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Priority 1Close Achievement and Opportunity Gaps in K-12 and BeyondThis resource highlights education bills currently being actively tracked by The Education Trust in Tennessee. For a complete listing of all education bills, please visit the Tennessee General Assembly website. Please use the tabs at the bottom of the document to navigate the tracked bills by our policy priorities. The "Latest Action" column denotes where each bill currently stand in the legislative process, organized by chamber. Please contact rwhite@edtrust.org should you have any related questions.
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Priority 2Address Funding and Resource Equity
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Priority 3Increase Educator Diversity and Quality
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Priority 4Support Students' Social-Emotional and Academic Development
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Address the Impact of COVID-19 on Student Learning and Well-Being
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HB0006/SB0229, Cepicky/HensleyHouse Status [Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021, 4/28/2021], Senate Status [Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021, 4/29/2021]Priority 1As introduced, requires the commission to establish a four-year pilot program to award completion grants to Tennessee Promise scholarship students who have an immediate financial need or who are experiencing a financial hardship that may prevent the student from completing a postsecondary degree or credential.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0006&GA=112
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HB0014/SB0231, Cepicky/HensleyHouse Status [Withdrawn, 1/14/2021], Senate Status [Withdrawn]Priority 2As introduced, enacts the "School Stabilization Act"; requires, for the 2021-2022 school year, the BEP of each LEA to be calculated based on the LEA's 2019-2020 average daily membership (ADM), rather than the LEA's 2020-2021 ADM, unless the LEA's 2020-2021 ADM exceeds the LEA's 2019-2020 ADM.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0014&GA=112
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HB0016/SB0230, Cepicky/HensleyPub. Ch. 77Priority 4As introduced, enacts the "Teacher's Discipline Act"; establishes a process for a teacher to request the removal of a student from the teacher's classroom if the student's behavior violates the LEA's or school's student discipline policy or code of conduct and repeatedly or substantially disrupts the class.https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0016&GA=112
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HB0023/SB0233, Cepicky/HensleyPub. Ch. 34Priority 2, Priority 4 As introduced, requires the department to survey all LEAs, public charter schools, and state special schools to determine whether there is a sufficient number of licensed speech-language pathologists in the public schools of this state to meet student needs and report the results of the survey to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives by January 15, 2022.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0023&GA=112
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HB0041, WhitsonHouse Status [Withdrawn, 1/14/2021]Priority 2, Priority 4, Priority 5As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, that the BEP fund one full-time public school nurse position for each school in an LEA.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0041&GA=112
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HB0044/SB1257, Sparks/ReevesHouse Status [Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021, 4/28/2021], Senate Status [Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021, 4/29/2021]Priority 2, Priority 4, Priority 5As introduced, funds social worker positions through the BEP at a ratio of one per 1,500 or fewer students.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0044&GA=112
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HB0046/SB1410, Lamar/AkbariHouse Status [Returned to the Clerk's Desk, 4/6/2021], Senate Status [Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 1/19/2022, 4/7/2021]Priority 4Requires the department, instead of local boards of education, to develop a water testing program to reduce potential lead contamination in drinking water in public schools; requires child care programs to implement the water testing program required for public schools; changes, from 20 to 15 parts per billion, the lead level at which a school or child care program is required to take certain protective and remedial steps under the program.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0046&GA=112
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HB0048/SB1056, Hawk/SoutherlandHouse Status [Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021, 4/28/2021], Senate Status [Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021, 4/29/2021]Priority 2As introduced, redirects the 80 percent portion of the tax revenue from the privilege tax on sports gaming from the lottery for education account to an account created for distribution to public school systems for the construction and maintenance of school buildings.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0048&GA=112
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HB0165/SB0642, Cooper/RobinsonHouse Status [Re-ref. Calendar & Rules Committee, 4/14/2021], Senate Status [Failed in Senate Education Committee, 4/7/2021]Priority 2, Priority 4As introduced, authorizes community schools and communities of schools to establish programs to make professional counseling services available to individuals held in correctional or detention facilities in this state.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0165&GA=112
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HB0193/SB0180, Carr/SwannHouse Status [Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021, 4/28/2021], Senate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 4/7/2021]Priority 2As introduced, mandates, beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, that each LEA receive no less than a 50 percent state share in the instructional salaries and wages components, instructional benefits components, and classroom components.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0193&GA=112
