| TN | HB1654 | Intro
25% | As introduced, enacts the "Smart Heart Act"; establishes various requirements for automatic external defibrillators in schools and response protocols for medical emergencies at high school athletic events. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-23
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | HB1724 | Intro
25% | As introduced, expands the category of textbooks and instructional materials that are prohibited from use in a public school in this state from those created to align exclusively with the Common Core State Standards to those that are aligned to, asso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee |
| TN | SB1696 | Intro
25% | As introduced, expands the category of textbooks and instructional materials that are prohibited from use in a public school in this state from those created to align exclusively with the Common Core State Standards to those that are aligned to, asso...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2024-01-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | HB7035 | Intro
25% | As introduced, establishes a loan forgiveness program for psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-29
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | SB7070 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department of safety, in conjunction with the department of education to, at least once every three years, conduct an inspection of the facilities of each public school in this state that serves students in pre-K-12 to ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-23
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB7047 | Intro
25% | As introduced, adds to requirements for school safety plans that the plans include measures to ensure district employees, including substitute teachers, have classroom access to communications devices that allow for immediate contact with first respo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-23
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB7050 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department of education to establish a school bulletproofing grant program to provide grants to public schools located in counties with a crime rate of 13 percent or higher for violent offenses, for the purpose of offsetti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-23
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB7060 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department of education to establish a school safety alert grant program to provide grants to LEAs to offset expenses incurred by schools for the installation of school safety alert systems. - Amends TCA Title 9; Title 49 ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-23
Lay on the Table |
| TN | SB7079 | Intro
25% | As introduced, establishes a loan forgiveness program for psychiatrists, psychologists, and counselors. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-23
Lay on the Table |
| TN | HB7095 | Intro
25% | As introduced, adds to requirements for school safety plans that the plans include measures to ensure district employees, including substitute teachers, have classroom access to communications devices that allow for immediate contact with first respo...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| TN | HB7093 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department of safety, in conjunction with the department of education to, at least once every three years, conduct an inspection of the facilities of each public school in this state that serves students in pre-K-12 to ass...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| TN | HB7096 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the department of education to establish a school bulletproofing grant program to provide grants to public schools located in counties with a crime rate of 13 percent or higher for violent offenses, for the purpose of offsetti...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-08-22
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| TN | HB1174 | Intro
25% | As introduced, removes language that incorrectly refers to the department of safety as the department of safety and homeland security in a provision that requires the department of safety, in collaboration with the department of education, to develop...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-18
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB1249 | Intro
25% | As introduced, deletes an obsolete reference to the date July 1, 1993, after which a child is not able to enter first grade without having attended an approved kindergarten program, unless the child otherwise meets the requirements of the state board...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-04-05
Taken off notice for cal. in Education Administration |
| TN | HB0520 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires local education agencies and public institutions of higher education to provide information to students and parents on the importance of water safety courses and to inform them of age appropriate water safety courses available...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-30
Re-ref. to Education Administration |
| TN | SB1240 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the office of the comptroller to annually conduct a review of the English language arts textbooks and instructional materials adopted for use by each LEA and public charter school to ensure they are aligned to Tennessee's acad...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB1264 | Intro
25% | As introduced, specifies that each local board of education of a local education agency and governing body of a public charter school has the sole authority to select a mascot for the respective school; prohibits a state agency from interfering with ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-29
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | HB0367 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires, if a student transfers from a public charter school to a local education agency in the spring semester of a school year, the student performance and growth data derived from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-28
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| TN | SB0141 | Intro
25% | As introduced, allows a school resource officer, school security officer, or other law enforcement officer who is trained and certified for completing a behavior intervention training program to use a mechanical restraint on a student receiving speci...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0324 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires, if a student transfers from a public charter school to a local education agency in the spring semester of a school year, the student performance and growth data derived from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0599 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the standards recommendation committees to identify each academic standard it recommends to the state board of education for adoption on or after January 1, 2024, as foundational or advanced; requires the department of educati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0665 | Intro
