Local Education Agencies

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide information about applying statewide rules to all counties in Tennessee beyond removing Madison County's exception. The official source material only mentions removing the exception for Madison County.

Recall Elections for School Board Members

This bill removes an exception that allowed Madison County to have its own rules for recall elections of school board members and applies statewide rules instead.

What This Bill Does

• Removes the special rule that lets Madison County decide how to handle recall elections for local education agency (LEA) board members.

Who It Names or Affects

• Registered voters who want to remove local education agency (LEA) board members through recall elections.
• Local boards of education in Tennessee.
• Madison County, which will no longer have special rules for recall elections.

Terms To Know

Recall election

An election where voters can remove an elected official from office before their term ends.

Local Education Agency (LEA)

A school district or other organization that is responsible for providing public education in a specific area.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how much it will cost to hold recall elections.
• It's unclear if this change will lead to more or fewer recall elections being held in Madison County.

Official Summary Text

Present law authorizes

a
local board of education member that is elected, or appointed to fill a vacancy,
to
be removed from office by the registered voters of the county.
A
governmental entity having a charter provision for a petition for recall, referendum
,
or initiative
must
meet requirements and procedures set out by this state. Certain counties are excluded from this provision, including, c
ount
ies

with
a metropolitan form of government and a population greater than 100,000
, and Madison County, and can thereby
establish
thei
r
own recall procedures
. This bill removes the exception for Madison County.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 1277
By Hill

SENATE BILL 649
By Crowe

SB0649
000056
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and
Title 49, Chapter 2, relative to recall elections for
members of local boards of education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-213, is amended by deleting
subsection (e).
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.