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Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - Companion House Bill Substituted (sends Senate Bill to deAdopted bill file)
Bill TextRogersville - Subject to local approval, changes the election schedule and terms of some members of the Rogersville board of education. - Amends Chapter 145 of the Private Acts of 2002. Fiscal Summary for SB4212 / *HB4215MINIMAL |
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Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Signed by House Speaker
Bill TextRogersville - Subject to local approval, changes the election schedule and terms of some members of the Rogersville board of education. - Amends Chapter 145 of the Private Acts of 2002. Fiscal Summary for *HB4215 / SB4212MINIMAL |
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Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3924. Education - Requires LEAs to provide mandatory pre-kindergarten for all four-year-old students. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB4036 / *SB3924Increase State Expenditures - $235,528,500/FY08-09 Exceeds $200,000,000/FY09-10 and in Succeeding Years Increase Local Expenditures* - $83,509,500/FY08-09 Exceeds $80,000,000/FY09-10 and in Succeeding Years Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $15,000,000 in FY08-09. Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds by unknown amounts up to $10,000,000 per year beginning in FY09-10. Additional appropriations from the General Fund will be required to meet the provisions of this bill. Such appropriation required for FY08-09 is estimated to be $235,528,500. Appropriations required [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Recommended for Passage if Am. Referred to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee
Bill TextSchools, Private and Charter - Requires the office of education accountability to study and evaluate fiscal and administrative compliance issues with regard to reporting and documentation that charter schools must furnish school districts in which they operate; requires findings of such study and recommendations to be submitted to the general assembly by February 1, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB4002 / *SB3401 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 02/06/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextEducation - Requires the department of education to report to the chairs of the senate and house education committees by October 1, 2008, on the average number of absences of students who are English language learners in each LEA and the effect of such absences on test performance. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *SB4013 / HB4019Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/07/2008
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3711. Driver Licenses - Increases period of denial of license due to withdrawal from secondary school from 18 to 21 years of age with certain exceptions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30 and Title 55, Chapter 50. Fiscal Summary for HB4048 / *SB3711Decrease State Revenue - Not Significant Increase State Expenditures - $10,500/One-Time Bill Summary for HB4048 / *SB3711 Present law prohibits the issuance of a driver license to any person less than 18 years of age who at the time of application does not present a high school diploma or certificate of graduation, or documentation that the person is: (1) Enrolled and making satisfactory progress in a GED course or has obtained a GED; (2) Enrolled in and making satisfactory progress in a secondary school; or (3) Excused from such requirement due [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Recommended For Passage Referred to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4039. Education - Enacts the "Energy Efficient Schools Initiative [EESI] of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB4039 / *SB4039Increase State Expenditures - $210,200 $1,100/Each One-Day Meeting Bill Summary for HB4039 / *SB4039 This bill creates the energy efficient schools council. The council would consist of 11 members including the commissioner of education, the commissioner of environment and conservation, and the commissioner of economic and community development, or their designees, who would serve as ex-officio members. The remaining members shall be appointed as follows: (1) The governor would appoint two members as follows, one of whom would represent local governments and serve an initial term of two years and one of whom would represent school systems and [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/23/2008 - Recommended For Passage Referred to: Calendar & Rules Committee
Bill TextSchools, Private and Charter - Permits public charter school teachers to participate in the state group insurance plan or in a plan provided by the charter school. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 27 and Section 49-13-119. Fiscal Summary for HB4004 / *SB3402Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Action Deferred in Senate F,W&M Comm. to next Calendar
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4039. Education - Enacts the "Energy Efficient Schools Initiative [EESI] of 2008." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *SB4039 / HB4039Increase State Expenditures - $210,200 $1,100/Each One-Day Meeting Bill Summary for *SB4039 / HB4039 This bill creates the energy efficient schools council. The council would consist of 11 members including the commissioner of education, the commissioner of environment and conservation, and the commissioner of economic and community development, or their designees, who would serve as ex-officio members. The remaining members shall be appointed as follows: (1) The governor would appoint two members as follows, one of whom would represent local governments and serve an initial term of two years and one of whom would represent school systems and [...] 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 |
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Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/06/08
