Education

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to economically disadvantaged students.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Doran Johnson to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee Southern.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Garnett Decosimo to the advisory board of the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Mike Keeney to the state university board of the University of Memphis.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Dr. Elaine Swafford to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-136 and Title 49, relative to student records.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 55, relative to school transportation.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to public institutions of higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to human trafficking.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to public institutions of higher education.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extraordinary Session of 2025, relative to the Education Freedom Act of 2025.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 55, relative to school transportation.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to persons unlawfully present in the United States.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12 and Title 49, relative to the procurement opportunities available to private institutions of higher education in this state.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10 and Title 49, relative to librarians.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to interscholastic athletics.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 49, relative to safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school nutrition.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 55, relative to driver education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to student services.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 63, relative to parental rights.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to school nurses.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-4-708, relative to the Tennessee Promise scholarship endowment fund.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to dependent children of service members.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 49, Chapter 11; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to election day.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to higher education.

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

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7, relative to harassment.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to local education agencies.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to pre-kindergarten.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school meals.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to discipline of an educator license.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-113, relative to designees.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to education.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 48; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to early education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to teaching credentials.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to school nurses.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to school transportation.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 49, relative to establishing an incentive program for educators who have fifteen or more years' experience in education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to leave for teachers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to student health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 49; Title 62, Chapter 35 and Title 68, relative to school facilities.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3, relative to public education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10 and Title 49, relative to librarians.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to adult education.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of John H. Weston, Jr., of Jackson to the State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to the Tennessee Electronic Library.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school choice.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education freedom scholarships.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 63, relative to parental rights.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, relative to financial aid.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9 and Title 49, relative to the federal tax credit for contributions made to certain scholarship granting organizations.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to local education agencies.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Dr. Charles Doug Haney to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee Southern.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to library collections.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to teaching credentials.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Alec Richardson to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Susan Marsh Mayfield to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee Southern.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education funding.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to discipline of an educator license.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to parental notification of classroom evacuations.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to career readiness.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 49, relative to safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 9 and Title 49, relative to funding for intercollegiate athletic programs.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12 and Title 49, relative to the procurement opportunities available to private institutions of higher education in this state.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to educator licensure.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to interscholastic athletics.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to career readiness assessments.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-113, relative to designees.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the Individualized Education Act.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to school nurses.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to reporting for the education freedom scholarship program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to student health.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to public institutions of higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Chapter 994 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to school safety alert grants.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-314, relative to education finance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to community schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, relative to financial aid.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, relative to financial aid.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8 and Title 49, relative to establishing an incentive program for educators who have fifteen or more years' experience in education.

A RESOLUTION to propose an amendment to Article XI, Section 12 of the Constitution of Tennessee, relative to parental rights.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to community schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education funding.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to language assistance for students.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5, relative to child care programs.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 1, relative to hunter education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 70, Chapter 2, Part 1, relative to hunter education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 49, relative to threats of violence.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to returning authority over education to the state from the U.S. Department of Education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the School Safety and Mental Health Act.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to educator licensure.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to school nutrition.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school nutrition.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to feminine hygiene products.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Dr. Phil Roe to the state university board of Austin Peay State University.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Dr. Randall Davis to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee Health Science Center.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Dane Scism to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to acceptable uses of technology provided by public schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to acceptable uses of technology provided by public schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49 and Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to feminine hygiene products.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 33 and Title 49, relative to mental health resource awareness.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 71, relative to child care.

A RESOLUTION expressing support for the Crisis Recovery Network coordinated by the Southern Regional Education Board and the participation of the State of Tennessee, recognizing the Network as a trusted support for Tennessee schools, districts, and postsecondary institutions to call upon if the need arises.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 71, relative to child care.

A RESOLUTION expressing support for the Crisis Recovery Network coordinated by the Southern Regional Education Board and the participation of the State of Tennessee, recognizing the Network as a trusted support for Tennessee schools, districts, and postsecondary institutions to call upon if the need arises.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 28; Title 29; Title 40 and Title 49, relative to offender reentry.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school chaplains.

AN ACT to amend Chapter 426 of the Public Acts of 2025, relative to the advisory committee on innovations in K-12 education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the display of historical documents.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to tenure.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, relative to elected superintendents of schools.

AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to students participating in a school choice program.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to federal scholarship tax credit.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education funding.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1021, relative to student discipline.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to pre-kindergarten.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to student retention.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to school safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to capital improvements.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 8 and Title 49, relative to programs that reward persons who report weapons on school property.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to student discipline.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10 and Title 49, relative to special education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to attendance.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to student athletes.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to hiring practices of governmental entities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school performance.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to boards of education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to public charter schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school performance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7, relative to future teacher scholarships.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 49; Title 66 and Title 67, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to priority schools.

AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, to revise appointing authority for statutorily created entities.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, to revise appointing authority for statutorily created entities.

AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to education funding for public charter schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to priority schools.

AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to education funding for public charter schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8, relative to school safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to virtual schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to education.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to released time courses.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 2, relative to boards of education.

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

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to the nonsectarian, nonreligious study of the Bible.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to public charter schools.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to the state board of education's subpoena power.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to the nonsectarian, nonreligious study of the Bible.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to released time courses.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to reporting student reading levels.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to public charter schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to the state board of education's subpoena power.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 20, relative to governmental tort liability.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 53; Title 63 and Title 68, relative to bronchodilator rescue inhalers.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10, relative to tuition assistance for members of the Tennessee national guard.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 50 and Title 71, relative to safety training.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 50 and Title 71, relative to safety training.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the transfer of student records.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to diabetes.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to virtual school students.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school materials.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to compensation for licensed personnel.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to child care.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to parental notification of safety concerns at public schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13, relative to the Success Sequence Act.

AN ACT, to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 18, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Chapter 1005 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 14; Title 49, Chapter 4; Title 49, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to parental notification of safety concerns at public schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to compensation for licensed personnel.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to institutions of higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to early childhood education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to internet safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to pre-kindergarten enrollment.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to special education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-814; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to public schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 49, relative to employees of state special schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to pre-kindergarten enrollment.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to interscholastic athletics.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Annie Dockery to the standards recommendation committee for English language arts.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Todd Womack to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to a hunger-free campus grant program.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9 and Title 49, relative to establishing a fund for career and technical education supports.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9 and Title 49, relative to establishing a fund for career and technical education supports.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to early high school graduation.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to artificial intelligence.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12 and Title 49, relative to school safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12 and Title 49, relative to school safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to Tennessee Promise scholarship students.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act.

A RESOLUTION to recognize the mental health consequences of social media on K-12 students.

A RESOLUTION relative to free speech and civil discourse on Tennessee's university and college campuses.

A RESOLUTION to raise awareness of the importance of positive male role models and mentorship opportunities in schools, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based organizations.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 49, relative to student attendance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 49, Chapter 1, relative to law enforcement-supported education programs.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 49, Chapter 1, relative to law enforcement-supported education programs.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to residential educational programs.

AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to public schools.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 8, relative to the Senator Ben Atchley Opportunity Grant Act.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of DeWitt Booth to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee Southern.

A RESOLUTION to urge Tennesseans to contribute or donate feminine hygiene products to local schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 49 and Title 62, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to educational materials.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9, relative to the composition of governing boards of institutions of higher education.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Stefan Maupin to the advisory board for the University of Tennessee at Martin.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Thomas D. Lehrman to the Public Charter School Commission.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of David Watson to the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Dimeta Smith Knight to the state university board of Tennessee State University.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Billy Bryan of Shelby County to the State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Terica Smith to the state university board of Tennessee State University.

AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26, relative to background checks.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Trevia Chatman to the state university board of Tennessee State University.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Donnie Smith to the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Jeffery Norfleet to the state university board of Tennessee State University.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to educator training.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-905 and Section 49-1-910, relative to comptroller reports.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50, relative to financial aid for individuals pursuing workforce credentials.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to artificial intelligence.

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

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to artificial intelligence.

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

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Lucas Hilliard to the standards recommendation committee for English language arts.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Ina F. Maxwell, Ph.D., to the State Board of Education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to hygiene products for women and children.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school meals.

A RESOLUTION to confirm the appointment of Terence Patterson to the Public Charter School Commission.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 15, Chapter 2, relative to days of special observance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 37 and Title 49, relative to students of schools where an act of mass violence occurs.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49; Section 55-8-151 and Title 62, relative to school safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to K-12 education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, Chapter 2, relative to recall elections for members of local boards of education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school counselors.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to school safety.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to student promotion.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 51; Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5; Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3, relative to early learning.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to school performance.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to communication devices at schools.

