| Issue |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
|
 Leadership--District Superintendent |
Signed into law 06/2012 |
P-12 | Local Superintendents, Assistant Superintendents
H.B. 1901 - Sections 1003, 1073, 1076-1078, 1080 & 2104
Sec. 1003 requires the Department of Education, upon request, to confirm an individual satisfies the eligibility requirements for election o...
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Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Statewide Accountability
S.B. 2208
Directs commissioner of education to establish appropriate performance goals and measures for LEAs. Rewards LEAs that reach the achievement ...
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Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | K-2 Assessment
S.B. 3155
Requires standardized testing of K-2 students in low-performing schools to determine how to best target student learning needs and assess wh...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2012 |
P-12 | Charter Schools - Governance
S.B. 3345
Regulates charter schools' relationships with foreign entities and the use of non-immigrant foreign workers by charter schools.
http://www.c...
| More... |
Curriculum--Sex Education |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Sex Education
S.B. 3310
Provides that sex education shall be abstinence-centered. Prevents programs that promote or condone "gateway sexual activities," which are s...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | District Funding
S.B. 3044
Provides school districts may pursue and receive federal or private grants for educational purposes. Finds that local school boards must app...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Immunization
S.J.R. 552
Urges support for access to immunization through school-based vaccination programs.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SJR0552.pdf...
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Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Online Courses, Virtual Schools
H.B. 3062
Requires virtual schools to maintain teacher-pupil ratios set by the state board of education and to provide the same length of time for lea...
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P-3 Kindergarten |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Kindergarten Age
H.B. 2566
Sets kindergarten entrance age. Children entering kindergarten shall be five years of age on or before August 31 for the 2013-2014 school ye...
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Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Parent Involvement Program
H.B. 2994
Requires the department of education to establish within the schools in the achievement school district a four-year pilot program to increas...
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Postsecondary |
Vetoed 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Student Organizations
S.B. 3597
Prohibits state higher education institutions and private institutions receiving more than $24 million in state subsidies from denying equal...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability--Licensing/Program Review and Approval |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Institutional Eligibility for Lottery Scholarship
S.B. 3170
Permits a nonpublic postsecondary institution to remain eligible for lottery scholarship purposes if accredited by SACS, regardless of futur...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
Postsec. | Faculty Tenure
S.B. 3023
Allows the chancellor to award back pay to a tenured faculty member, in the event that a court finds dismissal was inappropriate.
http://www...
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Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Dual Enrollment & Transfer
S.B. 2809
Provides that a dual credit course created by a high school and community college, whether as an elective or major core requirement, should ...
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Promotion/Retention |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Grade Retention
S.B. 2156
Prohibits promotion of students in the third and eighth grades who do not demonstrate understanding of the curriculum and the ability to per...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | School Safety
S.B. 1429
Broadens the purpose of certain statutory restrictions concerning who may enter school grounds during school hours.
http://www.capitol.tn.go...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Bullying
H.B. 2641
Defines what constitutes student harassment. Provides defendant is harassing a victim when an image is intentionally malicious or when a sim...
| More... |
School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Dress Codes - School Personnel
H.B. 2222
Requires local boards of education to adopt dress codes for professional employees.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB2222.pdf...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Municipal School Districts
S.B. 2908
Removes prohibition on creation of municipal school districts.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2908.pdf...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Extracurricular Activities -- Parental Notification
H.B. 2548
Requires schools to notify parents, by way of student handbooks or policy guidebooks, of school-associated extracurricular activities. Gives...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Assessment
S.B. 3341
Requires teachers instructing in subjects wherein an end-of-course exam is administered to take such exam, provided annually by the state bo...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Alternative Licensure
S.B. 2302
Establishes alternative route to teacher licensure in grades 9-12 for persons who have taught at certain postsecondary institutions.
http://...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Tenure
S.B. 2693
Provides that a tenured teacher dismissed because of abolition of a position shall be placed on a list for reemployment in the first vacancy...
| More... |
Curriculum--Drivers Education |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Driver's Education
S.B. 3588
Requires all driver education courses to include instruction on the dangers of texting while driving and the penalty thereof.
http://www.cap...
| More... |
Curriculum--Science |
Became law without governor's signature 04/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Protections -- Evolution
H.B. 368
Provides that the state board, district, school board, or school administrators shall not prohibit any teacher for how he/she reviews contro...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | School Personnel
S.B. 2982
Provides that an LEA may, at its discretion, choose to hire a building manager in lieu of an assistant principal.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Accumulation of Postsecondary Credit
H.J.R. 602
Expresses need to expand postsecondary credit-earning opportunities for high school students and urges state education agencies to provide a...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Dual Enrollment--Vaccination Requirements
H.B. 2229
Provides that a high school must forward the immunization records of students attempting to enroll in postsecondary courses while still enro...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Special Ed Diplomas
S.B. 2900
Requires a special education diploma be awarded to students who have satisfactorily completed an IEP, but who have not passed the proficienc...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Parental Involvement Programs
H.B. 3505
Authorizes LEAs to partner with individuals, community and faith-based groups and organizations to design and implement programs to improve ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. | Lottery Scholarships - Eligibility
H.B. 2861
Directs the Tennessee Higher Education Commission to study whether changes should be made to HOPE scholarship eligibility requirements for G...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Access |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary - Veterans
H.B. 2961
Provides that a combat veteran shall be allowed to register for classes prior to the general student population at any public institution of...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary -- Reserve Transfer Agreements
H.B. 2827
Authorizes and encourages community colleges within the Tennessee Board of Regents system to enter into reverse articulation agreements with...
| More... |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | School Safety--Student Removal
S.B. 3116
Charges each local board of education with adopting a policy regarding a teacher's ability to relocate a student for that student's safety o...
| More... |
School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | School Bus Safety
H.B. 2789
Regulates student conduct on school buses. Permits school personnel, including school bus drivers, to use reasonable force, subject to certa...
| More... |
School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Dress Codes
S.B. 3558
Prohibits students from wearing, while on the grounds of a public school during the regular school day, clothing that exposes underwear or b...
| More... |
Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Career Counseling
S.B. 2591
Requires interest inventories to be administered to high school juniors and college sophomores to assist students in career decisions.
http:...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | First Amendment Rights
H.B. 3266
Prohibits LEAs, school administrators and educators from taking action that infringe on or waive first amendment rights of school personnel ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | School Boards--Joint Purchasing
S.B. 2648
Provides the county board of education may use the county's system of centralized procurement to provide life insurance plans for designated...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Value Added Teacher Evaluation
H.J.R. 520
Directs the department of education to follow through and fulfill its publicly stated plan to provide multiple opportunities for feedback an...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Preparation |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Prep Programs
S.B. 3024
Declares that teacher effect data made available to teacher preparation programs shall not be public records and shall be used only in evalu...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 04/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Suspension, Dismissal
H.B. 2237
Provides a director of schools may suspend a teacher at any time that may seem necessary prior to dismissal occurring, pending investigation...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | No Pass/No Drive Reporting
S.B. 882
Requires the department of safety to report annually to the senate and house education committees the number of students whose driver licens...
| More... |
Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Curricular Changes for CPR Training
S.B. 1680
Revises statute on CPR education, requiring schools to use hands-on practice and skills testing to support cognitive learning and training. ...
| More... |
Curriculum--Sex Education |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | AIDS-related Curricula
H.B. 2414
Requires the office of research and education accountability and the department of health to do studies on AIDS curricula. Directs departmen...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | First Aid & Concussions
H.J.R. 23
Urges coaches of youth sports teams to take classes in first aid relative to the prevention, recognition, and treatment of concussions.
htt...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Middle Schools Teaching High School Courses
H.B. 2653
Provides that schools teaching courses in grades seven or eight that are also taught in any grade nine through twelve and which count toward...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 03/2012 |
P-12 | Teacher Evaluations- Transfer
H.B. 2328
Requires local boards of education to consider a transferring teacher's evaluations from a prior LEA in making tenure decisions. Allows the ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Charter School Facilities
H.B. 1980
Requires a district, in which a charter school operates, to make available annually a list of the district's vacant properties and space.
ht...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 1989
Authorizes the Department of Education's (DOE) Achievement School District (ASD) to be a chartering authority for a public charter school. D...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
H.B. 1956
Amends charter schools provisions. Prohibits a local board of education from serving as the governing body of a public charter school. Requi...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Curriculum Standards for US and State Government
H.B. 1625
Requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review the current elementary and secondary curr...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Review of Civics Education Curriculum Standards
S.B. 1483
Directs the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to review the curriculum standards for civics educat...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Students Served in Residential Mental Health
S.B. 1707
Requires a local board of education to allocate funding in an amount equal to the per pupil state and local funds received by the LEA to sta...
| More... |
Finance--Resource Efficiency |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Collaboration, City and District Operations
S.B. 1602
Permits a city and a special school district with coterminous boundaries to specify by contract that city funding for the district shall be ...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Temporary Absence, Board Members
H.B. 1909
Specifies that temporary absence of a member of a county board of education to serve in the military does not constitute a vacancy in office...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Department of Education
H.B. 249
Extends the Sunset Law termination date for the department of education to June 30, 2013; requires the division of audit in the comptroller'...
| More... |
Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Home Schools
H.B. 1631
Requires a parent who home schools a child to possess a high school diploma or GED. Defines home school "home school" as a school conducted ...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Who Can Attend Virtual Schoolst
S.B. 714
Deletes the requirement that only students in K-12 who were enrolled in and attended a public school during the previous school year are eli...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Virtual Public Schools Act
S.B. 874 and HB 1030
Enacts "The Virtual Public Schools Act." Virtual schools may be established by an LEA. A virtual school is a public school and must be provi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Potential Extension of 5-Year Limitation on Scholarship for Students with Medical Disabilities
S.B. 2008
Authorizes a student who has a documented medical disability that restricts the student's attendance to part-time to petition for an extensi...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Student Membership on Financial Aid Governing Body
S.B. 77
Changes the number and qualifications of students, the selection process, and term length for appointment to the board of the Tennessee stud...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Amends Hope Scholarship
H.B. 2010
Enables students who first received the Tennessee HOPE scholarship, HOPE access grant or HOPE scholarship for nontraditional students in the...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Reading Proficiency
S.B. 1776
Beginning with the 2011-2012 school year, a student in the third grade may not be promoted to the next grade level unless the student has sh...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | School Closures
S.B. 449
Prohibits charging a teacher with a day of leave for any day on which the teacher's school or school district is closed because of natural d...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | State-Level Safety Team Membership
H.B. 146
Specifies that the commissioner may appoint to the state-level safety team a representative from "directors of schools, members of local boa...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Background Checks
H.B. 1951
Enacts the "Kristen Azevedo Act" regarding background checks on persons applying to work at higher education institution in housing faciliti...
| More... |
School Safety--Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Isolation and Restraint
H.B. 1336
Requires isolation and restraint to be imposed by school personnel who have been certified for completing a behavior intervention training p...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Passed 06/2011 |
P-12 | Study of Statutes Related to Consolidation
H.R. 30
Directs the comptroller, in conjunction with the department of education, to study present statutes relating to the consolidation or merger ...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
Postsec. | Athlete Agents (Higher Education)
S.B. 1671
Changes various requirements for registration of athlete agents, providing notice of athlete agent activities to higher education institutio...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | BA or Grad. Degree Qualifies to Teach or Supervise
S.B. 688
Requires the state board, in consultation with the department of education, to review current policies, rules and regulations pertaining to ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Trustee Selection for Retirement System
S.B. 102
Changes the method of selection of trustees of TCRS representing teachers and retired teachers from election by the representative assemblie...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Signed into law 06/2011 |
P-12 | Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011
S.B. 113
Deletes the Education Professional Negotiations Act and replaces it wtih the "Professional Educators
Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011....