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4136. Education, State Board of - Adds career and technical education courses that are a part of career academies to present list of courses that may exceed class size limits if the effectiveness of instructional program is not impaired. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *HB4169 / SB4136Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4169 / SB4136 ON APRIL 24, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4136, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to create a two-year pilot initiative for metro Nashville public schools and Davidson County wherein class sizes in career and technical education classes may be extended not to exceed the limit set for academic classes in grades seven through 12, only where programs are implemented that use the career [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2931. Education - Requires LEAs to report each fiscal year the percentage of expenditures made on classroom expenditures district-wide and by school; requires classroom expenditures to be at least 70 percent of the total operating expenditures both district-wide and by school by fiscal year 2012-2013 and to reach at least 90 percent by fiscal year 2016-2017. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB4052 / *SB2931Increase State Expenditures - $476,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - $4,488,000 Other Fiscal Impact: LEAs will redirect funds to meet the new requirements for classroom expenditures. This will be done either by raising new revenue, cutting non-classroom expenditures, or a combination. The total expenditure redirection to meet the 70 percent requirement by FY12-13 is $956,888,300. The total expenditure redirection to meet [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3695. Schools, Private and Charter - Defines "at-risk student" for charter school purposes as a student eligible for free or reduced price lunch. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13. Fiscal Summary for HB4018 / *SB3695MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB4018 / *SB3695 Under present law, the prospective student population for a public charter school must be: (1) Students who were previously enrolled in a charter school; (2) Students who are assigned to, or were previously enrolled in, a school failing to make adequate yearly progress, as defined by the state's accountability system, giving priority to at-risk students; (3) Students who, in the previous school year, failed to test proficient in the subjects of language arts/reading or mathematics in grades three through eight on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 02/25/2008 - Received from Senate, held on House desk.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3967. Education - Recognizes the Tennessee Association of School Business Officials as an organization and representative body of school business officials. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *SB4040 / HB3967Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB4040 / HB3967 This bill recognizes the Tennessee association of school business officials as an organization and representative agency of school business officials. This bill authorizes school business officials to be members of the association, but membership is not required. This bill authorizes the commissioner of education, the department of education, the state board of education, and local boards of education to cooperate with the association in developing and improving school business management and administration. This [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Received from Senate, held on House desk.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4169. Education, State Board of - Adds career and technical education courses that are a part of career academies to present list of courses that may exceed class size limits if the effectiveness of instructional program is not impaired. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for SB4136 / *HB4169Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4136 / *HB4169 ON APRIL 24, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4136, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to create a two-year pilot initiative for metro Nashville public schools and Davidson County wherein class sizes in career and technical education classes may be extended not to exceed the limit set for academic classes in grades seven through 12, only where programs are implemented that use the career [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4086. Education - Provides a right of appeal to the local chartering authority by an employee of a public charter school in certain circumstances who is not given at least a two weeks' notice prior to suspension or discharge from employment. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB4059 / *SB4086Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4059 / *SB4086 This bill authorizes any employee of a charter school where the professional employees have not organized under the Education Professional Negotiations Act, and any nonprofessional employee of a charter school where the professional employees have organized under the Act, to appeal any suspension or discharge from employment to the school's chartering authority if the employee did not receive at least two weeks' notice with pay and [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Recommended for Passage w/ am., Referred to Senate Finance, Ways and Means Comm. Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4029. Education - Creates a pilot program to make laptops available to juniors and seniors attending high school who are also enrolled in college courses at eligible postsecondary institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB4071 / *HB4029Increase State Expenditures - $197,600/One-Time Bill Summary for SB4071 / *HB4029 This bill creates a pilot program to make laptop computers available to high school juniors and seniors who are also enrolled in college courses at eligible postsecondary institutions. The program would occur no later than August 1, 2008, and would last 12 months. The department of education would administer the pilot program. The cost of the laptops to be purchased for the pilot program would be limited to $200 each. The pilot program would take place in the following locations: (1) [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Recommended for Passage if Am. Referred to: Calendar & Rules Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4104. Education - Allows the state board of education to develop a curriculum for an academic and nonsectarian study of the Bible. