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HB0174 • 2026

Local Education Agencies

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school lunch.

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Sponsor
Gant, Yager
Last action
2025-03-11
Official status
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify the frequency of menu updates or funding provisions, leaving these details unknown.

School Lunch Menu Transparency

This bill requires local education agencies to post their school lunch menus online.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires local education agencies (LEAs) to publish the school lunch menu on their website.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local education agencies that run public schools

Terms To Know

LEA
Local Education Agency, which runs public schools in a specific area.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify how often the menu must be updated.
  • Does not provide funding for LEAs to follow this requirement.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  2. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee

  3. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

  4. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  5. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  6. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  7. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

  8. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Education Committee

  9. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  10. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 757
By Yager

HOUSE BILL 174
By Gant

HB0174
001715
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to school lunch.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 23, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
An LEA shall publish the school lunch menu on the LEA's website.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.