HB1056 • 2026

Education

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

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Sponsor: Doggett, Hensley
Last action: 2025-04-14
Official status: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2025
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide details about updating other institutions' eligibility for grants or specifying immediate effectiveness beyond the public welfare clause.

Changing Museum Name for Education Grants

This bill changes the name of Cumberland Museum and Science Center to Adventure Science Center in Tennessee's education grant laws.

What This Bill Does

Changes the name 'Cumberland Museum and Science Center' to 'Adventure Science Center' in state law.

Who It Names or Affects

The Adventure Science Center
State agencies responsible for education funding

Terms To Know

grants-in-aid: Money given by the state to help support educational programs.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify how much money will be given to the Adventure Science Center.
It is unclear if other museums or institutions are affected beyond this specific change.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

HA0230

Amendment 1-0 to HB1056

Plain English: The amendment adds a new subsection (b) to Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-119, which provides a 25% tuition discount for children under 24 years old whose parents are full-time employees of public school systems in certain positions.

Adds a 25% tuition discount on state institution higher education for children under 24 if their parent is a full-time employee of a public school system, excluding specific teaching roles.
Limits the discount to academic years where the general assembly has provided enough funding to cover the loss from discounted tuition.

The exact positions excluded in subdivision (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B) are not specified, which may cause some uncertainty.
It is unclear how the amendment will be implemented if the general assembly does not provide sufficient funding for a given academic year.

SA0281

Amendment 1-0 to SB0989

Adds a 25% tuition discount on state institution higher education for children under 24 if their parent is a full-time employee of a public school system, excluding specific teaching and administrative roles.
The discount applies only when the general assembly has appropriated funds to cover the loss in revenue from the discounted tuition.

The amendment does not specify which positions are excluded under subdivisions (a)(1)(A) and (a)(1)(B).

Bill History

2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025
2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2025
2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025
2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly
Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025
2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor(s) Added.
2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025
2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee
2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly
Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025
2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee
2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Ref. to Education Committee
2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/19/2025
2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor change.
2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor(s) Added.
2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Intro., P1C.
2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction
2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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SENATE BILL 989
By Hensley

HOUSE BILL 1056
By Doggett

HB1056
002886
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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 49-3-320, is amended by deleting
subdivision (6) and substituting:
(6) Adventure Science Center;
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.