Public
Chapter
Number |
Senate & House
Bill Numbers |
Description
/ Action Required / Senate and House Sponsors |
Effective
Date |
DOE Point
of Contact |
11 |
HB652
SB457 |
Requires office
of education accountability to periodically
study the overall accountability system and
report to the General Assembly. Removes responsibility
of the office to study schools or school
systems on probation or notice. (S: Woodson;
H: Winningham) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Connie Smith |
45 |
HB101
SB57 |
Provides that
Commissioner of Education shall require in-service
training to include at least two hours of
suicide prevention for all teachers and principals
each school year, which may be accomplished
through self-review of suitable suicide prevention
materials. (S: Black; H: Winningham) |
7/01/07 |
Ms.
Susan Bunch |
57 |
HB1866
SB1965 |
Requires the
commissioner of education to report annually
the number of homeless children who enrolled
in public schools without immunization or
proof of immunization and the average length
of time required for these children to be
immunized or to obtain their immunization
records. Requires report to be submitted
to the education committees of the general
assembly. (S: Ketron; H: Hensley) |
4/24/07 |
Ms.
Susan Bunch |
94 |
HB1271
SB1529 |
Requires school
personnel to report reasonable suspicion
of drug offenses committed to students to
principal or principal’s designee.
Allows school personnel to report offenses
committed on school property to appropriate
authorities if principal is unavailable.
(S: Beavers; H: Lynn) |
5/07/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard |
99 |
HB1942
SB2153 |
Requires each
LEA to deliver to the commissioner an annual
report of the employment standards adopted
by the LEA with regard to school resource
officers. (S: Kilby; H: Winningham) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
163 |
HB774
SB798 |
Allows any teacher
who transitions from part-time to full-time
to enroll in the group insurance program.
(S: Burchett; H: Vaughn) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
174 |
HB234
SB293 |
Urges State Board
of Education to develop guidelines for the
appropriate study in all public schools of
Tennessee’s Safe Haven Law and urges
school districts to include such instruction
in the Lifetime Wellness curriculum. (S:
Burchett; H: Overbey) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
200
201 |
HB594
SB579
HB1003
SB1275 |
Modifies requirements
for notification to school officials of attendance
of juvenile delinquents. Expands offenses
for which such notification is necessary. Requires
principal to convene a meeting to develop
a plan for the child to succeed in school.
(S: Burks; H: Fincher)
Allows withholding of retainage in construction
contracts up to five percent of the amount
of the contract. Specifies owner must release
and pay all retainages for work completed
pursuant to the terms of the contract to
the prime contractor within 90 days after
completion of such work or within 90 days
after substantial completion of the project
for work completed, whichever occurs first.
(S: Burchett; H: Curtiss) |
5/22/07
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard
Mr. Robert Greene |
212 |
HB881
SB26 |
Clarifies that
student disciplinary hearings conducted by
school board after appeal by student, principal,
principal-teacher, or assistant principal
regarding decision of disciplinary hearing
authority are not subject to Open Meetings
Act unless student or student's parent or
guardian requests an open hearing in writing.
(S: Kurita; H: Johnson, P.) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard |
213 |
HB333
SB118 |
Requires Department
of Education to develop alternative methods
by which students at adult high schools may
meet minimum number of contact hour requirements.
(S: Kurita; H: Tidwell) |
5/24/07 |
Ms.
Susan Bunch |
238 |
HB337
SB562 |
Requires the
Department of Education to consider including
in the Lifetime Wellness curriculum instruction
in current and appropriate safety issues.
Encourages school districts to post signs
on school grounds that prohibit any person
from driving a motor vehicle in excess of
10 miles per hour. (S: McNally; H: Hackworth) |
5/24/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
247 |
HB963
SB1546 |
Urges teacher
in-service training on early onset of mental
illness.(S: Burks; H: Brown) |
7/01/07 |
Ms.
Susan Bunch |
261 |
HB479
SB51 |
Requires school
districts to adopt policies and procedures
concerning the exiting of a school bus by
a student at a point other than the student's
destination for the trip. (S: Finney R.;
H: Brooks, Harry) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
273 |
HB2236
SB2175 |
Replaces pre-graduation
exit examination for high school students
with series of three mandatory assessment
exams to provide educators with information
that will improve high school graduation
rates and improve post-secondary achievement.
Specifies that such exams are to be administered
in grades eight, ten and 11. (S: Kyle; H:
Odom) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Tim Webb |
302 |
HB1765
SB1451 |
Requires department
of education to study the feasibility of
allowing LEAs to create school district police
departments. Requires the department to report
its findings to the general assembly by January
15, 2008. (S: Tate; H: Jones U.) |
5/30/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
303 |
HB1944
SB2051 |
Removes provision
by which participation in a one-half unit
course on personal finance renders student
one-half unit of credit in instruction on
the essentials of the free enterprise system.
