K-12 Subcommittee
3/21/2023 4:30:00 PM - Regular Calendar
Final Calendar
1.
HB0158
by Zachary. (
*SB0102
by Gardenhire.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, prohibits a local education agency, public charter school, public institution of higher education, the state board of education, and the department of education from requiring an educator, employee of an LEA or charter school, faculty member, or employee of a public institution of higher education to complete or participate in implicit bias training; defines "implicit bias training"; prohibits adverse licensure and employment actions from being taken against such an individual for the individual's failure or refusal to participate in implicit bias training.
The Abstract summarizes HB0158 as introduced.
2.
HB0809
by Moody. (
*SB0197
by Lundberg.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, repeals the maximum class sizes, maximum class size averages, student-teacher ratios, and the prohibition against split-grade classes established by law; authorizes each local education agency (LEA) and public charter school to establish the maximum class sizes for schools under its control and jurisdiction; requires the state board of education, in consultation with the department of education, to develop guidance for LEAs and public charter schools in establishing maximum class sizes.
Summary exists for HB0809
3.
*HB1261
by Moody. (
SB1208
by White.)
Education, Dept. of - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, requires the department, in administering the individualized education account program, to develop and implement a process for notifying all parents of their children's potential eligibility for an individualized education account, instead of only ensuring lower-income families are so notified; requires the department to report whether the process increased student participation in the program to the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives by January 31 of each year.
Summary exists for *HB1261
4.
HB1377
by Ragan. (
*SB1141
by Hensley.)
Local Education Agencies - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1019. As introduced, creates a process by which certain individuals may file a complaint with an LEA or public charter school for the LEA's or public charter school's including or promoting certain prohibited concepts as part of a course of instruction, in a curriculum or instructional program, or by allowing teachers or other employees to use supplemental materials that include or promote certain prohibited concepts.
Summary exists for HB1377
5.
HB1416
by Ragan. (
*SB0317
by Powers.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, extends the benefits and opportunities provided to children of active duty members of the uniformed services in the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children to school-aged children in the household of a member of any reserve component of the armed forces of the United States, including members of the Tennessee army and air national guard who are enrolled in any of the grades K-12.
The Abstract summarizes HB1416 as introduced.
6.
*HB0727
by Fritts. (
SB1443
by Roberts.)
Local Education Agencies - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68. As enacted, requires a student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student has reached the age of majority, to provide certain consent before the student may engage in certain activities at school.
Summary exists for *HB0727
7.
*HB0582
by Whitson. (
SB1240
by Hensley.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, requires the office of the comptroller to annually conduct a review of the English language arts textbooks and instructional materials adopted for use by each LEA and public charter school to ensure they are aligned to Tennessee's academic standards and annually submit a report detailing the findings of the review to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than February 1 of each year.
The Abstract summarizes HB0582 as introduced.
8.
*HB0481
by Cepicky. (
SB0599
by Hensley.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, requires the standards recommendation committees to identify each academic standard it recommends to the state board of education for adoption on or after January 1, 2024, as foundational or advanced; requires the department of education to include student proficiency rates for foundational and advanced academic standards that are tested on each Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test to be published on the department's website.
The Abstract summarizes HB0481 as introduced.
9.
*HB0670
by Cepicky. (
SB0712
by Hensley.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, requires a student to be seven years of age or older on or before August 15 or test proficient in the kindergarten academic standards based on a first-grade entry assessment before the student may be promoted to the first grade; requires the department of education to create, and local education agencies and public charter schools to administer, a first-grade entry assessment.
Summary exists for *HB0670
10.
*HB0662
by Hicks T. (
SB0967
by Powers.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, revises present law that relative to a local board of education keeping on file and available in each school library added or amended operating policies and a notice of each deleted operating policy; authorizes a person who holds an active industry license or credential relevant to a career and technical education course to provide instruction to students in the career and technical education course as long as the instruction is supervised at all times in the classroom by a licensed teacher who serves as the teacher of record for the course; holds such a person subject to investigation pursuant to law relative to investigating applicants for teaching positions.
Summary exists for *HB0662
11.
*HB0663
by Hicks T. (
SB0966
by Powers.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, makes changes to the "Age-Appropriate Materials Act of 2022."
Summary exists for *HB0663
12.
*HB0664
by Hicks T. (
SB0665
by Gardenhire.)
Education - Amends TCA Section 49-5-413. As introduced, revises provisions governing criminal history checks of certain persons who come in direct contact with school children or children in a child care program, or who enter the grounds of a school or child care center while children are present.
Summary exists for *HB0664
13.
