Education

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not provide a definition of 'high performing school district', leaving this term undefined in the bill.

Education Act for High Performing School Districts

This bill requires local school boards in Tennessee to inform the state education department when they declare their district as high performing and mandates the state to publish a list of these districts on its website.

What This Bill Does

• Requires local school boards to notify the state education department if they declare their district as high performing.
• The state education department must maintain an updated list of all high performing school districts on its website.

Who It Names or Affects

• Local school boards in Tennessee
• State education department

Terms To Know

LEA

Local Education Agency, which is another name for a local school district.

High Performing School District

A school district that the local board of education declares as high performing.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not define what makes a school district 'high performing'.
• It's unclear how often or under what circumstances local boards can declare their districts as high performing.
• This bill was withdrawn, so it is no longer being considered by the Tennessee General Assembly.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 709
By Cepicky

HB0709
001968
- 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 49-2-703, is amended by designating
the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new subsection:
(b) If a local board of education declares the board's LEA to be a high
performing school district pursuant to subsection (a), then the board shall notify the
department of education of the local board's declaration. The department shall publish a
list of LEAs that are high performing school districts pursuant to this section on the
department's website.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.