to 45 days, for all students zoned to attend, or who are currently enrolled in, a school that is eligible to be placed in the achievement school district to enroll in a charter school authorized by the achievement school district. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. | HB0938: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB0794: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/7/2019 |
HB0939 by Lamberth
SB0795 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0939: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 SB0795: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 506 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0940 by Lamberth
SB0796 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002; creates public charter school commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. | HB0940: Effective date(s) 04/26/2019 SB0796: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 219 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
HB0944 by Lamberth
SB0800 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, establishes the Governor's Civics Seal to recognize public schools and local education agencies implementing high-quality civic education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10. | HB0944: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 SB0800: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 330 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB0945 by Lamberth
SB0801 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, establishes the Agriculture Education and Youth Participation Task Force. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11. | HB0945: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 361 SB0801: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB0946 by Lamberth
SB0802 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, requires an LEA to report to the department of education, for each year that the LEA receives an increase in state funding for instructional wages and salaries, how the increase was utilized by the LEA; requires the department of education to report the information to the BEP review committee; requires the BEP review committee to include the information in its annual report on the BEP. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-306. | HB0946: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 153 SB0802: Effective date(s) 04/18/2019 | 4/24/2019 4/24/2019 |
HB0947 by Lamberth
SB0803 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, requires, instead of authorizes, the Tennessee school safety center to establish school safety grants to assist LEAs in funding programs that address school safety; revises other various provisions regarding school safety grants. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-1004 and Section 49-6-4302. | HB0947: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 154 SB0803: Effective date(s) 04/18/2019 | 4/24/2019 4/24/2019 |
HB0949 by Lamberth
SB0805 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, enacts the Governor's Investment in Vocational Education Act; specifies that financial assistance received for all dual enrollment courses attempted after the fourth dual enrollment course reduces any subsequent award of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-930. | HB0949: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 203 SB0805: Effective date(s) 07/01/2020 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
HB0952 by Lamberth
SB0808 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, the authority to accept and administer federal funds for the purpose of promoting public education; designates the department of education as the state board for career and technical education; grants the department of education the authority to administer annual appropriations made for career and technical education; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-202; Title 49, Chapter 11; Section 49-3-201; Section 49-3-302 and Section 49-3-318. | HB0952: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 204 SB0808: Effective date(s) 04/25/2019 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
HB0953 by Lamberth
SB0809 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, requires an LEA to make certain interest inventories available to students in grades five through nine; requires an LEA to administer a career aptitude assessment to students in grades seven or eight. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-412. | HB0953: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 108 SB0809: Effective date(s) 04/11/2019 | 4/15/2019 4/15/2019 |
HB0959 by Camper
SB0776 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, sets the BEP instructional salary unit cost for the 2019-2020 fiscal year at the statewide average licensed teacher salary. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5. | HB0959: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education SB0776: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/3/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB0968 by Miller
SB0957 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, enacts the Truth in Teacher Pay Act; requires the salary schedules approved by the state board of education to reflect certain increases to the instructional salaries and wages component of the BEP in the general appropriations act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0968: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB0957: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0970 by Littleton
SB1195 by White | Education - As enacted, requires that the family life curriculum used in public schools include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires each local board of education to require that each teacher employed by the board receive a one-time in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0970: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 269 SB1195: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
HB0977 by Cooper
SB0674 by Gilmore | Education - As introduced, creates a four-year agriculture education pilot project for 11th and 12th grade students; requires the department to create and administer an educational program focused on agriculture education. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 49. | HB0977: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0674: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/5/2019 2/7/2019 |
HB0982 by White
SB0187 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, requires that the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests administered in the 2019-2020 school year be administered in paper format; revises provisions regarding physical education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0982: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019; 07/01/2019 SB0187: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 475 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB0983 by Todd
SB0185 by Jackson | Education - As enacted, creates a process for voters in Madison County to remove a local board of education member who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0983: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 350 SB0185: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB0985 by Hurt
SB1180 by Kelsey | Education - As introduced, changes from February 1 to March 1 the date by which the commissioner of education must annually report to the governor and the general assembly on implementation of and compliance with the Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB0985: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1180: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB0993 by Moon
SB1139 by Swann | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs that maintain a website to provide information on training and professional development opportunities available to teachers evaluated using a growth portfolio model on the LEA's website. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB0993: Taken off notice for cal. in Education SB1139: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/16/2019 4/17/2019 |
HB1008 by White
SB1247 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a transition plan for the purpose of planning the return, no earlier than the 2024-2025 school year, of schools in the ASD to the LEAs from which the schools were removed; requires the commissioner to submit the plan to the education committees of the senate and house by January 1, 2021; clarifies that a school that has been placed in the ASD must remain in the ASD until the school is authorized to return to its LEA according to the transition plan. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1008: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 777 SB1247: Effective date(s) 07/15/2020 | 7/22/2020 7/22/2020 |
HB1016 by Weaver
SB1243 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, requires students to pass a civics test to receive a full diploma upon graduation from high school; revises and enacts other provisions relating to civics test. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1016: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 SB1243: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 442 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB1034 by Shaw
SB0772 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, requires commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of correction, to study the use of a shared data system to monitor individuals from their release from a correctional facility to employment and report their findings jointly to the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 71. | HB1034: Def. to Study Calendar SB0772: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. | 3/12/2020 4/4/2019 |
HB1039 by Hakeem
SB0883 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, changes from 10 days to 15 days following receipt of the audit report required by law to be made of the school funds of the LEA the time period within which each LEA must deliver a copy of the report to the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1039: Withdrawn. SB0883: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 4/1/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1048 by Johnson G
SB0876 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires the department to publish on its website a report of all actions and procedures that have been implemented to ensure all data associated with existing assessments is accurate and timely. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1048: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0876: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 4/2/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1051 by Johnson G
SB0927 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, changes, from November 1 to October 1, the date by which the BEP review committee must provide the annual report on the BEP to the governor, the state board of education, the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1051: action def. to 2020 SB0927: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/2/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB1065 by Vaughan
SB0262 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, imposes a maximum allotment of time for standardized testing each school year based on a student's grade level; excludes assessments used to assess a student's readiness for postsecondary education and assessments required by an LEA or governing body from the maximum time allotments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60. | HB1065: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0262: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/2/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB1082 by Farmer
SB0356 by Niceley | Education - As introduced, under certain circumstances, waives waiting period to reschedule skills examination for applicants for school bus endorsement; revises other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 50. | HB1082: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee of Transportation Committee SB0356: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/26/2019 2/4/2019 |
HB1083 by White
SB0836 by Akbari | Education - As enacted, revises the requirements for revocation of a public charter school's charter based on having been identified as a priority school. - Amends TCA Section 49-13-122. | HB1083: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 205 SB0836: Effective date(s) 04/25/2019 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
HB1084 by Thompson
SB0477 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to survey students, within one month of the start of the 2019-2020 school year, as to the availability of internet access in their homes and report results to the department of education; requires department to report the results to the governor, the education committee of the senate, and the education committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1084: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education SB0477: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/3/2019 4/3/2019 |
HB1100 by Parkinson
SB1021 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, changes, from March 15 to March 1, the annual date before which the commission must publish the Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1100: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education SB1021: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/9/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB1144 by Ragan
SB1246 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires the best practices clearinghouse to present a report of its work to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives by January 31 each year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1144: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1246: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1158 by Ogles
SB1238 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to establish a threat assessment team for the purpose of developing comprehensive, intervention-based approaches to prevent violence, manage reports of potential threats, and create a system that fosters a safe, supportive, and effective school environment. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1158: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 394 SB1238: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB1159 by Ogles
SB0728 by Briggs | Education - As introduced, allows the department of education to post its annual report on its website in lieu of distributing the report to certain persons and entities. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1159: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0728: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 3/20/2019 |
HB1160 by Ogles
SB0599 by Haile | Education - As introduced, allows a local education agency to submit the annual report, on methods of enforcing the employment standards for school resource officers, to the commissioner of education in electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1160: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0599: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/20/2020 |
HB1176 by Weaver
SB1301 by Pody | Education - As introduced, removes requirement that an off-duty law enforcement officer notify principal or other administrative staff person if the off-duty officer will be present on school grounds or inside school building during regular school hours and in possession of a firearm. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1309 and Section 39-17-1350. | HB1176: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. SB1301: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee | 3/27/2019 4/23/2019 |
HB1180 by Boyd
SB1307 by Pody | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to use the ACT or ACT Aspire suites of assessments, instead of state-mandated assessments, to test students in grades nine-12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1180: No Action Taken SB1307: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/19/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1192 by Smith
SB1248 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, requires the department of education and public schools to commemorate the centennial of women's suffrage and recognize the Tennesseans who were instrumental in securing all women the right to vote for the purpose of educating students about the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the United States Constitution on August 18, 1920, and to educate students on the state of Tennessee's fundamental role in guaranteeing all women the right to vote. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1028. | HB1192: Effective date(s) 05/22/2019 SB1248: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 450 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB1194 by Wright
SB1197 by White | Education - As enacted, requires a board of education to allow a student who is the dependent child of a member of the United States armed forces and who does not reside within the boundaries of the school district to enroll in a public school within the school district under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1194: Effective date(s) 04/09/2019 SB1197: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 138 | 4/15/2019 4/15/2019 |
HB1199 by White
SB0977 by Kelsey | Education - As introduced, extends eligibility for receipt of Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grants to students who are attending certain independent postsecondary institutions and who are otherwise eligible for the grants. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | HB1199: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee SB0977: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 4/10/2019 |
HB1202 by Mitchell
by | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Transparency in Charter School Finance Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. | Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 2/13/2019 |
HB1204 by Mitchell
SB1109 by Dickerson | Education - As introduced, declares that a director of schools who is directly interested in any contract entered into by the director's local board of education, excluding the director's employment contract, commits a Class C misdemeanor and requires the local board of education to dismiss the director. - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49. | HB1204: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1109: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 2/11/2019 |
HB1205 by Mitchell
SB1110 by Dickerson | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Director of Schools Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. | HB1205: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1110: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 2/11/2019 |
HB1244 by Dunn
SB0330 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, decreases, from "at least two" to "at least one", the number of physical education class meetings an LEA must require elementary school students to attend each full school week. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021. | HB1244: Held on desk. SB0330: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 4/22/2019 3/16/2020 |
HB1246 by Byrd
SB0753 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires the department to release certain percentages of test questions and answers from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests and end-of-course examinations to LEAs and public schools. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1246: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019 SB0753: Failed in Senate Education Committee | 4/24/2019 4/17/2019 |
HB1247 by Byrd
SB0752 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, deletes requirement that Wayne County and Pickett County be defined as distressed rural counties for purposes of being considered an eligible county authorized to select employees who may carry a concealed handgun on school property. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816. | HB1247: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB0752: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee | 2/20/2019 4/8/2019 |
HB1249 by Byrd
SB0749 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, specifies that the board of education's promulgated rules regarding training, licensure, and employment qualifications of attendance supervisors must be in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1249: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0749: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 4/1/2019 |
HB1255 by Johnson G
SB1153 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, prohibits local boards of education and school administrators from suspending students in pre-kindergarten through grade two from attending school as a form of discipline. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1255: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1153: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/13/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1261 by Dixie
SB0953 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, directs the department to establish a process by which the department will reimburse the parent of an economically disadvantaged student for fees and costs associated with taking one advanced placement examination that are not otherwise reimbursed, paid, or subsidized by any entity or program. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1261: Failed in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education SB0953: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/2/2019 4/3/2019 |
HB1274 by Holt
SB1499 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, expands the attorney general and reporter's duties to include representation of an LEA or certain LEA employees in a court or administrative tribunal arising out of the adoption of a policy requiring students, faculty, and staff to utilize the restroom, locker room, or other facility that corresponds to that individual's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6. | HB1274: Re-refer to Senate State & Local Govt. Comm. SB1499: Companion House Bill substituted | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
HB1275 by Holt
SB1098 by Dickerson | Education - As introduced, requires an LEA to allocate prorated daily per pupil state and local funding to an out-of-state residential mental health facility if a student of the LEA is admitted to the facility and certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1275: No Action Taken SB1098: Withdrawn. | 3/18/2019 3/18/2019 |
HB1276 by Holt
SB1035 by Gardenhire | Education - As introduced, requires a local board of education that maintains an internet website and that establishes a program of school-based decision making that authorizes school personnel, including classroom teachers, to decide the school budget to post the adopted school budget on the board's website before the beginning of each school year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49. | HB1276: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1035: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 4/3/2019 |
HB1303 by Baum
SB1061 by Dickerson | Education - As enacted, requires the department of correction, in partnership with the Tennessee higher education commission and the board of regents, to develop and submit to the general assembly an annual report detailing the higher education opportunities available to eligible incarcerated individuals in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 50. | HB1303: Effective date(s) 04/30/2019 SB1061: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 238 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
HB1310 by Shaw
SB0773 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, changes from October 1 to October 31 of each year the date by which the department of labor and workforce development must provide data on the state's anticipated workforce needs and other information to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8. | HB1310: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee SB0773: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1314 by Windle
SB1042 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, requires TSAC to award an amount representing the full cost per credit hour of a course taken at a community college in the state university and community college system for each of the first eight courses taken under a dual enrollment grant. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1314: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee SB1042: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/13/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1316 by Windle
SB1283 by Pody | Education - As introduced, deletes from code a study on the economic feasibility of creating and utilizing a statewide comprehensive energy policy, the final report of which was due by December 15, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1316: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1283: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1320 by Eldridge
SB1326 by Bowling | Education - As enacted, clarifies that a child must have been "adjudicated delinquent" of specified offenses in order for the requirements that a child's school receive notification and that parents, guardians, and legal custodians notify a school principal, or a principal's designee. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-131(a)(2)(B) and Section 49-6-3051(b). | HB1320: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 313 SB1326: Effective date(s) 05/08/2019 | 5/13/2019 5/13/2019 |
HB1325 by Hazlewood
SB1054 by Lundberg | Education - As introduced, changes from March 15 to March 1 the date by which the Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book must be published. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1325: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1054: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 4/1/2019 |
HB1330 by Haston
SB1058 by Dickerson | Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Community Schools Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 24. | HB1330: Effective date(s) 06/14/2019 SB1058: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453 | 6/17/2019 6/17/2019 |
HB1339 by White
SB1151 by Akbari | Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a state plan for computer science in grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1339: Effective date(s) 05/22/2019 SB1151: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 454 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB1346 by Hall
SB1281 by Pody | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to furnish a student's report card in an electronic format to the parent or parents of the student if prior consent is given by the parent or parents. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1346: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1281: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1352 by Hill M
SB1216 by Crowe | Education - As introduced, requires that all school funds collected by a county for capital projects be apportioned among the LEAs in the county in proportion to each LEA on the basis of the weighted full-time equivalent average daily attendance. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-315. | HB1352: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1216: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 2/11/2019 |
HB1353 by Cochran
SB1427 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, removes the presumption of a student's intent to violate the School Security Act of 1981 by possessing an electronic pager on school property. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1353: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB1427: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1365 by Weaver
SB1229 by Bowling | Education - As introduced, changes, from March 15 to March 1, the date by which TSAC must annually report research and data concerning the Tennessee promise scholarship program, including student success and scholarship retention, to the education committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1365: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education SB1229: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/3/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB1373 by Sexton J
SB1334 by Southerland | Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to provide a list identifying each LEA that has developed a Bible course curriculum approved by the department no later than March 1 of each year to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49. | HB1373: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. SB1334: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 4/3/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1374 by Sexton J
SB1398 by Bell | Education - As enacted, requires LEAs to provide students and parents of students enrolled in grades 9-12 with certain information regarding college and career experiences. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1374: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 274 SB1398: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
HB1380 by Williams
SB1399 by Bell | Education - As introduced, requires that the commissioner of education's annual report to the governor on the receipts and disbursements of public school funds, condition of public schools, and recommendations for improvement be submitted by September 1 each year. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49. | HB1380: Taken off notice for cal. in Education SB1399: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/10/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB1381 by Williams
SB1453 by Bailey | Education - As introduced, requires TSAC to report for each academic year, beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, the number of students eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship for achieving at least a 3.0 GPA, for attaining a composite ACT score of at least 21 or a concordant equivalent score on the SAT, and the number of students achieving both, to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and to the public on its website, by October 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. | HB1381: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education SB1453: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/9/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB1383 by Williams
SB1452 by Bailey | Education - As introduced, requires each LEA to conduct, within one month of commencing the 2019-2020 school year, a survey of the LEA's students to ascertain the proportion of students with internet access at home and to report the results of the survey to the department of education no later than November 1, 2019; requires the department of education to report the survey results to the governor and to education committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than December 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1383: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education SB1452: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 4/3/2019 4/10/2019 |
HB1385 by Williams
SB0339 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, changes from February 15 to March 1 the date by which the state board of education, with the assistance of the department of education and the Tennessee higher education commission, must issue a report card or assessment on the effectiveness of teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. | HB1385: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0339: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/4/2019 |
HB1391 by Cepicky
SB1503 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires that only 5 percent of the evaluation criteria used to evaluate all teachers and principals be comprised of student achievement data based on student growth generated by assessments administered to students enrolled in an English as a second language (ESL) program with limited English proficiency. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1391: Withdrawn. SB1503: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/21/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1392 by Cepicky
SB1244 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, includes schools that meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools to schools considered "church-related" schools; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8. | HB1392: Effective date(s) 05/22/2019 SB1244: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 456 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB1393 by Weaver
SB1501 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to use the ACT or ACT Aspire suites of assessments, instead of state-mandated assessments, to test students in grades nine-12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1393: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB1501: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/13/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1394 by Cepicky
