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HB1258 • 2026

Education

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

Education
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Sponsor
Fritts, Bowling
Last action
2025-03-12
Official status
Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on how a district is declared as high performing or what happens if there are mistakes in the declaration process.

Education Act for High Performing School Districts

This bill requires local school boards in Tennessee to inform the state education department when they declare their district as high performing and allows the department to publish this information on its website.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires local school boards to notify the state education department if they declare their district a high-performing one.
  • Allows the state education department to maintain a list of all high-performing districts on its official website.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local school boards in Tennessee
  • The state education department

Terms To Know

LEA
Local Education Agency, which is another name for a local school district.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not explain how schools are chosen as high performing.
  • It's unclear what happens if a mistake is made in declaring a district high performing.
  • The bill does not specify when the list of high-performing districts will be updated on the website.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  2. 2026-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026

  3. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  4. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee

  5. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  6. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  7. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  9. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  10. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  11. 2025-02-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  12. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  13. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1108
By Pody

HOUSE BILL 1258
By Fritts

HB1258
003274
- 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 49-2-703, is amended by designating
the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new subsection:
(b) If a local board of education declares the board's LEA to be a high
performing school district pursuant to subsection (a), then the board shall notify the
department of education of the local board's declaration. The department shall publish a
list of LEAs that are high performing school districts pursuant to this section on the
department's website.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.