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Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Referred to Senate F,W&M Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3418. Education - Authorizes an LEA to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to prohibit gang activities on school property; requires each LEA to annually evaluate the threat to and influence on school children by gangs in the community. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB2554 / HB3418 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for *SB2554 / HB3418 This bill authorizes LEAs to refuse to enroll or continue enrollment of a student who is 18 years of age or older and who is a known gang member. If an adult student who is enrolled or seeking enrollment is alleged to be a gang member and the LEA seeks to refuse enrollment or expel the student, then, unless the student admits to gang membership, this bill would require the LEA to request the assistance of local law enforcement [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Recommended for pass; Referred to Senate Calendar Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4088. Education, Higher - Requires public institutions of higher education to notify parents or legal guardians of students under the age of 21 if the student commits a disciplinary violation with respect to use or possession of alcohol or controlled substances that is a violation of law or institutional policy or rule. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB4108 / *HB4088 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4108 / *HB4088 ON MAY 13, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 4088, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that this bill will not require public institutions of higher education to provide notifications that are prohibited by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). ON MAY 15, 2008, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 4108 FOR HOUSE BILL [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1872. Education - Requires the state board of education to develop policies for operation of virtual education programs; authorizes LEAs to use BEP funds to implement and operate virtual education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB2008 / *HB1872 Increase State Expenditures - $17,400,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - $17,400,000/Permissive Bill Summary for SB2008 / *HB1872 This bill authorizes the department of education to establish and an LEA or charter school governing body to sponsor a virtual school. "Virtual school" is defined as an independent public school in which the school uses technology in order to deliver a significant portion of instruction to its students via the Internet in a virtual or remote setting. The department of education could also establish a virtual school. A virtual school [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Engrossed; ready for transmission to House Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3614. Students - Revises provisions governing background checks on students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-5610. Fiscal Summary for *SB3285 / HB3614Increase State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Increase State Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3285 / HB3614 ON MARCH 24, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND HELD HOUSE BILL 3614 ON THE DESK. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill. Under present law, all students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs are required to: (1) Agree to the release of all investigative records to the administrator of the selected teacher training program; (2) Supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the TBI; and (3) [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Recommended For Passage if Am, Referred to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2008. Education - Requires the state board of education to develop policies for operation of virtual education programs; authorizes LEAs to use BEP funds to implement and operate virtual education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB1872 / SB2008 Increase State Expenditures - $17,400,000 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - $17,400,000/Permissive Bill Summary for *HB1872 / SB2008 This bill authorizes the department of education to establish and an LEA or charter school governing body to sponsor a virtual school. "Virtual school" is defined as an independent public school in which the school uses technology in order to deliver a significant portion of instruction to its students via the Internet in a virtual or remote setting. The department of education could also establish a virtual school. A virtual school [...] show full description
Latest Action: 07/02/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1195 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2554. Education - Authorizes an LEA to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to prohibit gang activities on school property; requires each LEA to annually evaluate the threat to and influence on school children by gangs in the community. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3418 / *SB2554 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for HB3418 / *SB2554 This bill authorizes LEAs to refuse to enroll or continue enrollment of a student who is 18 years of age or older and who is a known gang member. If an adult student who is enrolled or seeking enrollment is alleged to be a gang member and the LEA seeks to refuse enrollment or expel the student, then, unless the student admits to gang membership, this bill would require the LEA to request the assistance of local law enforcement [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Received from House, Passed first consideration Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3603. Education - Revises provisions governing school child to attend when county boundary lines cross through parcel of property. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapters 1 through 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3640 / *SB3603Other Fiscal Impact - Funds and expenditures will shift away from some local education agencies (LEAs) and into other LEAs. Therefore a precise fiscal impact cannot reasonably be determined, but the net impact is estimated to be not significant. Bill Summary for HB3640 / *SB3603 Under present law: (1) Whenever county boundary lines cross through a farm being operated as a single unit, leaving such farm in two separate counties, the children of the families residing on such farms are eligible to attend either county's school system; and (2) Whenever county boundary lines cross through any other parcel of property,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Recommended for Passage if Am. Referred to: Calendar & Rules Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4108. Education, Higher - Requires public institutions of higher education to notify parents or legal guardians of students under the age of 21 if the student commits a disciplinary violation with respect to use or possession of alcohol or controlled substances that is a violation of law or institutional policy or rule. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB4088 / SB4108 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4088 / SB4108 ON MAY 13, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 4088, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that this bill will not require public institutions of higher education to provide notifications that are prohibited by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). ON MAY 15, 2008, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 4108 FOR HOUSE BILL [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/07/2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2653. Drugs - Authorizes random drug testing of students who participate in extracurricular activites. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-4213. Fiscal Summary for HB2858 / *SB2653 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Bill Summary for HB2858 / *SB2653 Under present law, a student may be subjected to a drug test if there are reasonable indications to the principal that such student may have used or be under the influence of drugs. All of the following standards of reasonableness must be met: (1) A particular student has violated school policy; (2) The test will yield evidence of the violation of school policy or will establish that a student either was impaired due to drug use or did not use drugs; (3) The test is in pursuit of legitimate interests of the school in maintaining order, discipline,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Held on desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3285. Students - Revises provisions governing background checks on students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-5610. Fiscal Summary for HB3614 / *SB3285Increase State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Increase State Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3614 / *SB3285 ON MARCH 24, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND HELD HOUSE BILL 3614 ON THE DESK. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill. Under present law, all students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs are required to: (1) Agree to the release of all investigative records to the administrator of the selected teacher training program; (2) Supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the TBI; and (3) [...] show full description
