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HB0844 • 2026

Comptroller, State

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

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Sponsor
Reneau
Last action
2025-02-06
Official status
Withdrawn.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide specific details about what happens to existing studies or other reporting requirements, leaving these points uncertain.

Removing an Old Education Study Requirement

This bill removes a requirement for the comptroller's office to study and report on community schools.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes a section of Tennessee law that required the comptroller’s office to do research about community schools.
  • Deletes the part of the law that asked the comptroller’s office to give reports by November 1, 2018.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The comptroller's office in Tennessee
  • Legislative committees with education responsibilities

Terms To Know

Comptroller
A person who manages the financial affairs of a government or organization.
Community schools
Public schools that work closely with families and community groups to improve education for students.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens to any existing studies on community schools.
  • It is unclear if there are other parts of the law still requiring similar reports from the comptroller's office.

Bill History

  1. Date Tennessee General Assembly

  2. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Withdrawn.

  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. 2025-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 844
By Reneau

HB0844
002670
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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 49-6-2406, is amended by deleting
the section.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.