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HB0225/SB0103, Vaughan/KelseyPub. Ch. 96Priority 5As introduced, specifies that local boards of education and governing bodies of public charter schools, as applicable, have the sole authority to open or close schools during a public health emergency.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0103&GA=112
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HB1096/SB0109, Baum/PowersHouse Status [Signed by Governor, 4/20/2021], Senate Status [Signed by Governor, 4/20/2021]Priority 4As introduced, confers immunity from civil liability upon a teacher, principal, school employee, or school bus driver properly using reasonable force to correct or restrain a student or prevent bodily harm or death to another person.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0109&GA=112
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HB1501/SB0122, Cochran/HaileHouse Status [Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021, 4/28/2021], Senate Status [Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021, 4/29/2021]Priority 1As introduced, enacts the "School Turnaround Pilot Program Act," which requires the department of education to develop and implement a five-year school turnaround pilot program for schools identified as in need of intervention.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0122&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7001, Johnson; HB7003, LamberthPassedPriority 5As introduced, excludes data generated by state assessments administered in the 2020-2021 school year, and data generated by alternative growth models used by LEAs in the 2020-2021 school year to evaluate teachers in non-tested grades and subjects, from certain accountability determinations; revises certain tenure eligibility requirements to account for the unavailability of data due to the cancellation of TCAP tests as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7001&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7002, Johnson; HB7004, LamberthPassed, House placed on Message Calendar for 1/22/2021Priority 1, Priority 5As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act"; requires local education agencies and public charter schools to implement a program of after-school learning mini-camps, learning loss bridge camps, and summer learning camps to remediate student learning loss.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7002&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7003/HB7002, Johnson/LamberthPassedPriority 1As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Literacy Success Act"; requires LEAs to provide foundational literacy skills instruction, provide reading interventions and supports, and administer universal reading screeners to students in kindergarten through grade three to improve reading proficiency.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7003&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7005/HB7011, Akbari/DixieSenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt., 1/20/2021]Priority 1, Priority 3As introduced, encourages a local director of schools, beginning in the 2021-2022 school year, to include at least two hours of in-service training related to improvements in student literacy for kindergarten through third grade teachers each year.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7005&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7006/HB7012, Akbari/DixieSenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt., 1/20/2021]Priority 5As introduced, requires the commissioner to include any available data in the commissioner's 2021 annual report regarding the extent of learning loss experienced by students during the 2019-2020 and 2020-2021 school years as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7006&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7007/HB7010, Akbari/DixieSenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt., 1/20/2021]Priority 1, Priority 3As introduced, allows educator preparation program faculty to further professional development through facilitating professional learning for public school educators focused on improvements in literacy instruction in kindergarten through third grade.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7007&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7008/HB7007, Hensley/CepickySenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [Taken off notice for cal. in Calendar & Rules Committee of Extraordinary Session, 1/21/2021]Priority 1As introduced, restricts the course access program to high school students only; removes the ability of a student to enroll in a program course in situations where "a legitimate situation exists that prevents the student from enrolling in a comparable course"; authorizes the state board of education to exclude a course offered by a school issued a "D" or "F" letter grade by the department in the most-recent state report card from the course access catalog.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7008&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7009/HB7020, Johnson/LamberthSenate Status [Senate concurred in House amendment #2, 1/22/2021], House Status [Comp. SB subst., 1/21/2021]Priority 2As introduced, makes appropriations sufficient to provide the first year's funding for any act which receives final passage during the first extraordinary session of the 112th General Assembly.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7009&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7010/HB7015, Robinson/ParkinsonSenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt., 1/20/2021]Priority 5As introduced, requires the commission on education recovery and innovation to include data and recommendations for addressing student learning loss and course access related to the COVID-19 pandemic in the commission's final report.