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB4089 / SB4104MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB4089 / SB4104 This bill authorizes the state board of education to approve a curriculum for an elective state-funded course of a nonsectarian, nonreligious academic study of the Bible. Any LEA that elects to offer the Bible course and utilize an approved textbook would be required to do so in a manner that is consistent with the state and federal constitutions. This bill prohibits the use of any religious test or association when assigning teachers for Bible courses pursuant to this bill. ON MAY 7, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1, #2 AND #3 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4104, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Agriculture Subcommittee of Agriculture Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3000. Tobacco, Tobacco Products - Expands prohibitions on smoking on school grounds. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 49 and Title 68. Fiscal Summary for HB4085 / *SB3000Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4085 / *SB3000 Present law generally prohibits smoking on school grounds; provided, however, that after regular school hours, adults are allowed to smoke on the property surrounding the institution, but not blocking any entrance to any building. This bill removes the exception whereby adults are permitted to smoke on school property after school hours by prohibiting smoking on school grounds, in school buildings, on school buses, and at school sponsored events. This bill requires each school to properly notify parents and legal guardians of the smoking restrictions [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Received from Senate, held on House desk.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4095. Education - Requires department of education to establish, administer, and monitor a grant for eligible non-profit organizations providing civic education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB4072 / HB4095Increase State Expenditures - $95,000/One-Time Bill Summary for *SB4072 / HB4095 This bill requires the department of education to establish, administer, and monitor a grant for eligible non-profit organizations providing civic education programs. The maximum amount of the grant would be $95,000. The department would be required to award the grant to the most qualified not-for-profit organization that provides, or proposes to provide, school civic education programs that develop thinking skills, provide opportunities for public speaking and decision making, and encourage participation in [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee
Bill TextEducation - Removes the administrative attachment between the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute and the board of regents. - Amends TCA Section 49-50-1306. Fiscal Summary for HB3911 / *SB3954(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Net Impact - $80,000 Decrease State Revenue - $15,000 / TBR |
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/07/2008
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4072. Education - Requires department of education to establish, administer, and monitor a grant for eligible non-profit organizations providing civic education programs. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB4095 / *SB4072Increase State Expenditures - $95,000/One-Time Bill Summary for HB4095 / *SB4072 This bill requires the department of education to establish, administer, and monitor a grant for eligible non-profit organizations providing civic education programs. The maximum amount of the grant would be $95,000. The department would be required to award the grant to the most qualified not-for-profit organization that provides, or proposes to provide, school civic education programs that develop thinking skills, provide opportunities for public speaking and decision making, and encourage participation in [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4059. Education - Provides a right of appeal to the local chartering authority by an employee of a public charter school in certain circumstances who is not given at least a two weeks' notice prior to suspension or discharge from employment. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for *SB4086 / HB4059Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB4086 / HB4059 This bill authorizes any employee of a charter school where the professional employees have not organized under the Education Professional Negotiations Act, and any nonprofessional employee of a charter school where the professional employees have organized under the Act, to appeal any suspension or discharge from employment to the school's chartering authority if the employee did not receive at least two weeks' notice with pay and [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Special Initiatives of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextEducation - Requires the state board of education to adopt rules requiring public schools to provide free lunch to all children regardless of income eligibility, instead of providing free or reduced price lunches to only those students meeting income eligibility requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3951 / *SB3984Increase State Expenditures - $176,620,000 |
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Action Deferred in Senate F,W&M Comm. to next Calendar
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4212. Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Creates the "Tennessee student assistance award fund," to be funded with lottery proceeds, to help provide more student assistance grants; provides for $200 million being transferred from lottery for education account to Tennessee student assistance award fund on July 1, 2008. - Amends TCA Title 9, Chapter 4, Part 6 and Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. Fiscal Summary for SB4197 / *HB4212Other Fiscal Impact - Transfers $200,000,000 from the Lottery for Education Account to the Tennessee Student Assistance Award Fund, for the purpose of funding additional Tennessee Student Assistance Awards. This transfer will reduce the amount of funding available for eligible recipients of other HOPE scholarships and grants. Increases the expenditure of funds from the Tennessee Student Assistance Award Fund by approximately $10,000,[...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 02/27/2008 - Sponsor change.