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Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3522. Drugs - Penalizes student athletes for use of anabolic steroids; creates new offense of knowingly procuring, selling, or administering anabolic steroids with intent to compromise student athletic competitions; requires LEAs to establish curriculum for grades 7-12 for prevention of use of anabolic steroids. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB4167 / *SB3522Increase State Expenditures - $61,900/Incarceration* $16,000/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4167 / *SB3522 This bill requires any athletic association that sponsors a tournament championship series in which public schools participate to develop rules requiring that a student-athlete be ineligible for two school years to compete in interscholastic [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Recommended for Passage if Am. Referred to: Calendar & Rules Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4108. Education, Higher - Requires public institutions of higher education to notify parents or legal guardians of students under the age of 21 if the student commits a disciplinary violation with respect to use or possession of alcohol or controlled substances that is a violation of law or institutional policy or rule. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB4088 / SB4108 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4088 / SB4108 ON MAY 13, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 4088, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that this bill will not require public institutions of higher education to provide notifications that are prohibited by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). ON MAY 15, 2008, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 4108 FOR HOUSE BILL [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Recommended for pass; Referred to Senate Calendar Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4088. Education, Higher - Requires public institutions of higher education to notify parents or legal guardians of students under the age of 21 if the student commits a disciplinary violation with respect to use or possession of alcohol or controlled substances that is a violation of law or institutional policy or rule. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB4108 / *HB4088 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4108 / *HB4088 ON MAY 13, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND RESET HOUSE BILL 4088, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 clarifies that this bill will not require public institutions of higher education to provide notifications that are prohibited by the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA). ON MAY 15, 2008, THE HOUSE SUBSTITUTED SENATE BILL 4108 FOR HOUSE BILL [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill TextStudents - Counts students as absent one day from school for each five tardies accumulated. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30. Fiscal Summary for HB3826 / *SB3896Other Fiscal Impact: Local Education Agencies (LEAs) use weighted average daily attendance (ADA) to split local tax collections between LEAs in the same county. Changing how this formula is calculated may result in a shifting of funds between those systems in an amount that cannot be reasonably determined.
Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextStudents - Counts students as absent one day from school for each five tardies accumulated. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30. Fiscal Summary for *SB3896 / HB3826Other Fiscal Impact: Local Education Agencies (LEAs) use weighted average daily attendance (ADA) to split local tax collections between LEAs in the same county. Changing how this formula is calculated may result in a shifting of funds between those systems in an amount that cannot be reasonably determined.
Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Received from House, Passed first consideration Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3603. Education - Revises provisions governing school child to attend when county boundary lines cross through parcel of property. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapters 1 through 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3640 / *SB3603Other Fiscal Impact - Funds and expenditures will shift away from some local education agencies (LEAs) and into other LEAs. Therefore a precise fiscal impact cannot reasonably be determined, but the net impact is estimated to be not significant. Bill Summary for HB3640 / *SB3603 Under present law: (1) Whenever county boundary lines cross through a farm being operated as a single unit, leaving such farm in two separate counties, the children of the families residing on such farms are eligible to attend either county's school system; and (2) Whenever county boundary lines cross through any other parcel of property,[...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/24/2008 - Held on desk. Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3285. Students - Revises provisions governing background checks on students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs. - Amends TCA Section 49-5-5610. Fiscal Summary for HB3614 / *SB3285Increase State Expenditures - Net Impact - Not Significant Increase State Revenue - Net Impact - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3614 / *SB3285 ON MARCH 24, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND HELD HOUSE BILL 3614 ON THE DESK. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill. Under present law, all students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs are required to: (1) Agree to the release of all investigative records to the administrator of the selected teacher training program; (2) Supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the TBI; and (3) [...] show full description
Latest Action: 07/02/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 1195 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2554. Education - Authorizes an LEA to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations to prohibit gang activities on school property; requires each LEA to annually evaluate the threat to and influence on school children by gangs in the community. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3418 / *SB2554 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Bill Summary for HB3418 / *SB2554 This bill authorizes LEAs to refuse to enroll or continue enrollment of a student who is 18 years of age or older and who is a known gang member. If an adult student who is enrolled or seeking enrollment is alleged to be a gang member and the LEA seeks to refuse enrollment or expel the student, then, unless the student admits to gang membership, this bill would require the LEA to request the assistance of local law enforcement [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Failed In Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee Bill TextEducation - Changes from September 30 to September 1 the date by which children must reach age four in order to enter preschool or prekindergartenor or age five to enter kindgergarten. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3481 / *SB3848Decrease State Expenditures - $21,113,400/One-Time/FY09-10 Decrease Local Government Expenditures - $12,476,100
Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextEducation - Changes from September 30 to September 1 the date by which children must reach age four in order to enter preschool or prekindergartenor or age five to enter kindgergarten. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB3848 / HB3481Decrease State Expenditures - $21,113,400/One-Time/FY09-10 Decrease Local Government Expenditures - $12,476,100
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