A RESOLUTION requesting actions to reduce the administrative burden on public schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to higher education.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to communication devices at schools.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 16, relative to self-administration of prescribed medications.

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.

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.

As enacted, enacts the "Financial Aid Simplification for Tennesseans (FAST) Act." - Amends TCA Title 12, Chapter 3; Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 4.

As enacted, revises the period of time after a local board of education or director of schools makes an initial offer of employment to a person for a teaching position that the person has to accept or reject the offer of employment, if the offer is made between June 1 and April 1. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-406.

As enacted, allows, under certain conditions, the advisory boards of the University of Tennessee institutions and state university boards to meet electronically or by other means of communication without a physical quorum present at the location of the meeting given in the meeting notice; changes from April 15 to May 31 the date by which the faculty member and the student member must be appointed to a University of Tennessee institution advisory board. - Amends TCA Section 8-44-108; Section 49-9-501 and Section 49-7-151.

As enacted, requires public institutions of higher education to provide each student with a detailed and completed current-year federal college financing plan; imposes other requirements for such institutions to provide certain information when a student is finalizing acceptance of a financial aid package. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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.

As enacted, gives the state board of education administrative subpoena power in connection with investigations related to licensure disciplinary actions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

As enacted, permits the state board of education to assess reasonable costs against a teacher or administrator when a final order is issued following a contested case hearing in which a teacher or administrator is issued a formal reprimand or the teacher's or administrator's license is denied, non-renewed, suspended, or revoked; requires the state board to promulgate rules for such assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3.

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.

As introduced, extends eligibility for tuition reimbursement provided to members of the Tennessee national guard under the STRONG Act of 2017 to include technical certificates and diplomas and certain graduate programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 10.

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.

As introduced, changes from February 1 to January 15 the date by which the Tennessee bureau of investigation is required to provide an annual report to the judiciary committees of the senate and house of representatives on the amount of money collected from gun dealers to perform background checks that are in excess of the costs to the bureau to perform the checks. - Amends TCA Title 38; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Section 50-3-201; Section 58-1-112; Section 70-4-123 and Section 70-5-101.

Requires the department, instead of local boards of education, to develop a water testing program to reduce potential lead contamination in drinking water in public schools; adds child care programs to those required to implement the water testing program; changes from 20 to 15 parts per billion the lead level by which a school or child care program is required to take certain protective and remedial steps under the program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 2.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As introduced, requires, in addition to the United States flag, that the official Tennessee state flag to be displayed on every public school building in this state; requires the commissioner of education to specify the size and quality of the official Tennessee state flags that school districts may purchase and to prescribe rules for the proper care, display, and observance of the official Tennessee state flag. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

As introduced, requires the corporation to establish a four-year pilot program to award completion grants to Tennessee Promise scholarship students who have an immediate financial need or who are experiencing a financial hardship that may prevent the student from completing a postsecondary degree or credential. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, authorizes a registered student at a public institution of higher education to carry a handgun in a concealed manner on property owned, operated, or controlled by that institution if the student is a handgun carry permit holder and otherwise in compliance with state law. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 13 and Title 49.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As introduced, requires each institution governed by the board of regents or a state university board to make the grievance procedure for its support staff employees available on its website. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As introduced, requires an LEA or the governing body of a public charter school that constructs or renovates a school building to install water bottle filling stations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3.

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.

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.

As introduced, requires the commissioner to give 15 days' notice in writing, instead of 10 days' notice in writing, to a teacher, principal, supervisor, or other official who has been found guilty of immoral conduct, before revoking the person's license. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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.

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.

John Combs, Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

Dr. Rita Sowell, Standards Recommendation Committee for English Language Arts and Mathematics

As enacted, authorizes the executive director of the student assistance corporation to temporarily suspend, modify, or waive deadlines or other non-academic eligibility requirements for student financial aid programs, if the governor has declared a state of emergency. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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.

As enacted, requires the department, in consultation with the department of health, to develop a standardized form that students can use to report allergies; requires each public school to use the form developed by the department to maintain a record of the school's students with allergies. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2.

As enacted, requires a county legislative body to make revenue estimates and determine the level of revenue necessary to establish a budget for the operation of county schools that is at least equal to the minimum budget required to comply with the local match and maintenance of effort provisions of the BEP; requires the director of schools and the chair of the local board of education to prepare a budget according to the revenue estimates and revenue determinations made by the county legislative body. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.