(S: Woodson; H: Winningham) |
7/01/07 |
Ms.
Susan Bunch |
306 |
HB2237
SB2176 |
Removes requirement
that public school student’s personal
identification number be the student’s
social security number. (S: Kyle; H: Fincher) |
5/30/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
|
313 |
HB567
SB468 |
Allows class size limits to be exceeded
for JROTC. Revises present law provision
to authorize JROTC credit to be substituted
for lifetime wellness, rather than physical
education. (S: Watson B.;
H: McCormick) |
5/31/07 |
Mr. Robert Greene |
314 |
HB665
SB629 |
Modifies requirements
for notification to school officials of the
attendance of juvenile delinquents. Expands
offenses for which such notification is necessary.
In addition, requires hospitals or treatment
centers with a belief that a child leaving
a treatment program poses a substantial likelihood
of serious harm to warn the principal of
the school that the child will be attending
of such belief. Requires principal to convene
a meeting to develop a plan for the child
to succeed in school and to provide for school
safety. (S: Woodson; H: Baird) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard |
315 |
HB928
SB1544 |
Specifies that
one of the duties of the local board of education
is to suspend, dismiss or alternatively place
pupils when the progress, safety or efficiency
of the school makes it necessary. (S: Woodson;
H: Winningham) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard |
316 |
HB951
SB1301 |
Changes the terms
of state board of education members from
nine years to five years. (S: Woodson; H:
Winningham) |
7/01/07 |
N/A |
320 |
HB1545
SB1427 |
Requires the
advisory council for alternative education
to study issues relating to establishing
pilot alternative school programs. Requires
council to make recommendations and report
to the governor, the state board of education,
and the house and senate education committees
by January 1, 2008. (S: Marrero; H: Rowe) |
5/31/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
321 |
HB1546
SB1426 |
Requires state
board of education to study feasibility of
developing alternative paths to high school
diplomas for students who do not pass Gateway
exams. Requires board to report to the house
and senate education committees by January
1, 2008. (S: Marrero; H: Rowe) |
5/31/07 |
Ms.
Susan Bunch |
326 |
HB1467
SB2054 |
Enacts the “Local
Education Support Group Financial Accountability
Act of 2007.” Requires school board
to adopt a policy regarding local education
support groups. Prohibits the authorization
of such groups until a policy has been adopted.
Defines student activity funds and school
support group organization funds and specifies
provisions and restrictions for each. Prohibits
a school employee from acting as a treasurer
or bookkeeper for a school support organization.
(S: McNally; H: Fitzhugh) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard;
Mr. Robert Greene |
341 |
HB403
SB938 |
Requires school
resource officers to be law enforcement officers
certified by the POST commission. (S: Burks;
H: Jones S.) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
354 |
HB1225
SB1385 |
Directs the Advisory
Council on Career and Technical Education
to make recommendations to the Department
of Education regarding the most useful and
effective method of providing relevant courses
to all public high school students. (S: Haynes;
H: Gilmore) |
6/05/07 |
Mr.
Ralph Barnett |
357 |
HB1530
SB1809 |
Requires the office of education accountability
to collect data and report on the completion
rates of grades K-12 by children who have
been enrolled in voluntary and pilot Pre-K
programs. (S: Tate; H: DeBerry L.) |
6/05/07 |
Ms. Bobbi Lussier |
358 |
HB1531
SB1475 |
Requires overall
high school graduation rates be subdivided
by gender and subgroup, pursuant to federal
law, and posted on the Internet by state,
system and school levels. (S: Tate; H: DeBerry,
L.) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Connie Smith |
367 |
HB2294
SB2178 |
Permits the State
Board of Education to revise the core standards
regardless of the student’s choice
of a technical or university path of study.
Removes the requirement of a two-track high
school curriculum. (S: Kyle; H: Winningham) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Ralph Barnett; Ms. Susan Bunch; Mr. Robert
Greene |
368 |
HB2354
SB2326 |
Increases cigarette
tax, deposits funds in the education trust
fund. (S: Kyle; H: Odom) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
369 |
HB2293
SB2177 |
Implements “BEP
2.0.” Revises Basic Education Program
funding formula. Increases state funding
portion of teacher salaries; increases teacher
salary cost component; improves state funding
for at-risk and ELL students; eliminates
the Cost Differential Factor (CDF); increases
funding for medical insurance premiums for
instructional positions; caps one-year change
in fiscal capacity at 40 percent. (S: Kyle;
H: Winningham) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
371 |
HB133
SB162 |
Prohibits any
state agency from prohibiting or impairing
the right of any public or private institution
to continue to honor certain persons or cultures
through the use of symbols, names and mascots.
