Tennessee Senate Bill 7001 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 7-0)
Status: Passed on February 9 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-02-09 - Effective date(s) 02/03/2021
Text: Latest bill text (Chaptered) [PDF]

As enacted, excludes data generated by state assessments administered in the 2020-2021 school year, and data generated by alternative growth models used by LEAs in the 2020-2021 school year to evaluate teachers in non-tested grades and subjects, from certain accountability determinations; revises certain tenure eligibility requirements to account for the unavailability of data due to the cancellation of TCAP tests as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 1, relative to accountability.

Sen. Jack Johnson [R]	Sen. Dawn White [R]	Sen. Ken Yager [R]	Sen. Ferrell Haile [R]
Sen. Bill Powers [R]	Sen. Shane Reeves [R]	Sen. Paul Rose [R]

2021-01-21 - House - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 71 N: 17 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - House - FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION (Y: 67 N: 22 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-21 - Senate - FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration (Y: 23 N: 5 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-20 - Senate - SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]
2021-01-20 - Senate - SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Refer to Senate Calendar Committee (Y: 6 N: 0 NV: 0 Abs: 0) [PASS]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-02-09		Effective date(s) 02/03/2021
2021-02-09		Pub. Ch. 2
2021-02-03	Senate	Signed by Governor.
2021-01-27	Senate	Transmitted to Governor for action.
2021-01-26	House	Signed by H. Speaker
2021-01-26	Senate	Signed by Senate Speaker
2021-01-22	Senate	Enrolled and ready for signatures
2021-01-22	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2021-01-21	House	Passed H., Ayes 71, Nays 17, PNV 0
2021-01-21	House	Subst. for comp. HB.
2021-01-21	Senate	Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
2021-01-21	Senate	Passed Senate, Ayes 23, Nays 5
2021-01-21	Senate	Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 1/21/2021
2021-01-20	Senate	Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
2021-01-20	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2021-01-20	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 1/20/2021
2021-01-20	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2021-01-19	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2021-01-15	Senate	Sponsor(s) Added.
2021-01-14	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB7003 (Crossfiled) 2021-02-09 - Comp. became Pub. Ch. 2

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7001&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB7001.pdf
Text	https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/112/extra/pc0002EOS.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/SB7001.pdf
Roll Call	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7001&ga=112