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.

As enacted, revises provisions governing the assigning of a student to an alternative school or alternative program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Frank Cagle, Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

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.

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.

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.

As introduced, requires the department to survey all LEAs, public charter schools, and state special schools to determine whether there are enough licensed speech-language pathologists to serve the needs of public school students with speech disorders; requires the department to survey and collect information on speech pathologists' caseloads and workloads; requires the department to report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives by January 15, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 56 and Title 63.

Mary Pierce, Public Charter School Commission

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.

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.

Alan Levine, Public Charter School Commission

Dr. Richard Allen Lewis, Board of Trustees of Tennessee State University

Larry Jensen, State Board of Education

Wendy Tucker, Public Charter School Commission

Christine P. Richards, Public Charter School Commission

Dr. Ken Burger, English Language Arts and Math Standards Recommendation Committee

Derwin Sisnett, Public Charter School Commission

Dave Hanson, Public Charter School Commission

Eddie Smith, Public Charter School Commission

Dorothy Grisham, Board of Trustees of East Tennessee State University

Dr. Linda Latimer, Board of Trustees of East Tennessee State University

Douglas Edwards, Board of Trustees of University of Memphis

Teresa Vanhooser, Board of Trustees of Tennessee Technological University

Andre Johnson, Board of Trustees of Tennessee State University

J.B. Baker, Board of Trustees of Middle Tennessee State University

Dr. Valencia May, Board of Trustees of Austin Peay State University

David A. North, Board of Trustees of University of Memphis

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.

As enacted, revises various provisions of the Tennessee Community Schools Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 24.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As enacted, requires each state institution of higher education to do the following: develop and implement a suicide prevention plan for students, faculty, and staff; and provide the plan to students, faculty, and staff at least once each semester. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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.

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.

As enacted, adds William R. Moore College of Technology as an eligible institution for receipt of the Tennessee promise scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

As enacted, revises provisions governing released time courses. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Nicholas Darnell, State Board of 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.

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.

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.

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.

Urges all middle and high schools to have athletic trainers on staff.

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.

As introduced, enacts the "Teacher Residency Program Grant Act"; requires the department to establish and administer a program of grants for university teacher preparation programs and LEAs to create teacher residency programs. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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.

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.

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.

Urges review of adjunct faculty compensation at public institutions of higher 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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Urges local education agencies to raise awareness of importance of positive male role models in schools.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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.

Confirms the appointment of persons to the University of Tennessee at Martin advisory board.

Decosta Jenkins, Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee

Jamie Woodson, Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee

Jack A. Parton, State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission

As enacted, makes dependent children, who are four years of age whose parent was killed, died as direct result of injuries received or has been officially reported as being either a prisoner of war or missing in action while serving honorably as a member of the United States armed forces during a qualified period of armed conflict, or was formerly a prisoner of war or missing in action under such circumstances, eligible to attend pilot pre-kindergarten programs and requires licensed child care agencies to prioritize such children on any waiting list for admission; changes the date by which a child from a family that qualifies for free and reduced price lunch must be four years of age, in order to qualify for participation in the programs of community-based early childhood education and pre-kindergarten programs from September 30 to August 15. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71.

As enacted, authorizes LEAs to adjust the salary schedules of persons employed by the LEAs in nonteaching positions based upon a compensation study, if there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or if, due to the creation or reactivation of an LEA, students are shifted from one LEA to another. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, provides that duty-free teacher time for instructional planning shall be allocated on an individual basis. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, restructures the textbook commission and the textbook selection process; renames the commission to be the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

As enacted, allows student who was enrolled in the 2012-2013 academic year in an eligible postsecondary program and who is enrolled in the 2013-2014 academic year in the eligible postsecondary program for the student's second year of study to be eligible for award of a STEP UP scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year, provided that the student meets the continuation requirements under present law for receipt of the scholarship; establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-943.

