Official Summary Text
Present law requires the
department of education
to
develop a school grading system that annually assigns A, B, C, D, and F letter grades to schools based on
(i) s
tudent performance on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests or end-of-course exams;
(ii) s
tudent growth as indicated by Te
nnessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) data or data from other measures of student growth; and
(
iii
)
o
ther outcome indicators of student achievement that the department finds to be reliable measures of school performance.
The department of educatio
n
must
include each school's A, B, C, D, or F grade on the state report card.
EXPIRED PROVISIONS
Present law required the implementation
of the school grading system
to
begin in the 2017-2018 school year
and the
department
to
provide notice of the adopt
ed grading scale to each LEA prior to the start of the 2017-2018 school year.
However,
student performance and student growth data from the TNReady assessments administered in the 2017-2018 school year
was
not
to
be used to assign
such
a letter grade to a
school.
Additionally,
student performance and student growth data from the TCAP tests administered in the 2019-2020 school year
was
not
to
be used to assign
such
a letter grade to a school, unless the use results in a higher letter grade for the school.
Present law provided that, i
f 80% or more of an LEA's or public charter school's students enrolled in grades 3-12 participate
d
in the TCAP tests administered in the 2020-2021 school year, then
student performance and student growth data generated from th
e TCAP tests administered in the 2020-2021 school year
was
not
to
be used to assign
such
a letter grade to a school.
However, the
commissioner of education
was authorized
, at the commissioner's discretion,
to
grant an LEA or public charter school a waiver
from the
80
-percent-participation requirement
. Further, the department was prohibited from issuing
letter grades or any other summative ratings for schools eligible for the accountability or schools that receive a waiver from the commissioner in the stat
e report card for the 2020-2021 school year
as long as
the department provide
d
student performance and student growth data to LEAs, and as required by federal law.
This bill removes all of the expired provisions described above.
Current Bill Text
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SENATE BILL 912
By Lowe
HOUSE BILL 1043
By Martin G
HB1043
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AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025
(1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and
Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49;
Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-228, is amended by deleting
subsections (c)-(h).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.