SB1267 by Pody | Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to provide LEAs with access to their students' TCAP and end-of-course assessment items and the students' answers within 60 days following the administration of the assessments; requires an LEA to provide each teacher with access to the teacher's students' assessment information within 90 days following the administration of the assessments; requires that the provided information include all questions posed to students. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1394: Withdrawn. SB1267: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 1/30/2020 1/29/2020 |
HB1396 by Potts
SB0524 by Niceley | Education - As introduced, allows a child care program to submit its annual report to the commissioner of education in electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1396: Withdrawn. SB0524: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/29/2020 2/7/2019 |
HB1405 by Parkinson
SB1425 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, adds HiSET® to the courses a minor student may be enrolled and making satisfactory academic progress in to obtain a driver license or instruction permit to operate a motor vehicle from the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1405: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB1425: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/13/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1407 by Powell
SB1230 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, changes, from February 1 to January 15, the date by which each governing board must provide a report to the office of legislative budget analysis with information regarding expenditures of revenues derived from any tuition and fees increase in the previous full academic year. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. | HB1407: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee SB1230: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 3/13/2019 3/16/2020 |
HB1418 by Towns
SB0894 by Niceley | Education - As introduced, creates Class A misdemeanor of inserting a radio frequency identification device into an individual without the consent of the individual; prohibits certain persons and entities from requiring an individual to have a radio frequency identification device attached to, or implanted into, the individual in order to engage in employment with the persons or entities, or to enter a school or a school's grounds. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49 and Title 50. | HB1418: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary SB0894: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee | 4/3/2019 2/11/2019 |
HB1425 by Rudder
SB0764 by Yarbro | Education - As enacted, increases from one to two the number of additional dual enrollment courses a student may take under a dual enrollment grant under certain circumstances; allows an eligible student to receive a dual enrollment grant for no more than 10 courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1425: Effective date(s) 07/01/2020 SB0764: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 482 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB1438 by Stewart
SB0944 by Kyle | Education - As introduced, prohibits the operation of a virtual school by an LEA after July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1438: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB0944: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/14/2020 2/11/2019 |
HB1483 by Hardaway
SB1046 by Kyle | Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to provide free feminine hygiene products in eligible public high schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | HB1483: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 SB1046: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 484 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
HB1496 by Crawford
SB0529 by Briggs | Education - As introduced, corrects outdated references to public television stations that may receive grants from the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1496: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB0529: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2019 2/7/2019 |
HB1524 by Moody
SB1530 by Rose | Education - As enacted, enacts "Michelle's Law," which extends a 25 percent discount on the tuition to any state institution of higher education to every child under 24 years of age whose parent died while employed as a full-time certified teacher in a public school in Tennessee or as a full-time technology coordinator in an LEA in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7. | HB1524: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 402 SB1530: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
HB1547 by Parkinson
by | Education - As introduced, creates a student athlete graduation grant fund to fund graduation grants to eligible student athletes who graduate from a public four-year postsecondary institution located in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Withdrawn. | 2/5/2020 |
HB1550 by Mitchell
SB1787 by Kyle | Education - As introduced, deletes the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1550: Failed for lack of second in: Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB1787: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 5/26/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1554 by Cepicky
SB1565 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, allows an LEA to choose to administer TCAP tests to its students in a paper format beginning with the 2020-2021 school year if the commissioner authorizes TCAP tests to be administered in a computerized format; requires the department to provide TCAP test materials in a paper format to LEAs choosing to administer TCAP tests in a paper format. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Chapter 475 of the Public Acts of 2019. | HB1554: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB1565: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 3/12/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1559 by Zachary
SB1604 by Briggs | Education - As introduced, requires each LEA and public charter school to provide age-appropriate instruction to public school students in kindergarten through grade 12 on the events of September 11, 2001, annually on September 11. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1559: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB1604: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/27/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1561 by Zachary
SB1641 by Massey | Education - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from requiring a student to submit a high school transcript or GED certificate as part of the institution's admission process if the student has completed an associate degree at a regionally accredited institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | HB1561: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 523 SB1641: Effective date(s) 03/06/2020 | 3/16/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1572 by Griffey
SB2077 by Pody | Education - As introduced, requires elementary and secondary schools that receive public funding to ensure that student athletes participate in school-sanctioned sports based on the student's biological sex as indicated on certificate issued at time of birth; provides for the cessation and restoration of the school's public funding; establishes a civil penalty of not more than $10,000; requires a public official to vacate the official's office for taking certain actions contrary to the intent of the law. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1572: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2077: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 6/3/2020 2/6/2020 |
HB1587 by Clemmons
SB1644 by Kyle | Education - As introduced, authorizes LEAs to develop and implement a "Stop the Bleed" program that provides limited civil immunity to LEAs, schools, and LEA employees for personal injuries resulting from the use of items in a bleeding control kit; establishes requirements for the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1587: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB1644: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 | 3/9/2020 2/25/2020 |
HB1623 by Ragan
SB2283 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to conduct a performance audit of the department's office for civil rights every two years; requires the department to promulgate rules to assist the office for civil rights with effectuating the office's duty to ensure that the department and programs that receive funding from the department comply with federal civil rights laws. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. | HB1623: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee SB2283: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 6/11/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1648 by Shaw
SB1822 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to provide opportunity for enrollment in a pre-kindergarten program to all children who are four years of age by September 30 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 49. | HB1648: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1822: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/3/2020 1/29/2020 |
HB1655 by Holt
SB2352 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires a public school to credit a student who participates in a non-school-sponsored extracurricular activity, or who participates in up to 10 days of basic training required by a branch of the United States armed services, as present for attendance purposes; requires, subject to certain exceptions, a principal, or the principal's designee, to excuse a student from school attendance for up to 10 days to pursue an educational advancement opportunity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1655: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB2352: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 3/5/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1664 by Hodges
SB1728 by Briggs | Education - As introduced, establishes the grading scale that must be used to assign letter grades to students enrolled in grades nine through 12 for purposes of reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance; specifies that the state board or an LEA may develop a grading system for purposes other than reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1664: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/15/2020 SB1728: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1671 by Lamberth
SB1755 by Haile | Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing the assigning of a student to an alternative school or alternative program. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1671: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 603 SB1755: Effective date(s) 03/20/2020 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
HB1679 by Haston
SB1816 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires the department to annually compile a list of courses that may be substituted for certain high school course requirements; requires the department, by April 15 of each year, to distribute the list to each LEA and public charter high school and to the Tennessee higher education commission for distribution to high school counselors and to public institutions of higher education in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1679: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB1816: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 2/24/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1686 by Cepicky
SB1737 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, specifies that, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, in order to teach kindergarten through grade three, a teacher must have received an evaluation demonstrating an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations" on the most recent teacher evaluation conducted pursuant to § 49-1-302(d); provides exceptions in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1686: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB1737: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 1/27/2020 3/4/2020 |
HB1687 by Cepicky
SB1735 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires the board to abolish all academic standards for science and social studies for students in kindergarten through grade two; allows the subjects of science and social studies to be incorporated into the curriculum aligned with the academic standards for English language arts for students in kindergarten through grade two. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1. | HB1687: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB1735: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 5/28/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1688 by Cepicky
SB1739 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, deletes requirement for LEAs to provide a physical education class taught by a licensed teacher with an endorsement in physical education or by a specialist in physical education; deletes reporting requirements; requires each LEA to integrate at least two 25- minute periods of physical activity into each school day. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1688: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB1739: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 5/28/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1689 by Cepicky
SB1736 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, prohibits a student from participating in a single-sex interscholastic sport or athletic event provided by the student's public school unless the student verifies with the public school that the student is of the respective sex. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1689: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB1736: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 6/8/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1691 by Cepicky
SB1738 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, changes, from August 15 to June 1, the date on which a child must be five years of age to enroll in kindergarten; changes, from September 30 to July 31, the date on which a child determined by the director of schools to be sufficiently mature must be five years of age to enroll in kindergarten. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1691: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB1738: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 5/28/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1692 by Cepicky
SB1740 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires a student in any grade kindergarten through three to attend summer school if the student's teacher determines that the student is not academically prepared to advance to the next grade level and that grade retention may benefit the student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1692: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB1740: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1710 by Parkinson
SB1767 by Kelsey | Education - As introduced, creates a student athlete graduation grant fund to provide a source of funding for one-time payments to eligible student athletes who graduate from public four-year postsecondary institutions located in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1710: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1767: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1711 by Parkinson
SB1719 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, exempts an LEA from having to assign a student who has been suspended for 10 days or less or expelled for a zero tolerance offense to an alternative school; removes references to "alternative programs"; outlines factors for an LEA's director of schools to consider in determining whether an LEA has space and staff available for alternative school assignments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1711: Withdrawn. SB1719: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/5/2020 1/23/2020 |
HB1725 by Daniel
SB1647 by Roberts | Education - As enacted, extends the advisory council for the education of students with disabilities to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 10. | HB1725: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 537 SB1647: Effective date(s) 03/19/2020 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
HB1748 by Daniel
SB1670 by Roberts | Education - As enacted, extends the dyslexia advisory council to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2. | HB1748: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 544 SB1670: Effective date(s) 03/19/2020 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
HB1754 by Daniel
SB1676 by Roberts | Education - As enacted, extends the local education insurance committee to June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 3. | HB1754: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 615 SB1676: Effective date(s) 03/25/2020 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
HB1767 by Daniel
SB1689 by Roberts | Education - As enacted, extends the Southern Regional Education Compact to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 12. | HB1767: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 555 SB1689: Effective date(s) 03/19/2020 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
HB1795 by Holsclaw
SB1965 by Crowe | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to remove a student from the regular school program without assigning the student to an alternative school or alternative program if the student was suspended or expelled for certain offenses that may threaten the safety of persons attending or assigned to the regular school program and the alternative school or alternative program is located on the same grounds as the regular school program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1795: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1965: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1822 by Dixie
SB2578 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, authorizes LEAs serving any of the grades three through 12 to offer advanced mathematics courses; requires an LEA that offers advanced mathematics courses to place students achieving a benchmark score as determined by the state board of education on the end-of-grade or end-of-course test in mathematics in an advanced course for the next mathematics course in which the student will enroll; adds other requirements concerning advanced mathematics courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1822: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB2578: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 6/4/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1826 by Haston
SB1946 by Hensley | Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students; requires the department to make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1826: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 532 SB1946: Effective date(s) 03/10/2020 | 3/16/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1827 by Haston
SB2342 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding textbooks and instructional materials and the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22. | HB1827: Effective date(s) 07/15/2020, 08/01/2020 SB2342: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 770 | 7/22/2020 7/22/2020 |
HB1833 by Cepicky
SB1815 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, limits the number of Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests administered to students in grades three through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1833: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1815: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1835 by Johnson C
SB1790 by Powers | Education - As enacted, permits the commissioner to grant an LEA a waiver of average class size limits to assist the LEA with funding a grow your own program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1835: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 587 SB1790: Effective date(s) 07/01/2020 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
HB1894 by DeBerry
SB2349 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, removes requirement that an eligible student be previously enrolled in a public school for two semesters prior to receiving an individualized education account, attend a Tennessee school for the first time, or receive an account in the previous school year in order to be considered eligible to receive an individualized education account. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1894: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB2349: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/31/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB1896 by DeBerry
SB2558 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, adds rights to the list of rights afforded to teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB1896: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB2558: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/31/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB1898 by Hill T
by | Education - As introduced, changes from July 31 to August 15 the date by which the department of education must submit an annual report on the outcomes of the parent-teacher engagement pilot program to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Withdrawn. | 2/5/2020 |
HB1934 by Dunn
SB2337 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner to obtain approval from the state board of education for any changes to the performance goals and measures for schools and LEAs; requires the department and the state board to seek input from stakeholders regarding proposed changes to performance goals and measures for schools and LEAs; authorizes the state board to promulgate rules to effectuate this bill. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1. | HB1934: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB2337: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/11/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1935 by Dunn
SB1886 by Massey | Education - As enacted, authorizes an LEA's local board of education to locate the board's administrative offices within a building owned by the United States government, or an agency or instrumentality of the United States government, pursuant to a lease or easement authorized by the United States government. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2. | HB1935: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 618 SB1886: Effective date(s) 03/25/2020 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
HB1936 by Dunn
SB1953 by Haile | Education - As introduced, declares it is the intent of the general assembly that the department of education annually receive sufficient funds to procure, implement, and make available to local education agencies at no cost, a statewide career aptitude assessment program; encourages guidance counselors to use the results of career aptitude assessments to discuss potential career opportunities and aligned educational pathways with students. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-412. | HB1936: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1953: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1954 by Lamar
SB2025 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, prohibits a public school, public charter school, LEA, local board of education, or charter school governing body from requiring a teacher to be on duty more than one hour per week outside of the required workday established by the local board of education or charter school governing body, except in the event of extraordinary circumstances, as identified by the principal. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1954: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/10/2020 2/6/2020 |
HB1955 by DeBerry
by | Education - As introduced, revises various provisions relating to public charter schools authorized by the achievement school district. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee | 5/26/2020 |
HB1958 by Dixie
SB2807 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires that students participating in the ESA program be administered the same Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests administered to nonparticipating students enrolled in public schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26. | HB1958: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2807: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB1966 by Haston
SB1947 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, creates the rural at-risk pre-kindergarten fund to provide an additional source of funding for local education agencies operating an approved voluntary pre-kindergarten program in a distressed rural county or in an at-risk county that demonstrate a need for additional seats in the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1. | HB1966: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB1947: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 5/28/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB1971 by Cooper
SB2027 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires a school or LEA to issue required textbooks to all students; requires the director of schools to certify to the commissioner of education by October 15 of each year that all students have been issued all required textbooks. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1971: Failed in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2027: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 2/6/2020 |
HB1975 by Moody
SB2262 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, adds offenses to the list of offenses for which, upon conviction, the state board of education automatically revokes a teacher's or administrator's license. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417. | HB1975: Effective date(s) 07/01/2020 SB2262: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 629 | 4/6/2020 4/6/2020 |
HB1993 by Dunn
SB2343 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires each LEA to have an open enrollment period in which a parent or guardian of a student may seek to transfer the parent's or guardian's student to a school in the LEA that the student is not zoned to attend. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB1993: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee SB2343: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB1999 by Lynn
SB1881 by Watson | Education - As enacted, allows, instead of requires, the investment of the chairs of excellence endowment trust funds in accordance with TCRS policies and guidelines. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-501. | HB1999: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 687 SB1881: Effective date(s) 06/01/2020 | 7/2/2020 7/2/2020 |
HB2002 by Cepicky
SB2035 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, outlines workload considerations for the state board of education when establishing the maximum class size and caseload standards for instructional personnel and teachers having primary responsibility for a student's individualized education program (IEP) or a classroom that includes students with disabilities or students eligible for special education services; establishes workload calculations for purposes of an LEA's request for a waiver from mandatory maximum class sizes, average class sizes, or caseload standards. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2002: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2035: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2011 by Hill T
SB2057 by Niceley | Education - As introduced, decreases from 30 to 20 the number of days in which a local board of education must provide a copy of the minutes from each meeting of the board to the president of the local education association. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44; Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 49. | HB2011: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2057: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 2/6/2020 |
HB2021 by Terry
SB2063 by White | Education - As introduced, changes, from November 1 to November 15, the date by which the BEP review committee must provide its annual report on the BEP. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2021: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2063: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2025 by Johnson G
SB1917 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, that the BEP fund one full-time teaching positions for every 20 average daily membership in grades kindergarten-12. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1917: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2026 by Johnson G
SB1916 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the BEP formula to fund at least one full-time school nurse position and one full-time school counselor position for each school in an LEA; increases, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the number of regular education teaching positions funded through the BEP. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | HB2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1916: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2030 by Love
SB1785 by Kyle | Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability to conduct a study of before and after school programs available to K-12 students in this state and issue a report to the speaker and education committee of each chamber by February 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2030: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1785: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/4/2020 2/26/2020 |
HB2031 by Love
SB2028 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, deletes the school improvement fund created in the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program to disburse school improvement grants to certain LEAs; creates a teacher salaries fund to disburse annual grants to LEAs with students participating in the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program to be used for teacher salaries. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2031: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2028: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 2/6/2020 |
HB2035 by Love
SB1837 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, requires county election commissions to conduct a supplemental registration at public and private high schools once each fall and spring semester; authorizes county election commissions to designate teachers as deputies for the purposes of in-person registration at supplemental registrations. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49. | HB2035: Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Committee SB1837: Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee | 3/11/2020 3/17/2020 |
HB2051 by Sparks
SB2702 by Gilmore | Education - As introduced, funds social worker positions through the BEP at a ratio of one per 1,500 or fewer students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | HB2051: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/15/2020 SB2702: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 6/15/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2059 by Cochran
SB2782 by Bell | Education - As introduced, authorizes a local board of education or a private or church-related school to apply excess instructional time accumulated during the school year toward the required 180 days of classroom instruction if the excess instructional time is not applied toward meeting instructional time requirements missed due to dangerous or extreme weather conditions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30. | HB2059: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2782: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2082 by Powell
SB2041 by Gilmore | Education - As introduced, allows a county, municipality, or school board to require a contractor to bond their subcontractor in order to ensure contractors of the subcontractor receive fair compensation for work completed. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 50, Chapter 2 and Title 62, Chapter 6. | HB2082: Assigned to s/c Business Subcommittee SB2041: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee | 2/5/2020 2/6/2020 |
HB2105 by White
SB2344 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, revises a provision relating to the level and intended recipients of occupational training and technical education provided by state colleges of applied technology; deletes provisions relating to the creation of certain staff positions for vocational-technical education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 4. | HB2105: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 691 SB2344: Effective date(s) 06/11/2020 | 7/2/2020 7/2/2020 |
HB2107 by White
SB2031 by Rose | Education - As introduced, adds William R. Moore College of Technology as an eligible institution for receipt of the Tennessee reconnect and dual enrollment grants. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | HB2107: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2031: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2121 by Baum