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Responsibility for Truancy
S.B. 413
States that a parent, guardian or other person who has control of a truant student commits educational neglect. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapt...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Attendance Laws Apply to Remedial Instruction
S.B. 414
States that attendance laws shall apply to remedial instruction for students who are determined to require such instruction, including summe...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Written Notices of Termination
H.B. 731
Eliminates the requirement that written notices of termination for K-12 teachers in public schools contain a statement of prior authorizatio...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Passed 05/2011 |
P-12 | Resolution to Congress
S.J.R. 111
A resolution to urge the United States Congress to oppose funding reductions in career and technical education programs....
| More... |
Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
to governor 05/2011 |
P-12 | Teaching American Government
H.B. 1625
Specifies that each student must be taught the foundational instruments, mechanisms and values of American government and that no teacher or...
| More... |
Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Financial Literacy
S.B. 912
Requires that state board of education mandate revisions to financial literacy education, including as component on certain achievement test...
| More... |
Curriculum--Physical Education |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Physical Education
H.B. 9
Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to incorporate a minimum of 30 minutes of physical activity each instructional day for elementary a...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Defibrillators
H.B. 1633
Requires the first AED received by a school to be placed in a location that can be readily accessed, which may include those areas used for ...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Move on When Ready Act
H.B. 837
Enacts the ''Move on When Ready Act." From the Fiscal Note: Authorizes any student entering the 11th or 12th grade who spent the prior year ...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Termination of a Director of Schools
S.B. 717
Requires notice of termination of director of schools to comply with same requirements as notice of extension of a director's contract. Proh...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Employee Leave Time for Volunteering
S.B. 1880
Urges employers to develop programs under which their employees with children in school can take time off to volunteer in their children's s...
| More... |
School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Bullying and Cyberbullying Prevention
H.B. 301
Requires that each LEA include a prohibition against cyber-bullying in its existing policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation or bullying ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Non-Teaching Personnel Are At-Will Employees
S.B. 905
States that all local education agency employees in positions for which no teaching license is required shall be hired on an at-will basis. ...
| More... |
State Policymaking |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Reports on Education Reforms
H.B. 963
Requires the Comptroller's Office of Research and Education Accountability (OREA) to compile the activity, reports, and recommendations of c...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher Code of Ethics
S.B. 854
Requires the state board of education to adopt any rules and regulations necessary to effectuate the annual distribution, either in printed ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Substitute Teachers
S.B. 1674
Authorizes substitute teachers to be employed and paid by a local education agency (LEA) or by a third party provider. Substitute teachers e...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 05/2011 |
P-12 | Eliminates Reporting on Weight of Textbooks
H.B. 37
Eliminates the requirement for the State Board of Education to provide the General Assembly annual reports concerning the weight of elementa...
| More... |
Finance--Private Giving |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
Postsec. | Foundation Agreements
H.B. 306
Authorizes the University of Tennessee (UT) to designate foundations that have been established to support the University to receive private...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 04/2011 |
P-12 | Teacher Non-Renewal, Tenure
S.B. 1528
From the Fiscal Note: Changes, from May 15 to June 15, the date by which teachers must receive termination notices and by which teachers and...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 03/2011 |
P-12 | State Board Scheduled to Terminate (Sunset) June 30, 2013
S.B. 161
Extends the termination date for the state board of education to June 30, 2013, and directs the division of state audit in the office of the...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation |
Signed into law 02/2011 |
P-12 | Consolidation That Results in 100% or More Enrollment Increase
S.B. 25
From the Fiscal Note: Requires any consolidation of school systems between a special school district and a county school district, resulting...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Assessments Count 20% of Final Grade
S.B. 3427
Requires a student's score on a Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) test to comprise 15%-20% of the student's final grade for ...
| More... |
Special Populations--Military |
Signed into law 07/2010 |
P-12 | Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children
H.B. 1911
Makes Tennessee a member state to, the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. The stated purpose of the compac...
| More... |
STEM |
Issued 07/2010 |
P-12 | STEM Innovation Network
Executive Order #68
Establishes the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network within the department of education and requires the department to undertake various STEM a...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12,
Community College | Cost of Licensing Tests for Adult Students with Financial Need
H.B. 2645
Requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development, in conjunction with the Department of Education, to develop, implement, and admi...
| More... |
Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Financial Literacy for Tennessee Citizens
H.B. 3334
Requires the department of the treasury to develop by rule a financial literacy program for the purpose of improving the financial literacy ...
| More... |
Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Foreign Language Proficiency
H.B. 209
Before graduating from high school, students who have completed coursework in a foreign language are required to take a foreign language pro...
| More... |
Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
Postsec. | Lottery Scholarships
S.B. 2899
As enacted, redefines "eligible independent postsecondary institution" to include institutions that are members of an accrediting agency tha...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Video-Streamed Meetings
H.B. 2474
Requires meetings of the state board of education, the Tennessee higher education commission, the Tennessee board of regents and the board o...
| More... |
P-3 |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Parent or Caretaker RelativeTraining
H.B. 2644
Requires a parent or caretaker relative receiving temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) services to participate in either a parent ...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Impact of After School Program
H.B. 1869
As students participating in the pilot after school programs complete high school, requires the Commissioner of Education to evaluate the ef...
| More... |
Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Random Drug Testing
S.B. 2621
Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to perform random drug testing on students who participate in extracurricular activities. Require...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2010 |
P-12 | Group Insurance for District Support Staff
S.B. 3125
Authorizes the provision of group medical health insurance for support staff of an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27, Part 3.
http://ww...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Truancy - Parental Consequences
S.B. 3246
Authorizes a prosecutor to allow parents or guardians of children violating truancy laws to attend parent education training and parent-teac...
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Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Choice of Schools in Memphis
H.J.R. 781
A resolution directing the Department of Education to study student access to optional schools and programs in Memphis City Schools and the ...
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Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Foreign Language Instruction
S.B. 1075
Requires the state board of education to develop guidelines and criteria for the inclusion of foreign language instruction in grades kinderg...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Updating Policies
S.B. 3255
Requires that local districts update their policy pamphlets every two years, rather than annually.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/...
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High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | International Baccalaureate or Advanced Placement
S.B. 3304
Allows a school to establish an International Baccalaureate Programme fund or an Advanced Placement fund to receive donations or grants from...
| More... |
International Benchmarking |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | World-Class Public Education System
S.J.R. 798
A RESOLUTION to express support of a world-class public education system for Tennessee and expectations that teachers, parents, and students...
| More... |
International Benchmarking |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Inclusion of International Practices and Outcomes
S.B. 1743
Urges institutions of higher education offering approved teacher training programs to offer comparative education programs
that examine teac...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Limits for Parents Whose Parental Rights Have Been Terminated
S.B. 3053
Prohibits parent whose parental rights have been terminated from being eligible to receive child's report card or other information concerni...
| More... |
Postsecondary Students--Adults |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
Postsec. | Accomodating Non-Traditional Students
H.J.R. 959
A resolution to require the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) and the University of Tennessee (UT) to accommodate non-traditional students se...
| More... |
School Safety--Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Discipline of Special Education Students
S.B. 3583
Allows any school resource officer who witnesses an offense by a student receiving special education to take the student into custody.
http:...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Green Cleaning Practices
H.J.R. 767
Directs the Department of Education to study green cleaning practices in public schools.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HJR0767.pd...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | Teacher Code of Ethics
S.B. 2416
Requires the state board to develop and adopt a teacher code of ethics to be used in defining conduct unbecoming a teacher. - Amends TCA Tit...
| More... |
Technology |
Signed into law 05/2010 |
P-12 | OK to Donate Computers
S.B. 3425
Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to donate computers that have been removed from LEA inventory to low-income families within the s...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Report to Include Programs Offered in Detention Facilities
S.B. 2198
Requires the Commissioner of Education to include a description of short and long-term educational programs that are
offered to juveniles in...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Personal Leave Restrictions
S.B. 2630
Requires approval by the director of schools or the director's designee for a teacher to take personal leave on days when professional devel...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Integrating GIS into Career-Technical and Adult Curriculum
S.B. 2767
Requires the State Board of Education to study the integration of geographic information technology into career and technical education curr...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Course of Instruction that Includes U.S. Government
S.B. 3432
As enacted, urges civics class be taught in high school.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB3432.pdf...
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Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | No Reduction in Unemployment Benefits if Enrolling in Higher Education
H.B. 2092, S.B. 1491
Prohibits the reduction or denial of unemployment benefits due to the claimant's enrollment in any institution of higher
education.
http://w...
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Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Lottery-Funded Grants and Technical Assistance - Evaluation
S.B. 980
From the Fiscal Note: Requires the Commissioner of Education to report annually any findings and recommendations concerning the system of co...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Automated Defibrillator Devices (AEDs)
S.B. 2505
Requires all K-12 public schools to have automated defibrillator devices (AEDs) on-site. Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to recei...
| More... |
Health |
Signed by Governor 04/2010 |
P-12 | Annual Advisory on MRSA Infections
S.B. 3828
Enacts the "Kristen K. Hunter Infection Control Act," which will require the department of health to issue an annual advisory to the departm...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Annual Report on Pre-K Programs
H.B. 3737
Requires the Office of Early Learning in the Department of Education to post its annual report on the status of pre-kindergarten programs on...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Classroom Placement of Siblings
S.B. 2480
In determining the classroom assignments of multiple birth siblings, the board of education is required to give preference to a request of t...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Parent-Teacher Scheduling Considerations
S.B. 3276
Urges local education agencies to consider the needs of working parents in scheduling parent-teacher meetings.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bil...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Parental Involvement in Planning for Higher Education Opportunities
S.B. 1321
Requires schools to have a plan for parent participation in the schools which is designed to improve parent and teacher cooperation in such ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Postsec. | Examination of the General Assembly Merit Scholarship Program Success
S.B. 1317
Requires the higher education commission to study and report on the General Assembly Merit Scholarship program and its success in promoting ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Postsec. | Reporting of Student Tuition Subsidies
S.B. 3266
Requires the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) to report the student tuition subsidy for each public higher education institution...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
Postsec. | Board of Regents Meetings
S.B. 3680
Requires the Tennessee Board of Regents to hold at least one annual meeting. Authorizes additional meetings to be held at the call of the Bo...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Dissemination of Extended Learning Approaches
H.B. 3415
Requires survey of extended learning programs to be disseminated by the Department of Education to all LEAs so that successful programs may ...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Encouraging Afterschool Programs
S.B. 3321
Requires the commissioner of education to encourage Lottery for Education Afterschool programs to provide extended learning that is compleme...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Retirement System Modification
S.B. 3138
Extends membership in the State Consolidated Retirement System to all employees instead of just the administrative employees of certain empl...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Change in Teacher Notification Requirement
H.B. 2772
Changes, from April 15 to May 15, the annual date by which teachers must be notified in writing of their dismissal, reelection, or that thei...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 04/2010 |
P-12 | Textbooks May Be Taken Home
H.B. 3711
Authorizes students to take textbooks home that are issued to them. This authorization does not prohibit teachers from requiring that books ...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Counting Dropouts
H.B. 3148
From the fiscal note: Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to document student withdrawals and transfers to another school, system, or s...
