Tennessee Senate Bill 2291

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 30 2024 - 25% progression
Action: 2024-03-13 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, expands, beyond just student performance in English language arts (ELA) on the most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) test, the measures of student growth in ELA that an LEA or public charter school may use in determining whether certain fourth-grade students show adequate growth in ELA; requires LEAs and public charter schools to convene a parent-teacher conference for purposes of determining whether a student who does not show adequate growth in ELA must receive or participate in certain interventions or be retained in fourth grade. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to student performance.

Sen. Rusty Crowe [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2024-03-13	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
2024-03-06	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2024
2024-03-06	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/13/2024
2024-02-28	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/6/2024
2024-02-01	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2024-01-31	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2024-01-30	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2491 (Crossfiled) 2024-02-06 - Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2291&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB2291.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/SB2291.pdf