Tennessee Senate Bill 7011 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Completed Legislative Action
Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Democrat 1-0)
Status: Failed on January 20 2021 - 100% progression
Action: 2021-01-20 - Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires, subject to appropriation, the state to fund a 4 percent increase to LEAs' instructional salaries components in the 2020-2021 school year, which must be used solely to fund an increase in teacher salaries for that school year; provides that teachers must receive back pay from the beginning of the school year; prohibits an LEA from reducing a teacher's salary from one school year to the next, except in the case of a reduction in the teacher's duties. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to teacher pay.

Sen. Jeff Yarbro [D]

Date	Chamber	Action
2021-01-20	Senate	Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
2021-01-20	Senate	Failed in Senate Education Committee / no second
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	Filed for introduction

HB7008 (Crossfiled) 2021-01-20 - Returned to the Clerk's Desk.

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB7011&ga=112
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB7011.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Fiscal/HB7008.pdf