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7010&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7011/HB7008, Yarbro/ClemmonsSenate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [Returned to the Clerk's Desk, 1/20/2021]Priority 2, Priority 3As introduced, requires, subject to appropriation, the state to fund a 4% increase to LEAs' instructional salaries components in the 2020-2021 school year, which must be used solely to fund an increase in teacher salaries for that school year; provides that teachers must receive back pay from the beginning of the school year; prohibits an LEA from reducing a teacher's salary from one school year to the next,except in the case of a reduction in the teacher's duties.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7011&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7012/HB7013, Yarbro/DixieSenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, ref. to Education 12 Committee -- Education 345 Committee, 1/20/2021]Priority 3, Priority 5As introduced, makes various changes to the education statutes related to literacy training; student learning loss during the COVID-19 pandemic; the economic effects of the COVID-19 pandemic on teacher pay; and certain accountability determinations for students, teachers, and local education agencies.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7012&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7013/HB7017, Yarbro/CamperSenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, ref. to Education 345 Committee, 1/20/2021]Priority 5As introduced, prohibits the use of student scores, student growth data, or student performance data obtained from TCAP tests given in the 2020-2021 school year in teacher accountability data, school accountability data, or student grades, unless use of the data results in a higher score or grade.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7013&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7014/HB7009, Campbell/ClemmonsSenate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [Returned to the Clerk's Desk, 1/20/2021]Priority 3, Priority 5As introduced, provides all school-based employees of an LEA during the 2020-2021 school year with a one-time hazard pay bonus of 2 percent of the employee's annual salary.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7014&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7015/HB7006, Jackson/ToddSenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt, 1/20/2021]Priority 1As introduced, requires the state board to include goals or benchmarks for improvements in student literacy to the goals or benchmarks the board must submit to the general assembly.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7015&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7016/HB7005, Jackson/ToddSenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt, 1/20/2021]Priority 1As introduced, sets January 30 for the date by which the department of education must submit the required annual early grades reading report to the general assembly under the Tennessee Literacy Initiative Act of 1999.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7016&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7017/HB7019, Hensley/OglesSenate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [No Action Taken, 1/20/2021]Priority 5As introduced, authorizes a local board of education or charter school governing body to adopt policies and procedures relative to COVID-19 quarantining; requires a claimant alleging loss, damage, injury, or death caused by or resulting from a policy adopted by a local board or charter school governing body to prove by clear and convincing evidence that the board or governing body caused the injury by an act or omission constituting gross negligence or willful misconduct.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7017&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7018/HB7014, Johnson/LamberthSenate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt, 1/20/2021]Priority 2, Priority 5As introduced, requires the BEP review committee to analyze how education funding for the 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 school years may be affected by changes to an LEA's enrollment in the 2020-2021 school year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and recommend any necessary revisions, additions, or deletions to the formula in its annual report.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7018&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7019/HB7018, Robinson/ClemmonsSenate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [No Action Taken, 1/20/2021]Priority 4, Priority 5As introduced, requires the department to direct each local board of education and charter school governing body to develop a plan to conduct mental and behavioral health screenings for all students in kindergarten through eighth grade in order to evaluate the impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on students' mental and behavioral health and any resulting learning loss.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7019&GA=112
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January 2021 Special Session: SB7019/HB7018, Robinson/ParkinsonSenate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 1/20/2021], House Status [P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt, 1/20/2021]Priority 5As introduced, requires the BEP review committee to review any available information related to temporary education and school funding deficiencies or shortfalls resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic during at least one meeting of the committee in the year 2021.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7021&GA=112
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SB0351/HB0422, Keisling/PodySenate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 3/31/2021], House Status [Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration, 3/30/2021]Priority 1, Priority 5As introduced, requires the board to promulgate rules to allow a public school system to meet the 180 days of classroom instruction required for each school term by providing a minimum number of instructional hours per school year.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0422&GA=112