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
Postsec. | Purchasing by Private Non-Profit Institutions
S.B. 3512
Entitles private non-profit institutions of higher education chartered in Tennessee to purchase and contract for the purchase of any materia...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Instructional Time Adjustments
S.B. 3031
As enacted, allows local education agencies greater flexibility in extending the school day in order to offset days used for professional de...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Limits and Rights of Sexual Offenders
S.B. 2988
Requires a sexual offender or violent sexual offender to obtain written permission or a request from school principal or facility administra...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
Postsec. | Liability for Breach of Confidentiality
S.B. 2793
Prevents the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association and its member institutions from being held liable for breach of co...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
Signed into law 03/2010 |
P-12 | Teacher Evaluations
H.B. 2810
Requires that evaluations be part of a teacher's permanent record, and as such to be available for review upon request by the teacher. Chapt...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
P-12 | Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010 - Multiple Provisions
S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A
Enacts the Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010. From fiscal note: Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to move any public
school or l...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
P-12 | Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010
S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A - Multiple Provisions
Increases the maximum class size for career and technical education classes (CTE) from 25 to 35 students. Limits Basic Education Plan (BEP) ...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
P-12 | Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010 - Teacher-Related Provisions
S.B. 7005A - H.B. 7010A
Creates a Teacher Evaluation Advisory Committee (TEAC) composed of 15 members, including the Commissioner of Education, the Executive Direct...
| More... |
Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 01/2010 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010
S.B. 7006, H.B. 7008
Enacts the Complete College Tennessee Act of 2010. Revises previously established provisions to require the Tennessee higher education commi...
| More... |
Finance--Federal |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Reporting of Total Funds Received - ARRA
H.B. 1988
Requires the state school bond authority to report the total funds received under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | Sexual Offenders
H.B. 1120
Relates to sexual offenders; prohibits sexual offender from being upon the premises of or loitering within 1,000 feet of a school, day care ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2009 |
P-12 | School Safety Summit
H.B. 687
Requires board of education to convene a summit of various education stakeholders to discuss school safety issues. http://www.capitol.tn.gov...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Dates of Assessments
H.B. 1393
Requires commissioner to establish dates for the administration of assessments required for graduation that provide the maximum number of in...
| More... |
Bilingual/ESL |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | We Want to Learn English
S.B. 1745
Requires the Department of Labor and Workforce Development (LWFD), in conjunction with the Department of Education (DOE), to establish and a...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Amends Charter School Law
S.B. 2133
From fiscal note: Authorizes the state board of education to be a charter school governing body. Removes cap on the number of charter school...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Promise Zone Act
H.B. 885
Authorizes local governments or local education agencies to create a promise zone under the direction and approval of the Department of Reve...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Community Organizations May Provide Extended Learning
S.B. 1320
Authorizes local boards of education to cooperate with community organizations to provide extended learning opportunities.
http://www.capito...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Revised Bully Policies Go to Commissioner
S.B. 681
As introduced, requires an LEA revising its policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying, which was filed with the commissioner ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Allegations Against Employees
H.B. 1210
Prohibits the issuance of an arrest warrant or criminal summons without written approval of the appropriate district attorney general to the...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Extends Use of Older Buses
H.B. 92
Allows school buses to be used up to 20 years of service, subject to annual safety inspections, by extending permissible, yearly waiver limi...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2009 |
P-12 | Bonuses and Performance Compensation Fall Outside Negotiations
S.B. 2002
Provides that employee bonuses and performance compensation are not conditions of employment that the board of education and professional em...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Parental Involvement Standards
S.B. 293
Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to develop standards for parental involvement in K-12 public schools and include a report on loca...
| More... |
Accountability--Rewards |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Education Pays Pilots
H.B. 556
Encourages each local district to develop an Education Pays pilot program for at-risk students to encourage student academic achievement thr...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Cooperative Career and Technical Programs
S.B. 1084
Relates to board of regents; requires the board of regents to study feasibility of cooperative career and technical programs between LEAs an...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec. | American History/American Government
S.B. 1073
Authorizes any student to substitute three semester or three quarter hours of American government for three of the semester or quarter hours...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Delegation of Authority
S.B. 217
Allows local boards of education to delegate authority regarding assignment of individual students for decision-making on certain matters.
h...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Immunizations
S.J.R. 85
Urges department of health to enhance current immunization activities to focus on vaccination of all children ages six months through 18 yea...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Diabetes Prevention and Health Improvement
H.B. 2270
Makes all schools, instead of just high schools, eligible for grants from the Tennessee center for diabetes prevention and health improvemen...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Psychotropic Drug Policy Reviews
S.B. 1925
As introduced, instructs the state board of education to review district policies on school personnel recommending psychotropic drugs such a...
| More... |
Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Private Schools to Cooperate in Child Abuse Investigations
S.B. 1740
Requires private schools and church-related schools to turn over records on a child who is the subject of a child abuse investigation and to...
| More... |
Health--Mental Health |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Prohibits Universal Mental Health Screening
S.B. 850
Prohibits universal mental health testing or psychiatric or socio-emotional screening of juveniles unless consented to by a parent or guardi...
| More... |
High School |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Home School Diplomas Recognized
S.B. 433
Requires a high school diploma awarded by any legal means including home school diplomas to be recognized as a regular public high school di...
| More... |
High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Determination of Who is a Dropout
S.B. 2030
Requires the department of education to explore with the Tennessee congressional delegation and the United States department of education mo...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Removes Comprehensive Test Passage as Graduation Requirement
S.B. 2312
Removes requirement of passage of the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests in order to receive a full diploma. (No impact of sub...
| More... |
P-3 Ensuring Quality |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Contracting Only with Providers Meeting Highest Standards
S.B. 2328
From the fiscal note: Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to contract out for the provision of child care services and requires LEAs ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec. | Study of Tuition Relief for Veterans
S.B. 1693
Requires the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) with the assistance of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), the University of Ten...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
Postsec. | HOPE Scholarship Requirements
S.B. 771
Requires HOPE Scholarship students who currently retain the scholarship as a result of maintaining at least a 2.75 cumulative grade point av...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Sufficient Additional Learning Opportunities
S.B. 979
Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to study the Lottery for Education After-School Program (LEAP) for its effectiveness of providing...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Extended Learning Opportunities
S.B. 982
As introduced, requires the department of education to survey LEAs concerning extended learning opportunities in LEAs or communities and to ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Notice to Schools Clarified/Broadened
S.B. 680
Expands the offenses for which notice must be given to schools when an adjudicated delinquent juvenile offender is sent back into a regular ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | No More Van Transportation
S.B. 2327
Removes the authorization for an LEA to transport up to 15 students to and from an interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or scho...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Bullying Provisions Required Rather than Encouraged
S.B. 283
Requires, rather than encourages, school districts to include certain criteria in policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Discipline Referrals
H.B. 374
Requires written referrals for student's behavior to be returned to faculty or staff member issuing the referral. The referral would be kept...
| More... |
School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Waivers for Makeup Days
S.B. 899
Provides that in the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreak of illness affective or endangering students or staff during a school y...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Alternative Licensure for Air Force Instructors
S.B. 1703
Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to develop an alternative teacher licensure program for U.S. Air Force instructors who have taugh...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 05/2009 |
P-12 | Due Process in Large Districts
S.B. 1446
Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-5-512(c), is amended by deleting subdivision (1) in its entirety and by substituting instead the follow...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 04/2009 |
P-12 | Graduation, Alternative Schools
S.B. 2326
Authorizes students graduating solely by attending an alternative school.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB2326.pdf...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Processes for Schools in Improvement
H.B. 4148
Outlines procedures to be followed re: schools identified as in improvement.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Background Checks
S.B. 2807
Clarifies that any person, corporation, or other entity who enters or renews a contract, or contracts with any person or entity who enters o...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Criminal History Checks for Teacher Preparation Program Candidates
S.B. 3285
Requires all students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs shall be required to: (1) Supply a fingerprint sample and submit t...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Charter School Admissions and Task Force
S.B. 3401
Ceates a task force to study and evaluate statutory inconsistencies and technical issues, fiscal issues, administrative compliance, identifi...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Charter School Sponsorship
S.B. 3283
Prohibits public charter school sponsorship by private elementary and secondary schools. Authorizes private higher education institutions to...
| More... |
Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Requires Resource Mapping
S.B. 4012
Concerns Commission on Children and Youth; requires the commission to design and oversee a resource mapping of all federal and state funding...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Study of Local Funding Policies
S.J.R. 1180
Directs the Basic Education Program (BEP) Review Committee to study funding policies implemented by local governments in light of the increa...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Energy Efficient Schools Initiative of 2008
S.B. 4039
Enacts the "Energy Efficient Schools Initiative [EESI] of 2008." Creates an 11 member Energy Efficient Schools Council and sets out the requ...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Virtual Education Programs
S.B. 2008
Requires the state board to develop policies and guidelines for the operation of virtual education programs, including those operated by the...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Parent Notification
H.B. 3162
Provides that if a student is a victim of child abuse or sexual abuse that occurred on school grounds or under the schools care, then the pr...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Parents Supporting Instruction
S.B. 2162
Specifies that identifying opportunities for parents to participate in and support classroom instruction in the school includes the followin...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Financial Assistance
H.B. 653
Makes changes to eligibility requirements for HOPE scholarships; enacts the "Helping Heroes Act of 2008" to provide scholarships for veteran...
| More... |
Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
Postsec. | Postsecondary Institutional Disclosures
S.B. 3789
Requires postsecondary educational institutions to disclose information regarding transferability of credits; requires postsecondary educati...
