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HB0666 • 2026

Education

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

Children Education
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Sponsor
Terry, White
Last action
2025-02-06
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide details on changes in wording or impacts on schools and educators.

Education Act Changes

This bill removes an outdated requirement for the Tennessee Department of Education to report on exclusionary discipline practices in early childhood education.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes a section that required the department to submit a report about how young children are disciplined in schools.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee Department of Education

Terms To Know

Exclusionary Discipline Practices
Punishments that remove students from the classroom or school, like suspensions.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify new requirements for reporting on discipline practices.
  • It is unclear how removing this report requirement will affect future oversight of early childhood education discipline.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  2. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  3. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  4. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1023
By White

HOUSE BILL 666
By Terry

HB0666
002748
- 1 -

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

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3024(d), is amended by
deleting the subsection.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3024(e), is amended by
deleting "After submission of the report required in subsection (d), the department" and
substituting "The department".
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.