SB2371 by Reeves | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Local Education Capital Investment Act." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | HB2121: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/15/2020 SB2371: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 6/11/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2122 by Baum
SB2370 by Reeves | Education - As introduced, creates the Tennessee rapid growth school district fund from which capital improvement grants are to be awarded in fiscal year 2020-2021 to LEAs experiencing rapidly growing student populations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6. | HB2122: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2370: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2130 by Crawford
SB1558 by Gardenhire | Education - As introduced, declares an act of the general assembly enacted after January 1, 2020, that mandates a discount or waiver of the tuition or fees charged at public institutions of higher education unenforceable against an institution affected by the act unless the general assembly annually appropriates a sum sufficient to fully fund the discount or waiver program at the institution; requires each public institution of higher education to report certain information concerning discount and waiver programs. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. | HB2130: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB1558: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2134 by Cepicky
SB2252 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Teacher's Discipline Act"; establishes a disciplinary process for students who have been removed from the classroom by the teacher. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2134: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB2252: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 6/8/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB2135 by Smith
SB2089 by Haile | Education - As introduced, changes, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the counties within which each LEA must implement a program of family life education from counties with a pregnancy rate of 19.5 pregnancies for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 17 to counties with a pregnancy rate of 19.5 pregnancies for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 19; prohibits persons present on school property from making abortion referrals or from otherwise advocating or encouraging abortion. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2135: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2089: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2139 by Todd
SB2546 by Jackson | Education - As introduced, deletes the provision that limited the availability of recall elections for school board members to only Madison County. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2. | HB2139: Failed in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee SB2546: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2229 by Lamberth
SB2160 by Johnson | Education - As introduced, establishes various requirements relating to literacy instruction provided to students in any of the grades kindergarten through two; establishes methods of evaluating the reading proficiency of students in any of the grades kindergarten through three; establishes requirements relating to literacy instruction provided to teaching candidates; establishes various studies and review processes relating to the state's accountability model and the licensure process for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2229: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/15/2020 SB2160: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 6/10/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB2267 by Lamberth
SB2200 by Johnson | Education - As introduced, requires the department of education, in coordination with the department of mental health and substance abuse services, to submit a report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives regarding state-funded mental and behavioral health services available to elementary and secondary school students on or before December 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 16; Title 33 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2267: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2200: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2300 by Haston
SB2512 by Dickerson | Education - As introduced, removes the requirement that the department of education annually assign an A, B, C, D, or F letter grade to schools based on student achievement and the results of state-mandated student assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2. | HB2300: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2512: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2321 by Whitson
SB2574 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, changes, from November 1 to November 15, the date by which the commissioner's annual report must be published. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2. | HB2321: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2574: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 6/3/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB2354 by Clemmons
SB2327 by Kyle | Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to provide the revised BEP funding formula to the fiscal review committee, in addition to the legislature's budget analysis office, no later than January 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 37 and Title 49. | HB2354: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB2327: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2377 by Faison
SB2823 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, specifies the type of misconduct for which the state board of education may reprimand, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew an educator's license. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5. | HB2377: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2823: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2386 by Calfee
SB2234 by Yager | Education - As introduced, allows county or city school districts to reestablish the office of elected school superintendent and outlines the qualifications of an elected superintendent. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2386: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2234: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/4/2020 |
HB2399 by Haston
SB2315 by Haile | Education - As introduced, requires the Tennessee financial literacy commission's annual report on its activities to be filed with the office of research and education accountability, in addition to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2399: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2315: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/6/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2404 by Ragan
SB2350 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, extends eligibility for the work-based learning student grant program to include students enrolled in a middle college program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 9. | HB2404: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB2350: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 3/5/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2407 by Ragan
SB1637 by Yager | Education - As enacted, permits a student whose IEP or section 504 plan allows for testing accommodations to use the same testing accommodations while taking an assessment under the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the accommodation does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2407: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 601 SB1637: Effective date(s) 03/20/2020 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
HB2408 by Ragan
SB2348 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, creates the robotics education task force to research opportunities for expansion of robotics education programs in the kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2408: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB2348: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/4/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2409 by Ragan
SB2345 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, requires organizations to use high-quality instructional materials to be eligible for a LEAP grant; gives preference in the award of LEAP grants to applicants offering summer programs focused on closing literacy gaps among students entering grades one through three. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 7. | HB2409: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2345: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2416 by Ragan
SB2105 by Pody | Education - As introduced, prohibits the use of semester hours attempted in ROTC courses to calculate a terminating event for a HOPE scholarship; prohibits use of grades received in ROTC courses to calculate an ROTC student's grade point average for purposes of the HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. | HB2416: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee SB2105: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 3/4/2020 |
HB2425 by Coley
SB2214 by Bowling | Education - As introduced, allows 50 percent of a teacher's annual evaluation criteria to be comprised of other measures of student achievement if excluding student growth evaluation composites generated by assessments administered in the 2020-2021 school year or in any school year thereafter results in a higher evaluation score for the teacher. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2425: Def. to Summer Study in Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB2214: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 5/26/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB2438 by Terry
SB2781 by Bell | Education - As introduced, prohibits a state institution of higher education from discriminating against a student based on the political viewpoint expressed by the student; prohibits an institution from penalizing, rewarding, or grading a student's coursework based on the political viewpoint expressed by the student; authorizes a student to pursue a cause of action against an institution for discriminating against the student based on the political viewpoint expressed by the student. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2438: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2781: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2440 by Cepicky
SB2568 by Jackson | Education - As introduced, establishes a reporting date of January 15 of each year for the board of regents, each state university board, and the board of trustees of University of Tennessee to submit a report summarizing grievance activities for the previous year to the education committees. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2440: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2568: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 5/28/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB2443 by Hardaway
SB2446 by Kyle | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, each Title I public high school to provide at least one driver education course for its students. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2443: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee SB2446: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 6/4/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2452 by Cooper
SB2407 by Kyle | Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education and governing body of a charter school to post the board's or governing body's policy governing background check procedures for contract workers and volunteers to the board's or governing body's website. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49. | HB2452: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2407: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 6/3/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2455 by Hill M
SB2359 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, authorizes nonprofit entities that have entered into an agreement with THEC to administer the work-based learning program to provide, in consultation with THEC, a method for employers of work-based learning students to submit applications electronically. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2455: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2359: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/6/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2460 by White
SB1982 by Stevens | Education - As introduced, directs the department of labor and workforce development to establish a three-year pilot program to assist adults 19 years of age or older with obtaining a high school diploma. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2460: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee SB1982: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 | 6/3/2020 2/26/2020 |
HB2462 by White
SB2784 by Bell | Education - As introduced, prohibits a parent or guardian of a student who has accumulated five or more days of unexcused absences during the school year from withdrawing the student from school during the school year in a month other than the first month of a school semester; creates exceptions to the general prohibition in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2462: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee SB2784: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/15/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2465 by Baum
SB2369 by Reeves | Education - As introduced, establishes and revises various safety and health requirements for school youth athletic activities and community-based youth athletic activities; requires the department of education and the department of health to post information on sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing on their respective websites; requires certain information and documentation to be provided to, and collected from, students and parents relating to sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | HB2465: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2369: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/3/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2469 by Stewart
SB2659 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to notify the commissioner of education when a board declares itself to be a high performing school district; requires the commissioner to maintain a list of high performing school districts on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2469: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2659: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2470 by Dunn
SB1974 by Gresham | Education - As enacted, creates a nine-member Tennessee commission on education recovery and innovation to examine the short and long-term systemic effects that the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters of 2020 have had on the state's educational systems. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. | HB2470: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 792 SB1974: Effective date(s) 07/15/2020 | 7/22/2020 7/22/2020 |
HB2473 by White
SB1972 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, revises bidding procedures for an LEA that does not follow the local governing body’s procedures to require 10 business days’ notice prior to the acceptance of bids for construction of, or additions to, buildings in excess of $10,000, instead of 10 days’ notice. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2473: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee SB1972: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 3/11/2020 2/3/2020 |
HB2474 by White
by | Education - As introduced, requires teacher preparation programs that produce science teachers to strive to produce teachers who are capable of teaching students to become scientifically literate. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 2/11/2020 |
HB2475 by Cochran
SB2358 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, changes from 30 to 45, the number of days of advance notice the principal or director of schools must provide to the commissioner of education of an intent to withdraw from an alternative education program. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2475: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2358: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2501 by Hawk
SB2338 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, adds keyboarding to the list of classes in which class size limits may be exceeded, provided that the instructional program is not impaired. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2501: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB2338: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2504 by Hawk
SB2218 by Southerland | Education - As introduced, creates a fund to assist LEAs in complying with the ready graduate indicator in the school and district accountability models. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2504: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2218: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2527 by Hakeem
SB2411 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education to develop standards, and the department of education to develop an aligned curriculum, for instruction on healthy relationships in the lifetime wellness standards. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10. | HB2527: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2411: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2531 by Carr
SB2622 by Swann | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, each LEA to receive no less than a 50 percent state share in the instructional salaries and wages components, instructional benefits components, and classroom components. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | HB2531: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB2622: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2534 by Doggett
SB2037 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires the state board to develop and adopt guidelines and criteria for the annual evaluation of local education agency officials who possess a license or certificate provided by the state board. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2534: Withdrawn. SB2037: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee | 2/27/2020 3/6/2020 |
HB2542 by Powers
SB2473 by Yager | Education - As enacted, requires a public school to excuse a student from school to attend a released time course if requested by the student's parent or legal guardian even if the local board of education has not adopted a policy on released time courses; authorizes local boards of education to transport students attending a released time course to and from the place of instruction if the entity providing the instruction reimburses the LEA for the services. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2542: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 743 SB2473: Effective date(s) 06/22/2020 | 7/2/2020 7/2/2020 |
HB2581 by Hakeem
SB2609 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, requires the Tennessee financial literacy commission to post its annual report on the department of the treasury website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2581: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2609: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2582 by Hakeem
SB2608 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability to study the research on optimal starting times for the school day for different grade levels and report its findings to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives by January 15, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2582: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB2608: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2597 by Dixie
SB2576 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, removes the provisions of law regarding denial of a driver license or learner's permit to persons under 18 who are not enrolled in and making satisfactory progress in high school. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3017 and Title 55, Chapter 50. | HB2597: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee of Transportation Committee SB2576: Failed in Senate Education Committee | 3/10/2020 2/26/2020 |
HB2602 by Cochran
SB2519 by Hensley | Education - As introduced, requires the administrator of a recovery high school to provide the department of education and the state board of education an annual report, which includes not only the school's overall high school graduation rate but its overall graduation rate as compared to the overall graduation rate of other high schools in the state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2602: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee SB2519: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 6/4/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB2614 by Coley
SB2502 by Dickerson | Education - As introduced, increases from 15 to 16 the average hours per week an organization that provides an after-school educational program must make the program available to students for the organization to be eligible to receive grants and technical assistance from the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2614: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2502: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2634 by Holt
SB2774 by Bell | Education - As introduced, requires an LEA to allocate prorated daily per pupil state and local funding to an out-of-state residential mental health facility if a student of the LEA is admitted to the facility and certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2634: Taken off notice for cal. in Government Operations Committee SB2774: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 | 6/9/2020 2/26/2020 |
HB2646 by Towns
by | Education - As introduced, deletes the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 2/11/2020 |
HB2670 by Williams
SB2871 by Bailey | Education - As introduced, requires students in grades 6-8 to enroll in an introduction to social health course developed by LEAs based on standards developed by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2670: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2871: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2693 by Baum
SB2437 by Powers | Education - As introduced, confers civil immunity upon a teacher, principal, school employee, or school bus driver properly using reasonable force to correct or restrain a student or prevent bodily harm or death to another person. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41. | HB2693: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee SB2437: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 | 6/11/2020 6/3/2020 |
HB2707 by Clemmons
SB2604 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, prompts the state board of education and the department of safety to update the DARE curriculum as new forms of substance abuse are identified. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2707: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2604: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2710 by Hakeem
SB2607 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, extends the deadline for appointing a member to the Tennessee council for career and technical education to fill a vacancy created by the death or resignation of a member from 15 to 30 days after the vacancy occurs. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2710: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee SB2607: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2711 by Hakeem
SB2820 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, extends, from 10 to 14 days, the period within which an individual education program meeting must be convened following the use of isolation or restraint. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2711: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB2820: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2712 by Cochran
SB2584 by Rose | Education - As introduced, revises the requirements for the first and second tiers of a local board of education's progressive truancy intervention plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30. | HB2712: Held on desk. SB2584: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2722 by Grills
SB1937 by Jackson | Education - As introduced, revises and consolidates provisions relating to school safety drills. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | HB2722: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1937: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 3/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2748 by Miller
SB1880 by Yarbro | Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education and governing body of a charter school to post its policy governing background check procedures for contract workers and volunteers to the local board's or governing body's website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2748: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB1880: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2751 by DeBerry
SB2704 by Gilmore | Education - As introduced, creates the task force on public school teachers' working conditions. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2751: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB2704: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee | 2/11/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2752 by DeBerry
by | Education - As introduced, prohibits an LEA that receives state funding through the basic education program from using state funds to contract with a private, third-party vendor for the provision of meals and services at the LEA's public schools; prohibits an LEA or public school from requiring teachers to pay any of the costs associated with professional development or in-service training required by the LEA or public school. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/11/2020 |
HB2755 by DeBerry
SB2249 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the BEP to fund one full-time public school nurse position for each school in an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | HB2755: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2249: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2756 by DeBerry
SB2559 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the BEP formula to fund at least one full-time mental health counselor position for each school in an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2756: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee SB2559: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/28/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2759 by Ogles
SB2675 by Johnson | Education - As introduced, changes the date, from August 1 to August 15, by which each LEA must submit to the commissioner of education a correct and accurate financial report of the receipts and expenditures for all public school purposes in the LEA during the school year ending on June 30. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 31, Part 11; Section 4-6-143; Title 5, Chapter 12; Title 5, Chapter 21; Title 5, Chapter 9; Title 9; Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 49 and Title 67. | HB2759: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2675: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2762 by Ogles
SB2673 by Johnson | Education - As introduced, requires each district attorney general to make a one-time report on or before February 1, 2021, to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives as to the number of cases the district attorney general is handling in their jurisdiction regarding reports of threats to school employees and reports of threats of harm communicated in a school setting. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49. | HB2762: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB2673: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee | 6/18/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2766 by Carter
SB2652 by Gardenhire | Education - As introduced, defines the term "teacher" for purposes of state salary increases for licensed education personnel. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49. | HB2766: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB2652: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2773 by Moody
SB1922 by Yager | Education - As introduced, creates the task force on the equitable and adequate funding of education services for special needs populations to examine the state's funding mechanism and the levels of financial support for providers of education services. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 34; Title 37 and Title 49. | HB2773: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee SB1922: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee | 2/11/2020 1/30/2020 |
HB2780 by Sexton J
SB2602 by Niceley | Education - As introduced, deletes obsolete requirement that, within 30 days of May 21, 2012, a statement that students attending a postsecondary institution that ceases to be an eligible independent postsecondary institution after June 30, 2016, are unable to receive Tennessee HOPE scholarships at the institution be posted on the institution's website and TSAC's website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2780: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee SB2602: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/11/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2783 by Hurt
SB2545 by Roberts | Education - As introduced, changes from within 30 days to within 15 days from the date an educator discovers another educator has breached the teacher code of ethics that the educator is required to report such breach. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. | HB2783: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2545: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2787 by Keisling
SB2870 by Bailey | Education - As introduced, authorizes the advisory council for the education of students with disabilities to electronically submit its annual report to the governor, the general assembly, and the state board of education regarding the progress or lack of progress made in special education by the state, its agencies and institutions, and its school districts during the preceding year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2787: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2870: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2790 by Johnson G
SB2415 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, enacts the Truth in Teacher Pay Act; requires the salary schedules approved by the state board of education to reflect certain increases to the instructional salaries and wages component of the BEP in the general appropriations act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2790: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2415: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2791 by Johnson G
SB2414 by Robinson | Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education to submit to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives new or revised measurable goals or benchmarks. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2791: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2414: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2818 by Lamberth
SB2672 by Johnson | Education - As enacted, authorizes the state board of education to promulgate emergency rules as necessary to address any issues created by school closures due to the outbreak of COVID-19 during the 2019-2020 school year; requires the commissioner of education to waive certain requirements; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2818: Effective date(s) 04/02/2020 SB2672: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 652 | 4/6/2020 4/6/2020 |
HB2841 by Farmer
SB2620 by Swann | Education - As enacted, authorizes a director of schools, or the director's designee, to report truant student absences to the appropriate judge if any tier of a progressive truancy intervention plan is unsuccessful, and before subsequent tiers are implemented, if the school can document that the student's parent or guardian is unwilling to cooperate in the truancy intervention plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2841: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 748 SB2620: Effective date(s) 08/01/2020 | 7/2/2020 7/2/2020 |
HB2869 by Coley
SB2180 by Niceley | Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to admit students from outside their respective school systems if the LEA to which the student is transferring has the available space; requires local boards of education to arrange for the transfer of students residing in their district to schools located outside of their district. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2869: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2180: Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2872 by Cooper
SB2805 by Akbari | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA that develops its own adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) training program for the LEA's school personnel to offer that program partially or wholly online. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2872: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB2805: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 6/10/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2880 by Weaver
