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SB0011 • 2026

Education, Dept. of

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

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Sponsor
Gardenhire, White
Last action
2025-03-27
Official status
Re-refer to S. Cal Comm
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on what sentences are being removed or added beyond making the form publicly available.

Making Allergy Reporting Forms Public

This bill requires the Tennessee Department of Education to make a standardized form for reporting student allergies available on its website.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the law so that the department must put the allergy report form online.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee Department of Education

Terms To Know

Tennessee Code Annotated
A collection of laws for the state of Tennessee organized by subject.
Department of Education
The government agency that oversees education in a state or country.

Limits and Unknowns

  • There are no details on when exactly the department must put the form online, only that it should be by July 1, 2025.

Amendments

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

Amendment 1-0 to SB0011

Plain English: The amendment changes requirements for students who are zoned to attend certain large local education agencies (LEAs) in Tennessee.

  • Removes the requirement that a student must be zoned to an LEA excluding the achievement school district if it meets specific enrollment and operational criteria from the previous year's report card.
  • Deletes sections of the law related to how certain students are assigned to schools based on economic status.
  • The amendment text does not provide clear details about what happens after removing these requirements, so it is unclear how this will affect student assignments in practice.

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Re-refer to S. Cal Comm

  2. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

  3. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/27/2025

  4. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 0

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/25/2025

  6. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/25/2025

  7. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  8. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  9. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  10. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

  11. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  12. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  13. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  14. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  15. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  16. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  17. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  18. 2024-12-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 409
By White

SENATE BILL 11
By Gardenhire

SB0011
000468
- 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 49-1-208, is amended by deleting the
second sentence of the section and substituting instead the following:
The department shall make the form available on the department's website.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.