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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.

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.
Amendment 1-0 to SB0989

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 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

  1. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2025

  2. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2025

  3. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  4. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  5. 2025-04-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  6. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  7. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  8. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025

  9. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee

  10. 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

  11. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  12. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  13. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025

  14. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee

  15. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  16. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  17. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/19/2025

  18. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025

  19. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  20. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  21. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  22. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  23. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  24. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  25. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  26. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  27. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

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Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 989
By Hensley

HOUSE BILL 1056
By Doggett

HB1056
002886
- 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 49-3-320, 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.