Tennessee Senate Bill 2352 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 2-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in chamber
Action: 2020-03-16 - Action deferred in Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires a public school to credit a student who participates in a non-school-sponsored extracurricular activity, or who participates in up to 10 days of basic training required by a branch of the United States armed services, as present for attendance purposes; requires, subject to certain exceptions, a principal, or the principal's designee, to excuse a student from school attendance for up to 10 days to pursue an educational advancement opportunity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

As introduced, requires a public school to credit a student who participates in a non-school-sponsored extracurricular activity, or who participates in up to 10 days of basic training required by a branch of the United States armed services, as present for attendance purposes; requires, subject to certain exceptions, a principal, or the principal's designee, to excuse a student from school attendance for up to 10 days to pursue an educational advancement opportunity. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Sen. Dolores Gresham [R]

Sen. Dawn White [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-03-16	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee
2020-03-11	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2020
2020-03-11	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/18/2020
2020-03-04	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2020
2020-02-10	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2020-02-06	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2020-02-04	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1655 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-05 - Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2352&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2352.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/HB1655.pdf