As enacted, enacts the "Brian Byrge Act", which allows certain part-time employees of the state university and community college system to enroll in one course per semester at a community college or state college of applied technology without paying tuition charges or maintenance fees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

As enacted, designates the month of August as "Women in STEM" month to raise awareness of the opportunities for women to pursue a career in a STEM related field; STEM refers to the fields of study science, technology, engineering, and mathematics. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, restructures the textbook commission and the textbook selection process; renames the commission to be the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

As enacted, limits courses state employees can take free of charge at public institutions of higher education under the state employees' fee waiver to 4 credit hours or 120 clock hours courses; allows the use of the fee waiver as partial payment for courses of more than 4 credit hours or 120 clock hours. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-114.

As enacted, authorizes LEAs to adjust the salary schedules of persons employed by the LEAs in nonteaching positions based upon a compensation study, if there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or if, due to the creation or reactivation of an LEA, students are shifted from one LEA to another. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, allows student who was enrolled in the 2012-2013 academic year in an eligible postsecondary program and who is enrolled in the 2013-2014 academic year in the eligible postsecondary program for the student's second year of study to be eligible for award of a STEP UP scholarship for the 2013-2014 academic year, provided that the student meets the continuation requirements under present law for receipt of the scholarship; establishes related requirements. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-943.

As enacted, prohibits counting walking to and from class towards the minimum of 90 minutes per week of required physical activity for public school students. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021.

As enacted, enacts the "Brian Byrge Act", which allows certain part-time employees of the state university and community college system to enroll in one course per semester at a community college or state college of applied technology without paying tuition charges or maintenance fees. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

As enacted, requires the department of education to maintain the unique personal identification numbers of students of active duty military or reserve component parents or guardians in a separate database to identify and track these students if the students move to different schools across the state and country. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

As enacted, revises various provisions governing the baccalaureate education system trust fund program; requires department of revenue to assist board of trustees of the program in the implementation of certain tax incentives. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 8; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 67, Chapter 2 and Title 67, Chapter 4.

As enacted, requires the Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the university to perform a study on the economic feasibility of creating and utilizing a statewide comprehensive energy policy. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 11; Title 49; Title 60; Title 64; Title 65 and Title 68.

As enacted, enacts the "Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act"; establishes requirements for the adoption of educational standards and the requesting of proposals for student assessments; prohibits the state from adopting common core standards in any subjects other than math and English language arts; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, amends the number of days in which a student must be present in the classroom before the students TCAP scores are attributed to the specific teacher or school where the student is enrolled. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6.

As enacted, defines "college" and regulates the use of the word "college" in the name of a postsecondary educational institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 20.

As enacted, revises various provisions of the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act in regard to exempt institutions. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004.

As enacted, authorizes LEAs to adopt a salary schedule that is identical in either structure or designated salary levels or both to the salary schedule the LEA had in place during the 2012-2013 school year, with such schedule containing steps for each year of service up to and including 20 years and for the attainment of advanced degrees at the level of masters, masters plus 45 hours of graduate credit, specialist in education and doctor of education or doctor of philosophy; the schedule may not result in the reduction of the salary of a teacher employed by the LEA at the time of the adoption of the salary schedule. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

As enacted, extends the allowable number of years for a school bus to be in service to 18 years; revises other provisions relate to the use and inspection of school buses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 21.

As enacted, requires the state board of education to establish guidelines whereby the department must prepare a fiscal analysis of any policy, rule or regulation proposed to the state board by the department if such proposal will financially impact an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 3 and Title 49.

As enacted, prohibits the establishment of rules, policies or guidelines that require classroom or position observation results to be aligned with TVAAS data. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, requires the state board of education, department of education and the office of research and education accountability to confer with other stakeholders and determine the best means of establishing a best practices clearinghouse. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, specifies that the provisions regarding suspensions imposed by the director of schools for three days or less apply to suspensions of teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, prohibits the board of regents and the University of Tennessee's board of trustees from adopting policies that substantially burden students' free exercise of religion. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

As enacted, requires the department of education to collaborate with institutions of higher education to formally address dyslexia and similar reading disorders by providing K-12 educators and teachers web-based or in-person training, providing effective instruction for teaching students with dyslexia using appropriate scientific research and brain-based multisensory intervention methods and strategies; requires certain reporting. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, revises provisions governing family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.

As enacted, requires the department of education to report the number of student referrals by the LEAs to the juvenile court by schools, local school districts, gender and race in the department's annual report. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 6; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 1.