SB2231 by Haile | Education - As introduced, establishes $500 as the minimum fine for a person's unlawful trespass onto a school bus or other school premises; makes it an unlawful trespass for certain persons to enter onto a school bus without first obtaining authorization to do so from the bus driver; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to post on its respective school buses notice of a potential trespass violation if a person enters onto the school bus without first obtaining authorization to do so from the bus driver. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | HB2880: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee SB2231: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/11/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2881 by Weaver
SB2717 by Gresham | Education - As introduced, creates a new practitioner license for persons seeking to become licensed teachers; requires the department of education, when issuing an educator license to an out-of-state educator, to issue a license that is equivalent to the license the educator possessed prior to moving to this state; requires the state board of education to approve alternative teacher endorsement and licensure pathways. - Amends TCA Title 49. | HB2881: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration SB2717: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 6/17/2020 3/16/2020 |
HB2890 by Shaw
SB2703 by Gilmore | Education - As introduced, requires the department's office for early learning to post its annual report on the status of pre-kindergarten programs on its website no later than November 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71. | HB2890: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. SB2703: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 2/10/2020 |
HB2891 by White
SB2906 by Dickerson | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Student Healthy Outcomes Act." - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71. | HB2891: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee SB2906: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee | 5/26/2020 3/16/2020 |
SB0019 by Gresham
HB0301 by Van Huss | Education - As introduced, authorizes a county or city governing body to require the director of schools to face a retention election; prohibits a local board of education from extending the contract of a director of schools if a majority of those voting on the question vote against retaining the director of schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2. | SB0019: Refer to Senate Education Committee HB0301: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 1/19/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB0020 by Gresham
HB0070 by Powers | Education - As enacted, extends the date of the repeal of the Virtual Public Schools Act from June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 16. | SB0020: Effective date(s) 05/08/2019 HB0070: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 283 | 5/13/2019 5/13/2019 |
SB0033 by Dickerson
HB0025 by Jernigan | Education - As enacted, prohibits the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf, the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute from sharing the same president, director of schools, or officers at the same time. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0033: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 460 HB0025: Effective date(s) 05/21/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0050 by Gresham
HB0060 by Dunn | Education - As introduced, requires the department to create a three-year early learning pilot program, to begin in the 2019-2020 school year, to identify early learning programs that provide opportunities for quality early childhood education and improvement in student outcomes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1. | SB0050: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0060: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 1/28/2019 2/26/2019 |
SB0052 by Southerland
HB0289 by Hawk | Education - As introduced, requires TSAC to award $500 for each of the first four courses taken under a dual enrollment grant. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0052: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0289: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee | 1/30/2019 2/5/2019 |
SB0058 by Gilmore
HB0094 by Halford | Education - As enacted, establishes a task force regarding the creation of the Tennessee outdoor education and recreation grant program. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 49 and Title 70. | SB0058: Effective date(s) 04/23/2019 HB0094: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 172 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
SB0062 by Robinson
HB0499 by Eldridge | Education - As enacted, requires the department to develop rules, to be adopted by the state board of education, that include procedures for providing instruction to students incarcerated in juvenile detention centers for a minimum of four hours each instructional day. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49. | SB0062: Effective date(s) 04/25/2019; 07/01/2019 HB0499: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 191 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
SB0063 by Robinson
HB0866 by DeBerry | Education - As enacted, expands career and technical education programs to middle school grades; requires the board of career and technical education to plan facilities for comprehensive career and technical training for middle school students. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0063: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019; 07/01/2019 HB0866: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 366 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB0064 by Robinson
HB0402 by Staples | Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education to adopt a policy requiring all K-12 teachers, principals, and assistant principals employed by the LEA to participate in adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) training on an annual basis. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0064: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0402: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 3/13/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB0070 by Robinson
HB0224 by Parkinson | Education - As introduced, increases, from one to three, the minimum number of board members who must be employed, at the time of the appointment, as a K-12 public school teacher, beginning with appointments made on or after January 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1. | SB0070: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0224: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. | 1/30/2019 1/21/2020 |
SB0107 by Roberts
HB0439 by Daniel | Education - As enacted, extends the board of trustees of the college savings trust fund program to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 7. | SB0107: Effective date(s) 03/28/2019 HB0439: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 50 | 4/9/2019 4/9/2019 |
SB0142 by Roberts
HB0474 by Daniel | Education - As enacted, extends the department of education to June 30, 2022; requires the department to appear before sunset review committee in 2019 to discuss progress made in addressing findings in its 2018 audit. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 4, Chapter 3. | SB0142: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 336 HB0474: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB0143 by Roberts
HB0475 by Daniel | Education - As enacted, extends the state board of education to June 30, 2024. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3. | SB0143: Effective date(s) 05/08/2019 HB0475: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 292 | 5/13/2019 5/13/2019 |
SB0166 by Gresham
HB0241 by Dunn | Education - As enacted, specifies that a student may only enroll in two course access program courses per school year, unless additional courses are approved by the student's home LEA, and that students must pay all tuition and fees required for any additional courses taken during the same year; requires a home LEA to pay the required tuition and fees to a host LEA for the first two course access program courses in which a student is enrolled per school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18. | SB0166: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 HB0241: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146 | 4/24/2019 4/24/2019 |
SB0170 by Robinson
HB0405 by Love | Education - As enacted, requires LEAs and public charter schools to adopt a trauma-informed discipline policy; requires the department of education to develop guidance on trauma-informed discipline practices that LEAs must use to develop a trauma-informed discipline policy. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0170: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 421 HB0405: Effective date(s) 05/21/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0180 by Massey
HB0196 by Lafferty | Education - As enacted, reduces, from no less than four to no more than four, the number of high school students who may serve on a local board of education as advisory, nonvoting members; deletes the requirement that half of the high school students selected to serve on the board must be enrolled in the college preparatory track and half must be enrolled in the technology track. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2. | SB0180: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 HB0196: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 192 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
SB0182 by Reeves
HB0248 by Tillis | Education - As enacted, requires an LEA that has one or more school buses operating in the LEA with a camera or video camera installed inside a school bus that is used to transport students to and from school or school-sponsored activities to adopt a policy that establishes a process to allow a parent, guardian, or person having custody of a student to view photographs or video footage collected from the camera. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0182: Effective date(s) 04/30/2019; 07/01/2019 HB0248: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 256 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
SB0185 by Jackson
HB0983 by Todd | Education - As enacted, creates a process for voters in Madison County to remove a local board of education member who is elected or appointed to fill a vacancy. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0185: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 HB0983: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 350 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB0187 by Gresham
HB0982 by White | Education - As enacted, requires that the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests administered in the 2019-2020 school year be administered in paper format; revises provisions regarding physical education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0187: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 475 HB0982: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019; 07/01/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0189 by Gresham
HB0398 by Moody | Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to inform LEAs before each school year if sufficient funds have been appropriated to pay the cost of the required college entrance examination for students who want to take the examination a second time. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0189: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0398: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 1/31/2019 2/6/2019 |
SB0197 by Johnson
HB0239 by Lamberth | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Local Education Capital Investment Act." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | SB0197: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0239: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. | 3/16/2020 6/3/2020 |
SB0198 by Johnson
HB0124 by Hodges | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Local Education Capital Investment Act." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | SB0198: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0124: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. | 4/1/2019 2/26/2020 |
SB0213 by Haile
HB0240 by Moody | Education - As introduced, changes from October 1 to September 15, the date by which the commissioner shall notify any school and its respective LEA if the school is among the bottom 10 percent of schools in overall achievement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0213: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0240: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB0220 by Lundberg
HB0719 by Hazlewood | Education - As introduced, expands the category of independent students eligible for a Tennessee reconnect grant to include students who are not eligible to be claimed as a dependent for federal tax purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | SB0220: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0719: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee | 2/27/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB0242 by Kurita
HB0205 by Hodges | Education - As enacted, requires public postsecondary institutions to classify the spouse or dependent child of an active member of the United States armed forces transferred out of state on military orders as an in-state student for tuition purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | SB0242: Effective date(s) 04/03/2019 HB0205: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 80 | 4/9/2019 4/9/2019 |
SB0252 by Gresham
HB0510 by Curcio | Education - As introduced, changes from October 1 to November 1 the date by which child care programs must submit an annual report to the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0252: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0510: Reset on Final cal. | 3/16/2020 6/10/2020 |
SB0259 by Kyle
HB0215 by Clemmons | Education - As introduced, requires local education agencies to develop and implement a "Stop the Bleed" program that requires each school in the LEA to place a bleeding control kit within the school; requires the department of education to develop a bleeding control kit training program for LEA employees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0259: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. HB0215: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019 | 4/18/2019 4/24/2019 |
SB0262 by Hensley
HB1065 by Vaughan | Education - As introduced, imposes a maximum allotment of time for standardized testing each school year based on a student's grade level; excludes assessments used to assess a student's readiness for postsecondary education and assessments required by an LEA or governing body from the maximum time allotments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60. | SB0262: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1065: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 4/10/2019 4/2/2019 |
SB0268 by Kelsey
HB0209 by Leatherwood | Education - As enacted, prohibits, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board from modifying the uniform grading system more than once every two years. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 4. | SB0268: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 414 HB0209: Effective date(s) 05/21/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0269 by Kelsey
HB0207 by Leatherwood | Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing the sale of surplus property by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 20. | SB0269: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 413 HB0207: Effective date(s) 05/21/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0273 by Massey
HB0267 by Staples | Education - As introduced, encourages LEAs to provide an age-appropriate seizure education program to teach students about seizures and seizure disorders; encourages the state board of education to promulgate rules for the development and implementation of seizure education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0273: Failed in Senate Education Committee HB0267: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 3/27/2019 4/17/2019 |
SB0274 by Massey
HB0093 by Wright | Education - As introduced, changes from March 15 to March 1 the date by which the Tennessee higher education commission must submit the annual Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book to the governor and the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0274: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0093: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 1/31/2019 1/28/2019 |
SB0295 by Akbari
HB0177 by Love | Education - As introduced, directs that any interest accruing on the balance of an LEA's dedicated education fund that remains unexpended at the end of a fiscal year must be returned to the fund balance and become part of the fund balance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | SB0295: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0177: Taken off notice for cal. in Education | 3/13/2019 3/27/2019 |
SB0296 by Akbari
HB0311 by Johnson G | Education - As introduced, enacts the Truth in Teacher Pay Act; requires the salary schedules approved by the state board of education to reflect certain increases to the instructional salaries and wages component of the BEP in the general appropriations act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0296: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0311: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education | 2/4/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB0298 by Akbari
HB0059 by Dunn | Education - As introduced, changes the amount of physical education class time that must be taught by a licensed teacher with an endorsement in physical education from at least 60 minutes to at least 30 minutes; authorizes LEAs to allow additional physical education class time to be taught by a licensed teacher with an endorsement in elementary education to teach any remaining or additional physical education class time in collaboration with a physical education teacher. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021. | SB0298: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0059: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 2/4/2019 2/12/2019 |
SB0299 by Akbari
HB0030 by Cooper | Education - As introduced, permits certain incarcerated persons who are allowed to enroll in courses offered by a community college or Tennessee college of applied technology pursuant to an approved release plan to receive a Tennessee reconnect grant. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0299: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0030: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education | 2/4/2019 2/26/2019 |
SB0305 by Niceley
HB0415 by Moody | Education - As introduced, specifies that nutritional standards adopted by the state board of education do not prohibit LEAs and schools from offering whole milk as a food choice for students. - Amends TCA Title 43; Title 44; Title 49 and Title 53. | SB0305: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0415: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 3/20/2019 2/6/2019 |
SB0310 by Massey
HB0567 by White | Education - As enacted, directs the Tennessee School for the Deaf, together with the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, to establish a one-year deaf mentor pilot project to assist families and agencies in implementing bilingual and bicultural home-based programming for young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 9. | SB0310: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 500 HB0567: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0319 by Hensley
HB0111 by Cepicky | Education - As enacted, declares the legislative intent that the dual enrollment grant be fully funded before any funds in the lottery for education account are transferred to the Tennessee Promise scholarship endowment fund. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. | SB0319: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 463 HB0111: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019; 07/01/2020 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0327 by Kelsey
HB0619 by White | Education - As introduced, requires the department to create and administer a coaching network for pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers throughout the state, to begin in the 2019-2020 school year; declares certain goals for the coaching network; requires the department to ensure the availability of early childhood consultants regionally, throughout the state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0327: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0619: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education | 2/4/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB0330 by Hensley
HB1244 by Dunn | Education - As introduced, decreases, from "at least two" to "at least one", the number of physical education class meetings an LEA must require elementary school students to attend each full school week. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021. | SB0330: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1244: Held on desk. | 3/16/2020 4/22/2019 |
SB0334 by Gresham
HB0798 by Coley | Education - As introduced, increases, from 10 days to 15 business days, the deadline for an LEA to deliver to the commissioner of education a copy of the audit report of the LEA's school funds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | SB0334: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0798: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/4/2019 2/7/2019 |
SB0335 by Gresham
HB0688 by White | Education - As enacted, exempts certain postsecondary educational institutions from the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016 under certain circumstances; subjects certain postsecondary educational institutions to bond requirements under the Tennessee Higher Education Authorization Act of 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004 and Section 49-7-2022. | SB0335: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 HB0688: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 82 | 4/9/2019 4/9/2019 |
SB0336 by Gresham
HB0019 by Reedy | Education - As introduced, disqualifies relatives of an LEA's director of schools, a member of the LEA's central office staff, or a member of the LEA's board of education from serving as a member of the LEA's board of education; exempts members of a local board of education who are currently serving a term on the board for which they were elected before July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2. | SB0336: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0019: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB0337 by Gresham
HB0020 by Reedy | Education - As introduced, requires the department to pay for certain background investigations conducted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for LEA employees who hold a position as a teacher or any other position requiring proximity to school children or to children in a child care program under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5. | SB0337: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0020: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/4/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB0338 by Gresham
HB0018 by Reedy | Education - As introduced, adds students who attended a nonpublic school or home school for the preceding school year to the category of students eligible for their parent to participate in the individualized education account program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14. | SB0338: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0018: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 2/4/2019 2/11/2020 |
SB0339 by Gresham
HB1385 by Williams | Education - As introduced, changes from February 15 to March 1 the date by which the state board of education, with the assistance of the department of education and the Tennessee higher education commission, must issue a report card or assessment on the effectiveness of teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. | SB0339: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1385: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/4/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB0347 by Briggs
HB0126 by Hodges | Education - As introduced, requires the commission to create a baccalaureate degree for veterans who retire with 20 years of service; requires each state institution of higher education that offers a baccalaureate degree program to award the degree created by the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | SB0347: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0126: Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee | 2/4/2019 3/19/2019 |
SB0356 by Niceley
HB1082 by Farmer | Education - As introduced, under certain circumstances, waives waiting period to reschedule skills examination for applicants for school bus endorsement; revises other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21 and Title 55, Chapter 50. | SB0356: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1082: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee of Transportation Committee | 2/4/2019 3/26/2019 |
SB0365 by Gardenhire
HB0869 by DeBerry | Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to notify the commissioner of education when a board declares itself a high performing school district; requires the commissioner to post a list of high performing school districts on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0365: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0869: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/4/2019 2/7/2019 |
SB0373 by Swann
HB0066 by Moon | Education - As introduced, reduces, from 30 percent to 15 percent, the portion of a teacher's evaluation that must be comprised of student achievement data, if the teacher does not have access to individual data representative of student growth; allows the teacher to decide whether an additional 15 percent of the evaluation is based on student growth and represented by TVAAS evaluation composites; specifies that the qualitative portion must be increased to account for the remainder of the teacher's evaluation. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302. | SB0373: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0066: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 3/20/2019 1/28/2019 |
SB0375 by Swann
HB0034 by Carr | Education - As enacted, allows a local board of education to authorize a teacher, school employee, or other person employed by the LEA to raise funds for noneducational purposes; requires the local board of education that authorizes funds to be raised for noneducational purposes to create policies and procedures for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of funds raised. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3. | SB0375: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 134 HB0034: Effective date(s) 04/09/2019 | 4/15/2019 4/15/2019 |
SB0395 by Robinson
HB0359 by Cooper | Education - As introduced, changes the deadline for publication of the Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book from March 15 to March 30 each year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0395: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0359: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/6/2019 2/4/2019 |
SB0421 by Hensley
HB0417 by Zachary | Education - As introduced, exempts, over a period of three fiscal years, the sales price of tickets for admission to an intercollegiate athletic event hosted by a college or university from the amusement sales tax. - Amends TCA Title 67. | SB0421: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee HB0417: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019 | 4/30/2019 4/24/2019 |
SB0442 by Bell
HB0091 by Hicks | Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs that receive pre-kindergarten program approval to utilize a comparable alternative measure of student growth approved by the state board of education and adopted by the LEA, rather than the pre-k/kindergarten growth portfolio model approved by the state board of education in the evaluation of pre-kindergarten and kindergarten teachers; creates portfolio review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1. | SB0442: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 HB0091: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 376 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB0443 by Bell
HB0315 by Hicks | Education - As introduced, requires that statewide assessment scores used in the calculation of students' final course grade be returned to districts at least five instructional days before the end of the course. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-617. | SB0443: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0315: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 3/20/2019 3/26/2019 |
SB0444 by Bell
HB0148 by Baum | Education - As introduced, changes from October 1 to October 15 the date by which an LEA with one or more charter schools must annually catalog all underutilized and vacant properties owned or operated by the LEA and all underutilized and vacant properties within any educational facility owned or operated by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0444: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0148: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/29/2019 1/31/2019 |
SB0460 by Akbari
HB0420 by Smith | Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to submit the annual report detailing the operation of the virtual education programs to the comptroller of the treasury. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0460: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0420: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB0477 by Robinson
HB1084 by Thompson | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to survey students, within one month of the start of the 2019-2020 school year, as to the availability of internet access in their homes and report results to the department of education; requires department to report the results to the governor, the education committee of the senate, and the education committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0477: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1084: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education | 4/3/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB0482 by Gardenhire
HB0564 by Dunn | Education - As introduced, authorizes a local board of education to make payroll deduction for dues of professional employees' organizations available to its professional employees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5. | SB0482: Companion House Bill substituted HB0564: Re-refer to Senate Calendar Committee | 4/29/2019 4/29/2019 |
SB0488 by Bowling
HB0383 by Weaver | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to use the ACT, ACT Aspire, or SAT suites of assessments, instead of state-mandated assessments, to test students in grades 9-12 in the subjects of math and English language arts. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0488: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0383: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 2/7/2019 2/19/2019 |
SB0496 by Bowling
HB0038 by Van Huss | Education - As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the period for which public notice must be given in advance of an LEA's acceptance of bids for contracts for the construction of a school building, or an addition to an existing school building, the cost of which exceeds $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0496: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB0038: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 6/3/2020 6/4/2020 |
SB0503 by Akbari
HB0768 by Love | Education - As introduced, requires county election commissions to conduct a supplemental registration at public and private high schools once each fall and spring semester; authorizes high schools to provide opportunities for students to register to vote online at times other than the supplemental registrations. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49. | SB0503: Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee HB0768: Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Committee | 3/17/2020 3/27/2019 |
SB0504 by Akbari
HB0559 by Camper | Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to offer internship programs for elective credits in the high school curriculum through cooperative agreements with local and state governments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0504: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 HB0559: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 304 | 5/13/2019 5/13/2019 |
SB0508 by Massey