*HB0629
by Leatherwood. (
SB1071
by Hensley.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, requires an LEA to provide information on its website concerning the career-based experiences available to high school students.
The Abstract summarizes HB0629 as introduced.
14.
*HB0826
by Gillespie. (
SB1069
by Hensley.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, authorizes a director of schools, or a director's designee, to not assign a student in grades 7-12 who has been suspended for more than 10 days or expelled from the regular school program for an offense of violence or threatened violence, or an offense that threatened the safety of persons attending or assigned to the student's school, to an alternative school or alternative program if the director or designee determines that assigning the student to the alternative school or program may endanger the safety of the students or staff of the alternative school or program.
Summary exists for *HB0826
15.
*HB1130
by Gant. (
SB1419
by Roberts.)
Local Education Agencies - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, requires an LEA to provide for the enrollment of students who are residents of this state, regardless of the student's residence, race, ethnicity, or language proficiency, the resources of the LEA or its schools, or other considerations regarding the appropriateness of a particular school for a particular student; allows a student's parent or legal guardian to appeal an LEA's enrollment or assignment decision for the student to the commissioner of education.
Summary exists for *HB1130
16.
*HB0127
by Martin G. (
SB0141
by Watson.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6. As introduced, allows a school resource officer, school security officer, or other law enforcement officer who is trained and certified for completing a behavior intervention training program to use a mechanical restraint on a student receiving special education services in an emergency situation.
The Abstract summarizes HB0127 as introduced.
17.
*HB0843
by Lynn. (
SB1060
by Hensley.)
Education, Higher - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, changes, from September 15 to October 1, the date by which each public institution of higher education operating a hearing center must provide a written report to the Tennessee higher education commission, the education committee of the senate, and the education administration committee of the house of representatives regarding the operation of the hearing center.
Summary exists for *HB0843
18.
*HB1174
by Hale. (
SB1400
by Reeves.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 38 and Title 49. As introduced, removes language that incorrectly refers to the department of safety as the department of safety and homeland security in a provision that requires the department of safety, in collaboration with the department of education, to develop a school security assessment for use in Tennessee public schools.
The Abstract summarizes HB1174 as introduced.
19.
*HB0331
by Davis. (
SB0359
by Massey.)
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 10. As introduced, requires the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel in a state special school on or after July 1, 2023, to equal or exceed the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel with comparable training and experience at the state special school with the highest paying salary schedule on July 1, 2023; prohibits reduction of the salaries paid to teachers and other professional personnel in the state special schools from the salaries paid in the immediately preceding school year.
Summary exists for *HB0331
20.
*HB1324
by Camper. (
SB1268
by Akbari.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, revises present law concerning participation in school board meetings by electronic participation.
Summary exists for *HB1324
21.
*HB1040
by Jernigan. (
SB1078
by Yarbro.)
Local Education Agencies - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. As introduced, excludes materials obtained by an individual teacher, which are made available in the teacher's classroom to students assigned to the teacher's class or classes, from having to be identified in a list posted on the school's website, and from being subject to the development, review, and feedback process established by the school's local board of education or public charter school governing body for materials in the school's library collection.
Summary exists for *HB1040
22.
*HB0102
by Parkinson. (
SB1261
by Akbari.)
Local Education Agencies - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3. As introduced, requires the principal of a public school in the bottom 20 percent of schools based on an evaluation of all schools' performance data to develop a written proposal each school year for the principal's school that identifies the resources the school needs to provide students an adequate and equitable education; that identifies areas of improvement for the school; and that provides data to evidence each of the needs identified in the proposal; encourages principals of public schools that are not in the bottom 20 percent of schools to do the same.
Summary exists for *HB0102
23.
*HB0364
by Love. (
SB0348
by Campbell.)
Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, requires the TISA to fund one full-time licensed professional school counselor position for every 250 student members of the local education agency (LEA), or one full-time position for each LEA and public charter school within the LEA, whichever is greater; requires each LEA and public charter school to employ one full-time licensed professional school counselor for each position funded.
The Abstract summarizes HB0364 as introduced.
24.
*HB0367
by Love. (
SB0324
by Akbari.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6. As introduced, requires, if a student transfers from a public charter school to a local education agency in the spring semester of a school year, the student performance and growth data derived from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests and end-of-course examinations administered to the student to be used to determine the public charter school's performance designation and assigned letter grade.
The Abstract summarizes HB0367 as introduced.
25.
*HB0368
by Love. (
SB0322
by Akbari.)