Urges all schools that have American Indian
symbols as mascots to study the history of
the tribe from which the symbol is derived
and include the history in their student
handbooks. (S: Bunch; H: Bell) |
6/07/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard |
376 |
HB472
SB570 |
Places additional
accountability measures on schools and school
systems not meeting adequate yearly progress.
Requires certain provisions in principal
performance contracts and gives additional
authority to principals in budget and staffing
matters. Requires school districts to implement
differentiated pay plans by 2008-09 to aid
in staffing. Increases frequency of teacher
evaluations. (S: McNally; H: Fitzhugh) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Connie Smith |
402 |
HB51
SB247 |
Authorizes the
suspension of two or more students who initiate
a physical attack on an individual student
on school property, at a school activity
or traveling to or from school. (S: Haynes;
H: Turner, M.) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard |
432 |
HB1062
SB1730 |
Adds certain
felonies to the list of those that require
automatic revocation of a teacher’s
license upon conviction. (S: Ketron; H: Gresham) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard |
455 |
HB2138
SB1946 |
Creates a one-year
pilot project in Davidson County mandating
attendance at alternative school for suspended
students, subject to staffing and space availability.
(S: Harper; H: Pruitt) |
7/01/07 |
Ms.
Susan Bunch |
|
457 |
HB2260
SB2205 |
Adds threats to use a bomb, dynamite or
other deadly explosive or destructive devise
on school property or at a school sponsored
event to the list of offenses for which
a student may be suspended. Allows a judge
to restrict the student’s driver’s
license for up to two years. (S: Kyle;
H: Litz) |
7/01/07 |
Dr. Christy Ballard |
459 |
HB99
SB620 |
Authorizes public
postsecondary institutions and LEAs to jointly
establish cooperative innovative programs
in high schools and public colleges and universities.
(S: Woodson; H: Winningham) |
6/19/07 |
Mr.
Ralph Barnett |
475 |
HB1790
SB1450 |
Requires that
the pilot pre-kindergarten programs be funded
at the same level as the funding for pre-kindergarten
programs implemented pursuant to the "Voluntary
Pre-K for Tennessee Act of 2005." (S:
Tate; H: Jones U.) |
7/01/07 |
Ms.
Bobbi Lussier |
491 |
HB1302
SB2342 |
Directs that
an impartial hearing officer shall hear teacher
dismissal cases. Limited to Davidson County.
(S: Harper; H: West) |
7/01/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard |
517 |
HB2125
SB2157 |
Requires school
districts to track the operation and performance
of alternative school programs and to develop
and implement formal transition plans for
the integration of students from regular
schools to alternative schools and from alternative
schools to regular schools when applicable.
(S: Burks; H: Winningham) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
598 |
HB374
SB907 |
Revises state’s
special education laws, including complaint
procedures, requirements for mediators and
due process procedures. (S: Ketron; H: Briley) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Joseph Fisher |
575 |
HB1186
SB1662 |
Establishes a
study commission on methods of restraint
used on students who receive special education
services. (S: Jackson; H: Jones, S.) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Joseph Fisher |
545 |
HB2070
SB1585 |
Allows children
of nonresident (out-of-state) teachers to
attend a school within the district where
the teacher is employed without tuition charge
and pursuant to board policy. (S: Herron;
H: Maddox) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
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Enacts the "Schools Against
Violence in Education Act." Requires commissioner
to establish a state-level safety team to assist
school districts in preparing district-level
and building-level safety and emergency plans.
Requires director of schools to establish a
district-wide school safety team and each principal
to form a building-level safety team. Provides
for public input and submission of safety plans
to the Department of Education. (S: Herron;
H: Jones, S.P) |
6/27/07 |
Mr. Robert Greene |
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HB1371
SB1664 |
Requires state
board of education to develop guidelines
and criteria for the inclusion of foreign
language instruction in grades K-6. (S: Jackson;
H: Kernell) |
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Ms.
Susan Bunch |
557 |
HB1312
SB152 |
Allows LEAs to
provide vision screenings for students who
are unable to pay for such vision screenings.
Encourages LEAs to seek free or reduced-cost
vision screenings from providers who are
willing to donate their services. (S: Harper;
H: West) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
587 |
HB1991
SB2048 |
Requires entities
that contract with school districts or child
care programs to ensure no employee required
to register as a sex offender will have direct
contact with children during the course of
employment. (S: Woodson; H: McCord) |
9/01/07 |
Dr.
Christy Ballard |
603 |
HB2353
SB2334 |
Makes appropriations
for FY08. (S: Kyle; H: Odom) |
7/01/07 |
Mr.
Robert Greene |
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