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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to education.

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Sponsor: Haile, Slater
Last action: 2026-03-18
Official status: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
Effective date: Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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Changing the Date for Apprenticeship Program Information

This bill changes when schools must provide information about apprenticeship programs on their websites.

What This Bill Does

Changes the date by which Tennessee's Department of Education must compile and publish a directory of high school apprenticeship program contacts from September 1 to December 1.
Requires this updated information to be available on each public high school’s website.

Who It Names or Affects

Tennessee's Department of Education
Public high schools in Tennessee

Terms To Know

Apprenticeship program contact: A person at a school who can give information about apprenticeship programs.

Limits and Unknowns

The bill does not specify what happens if the information is not published by December 1.
It is unclear how this change will affect students and their access to apprenticeship program details.

Amendments

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HA0905

Amendment 1-0 to HB1759

Plain English: The amendment adds provisions for adult public charter schools in Tennessee's education laws.

Adds a definition and rules for adult public charter schools that serve students aged 18 or older who do not have high school diplomas.
Specifies funding, enrollment procedures, and performance frameworks for these new types of charter schools.
Excludes existing public schools from being converted into adult public charter schools.

The amendment text does not provide details on how adult public charter schools will be funded beyond the basic formula mentioned.

SA0798

Amendment 1-0 to SB1762

Plain English: This amendment adds provisions for adult public charter schools in Tennessee's education laws.

Defines 'adult public charter school' as a public charter school that serves students aged 18 and older to help them earn high school diplomas.
Updates existing sections of the law to include references to adult public charter schools alongside opportunity public charter schools.
Specifies funding, enrollment rules, and application processes for adult public charter schools starting from the 2029-2030 school year.

The exact details of how these new provisions will be implemented are not fully explained in this amendment text.

Bill History

2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
2026-04-08 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed behind the budget
2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026
2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
2026-04-06 Tennessee General Assembly
Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
2026-04-01 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/6/2026
2026-03-31 Tennessee General Assembly
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee
2026-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/31/2026
2026-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee
2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/24/2026
2026-03-17 Tennessee General Assembly
Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/24/2026
2026-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/18/2026
2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly
Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/18/2026
2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/17/2026
2026-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly
Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/17/2026
2026-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Reset on Final calendar of Senate Education Committee
2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Sponsor(s) Added.
2026-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
2026-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly
Ref. to Education Committee - Government Operations for Review
2026-02-26 Tennessee General Assembly
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2026
2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2026-01-22 Tennessee General Assembly
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly
Intro., P1C.
2026-01-20 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction
2026-01-20 Tennessee General Assembly
Filed for introduction

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HOUSE BILL 1759
By Slater

SENATE BILL 1762
By Haile
SB1762
011720
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and
Title 49, relative to education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-419(c), amended by deleting
"September 1" and substituting "December 1".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.