Bill TextEducation - Decreases from 20 to 15 the maximum number of consecutive teaching days a substitute without a teacher's certificate or permit may teach. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for *HB4123 / SB4167Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 |
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Latest Action: 05/02/2008 - Placed on Senate Regular Calendar (1) Calendar for 05/07/2008
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4089. Education - Allows the state board of education to develop a curriculum for an academic and nonsectarian study of the Bible. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB4104 / *HB4089MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB4104 / *HB4089 This bill authorizes the state board of education to approve a curriculum for an elective state-funded course of a nonsectarian, nonreligious academic study of the Bible. Any LEA that elects to offer the Bible course and utilize an approved textbook would be required to do so in a manner that is consistent with the state and federal constitutions. This bill prohibits the use of any religious test or association when assigning teachers for Bible courses pursuant to this bill. ON MAY 7, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENTS #1, #2 AND #3 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4104, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 03/05/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Special Initiatives of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4040. Education - Recognizes the Tennessee Association of School Business Officials as an organization and representative body of school business officials. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3967 / *SB4040Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3967 / *SB4040 This bill recognizes the Tennessee association of school business officials as an organization and representative agency of school business officials. This bill authorizes school business officials to be members of the association, but membership is not required. This bill authorizes the commissioner of education, the department of education, the state board of education, and local boards of education to cooperate with the association in developing and improving school business management and administration. This [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 02/07/2008 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4133. Motor Vehicles - Requires school zones to be determined for all schools and appropriate signage erected; increases penalties for traffic violations occurring in school zones. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55. Fiscal Summary for *HB4172 / SB4133Increase State Revenue - $57,000 Increase Local Revenue - $3,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $8,000,000/One-time $80,000/Recurring Bill Summary for *HB4172 / SB4133 This bill requires every LEA and every private school to assist their local law enforcement agencies in determining a school zone for each school in the LEA and each private school within the agency's jurisdiction. The establishment of a school zone would be for the purpose of safety of school children coming to and going from school. This bill specifies that if there are no sidewalks [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 05/01/2008 - H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/06/08
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4185. Education - Authorizes inclusion in periodic report of office of education accountability that is provided to general assembly of information regarding action taken by commissioner of education with regard to school districts that do not make progress toward performance goals after being on probation for two consecutive years. - Amends TCA Title 1 and Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB4148 / SB4185Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB4148 / SB4185 ON MAY 6, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 4148, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and revises the present law provisions governing notice and probation for schools and school systems. PRESENT LAW Under present law, by September 1 of each year, the commissioner of education recommends [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextEducation - Allows, rather than requires, LEAs to develop differentiated pay plans; requires principals preparing school budgets or making administrative staffing decisions to collaborate with the director of schools. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-301; Section 49-2-303 and Section 49-3-306. Fiscal Summary for *SB4114MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB4114 Present law requires each public school principal to prepare, annually, a budget request for the school under the principal's care and submit the budget request to the director of schools. Present law requires each LEA to implement, before commencement of the 2008-2009 school year, a differentiated pay plan under guidelines established by the state board of education to aid in staffing hard to staff subject areas and schools and in hiring and retaining highly qualified teachers. Present law requires each board of education to assign to its director of schools the duty to authorize [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Recommended For Passage Referred to: Finance, Ways & Means Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3403. Education - Delays the effective date of certain provisions of the School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act; requires the select oversight committee on education to study the potential impact of the Act on school districts, schools, and school support organizations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 6 and Chapter 326 of the Public Acts of 2007. Fiscal Summary for HB4003 / *SB3403Increase State Expenditures - $4,800/Each One-Day Meeting Bill Summary for HB4003 / *SB3403 This bill changes from July 1, 2008, to July 1, 2009, the following provisions of the School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act: (1) The provision whereby a school board, director of schools, school principal, or other school official or employee may not authorize a group or organization to use a school district's [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Trans Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4172. Motor Vehicles - Requires school zones to be determined for all schools and appropriate signage erected; increases penalties for traffic violations occurring in school zones. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 55. Fiscal Summary for SB4133 / *HB4172Increase State Revenue - $57,000 Increase Local Revenue - $3,000 Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $8,000,000/One-time $80,000/Recurring Bill Summary for SB4133 / *HB4172 This bill requires every LEA and every private school to assist their local law enforcement agencies in determining a school zone for each school in the LEA and each private school within the agency's jurisdiction. The establishment of a school zone would be for the purpose of safety of school children coming to and going from school. This bill specifies that if there are no sidewalks [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextEducation - Decreases from 20 to 15 the maximum number of consecutive teaching days a substitute without a teacher's certificate or permit may teach. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for SB4167 / *HB4123Increase Local Expenditures* - Exceeds $100,000 |