HB0783 by Hicks | Education - As introduced, requires a medical student in good academic standing with an accredited medical college in this state to receive priority consideration over a medical student attending medical college outside of this state in the process of assigning clinical rotations to a healthcare facility contracting with a state medical school or accepting state funding. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 63 and Title 68. | SB0508: Deferred to Summer Study HB0783: Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee | 4/10/2019 4/16/2019 |
SB0516 by Massey
HB0586 by Staples | Education - As introduced, prohibits eligible postsecondary institutions, for purposes of state lottery proceeds, from denying a student residential housing on the campus of, or in affiliation with, the eligible postsecondary institution solely because of the student's award of a Tennessee STEP UP scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7. | SB0516: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. HB0586: Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee | 3/25/2019 3/26/2019 |
SB0523 by Niceley
HB0306 by Powers | Education - As introduced, decreases the amount of time, from 10 to five business days, within which a local administrative agency has to provide the personnel file of a previous employee seeking employment in another local administrative agency, if so requested, for the purpose of determining if sexual misconduct was committed by the person seeking employment. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0523: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0306: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/7/2019 2/4/2019 |
SB0524 by Niceley
HB1396 by Potts | Education - As introduced, allows a child care program to submit its annual report to the commissioner of education in electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0524: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1396: Withdrawn. | 2/7/2019 1/29/2020 |
SB0529 by Briggs
HB1496 by Crawford | Education - As introduced, corrects outdated references to public television stations that may receive grants from the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0529: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1496: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/7/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB0538 by Lundberg
HB0566 by Dunn | Education - As introduced, requires the department to annually report the total amount of education funding paid to each state agency responsible for the education of a child in state custody for the immediately preceding school year and to provide the report to the chairs of the education committees of the general assembly by October 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3. | SB0538: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0566: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 4/1/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB0565 by Bowling
HB0632 by Terry | Education - As enacted, requires, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board of education to award a teacher five additional professional development points if the teacher's overall evaluation demonstrates an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations" and the evaluation is based on the teacher's performance while employed at a school that is on the priority list or the focus list. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0565: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 464 HB0632: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0571 by Bowling
HB0353 by Daniel | Education - As enacted, allows certain persons who receive certified occupational training as a prisoner or a student in a high school technical training class to receive equivalent credit toward an occupational license relating to the training received. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 6, Part 1; Title 37; Title 38; Title 41; Title 49; Title 62 and Title 63. | SB0571: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 492 HB0353: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019; 01/01/2020 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0591 by Haile
HB0592 by Lamberth | Education - As introduced, changes the date, from October 1 to September 1, by which the office of coordinated school health in the department of education is required to provide an annual report on the implementation of the minimum physical activity requirements for elementary, middle, and high school students to the education committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68, Chapter 1. | SB0591: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0592: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee | 2/20/2020 4/17/2019 |
SB0599 by Haile
HB1160 by Ogles | Education - As introduced, allows a local education agency to submit the annual report, on methods of enforcing the employment standards for school resource officers, to the commissioner of education in electronic format. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0599: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1160: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/20/2020 2/11/2019 |
SB0601 by Crowe
HB0739 by Terry | Education - As introduced, changes, from within the first year of service to within the first six months of service, the time in which a state university board member appointed or selected on or after July 1, 2019, must attend an orientation administered by the Tennessee higher education commission. - Amends TCA Section 49-8-201. | SB0601: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0739: Failed in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education | 2/7/2019 4/2/2019 |
SB0604 by Robinson
HB0664 by Parkinson | Education - As enacted, revises certain provisions regarding alternative schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0604: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 465 HB0664: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0605 by Robinson
HB0663 by Parkinson | Education - As introduced, allows a local board of education to consider whether the establishment of a new charter school will result in oversaturation of a school zone located within the LEA when considering whether to approve or deny a charter school application. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. | SB0605: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0663: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 2/7/2019 3/5/2019 |
SB0606 by Robinson
HB0827 by Clemmons | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Hunger-Free Students Act"; prohibits a school from taking certain actions against a student who cannot pay for a meal, or who owes a meal debt; requires a school to assist parents and guardians in obtaining free or reduced-price meals for the parent's or guardian's eligible student. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71. | SB0606: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0827: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education | 2/7/2019 3/6/2019 |
SB0623 by Hensley
HB0561 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education to provide professional development credit to a teacher who successfully completes a foreign language course that will assist the teacher in educating students for whom English is a second language; allows a local board of education to grant teachers one day of in-service credit for successfully completing an approved foreign language course. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0623: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0561: Withdrawn. | 3/12/2019 3/7/2019 |
SB0625 by Watson
HB0681 by Helton | Education - As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4. | SB0625: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 HB0681: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 379 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB0631 by Watson
HB0759 by Moody | Education - As introduced, requires the department to study and report on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program and provide recommendations on the development of a process to provide high school and college credit to students achieving high scores on the TNReady and end-of-course assessments administered in English language arts and mathematics. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0631: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0759: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education | 4/17/2019 4/9/2019 |
SB0669 by Hensley
HB0804 by Haston | Education - As introduced, requires an assessment provider responsible for the misadministration of an assessment to provide an incident report to the department and the LEA or LEAs in which the misadministration occurred no later than 30 days after the misadministration of the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60. | SB0669: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0804: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 4/1/2019 3/26/2019 |
SB0670 by Hensley
HB0802 by Haston | Education - As introduced, requires the board to develop and adopt two alternative graduation pathways for public high school students, one designated the college preparatory track and one designated the technology track, to be implemented in all public high schools beginning with the 2020-2021 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0670: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0802: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 4/10/2019 4/2/2019 |
SB0671 by Hensley
HB0803 by Haston | Education - As introduced, allows an 11th grade student to take an examination to assess the student's career readiness in lieu of the postsecondary readiness examination; adds, beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, student achievement on examinations administered to assess career readiness to the measures used to evaluate school and principal performance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0671: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0803: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 4/1/2019 3/5/2019 |
SB0674 by Gilmore
HB0977 by Cooper | Education - As introduced, creates a four-year agriculture education pilot project for 11th and 12th grade students; requires the department to create and administer an educational program focused on agriculture education. - Amends TCA Title 43 and Title 49. | SB0674: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0977: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 2/7/2019 3/5/2019 |
SB0676 by Gilmore
HB0880 by Dixie | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Grow Your Own Teacher Act"; requires the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation to create a loan-scholarship program for economically disadvantaged high school students who will become teachers at high-needs schools in the LEA from which the students graduate. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | SB0676: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0880: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education | 2/7/2019 4/9/2019 |
SB0728 by Briggs
HB1159 by Ogles | Education - As introduced, allows the department of education to post its annual report on its website in lieu of distributing the report to certain persons and entities. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0728: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1159: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/20/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB0749 by Hensley
HB1249 by Byrd | Education - As introduced, specifies that the board of education's promulgated rules regarding training, licensure, and employment qualifications of attendance supervisors must be in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0749: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1249: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 4/1/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB0752 by Hensley
HB1247 by Byrd | Education - As introduced, deletes requirement that Wayne County and Pickett County be defined as distressed rural counties for purposes of being considered an eligible county authorized to select employees who may carry a concealed handgun on school property. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-816. | SB0752: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee HB1247: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 4/8/2019 2/20/2019 |
SB0753 by Hensley
HB1246 by Byrd | Education - As introduced, requires the department to release certain percentages of test questions and answers from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests and end-of-course examinations to LEAs and public schools. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0753: Failed in Senate Education Committee HB1246: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019 | 4/17/2019 4/24/2019 |
SB0760 by Yarbro
HB0253 by Freeman | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to provide students with characteristics of dyslexia appropriate tiered dyslexia-specific intervention through services provided by a teacher trained in dyslexia intervention; requires the department of education to employ at least one dyslexia specialist beginning with the 2019-2020 fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2. | SB0760: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0253: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education | 3/27/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB0764 by Yarbro
HB1425 by Rudder | Education - As enacted, increases from one to two the number of additional dual enrollment courses a student may take under a dual enrollment grant under certain circumstances; allows an eligible student to receive a dual enrollment grant for no more than 10 courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0764: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 482 HB1425: Effective date(s) 07/01/2020 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0772 by Yarbro
HB1034 by Shaw | Education - As introduced, requires commissioner, in collaboration with the commissioner of correction, to study the use of a shared data system to monitor individuals from their release from a correctional facility to employment and report their findings jointly to the state and local government committee of the senate and the state government committee of the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 71. | SB0772: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. HB1034: Def. to Study Calendar | 4/4/2019 3/12/2020 |
SB0773 by Yarbro
HB1310 by Shaw | Education - As introduced, changes from October 1 to October 31 of each year the date by which the department of labor and workforce development must provide data on the state's anticipated workforce needs and other information to the commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 8. | SB0773: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1310: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB0775 by Yarbro
HB0707 by Thompson | Education - As introduced, requires the board of regents, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, and the state university boards to create and approve a policy requiring public institutions of higher education to compensate adjunct professors at least $1,000 per credit hour taught. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0775: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0707: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee | 4/17/2019 4/18/2019 |
SB0776 by Yarbro
HB0959 by Camper | Education - As introduced, sets the BEP instructional salary unit cost for the 2019-2020 fiscal year at the statewide average licensed teacher salary. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5. | SB0776: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0959: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education | 4/10/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB0784 by Johnson
HB0928 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, revises the use of student growth data for purposes of a teacher's or principal's annual evaluation; deletes obsolete provisions regarding the use of student growth data; excludes, for the 2018-2019 and 2019-2020 school years, student growth evaluation composites generated by assessments administered in the 2017-2018 school year if the exclusion results in a higher evaluation score for the teacher. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-302. | SB0784: Effective date(s) 03/22/2019 HB0928: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 42 | 4/3/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB0790 by Johnson
HB0934 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, makes various changes to the state's special education laws; transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, control over the state's special schools. - Amends TCA Section 4-5-322; Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 50. | SB0790: Effective date(s) 04/11/2019 HB0934: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 107 | 4/15/2019 4/15/2019 |
SB0794 by Johnson
HB0938 by Lamberth | Education - As introduced, extends the initial student application period, from 30 days to 45 days, for all students zoned to attend, or who are currently enrolled in, a school that is eligible to be placed in the achievement school district to enroll in a charter school authorized by the achievement school district. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. | SB0794: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0938: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 2/7/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB0795 by Johnson
HB0939 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0795: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 506 HB0939: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0796 by Johnson
HB0940 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002; creates public charter school commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. | SB0796: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 219 HB0940: Effective date(s) 04/26/2019 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
SB0800 by Johnson
HB0944 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, establishes the Governor's Civics Seal to recognize public schools and local education agencies implementing high-quality civic education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10. | SB0800: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 330 HB0944: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB0801 by Johnson
HB0945 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, establishes the Agriculture Education and Youth Participation Task Force. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11. | SB0801: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 HB0945: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 361 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB0802 by Johnson
HB0946 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, requires an LEA to report to the department of education, for each year that the LEA receives an increase in state funding for instructional wages and salaries, how the increase was utilized by the LEA; requires the department of education to report the information to the BEP review committee; requires the BEP review committee to include the information in its annual report on the BEP. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-306. | SB0802: Effective date(s) 04/18/2019 HB0946: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 153 | 4/24/2019 4/24/2019 |
SB0803 by Johnson
HB0947 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, requires, instead of authorizes, the Tennessee school safety center to establish school safety grants to assist LEAs in funding programs that address school safety; revises other various provisions regarding school safety grants. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-1004 and Section 49-6-4302. | SB0803: Effective date(s) 04/18/2019 HB0947: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 154 | 4/24/2019 4/24/2019 |
SB0805 by Johnson
HB0949 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, enacts the Governor's Investment in Vocational Education Act; specifies that financial assistance received for all dual enrollment courses attempted after the fourth dual enrollment course reduces any subsequent award of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-930. | SB0805: Effective date(s) 07/01/2020 HB0949: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 203 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
SB0808 by Johnson
HB0952 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, the authority to accept and administer federal funds for the purpose of promoting public education; designates the department of education as the state board for career and technical education; grants the department of education the authority to administer annual appropriations made for career and technical education; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-202; Title 49, Chapter 11; Section 49-3-201; Section 49-3-302 and Section 49-3-318. | SB0808: Effective date(s) 04/25/2019 HB0952: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 204 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
SB0809 by Johnson
HB0953 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, requires an LEA to make certain interest inventories available to students in grades five through nine; requires an LEA to administer a career aptitude assessment to students in grades seven or eight. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-412. | SB0809: Effective date(s) 04/11/2019 HB0953: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 108 | 4/15/2019 4/15/2019 |
SB0818 by Akbari
HB0406 by Love | Education - As introduced, changes from July 1 to August 1 the date by which the department of education must submit its annual report on virtual education programs to the governor, the general assembly, the state board of education, and the BEP review committee. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0818: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0406: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/16/2020 2/6/2019 |
SB0819 by Akbari
HB0766 by Love | Education - As introduced, requires all school personnel to receive implicit bias in-service training annually; requires students desiring a license to teach to pass a course of implicit bias training. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0819: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0766: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB0820 by Akbari
HB0767 by Love | Education - As introduced, requires in-service training in restorative justice discipline practices for all employees of an LEA; requires the course of instruction in all public schools to include content designed to educate children on restorative justice discipline practices. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0820: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0767: Held on desk. | 3/16/2020 4/18/2019 |
SB0823 by Akbari
HB0379 by Lamar | Education - As enacted, requires TSAC to promulgate rules designating pregnancy as an approved medical leave of absence for purposes of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | SB0823: Effective date(s) 03/19/2020 HB0379: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 533 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
SB0831 by Akbari
HB0689 by Lamar | Education - As introduced, extends for a student who becomes pregnant during the four-month period immediately preceding the date on which the student completes high school in a Tennessee home school program, obtains a GED® or HiSET®, or graduates from high school, the time within which the student must be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible postsecondary institution to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. | SB0831: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0689: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee | 3/16/2020 4/17/2019 |
SB0832 by Akbari
HB0905 by Leatherwood | Education - As introduced, allows the LEA to provide a copy of a student's report card to the parent or parents of the student electronically. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0832: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0905: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/16/2020 2/7/2019 |
SB0833 by Akbari
HB0892 by Vaughan | Education - As introduced, changes from January 31 to January 15 the date by which the department of health must provide the governor's office, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives a report of the aggregate results of all BMI screenings performed in the previous calendar year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0833: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0892: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB0834 by Akbari
HB0893 by Vaughan | Education - As introduced, changes from two weeks to four weeks the time period following written notice to the affected board of education within which the commissioner of education may, upon due hearing, withhold and declare forfeited state school funds due any school district that refuses or neglects to comply with and enforce the census or compulsory school attendance laws. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0834: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0893: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/16/2020 2/7/2019 |
SB0835 by Akbari
HB0906 by Leatherwood | Education - As introduced, changes from within 48 hours to within 72 hours of the imposition of corporal punishment within the special school district the time period in which the pupil has the right to be examined by a physician to determine if the punishment was excessive. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0835: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0906: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/16/2020 2/7/2019 |
SB0836 by Akbari
HB1083 by White | Education - As enacted, revises the requirements for revocation of a public charter school's charter based on having been identified as a priority school. - Amends TCA Section 49-13-122. | SB0836: Effective date(s) 04/25/2019 HB1083: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 205 | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
SB0839 by Akbari
HB0358 by Cooper | Education - As introduced, requires the department to establish a pilot project for the 2019-2020 school year to implement ticket programs for behavior management in certain Title I schools. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0839: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0358: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education | 2/11/2019 3/6/2019 |
SB0840 by Akbari
HB0357 by Cooper | Education - As introduced, requires certain Title I public schools to implement an age-appropriate, reward-based behavior modification system that reinforces positive student behavior with awards and incentives that are tailored to each school's unique student population. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB0840: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0357: Withdrawn. | 2/11/2019 2/21/2019 |
SB0876 by Akbari
HB1048 by Johnson G | Education - As introduced, requires the department to publish on its website a report of all actions and procedures that have been implemented to ensure all data associated with existing assessments is accurate and timely. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0876: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1048: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 2/11/2019 4/2/2019 |
SB0883 by Akbari
HB1039 by Hakeem | Education - As introduced, changes from 10 days to 15 days following receipt of the audit report required by law to be made of the school funds of the LEA the time period within which each LEA must deliver a copy of the report to the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0883: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1039: Withdrawn. | 2/11/2019 4/1/2019 |
SB0894 by Niceley
HB1418 by Towns | Education - As introduced, creates Class A misdemeanor of inserting a radio frequency identification device into an individual without the consent of the individual; prohibits certain persons and entities from requiring an individual to have a radio frequency identification device attached to, or implanted into, the individual in order to engage in employment with the persons or entities, or to enter a school or a school's grounds. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 49 and Title 50. | SB0894: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee HB1418: Failed in s/c Criminal Justice Subcommittee of Judiciary | 2/11/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB0898 by Niceley
HB0678 by Terry | Education - As introduced, changes the due date, from February 1 each year to July 1 each year, of the commissioner of education's report to the governor and general assembly regarding the Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Act. - Amends TCA Section 8-36-205; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 42. | SB0898: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0678: Taken off notice for cal. in Education | 2/11/2019 4/10/2019 |
SB0909 by Southerland
HB0653 by Hawk | Education - As introduced, increases the number of BEP funded full-time public school nurse positions from one for every 3,000 students to one for every 700 students; increases the number of full-time public school nurses considered sufficient for the public school nurse program to adequately provide services from one nurse for every 3,000 students to one nurse for every 700 students. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 1, Part 12. | SB0909: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0653: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | 4/10/2019 3/27/2019 |
SB0917 by Southerland
HB0294 by Hawk | Education - As introduced, allows, subject to available appropriations, students to take the ACT WorkKeys® National Career Readiness Certificate examinations in lieu of retaking the postsecondary readiness examination required at grade 11. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-6001. | SB0917: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0294: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 3/6/2019 2/5/2019 |
SB0927 by Yarbro
HB1051 by Johnson G | Education - As introduced, changes, from November 1 to October 1, the date by which the BEP review committee must provide the annual report on the BEP to the governor, the state board of education, the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0927: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1051: action def. to 2020 | 4/10/2019 4/2/2019 |
SB0944 by Kyle
HB1438 by Stewart | Education - As introduced, prohibits the operation of a virtual school by an LEA after July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0944: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1438: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB0953 by Yarbro
HB1261 by Dixie | Education - As introduced, directs the department to establish a process by which the department will reimburse the parent of an economically disadvantaged student for fees and costs associated with taking one advanced placement examination that are not otherwise reimbursed, paid, or subsidized by any entity or program. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0953: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1261: Failed in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education | 4/3/2019 4/2/2019 |
SB0957 by Yarbro
HB0968 by Miller | Education - As introduced, enacts the Truth in Teacher Pay Act; requires the salary schedules approved by the state board of education to reflect certain increases to the instructional salaries and wages component of the BEP in the general appropriations act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0957: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0968: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB0976 by Yarbro
HB0886 by Dixie | Education - As enacted, clarifies that if, pursuant to current law, a local government appropriates nonrecurring funds for priority schools, evidenced by a written agreement with the LEA establishing the nonrecurring use of the funds, then such funds must be excluded from the maintenance of local funding requirement and from any apportionment requirement under the present law provisions governing the local tax levy for each year that the school is identified as a priority school plus one additional year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0976: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 439 HB0886: Effective date(s) 05/22/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB0977 by Kelsey
HB1199 by White | Education - As introduced, extends eligibility for receipt of Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grants to students who are attending certain independent postsecondary institutions and who are otherwise eligible for the grants. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | SB0977: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1199: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee | 4/10/2019 5/26/2020 |
SB0996 by Kelsey