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HB0420/SB0685, Chism/GilmoreHouse Status [Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee to General Sub, 3/30/2021], Senate Status [Introduced, Passed on First Consideration, 2/10/2021]Priority 3, Priority 4As introduced, creates a state oversight committee for the inclusion of African American history as part of the public school curriculum in Tennessee.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0429&ga=112
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HB0438/SB1059, Harris/CampbellHouse Status [Def. to Summer Study in K-12 Subcommittee, 3/30/2021], Senate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 3/31/2021]Priority 2As introduced, directs the department to develop and administer a system of grants to LEAs to supplement funding LEAs receive through the BEP for special education.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0438&GA=112
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HB0462/SB1340, Cepicky/HensleyHouse Status [Transmitted to Governor for his action, 4/28/2021], Senate Status [Companion House Bill substituted, 4/15/2021]Priority 2As introduced, prohibits the department from using high school graduation rates from the 2021-2022, 2022-2023, 2023-2024, and 2024-2025 school years as a metric included in school or LEA accountability; allows the department to report graduation rates as required by federal law.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0462&GA=112
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HB0480/SB0396, Lamberth/JohnsonHouse Status [Intro., P1C, 2/8/2021], Senate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 2/22/2021]Priority 2As introduced, requires the BEP review committee to analyze how education funding for the 2021-2022, 2022-2023, and 2023-2024 school years may be affected by changes to an LEA's enrollment in the 2020-2021 school year as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic, and recommend any necessary revisions, additions, or deletions to the formula in its annual report.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0480&GA=112
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HB0528/SB1133, Moody/WhiteHouse Status [Received from House, refer to Senate Calendar Committee, 4/29/2021], Senate Status [Signed by Governor, 4/22/2021]Priority 3As introduced, clarifies that a public charter school may request that the commissioner of education issue a temporary teaching permit to a person when the charter school is unable to secure a qualified teacher; requires a director of schools or director of a public charter school to report to the state board the conviction, suspension, dismissal, or resignation following allegations of misconduct, of a person holding a temporary teaching permit who is employed by the LEA or charter school.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0528&GA=112
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HB0537/SB0581, Hawk/CroweHouse Status [Received from House, refer to Senate Calendar Committee, 4/29/2021], Senate Status [Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021, 4/29/2021]Prioirty 2, Priority 4, Priority 5As introduced, increases the number of BEP funded full-time public school nurse positions from one for every 3,000 students to one for every 750 students; increases the number of full-time public school nurses considered sufficient for the public school nurse program to adequately provide services from one nurse for every 3,000 students to one nurse for every 750 students.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0537&GA=112
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HB0550/SB1433, Gillespie/AkbariHouse Status [Withdrawn, 2/10/2021], Senate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Government Operations Committee, 2/22/2021]Priority 1, Priority 2As introduced, creates the robotics education task force to research opportunities for expansion of robotics education programs in the kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0550&GA=112
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HB0529/SB1229, Moody/RoseHouse Status [Received from House, refer to Senate Calendar Committee, 4/29/2021], Senate Status [Transmitted to Governor for action, 4/22/2021]Priority 4As introduced, requires an LEA or public charter school to notify a student's parent or guardian prior to commencing instruction of a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum; permits a parent or guardian to excuse the parent's or guardian's student from a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum, and prohibits the LEA or charter school from penalizing an excused student.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0529&GA=112
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HB0211/SB0520, Carringer/BriggsHouse Status [Received from House, Passed on First Consideration, 4/01/2021], Senate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 3/17/2021]Priority 2As introduced, extends eligibility for the work-based learning student grant program to include students enrolled in a middle college program.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0211&GA=112
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HB0777/SB0774, Lamberth/JohnsonHouse Status [Passed Senate, 4/29/2021], Senate Status [Companion House Bill substituted, 4/29/2021]Priority 2As introduced, establishes that a local education agency's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year must not be less than the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year.https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0777&GA=112