| More... |
Religion |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Nonreligious Academic Study of the Bible
S.B. 4104
Authorizes the state board of education to approve a curriculum for an elective state-funded course of a nonsectarian, nonreligious academic...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Lottery for Education After School Programs (LEAP) Grant Fund
S.B. 2809
Creates a "lottery for education after school programs (LEAP) grant fund." This bill specifies that in any year that the lottery-funded scho...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Special Education Isolation and Restraint Modernization and Positive Behavioral Supports Act
S.B. 2609
Enacts the Special Education Isolation and Restraint Modernization and Positive Behavioral Supports Act; ensures that every student receivin...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Death Threats Made to Employees
H.B. 583
Creates a Class B misdemeanor for communicating a death threat concerning a school employee if:
(1) The person communicates to another a thr...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Rules and Regulations to Prohibit Gang Activities
S.B. 2554
Authorizes districts to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to prohibit gang activities on school property; requires each local educa...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
Postsec. | Notification of Disciplinary Violations
S.B. 4108
Requires a public institution of higher education to notify a parent or legal guardian of a student under 21 years of age who has committed ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 06/2008 |
P-12 | Annual Personnel Reports
S.B. 3409
Requires each local education agencies' director of schools to submit an annual personnel report to the department.
http://www.legislature.s...
| More... |
Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Reporting of Disciplinary Actions
H.B. 3321
Requires the commissioner of education to report on a semi-annual basis to the select oversight committee on education and the education com...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Work Experience and Career Employment Programs
H.B. 2891
Permits the creation of work experience and career employment programs that provide study and employment in career and technical education p...
| More... |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Art Supplies
H.B. 3322
Requires that art supplies purchased by any school or school district for use by students in K-6 must be certified non-toxic by the Arts and...
| More... |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Art and Music
S.B. 2920
Requires each Local Education Agency to include art and music education in all K-12 public schools (to help each student foster creative thi...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Boards Establish Their Own Ethical Standards
S.B. 3024
Considers all county, municipal and special school districts in the state to be separate governmental entities. Allows the school boards of ...
| More... |
Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Extension of Contracts for School Leaders
S.B. 2155
No school board may extend the contract of a director of schools without giving notice of intent to do so at least fifteen (15) calendar day...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Transfer/Articulation
H.B. 4096
Tennessee Higher Education Commission - Requires THEC to address any deficiencies in the articulation of major preparation courses between t...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Surveillance Operations
S.B. 3408
Gives Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) investigators the authority, at the request of local law enforcement, to conduct surveillance ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Instruction on Nonviolence
H.B. 2790
Urges all public schools to provide instruction on nonviolence as means to conflict resolution as part of character education curriculum. - ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Parents Required to Notify School
H.B. 2720
Expands the requirement that parents notify schools when a student is found delinquent involving certain crimes and details the procedure sc...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | School Notification Required
H.B. 2719
Adds aggravated sexual battery and aggravated sexual battery of a child to the crimes of which a child's school must be notified when the ch...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Local Foods for Food Service
S.B. 3341
Specifies that each local school board's plan for compliance with nutritional breakfast and lunch programs include specific provisions to en...
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School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Special Hazards/Access to Transportation
S.B. 3080
Requires districts upon request of a parent to survey area within one and one-half miles of school to determine if any special hazards for s...
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Student Supports--Remediation |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Providing and Reporting Annually on Remediation Services
H.B. 81
Requires districts to provide remediation services to any student who fails a portion of any Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test...
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
Postsec. | Restricts Credit Card Solicitations
H.B. 3393
Adds a new section of law that restricts credit card and other credit solicitations to college students while on campus.
http://www.legislat...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | K-3 Certification/Endorsement Not Waivable
H.B. 2755
Prohibits teacher from teaching in grades K-3 unless the teacher is licensed with an endorsement to teach in such grades. - Amends TCA Title...
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Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Whistleblower Protections
H.B. 2610
This bill prohibits the taking of adverse employment action against any teacher employed by an LEA solely for refusing to participate in, or...
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Technology |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Internet Use Policies
S.B. 3702
Requires the development of acceptable Internet use policies for public and private schools to protect children from certain online material...
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Technology--Funding Issues |
Signed into law 05/2008 |
P-12 | Formula to Guide Technology Appropriations
S.B. 3286
Any K-12 education funding appropriated outside the basic education program (BEP) for technology, internet, internet connectivity, or elearn...
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Health |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
P-12 | Defibrillators in Schools
H.B. 2775
Encourages LEAs to place automatic external defibrillators in schools; placement of such devices shall be within LEA's existing fiscal resou...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec. | Copyright Infringement
S.B. 3974
Requires each institution of higher education that receives funding from the state of Tennessee to do the following on an annual basis:
(1)...
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Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec. | Internal Accounting Controls
H.B. 4118
Concerns Public Funds and Financing; specifies that the present law requirement for each agency of state government to establish and maintai...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 04/2008 |
Postsec. | Satisfaction of Debts Prior to Grade Reports
S.B. 4046
Present law authorizes the University of Tennessee and all its several branches, and all colleges and universities of the state college and ...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Guidelines for Foreign Language Fluency
S.B. 2980
Directs the State Board of Education to develop guidelines for Develop guidelines for the use of LEAs to foster foreign language fluency as ...
| More... |
Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Sales Tax Holiday
S.B. 2730
Alters the dates of the 2008 school sales tax holiday for sales tax on certain clothing, school supplies, school art supplies, and computers...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Hearing Exams
S.B. 2583
Present law allows a local education agency (LEA) to use revenues from gifts, grants, and state and local appropriations to provide an eye e...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Notice
S.B. 3284
Requires local school boards to give the director of schools 10 days notice prior to a meeting about a director's termination, suspension, o...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Report on Employment Rights for Pre-K Teachers
H.J.R. 811
Directs the Office of Education Research and Accountability (OEA) to survey each LEA that conducts a pre-kindergarten (Pre-K) program to det...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 03/2008 |
P-12 | Training
S.B. 3642
Changes the required training regulations for special education mediators and administrative law judges who conduct due process hearings.Tra...
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Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force |
Signed into law 02/2008 |
P-12 | Reduction in Number of Teachers
S.B. 2629
Present law allows a local board of education to dismiss any teacher if it becomes necessary to reduce the number of teaching positions due ...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Automatic Revocation of Teaching Certificate
S.B. 1730
Provides that the state board shall automatically revoke the license of a licensed teacher or administrator without the right to a hearing u...
| More... |
Curriculum--Arts Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | No Tax on School Art Supplies During Annual Sales Tax Holiday
S.B. 616
Includes school art supplies with a sales price of $100 or less per item as items exempt from sales tax during the annual sales tax holiday....
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Health |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Eye Examinations
S.B. 152
If the parent or guardian of a child with a need for an eye examination is unable to afford such an examination, an LEA of a county or munic...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Protection from Sexual Offenders
S.B. 2048
Concerns Sexual Offenders; requires contracts for labor or services on school grounds or child care center grounds to require clause in cont...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Schools Against Violence in Education Act
S.B. 1910
Concerns education; enacts the Schools Against Violence in Education Act, also known as the S.A.V.E Act; provides for emergency response and...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Study Commission on Methods of Restraint
S.B. 1662
Requires the Department of Education's division of special education to collect data on and report to the Chairs of the House and Senate Edu...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2007 |
P-12 | Special Education Hearings
S.B. 907
Adds new sections of law that specify the process for and rights of parties involved in special education due process hearings.
http://www.l...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | No Pass No Drive Amended to Include One Year Suspension/Expulsion
H.B. 2260
Adds making a threat, including a false report, to use a bomb, dynamite, any other deadly explosive or destructive device including chemical...
| More... |
Accountability--School Improvement |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | School Improvement Plans
H.B. 472
During the first year a system or school is on probation, the commissioner of education shall: (A) Have the authority to approve a school sy...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Greater Accountability for Alternative Education
S.B. 2157
Requires greater accountability for alternative education; for example, requires academic indicators to include grade point averages or othe...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Pilot: of Mandated Attendance for Suspended Students
H.B. 2138
Adds a new section: A pilot project of mandated attendance in an alternative school for students who have been suspended shall be establishe...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Background checks fo Teacher Training Candidates
H.B. 2076
Provides that all students wishing to enter teacher training programs are required to agree to the release of investigative records to the t...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Career and Technical Education
H.B. 1225
Requires the Tennessee council for career and technical education to conduct a study to determine proper methods for integrating career and ...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Enrollment of Teachers' Children
S.B. 1585
Permits children of teachers who live outside of the state to attend a school within the district where the teacher is employed at no tuitio...
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Finance--District |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act
S.B. 2054
States that the general assembly recognizes the importance of school support organizations in providing financial support to help carry out ...
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Finance--Funding Formulas |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Funding
H.B. 2293
Increases the states funding level to schools. The state will now provide 75%, instead of 65%, of the cost of instructional positions to sc...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Providing Health Care to Students
H.J.R. 200
Directs the Education Oversight Committee to hold hearings on the demands placed upon public schools in providing health care to students.
...
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High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Information on High School Graduation Rates
H.B. 1531
Amends Section 49-1-211(a). Provides that the Commissioner of Education shall include in his annual report information pertaining to overall...
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High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Cooperative Innovative Programs
H.B. 99
Authorizes public postsecondary institutions and local education agencies to jointly establish cooperative innovative programs in high schoo...
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High School--Exit Exams |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Diagnostic Exams
S.B. 2175
Present law requires that, before graduation, every high school student have the opportunity to take an exit examination as adopted by the s...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Study on the Effectiveness of Pre-K Programs
H.B. 1530
Provides that the Office of Education Accountability coordinate a study of the effectiveness of pre-kindergarten programs and shall specific...
| More... |
Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Joint Study Committee for Proprietary Schools
S.B. 1302
Concerns Education, Higher; creates joint study committee for proprietary schools; created a special joint legislative study committee to co...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Special Committee to Study the Calendar
H.J.R. 147
Creates special committee to study traditional school calendar. Expires February 1, 2008.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | School Resource Officers
S.B. 938
Adds a new section of law that requires school resource officers to be sworn police officers; provides that training courses for school reso...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Adds Reason for Suspension
S.B. 247
Adds as a good reason for suspension, two or more students initiating a physical attack on an individual student on school property or at a ...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
P-12 | Modifies Procedures Related to Dismissals
H.B. 1302/S.B. 2342
Specifies procedures related to teacher dismissal hearings. Specifies that the hearing the teacher may demand will be before an "impartial h...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2007 |
Postsec. | Minimizing the Cost of Textbooks
H.B. 1257
Requires University of Tennessee and the Board of Regents to develop policies to minimize the cost of textbooks.
http://www.legislature.sta...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007 |
P-12 | Alternative Schools
H.B. 1545, S.B. 1427
Requires the advisory council for alternative education, established by Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3404, to study issues relatin...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Alternative School Pilot
H.B. 1545
Requires the advisory council for alternative education to study alternative school pilot sites and report to the governor, the state board ...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007 |
P-12 | Teaching Procedures re: "Safe Haven" Law
S.B. 293, H.B. 0234
This bill requires that the course of instruction in all public schools in grades 9 through 12 include instruction regarding the procedure f...
