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HB0088 • 2026

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA)

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to funding for teachers' supplies.

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Sponsor
Hakeem, Campbell
Last action
2026-04-08
Official status
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text specifies the effective date of July 1, 2025, but it is not mentioned in the candidate explanation. This claim was removed as it was already covered by the official source material.

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Bill

This bill increases the amount that local education agencies and public charter schools must pay each teacher for buying supplies from $200 to $500.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the money given by local education agencies and public charter schools to teachers for buying school supplies from $200 to $500 per year.
  • Changes Tennessee's laws about funding for teachers' supplies.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Teachers in kindergarten through grade 12
  • Local education agencies and public charter schools

Terms To Know

LEA
Local Education Agency, which is a school district or other local organization that manages public schools.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not provide the exact amount of money needed for this increase.
  • It's unclear if all local education agencies will have enough money to pay teachers $500 each year for supplies.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to HB0088

Plain English: The amendment changes when a new law about funding for teachers' supplies will start.

  • Changes the effective date of the bill from its original unspecified date to July 1, 2026.
  • The original text does not specify an initial effective date, so it's unclear what the previous date was before this amendment.
  • The specific details about funding for teachers' supplies are not altered by this amendment and remain unchanged in the bill.
Amendment 1-0 to SB0184

Plain English: The amendment replaces an existing section of the bill with a new effective date for the legislation.

  • Changes the effective date of the bill to July 1, 2026.
  • The original content of Section 3 that is being replaced is not provided in the amendment text, so it's unclear what specific changes are made beyond setting a new effective date.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  2. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  3. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  4. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026

  5. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  6. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  7. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/31/2026

  8. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 4/1/2026

  9. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/24/2026

  10. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee

  11. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/17/2026

  12. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0

  13. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/17/2026

  14. 2026-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026

  15. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/10/2026

  16. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  17. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

  18. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/25/2025

  19. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/25/2025

  20. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  21. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  22. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  23. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  24. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

  25. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  26. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  27. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  28. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  29. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  30. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  31. 2025-01-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 184
By Campbell

HOUSE BILL 88
By Hakeem

HB0088
000738
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
Chapter 3, relative to funding for teachers'
supplies.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-359(a), is amended by deleting
"two hundred dollars ($200)" and substituting "five hundred dollars ($500)".
SECTION 2. This act is not an appropriation of funds, and funds shall not be obligated
or expended pursuant to this act unless the funds are specifically appropriated by the General
Appropriations Act.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.