HB0902 by Holt | Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner to include certain information for LEAs operating at least one high school on the commissioner's annual report, including the number of students that took a college entrance exam, the number of students that qualified for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship but did not attain the required score on the ACT or SAT, and the number of students that were not eligible to receive the Tennessee HOPE scholarship but that were eligible to receive the Tennessee promise scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB0996: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0902: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 2/7/2019 |
SB1021 by Yarbro
HB1100 by Parkinson | Education - As introduced, changes, from March 15 to March 1, the annual date before which the commission must publish the Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1021: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1100: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education | 4/10/2019 4/9/2019 |
SB1035 by Gardenhire
HB1276 by Holt | Education - As introduced, requires a local board of education that maintains an internet website and that establishes a program of school-based decision making that authorizes school personnel, including classroom teachers, to decide the school budget to post the adopted school budget on the board's website before the beginning of each school year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49. | SB1035: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1276: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 4/3/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB1040 by Roberts
HB0652 by Hawk | Education - As introduced, reduces from 10 to five days the time within which a change in a person designated to check a school bus must be submitted to the local education agency, along with the name, address, and telephone number of the new designee. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1040: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0652: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 2/7/2019 |
SB1042 by Yarbro
HB1314 by Windle | Education - As introduced, requires TSAC to award an amount representing the full cost per credit hour of a course taken at a community college in the state university and community college system for each of the first eight courses taken under a dual enrollment grant. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1042: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1314: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 2/13/2019 |
SB1046 by Kyle
HB1483 by Hardaway | Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to provide free feminine hygiene products in eligible public high schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | SB1046: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 484 HB1483: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB1054 by Lundberg
HB1325 by Hazlewood | Education - As introduced, changes from March 15 to March 1 the date by which the Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book must be published. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1054: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1325: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 4/1/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB1058 by Dickerson
HB1330 by Haston | Education - As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Community Schools Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 24. | SB1058: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 453 HB1330: Effective date(s) 06/14/2019 | 6/17/2019 6/17/2019 |
SB1059 by Dickerson
HB0700 by Leatherwood | Education - As introduced, requires the disclosure concerning transferability of credits that institutions authorized to operate by THEC must make to potential students to be in 18-point type rather than 16-point type. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | SB1059: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0700: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/25/2019 2/7/2019 |
SB1061 by Dickerson
HB1303 by Baum | Education - As enacted, requires the department of correction, in partnership with the Tennessee higher education commission and the board of regents, to develop and submit to the general assembly an annual report detailing the higher education opportunities available to eligible incarcerated individuals in this state. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41; Title 49 and Title 50. | SB1061: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 238 HB1303: Effective date(s) 04/30/2019 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
SB1098 by Dickerson
HB1275 by Holt | Education - As introduced, requires an LEA to allocate prorated daily per pupil state and local funding to an out-of-state residential mental health facility if a student of the LEA is admitted to the facility and certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1098: Withdrawn. HB1275: No Action Taken | 3/18/2019 3/18/2019 |
SB1109 by Dickerson
HB1204 by Mitchell | Education - As introduced, declares that a director of schools who is directly interested in any contract entered into by the director's local board of education, excluding the director's employment contract, commits a Class C misdemeanor and requires the local board of education to dismiss the director. - Amends TCA Title 12 and Title 49. | SB1109: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1204: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB1110 by Dickerson
HB1205 by Mitchell | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Director of Schools Transparency Act." - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. | SB1110: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1205: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB1135 by Swann
HB0776 by Ramsey | Education - As enacted, requires, rather than encourages, all public middle and elementary schools to place one or more automated external defibrillator (AED) devices within the school. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 4. | SB1135: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 HB0776: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 391 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB1139 by Swann
HB0993 by Moon | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs that maintain a website to provide information on training and professional development opportunities available to teachers evaluated using a growth portfolio model on the LEA's website. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1139: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0993: Taken off notice for cal. in Education | 4/17/2019 4/16/2019 |
SB1149 by Akbari
HB0255 by Freeman | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2019-2020 fiscal year, the number of instructional positions funded under the BEP to reflect the number of teachers a school district is required to employ to comply with maximum class size requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | SB1149: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0255: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1151 by Akbari
HB1339 by White | Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to develop a state plan for computer science in grades K-12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1151: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 454 HB1339: Effective date(s) 05/22/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB1153 by Akbari
HB1255 by Johnson G | Education - As introduced, prohibits local boards of education and school administrators from suspending students in pre-kindergarten through grade two from attending school as a form of discipline. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1153: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1255: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 2/13/2019 |
SB1180 by Kelsey
HB0985 by Hurt | Education - As introduced, changes from February 1 to March 1 the date by which the commissioner of education must annually report to the governor and the general assembly on implementation of and compliance with the Schools Against Violence in Education (SAVE) Act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1180: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0985: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB1187 by Kelsey
HB0769 by Moody | Education - As introduced, changes from October 31 to October 1 the date by which the departments of education and health are required to jointly compile an annual report to the governor and the general assembly of self-administered medications and healthcare procedures. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1187: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee HB0769: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/29/2019 | 4/30/2019 4/24/2019 |
SB1195 by White
HB0970 by Littleton | Education - As enacted, requires that the family life curriculum used in public schools include instruction on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child; requires each local board of education to require that each teacher employed by the board receive a one-time in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1195: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 HB0970: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 269 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
SB1196 by White
HB0671 by Daniel | Education - As introduced, increases the amount of time from 30 to 45 days prior to adoption of a district-wide and building-level school safety plan that the local education agency shall make the plan available for public comment. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | SB1196: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0671: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 2/7/2019 |
SB1197 by White
HB1194 by Wright | Education - As enacted, requires a board of education to allow a student who is the dependent child of a member of the United States armed forces and who does not reside within the boundaries of the school district to enroll in a public school within the school district under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1197: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 138 HB1194: Effective date(s) 04/09/2019 | 4/15/2019 4/15/2019 |
SB1203 by Crowe
HB0898 by Zachary | Education - As introduced, extends the time by which the fiscal review committee may comment on a proposed procurement contract from 40 business days to 45 business days. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 56; Title 12; Title 41, Chapter 22; and Title 49, Chapter 3. | SB1203: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee HB0898: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 4/2/2019 2/7/2019 |
SB1216 by Crowe
HB1352 by Hill M | Education - As introduced, requires that all school funds collected by a county for capital projects be apportioned among the LEAs in the county in proportion to each LEA on the basis of the weighted full-time equivalent average daily attendance. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-315. | SB1216: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1352: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB1229 by Bowling
HB1365 by Weaver | Education - As introduced, changes, from March 15 to March 1, the date by which TSAC must annually report research and data concerning the Tennessee promise scholarship program, including student success and scholarship retention, to the education committees of the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1229: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1365: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education | 4/10/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB1230 by Yarbro
HB1407 by Powell | Education - As introduced, changes, from February 1 to January 15, the date by which each governing board must provide a report to the office of legislative budget analysis with information regarding expenditures of revenues derived from any tuition and fees increase in the previous full academic year. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. | SB1230: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1407: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee | 3/16/2020 3/13/2019 |
SB1238 by Gresham
HB1158 by Ogles | Education - As enacted, authorizes LEAs to establish a threat assessment team for the purpose of developing comprehensive, intervention-based approaches to prevent violence, manage reports of potential threats, and create a system that fosters a safe, supportive, and effective school environment. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1238: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 HB1158: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 394 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB1239 by Gresham
HB0115 by Sparks | Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller to conduct a study on the average cost of attendance for an undergraduate program at a public institution of higher education, including the cost of textbooks, and to report its findings to the education committees of the general assembly by February 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1239: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0115: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee | 4/10/2019 4/4/2019 |
SB1240 by Gresham
HB0638 by Coley | Education - As introduced, requires each governing board of a state institution of higher education to perform a cost-benefit analysis for each institution under the governing board's authority; requires each governing board to report the results of each cost-benefit analysis performed to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives by October 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | SB1240: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0638: Def. to Summer Study in Higher Education Subcommittee | 4/10/2019 4/9/2019 |
SB1241 by Gresham
HB0737 by Moody | Education - As enacted, authorizes the state board to extend the six-year period required for the standards review and development committees and advisory teams to review the standards for English language arts and mathematics one time for a period not to exceed three years. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3. | SB1241: Effective date(s) 04/30/2019 HB0737: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 270 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
SB1242 by Gresham
HB0808 by Kumar | Education - As introduced, requires an LEA that designates its employees as classified, certified, or any other designation, to assign school nurses employed by the LEA the same designation as assigned to teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1242: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0808: Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee | 4/10/2019 4/17/2019 |
SB1243 by Gresham
HB1016 by Weaver | Education - As enacted, requires students to pass a civics test to receive a full diploma upon graduation from high school; revises and enacts other provisions relating to civics test. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1243: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 442 HB1016: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB1244 by Gresham
HB1392 by Cepicky | Education - As enacted, includes schools that meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Association of Classical and Christian Schools to schools considered "church-related" schools; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 8. | SB1244: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 456 HB1392: Effective date(s) 05/22/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB1245 by Gresham
HB0114 by Sparks | Education - As introduced, extends, from 30 days to 45 days, the time period after a board of education meeting, or from the time a copy of the board's meeting minutes are mailed or provided to board members, that the board must prepare, or have prepared, and mail a copy of the board's minutes to the president of each local education association. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1245: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0114: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 1/28/2019 |
SB1246 by Gresham
HB1144 by Ragan | Education - As introduced, requires the best practices clearinghouse to present a report of its work to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives by January 31 each year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1246: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1144: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB1247 by Gresham
HB1008 by White | Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a transition plan for the purpose of planning the return, no earlier than the 2024-2025 school year, of schools in the ASD to the LEAs from which the schools were removed; requires the commissioner to submit the plan to the education committees of the senate and house by January 1, 2021; clarifies that a school that has been placed in the ASD must remain in the ASD until the school is authorized to return to its LEA according to the transition plan. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1247: Effective date(s) 07/15/2020 HB1008: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 777 | 7/22/2020 7/22/2020 |
SB1248 by Gresham
HB1192 by Smith | Education - As enacted, requires the department of education and public schools to commemorate the centennial of women's suffrage and recognize the Tennesseans who were instrumental in securing all women the right to vote for the purpose of educating students about the ratification of the nineteenth amendment to the United States Constitution on August 18, 1920, and to educate students on the state of Tennessee's fundamental role in guaranteeing all women the right to vote. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1028. | SB1248: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 450 HB1192: Effective date(s) 05/22/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB1249 by Gresham
HB0243 by Dunn | Education - As introduced, requires the commission to develop and implement a quality assurance funding program that will allow institutions of higher education to earn a percentage of funds, in addition to the institution's outcomes-based funding formula model recommendation, that is based on the quality of programs and student success beyond graduation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | SB1249: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0243: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee | 2/11/2019 5/26/2020 |
SB1250 by Gresham
HB0600 by White | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs and state institutions of higher education to use certain definitions and examples of anti-Semitism when reviewing, investigating, or determining whether there has been a violation of certain education policies prohibiting discrimination based on Jewish ancestry or ethnic characteristics. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1250: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB0600: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1251 by Gresham
HB0788 by Dunn | Education - As enacted, makes various changes to state education laws; revises certain duties of the commissioner of education; transfers certain duties from the department of education to local boards of education; transfers certain duties from the state board of education to local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1251: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 248 HB0788: Effective date(s) 05/02/2019 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
SB1259 by Gresham
HB0740 by White | Education - As enacted, replaces the department of economic and community development with the Tennessee higher education commission as the state agency charged with administering grants related to work-based learning programs; revises related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 50. | SB1259: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 468 HB0740: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB1260 by Gresham
HB0736 by Lafferty | Education - As enacted, authorizes a local education agency (LEA) to: provide career-based experiences to the LEA's high school students; allow the students to participate in any available career-based experiences; and establish partnerships with industry and local businesses to provide career-based experiences to such students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1260: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 527 HB0736: Effective date(s) 03/06/2020 | 3/16/2020 3/16/2020 |
SB1261 by Gresham
HB0399 by Parkinson | Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education and charter school governing body to adopt a comprehensive code of conduct for each school under the authority of the board or governing body that describes the types of behavior expected from all persons entering on school grounds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1261: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0399: Taken off notice for cal. in Education | 4/17/2019 4/10/2019 |
SB1267 by Pody
HB1394 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to provide LEAs with access to their students' TCAP and end-of-course assessment items and the students' answers within 60 days following the administration of the assessments; requires an LEA to provide each teacher with access to the teacher's students' assessment information within 90 days following the administration of the assessments; requires that the provided information include all questions posed to students. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1267: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1394: Withdrawn. | 1/29/2020 1/30/2020 |
SB1281 by Pody
HB1346 by Hall | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to furnish a student's report card in an electronic format to the parent or parents of the student if prior consent is given by the parent or parents. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1281: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1346: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB1283 by Pody
HB1316 by Windle | Education - As introduced, deletes from code a study on the economic feasibility of creating and utilizing a statewide comprehensive energy policy, the final report of which was due by December 15, 2014. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1283: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1316: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB1285 by Pody
HB0916 by Keisling | Education - As introduced, requires the board to promulgate rules to allow a public school system to meet the 180 days of classroom instruction required for each school term by providing a minimum number of instructional hours per school year. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3004. | SB1285: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0916: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB1301 by Pody
HB1176 by Weaver | Education - As introduced, removes requirement that an off-duty law enforcement officer notify principal or other administrative staff person if the off-duty officer will be present on school grounds or inside school building during regular school hours and in possession of a firearm. - Amends TCA Section 39-17-1309 and Section 39-17-1350. | SB1301: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Judiciary Committee HB1176: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. | 4/23/2019 3/27/2019 |
SB1307 by Pody
HB1180 by Boyd | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to use the ACT or ACT Aspire suites of assessments, instead of state-mandated assessments, to test students in grades nine-12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1307: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1180: No Action Taken | 2/11/2019 3/19/2019 |
SB1326 by Bowling
HB1320 by Eldridge | Education - As enacted, clarifies that a child must have been "adjudicated delinquent" of specified offenses in order for the requirements that a child's school receive notification and that parents, guardians, and legal custodians notify a school principal, or a principal's designee. - Amends TCA Section 37-1-131(a)(2)(B) and Section 49-6-3051(b). | SB1326: Effective date(s) 05/08/2019 HB1320: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 313 | 5/13/2019 5/13/2019 |
SB1334 by Southerland
HB1373 by Sexton J | Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to provide a list identifying each LEA that has developed a Bible course curriculum approved by the department no later than March 1 of each year to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49. | SB1334: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1373: Returned to the Clerk's Desk. | 2/11/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB1359 by Yager
HB0917 by Keisling | Education - As enacted, creates the Class A misdemeanor and Class E felony offenses of withdrawing, transferring, or altering a child's school enrollment with intent to hinder an active child abuse or child neglect investigation. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 39 and Title 49. | SB1359: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 HB0917: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 398 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB1362 by Yager
HB0512 by Curcio | Education - As introduced, deletes provisions declaring incarcerated persons to be categorically ineligible for financial assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | SB1362: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0512: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee | 2/25/2020 2/11/2019 |
SB1373 by Yager
HB0307 by Powers | Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing released time courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1373: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 HB0307: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 272 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
SB1379 by Yager
HB0745 by Powers | Education - As enacted, increases, from $600 to $1,000, the amount of a Tennessee middle college scholarship awarded each semester to an eligible student for full-time attendance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. | SB1379: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 469 HB0745: Effective date(s) 05/24/2019 | 5/29/2019 5/29/2019 |
SB1380 by Yager
HB0742 by Powers | Education - As introduced, requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to award $500 for each of the first four dual enrollment courses taken with a dual enrollment grant; authorizes TSAC to determine the amount of the award per credit hour for the fifth through eighth dual enrollment courses taken with a dual enrollment grant. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1380: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0742: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee | 2/11/2019 5/26/2020 |
SB1398 by Bell
HB1374 by Sexton J | Education - As enacted, requires LEAs to provide students and parents of students enrolled in grades 9-12 with certain information regarding college and career experiences. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1398: Effective date(s) 07/01/2019 HB1374: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 274 | 5/9/2019 5/9/2019 |
SB1399 by Bell
HB1380 by Williams | Education - As introduced, requires that the commissioner of education's annual report to the governor on the receipts and disbursements of public school funds, condition of public schools, and recommendations for improvement be submitted by September 1 each year. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49. | SB1399: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1380: Taken off notice for cal. in Education | 4/10/2019 4/10/2019 |
SB1425 by Akbari
HB1405 by Parkinson | Education - As introduced, adds HiSET® to the courses a minor student may be enrolled and making satisfactory academic progress in to obtain a driver license or instruction permit to operate a motor vehicle from the department of safety. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1425: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1405: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 2/13/2019 |
SB1427 by Akbari
HB1353 by Cochran | Education - As introduced, removes the presumption of a student's intent to violate the School Security Act of 1981 by possessing an electronic pager on school property. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1427: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1353: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 2/11/2019 |
SB1448 by Bailey
HB0245 by Sherrell | Education - As introduced, establishes the board as the regulating authority for all athletic events for cross country, football, soccer, volleyball, golf, basketball, bowling, wrestling, baseball, softball, tennis, and track events for public schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1448: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB0245: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 4/10/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB1449 by Bailey
HB0351 by Coley | Education - As introduced, specifies that the annual report detailing a local education agency's use of corporal punishment must be sent to the department of education at the completion of a school year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1449: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB0351: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/11/2019 2/4/2019 |
SB1450 by Bailey
HB0826 by Sherrell | Education - As introduced, requires the closure of all county and municipal school systems and special school districts on Veterans' Day. - Amends TCA Title 15 and Title 49. | SB1450: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate State & Local Government Committee HB0826: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 3/20/2019 1/14/2020 |
SB1452 by Bailey
HB1383 by Williams | Education - As introduced, requires each LEA to conduct, within one month of commencing the 2019-2020 school year, a survey of the LEA's students to ascertain the proportion of students with internet access at home and to report the results of the survey to the department of education no later than November 1, 2019; requires the department of education to report the survey results to the governor and to education committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than December 15, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1452: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1383: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education | 4/10/2019 4/3/2019 |
SB1453 by Bailey
HB1381 by Williams | Education - As introduced, requires TSAC to report for each academic year, beginning with the 2017-2018 academic year, the number of students eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship for achieving at least a 3.0 GPA, for attaining a composite ACT score of at least 21 or a concordant equivalent score on the SAT, and the number of students achieving both, to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives, and to the public on its website, by October 15 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. | SB1453: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1381: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education | 4/10/2019 4/9/2019 |
SB1499 by Hensley
HB1274 by Holt | Education - As introduced, expands the attorney general and reporter's duties to include representation of an LEA or certain LEA employees in a court or administrative tribunal arising out of the adoption of a policy requiring students, faculty, and staff to utilize the restroom, locker room, or other facility that corresponds to that individual's biological sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 6. | SB1499: Companion House Bill substituted HB1274: Re-refer to Senate State & Local Govt. Comm. | 5/1/2019 5/1/2019 |
SB1501 by Hensley
HB1393 by Weaver | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to use the ACT or ACT Aspire suites of assessments, instead of state-mandated assessments, to test students in grades nine-12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1501: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1393: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 2/11/2019 2/13/2019 |
SB1503 by Hensley
HB1391 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, requires that only 5 percent of the evaluation criteria used to evaluate all teachers and principals be comprised of student achievement data based on student growth generated by assessments administered to students enrolled in an English as a second language (ESL) program with limited English proficiency. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1503: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1391: Withdrawn. | 2/11/2019 3/21/2019 |
SB1530 by Rose