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Latest Action: 03/04/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextEducation - Requires the department of education to report to the chairs of the senate and house education committees by October 1, 2008, on the average number of absences of students who are English language learners in each LEA and the effect of such absences on test performance. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB4019 / *SB4013Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 05/02/2008 - Placed on Senate Regular Calendar (1) Calendar for 05/07/2008
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4148. Education - Authorizes inclusion in periodic report of office of education accountability that is provided to general assembly of information regarding action taken by commissioner of education with regard to school districts that do not make progress toward performance goals after being on probation for two consecutive years. - Amends TCA Title 1 and Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB4185 / *HB4148Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB4185 / *HB4148 ON MAY 6, 2008, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 4148, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and revises the present law provisions governing notice and probation for schools and school systems. PRESENT LAW Under present law, by September 1 of each year, the commissioner of education recommends [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Action Deferred in Education Committee to 5/7/2008
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4071. Education - Creates a pilot program to make laptops available to juniors and seniors attending high school who are also enrolled in college courses at eligible postsecondary institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB4029 / SB4071Increase State Expenditures - $197,600/One-Time Bill Summary for *HB4029 / SB4071 This bill creates a pilot program to make laptop computers available to high school juniors and seniors who are also enrolled in college courses at eligible postsecondary institutions. The program would occur no later than August 1, 2008, and would last 12 months. The department of education would administer the pilot program. The cost of the laptops to be purchased for the pilot program would be limited to $200 each. The pilot program would take place in the following locations: (1) [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextEducation, Curriculum - Requires students to pass a course in personal finance to receive a high school diploma. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3982 / *SB3923MINIMAL |
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Latest Action: 04/16/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextEducation, Curriculum - Requires students to pass a course in personal finance to receive a high school diploma. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for *SB3923 / HB3982MINIMAL |
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Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee
Bill TextEducation - Reduces from four to two the number of members that each speaker must appoint from finance, ways and means committee to the select oversight committee on education; increases from one to three the number of members that each speaker appoints from the membership at-large. - Amends TCA Title 3, Chapter 15, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3780 / *SB3776MINIMAL |
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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. |
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Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Action Deferred in Education Committee to 5/7/2008
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3789. Education - Provides for contracts on disaster use of other LEA's schools. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3857 / *SB3789Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3857 / *SB3789 This bill authorizes county, city, and special school districts' boards of education to enter into continuing contracts governing the use of each other's schools in case of casualty losses or natural disasters. |
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Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Signed by Governor.
Bill TextGeneral Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Endorses "Read Across America Program." - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0824Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 04/29/2008 - Signed by Governor.
Bill TextHolidays and Days of Special Observance - Designates Tuesday, May 6, 2008, as "National Teacher Day in Tennessee." - Fiscal Summary for *HJR0825Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4036. Education - Requires LEAs to provide mandatory pre-kindergarten for all four-year-old students. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 51 and Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *SB3924 / HB4036Increase State Expenditures - $235,528,500/FY08-09 Exceeds $200,000,000/FY09-10 and in Succeeding Years Increase Local Expenditures* - $83,509,500/FY08-09 Exceeds $80,000,000/FY09-10 and in Succeeding Years Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $15,000,000 in FY08-09. Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds by unknown amounts up to $10,000,000 per year beginning in FY09-10. Additional appropriations from the General Fund will be required to meet the provisions of this bill. Such appropriation required for FY08-09 is estimated to be $235,528,500. Appropriations required [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Action Deferred in Senate Ed. Comm. to 4/16/2008
Bill TextEducation - Removes the administrative attachment between the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute and the board of regents. - Amends TCA Section 49-50-1306. Fiscal Summary for *SB3954 / HB3911(CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - Net Impact - $80,000 Decrease State Revenue - $15,000 / TBR |
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Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextEducation - Requires the state board of education to adopt rules requiring public schools to provide free lunch to all children regardless of income eligibility, instead of providing free or reduced price lunches to only those students meeting income eligibility requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *SB3984 / HB3951Increase State Expenditures - $176,620,000 |
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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextBasic Education Program (BEP) - Requires funds to be included in the BEP classroom components to provide one reading coach per public school; requires LEAs to spend such funds for reading coaches. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3704 / *SB2769 Increase State Expenditures - $57,079,300 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - $24,462,600 |
