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HB1385 • 2026

Education

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

Education
Enacted

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

Sponsor
Harris, Kyle
Last action
2025-04-29
Official status
Comp. became Pub. Ch. 277
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify consequences for non-compliance or an effective date.

Education Funding Reporting Act

This act requires certain school support organizations to submit annual financial reports to the Department of Education and for the department to publish these reports online.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires specific school support groups to send yearly financial reports to the state's education office by July 1st, unless they are booster clubs, parent teacher associations, or similar groups.
  • Directs the Department of Education to put these reports on their website for at least three years.

Who It Names or Affects

  • School support organizations that collect money or materials
  • The Tennessee Department of Education

Terms To Know

school support organization
A group that helps schools by collecting and raising funds, supplies, property, or securities.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify what happens if a school support organization fails to submit the required report.
  • The effective date of this act is not provided in the bill text.

Bill History

  1. 2025-04-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. became Pub. Ch. 277

  2. 2025-04-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Effective date(s) 04/24/2025

  3. 2025-04-29 Tennessee General Assembly

    Pub. Ch. 277

  4. 2025-04-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Governor.

  5. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Transmitted to Governor for action.

  6. 2025-04-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by H. Speaker

  7. 2025-04-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Signed by Senate Speaker

  8. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Enrolled and ready for signatures

  9. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Comp. SB subst.

  10. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1

  12. 2025-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Subst. for comp. HB.

  13. 2025-04-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  14. 2025-04-09 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  15. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  16. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  17. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0

  18. 2025-03-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/31/2025

  19. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee

  20. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  21. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  22. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee

  23. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  24. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  25. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025

  26. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/11/2025

  27. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/11/2025

  28. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2025

  29. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/4/2025

  30. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 2/25/2025

  31. 2025-02-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  32. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  33. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

  34. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Education Committee

  35. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  36. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  37. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  38. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  39. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1417
By Kyle

HOUSE BILL 1385
By Harris

HB1385
003032
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to education funding.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-609, is amended by designating
the current language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new subsection:
(b)
(1) A school support organization and a group or organization that
collects and raises money, materials, property, or securities while representing
itself to be a school support organization shall annually provide a detailed report
of the organization's receipts and expenditures while representing itself to be a
school support organization to the department of education by July 1 each year,
unless the school support organization is a booster club, parent teacher
association, parent teacher organization, or parent teacher support association.
(2) The department shall publish a report submitted to the department
pursuant to subdivision (b)(1) for a period of at least three (3) years from the date
by which the report was submitted to the department.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.