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 |
H.B. 1944
Removes the provision in the junior and senior high school curriculum that permits a course on personal finance to satisfy the instruction r...
| More... |
Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | State Board Member Term Changes
H.B. 951
Alters the terms of state board members from nine years to five years.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0316.pdf...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Health and Safety
H.B. 337
Requires the department of education to consider, in reviewing the lifetime wellness curriculum, instruction in school safety issues. Encour...
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Health--Child Abuse |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Procedures in Investigating Child Abuse
H.B. 2230
Clarifies that nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any hospital, clinic, school, or other organization responsible for th...
| More... |
Health--Mental Health |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Training in Early Warning Signs of Mental Illness
H.B. 933
Encourages the use of a certain number of in-service training days. Such training shall place an emphasis on understanding the warning signs...
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High School |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Alternate Means to Earn Credit Hours
S.B. 118
Requires state department to develop alternate methods whereby adult students at adult high schools may satisfy any requirement that such st...
| More... |
High School--Graduation Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Alternate Paths to a High School Diploma
H.B. 1546
Requires the state board of education to study alternative paths to high school diplomas for students who do not pass Gateway exams and to r...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Open Disciplinary Hearings
S.B. 26
Concerns students; exempts from Open Meetings Act student disciplinary hearings conducted by school board after appeal by student, principal...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | School District Police Departments
H.B. 1765, S.B. 1451
Requires the department of education to study allowing districts to create school district police departments.
http://www.legislature.state....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
Postsec. | Campus Police Officer Powers
S.B. 276, H.B. 309
Adds campus police officers to present law enforcement officers authorized to conduct certain seizures of property and related forfeiture sa...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Notification Made to School Officials
H.B. 594, S.B. 579
Expands the requirements for notification of school officials of the attendance of certain delinquent juveniles by expanding the offenses fo...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Notice to Schools of Student Offenses
H.B. 594
Revises the offenses for which notice is required to be those described under present law and voluntary manslaughter, criminally negligent h...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Reasons for Suspension, Expulsion or Alternative Placement
H.B. 928
Amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-203(a)(7) by deleting the subdivision in its entirety and by substituting instead the followin...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Potentially Dangerous Students
H.B. 665
Provides that if a child convicted of a felony or undergoing inpatient mental health treatment must attend school pursuant to a court order,...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Bus Driver Requirements
S.B. 51
Requires school bus drivers to deposit student at student's destination and makes failure to do so Class C misdemeanor punishable by fine on...
| More... |
State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Personal Identification Numbers
H.B. 2237
Present law requires that all students be assigned a personal identification number upon entry into a Tennessee public school. The number is...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Self Insurance Capability
S.B. 343
Allows two or more member employers of the same trade or professional organization with at least five hundred (500) covered lives may enter ...
| More... |
Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware |
Signed into law 05/2007 |
P-12 | Broadband Task Force Membership
S.B. 1580
Expands the membership of the Tennessee Broadband Task Force to include a representative of the department of education and requires the tas...
| More... |
Accountability |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Accountability System Review
S.B. 457
Adds a new section. Directs the office of education accountability to periodically study the overall school accountability system and report...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Reporting Suspicion of Drug Offenses
H.B. 1271, S.B. 1529
Requires school personnel to report reasonable suspicion of drug offenses committed by students to principal; permits school personnel to re...
| More... |
Finance--Private Giving |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
Postsec. | Confidentiality for Donors
S.B. 2080
Makes confidential certain information relating to donors of gifts to public institutions of higher education or to certain related foundati...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Immunization of Homeless Students
S.B. 1965
Requires the Commissioner of Education to report annually to the House and Senate Education Committees the number of homeless children who e...
| More... |
Health--Suicide Prevention |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Professional Development on Suicide Prevention
S.B. 57, H.B. 101
Creates the Jason Flatt Act of 2007 to require that in-service training for teachers and principals include at least two hours of instructio...
| More... |
Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
Postsec. | Authorizes Free Internet Access
H.B. 2066
Authorizes state colleges and universities to provide free Internet access campus wide.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/...
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Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Waivers for Military Dependents, Spouses
H.B. 15
Concerns higher education; adds new combat activity under which dependent children or spouses of POWs or deceased veterans may qualify for h...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
Postsec. | Options for Tuition Account Fund
S.B. 1387
Authorizes the Board of Trustees of the Baccalaureate Education System Trust (BEST) program to contract with other federal college savings p...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2007 |
P-12 | Standards for School Resource Officers
H.B. 1942
Requires each local education agency (LEA) to annually report to the Commissioner of Education within 30 days of the beginning of the school...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Goals for Alternative Education Schools
S.B. 2723
Requires state board of education curriculum for alternative schools to stress student success and removes language concerning alternative s...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12 | Child Nutrition and Wellness Act of 2005
S.B. 2038
Enacts the Child Nutrition and Wellness Act of 2005 to educate public about child nutrition and wellness to advocate the improvement of chil...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | HOPE Scholarship for GED Students
S.B. 2981
Relates to lottery scholarships and grants; provides that a student that is eligible for a HOPE scholarship upon graduation from high school...
| More... |
Technology--Internet Safety |
Signed into law 06/2006 |
Postsec. | Peer-to-Peer File-Sharing Risks
S.J.R. 1020
Requests administrators of state-sponsored or state- owned networks, including administrators of public colleges and universities, to explor...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Financial Support for Children in State Care
S.B. 3922
Concerns Education; specifies that when the education of a child becomes the state's direct responsibility for any reason, the commissioner ...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Anabolic Steroid Prevention
S.J.R. 746
Encourages every school participating in interscholastic sports to request their students to sign a pledge not to unlawfully use anabolic st...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Compulsory Attendance for Blind Students
S.B. 3917
Concerns Education; revises the age of children to whom the compulsory school attendance requirements for blind children apply from between ...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Renaming of Vo-Tech Division in SDE
H.B. 4040; S.B. 3919
Concerns Education; renames the division of vocational-technical education within the department of education as the division of career and ...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Civic Education Commission
S.B. 2586
Establishes a commission on civic education. The commission is will: (1) Research the current policies and practices in civic education at t...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Evaluation of Sex Education Programs
H.B. 3819
Concerns Education Curriculum; directs the comptroller's office of education accountability to evaluate the effectiveness of family life cur...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Financial Literacy Curriculum
S.B. 3741; H.B. 3753
Concerns education and curriculum; requires department of education to create a state board to approve a high school financial literacy curr...
| More... |
Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Lottery Funds for Teacher Scholarships
S.B. 2724; H.B. 3720
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; establishes lottery scholarship program to enable tenured public school teachers to obtain adva...
| More... |
Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Lottery Revenues for Education
H.B. 2812; S.B.2682
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; redistributes unclaimed lottery prize money from 50 percent future prize pool and 50 percent af...
| More... |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | School District Waivers
H.B. 3172; S.B. 3125
Permits local education agencies to seek waivers from department of education of any rule or statute that inhibits the LEA's ability to achi...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Homeless Students and Immunization
S.B. 3918
Prohibits school districts from denying admission to homeless children for lack of proof of immunization.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Guidelines for Students w/ Allergies
H.B. 2442; SB 2883
Requires the department of education in conjunction with the department of health to develop and make available to each LEA guidelines for t...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Physical Activity Requirement for Schools
H.B. 3750
Requires LEAs to incorporate at least 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week into the instructional school day for elementary an...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Parent Involvement Time Allowance
S.B. 3246; H.B. 3123
Concerns Education; permits state employees with children enrolled in schools to take off up to one day a month from work to voluntarily par...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec. | Tuition Grants for Foster Children
H.B. 2809; S.B. 2587
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; permits students receiving Tennessee HOPE foster child tuition grants to attend eligible privat...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec.,
Community College | HOPE Scholarship Awards
S.B. 2683
Concerns lottery, scholarships and programs; increases HOPE scholarship awards from $ 3,300 to $ 4,000 for full-time students at four-year i...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec. | Misrepresentation of Academic Credentials
H.B. 3526
Concerns Education, Higher; requires public higher education institutions to place warnings concerning misrepresentation of academic credent...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | At-Risk Student After School Programs
S.B. 3113; H.B. 3249
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; creates pilot after school program for at-risk students to prepare for ACT and SAT examinations...
| More... |
Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec. | In-state Resident Admissions Preference
H.B. 3262; S.B. 3383
Requires state institutions of higher education to give preference in admissions to Tennessee residents over equally qualified out-of-state ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
Postsec. | Student Safety Courses at Higher Education Institutions
S.B. 3112; H.B. 3250
Requires students attending state-supported postsecondary institutions to take a course on hate crimes, sexual harassment, sexual battery, a...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Sexual Violence Awareness Program
S.B. 595; H.B. 0374
Concerns Education, Curriculum; requires local education agencies to implement sexual violence awareness and prevention education for high s...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Requirements for Teaching Assistants
H.B. 3025; S.B. 2996
Educational assistants must have, at a minimum, a high school diploma or a GED equivalent, and show demonstrable proficiency in
reading and ...