As enacted, requires the state board of education, department of education and the office of research and education accountability to confer with other stakeholders and determine the best means of establishing a best practices clearinghouse. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Promise Scholarship Act of 2014"; revises certain provisions of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

As enacted, prohibits the establishment of rules, policies or guidelines that require classroom or position observation results to be aligned with TVAAS data. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, requires any law enforcement agency providing a school resource officer, school security officer or other law enforcement officer providing security at a school to have a policy regulating the use of electronic control devices, which addresses training in the proper use of such devices, as well as investigation, documentation and review of such use, to include final approval of any report documenting such use by the agency's chief executive officer or sheriff. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 42.

As enacted, revises various provisions of the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act in regard to exempt institutions. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-2004.

As enacted, defines "college" and regulates the use of the word "college" in the name of a postsecondary educational institution. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 20.

As enacted, permits teachers and principals to select the student achievement measures that represent 15 percent of their evaluations, if they cannot agree with their evaluators on what should be used; requires the department of education to verify the evaluation measures to ensure that the evaluations correspond with the teaching assignment of each individual teacher and the duty assignments of each individual principal. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, requires the department of education to report the number of student referrals by the LEAs to the juvenile court by schools, local school districts, gender and race in the department's annual report. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 5; Title 37, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 6; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 1.

As enacted, revises list of offenses the conviction of which results in a person being prohibited from direct contact with school children or children in a child care program and from entering the grounds of a school or child care center when children are present. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, specifies that a student will be classified as a state resident and charged in-state tuition if the student is a citizen of the United States; has resided in Tennessee for at least one year immediately prior to admission and has graduated from a Tennessee public secondary school; graduated from a private secondary school that is located in this state; or earned a Tennessee high school equivalency diploma. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, revises provisions governing family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.

As enacted, requires the department of education to collaborate with institutions of higher education to formally address dyslexia and similar reading disorders by providing K-12 educators and teachers web-based or in-person training, providing effective instruction for teaching students with dyslexia using appropriate scientific research and brain-based multisensory intervention methods and strategies; requires certain reporting. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, authorizes LEAs to adopt a salary schedule that is identical in either structure or designated salary levels or both to the salary schedule the LEA had in place during the 2012-2013 school year, with such schedule containing steps for each year of service up to and including 20 years and for the attainment of advanced degrees at the level of masters, masters plus 45 hours of graduate credit, specialist in education and doctor of education or doctor of philosophy; the schedule may not result in the reduction of the salary of a teacher employed by the LEA at the time of the adoption of the salary schedule. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5.

Urges Congress to revise No Child Left Behind standards relative to special education students and graduation rates.

As enacted, limits duration that a tenured teacher may be suspended pending investigation to 90 days only if the matter investigated is not the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation or a DCS investigation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 5.

As enacted, clarifies $100 out of $200 be given to each teacher by October 1 so that the teacher may spend it at any time during that school year on instructional supplies as determined necessary by the teacher; requires LEA to send written explanation to education committees and commissioner for any noncompliance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3.

As enacted, requires the executive director of THEC to convene an accessibility task force to develop recommendations for the general assembly related to ensuring accessibility of digital curricula for students with disabilities at state institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 20.

As enacted, permits municipalities to extend the terms of local school board members in order to comply with the general law and synchronize local elections to the general election. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-201.

As enacted, allows LEAs to teach the history of traditional winter celebrations; allows students and staff to use traditional greetings of such celebrations; and allows LEAs to display winter celebration scenes or symbols under certain conditions. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, requires the state board of education to develop a uniform grading system for students enrolled in grades kindergarten through eight that LEAs may adopt and implement. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, permits municipalities to extend the terms of local school board members in order to comply with the general law and synchronize local elections to the general election. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-201.

As enacted, requires schools and LEAs to encourage various measures to limit students' exposure to harmful substances while at school. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, requires the executive director of THEC to convene an accessibility task force to develop recommendations for the general assembly related to ensuring accessibility of digital curricula for students with disabilities at state institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 2 and Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 20.

As enacted, requires an LEA in which a student is transferring to another school to send the student's records, including disciplinary records, to the school to which the student transfers; requires an LEA from which a student is transferring to another LEA to send the student's records, including disciplinary records, to the LEA to which the student transfers; requires LEAs in transferring records to comply with FERPA. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As enacted, limits duration that a tenured teacher may be suspended pending investigation to 90 days only if the matter investigated is not the subject of an ongoing criminal investigation or a DCS investigation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 5.