Local Education Agencies - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, prohibits an LEA from suspending or expelling a student enrolled in any of the grades pre-kindergarten through two unless the student's behavior endangers the physical safety of others; authorizes an LEA to suspend such a student for such behavior for no more than three days if certain measures are taken before the student is suspended.
Summary exists for *HB0368
26.
*HB0741
by Mitchell. (
SB1024
by Campbell.)
School Vouchers - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. As introduced, repeals the Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program.
Summary exists for *HB0741
27.
*HB1405
by Johnson G. (
SB1264
by Akbari.)
Education - Amends TCA Section 4-1-405; Section 4-1-412 and Title 49. As introduced, specifies that each local board of education of a local education agency and governing body of a public charter school has the sole authority to select a mascot for the respective school; prohibits a state agency from interfering with such authority.
The Abstract summarizes HB1405 as introduced.
28.
HB1406
by Johnson G. (
*SB1139
by Oliver.)
School Vouchers - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, requires private schools that participate in the education savings account program or the individualized education account program to publish the school's lesson plans and syllabus for each class offered by the school, a current list of materials in the school's library collection, and the academic standards for each class offered by the school on the school's website.
The Abstract summarizes HB1406 as introduced.
29.
HB0439
by White. (
*SB0199
by Lundberg.)
Local Education Agencies - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, changes from no later than October 1 of each year to no later than October 15 of each year in which an LEA in which one or more charter school operates must catalog all underutilized or vacant property owned or operated by the LEA or that is within any educational facility owned or operated by the LEA.
The Abstract summarizes HB0439 as introduced.
30.
*HB0785
by White. (
SB0750
by Massey.)
Education, Dept. of - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 37, Chapter 5, Part 5; Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3. As introduced, requires the department to create and implement a promising futures program to provide scholarships to children who are not school age to assist them in developing early language and literacy skills in a high-quality early care and learning program; redirects, from the lottery for education account to an account administered by the department to provide funding for the promising futures scholarship program, a certain percentage of the privilege tax collected from sports wagering licensees for certain fiscal years.
Summary exists for *HB0785
31.
HB1150
by White. (
*SB0355
by Haile.)
Education, Dept. of - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, requires the department to conduct a statewide needs analysis of preschool education in this state; requires the department to establish the Tennessee preschool task force to assist in developing a strategic plan for preschool education in this state and to provide recommendations on high-quality programming; requires, subject to available funding, the department to implement a pilot program to award grant funds to five LEAs to implement innovative and high-quality preschool programs in the 2023-2024 school year.
Summary exists for HB1150
32.
HB0962
by Slater. (
*SB0838
by White.)
Local Education Agencies - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, authorizes an LEA to award a high school student credit for a course offered by the LEA's high school if the student attains a qualifying score on the course's final examination without requiring the student to enroll in the course.
Summary exists for HB0962
33.
*HB0889
by Warner. (
SB1064
by Hensley.)
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, requires a school official or teacher who observes or otherwise has knowledge of an assault and battery or vandalism endangering life, health, or safety committed by a student on school property to report the action immediately to the school principal and the director of schools, instead of reporting only to the school principal.
The Abstract summarizes HB0889 as introduced.
34.
*HB0897
by Hurt. (
SB1070
by Hensley.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49. As enacted, authorizes, upon a request of a director of schools or the director of a public charter school, the commissioner of education to issue an endorsement exemption to a teacher, in accordance with state board rules, to teach a physical education class required by law to elementary school students.
Summary exists for *HB0897
35.
*HB0995
by Stevens. (
SB0972
by Powers.)
Education - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6. As enacted, requires, prior to the administration of corporal punishment against a student, the student's teacher or school principal to make certain documentation in the student's educational record; prohibits corporal punishment against a student found to have a disability unless authorized in accordance with law.
Summary exists for *HB0995
36.
*HB0928
by McKenzie. (
SB0892
by Akbari.)
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. As introduced, expands the exemption from an assessment to advance or renew a teaching license to include a public school teacher who, at the time of the application of an initial license, possessed an active teaching license in another state and has taught for more than 10 years.
The Abstract summarizes HB0928 as introduced.
37.
*HB0934
by McKenzie. (
SB1190
by Lamar.)
Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 6. As introduced, makes various changes to the Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011.
Summary exists for *HB0934
38.
*HB0524
by Haston. (
SB0805
by Jackson.)
Education, Dept. of - Amends TCA Title 49. As introduced, clarifies that the office of early learning is required, by February 1, to provide an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on the status of pre-kindergarten programs, which must include, at a minimum, the number, location, and types of providers of pre-kindergarten classrooms and the number of at-risk children served.
The Abstract summarizes HB0524 as introduced.
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