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Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2766. Education - Exempts from the requirements of the School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act school support organizations intending to raise or anticipating raising on average $30,000 or less in any period of two school years. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3703 / *SB2766MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3703 / *SB2766 Present law, effective July 1, 2008, regulates school support organizations. Under present law, a school board, director of schools, school principal, or other school official or employee may not authorize a group or organization to use a school district's or school's name, mascot or logos, property or facilities for the raising of money, materials, property or securities until a policy has been adopted concerning cooperative agreements, school support organizations, and [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 03/18/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3861. Education - Initiates a pandemic influenza vaccination demonstration program to assess the educational impact of seasonal influenza vaccinations and the suitability of the state's elementary and secondary schools for incorporation into federal and state pandemic response plans. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3737 / *SB3861Increase State Expenditures - $845,200/FY08-09, FY09-10 $99,800/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures* - $76,100/FY08-09, FY09-10 Bill Summary for HB3737 / *SB3861 This bill requires the commissioner of education, in consultation with the secretary of health for the U.S. department of health and human services (HHS), to carry out a demonstration program designed to test the feasibility and desirability of using the state's elementary and secondary schools [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/01/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2737. Education - Provides for distribution of city taxes levied for educational purposes in cities in which two or more K-12 school systems operate; fixes the boundaries of the Memphis City School System at the boundaries of the system as they exist on July 1, 2008. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Chapter 30 of the Acts of 1868-69. Fiscal Summary for HB3760 / *SB2737Other Fiscal Impact: The city of Memphis will share a portion of its tax revenue collected for educational purposes with Shelby County. This shift in funds is estimated to be $2,615,300 in FY08-09 and $11,605,600 if students are included in subsequent years. Bill Summary for HB3760 / *SB2737 Generally under present law, for each LEA there is levied for current operation and maintenance not more than one school tax for all such grades as may be included in the LEA.[...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/03/2008 - Companion Senate Bill Substituted
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3899. Election Laws - Permits revision of election cycles of certain municipal boards of education to bring such cycles into compliance with general law. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-201. Fiscal Summary for *HB3745 / SB3899Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3745 / SB3899 PRESENT LAW Present law provides the following in regard to boards of education: (1) Except in counties with a county charter or metropolitan government charter, the board must consist of no more members than the number of members authorized by general law or private act for boards of education in existence on January 1, 1992, or the number of members actually serving on a board on January 1, 1993, except during transition periods following district reapportionment; (2) In addition to the membership existing [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Signed by Governor.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3745. Election Laws - Permits revision of election cycles of certain municipal boards of education to bring such cycles into compliance with general law. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-201. Fiscal Summary for SB3899 / *HB3745Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3899 / *HB3745 PRESENT LAW Present law provides the following in regard to boards of education: (1) Except in counties with a county charter or metropolitan government charter, the board must consist of no more members than the number of members authorized by general law or private act for boards of education in existence on January 1, 1992, or the number of members actually serving on a board on January 1, 1993, except during transition periods following district reapportionment; (2) In addition to the membership existing [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 03/25/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2792. Local Education Agency - Prohibits LEAs from submitting budget to local governing body that uses state funds to lower county school property tax rate, limit growth, or otherwise lower appropriations from the operations budget. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2. Fiscal Summary for HB3739 / *SB2792MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3739 / *SB2792 Under present law, it is the duty of every local school board to require the director of schools and chair of the local board to prepare a budget and, when the budget has been approved by the local board, to submit it to the appropriate local legislative body. Present law prohibits an LEA from submitting a budget to the local legislative body that directly or indirectly supplants or proposes to use state funds to supplant any local current operation funds, excluding capital [...] show full description |
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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. |
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Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3873. Education - Allows school support organizations to operate school bookstores under certain conditions and keep the money raised through such operations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 6. Fiscal Summary for *HB3685 / SB3873Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant Decrease Local Revenue - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3685 / SB3873 Present law authorizes any local board of education to grant the principal of a school the authority to enter into an agreement with a school support organization to operate and collect money for a concession stand or parking at a related school event on school property where any money it collects or any portion designated by the agreement is considered as school support group funds and not student activity funds. This bill adds to present law by authorizing [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 02/20/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3737. Education - Initiates a pandemic influenza vaccination demonstration program to assess the educational impact of seasonal influenza vaccinations and the suitability of the state's elementary and secondary schools for incorporation into federal and state pandemic response plans. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *SB3861 / HB3737Increase State Expenditures - $845,200/FY08-09, FY09-10 $99,800/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures* - $76,100/FY08-09, FY09-10 Bill Summary for *SB3861 / HB3737 This bill requires the commissioner of education, in consultation with the secretary of health for the U.S. department of health and human services (HHS), to carry out a demonstration program designed to test the feasibility and desirability of using the state's elementary and secondary schools [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB3685. Education - Allows school support organizations to operate school bookstores under certain conditions and keep the money raised through such operations. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 6. Fiscal Summary for SB3873 / *HB3685Decrease Local Expenditures - Not Significant Decrease Local Revenue - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3873 / *HB3685 Present law authorizes any local board of education to grant the principal of a school the authority to enter into an agreement with a school support organization to operate and collect money for a concession stand or parking at a related school event on school property where any money it collects or any portion designated by the agreement is considered as school support group funds and not student activity funds. This bill adds to present law by authorizing [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/24/2008 - Companion Senate Bill Substituted
