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HB1377 • 2026

Education

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to reporting student reading levels.

Education
Enacted

This bill passed the Legislature and reached final enactment based on the latest official action.

Sponsor
Harris, Akbari
Last action
2025-05-13
Official status
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 330
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The effective date of the act is not provided in the official source material.

Student Reading Level Reporting Act

This act requires Tennessee schools to include reading test scores on K-8 student report cards.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires local boards of education and public charter schools to develop a policy for including the score from the universal reading screener, if given during the current school year, on each K-8 student's report card.
  • Includes the results of any recent dyslexia screening tests, if applicable, on each K-8 student's report card.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local boards of education
  • Public charter schools
  • K-8 students

Terms To Know

Universal reading screener
A test used to measure a student's reading level.
Dyslexia screener
A test that checks if a student might have dyslexia, which is a learning difficulty with reading and writing.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the tests are not administered.
  • It's unclear how schools will implement this requirement in practice.

Amendments

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

Amendment 1-0 to HB1377

Plain English: This amendment changes how schools report reading levels of students from kindergarten through eighth grade by adding specific requirements for including scores from a universal reading screener and results from a dyslexia screener on student report cards.

  • Schools must include the most recent score from a universal reading screener on student report cards if it was given during the current school year.
  • If applicable, schools also need to add the results of the most recent dyslexia screener on student report cards.
  • The amendment does not specify how or when these scores and results should be communicated beyond including them on report cards.
Amendment 1-0 to SB1423

Plain English: This amendment changes how schools report reading levels of students from kindergarten through eighth grade by adding specific requirements for including scores from a universal reading screener and results from a dyslexia screener on student report cards.

  • Schools must include the most recent score from a universal reading screener on student report cards if it was given during the current school year.
  • If applicable, schools also need to add the results of the most recent dyslexia screener on student report cards.
  • The amendment does not specify how or when these scores and results should be communicated beyond including them on report cards.

Bill History

  1. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 330

  2. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 05/02/2025

  3. 2025-05-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 330

  4. 2025-05-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-04-22 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  7. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  9. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  10. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 3

  12. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0105)

  13. 2025-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  14. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  15. 2025-04-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025

  16. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/10/2025

  17. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.

  18. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  19. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  20. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 31, Nays 0

  21. 2025-04-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0288)

  22. 2025-04-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025

  23. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 1

  24. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  25. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  26. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  27. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025

  28. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  29. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  30. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  31. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

  32. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee

  33. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/18/2025

  34. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

  35. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Education Committee

  36. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  37. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  38. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  39. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  40. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON APRIL 7, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL
1423, AS AMENDED.

AMENDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the following revisions to present law:



Requires e
ach local board of education and public charter school governing body
to
develop and implement a policy to provide
,
with
each
K-8
student's
report card
,
the student's score on the universal reading screener if administered to the student in the current school year, and the results of the dyslexia screener most recently administered to the student, if applicable.



Provides that this
requirement is supplemental to the home literacy report required
for K-5 students identified
as having a significant reading deficiency
,
and the notice requirement established
for
dyslexia screening
procedures.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
SENATE BILL 1423
By Akbari

HOUSE BILL 1377
By Harris

HB1377
002771
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to reporting student reading levels.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 9, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
A student's report card must include a statement of the student's current reading
grade level.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it,
and applies to the 2025-2026 school year and subsequent school years.