Tennessee Senate Bill 444

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 25 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-15 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, allows a student who did not test proficient in English language arts (ELA) on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test administered to the student in third grade, but who was promoted to fourth grade after attending a learning loss bridge camp, to be promoted to fifth grade if the student's parent or guardian mutually agrees with the LEA or public charter school in which the student is enrolled that the student has shown adequate growth in ELA based on the student's grades or performance on assessments administered to the student in fourth grade. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to student retention.

Sen. Adam Lowe [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-15	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
2023-03-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
2023-01-30	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2023-01-26	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-25	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0534 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-14 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0444&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0444.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB0444.pdf