25% | As introduced, revises provisions governing criminal history checks of certain persons who come in direct contact with school children or children in a child care program, or who enter the grounds of a school or child care center while children are p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0712 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a student to be seven years of age or older on or before August 15 or test proficient in the kindergarten academic standards based on a first-grade entry assessment before the student may be promoted to the first grade; requir...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB1071 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires an LEA to provide information on its website concerning the career-based experiences available to high school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0897 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires local education agencies and public institutions of higher education to provide information to students and parents on the importance of water safety courses and to inform them of age appropriate water safety courses available...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | HB1167 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Transportation Subcommittee of Transportation Committee |
| TN | SB1167 | Intro
25% | 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...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB1507 | Intro
25% | As introduced, deletes an obsolete reference to the date July 1, 1993, after which a child is not able to enter first grade without having attended an approved kindergarten program, unless the child otherwise meets the requirements of the state board...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-22
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | HB0481 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the standards recommendation committees to identify each academic standard it recommends to the state board of education for adoption on or after January 1, 2024, as foundational or advanced; requires the department of educati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| TN | HB0629 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires an LEA to provide information on its website concerning the career-based experiences available to high school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-21
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| TN | SB0484 | Intro
25% | As introduced, establishes a school safety technology fund as a special account within the general fund to provide local education agencies with the funding necessary to purchase a technology platform designed to assist schools in performing routine ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0772 | Intro
25% | 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, and the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0899 | Intro
25% | 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 p...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0951 | Intro
25% | As introduced, adds various exceptions to mandatory retention for third grade students who are not proficient in English language arts; allows an LEA to retain students in any of the grades kindergarten through two who have not shown a basic understa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB1302 | Intro
25% | 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, or by other cause, from 15 days to 30 days after the vacancy oc...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-15
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | HB0848 | Intro
25% | As introduced, adds various exceptions to mandatory retention for third grade students who are not proficient in English language arts; allows an LEA to retain students in any of the grades kindergarten through two who have not shown a basic understa...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-14
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| TN | SB1054 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes, from 30 to 45, the number of days prior to a local education agency's adoption of a district-wide school safety plan or building-level school safety plan that a summary of the plan must be made available for public comment. - ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-10
Withdrawn. |
| TN | SB0903 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the Tennessee financial literacy commission to host a financial literacy webinar for students in each of the grades six through eight that is age and grade appropriate and designed to educate students on budgeting, saving, spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-08
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | HB0454 | Intro
25% | As introduced, increases the amount, from $200 to $600, each LEA is required to pay each teacher in kindergarten through grade 12 for the purchase of instructional supplies for the 2023-2024 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration |
| TN | HB1168 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the Tennessee financial literacy commission to host a financial literacy webinar for students in each of the grades six through eight that is age and grade appropriate and designed to educate students on budgeting, saving, spe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-03-07
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee of Education Instruction |
| TN | SB0824 | Intro
25% | As introduced, deletes obsolete language that removed the requirement for Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests to be administered in the 2019-2020 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0748 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the written disclosure regarding transferability of credits made by a postsecondary educational institution to a prospective student to be in 20 point font instead of 16 point font. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0826 | Intro
25% | As introduced, deletes an obsolete requirement that certain chief law enforcement officers submit a report by September 1, 2021, concerning school security deficiencies and recommendations for security improvement of schools. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0879 | Intro
25% | As introduced, removes provisions establishing a three-year pilot program concerning parent-teacher engagement in any grade from kindergarten through grade two that began with the 2018-2019 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0882 | Intro
25% | As introduced, increases the amount, from $200 to $600, each LEA is required to pay each teacher in kindergarten through grade 12 for the purchase of instructional supplies for the 2023-2024 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0943 | Intro
25% | 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 applicati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB1200 | Intro
25% | As introduced, adds the education administration committee of the house of representatives to the committees of the general assembly to which the dyslexia advisory council is required to submit an annual report on the number of students screened for ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB1227 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires the commissioner of education to submit the annual report on the implementation of, and compliance with, the Schools Against Violence in Education Act, in addition to the governor, to the chair of the senate education committe...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB1249 | Intro
25% | As introduced, changes, from May 1 to June 1, the annual date before which the commission must publish the Tennessee postsecondary education fact book. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-06
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB0619 | Intro
25% | As introduced, requires a public high school from which a student who participated each semester of attendance in community service graduates to recognize the student's achievement at graduation by acknowledging such achievement on the school's websi...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2023-02-02
To Senate Education Committee |
