Comptroller, State

Plain English Breakdown

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Annual Report on School Choice Program

This bill requires OREA to report annually to the Tennessee General Assembly about students participating in the school choice scholarship program.

What This Bill Does

• Requires OREA to provide an annual report by October 30th each year.
• Includes information on the number of recipients for the current school year.
• Reports how many recipients have been in the program for two or more years.
• Lists the number of students who were previously enrolled in public schools.
• Counts new students eligible to enroll in K-12 public schools.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Office of Research and Education Accountability (OREA) must create the report.
• The Tennessee General Assembly receives the annual reports.
• Students participating in the school choice program are included in the data.

Terms To Know

OREA

Office of Research and Education Accountability, a part of the Office of the Comptroller of the Treasury.

Education Freedom Act

The law that established the school choice scholarship program in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is not clear if this bill will pass since it did not move forward in its current session.
• The exact chapter number of the Public Acts of 2025 is not specified, making it hard to track changes directly.

Official Summary Text

The office of research and education accountability (OREA) in the office of the comptroller of the treasury
to
annually report
to the general assembly
the following information
about the
scholarship program operated pursuant to the
Education Freedom Act of 2025
:

(1) Number of recipients;

(2) Number of recipients who have participated in the program for two or more school years;

(3) Number of recipients who were enrolled
in a public school in this state for the immediately preceding school year; and

(4) Number of recipients who were eligible for the first time to enroll in a public kindergarten through grade
12
school in this state.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 1338
By Yarbro

HOUSE BILL 1052
By McKenzie

HB1052
002859
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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 49, Chapter 10,
Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to
students participating in a school choice program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB
6004), is amended by adding the following as a new section in Section 2:
(a) The office of research and education accountability (OREA) in the office of
the comptroller of the treasury shall annually report the following information about the
program for the current school year:
(1) Number of recipients;
(2) Number of recipients who have participated in the program for two (2)
or more school years;
(3) Number of recipients who were enrolled in a public school in this state
for the immediately preceding school year; and
(4) Number of recipients who were eligible for the first time to enroll in a
public kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) school in this state.
(b) OREA shall submit the report to the general assembly by October 30, 2025,
and by each October 30 thereafter.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.