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 05/2006 |
P-12 | Textbook Funds
H.B. 2935; S.B. 3085
Allows proceeds from disposal of surplus textbooks to supplement textbook purchasing funds or school literacy programs. Public Chaptered. Ch...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Excused Absences for Children of Military Families
S.B. 3379
Excuses children from school on days of deployment and return from deployment for military service of a parent or guardian. Provides that if...
| More... |
Class Size |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Class Size Waiver During Natural Disasters
S.B. 2898
Relates to maximum classroom sizes; In the event of a natural disaster which results in the enrollment of displaced students, the commission...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Reading Instruction Requirement for Teacher Certification
H.B. 2973
Requires reading instruction as a mandatory element of teacher education curriculum and requires certification of teacher competence in read...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Teacher Tenure Probation Period
S.B. 2781
Requires tenured teacher who resigns and subsequently returns to the school system to serve one-year probationary period before tenure can b...
| More... |
Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2006 |
P-12 | Teacher Employment and Age Discrimination
H.B. 2863
Concerns education; prohibits discrimination based on age against teachers in employment decisions. Removes provision for teacher's tenure t...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 03/2006 |
P-12 | Denial, Suspension and Revocation of Teacher Licenses
TAC 0520-2-4-.01
Outlines reasons for suspension, denial and revocation of license.Provides process for restoration a of license. TENNESSEE 9886
http://www.s...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Adopted 03/2006 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Teacher Test Scores for Licensure
TAC 0520-2-4-.05
Amends examinations and required scores for licensure as a beginning teacher. TENNESSEE 9885
http://www.state.tn.us/sos/rules/0520/0520-02/0...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Revises Charter School Act
S.B. 2167
Amends charter school governing board membership to include a parent of a student attending the charter school. States that public charter s...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Review Committee
H.B. 372
Requires the establish a review committee to aid in development or revision of the higher education master plan and funding formulae. The co...
| More... |
Health |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005 |
P-12 | Indoor Air Quality
S.B. 641
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to indoor air quality and mold in schools Encourages each district...
| More... |
High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Pays Costs of Dual Enrollment Courses
S.B. 1315
Establishes dual enrollment grants to pay costs of postsecondary attendance from net lottery proceeds for certain students who are receiving...
| More... |
High School--Exit Exams |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005 |
P-12 | Bonus Points for
S.B. 1015/Act 446
Authorizes the state board of education to promulgate regulations whereby a student, who narrowly misses passage of one or more of the Tenne...
| More... |
Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Family Resource Centers
S.B. 2115
Sets the purpose of each family resource center: to maximize the potential learning capacity of the child by ensuring that school environmen...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | 25% Tuition Discount
S.B. 1629
Every child in Tennessee under twenty-four (24) years of age whose parent is employed as a full-time certified teacher in any public school ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Student Board Membership
S.B. 1652
Adds a non-voting faculty trustee and a non-voting student trustee to the University of Tennessee board of trustees. - Amends TCA Title 49, ...
| More... |
Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Governor's Books from Birth Fund
S.B. 2275/Act 416
Establishes the Governor's Books from Birth Fund and authorizes a partnership arrangement between the Fund and a nonprofit public benefit co...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Study of Start/End School Year Dates
S.B. 516
Requires the select oversight committee on education to examine and study the dates for starting and ending the school year in public school...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 |
H.B. 838
Reduces number of hours of operations from 20 hours per week to 15 hours per week for after school programs to be eligible for technical ass...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Conflict Resolution Reporting
S.B. 1090
Amends Tennessee code annotated, section 49-2-118. Present law requires the commissioner of education to randomly select five LEAs from each...
| More... |
School Safety |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Sexual Offenses on Campus
H.B. 1542
Amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 7. Requires any official of a public or private institution of higher education receiving...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Construction Management Services
S.B. 1343
Allows use of construction management services which are provided for a fee and which involve preconstruction and construction administratio...
| More... |
Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
Postsec. | Release of Information
S.B. 98
Requires institutions of higher education to inform parents and students of students' option to execute consent forms authorizing the instit...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 06/2005 |
P-12 | Movement on the Salary Schedule
S.B. 1284
Any principalteacher, teacher, director of schools or other school personnel employed on a systemwide basis who completes additional academi...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
to governor 05/2005 |
P-12 | Request for More Funding for Dropout Prevention
H.J.R. 117
A resolution to urge increased funding for the development and expansion of dropout prevention programs in Tennessee. ...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Funding for Dropout Prevention Programs
H.J.R. 117
From the fiscal note: A resolution to urge the Governor to include an earmarked appropriation within the administration's general appropriat...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Resolution Urging Greater Funding of Alternative Schools
H.J.R. 116
Urges the Governor to include increased funding for alternative education programs in the 2005-06 General Appropriations Act. Currently, LEA...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 |
P-12 | Alternative Schools Okay for Younger Students
H.B. 1938
Allows local boards of education to establish evening alternative schools for students in grades six (age 11) through twelve (6-12). Previou...
| More... |
Career/Technical Education |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Notification of Potential Career Opportunities
S.B. 709
Adds new subsection 49-7-202. Requires the commission, with the assistance of the University of Tennessee system and the state university an...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Agricultural Education
S.B. 1563/H.B. 2123
All high school agricultural education programs that were twelve-month programs for the 1992-1993 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Fund Balances
H.B. 1262
Amends Section 49-3-352. Allows any fund balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year in the general fund of the local public ed...
| More... |
Health |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 |
P-12 | Health Report Card on Children
H.B. 445
Amends Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68. Authorizes local districts to implement a program that identifies public school children who are at...
| More... |
Health |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 |
P-12 | Healthy Lifestyles
H.J.R. 88
Resolution urging the state board, in cooperation with all local education agencies, to develop and implement a curriculum of instruction w...
| More... |
Health |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 |
P-12 | Childhood Obesity
H.J.R. 85
Resolution urges the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and implement a suitable program, one which
accommodat...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Smoke-Free Institutions
S.B. 757
With respect to public institutions of higher education, upon the adoption of smoking policies by the administrative head of such institutio...
| More... |
High School--Advanced Placement |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Resolution Urging Funding for Advanced Placement
H.J.R. 132
Urges adequate funding for high school advanced placement programs; urges the Governor to include an earmarked appropriation within the admi...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
to governor 05/2005 |
P-12 | Voluntary Pre-K for Tennessee Act of 2005
H.B. 2333
Amends title 49, chapter 6, part 1 to establish the "Voluntary Pre-K for Tennessee Act of 2005". Based on the success of Tennessee's existin...
| More... |
P-3 Preschool |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Urges Expansion of Early Childhood Education
H.J.R. 131
General Assembly expresses its unwavering support for an increase in funding for the expansion of the early childhood education program.
Urg...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Tennessee Higher Education Commission
H.B. 1439
§ 49-7-201 creates the Tennessee higher education commission. http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/104/pub/pc0435.pdf...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Bullying
S.B. 1621/H.B. 2114
Requires each LEA to adopt a policy that prohibits harassment, intimidation, or bullying and to forward a copy of the policy to
the Commissi...
| More... |
School Safety |
SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Police and Security
S.B. 47
Amends Section 49-7-118, relative to university and college police and security departments. Higher education institutions meeting certain s...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
Postsec. | Notification When Probable Cause
H.B. 1811
Adds a new section to Title 49, Chapter 7, making it the duty of each institution of higher education which has probable cause to believe th...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Cognitive Behavior Therapy
S.B. 1972
Requires the department of education, in cooperation and consultation with the state board of education, shall conduct a study of the benefi...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2005 |
P-12 | Pay Supplements
H.B. 675
Allows districts to allocate and expend any state funds received for extended contracts consistent with the needs of the specific programs s...
| More... |
Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Education Performance Goals and Measures
H.B. 3511
Deletes several sections of 49-1-601 and and substitutes new language. Relates to educational performance goals and measures;changes from d...
| More... |
Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Low Performing Schools and Districts
H.B. 1175
Chapter No. 832. Renames low performing schools and school districts as high priority schools and school districts; allows the commissioner ...
| More... |
Civic Education |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Model Character Education
H.B. 3456
Requires the department of education to institute a program to recognize those schools that have developed model instructional methods and
a...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Education and Employment Opportunities in Health Care Professions
H.B. 1093
Amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49. Requires the Tennessee higher education commission to study and report to the general assembly by...
| More... |
Finance--Equity |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Master Plan for Higher Education
H.B. 2865
Deleted and replaced a previous sub-section of law. Requires development of a master plan for future development of public higher education...
| More... |
Finance--Facilities |
To governor 06/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Bond Issues
S.B. 429
Present law authorizes the state to issue and sell general obligation bonds for any purpose authorized by the general assembly, including th...
| More... |
Finance--Private Giving |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Higher Education Ethics
H.B. 2853
Requires university foundations to adopt codes of ethics and provides procedure for removal of foundation board members who violate such cod...
| More... |
Finance--Private Giving |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Tax Deductions for Charitable School Organizations
H.B. 1302
Creates tax credit for qualified contributions for qualified public school support organizations; provides that seventy-five percent of the ...
| More... |
Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | School Videoconferencing
H.B. 2978
Until January 2005, allows a demonstration project for teaching of certain courses in public schools by videoconferencing. Courses include (...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Lottery Scholarship Eligibility
H.B. 2134
Changes Lottery Scholarship eligibility requirements for graduates of home school programs and non- eligible high schools; relates to HOPE s...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | State Employees
H.B. 2867
Added the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute to the list of institutions which full-time employees of the state of Tennessee are eligible ...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Higher Education Layoffs and Reorganizations
H.B. 2644
Adds a new section of law. Requires the board of trustees of the university of Tennessee and the Tennessee board of regents to adopt policie...
| More... |
Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Higher Education False Credentials
H.B. 433
Prohibits the use of false credentials in higher education. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0825.pdf...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec. | University and Community College System
S.B. 2479
Amends provisions regarding the state university and community college systems and board of regents. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bill...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
Postsec.,
Community College | Higher Education Audits
H.B. 3319
Enacts the "Higher Education Accountability Act of 2004"; provides that the hiring of campus internal auditors shall be done on the recommen...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 06/2004 |
P-12 | Lottery Funds for After School Programs
S.B. 3158
Authorizes a system of competitive grants for after school educational programs funded from the lottery for education account and administer...
| More... |
Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Charter Schools
S.B. 2416
From the fiscal note: Requires charter schools to administer state value-added testing for their students. Current law, T.C.A. 49-13-111(a)(...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Alternative Schools: Curriculum & Policies
S.J.R. 746
Concerns General Assembly, Directed Studies; directs the office of education accountability (with the asasistance of the state board and sta...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Residency When Custodial Parents Span Districts
S.B. 3305
Requires the state board to formulate policy for attendance and transfer of students whose custodial parents reside in two local education a...
| More... |
Background Checks |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec. | Sexual Offenses
S.B. 2097
Concerns sexual offenses; makes the name and address of any college in this state at which a sexual offender is employed or attends public i...
| More... |
Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Alcohol and Drug Usage Awareness Study
H.J.R. 1006
Urges state board of education to study the inclusion of alcohol awareness and drug usage awareness in K-12 curriculums, including dangers o...
| More... |
Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Lottery Corporation Committee
S.B. 2115
Adds the Select Committee on the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation to education committees as committees reviewing governor's proposed...
| More... |
Health |
To governor 05/2004 |
P-12 | School Assistance with Diabetes Care
S.B. 2122
Permits local public and private school boards to train school personnel who volunteer to assist students with diabetes care; requires the d...
| More... |
Health--Nutrition |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Education
H.B. 2783
Requires the Board of Education to promulgate rules to establish minimum nutritional standards for individual food items sold or offered for...
| More... |
No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Education
S.B. 2207
Povides for notification to parents of student subgroups not making adequate yearly progress of option to transfer their children to another...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Parental Involvement
H.B. 2635
Requires local districts to devise policies and procedures to encourage parental involvement in public schools. Plans must include: (1) A pl...
| More... |
Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec. | False Academic Degrees
S.B. 2305
Concerns criminal offenses; creates Class A misdemeanor for person who knowingly issues, sells or manufactures false academic degree; create...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Uniform Grading System
S.B. 2205
Directs the state board to establish a task force comprised of superintendents, principals, teachers, and representatives of school
boards a...
