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SB1163 • 2026

Local Education Agencies

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

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Sponsor
Akbari, Glynn
Last action
2026-03-18
Official status
Deferred to Summer Study
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary indicates multiple unknown factors regarding the extent and timing of any future mandatory local fiscal impact, which remains uncertain.

Training for Teachers on Behavior Management

This bill requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide at least two hours of evidence-based training each year in behavior management techniques.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires LEAs and public charter schools to include training on positive behavioral interventions, conflict prevention, functional behavior assessments, de-escalation, and conflict management.
  • Specifies that the required training must be evidence-based and can count towards existing in-service training requirements.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Local education agencies
  • Public charter schools

Terms To Know

LEA
Local Education Agency, which refers to a public board of education or other public authority responsible for the administrative control and direction of public elementary or secondary schools in a city, county, township, school district, or other political subdivision.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill may increase local expenditures due to training requirements.
  • It is unclear how much these costs will be and when they might occur.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal. in Education Committee

  2. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  4. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Deferred to Summer Study

  5. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  6. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  7. 2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action def. in Education Committee to 3/24/2026

  8. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/18/2026

  9. 2026-03-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Education Committee on 3/18/2026

  10. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/17/2026

  11. 2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  12. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/10/2026

  13. 2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  14. 2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Def. to Special Calendar to be Published with Final Calendar in Education Administration Subcommittee

  15. 2026-02-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  16. 2026-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/3/2026

  17. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  18. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee

  19. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

  20. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee to 3/11/2025

  21. 2025-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/4/2025

  22. 2025-02-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee to 3/4/2025

  23. 2025-02-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 2/25/2025

  24. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  25. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  26. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  27. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

  28. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Education Committee

  29. 2025-02-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  30. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 448
By Glynn

SENATE BILL 1163
By Akbari

SB1163
001055
- 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 49-10-1304, is amended by adding
the following as a new subsection:
(k) Each LEA and public charter school shall incorporate at least two (2) hours
each school year of evidence-based skills training on positive behavioral interventions
and supports, conflict prevention, functional behavior assessments, de-escalation, and
conflict management into its behavior intervention training program. Notwithstanding an
in-service plan adopted pursuant to § 49-6-3004(c)(1), the training required in this
subsection (k) may be used to satisfy two (2) hours of the in-service training required in
§ 49-6-3004.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-10-1304(j), is amended by
deleting subdivision (3).
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.