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3286. Basic Education Program (BEP) - Provides that the state board of education will develop a formula to govern distribution of any funding appropriated outside the BEP for technology, Internet, Internet connectivity, or e-learning. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3612 / *SB3286 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3612 / *SB3286 This bill requires the state board of education to develop a formula to govern distribution of any funding appropriated outside the BEP for technology, Internet, Internet connectivity, or e-learning. This bill also requires that at least half of the funds appropriated outside the BEP for technology, Internet, Internet connectivity, or e-learning be distributed for Internet connectivity purposes. ON APRIL 24, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/04/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 647
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3284. Education - Extends requirement that a school board give 10 days' notice before a meeting at which it plans to extend a director of school's time in office to the termination, suspension, or removal of a director, except in cases concerning allegations of criminal or professional misconduct. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-203. Fiscal Summary for HB3615 / *SB3284 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3615 / *SB3284 ON FEBRUARY 21, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 3284, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 exempts school boards from this bill's notice requirement in cases concerning allegations of criminal or professional misconduct on the part of a director of schools. |
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Latest Action: 03/31/2008 - Received from House, Passed first consideration
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3603. Education - Requires child living on parcel crossed by county boundaries to attend school in the county in which the residence is taxed. - 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 [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 05/02/2008 - Placed on Calendar Calendar & Rules Committee for 05/06/2008
Bill TextEducation - Requires the department of education and directors of schools to disseminate innovative educational practices in civic learning. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3454 / *SB3504Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 04/09/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3509. Education - Specifies that funds raised by fundraisers involving students who are under the supervision of a school employee but conducted by a school support organization shall be school support organization funds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3458 / *SB3509MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3458 / *SB3509 Present law, effective July 1, 2008, regulates school support organizations and the raising of school support organization funds. These regulations do not apply to student activity funds. "Student activity funds" include all money received from any source for student activities or events held at or in connection with a school, and specifically include, but are not limited to, any money raised by fundraisers involving students who are under the supervision of a school employee. This bill [...] show full description |
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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 |
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Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 678
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3642. Education - Revises provisions concerning required training in special education law for mediators conducting special education mediations and administrative law judges conducting special education due process cases. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3485 / *SB3642Decrease State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3485 / *SB3642 This bill revises various provisions regarding the training for persons who conduct administrative review of special education issues and mediations regarding special education issues, as follows: (1) Under present law, hearing officers must have a minimum of 40 hours of training per year, provided by the department of education and monitored by the state board of education, in current special education issues, related subjects, and legal [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 01/28/2008 - Passed second consideration, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Bill TextEducation - Permits private schools to use public school facilities with permission of director of schools and subject to the local board of education's rules; specifies that this does not confer any right upon private schools to use public school facilities. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3501 / *SB3446Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Not Significant/Permissive Increase Local Govt. Revenue - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/07/2008
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3804. Education - Creates a study committee on time management impacts of teaching and non-teaching responsibilities upon Tennessee's teachers composed of three senate members and three house members. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3511 / *SB3804Increase State Expenditures - $1,700 Each One-Day Meeting Bill Summary for HB3511 / *SB3804 This bill creates a six-member special committee to study the responsibilities that affect time management of Tennessee's teachers in public elementary and secondary schools, including teaching duties and non-teaching obligations. The committee would be comprised of three senators appointed by the speaker of the senate and three members of the house of representatives appointed by the speaker of the house. The committee would be assisted by the office of legal services [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2550. Education - Requires local law enforcement agencies to increase patrols around high schools whose students are at risk of being exposed to criminal activity before or after school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for HB3399 / *SB2550Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - Exceeds $1,500,000 Bill Summary for HB3399 / *SB2550 Prior to the beginning of each school year, this bill would require each LEA and all local law enforcement agencies with jurisdiction over any part of the LEA's territory to review all crime reports of all incidents occurring in the previous 12 months and happening within a 1.5 mile radius, or larger area as established by the LEA and law enforcement agencies, of each high school. If, as a result of the review, it is determined that high school students are at risk of exposure to criminal [...] show full description |
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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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Latest Action: 02/12/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextEducation - Requires each school, subject to appropriation, to have an automatic external defibrillator available for use in the school. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 42. Fiscal Summary for HB3416 / *SB2613 Increase State Expenditures - $822,100/One-Time Exceeds $100,000/Every Two Years |
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Placed Behind the Budget
