Tennessee Senate Bill 951

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression
Action: 2023-03-15 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, adds various exceptions to mandatory retention for third grade students who are not proficient in English language arts; allows an LEA to retain students in any of the grades kindergarten through two who have not shown a basic understanding of the curriculum and an ability to perform the skills required in reading; requires the department of education to provide LEAs with individual student performance level ratings from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests by May 19 each year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.

Sen. Page Walley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-03-15	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
2023-03-08	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/15/2023
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

HB0848 (Crossfiled) 2023-03-14 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0951&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB0951.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB0848.pdf