Tennessee Senate Bill 2164 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 29 2024 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2024-02-01 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #2) [PDF]

As introduced, adds the Classical Learning Test (CLT) to the assessments on which a student must attain a certain minimum score in order to be eligible for certain financial aid opportunities; adds the CLT as an acceptable assessment of student readiness for postsecondary education for purposes of high school graduation requirements; requires each public institution of higher education to accept student scores on the CLT for purposes of admission, and to weigh scores achieved on the CLT in the same manner as the institution weighs scores achieved on the ACT or SAT. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the Classical Learning Test.

Sen. Mark Pody [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-02-01	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2024-01-31	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2024-01-29	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2403 (Crossfiled) 2024-02-06 - Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2164&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2164.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB2164.pdf