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SB1027 • 2026

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AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.

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Sponsor
Lowe, Littleton
Last action
2026-03-11
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not specify that the bill requires the Tennessee Department of Education to send the report to specific state committees on October 15. This detail is implied but not explicitly stated in the provided summary and text.

Education Report Deadline Change

This bill changes the deadline for submitting an early grades reading report to October 15 each year and updates which state committees receive this report.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the deadline for submitting an early grades reading report from a previous date to October 15 each year.
  • Updates the list of committees that receive the report to be the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over education.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee Department of Education
  • State education committees

Terms To Know

early grades reading report
A yearly report about how well young students are learning to read, sent by the state's education department.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens if the report is submitted late.
  • It does not provide details on how the report should be formatted or what information it must contain.

Amendments

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

Amendment 1-0 to HB1016

Plain English: The amendment updates Tennessee law to include public charter schools in provisions related to education and internet privacy for personal devices used off school property.

  • Adds 'public charter school' where 'LEA', 'school district', or 'school district's' are mentioned, ensuring that these terms now apply to both local education agencies and public charter schools.
  • Prohibits LEAs and public charter schools from tracking or monitoring a person’s internet use on personal devices off school property, except when the device is used during a test.
  • The amendment text does not specify how this prohibition will be enforced or what consequences might follow if it is violated.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  2. 2026-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2026-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Reset on Final calendar of Senate Education Committee

  4. 2026-01-07 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 1/14/2026

  5. 2025-04-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

  6. 2025-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly

    Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.

  7. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0

  8. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0165)

  9. 2025-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  10. 2025-03-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/31/2025

  11. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to first calendar of 2026

  12. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/27/2025

  13. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  14. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  15. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  16. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025

  17. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  18. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  19. 2025-03-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  20. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  21. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  22. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  23. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  24. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

  25. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  26. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  27. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  28. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  29. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  30. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  31. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

ON MARCH 31, 2025, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 1016, AS AMENDED.

AME
NDMENT #1 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the following revisions to present law:



Requires, in the same manner as an LEA, a public charter school to
adopt an internet acceptable use policy.



Requires such policy to contain provisions that, amongst other things, p
rohibit the LEA or public charter school from tracking or monitoring a person's use of the internet via a personal electronic device off school property, except for instances in which a student uses a personal electronic device during a test.



Requires the director of a public charter school, in the same manner as a director of schools, to
take such steps as appropriate to implement and enforce the
public charter school's
policy.



Applies the same requirements in present law upon providers of digital or online resources that contract with a public charter school
for the provision of digital or online materials created and marketed for
grades
K-12 school use
that apply to those providers contracting with an LEA or a state agency.



Requires a public charter school
, in the same manner as an LEA or state agency,
that contracts for the provision of digital or online materials created and marketed for
grades
K-12 school use
to
adopt and implement a policy that

(i) allows a person to file a complaint with the respective public charter school concerning an alleged violation of the requirements described above
; and
(ii) requires the
public charter school
to review
such
a complaint to determine if action is necessary.

Current Bill Text

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL 1016
By Slater

SENATE BILL 1027
By Lowe

SB1027
002912
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025
(1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and
Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and
Title 49, relative to education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-907, is amended by deleting the
first sentence and substituting:
By October 15 of each year, the department of education shall annually submit
an early grades reading report for the immediately preceding school year to the
education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives
having jurisdiction over education.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.