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
Postsec. | Tax Exemption for Educational Savings
H.B. 2953
Concerns taxes, exemption; exempts educational savings plans from state and local taxation; provides that all assets, income and distributio...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
To governor 05/2004 |
Postsec. | Higher Education
H.B. 3263,S.B. 3264
Clarifies the definition of institution for purposes of the Tennessee State School Bond Authority Act, to include the University of
Tennesse...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
To governor 05/2004 |
Postsec. | Conflict of Interest Provision
H.B. 2225
No person acting on a presidential search committee for any public higher education system or institution in this state shall be eligible
fo...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
To governor 05/2004 |
Postsec. | Internal Financial Audits
H.B. 3338
Requires the trustees of the University of Tennessee to require annual internal financial audits of the offices of the university president ...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | School Transport Seatbelt
H.J.R. 953
Creates a special joint committee to study the need to require the use of seatbelts in all vehicles used to transport school children in Ten...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2004 |
P-12 | Review of Teacher Salaries
H.B. 3510
Establishes a method for equalizing the salaries of public school teachers in the state. Under present law, the state commissioner, with the...
| More... |
Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Basic Education Program Funding
S.B. 3349
Basic Education Program (BEP) - Provides that 40 percent of growth funds under the BEP are to be distributed to eligible LEAs by January 1 w...
| More... |
Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Trustee Term
H.B. 3572
Changes terms of trustees from two years to staggered terms of four years and increases grade level of school authorized for operation by sp...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Education
S.B. 2286
Concerns education; requires, under certain circumstances, each LEA to allow certain students to carry and self-administer asthma medication...
| More... |
Parent/Family |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12 | Education
H.B. 2161
Concerns education; provides for local education agencies to include contact information on child advocacy groups and the state department ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
Postsec. | Law Enforcement
S.B. 2797
Concerns Law Enforcement; enacts the Robert 'Robbie' Nottingham Campus Crime Scene Investigation Act of 2004; provides procedures for the in...
| More... |
Special Populations--Corrections Education |
Signed into law 04/2004 |
P-12,
Postsec.,
Community College | Department Of Corrections
S.B. 2663
Directs the Department of Corrections, in conjunction with Department of Personnel, to study the issue of education and employment for perso...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 03/2004 |
Postsec. | Public Records
S.B. 2098
Concerns public records; requires rather than authorizes institution of higher education to disclose final results of student disciplinary p...
| More... |
Finance--Lotteries |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12,
Postsec. | State Lottery
S.B. 437
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, is amended by adding the following as a new part: § 49-4-901. Net proceeds of the ...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Maximum Weight Standards For School Textbooks
S.B. 1664
Requires the state board o study and make recommendations concerning weight of textbooks used by pupils in elementary and secondary schools....
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Mold Abatement
H.B. 891
Creates task force to establish guidelines for mold abatement in public schools....
| More... |
Postsecondary Finance |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
Postsec. | Higher Education Foundations
H.B. 1411
Requires that expenditures of higher education foundation benefiting state institution of higher education comply with applicable laws, poli...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Inner City Educational Enhancement Pilot Project
H.B. 1665
Under present law, a public school may be placed on notice or probation for failure to make adequate progress in meeting the rules, regulat...
| More... |
Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | Reemployment of Teachers
S.B. 434
Relates to reemployment after retirement by teachers....
| More... |
Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 06/2003 |
P-12 | State Textbook Commission
S.B. 1647
Changes the sunset date for the State Textbook Commission to June 30, 2007 from May 21, 2003. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/curr...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Young At-Risk Students
S.B. 1975
Revises the criteria for determining at-risk children for pre-school and early learning programs from those "who live below the poverty line...
| More... |
At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public School Dropout Rates
H.J.R. 19
Creates a special joint committee to study public school dropout rates in Tennessee. This special joint committee, consisting of 5 Represent...
| More... |
Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Fraudulent Enrollment
S.B. 396
Prohibits out-of-district or out-of-state enrollment within a school system. Restitution for out-of-district or out-of-state enrollment wou...
| More... |
Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Social Security for Charter School Employees
S.B. 116
Requires public charter schools to enter into agreements with the commissioner of social security to ensure that the benefits of the federal...
| More... |
Economic/Workforce Development |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Collaboration
S.B. 1560
Amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 3, Part 7 and Title 49, Chapter 7, relative to enhancing economic and community developmen...
| More... |
Finance--District |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Local Education Agencies Purchases
S.B. 878
Under present law, any municipality, county, utility district or other local government unit of the state may, upon request, purchase suppli...
| More... |
Governance |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | State Board of Education
H.B. 455
Relates to the state board of education; requires one appointee to be a K-12 public school teacher....
| More... |
Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Public Education
S.B. 1024
Allows the Commissioner of Education to authorize up to 16 school systems to operate as alternative education programs which emphasize
scho...
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Vaccinations
S.B. 185
Requires vaccinations for Meningococcal disease for post-secondary students who live in on-campus housing....
| More... |
Health |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Vaccinations for Students
S.B. 1733
Requires new incoming students at any public or private institution of higher learning to return a completed waiver form
that indicates that...
| More... |
P-3 Grades 1-3 |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Mandatory Kindergarten
S.B. 1974
Removes a reference in TCA 49-6-301 which made kindergarten an optional program. Under current law, kindergarten is a mandatory program....
| More... |
Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Maximum Grants
S.B. 1597
Relates to higher education; provides that the amount of the maximum grant for students enrolled at the eligible institutions of higher lear...
| More... |
Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Legislative Confirmation of Appointments
S.B. 1812
Requires legislative confirmation of all appointed members of Tennessee Higher Education Commission, Tennessee Board of Regents and Universi...
| More... |
Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | 21st Century Learning Centers Program
H.J.R. 597
Urges full funding of 21st Century Learning Centers Program in fiscal year 2004 federal budget. Provides for the Tennessee General Assembly ...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
Postsec. | Student Disciplinary Records
S.B. 272
Allows a higher education institution to disclose to an alleged victim of any crime of violence or a nonforcible sex offense, the final resu...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Sexual Offenders
S.B. 740, H.B. 865
Relates to sexual offenders; provides that no defined sexual offender shall knowingly reside or accept employment within 1,000 feet from a p...
| More... |
School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Juvenile Offenders
S.B. 1744
Concerns juvenile offenders; strengthens procedures for notifying school principals of enrollment of students who have been convicted of ser...
| More... |
School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Grading Policies
H.J.R. 485
Requests the state board to study the issue of grading in Tennessee public schools with special emphasis on the area of numerical/letter gra...
| More... |
Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Special Education Caseload and Class Size Standards
S.J.R. 238
Requires the State Board of Education to submit a preliminary report prior to February 1, 2004, to apprise the Select Oversight
Committee on...
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Special Populations--Gifted and Talented |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Creates A Special Joint Study Committee To Review
H.J.R. 75
Creates a special joint study committee to review Tennessee Board of Education rules and regulations regarding intellectually gifted student...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Signed into law 05/2003 |
P-12 | Qualified Teachers
S.B. 1627
Requires the state board of education, with the assistance of the commissioner of education, to study and determine the key academic teachin...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Persons Working With Children
H.B. 1314
Clarifies that criminal history records check for persons working with children will include check conducted by federal bureau of investigat...
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Governance |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Electronic Dissemination
H.B. 2014
Requires the Commissioner of Education to distribute in electronic format to the local boards of education, at the
conclusion of each regula...
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Governance |
To governor 04/2003 |
P-12 | Board of Standards
H.B. 1539
Extends the termination date of the Board of Standards until June 30, 2009. Under the Tennessee Governmental Entity
Review Law, the Board is...
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Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
Signed into law 04/2003 |
P-12 | Child Immunization Records
S.B. 1938
Includes third party payors or carriers regulated by department of commerce and insurance and self- insured entities as entities authorized ...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers |
Rule Adoption 04/2003 |
P-12 | Teacher Education and Licensure
TAC 0520-2-3-.01, -.21
Amends rules relating to licensure, general requirements and effective dates regarding teacher education and licensure. http://www.state.t...
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Finance--Lotteries |
Approved by voters 11/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | State Lottery for Education
Constitutional Amendment 1
Amendment to the Constitution (Article XI, Section 5) permitting the legislature to authorize a state lottery if the net proceeds of the lot...
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No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
Active 08/2002 |
P-12 | Supplemental Education Services
N/A
Supplemental Education Services web page: (http://www.state.tn.us/education/acctsupplemental.htm)
Supplemental Services application (deadlin...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Intervention in Low-Performing Schools
H.B. 3159
By September 1 of each year, the commissioner is required to recommend for approval to the state board a listing of all schools to be placed...
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Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Charter Schools Act
H.B. 1131
Enacts the Tennessee Charter Schools Act of 2001. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0850.pdf...
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Civic Education |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 2599
Each board of education shall require the daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance in each classroom in the school system in which a
fla...
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Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Adequacy Study Committee
H.J.R. 1191
Creates a special joint committee to study the adequacy of funding for the Basic Education Program (BEP)....
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Special Education |
Signed into law 07/2002 |
P-12 | Assessing Students With Disabilities
H.B. 572
When a child is referred for assessment or evaluation of a possible disability, such assessment or evaluation must be completed as specified...
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Attendance |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Truancy Prevention
H.B. 2650
Relates to truancy; mukes state-wide present authorization limited to Shelby County for local education agency to enter into agreement with ...
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Background Checks |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Bus Driver Certificates
H.B. 2106
Prohibits issuance of certificate to drive school bus in this state if applicant has been convicted of driving under the influence, vehicula...
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Career/Technical Education |
Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2002 |
P-12 | Vocational Director Qualifications
S.B. 1765
Provides that maximum degree to be required for local director of vocational education is either masters degree in curriculum instruction or...
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Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2002 |
P-12 | Property Tax Abatements
H.B. 2672
Directs the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study the overall effect on local public education when property taxes or ...
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Health |
Signed into law 06/2002 |
P-12 | Food Offerings
H.J.R. 646
Relates to urging primary and secondary schools to offer students more calcium rich foods and beverages in their lunch and snack bar program...
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No Child Left Behind |
Active 06/2002 |
P-12 | 2002 Consolidated Plan
N/A
2002 Consolidated Plan (dated 6/2002): http://www.state.tn.us/education/accttnconsolidatedapplication.pdf...
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2002 |
P-12 | Electronic Data
H.B. 2827, S.B. 2969
Relates to education data stored electronically; allows the commissioner of education to establish guidelines regarding the timely and respo...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Writing Assessment
H.B. 2900
Relates to comprehensive writing assessment scheduling....
