2010 Legislative Summary (Printable .pdf format 
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106th General Assembly – 2nd
Regular Session
2010
Report on Public Chapters and Resolutions
Affecting K-12 Education in Tennessee
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Public |
Senate & House Bill Numbers |
Description / Action Required / Senate and House Sponsors |
Effective Date |
DOE Point of Contact |
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SB 7005 |
As enacted, established the “Tennessee First to the Top Act of 2010.” Sen. Kyle, Rep. Turner, M. |
01/16/10 |
Rachel Woods |
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SB 670 |
As enacted, allows construction to begin on an educational building while awaiting final approval of the educational building plans from the state fire marshal, if approved by a local government that does certain self-enforcement of building codes, under certain circumstances. Sen. Norris, Rep. Lollar |
03/10/10 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB 3713 |
As enacted, extends the pilot program for class size limits in career and technical education course in Davidson County for two years, through July 1, 2011; extends committee to study pilot program to January 1, 2012. Sen. Haynes, Rep. Gilmore |
03/31/10 |
Ralph Barnett |
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SB 3031 |
As enacted, allows LEAs greater flexibility in extending the school day in order to offset days used for professional development or weather-related closings. Sen. Faulk, Rep. Mumpower |
07/01/10 |
Kimberly Jackson |
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SB 2480 |
As enacted, prohibits schools and boards of education from separating multiple birth siblings into different classrooms solely due to such children being multiple birth siblings. Sen. Gresham, Rep. Harwell |
07/01/10 |
Lesley Farmer |
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SB 0279 |
As enacted, requires the office of education accountability within the office of the comptroller, in consultation with the department of education, to survey other states to determine how states use measures of parental involvement and student accountability in evaluating teacher performance; requires reporting and presenting of information. Sen. Berke, Rep. McDonald |
04/20/10 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB 3124 |
As enacted, allows LEAs to use reasonably obtainable information in determining whether a student who dropped out of school enrolled elsewhere; allows LEAs to include GEDs in calculating graduation rates for all purposes other than those in which such inclusion is prohibited by federal law. Sen. Burks, Rep. Winningham |
07/01/10 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB 3320 |
As enacted, requires survey of extended learning programs to be disseminated by the department of education to all LEAs so that successful programs may be replicated. Sen. Berke, Rep. Brown |
04/20/10 |
Laura Nichols |
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SB 2988 |
As enacted, revises requirements for registered sex offender to attend conference at school or similar place as parent and to drop off or pick up child at school. Sen. Barnes, Rep. Johnson, P. |
07/01/10 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB 2630 |
As enacted, revises provisions governing approval required for teachers to take personal leave. Sen. Gresham, Rep. McCormick |
04/14/10 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB 3276 |
As enacted, urges LEAs to consider the needs of working parents in scheduling parent-teacher meetings. Sen. Burks, Rep. Brown |
04/20/10 |
Elizabeth Roper |
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SB 3397 |
As enacted, honors the memory of the late Connie Hall Givens by renaming, in her honor, the Coordinated School Health Improvement Act. Sen. Burks, Rep. Brooks, K. |
04/14/10 |
Rebecca Johns-Wommack |
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SB 3067 |
As enacted, changes the date by which teachers must be notified in writing of their dismissal or failure of reelection for the next school year from April 15 to May 15. Sen. Woodson, Rep. Montgomery |
04/19/10 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB 2505 |
As enacted, enacts the "Tanner Lee Jameson Act," which requires that when a school receives its first AED, the school must place the AED in the gymnasium or, if there is no gymnasium, a readily accessible location in an area used for physical education or activity. Sen. Overbey, Rep. Ramsey |
07/01/10 |
Rebecca Johns-Wommack |
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SB 2482 |
As enacted, requires department of education, office of early learning to disseminate its annual report on the voluntary pre-K program to the public via its web site. Sen. Gresham, Rep. Coley |
07/01/10 |
Bobbi Lussier |
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SB 0980 |
As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to file the annual report on the lottery for education after school program's system of competitive grants and technical assistance with the chairs of the house and senate education committees. Sen. Berke, Rep. Brown |
04/30/10 |
Laura Nichols |
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SB 2767 |
As enacted, requires state board of education and commissioner of labor and workforce development to study appropriately integrating geographic information systems technology in curricula for career and technical education and report to the house and senate education committees by March 1, 2011. Sen. Ford, Rep. Cooper |
05/11/10 |
Vickie Hall |
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SB 3321 |
As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to encourage LEAP programs to provide extended learning that is complementary to school curricula. Sen. Berke, Rep. Brown |
05/11/10 |
Laura Nichols |
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SB 3432 |
As enacted, urges civics class be taught in high school. Sen. Tracy, Rep. West |
07/01/10 |
Brenda Ables |
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SB 3583 |
