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SB1320 • 2026

Education

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

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Sponsor
Johnson, Lamberth
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source does not specify a date for when the report was supposed to be provided or mention any changes to Title 49.

Removing an Old Education Report Requirement

This bill removes a requirement for the Tennessee Department of Education to provide a report on student literacy implementation.

What This Bill Does

  • Removes a section in Tennessee Code Annotated that required a report on student literacy from the state's education department.

Who It Names or Affects

  • Tennessee Department of Education

Terms To Know

Obsolete provision
A rule or law that is no longer needed because it deals with something outdated.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify what happens to the information that was supposed to be in the report.
  • It's unclear if there are other similar requirements for reports on education issues that remain unchanged.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  2. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  4. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  5. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 1336
By Lamberth

SENATE BILL 1320
By Johnson

SB1320
002896
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4,
Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, and to amend
Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex.
Sess. – HB 6004 / SB 6001), relative to education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-908, is amended by deleting the
section.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.