HB1524 by Moody | Education - As enacted, enacts "Michelle's Law," which extends a 25 percent discount on the tuition to any state institution of higher education to every child under 24 years of age whose parent died while employed as a full-time certified teacher in a public school in Tennessee or as a full-time technology coordinator in an LEA in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49, Chapter 7. | SB1530: Effective date(s) 05/10/2019 HB1524: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 402 | 5/15/2019 5/15/2019 |
SB1558 by Gardenhire
HB2130 by Crawford | Education - As introduced, declares an act of the general assembly enacted after January 1, 2020, that mandates a discount or waiver of the tuition or fees charged at public institutions of higher education unenforceable against an institution affected by the act unless the general assembly annually appropriates a sum sufficient to fully fund the discount or waiver program at the institution; requires each public institution of higher education to report certain information concerning discount and waiver programs. - Amends TCA Title 8 and Title 49. | SB1558: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2130: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB1565 by Hensley
HB1554 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, allows an LEA to choose to administer TCAP tests to its students in a paper format beginning with the 2020-2021 school year if the commissioner authorizes TCAP tests to be administered in a computerized format; requires the department to provide TCAP test materials in a paper format to LEAs choosing to administer TCAP tests in a paper format. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Chapter 475 of the Public Acts of 2019. | SB1565: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1554: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 6/3/2020 3/12/2020 |
SB1604 by Briggs
HB1559 by Zachary | Education - As introduced, requires each LEA and public charter school to provide age-appropriate instruction to public school students in kindergarten through grade 12 on the events of September 11, 2001, annually on September 11. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1604: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1559: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 3/16/2020 2/27/2020 |
SB1637 by Yager
HB2407 by Ragan | Education - As enacted, permits a student whose IEP or section 504 plan allows for testing accommodations to use the same testing accommodations while taking an assessment under the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the accommodation does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1637: Effective date(s) 03/20/2020 HB2407: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 601 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
SB1641 by Massey
HB1561 by Zachary | Education - As enacted, prohibits a public institution of higher education from requiring a student to submit a high school transcript or GED certificate as part of the institution's admission process if the student has completed an associate degree at a regionally accredited institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. | SB1641: Effective date(s) 03/06/2020 HB1561: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 523 | 3/16/2020 3/16/2020 |
SB1644 by Kyle
HB1587 by Clemmons | Education - As introduced, authorizes LEAs to develop and implement a "Stop the Bleed" program that provides limited civil immunity to LEAs, schools, and LEA employees for personal injuries resulting from the use of items in a bleeding control kit; establishes requirements for the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1644: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB1587: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 2/25/2020 3/9/2020 |
SB1647 by Roberts
HB1725 by Daniel | Education - As enacted, extends the advisory council for the education of students with disabilities to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 10. | SB1647: Effective date(s) 03/19/2020 HB1725: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 537 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
SB1670 by Roberts
HB1748 by Daniel | Education - As enacted, extends the dyslexia advisory council to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2. | SB1670: Effective date(s) 03/19/2020 HB1748: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 544 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
SB1676 by Roberts
HB1754 by Daniel | Education - As enacted, extends the local education insurance committee to June 30, 2026. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 3. | SB1676: Effective date(s) 03/25/2020 HB1754: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 615 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
SB1689 by Roberts
HB1767 by Daniel | Education - As enacted, extends the Southern Regional Education Compact to June 30, 2027. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 12. | SB1689: Effective date(s) 03/19/2020 HB1767: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 555 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
SB1719 by Robinson
HB1711 by Parkinson | Education - As introduced, exempts an LEA from having to assign a student who has been suspended for 10 days or less or expelled for a zero tolerance offense to an alternative school; removes references to "alternative programs"; outlines factors for an LEA's director of schools to consider in determining whether an LEA has space and staff available for alternative school assignments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1719: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1711: Withdrawn. | 1/23/2020 2/5/2020 |
SB1728 by Briggs
HB1664 by Hodges | Education - As introduced, establishes the grading scale that must be used to assign letter grades to students enrolled in grades nine through 12 for purposes of reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance; specifies that the state board or an LEA may develop a grading system for purposes other than reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1728: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1664: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/15/2020 | 3/16/2020 6/10/2020 |
SB1735 by Hensley
HB1687 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, requires the board to abolish all academic standards for science and social studies for students in kindergarten through grade two; allows the subjects of science and social studies to be incorporated into the curriculum aligned with the academic standards for English language arts for students in kindergarten through grade two. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1. | SB1735: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1687: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 6/3/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB1736 by Hensley
HB1689 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, prohibits a student from participating in a single-sex interscholastic sport or athletic event provided by the student's public school unless the student verifies with the public school that the student is of the respective sex. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1736: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1689: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 6/3/2020 6/8/2020 |
SB1737 by Hensley
HB1686 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, specifies that, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, in order to teach kindergarten through grade three, a teacher must have received an evaluation demonstrating an overall performance effectiveness level of "above expectations" or "significantly above expectations" on the most recent teacher evaluation conducted pursuant to § 49-1-302(d); provides exceptions in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1737: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB1686: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 3/4/2020 1/27/2020 |
SB1738 by Hensley
HB1691 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, changes, from August 15 to June 1, the date on which a child must be five years of age to enroll in kindergarten; changes, from September 30 to July 31, the date on which a child determined by the director of schools to be sufficiently mature must be five years of age to enroll in kindergarten. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1738: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1691: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 6/3/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB1739 by Hensley
HB1688 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, deletes requirement for LEAs to provide a physical education class taught by a licensed teacher with an endorsement in physical education or by a specialist in physical education; deletes reporting requirements; requires each LEA to integrate at least two 25- minute periods of physical activity into each school day. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1739: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1688: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 6/3/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB1740 by Hensley
HB1692 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, requires a student in any grade kindergarten through three to attend summer school if the student's teacher determines that the student is not academically prepared to advance to the next grade level and that grade retention may benefit the student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1740: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1692: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB1755 by Haile
HB1671 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, revises provisions governing the assigning of a student to an alternative school or alternative program. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1755: Effective date(s) 03/20/2020 HB1671: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 603 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
SB1760 by Reeves
by | Education - As introduced, encourages local boards of education to develop partnerships with nonprofit youth leadership and development organizations in their community to permit the use of school buildings and school property at a reduced fee or at no cost to the nonprofit organization. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2. | Withdrawn. | 2/3/2020 |
SB1767 by Kelsey
HB1710 by Parkinson | Education - As introduced, creates a student athlete graduation grant fund to provide a source of funding for one-time payments to eligible student athletes who graduate from public four-year postsecondary institutions located in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1767: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1710: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1785 by Kyle
HB2030 by Love | Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability to conduct a study of before and after school programs available to K-12 students in this state and issue a report to the speaker and education committee of each chamber by February 1, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1785: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB2030: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/26/2020 2/4/2020 |
SB1787 by Kyle
HB1550 by Mitchell | Education - As introduced, deletes the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1787: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1550: Failed for lack of second in: Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 6/3/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1790 by Powers
HB1835 by Johnson C | Education - As enacted, permits the commissioner to grant an LEA a waiver of average class size limits to assist the LEA with funding a grow your own program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1790: Effective date(s) 07/01/2020 HB1835: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 587 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
SB1815 by Hensley
HB1833 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, limits the number of Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests administered to students in grades three through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1815: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1833: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1816 by Hensley
HB1679 by Haston | Education - As introduced, requires the department to annually compile a list of courses that may be substituted for certain high school course requirements; requires the department, by April 15 of each year, to distribute the list to each LEA and public charter high school and to the Tennessee higher education commission for distribution to high school counselors and to public institutions of higher education in this state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1816: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1679: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 6/3/2020 2/24/2020 |
SB1822 by Robinson
HB1648 by Shaw | Education - As introduced, requires LEAs to provide opportunity for enrollment in a pre-kindergarten program to all children who are four years of age by September 30 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 49. | SB1822: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1648: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 1/29/2020 3/3/2020 |
SB1837 by Akbari
HB2035 by Love | Education - As introduced, requires county election commissions to conduct a supplemental registration at public and private high schools once each fall and spring semester; authorizes county election commissions to designate teachers as deputies for the purposes of in-person registration at supplemental registrations. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49. | SB1837: Action deferred in Senate State & Local Government Committee HB2035: Failed in s/c Elections & Campaign Finance Subcommittee of Local Committee | 3/17/2020 3/11/2020 |
SB1838 by Akbari
by | Education - As introduced, revises evaluation systems for teachers and other licensed school personnel; enacts a continuing contract law in lieu of the current tenure system. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Withdrawn. | 1/27/2020 |
SB1842 by Akbari
by | Education - As introduced, requires the department of education to make annual financial reports from each public charter school available to the public by posting the reports to the department's website; requires public charter schools to provide information on all funds received by the public charter school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. | Withdrawn. | 1/28/2020 |
SB1880 by Yarbro
HB2748 by Miller | Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education and governing body of a charter school to post its policy governing background check procedures for contract workers and volunteers to the local board's or governing body's website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1880: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2748: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1881 by Watson
HB1999 by Lynn | Education - As enacted, allows, instead of requires, the investment of the chairs of excellence endowment trust funds in accordance with TCRS policies and guidelines. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-501. | SB1881: Effective date(s) 06/01/2020 HB1999: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 687 | 7/2/2020 7/2/2020 |
SB1886 by Massey
HB1935 by Dunn | Education - As enacted, authorizes an LEA's local board of education to locate the board's administrative offices within a building owned by the United States government, or an agency or instrumentality of the United States government, pursuant to a lease or easement authorized by the United States government. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2. | SB1886: Effective date(s) 03/25/2020 HB1935: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 618 | 3/26/2020 3/26/2020 |
SB1897 by Robinson
by | Education - As introduced, exempts an LEA from having to assign a student to alternative school if the student is suspended for 10 days or less. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 1/30/2020 |
SB1908 by Yarbro
by | Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education to adopt a policy that ensures uniform administration of unpaid meal charges in LEAs and guarantees that students are not prevented from receiving nutritious meals because of an unpaid meal charge. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | Withdrawn. | 2/12/2020 |
SB1916 by Yarbro
HB2026 by Johnson G | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the BEP formula to fund at least one full-time school nurse position and one full-time school counselor position for each school in an LEA; increases, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the number of regular education teaching positions funded through the BEP. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | SB1916: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2026: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1917 by Yarbro
HB2025 by Johnson G | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, that the BEP fund one full-time teaching positions for every 20 average daily membership in grades kindergarten-12. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1917: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2025: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1922 by Yager
HB2773 by Moody | Education - As introduced, creates the task force on the equitable and adequate funding of education services for special needs populations to examine the state's funding mechanism and the levels of financial support for providers of education services. - Amends TCA Title 33; Title 34; Title 37 and Title 49. | SB1922: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee HB2773: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 1/30/2020 2/11/2020 |
SB1937 by Jackson
HB2722 by Grills | Education - As introduced, revises and consolidates provisions relating to school safety drills. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | SB1937: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2722: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 3/10/2020 |
SB1946 by Hensley
HB1826 by Haston | Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students; requires the department to make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1946: Effective date(s) 03/10/2020 HB1826: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 532 | 3/16/2020 3/16/2020 |
SB1947 by Hensley
HB1966 by Haston | Education - As introduced, creates the rural at-risk pre-kindergarten fund to provide an additional source of funding for local education agencies operating an approved voluntary pre-kindergarten program in a distressed rural county or in an at-risk county that demonstrate a need for additional seats in the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1. | SB1947: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1966: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 6/3/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB1953 by Haile
HB1936 by Dunn | Education - As introduced, declares it is the intent of the general assembly that the department of education annually receive sufficient funds to procure, implement, and make available to local education agencies at no cost, a statewide career aptitude assessment program; encourages guidance counselors to use the results of career aptitude assessments to discuss potential career opportunities and aligned educational pathways with students. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-412. | SB1953: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1936: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1965 by Crowe
HB1795 by Holsclaw | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA to remove a student from the regular school program without assigning the student to an alternative school or alternative program if the student was suspended or expelled for certain offenses that may threaten the safety of persons attending or assigned to the regular school program and the alternative school or alternative program is located on the same grounds as the regular school program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB1965: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1795: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB1971 by Gresham
by | Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to notify each LEA when the office of research and education accountability publishes a report germane to K-12 education. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/3/2020 |
SB1972 by Gresham
HB2473 by White | Education - As introduced, revises bidding procedures for an LEA that does not follow the local governing body’s procedures to require 10 business days’ notice prior to the acceptance of bids for construction of, or additions to, buildings in excess of $10,000, instead of 10 days’ notice. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1972: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2473: Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 2/3/2020 3/11/2020 |
SB1974 by Gresham
HB2470 by Dunn | Education - As enacted, creates a nine-member Tennessee commission on education recovery and innovation to examine the short and long-term systemic effects that the COVID-19 pandemic and natural disasters of 2020 have had on the state's educational systems. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. | SB1974: Effective date(s) 07/15/2020 HB2470: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 792 | 7/22/2020 7/22/2020 |
SB1982 by Stevens
HB2460 by White | Education - As introduced, directs the department of labor and workforce development to establish a three-year pilot program to assist adults 19 years of age or older with obtaining a high school diploma. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB1982: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 HB2460: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | 2/26/2020 6/3/2020 |
SB2025 by Akbari
HB1954 by Lamar | Education - As introduced, prohibits a public school, public charter school, LEA, local board of education, or charter school governing body from requiring a teacher to be on duty more than one hour per week outside of the required workday established by the local board of education or charter school governing body, except in the event of extraordinary circumstances, as identified by the principal. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2025: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1954: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 2/6/2020 3/10/2020 |
SB2027 by Akbari
HB1971 by Cooper | Education - As introduced, requires a school or LEA to issue required textbooks to all students; requires the director of schools to certify to the commissioner of education by October 15 of each year that all students have been issued all required textbooks. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2027: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1971: Failed in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee | 2/6/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2028 by Akbari
HB2031 by Love | Education - As introduced, deletes the school improvement fund created in the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program to disburse school improvement grants to certain LEAs; creates a teacher salaries fund to disburse annual grants to LEAs with students participating in the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program to be used for teacher salaries. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2028: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2031: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 2/6/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2031 by Rose
HB2107 by White | Education - As introduced, adds William R. Moore College of Technology as an eligible institution for receipt of the Tennessee reconnect and dual enrollment grants. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. | SB2031: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2107: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2035 by Hensley
HB2002 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, outlines workload considerations for the state board of education when establishing the maximum class size and caseload standards for instructional personnel and teachers having primary responsibility for a student's individualized education program (IEP) or a classroom that includes students with disabilities or students eligible for special education services; establishes workload calculations for purposes of an LEA's request for a waiver from mandatory maximum class sizes, average class sizes, or caseload standards. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2035: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2002: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2037 by Hensley
HB2534 by Doggett | Education - As introduced, requires the state board to develop and adopt guidelines and criteria for the annual evaluation of local education agency officials who possess a license or certificate provided by the state board. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2037: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB2534: Withdrawn. | 3/6/2020 2/27/2020 |
SB2041 by Gilmore
HB2082 by Powell | Education - As introduced, allows a county, municipality, or school board to require a contractor to bond their subcontractor in order to ensure contractors of the subcontractor receive fair compensation for work completed. - Amends TCA Title 12; Title 50, Chapter 2 and Title 62, Chapter 6. | SB2041: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Commerce and Labor Committee HB2082: Assigned to s/c Business Subcommittee | 2/6/2020 2/5/2020 |
SB2057 by Niceley
HB2011 by Hill T | Education - As introduced, decreases from 30 to 20 the number of days in which a local board of education must provide a copy of the minutes from each meeting of the board to the president of the local education association. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 44; Title 10, Chapter 7 and Title 49. | SB2057: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2011: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 2/6/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2063 by White
HB2021 by Terry | Education - As introduced, changes, from November 1 to November 15, the date by which the BEP review committee must provide its annual report on the BEP. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2063: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2021: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2077 by Pody
HB1572 by Griffey | Education - As introduced, requires elementary and secondary schools that receive public funding to ensure that student athletes participate in school-sanctioned sports based on the student's biological sex as indicated on certificate issued at time of birth; provides for the cessation and restoration of the school's public funding; establishes a civil penalty of not more than $10,000; requires a public official to vacate the official's office for taking certain actions contrary to the intent of the law. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2077: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1572: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 2/6/2020 6/3/2020 |
SB2089 by Haile
HB2135 by Smith | Education - As introduced, changes, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the counties within which each LEA must implement a program of family life education from counties with a pregnancy rate of 19.5 pregnancies for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 17 to counties with a pregnancy rate of 19.5 pregnancies for every 1,000 females ages 15 to 19; prohibits persons present on school property from making abortion referrals or from otherwise advocating or encouraging abortion. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2089: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. HB2135: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2105 by Pody
HB2416 by Ragan | Education - As introduced, prohibits the use of semester hours attempted in ROTC courses to calculate a terminating event for a HOPE scholarship; prohibits use of grades received in ROTC courses to calculate an ROTC student's grade point average for purposes of the HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. | SB2105: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB2416: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee | 3/4/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2160 by Johnson
HB2229 by Lamberth | Education - As introduced, establishes various requirements relating to literacy instruction provided to students in any of the grades kindergarten through two; establishes methods of evaluating the reading proficiency of students in any of the grades kindergarten through three; establishes requirements relating to literacy instruction provided to teaching candidates; establishes various studies and review processes relating to the state's accountability model and the licensure process for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2160: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB2229: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/15/2020 | 6/3/2020 6/10/2020 |
SB2180 by Niceley
HB2869 by Coley | Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to admit students from outside their respective school systems if the LEA to which the student is transferring has the available space; requires local boards of education to arrange for the transfer of students residing in their district to schools located outside of their district. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2180: Re-refer to Senate Cal. Comm. HB2869: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2200 by Johnson
HB2267 by Lamberth | Education - As introduced, requires the department of education, in coordination with the department of mental health and substance abuse services, to submit a report to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives regarding state-funded mental and behavioral health services available to elementary and secondary school students on or before December 31 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 16; Title 33 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2200: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2267: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2205 by Niceley
by | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Local School District Empowerment Act," which creates a pilot program for reestablishment of the office of elected school superintendent; requires the department of education to study the pilot program procedures for reestablishment of the office; adjusts duties of local boards of education in systems in which the office of elected school superintendent is reestablished. - Amends TCA Title 49. | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 |
SB2214 by Bowling
HB2425 by Coley | Education - As introduced, allows 50 percent of a teacher's annual evaluation criteria to be comprised of other measures of student achievement if excluding student growth evaluation composites generated by assessments administered in the 2020-2021 school year or in any school year thereafter results in a higher evaluation score for the teacher. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2214: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB2425: Def. to Summer Study in Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee | 6/3/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2218 by Southerland
HB2504 by Hawk | Education - As introduced, creates a fund to assist LEAs in complying with the ready graduate indicator in the school and district accountability models. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2218: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2504: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2231 by Haile
HB2880 by Weaver | Education - As introduced, establishes $500 as the minimum fine for a person's unlawful trespass onto a school bus or other school premises; makes it an unlawful trespass for certain persons to enter onto a school bus without first obtaining authorization to do so from the bus driver; authorizes an LEA or public charter school to post on its respective school buses notice of a potential trespass violation if a person enters onto the school bus without first obtaining authorization to do so from the bus driver. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13, Part 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2231: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2880: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee | 3/16/2020 6/11/2020 |
SB2234 by Yager
HB2386 by Calfee | Education - As introduced, allows county or city school districts to reestablish the office of elected school superintendent and outlines the qualifications of an elected superintendent. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2234: Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee HB2386: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/4/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2249 by Robinson