As enacted, revises provisions governing LEAs applying to the commissioner for a waiver of a state board rule or regulation. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

As enacted, prohibits intentional destruction of imagination library program books intended to be delivered to children enrolled in the program; requires best efforts to deliver books or, in the alternative, to make the books available for pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or elementary programs. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 52, Part 1.

As enacted, requires any waiver of rules, regulations or policies granted by the department to be posted on the department's web site within five business days of approval; requires a rationale of the waiver to be included on the web site. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2.

As enacted, enacts the "Religious Viewpoints Antidiscrimination Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Directs the department of education to conduct another stakeholder survey that permits stakeholders to express their honest and frank opinions about the Teacher Educator Acceleration Model (TEAM) and to suggest additional changes and refinements to TEAM to improve the evaluation model.

As introduced, permits a local board of education to refuse to accept federal funding for an education program without a penalty being assessed by a state agency or state official. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, requires that collections of certain fines and penalties, related to certain traffic violations, first be used by the city of Memphis to provide financial assistance to certain students to participate in job training programs offered by the city of Memphis during the summer. - Amends TCA Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 55.

As introduced, creates a 30 day application period for students eligible for the achievement school district to enroll in the charter school; allows additional students to enroll in the charter school as long as the student enrollment does not exceed the school's capacity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

As introduced, creates a 30 day application period for students eligible for the achievement school district to enroll in the charter school; allows additional students to enroll in the charter school as long as the student enrollment does not exceed the school's capacity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

As introduced, creates the Tennessee rural teachers scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

As enacted, enacts the "Tennessee Veterans Education Transition Support Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

As introduced, creates the Tennessee rural teachers scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

As introduced, allows any child of a public school teacher who is enrolled in a state institution of higher learning and receiving a tuition discount to continue to receive that discount if their parent retires after 30 years of full-time creditable service while the child is enrolled. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

Recommends all school administrators, teachers, parents and students be educated about the potential health impact of heavy backpacks and take proactive measures to avoid injury.

As introduced, creates the Tennessee Come Back for Your Future scholarship program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

As introduced, creates the student athlete trust fund to provide a source of funding for one-time payments to eligible student athletes who graduate from a public institution of higher education in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, requires the department of education to reimburse LEAs for the costs of implementing and the ongoing costs to use common core state standards and PARCC assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, revises the provisions governing the student code of acceptable behavior and discipline. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

As introduced, prohibits the test scores from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers to be used in evaluating LEAs during the 2014-2015 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

As introduced, allows credit for a local government, that appropriates funds for education for a nonrecurring expenditure evidenced by a written agreement with the LEA, when determining compliance with the local government's maintenance of local education funding requirements. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-314(c).

As introduced, enacts the "Educator Respect and Accountability Act of 2014." - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, revises the provisions governing the student code of acceptable behavior and discipline. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

As introduced, enacts the "Educator Respect and Accountability Act of 2014." - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, removes a provision that created a task force to study and evaluate the Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002, under the facilitation of the comptroller of the treasury, and to report to the general assembly by February 2, 2011. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

As introduced, allows credit for a local government, that appropriates funds for education for a nonrecurring expenditure evidenced by a written agreement with the LEA, when determining compliance with the local government's maintenance of local education funding requirements. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-314(c).

As introduced, prohibits the test scores from the Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers to be used in evaluating LEAs during the 2014-2015 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

As introduced, requires UT and TBR institutions to provide free parking to employees who earn less than the average state employee salary; permits other employees to be charged for parking on a tiered scale based on salary. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7.

As introduced, allows LEAs to promote a student who has missed the maximum number of school days pursuant to the LEA's attendance policy to be promoted to the next grade if the student successfully completes all academic course work. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30.

As introduced, allows charter schools to contract with for-profit managers or operators. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13.

Requests the department of education to study and report on ways local education agencies are implementing the requirements of TCA 49-6-1021, which requires 90 minutes of physical activity per week.

As introduced, expands definition of harassment and bullying in schools to include conduct based on actual or perceived demographic traits, requires review of anti-bullying policies at least once every three years, clarifies that such policies apply to students, school staff and volunteers. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, creates the Go Build Fund to attract students towards careers in the construction industry. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50.

As enacted, eliminates antiquated language from the definition of home school student for purposes of lottery scholarships and grants so that the definition matches the substantive provisions of law. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

As introduced, creates the Go Build Fund to attract students towards careers in the construction industry. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 49 and Title 50.

