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SB0184 • 2026

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA)

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to funding for teachers' supplies.

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Sponsor
Campbell, Hakeem
Last action
2026-04-14
Official status
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill text does specify the effective date of July 1, 2025, but it is not clear from the provided summary if this will be enforced without a specific appropriation by the General Appropriations Act.

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Bill

This bill changes Tennessee law to require local education agencies and charter schools to pay each teacher $500 per year for buying school supplies, up from the previous requirement of $200.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes Tennessee law to raise the required payment for teachers' instructional supplies from $200 to $500 per year.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local Education Agencies (LEAs) in Tennessee
  • Public Charter Schools in Tennessee
  • Teachers from kindergarten through grade 12

Terms To Know

Local Education Agency (LEA)
An organization that is responsible for providing public education to students within a specific area.

Limits and Unknowns

  • It is unknown if local education agencies will have enough money to cover the $300 increase in teacher supply funding.
  • The exact fiscal impact on local schools cannot be determined precisely.

Amendments

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

Amendment 1-0 to HB0088

Plain English: The amendment changes when a bill about funding for teachers' supplies becomes effective.

  • Changes the effective date of the original bill from an unspecified date to July 1, 2026.
  • The specific details and content of Section 3 that is being replaced are not provided in the amendment text, so it's unclear what exactly is being deleted or substituted.
  • It is not clear from the given information which chamber (House or Senate) this amendment originated from.
Amendment 1-0 to SB0184

Plain English: The amendment changes when a new funding law for teachers' supplies will take effect.

  • Changes the effective date of the bill from an unspecified time to July 1, 2026.
  • The original section being replaced (Section 3) is not provided in the amendment text, so details about what exactly is changing are limited.
  • It's unclear why this specific date was chosen for the bill to take effect.

Bill History

  1. 2026-04-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  2. 2026-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026

  3. 2026-04-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2026

  4. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026

  5. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  6. 2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed behind the budget

  7. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026

  8. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  9. 2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  10. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/31/2026

  11. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 4/1/2026

  12. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/24/2026

  13. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  14. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0

  15. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/17/2026

  16. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/17/2026

  17. 2026-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  18. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/10/2026

  19. 2025-04-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  20. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

  21. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  22. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  23. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  24. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  25. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  26. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  27. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

  28. 2025-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  29. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  30. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  31. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  32. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  33. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  34. 2025-01-09 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 88
By Hakeem

SENATE BILL 184
By Campbell

SB0184
000738
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
Chapter 3, relative to funding for teachers'
supplies.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-359(a), is amended by deleting
"two hundred dollars ($200)" and substituting "five hundred dollars ($500)".
SECTION 2. This act is not an appropriation of funds, and funds shall not be obligated
or expended pursuant to this act unless the funds are specifically appropriated by the General
Appropriations Act.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.