HB2755 by DeBerry | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the BEP to fund one full-time public school nurse position for each school in an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | SB2249: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2755: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2252 by Hensley
HB2134 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Teacher's Discipline Act"; establishes a disciplinary process for students who have been removed from the classroom by the teacher. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2252: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB2134: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 6/3/2020 6/8/2020 |
SB2262 by Gresham
HB1975 by Moody | Education - As enacted, adds offenses to the list of offenses for which, upon conviction, the state board of education automatically revokes a teacher's or administrator's license. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-417. | SB2262: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 629 HB1975: Effective date(s) 07/01/2020 | 4/6/2020 4/6/2020 |
SB2283 by Hensley
HB1623 by Ragan | Education - As introduced, requires the comptroller of the treasury to conduct a performance audit of the department's office for civil rights every two years; requires the department to promulgate rules to assist the office for civil rights with effectuating the office's duty to ensure that the department and programs that receive funding from the department comply with federal civil rights laws. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. | SB2283: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1623: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee | 6/3/2020 6/11/2020 |
SB2315 by Haile
HB2399 by Haston | Education - As introduced, requires the Tennessee financial literacy commission's annual report on its activities to be filed with the office of research and education accountability, in addition to the general assembly. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2315: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2399: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/10/2020 2/6/2020 |
SB2327 by Kyle
HB2354 by Clemmons | Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to provide the revised BEP funding formula to the fiscal review committee, in addition to the legislature's budget analysis office, no later than January 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 3; Title 4; Title 8; Title 37 and Title 49. | SB2327: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2354: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/10/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2337 by Gresham
HB1934 by Dunn | Education - As introduced, requires the commissioner to obtain approval from the state board of education for any changes to the performance goals and measures for schools and LEAs; requires the department and the state board to seek input from stakeholders regarding proposed changes to performance goals and measures for schools and LEAs; authorizes the state board to promulgate rules to effectuate this bill. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1. | SB2337: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1934: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 3/16/2020 6/11/2020 |
SB2338 by Gresham
HB2501 by Hawk | Education - As introduced, adds keyboarding to the list of classes in which class size limits may be exceeded, provided that the instructional program is not impaired. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2338: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2501: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/10/2020 2/11/2020 |
SB2342 by Gresham
HB1827 by Haston | Education - As enacted, revises various provisions regarding textbooks and instructional materials and the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22. | SB2342: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 770 HB1827: Effective date(s) 07/15/2020, 08/01/2020 | 7/22/2020 7/22/2020 |
SB2343 by Gresham
HB1993 by Dunn | Education - As introduced, requires each LEA to have an open enrollment period in which a parent or guardian of a student may seek to transfer the parent's or guardian's student to a school in the LEA that the student is not zoned to attend. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2343: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1993: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee | 3/16/2020 2/26/2020 |
SB2344 by Gresham
HB2105 by White | Education - As enacted, revises a provision relating to the level and intended recipients of occupational training and technical education provided by state colleges of applied technology; deletes provisions relating to the creation of certain staff positions for vocational-technical education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 4. | SB2344: Effective date(s) 06/11/2020 HB2105: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 691 | 7/2/2020 7/2/2020 |
SB2345 by Gresham
HB2409 by Ragan | Education - As introduced, requires organizations to use high-quality instructional materials to be eligible for a LEAP grant; gives preference in the award of LEAP grants to applicants offering summer programs focused on closing literacy gaps among students entering grades one through three. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 7. | SB2345: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2409: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2347 by Gresham
by | Education - As introduced, requires the department to create meaningful incentives and rewards for schools placed in reward status; defines "meaningful incentives and rewards" to include prioritizing grant applications submitted to the department by reward schools; specifies that acts solely of recognition or celebration are not "meaningful incentives and rewards." - Amends TCA Title 49. | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 |
SB2348 by Gresham
HB2408 by Ragan | Education - As introduced, creates the robotics education task force to research opportunities for expansion of robotics education programs in the kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2348: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2408: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 3/16/2020 6/4/2020 |
SB2349 by Gresham
HB1894 by DeBerry | Education - As introduced, removes requirement that an eligible student be previously enrolled in a public school for two semesters prior to receiving an individualized education account, attend a Tennessee school for the first time, or receive an account in the previous school year in order to be considered eligible to receive an individualized education account. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2349: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1894: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/10/2020 1/31/2020 |
SB2350 by Gresham
HB2404 by Ragan | Education - As introduced, extends eligibility for the work-based learning student grant program to include students enrolled in a middle college program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 9. | SB2350: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2404: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 3/16/2020 3/5/2020 |
SB2352 by Gresham
HB1655 by Holt | Education - As introduced, requires a public school to credit a student who participates in a non-school-sponsored extracurricular activity, or who participates in up to 10 days of basic training required by a branch of the United States armed services, as present for attendance purposes; requires, subject to certain exceptions, a principal, or the principal's designee, to excuse a student from school attendance for up to 10 days to pursue an educational advancement opportunity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2352: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB1655: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 3/16/2020 3/5/2020 |
SB2358 by Hensley
HB2475 by Cochran | Education - As introduced, changes from 30 to 45, the number of days of advance notice the principal or director of schools must provide to the commissioner of education of an intent to withdraw from an alternative education program. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2358: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2475: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/16/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2359 by Hensley
HB2455 by Hill M | Education - As introduced, authorizes nonprofit entities that have entered into an agreement with THEC to administer the work-based learning program to provide, in consultation with THEC, a method for employers of work-based learning students to submit applications electronically. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2359: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2455: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/10/2020 2/6/2020 |
SB2369 by Reeves
HB2465 by Baum | Education - As introduced, establishes and revises various safety and health requirements for school youth athletic activities and community-based youth athletic activities; requires the department of education and the department of health to post information on sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing on their respective websites; requires certain information and documentation to be provided to, and collected from, students and parents relating to sudden cardiac arrest and electrocardiogram testing. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68. | SB2369: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2465: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 6/3/2020 |
SB2370 by Reeves
HB2122 by Baum | Education - As introduced, creates the Tennessee rapid growth school district fund from which capital improvement grants are to be awarded in fiscal year 2020-2021 to LEAs experiencing rapidly growing student populations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 67, Chapter 6. | SB2370: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2122: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2371 by Reeves
HB2121 by Baum | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Local Education Capital Investment Act." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6. | SB2371: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2121: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/15/2020 | 2/10/2020 6/11/2020 |
SB2407 by Kyle
HB2452 by Cooper | Education - As introduced, requires each local board of education and governing body of a charter school to post the board's or governing body's policy governing background check procedures for contract workers and volunteers to the board's or governing body's website. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49. | SB2407: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2452: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 2/10/2020 6/3/2020 |
SB2411 by Robinson
HB2527 by Hakeem | Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education to develop standards, and the department of education to develop an aligned curriculum, for instruction on healthy relationships in the lifetime wellness standards. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10. | SB2411: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2527: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2414 by Robinson
HB2791 by Johnson G | Education - As introduced, requires the state board of education to submit to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives new or revised measurable goals or benchmarks. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2414: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2791: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/16/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2415 by Robinson
HB2790 by Johnson G | Education - As introduced, enacts the Truth in Teacher Pay Act; requires the salary schedules approved by the state board of education to reflect certain increases to the instructional salaries and wages component of the BEP in the general appropriations act. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2415: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2790: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2437 by Powers
HB2693 by Baum | Education - As introduced, confers civil immunity upon a teacher, principal, school employee, or school bus driver properly using reasonable force to correct or restrain a student or prevent bodily harm or death to another person. - Amends TCA Title 39; Title 40 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41. | SB2437: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB2693: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee | 6/3/2020 6/11/2020 |
SB2446 by Kyle
HB2443 by Hardaway | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, each Title I public high school to provide at least one driver education course for its students. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2446: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2443: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee | 2/10/2020 6/4/2020 |
SB2473 by Yager
HB2542 by Powers | Education - As enacted, requires a public school to excuse a student from school to attend a released time course if requested by the student's parent or legal guardian even if the local board of education has not adopted a policy on released time courses; authorizes local boards of education to transport students attending a released time course to and from the place of instruction if the entity providing the instruction reimburses the LEA for the services. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2473: Effective date(s) 06/22/2020 HB2542: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 743 | 7/2/2020 7/2/2020 |
SB2502 by Dickerson
HB2614 by Coley | Education - As introduced, increases from 15 to 16 the average hours per week an organization that provides an after-school educational program must make the program available to students for the organization to be eligible to receive grants and technical assistance from the commissioner of education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2502: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2614: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/10/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2512 by Dickerson
HB2300 by Haston | Education - As introduced, removes the requirement that the department of education annually assign an A, B, C, D, or F letter grade to schools based on student achievement and the results of state-mandated student assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2. | SB2512: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2300: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2519 by Hensley
HB2602 by Cochran | Education - As introduced, requires the administrator of a recovery high school to provide the department of education and the state board of education an annual report, which includes not only the school's overall high school graduation rate but its overall graduation rate as compared to the overall graduation rate of other high schools in the state. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2519: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB2602: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee | 6/3/2020 6/4/2020 |
SB2545 by Roberts
HB2783 by Hurt | Education - As introduced, changes from within 30 days to within 15 days from the date an educator discovers another educator has breached the teacher code of ethics that the educator is required to report such breach. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. | SB2545: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2783: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2546 by Jackson
HB2139 by Todd | Education - As introduced, deletes the provision that limited the availability of recall elections for school board members to only Madison County. - Amends TCA Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2. | SB2546: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2139: Failed in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee | 3/16/2020 6/10/2020 |
SB2558 by Robinson
HB1896 by DeBerry | Education - As introduced, adds rights to the list of rights afforded to teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2558: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1896: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/10/2020 1/31/2020 |
SB2559 by Robinson
HB2756 by DeBerry | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, the BEP formula to fund at least one full-time mental health counselor position for each school in an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2559: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2756: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2568 by Jackson
HB2440 by Cepicky | Education - As introduced, establishes a reporting date of January 15 of each year for the board of regents, each state university board, and the board of trustees of University of Tennessee to submit a report summarizing grievance activities for the previous year to the education committees. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2568: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB2440: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 6/3/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2574 by Yarbro
HB2321 by Whitson | Education - As introduced, changes, from November 1 to November 15, the date by which the commissioner's annual report must be published. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2. | SB2574: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB2321: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 6/3/2020 6/3/2020 |
SB2576 by Yarbro
HB2597 by Dixie | Education - As introduced, removes the provisions of law regarding denial of a driver license or learner's permit to persons under 18 who are not enrolled in and making satisfactory progress in high school. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3017 and Title 55, Chapter 50. | SB2576: Failed in Senate Education Committee HB2597: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Safety & Funding Subcommittee of Transportation Committee | 2/26/2020 3/10/2020 |
SB2578 by Yarbro
HB1822 by Dixie | Education - As introduced, authorizes LEAs serving any of the grades three through 12 to offer advanced mathematics courses; requires an LEA that offers advanced mathematics courses to place students achieving a benchmark score as determined by the state board of education on the end-of-grade or end-of-course test in mathematics in an advanced course for the next mathematics course in which the student will enroll; adds other requirements concerning advanced mathematics courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2578: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020 HB1822: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 6/3/2020 6/4/2020 |
SB2584 by Rose
HB2712 by Cochran | Education - As introduced, revises the requirements for the first and second tiers of a local board of education's progressive truancy intervention plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30. | SB2584: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2712: Held on desk. | 3/16/2020 6/10/2020 |
SB2602 by Niceley
HB2780 by Sexton J | Education - As introduced, deletes obsolete requirement that, within 30 days of May 21, 2012, a statement that students attending a postsecondary institution that ceases to be an eligible independent postsecondary institution after June 30, 2016, are unable to receive Tennessee HOPE scholarships at the institution be posted on the institution's website and TSAC's website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2602: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2780: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee | 2/10/2020 2/11/2020 |
SB2604 by Robinson
HB2707 by Clemmons | Education - As introduced, prompts the state board of education and the department of safety to update the DARE curriculum as new forms of substance abuse are identified. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2604: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2707: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2607 by Robinson
HB2710 by Hakeem | Education - As introduced, extends the deadline for appointing a member to the Tennessee council for career and technical education to fill a vacancy created by the death or resignation of a member from 15 to 30 days after the vacancy occurs. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2607: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2710: Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee | 3/16/2020 2/11/2020 |
SB2608 by Robinson
HB2582 by Hakeem | Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability to study the research on optimal starting times for the school day for different grade levels and report its findings to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives by January 15, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2608: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2582: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 3/16/2020 2/11/2020 |
SB2609 by Robinson
HB2581 by Hakeem | Education - As introduced, requires the Tennessee financial literacy commission to post its annual report on the department of the treasury website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2609: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2581: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/16/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2620 by Swann
HB2841 by Farmer | Education - As enacted, authorizes a director of schools, or the director's designee, to report truant student absences to the appropriate judge if any tier of a progressive truancy intervention plan is unsuccessful, and before subsequent tiers are implemented, if the school can document that the student's parent or guardian is unwilling to cooperate in the truancy intervention plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2620: Effective date(s) 08/01/2020 HB2841: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 748 | 7/2/2020 7/2/2020 |
SB2622 by Swann
HB2531 by Carr | Education - As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2020-2021 school year, each LEA to receive no less than a 50 percent state share in the instructional salaries and wages components, instructional benefits components, and classroom components. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | SB2622: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2531: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/10/2020 2/11/2020 |
SB2652 by Gardenhire
HB2766 by Carter | Education - As introduced, defines the term "teacher" for purposes of state salary increases for licensed education personnel. - Amends TCA Title 9 and Title 49. | SB2652: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2766: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 3/16/2020 2/11/2020 |
SB2659 by Yarbro
HB2469 by Stewart | Education - As introduced, requires local boards of education to notify the commissioner of education when a board declares itself to be a high performing school district; requires the commissioner to maintain a list of high performing school districts on the department's website. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2659: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2469: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/16/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2672 by Johnson
HB2818 by Lamberth | Education - As enacted, authorizes the state board of education to promulgate emergency rules as necessary to address any issues created by school closures due to the outbreak of COVID-19 during the 2019-2020 school year; requires the commissioner of education to waive certain requirements; establishes other related requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2672: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 652 HB2818: Effective date(s) 04/02/2020 | 4/6/2020 4/6/2020 |
SB2673 by Johnson
HB2762 by Ogles | Education - As introduced, requires each district attorney general to make a one-time report on or before February 1, 2021, to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives as to the number of cases the district attorney general is handling in their jurisdiction regarding reports of threats to school employees and reports of threats of harm communicated in a school setting. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39 and Title 49. | SB2673: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Judiciary Committee HB2762: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 2/10/2020 6/18/2020 |
SB2675 by Johnson
HB2759 by Ogles | Education - As introduced, changes the date, from August 1 to August 15, by which each LEA must submit to the commissioner of education a correct and accurate financial report of the receipts and expenditures for all public school purposes in the LEA during the school year ending on June 30. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 14, Part 2; Title 4, Chapter 31, Part 11; Section 4-6-143; Title 5, Chapter 12; Title 5, Chapter 21; Title 5, Chapter 9; Title 9; Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 49 and Title 67. | SB2675: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2759: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/10/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2702 by Gilmore
HB2051 by Sparks | Education - As introduced, funds social worker positions through the BEP at a ratio of one per 1,500 or fewer students. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. | SB2702: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2051: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 6/15/2020 | 2/10/2020 6/15/2020 |
SB2703 by Gilmore
HB2890 by Shaw | Education - As introduced, requires the department's office for early learning to post its annual report on the status of pre-kindergarten programs on its website no later than November 1 of each year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71. | SB2703: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2890: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 2/10/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2704 by Gilmore
HB2751 by DeBerry | Education - As introduced, creates the task force on public school teachers' working conditions. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2704: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee HB2751: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/10/2020 2/11/2020 |
SB2717 by Gresham
HB2881 by Weaver | Education - As introduced, creates a new practitioner license for persons seeking to become licensed teachers; requires the department of education, when issuing an educator license to an out-of-state educator, to issue a license that is equivalent to the license the educator possessed prior to moving to this state; requires the state board of education to approve alternative teacher endorsement and licensure pathways. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2717: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2881: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 3/16/2020 6/17/2020 |
SB2721 by Gresham
by | Education - As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability to also report its findings annually to the governor concerning its research, analyses, evaluations, and other projects. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 9 and Title 49. | Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee | 2/10/2020 |
SB2774 by Bell
HB2634 by Holt | Education - As introduced, requires an LEA to allocate prorated daily per pupil state and local funding to an out-of-state residential mental health facility if a student of the LEA is admitted to the facility and certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2774: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 1 HB2634: Taken off notice for cal. in Government Operations Committee | 2/26/2020 6/9/2020 |
SB2781 by Bell
HB2438 by Terry | Education - As introduced, prohibits a state institution of higher education from discriminating against a student based on the political viewpoint expressed by the student; prohibits an institution from penalizing, rewarding, or grading a student's coursework based on the political viewpoint expressed by the student; authorizes a student to pursue a cause of action against an institution for discriminating against the student based on the political viewpoint expressed by the student. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2781: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2438: Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/28/2020 |
SB2782 by Bell
HB2059 by Cochran | Education - As introduced, authorizes a local board of education or a private or church-related school to apply excess instructional time accumulated during the school year toward the required 180 days of classroom instruction if the excess instructional time is not applied toward meeting instructional time requirements missed due to dangerous or extreme weather conditions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30. | SB2782: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2059: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2784 by Bell
HB2462 by White | Education - As introduced, prohibits a parent or guardian of a student who has accumulated five or more days of unexcused absences during the school year from withdrawing the student from school during the school year in a month other than the first month of a school semester; creates exceptions to the general prohibition in certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2784: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2462: Reset on Final cal. of Calendar & Rules Committee | 3/16/2020 6/15/2020 |
SB2805 by Akbari
HB2872 by Cooper | Education - As introduced, authorizes an LEA that develops its own adverse childhood experiences (ACEs) training program for the LEA's school personnel to offer that program partially or wholly online. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2805: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2872: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration | 2/10/2020 6/10/2020 |
SB2807 by Akbari
HB1958 by Dixie | Education - As introduced, requires that students participating in the ESA program be administered the same Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests administered to nonparticipating students enrolled in public schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26. | SB2807: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB1958: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee | 2/10/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2820 by Akbari
HB2711 by Hakeem | Education - As introduced, extends, from 10 to 14 days, the period within which an individual education program meeting must be convened following the use of isolation or restraint. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2820: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2711: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee | 2/10/2020 2/11/2020 |
SB2823 by Akbari
HB2377 by Faison | Education - As introduced, specifies the type of misconduct for which the state board of education may reprimand, suspend, revoke, or refuse to issue or renew an educator's license. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5. | SB2823: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee HB2377: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 2/10/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2870 by Bailey
HB2787 by Keisling | Education - As introduced, authorizes the advisory council for the education of students with disabilities to electronically submit its annual report to the governor, the general assembly, and the state board of education regarding the progress or lack of progress made in special education by the state, its agencies and institutions, and its school districts during the preceding year. - Amends TCA Title 49. | SB2870: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2787: P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt. | 3/16/2020 2/10/2020 |
SB2871 by Bailey
HB2670 by Williams | Education - As introduced, requires students in grades 6-8 to enroll in an introduction to social health course developed by LEAs based on standards developed by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. | SB2871: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2670: Taken off notice for cal in s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
SB2906 by Dickerson
HB2891 by White | Education - As introduced, enacts the "Student Healthy Outcomes Act." - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71. | SB2906: Action deferred in Senate Education Committee HB2891: Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee | 3/16/2020 5/26/2020 |
| SJR0097 by Niceley | Education - Proposes an amendment to Article XI, Section 5 of the Constitution of the State of Tennessee concerning charitable lotteries to authorize the general assembly to authorize the operation of Bingo games to benefit public and private schools. - | Assigned to s/c Departments & Agencies Subcommittee | 1/15/2020 |