As introduced, expands definition of harassment and bullying in schools to include conduct based on actual or perceived demographic traits, requires review of anti-bullying policies at least once every three years, clarifies that such policies apply to students, school staff and volunteers. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, encourages LEAs to work with area hospitals and doctors, as well as Project ADAM, a nonprofit organization serving children through life-saving programs that help prevent sudden cardiac arrest, in developing informational programs for faculty, staff and students on sudden cardiac arrest and in obtaining AEDs for LEA schools. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

As introduced, revises the provisions governing harassment, intimidation, bullying and cyber-bullying in elementary and secondary education, including requiring the LEA to update the anti-bullying policy annually; mandating the parents and students sign the policy; and requiring the posting of the anti-bullying policy in classrooms, cafeterias restrooms and school buses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 45.

As introduced, increases the semester hours required to be eligible for the HOPE scholarship from 120 semester hours to 132 semester hours and from 136 semester hours to 148 semester hours. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Choice and Opportunity Scholarship Act". - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

As introduced, creates a study committee of interested legislators from the majority and minority parties to study the BEP funding formula and its application and submit findings and recommendations to the education committees and speakers of the house of representatives and senate by January 15, 2015. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, allows designees of named members of THEC to serve in members' places. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, increases from 50 percent to 60 percent the level of funding allocated by the BEP formula for medical insurance premiums for instructional positions and provides that such funding must be used solely for such purpose. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, requires the state to reimburse LEAs for the costs or debt incurred to become technologically sufficient to administer the state-mandated Partnership for Assessment of Readiness for College and Careers (PARCC) assessments. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, creates a pilot project for in-state tuition being available at board of regents higher education institutions in Shelby County for certain immigrants. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 58; Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.

As introduced, requires members of the board to be elected by congressional district for four-year term as current terms expire and vacancies arise. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, creates a special joint legislative study committee to consider, evaluate, and make recommendations regarding the state authorization reciprocity agreements (SARA); specifies that the committee consist of three house members and three senate members, appointed by their respective speaker. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, specifies how and when notice must be given for collaborative conferencing sessions to enable attendance by professional employees who are not on the panel and the public. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 6.

As introduced, changes from 90 to 75 the number of days prior to opening a charter school by which the commissioner of education must verify that the information contained in the charter application has not changed. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, removes obsolete language concerning the terms of the public members of the board of regents; clarifies confusing language resulting from the change of name of the Tennessee technology centers to Tennessee colleges of applied technology. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, requires certain successive appointments to the board to have at least five years of teaching experience in public schools in grades K-12; mandates, after April 1, 2018, the board to be composed of at least five members with at least five years of teaching experience in public schools in grades K-12. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-301.

As introduced, requires a standardized testing system to be in place for at least three school years before using the student test results in teacher and school evaluations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.

As introduced, requires the department of education, in consultation with the department of human services, to provide a report to the education committees of the house of representatives and senate that explains the benefits of community-based early childhood education and pre-kindergarten programs on the students and LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 71.

As introduced, establishes local volunteer content review committees to examine the content of textbooks proposed for local adoption and make recommendations on adoption of the textbooks. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.

As introduced, requires information that LEAs must annually report to the department of education on the isolation or restraint of students receiving special education to be posted on the department's web site so that the information is readily available to the public. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, governs the collection and release of student data and certain teacher data. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5 and Title 49.

As introduced, counts mid-year public high school graduates as enrolled for the remainder of the school year for purposes of the BEP. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, enacts the "Individualized Education Act". - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, prohibits LEAs from including information on the Affordable Care Act in mailings to families of students concerning TennCare and CHIP. - Amends TCA Title 49.

As introduced, deletes exception that currently allows students at a previously eligible private postsecondary institution accredited by the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools to receive lottery scholarships until June 30, 2016. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-902.

As introduced, prohibits the state from joining consortia or initiatives that require the adoption of common standards in science and social studies; requires the state board of education to adopt standards in science and social studies that reflect the values of the state. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Teresa Sloyan, state board of education.

As introduced, revises the average score of the GED, due to the testing and scoring changes made to the GED as of January 1, 2014, from 525 to 170, in order to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.

As introduced, creates a four-year pilot program in the dual enrollment grant program to determine if covering more fully the costs of dual enrollment courses increases participation in the program and subsequent success in college. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9.