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Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Exit Exam
H.B. 2897
Makes the single exit exam prior to high school graduation optional instead of mandatory; requires results be shared with legislative oversi...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | CPR Training
S.B. 2153
Requires CPR training in either junior or senior high school, as established by State Board of Education; provides that CPR training would c...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Physical Education
S.J.R. 569
Expresses sense that each school-age child should have access to and participate in daily physical education and activity as part of educati...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | State Standards Apply to Private Providers
S.B. 2380
Applies the state board's of education child care standards to programs operated by private schools. Any funds or personnel involved in the ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Crimes Against Postsecondary Students
S.B. 2678
Relates to the reporting of certain crime statistics by the bureau of investigation; includes statistics as crimes against the students of i...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 05/2002 |
P-12 | Substitute Teacher Qualifications
S.B. 2632
Requires districts to adopt policies on the employment of substitute teachers. Such policies shall, at a minimum, address qualifications and...
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Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 05/2002 |
P-12 | Professional Negotiations Act
S.B. 467
Amends the Professional Negotiations Act. The "terms and conditions of professional service" or "working conditions" of professional employ...
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Demographics--Enrollments |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
Postsec. | Attending Across State Lines
S.B. 2865, HsB. 2639
Allows non-resident of county contiguous to Tennessee in another state to enroll in college or university (without tuition) despite presence...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Transfer of Employees
S.B. 2175
Provides that the Director of Schools rather than the board of education would have the authority to transfer teachers from one
position to ...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Teachers to Reside in Neighborhoods
H.B. 1537
Pilot program (January 2002 to January 2003) in four counties; creates neighborhood school program that requires 25 percent of teachers in p...
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Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining |
Became law without governor's signature 04/2002 |
P-12 | Education Professional Negotiations Act
S.B. 467, H.B. 1913
Amends the Education Professional Negotiations Act to define working conditions of professional employees and allows a liberal
interpretatio...
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Textbooks and Open Source |
Signed into law 04/2002 |
P-12 | Textbook Publisher Contracts
H.B. 2899
Extends length of initial contract textbook commission may make with textbook publishers from present three-year minimum and six-year maximu...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Size of School Boards
S.B. 2018
Increases maximum size of county school boards from 10 to 12 members....
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Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract |
Signed into law 03/2002 |
P-12 | Reemployment of Teachers
S.B. 2275
Specifies that the right to remain on the preferred list for employment would be in effect until: (1) The teacher refuses a bona fide offer ...
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P-3 |
Signed into law 07/2001 |
P-12 | Child care report cards and tiered reimbursement system.
S.B. 1667; same as H.B. 1390
Establishes and implements a mandatory child care agency report card system and a separate and voluntary child care agency rated licensing s...
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Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Reading and Writing Proficiency
S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill
Requires the state board of education to establish by rule and policy a reading initiative for kindergarten through grade 8 that includes at...
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Finance--Lotteries |
2002 November Ballot 06/2001 |
Postsec. | Lottery Ballot Initiative
V. 1
LOTTERY AND GAMING (TNSJR1-2001) Proposes an amendment to article XI, Section 5, of the Constitution of Tennessee, relating to lotteries; pr...
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Special Education |
Became law without governor's signature 06/2001 |
P-12 | Full Federal Funding Resolution
S.J.R. 239
Relates to Congress; urges fully funding federal commitment to Individual with Disabilities Education Act (IDEA)....
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Special Education |
Signed into law 06/2001 |
P-12 | Age groupings, Case Loads
S.B. 733
Limits age ranges of instructional groups to range to a maximum of 36 months for special education purposes; requires state board of educati...
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Accountability--Reporting Results |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Disaggregated Data
H.B. 1301
Requires the disaggregation of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program scores prior to release as part of the commissioner's annual r...
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Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 |
P-12 | No Pass No Drive Amendments
S.B. 146
Increases from five to ten unexcused absences allowed prior to suspension or denial of driver license of minor individual enrolled in GED co...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Testing Accomodations
S.B. 343
Requires the state department of education to develop alternative assessment for disabled students. The department is required to develop tw...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Timely Test Score Data
S.B. 188
Requires the state department to provide raw test score data to local education agencies as soon as practicable after receipt of such data, ...
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At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Drug Offenses -- Teachers
H.B. 1040
Requires immediate suspension and dismissal of teachers convicted of certain drug offenses. Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 5....
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Curriculum |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Personal Finance Curriculum
H.B. 1177
Requires public schools to include in the course of instruction a component on personal finance education to help students develop an unders...
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Health |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Vision Screenings Required
S.B. 304
Adds vision screening to requirements for admission to public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool and child care; encourages par...
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High School |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Tech-Prep Curriculum
S.B. 1743
Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities to offer technical-prep high school ...
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Leadership |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Hiring of Superintendents
H.B. 389
Requires boards of education to announce when applications for superintendent are to be submitted and when superintendent will be employed. ...
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Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Electronic Textbooks
H.B. 604
Allows electronic textbooks to be recommended, adopted, and purchased in same manner as regular textbooks. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6,...
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P-3 Finance |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Education Reform Act of 2001
S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill
Preschool Funding: Requires schools for preschool children organized as public schools or as
public school classes to be maintained and supp...
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Postsecondary Accountability |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
Postsec. | Participation of Tennessee
S.J.R. 59
(Joint Resolution) Urges National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education to select Tennessee a one of multi-state participant in lon...
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Reporting on Reading
S.B. 1173
Modifies reporting requirements to include a more general report on the number, status, and funding of reading programs in grades kindergart...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Hazing
H.B. 903
Requires local education agencies to adopt written policies prohibiting hazing by any student or organization operating under sanction of th...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Salary Adjustments
S.B. 346
States that Basic Education Program funds generated in salary components for non-licensed personnel may be used to increase salaries for cur...
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Special Education |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Full Funding for Special Education
H.J.R. 151
Urges the President and the United states Congress to increase federal funds for special education to the share level authorized by the Indi...
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Teaching Quality |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Planning Time
H.B. 1039
Revises provisions for teachers' duty-free planning periods; requires reporting to state department of education, and prohibits combining du...
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
Signed into law 05/2001 |
P-12 | Education Reform Act of 2001
S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill
Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to reimburse up to 100 teachers for evaluation fees incurred while obtaining certification by the N...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
To governor 05/2001 |
P-12 | Education Reform Act of 2001
S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill
Creates a scholarship program for college juniors, seniors, and post-graduate students who pledge to teach in public schools for a required ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Conflict Resolution
S.B. 215
Expands from five schools to five LEAs in each grand division who are required to file report with commissioner of education on conflict res...
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School/District Structure/Operations |
Signed into law 04/2001 |
P-12 | Consolidation Authorization
H.B. 465
Authorizes counties with metropolitan governments in which principal city is not county seat to adopt consolidation plan for school systems ...
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Assessment |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Assessing Students with Disabilities
H.J.R. 589
Urges Department of Education to modify and revise portfolio assessment piloted for evaluating students with disabilities who do not partici...
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Attendance |
Became law without governor's signature 06/2000 |
P-12 | Tying Drivers License to Attendance
S.B. 3152
Requires State to deny drivers license or permit to student withdrawn from secondary school who has 5 or more unexcused absences while atten...
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Governance--School Boards |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Electronic Board Records
S.B. 1322
Authorizes local Boards of Education to maintain records of proceedings of board in electronic format....
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Reading/Literacy |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Improvement of Reading Instruction
S.B. 2485
Requires certain actions by State Department of Education, State Board of Education, and Higher Education Commission to improve teaching of ...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | School Speed Zones
H.B. 2025
Allows local Boards of Education to set longer period for school speed zones around schools....
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Students--Records/Rights |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Student Names
S.B. 1882
Requires student to be enrolled in school under name that appears on certificate of birth and to use that throughout school career....
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Management of Retirement Funds, Reports
S.B. 2755
Provides that local teacher retirement funds should be well managed; requires annual reports to local legislative bodies....
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Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits |
Signed into law 06/2000 |
P-12 | Retired Teachers May Return
S.B. 2124
Allows retired teachers to resume teaching without loss of benefits under certain conditions....
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Attendance |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Habitual Truancy
S.B. 2425
Establishes standard by which school pupils subject to mandatory attendance are found to be habitual truant or truant; authorizes law enforc...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. | Intellectual Property
H.B. 2770
Pertains to the University of Tennessee; provides that copyrighted computer materials held by state institution, the university are not open...
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Postsecondary |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. | Confidential Research Records - Procedures
H.B. 2769
Modifies certain procedures for protecting confidential research records and materials handled by higher education....
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Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12,
Postsec. | Employment of Non-Citizens
S.B. 2939
Allows non-citizens to be employed at public schools and colleges in Tennessee....
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Postsecondary Governance and Structures |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. | Requires Approval of New Branch Campuses
H.B. 2332
Pertains to higher education; requires THEC evaluation and approval of any new branch or satellite campuses of existing state institutions o...
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Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
Postsec. | Transfer of Credits
H.B. 2318
Requires THEC to develop and enforce policies for transfer of credits among various institutions of higher education and structuring of cour...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Records Sharing
S.J.R. 620
Urges the Department of Education to prepare and provide to all public schools guides to legally permissible practices for disclosure and sh...
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School Safety |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Conflict Resolution Program
H.B. 2104
Encourages local education agencies to extend conflict resolution intervention program implemented in grades 1 and 2 to grades 3 through 6, ...
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School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension |
Signed into law 05/2000 |
P-12 | Expulsion, Suspension
H.B. 3022
, Defines expulsion, suspension and remand for purposes of disciplinary actions in schools....
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Private Schools |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Non-Public School Teachers
H.B. 2680
Allows teachers at non-public schools to receive professional licensure on same basis as similarly qualified public school teachers....
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School Safety |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Zero Tolerance
H.B. 2679
Revises "zero tolerance" law on suspension or expulsion of students who commit certain offenses....
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State Longitudinal Data Systems |
Signed into law 04/2000 |
P-12 | Standardizes Reporting
S.B. 2435
Provides for standardized system of reporting local education agencies' financial information to Commissioner of Education....
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Parent/Family |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Excusal for Parents to Attend Parent-Teacher Conferences
H.J.R. 56
Urges employers to excuse employees from work to attend parent-teacher conferences when given 24 hour notice....
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Postsecondary Faculty |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
Postsec. | Faculty
H.B. 2227
Relates to higher education; repeals requirement that supreme court directly review by appeal decree of chancery court involving tenured fac...
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Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Apprentice Teachers
S.B. 2182
Specifies the teacher employed as probationary teacher for 1 year and as an apprentice teacher for 2 years will be considered as having met ...
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Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention |
Signed into law 03/2000 |
P-12 | Teachers over 70
S.B. 2299
Relates to teachers, principals and school personnel; deletes provisions preventing contract extension for teacher 70 years of age or older....
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Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance |
Signed into law 02/2000 |
P-12 | Coordinated Health Program
H.B. 674
Provides for coordinated school health program; requires program to include, but not be limited to, school nurses, health education, school ...
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