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HB0800/SB1216, Griffey/NiceleyHouse Status [Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee, 4/07/2021], Senate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 2/22/2021]Priority 4As introduced, prohibits the state textbook and instructional materials quality commission from recommending or listing, the state board of education from approving for local adoption or from granting a waiver for, and LEAs and public charter schools from adopting or using textbooks and instructional materials or supplemental instructional materials that promote, normalize, support, or address lesbian, gay, bi-sexual, or transgender issues or lifestyles.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0800&GA=112
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HB0808/SB1457, Powell/AkbariHouse Status [Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration, 3/30/2021], Senate Status [Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee, 3/31/2021]Priority 4As introduced, prohibits corporal punishment in public schools.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0808&GA=112
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HB1001/SB0731, Love/CampbellHouse Status [Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021, 4/28/2021], Senate Status [Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021, 4/29/2021]Priority 4, Priority 5As introduced, requires the BEP formula to fund full-time school counselor positions at a ratio of one per 250 students or one full-time school counselor position for each LEA, whichever is greater.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1001&GA=112
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HB1291/SB1100, Johnson G/RobinsonHouse Status [Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration, 3/23/2021], Senate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 2/22/2021]Priority 4, Priority 5As introduced, funds school social worker positions through the BEP at a ratio of one for each 250 or fewer students. - Amends TCA Title 49.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1291&GA=112
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HB1307/SB0640, Chism/RobinsonHouse Status [Assigned to s/c Children & Family Affairs Subcommittee, 2/24/2021], Senate Status [Action deferred in Senate Judiciary Committee to first calendar of 2022, 4/20/2021]Priority 2, Priority 4As introduced, requires youth development centers and detention centers to teach certain life skills to children held in these facilities.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1307&GA=112
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HB1331/SB0378, Harris/CampbellHouse Status [Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration, 3/30/2021], Senate Status [Withdrawn, 3/24/2021]Priority 4, Priority 5As introduced, increases the number of BEP funded full-time public school nurse positions from one per 3,000 students to one per 750 students; increases the number of full-time public school nurses considered sufficient for the public school nurse program to adequately provide services from one per 3,000 students to one per 750 students.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1331&GA=112
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HB1333/SB0378, Baum/AkbariHouse Status [Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee, 2/24/2021], Senate Status [Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee, 2/22/2021]Priority 2As introduced, authorizes a public charter school to give an enrollment preference to "at-risk" students when an enrollment lottery is conducted; establishes the order in which an enrollment preference for "at-risk" students, if offered by the public charter school, must be provided for purposes of an enrollment lottery.http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1333&GA=112
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HB1421/SB1313, Grills/HensleyHouse Status [Taken off notice for cal. in Health Committee, 4/21/2021], Senate Status [Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 5/3/2021, 4/29/2021]Priority 5As introduced, prohibits a school from forcing, coercing, or requiring a student to receive an immunization for COVID-19; prohibits a school from taking an adverse action against a student who refuses to receive an immunization against COVID-19; prohibits a school from immunizing students against COVID-19 unless the student or the student's parent or guardian, if a minor, consents in writing to the immunization.https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1421&GA=112
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HB1535/SB0659, Weaver/BowlingHouse Status [Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee, 4/7/2021], Senate Status [Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 1/12/2022, 4/7/2021]Priority 3As introduced, prohibits teachers from using supplemental materials that are not approved by the state board.https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1535&GA=112
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HB1591/SB1156, Lafferty/KelseyHouse Status [Comp. SB subst., 4/26/2021], Senate Status [Signed by Senate Speaker, 4/28/2021]Priority 1, Priority 4As introduced, requires, if an appeal of a mandatory retention in third grade based on a student's scores on the ELA portion of the student's TCAP test is filed, it must be filed by the student's parent or guardian; requires an LEA or public charter school to include information about third grade retention in information the LEA or charter school must send to a student's parent upon determining that the student has a significant reading deficiency.https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1591&GA=112
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HB1516/SB1336, Cepicky/HensleyAction Deferred to 2022Priority 1, Priority 2AMENDMENT: Tennessee’s education commissioner could take over any district that is falling short of its academic goals, potentially firing its superintendent and replacing elected school board members. In addition to academics, the proposal says the commissioner could factor in district “competence” in meeting operational and fiscal responsibilities, as well as federal and state laws, rules, regulations, policies, and guidelines.https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default.aspx?BillNumber=HB1516
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