Tennessee Senate Bill 377

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 24 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-01-26 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires LEAs to classify school nurses as licensed personnel for salary purposes; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse the base salary established for licensed teachers for the respective school year if the school nurse holds a valid license to practice professional nursing as a registered nurse with zero years of experience; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse more or less than the established base salary per school year if the nurse has more or less training and experience than that required for the base salary. - Amends TCA Title 49 and Title 68.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to school nurses.

Sen. Richard Briggs [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-01-26	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2023-01-25	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-24	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0344 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-21 - Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0377&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0377.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0344.pdf