Tennessee Senate Bill 1213

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-22 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires the rules promulgated by the board to establish an appeal process for certain students identified for retention in the third grade to allow, in addition to the student's parent or guardian, the parent's or guardian's student's principal, guidance counselor, teacher, or another administrator of the student's school to file an appeal with the department, if the student's parent or guardian consents to same in writing. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to student retention.

Sen. Dawn White [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-22	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
2023-03-15	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/22/2023
2023-03-15	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/22/2023
2023-03-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
2023-03-08	Senate	Reset on Final calendar of Senate Education Committee
2023-03-01	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/8/2023
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2023-02-02	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-31	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0978 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-21 - Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1213&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1213.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0978.pdf