Education

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and excerpt do not provide details on how existing scholarship programs or their reporting processes will be affected.

School Choice Report Submission

This bill requires an annual report about education freedom scholarships to be sent to the legislative librarian.

What This Bill Does

• Adds a requirement for the office of research and education accountability in the comptroller's office to send its yearly report on scholarship test results to the legislative librarian.

Who It Names or Affects

• The office of research and education accountability in the comptroller's office
• The legislative librarian

Terms To Know

Education Freedom Scholarships

Scholarship programs that allow students to use funds at schools of their choice.

Legislative Librarian

A librarian who works for the Tennessee General Assembly and manages its library resources.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the report is not submitted on time.
• It's unclear how this change will affect existing scholarship programs or their reporting processes.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 2309
By Pody

HOUSE BILL 2237
By Hurt
HB2237
012271
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to school choice.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3507(c), is amended by adding
the following at the end of the subsection:
A copy of the report must also be submitted to the legislative librarian.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.