| TN | SB2407 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that certain individuals who have not completed the amount of clinical practice required by the educator preparation provider in which the individual is enrolled may receive a temporary clinical permit if all other requirements ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27
Effective date(s) 05/22/2026 |
| TN | HB2305 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that certain individuals who have not completed the amount of clinical practice required by the educator preparation provider in which the individual is enrolled may receive a temporary clinical permit if all other requirements ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-27
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1134 |
| TN | SB2669 | Pass | As enacted, revises law relative to leave for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1022 |
| TN | HB2343 | Pass | As enacted, revises law relative to leave for teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-26
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| TN | HB1973 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits an educator from engaging in any sexually related behavior with certain students enrolled, graduated, or withdrawn from school; requires violations to be reported to the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 898 |
| TN | SB2106 | Pass | As enacted, prohibits an educator from engaging in any sexually related behavior with certain students enrolled, graduated, or withdrawn from school; requires violations to be reported to the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-18
Effective date(s) 05/05/2026, 07/01/2026 |
| TN | HB0656 | Pass | As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14
Effective date(s) 05/01/2026 |
| TN | SB0687 | Pass | As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-14
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 909 |
| TN | HB1895 | Pass | As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the classroom or instructional area at the time that a classroom evacuation occurred by the end of the day ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 850 |
| TN | SB2087 | Pass | As enacted, requires the principal or the principal's designee provide notification to the parent or legal guardian of each student who was in the classroom or instructional area at the time that a classroom evacuation occurred by the end of the day ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-05
Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 |
| TN | SB2371 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that tenure and the process for dismissing a nontenured, licensed employee by a director of schools does not apply to individuals who hold a temporary academic permit or temporary clinical permit. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-04
Effective date(s) 04/27/2026 |
| TN | HB2148 | Pass | As enacted, clarifies that tenure and the process for dismissing a nontenured, licensed employee by a director of schools does not apply to individuals who hold a temporary academic permit or temporary clinical permit. - Amends TCA Title 49.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-05-04
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 867 |
| TN | SB1709 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Civics Education Act," which requires persons seeking the first issuance of a practitioner teacher license or practitioner occupational teacher license to achieve a passing score on a United States civics test pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-20
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB1715 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires LEAs to classify school nurses as licensed personnel for salary purposes; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse the base salary established for licensed teachers for the respective school year in certain circumstances; require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-20
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | SB2109 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows the state board of education to waive the educator licensure requirement for an individual who does not hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year institution, but who has at least five years of teaching experience at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-20
To Senate Finance, Ways and Means Committee |
| TN | HB1658 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Civics Education Act," which requires persons seeking the first issuance of a practitioner teacher license or practitioner occupational teacher license to achieve a passing score on a United States civics test pre...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB1675 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires LEAs to classify school nurses as licensed personnel for salary purposes; requires an LEA to pay a school nurse the base salary established for licensed teachers for the respective school year in certain circumstances; require...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB1888 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, allows the state board of education to waive the educator licensure requirement for an individual who does not hold a bachelor's degree from an accredited four-year institution, but who has at least five years of teaching experience at...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-04-15
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee |
| TN | HB2226 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, prohibits professional employees and local boards of education from collaborative conferencing; prohibits a local board of education from allowing a professional employees' organization to use or access facilities when such use or acce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-31
Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee |
| TN | HB0778 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA), in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, to study and make recommendations for the implementation of an incentive program for educators who have 15 or more y...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-25
Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee |
| TN | SB2445 | Fail | As introduced, prohibits professional employees and local boards of education from collaborative conferencing; prohibits a local board of education from allowing a professional employees' organization to use or access facilities when such use or acce...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-18
Failed in Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB1917 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a pathway for a person to obtain an alternative instructional leader license for purposes of serving as a principal, an assistant principal, or an instructional supervisor. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-11
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | HB1117 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, creates a pathway for a person to obtain an alternative instructional leader license for purposes of serving as a principal, an assistant principal, or an instructional supervisor. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-10
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee |
| TN | SB1041 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes a local board of education and public charter school governing body to employ or accept as a volunteer a school chaplain to provide support, services, and programs for students, school staff, and students' parents. - Amends ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | SB1752 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, compiles a list of certain training requirements and opportunities for certain school staff and volunteers; changes the required frequency for certain de-escalation training, child abuse training, and training on harassment, intimidati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-04
To Senate Education Committee |
| TN | HB1732 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, compiles a list of certain training requirements and opportunities for certain school staff and volunteers; changes the required frequency for certain de-escalation training, child abuse training, and training on harassment, intimidati...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-03-03
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee |
| TN | HB1250 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes a local board of education and public charter school governing body to employ or accept as a volunteer a school chaplain to provide support, services, and programs for students, school staff, and students' parents. - Amends ...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-02-26
Sponsor(s) Added. |
| TN | HB1524 | Intro
Sine Die | As introduced, authorizes designated school employees who complete training to search containers, packages, and other enclosures in the possession of a student or visitor that triggers an alert by the school's weapons detection system. - Amends TCA T...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2026-01-22
Withdrawn. |
| TN | SB1311 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes to certain teacher licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Effective date(s) 05/02/2025, 07/01/2025 |
| TN | HB1323 | Pass | As enacted, makes various changes to certain teacher licensure requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-05-13
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 328 |
| TN | SB1410 | Pass | As enacted, increases from 20 to 30, the maximum number of consecutive days a substitute teacher may substitute for a regular teacher on leave without having to possess a teaching license; requires the six weeks of paid parental leave for eligible em...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 296 |
| TN | HB1253 | Pass | As enacted, increases from 20 to 30, the maximum number of consecutive days a substitute teacher may substitute for a regular teacher on leave without having to possess a teaching license; requires the six weeks of paid parental leave for eligible em...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-28
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 |
| TN | SB1168 | Engross
Sine Die | As introduced, requires the office of research and education accountability (OREA), in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, to study and make recommendations for the implementation of an incentive program for educators who have 15 or more y...
[Detail][Text][Discuss] | 2025-04-16
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. |
