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Tennessee Education Report Act

This bill requires Tennessee's Department of Education to provide annual reports about an Individualized Education Account (IEA) program to state officials.

What This Bill Does

• Requires the department of education to give a report each year by July 1st.
• The report must include numbers on eligible, participating, and served students in the IEA program.
• Includes details about how parents are informed if their child can join the program.
• For the first report, it needs data from the past five years.

Who It Names or Affects

• Tennessee's Department of Education
• Chairs of finance and ways and means committees in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly
• Chairs of education committees in both houses of the Tennessee General Assembly
• Directors of the office of legislative budget analysis

Terms To Know

Individualized Education Account (IEA)

A program that provides educational funds for eligible students.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what happens if the department fails to provide the report.
• It is unclear how the information in the reports will be used by state officials.

Official Summary Text

This bill requires, b
y July 1, 2026, and by each July 1 thereafter, the department of education
to
provide a report to the chairs of the finance, ways, and means committees of the senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the education committees of the senate and house of representatives, and the directors of the office of legislative budget
analysis to assist the general assembly in evaluating the availability of the
I
ndividualized education account (IEA) program
.

This bill requires the
report
to
include the following information for the immediately preceding fiscal year:
(i) t
he number of
e
ligible students statewide
,

p
articipating students
,
and
s
tudents the program had the capacity to serve; and
(ii) t
he process developed and implemented by the department to notify parents of their child's potential eligibility to participate in the program.

The first report must include
such
information for each of the five immediately preceding fiscal years, as well as the total
annual amount expended by the department for the program for each of the five immediately preceding years.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 2627
By Yager
SB2627
008964
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to the Individualized Education Act.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
(a) By July 1, 2026, and by each July 1 thereafter, the department of education
shall provide a report to the chairs of the finance, ways, and means committees of the
senate and house of representatives, the chairs of the education committees of the
senate and house of representatives, and the directors of the office of legislative budget
analysis to assist the general assembly in evaluating the availability of the program.
(b) Except as provided in subsection (c), the report must include the following
information for the immediately preceding fiscal year:
(1) The number of:
(A) Eligible students statewide;
(B) Participating students; and
(C) Students the program had the capacity to serve; and
(2) The process developed and implemented by the department to notify
parents of their child's potential eligibility to participate in the program.
(c) The first report provided by the department pursuant to this section must
include the information identified in subsection (b) for each of the five (5) immediately
preceding fiscal years, as well as the total annual amount expended by the department
for the program for each of the five (5) immediately preceding years.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.