Tennessee Senate Bill 2296

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Sponsorship: Partisan Bill (Republican 1)
Status: Introduced on February 2 2026 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2026-02-05 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, creates the task force for educational leadership to publish a comprehensive plan for the state to assume full responsibility for education programs currently administered by the United States department of education; requires the department of education to conduct an inventory of all existing federal education programs and grants administered by the state; requires the attorney general and reporter to conduct a review of all state statutes and rules that reference or incorporate federal education statutes or regulations for purposes of implementing the comprehensive plan. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to returning authority over education to the state from the U.S. Department of Education.

Sen. Jack Johnson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2026-02-05	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2026-02-02	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2026-02-02	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2488 (Crossfiled) 2026-03-10 - Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2296&ga=114
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2296.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB2296.pdf