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2554. Education - Allows school boards to refuse to enroll or to expel known gang members 18 years of age or older, unless such student is eligible for or receiving special education services. - 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 in investigating the matter. After an investigation,[...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 02/05/2008 - Assigned to Subcommittee Criminal Practice and Procedure of JUD
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3607. Criminal Offenses - Creates offenses of communication of death threat concerning a school employee or student penalized as Class A misdemeanor and aggravated communication of a death threat concerning school employee or student penalized as Class E felony. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 13. Fiscal Summary for HB3389 / *SB3607Increase State Expenditures - $13,800/Incarceration* Increase Local Revenue - Not Significant Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3389 / *SB3607 This bill creates the Class A misdemeanor of communication of a death threat concerning a school employee or student and the Class E felony of aggravated communication of a death threat concerning a school employee or student. A person commits the Class A misdemeanor offense if: (1) The person communicates [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 03/12/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Special Initiatives of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextLocal Education Agency - Specifies that parents are entitled to a child's official school records unless the interest of the child otherwise requires. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3396 / *SB3787MINIMAL |
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Latest Action: 03/11/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextTeachers, Principals and School Personnel - Requires reasonable accommodation for applicants who are unable to pass the state teacher's examination due to a diagnosed learning disability or other handicap. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3395 / *SB3794Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Special Initiatives of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextEducation - Creates a special legislative committee to study the New Wisconsin Promise program and other similar programs. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3313 / *SB3470Increase State Expenditures - $3,400/Each One-Day Meeting |
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Latest Action: 05/05/2008 - Signed by House Speaker
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3469. Education - Requires reports concerning suspension and expulsion of students and referral of students to juvenile court. - Amends TCA Title 37 and Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3321 / *SB3469 Increase State Expenditures - $56,400 Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3321 / *SB3469 This bill requires that a justification report be filed with an LEA within 15 days after a student is suspended or expelled or is referred to juvenile court or another court having jurisdiction. This reporting requirement would apply to the principal, assistant principal, teacher-principal, director, or disciplinary hearing authority responsible for the decision to suspend or expel the student or refer the student to court. The justification report must provide the circumstances surrounding and the rationale for the [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/30/2008 - Transmitted to Governor for his action.
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3306. Education - Requires commissioner of agriculture to post list of toxic art supplies for grades K-6 on Web site of department; requires commissioner to reexamine art supplies for unsafe lead levels upon request of LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for HB3322 / *SB3306Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB3322 / *SB3306 Present law requires the commissioner of agriculture to develop a list of toxic art supplies that cannot be purchased or ordered for use in kindergarten through grade 6. The commissioner is required to distribute the lists to all school districts in Tennessee and to make the lists available to other businesses and organizations that involve children in the use of art supplies. This bill requires the commissioner to post the list of toxic art supplies on the [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/03/2008 - Withdrawn.
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3785. Education - Provides for election of a director of schools of a county or city school system. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-203 and Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 3. Fiscal Summary for HB3346 / *SB3785Increase Local Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Bill Summary for HB3346 / *SB3785 Under present law, the director of schools is an appointed position. This bill authorizes a county commission to vote to establish an elected superintendent of schools, instead of having a director of schools appointed by the board of education, upon two-thirds vote of the legislative body and approval of the voters in a referendum. If the office of elected superintendent is established pursuant to approval by the legislative body and voters, then an election would be held at the regular August election on the same basis as for [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB4167. 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 *SB3522 / HB4167Increase State Expenditures - $61,900/Incarceration* $16,000/One-Time Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *SB3522 / HB4167 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 |
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Latest Action: 04/21/2008 - Companion House Bill Substituted (sends Senate Bill to deAdopted bill file)
Bill TextCompanion Bill HB2976. Education - Establishes system of grants outside of the BEP for additional funding of career and technical education. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB3282 / *HB2976Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for SB3282 / *HB2976 Under this bill, in any fiscal year in which funds are appropriated for career and technical education above and beyond the funds available through the BEP for career and technical education, such additional funds would be used to provide a system of grants to improve and enhance career and technical education. The department of education through its division of career and technical education would establish, develop, administer and monitor the system of grants. Guidelines for the system of grants would be developed by the division in consultation with the Tennessee [...] show full description |
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Latest Action: 04/08/2008 - Failed In Subcommittee K-12 of Education of Education Committee
Bill TextEducation - Requires the public school year to commence no earlier than the Tuesday after Labor Day, except in those schools operated on a year-round basis. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3004. Fiscal Summary for HB3125 / *SB3133Increase Local Expenditures - Not Significant |
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Latest Action: 04/22/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm.
Bill TextEducation - Creates a special legislative committee to study the New Wisconsin Promise program and other similar programs. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *SB3470 / HB3313Increase State Expenditures - $3,400/Each One-Day Meeting |
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Latest Action: 04/28/2008 - Held on desk.
Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3559. School Superintendents - Prohibits employment of a director of schoo |
