Comptroller, State

Plain English Breakdown

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Annual Report on School Choice Scholarship Program

This bill requires an annual report about students in Tennessee's school choice scholarship program to be submitted to the state legislature.

What This Bill Does

• Requires OREA to annually report information about recipients of the Education Freedom Act scholarship program.
• Includes details on the number of recipients, those who have participated for two or more years, those coming from public schools, and new participants in the program.
• Specifies that OREA must submit this report to the Tennessee General Assembly by October 30 each year.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Office of Research and Education Accountability (OREA) within the comptroller's office
• Students participating in the school choice scholarship program
• Members of the Tennessee General Assembly

Terms To Know

Office of Research and Education Accountability (OREA)

The part of the state treasury that does research on education.

General Assembly

The group of people who make laws for Tennessee, including senators and representatives.

Limits and Unknowns

• Does not specify what happens if OREA fails to submit the report by October 30.
• Does not provide details on how the information will be used after it is reported.

Official Summary Text

The office of research and education accountability (OREA) in the office of the comptroller of the treasury
to
annually report
to the general assembly
the following information
about the
scholarship program operated pursuant to the
Education Freedom Act of 2025
:

(1) Number of recipients;

(2) Number of recipients who have participated in the program for two or more school years;

(3) Number of recipients who were enrolled
in a public school in this state for the immediately preceding school year; and

(4) Number of recipients who were eligible for the first time to enroll in a public kindergarten through grade
12
school in this state.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 1052
By McKenzie

SENATE BILL 1338
By Yarbro

SB1338
002859
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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 49, Chapter 10,
Part 14 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to
students participating in a school choice program.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB
6004), is amended by adding the following as a new section in Section 2:
(a) The office of research and education accountability (OREA) in the office of
the comptroller of the treasury shall annually report the following information about the
program for the current school year:
(1) Number of recipients;
(2) Number of recipients who have participated in the program for two (2)
or more school years;
(3) Number of recipients who were enrolled in a public school in this state
for the immediately preceding school year; and
(4) Number of recipients who were eligible for the first time to enroll in a
public kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) school in this state.
(b) OREA shall submit the report to the general assembly by October 30, 2025,
and by each October 30 thereafter.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.