As enacted, allows any school resource officer who witnesses an offense by a student receiving special education to take the student into custody. Sen. Ketron, Rep. Curtiss |
05/11/10 |
Bill Wilson |
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SB 3311 |
As enacted, requires students be allowed to take textbooks that are assigned to the student home in order to study. Sen. Kelsey, Rep. Towns |
07/01/10 |
Morgan Branch |
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SB 1321 |
As enacted, requires parent involvement plans to include plans for improvement in parent and teacher cooperation with regard to planning for higher education opportunities. Sen. Berke, Rep. Brown |
05/11/10 |
Elizabeth Roper |
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SB 3255 |
As enacted, requires that LEAs shall update their policy pamphlets every two years, rather than annually. Sen. Tate, Rep. Jones, U. |
07/01/10 |
Vickie Hall |
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SB 0769 |
As enacted, requires the peace officers standards and training
commission to report to the select committee on education oversight
on current law enforcement training and procedures for responding
to violent school incidents in elementary and secondary schools
and in postsecondary institutions. |
05/28/10 |
Mike Herrmann |
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SB 1075 |
As enacted, requires the state board of education to develop guidelines and criteria for the inclusion of foreign language instruction in grades kindergarten through six. Sen. Jackson, Rep. Kernell |
05/28/10 |
Vickie Hall |
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SB 1743 |
As enacted, urges institutions of higher education offering approved teacher training programs to explore ways in which research methodologies related to comparative education concepts that study and examine teaching practices and learning outcomes in other countries can be incorporated into existing curriculum. Sen. Marrero, Rep. Coley |
05/28/10 |
Martin Nash |
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SB 2416 |
As enacted, enacts the "Teacher Code of Ethics." |
07/01/10 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB 3053 |
As enacted, clarifies the appeals process for tenured teachers who are dismissed by a local board of education; requires that if the commissioner of education who is initially appointed to the teacher evaluation advisory committee as chairperson ceases to be the commissioner of education because of resignation or retirement, then such former commissioner remains a member of the committee until the committee ceases to exist. Sen. Woodson, Rep. Brooks, H. |
07/01/10 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB 3257 |
As enacted, revises the membership of the task force on charter schools; adds the design and method of training for charter schools' board members to the list of subjects that the task force is required to address; changes the date by which the comptroller must report the charter school task force's findings and recommendations to the general assembly from February 2, 2010, to February 2, 2011. Sen. Tate, Rep. Jones, U. |
07/01/10 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB 3304 |
As enacted, authorizes schools to establish an International Baccalaureate Program fund or an Advanced Placement fund to receive donations or grants from individuals or from private corporations, associations, or other artificial entities, both nonprofit and for profit, that desire to help support an International Baccalaureate Program or an Advanced Placement program offered or attempted to be established by the school. Sen. Kelsey, Rep. Coley |
07/01/10 |
Branson Townsend |
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SB 3425 |
As enacted, allows LEAs to donate computers removed from school inventories to low-income families in the school district. Sen. Finney, Rep. Maddox |
07/01/10 |
Barbara Denson |
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SB 3693 |
As enacted, specifies that when applying the maximum interest rate for bonds issued by the Tennessee state school bond authority with respect to which the local government has elected to have the federal Build America Bonds program apply to such bond, the maximum interest rate will be determined by reducing the interest payable by the authority with respect to such bond by the amount of payments from the U.S. treasury that the authority expected, at the time of the issuance of such bond as a result of the foregoing elections; provisions to expire on June 30, 2012. Sen. McNally, Rep. Fitzhugh |
05/28/10 |
Wesley Robertson |
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SB 3267 |
As enacted, revises various provisions governing the reporting of child abuse. Sen. Harper, Rep. Brown |
05/27/10 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB 1472 |
As enacted, establishes relationship with Department of Education and the Confucius Institute to study and assess Chinese language proficiency tests. Sen. Marrero, Rep. Coley |
06/21/10 |
Bruce Opie |
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SB 942 |
As enacted, credits former JROTC instructors currently teaching in subject areas other than JROTC or military science with years experience instructing JROTC or military science for purposes of salary ratings. Sen. Watson, Rep. McCormick |
6/21/10 |
Wesley Robertson |
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SB 2407 |
As enacted, requires the state board of education, THEC, TBR, and the UT board of trustees to provide video streaming over the Internet of the board meetings of each entity. Sen. Burks, Rep. Winningham |
06/21/10 |
Vickie Hall |
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SB 3449 |
As enacted, deletes June 30, 2010 dissolution clause for the Energy Efficient Schools Initiative Council. Sen. Yager, Rep. Winningham |
06/21/10 |
Vickie Hall |
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SB 2789 |
As enacted, requires at least one employee at Tennessee special schools to be a certified CPR instructor for training other members of the school staff in CPR. Sen. Black, Rep. Hensley |
07/01/10 |
Joseph Fisher |
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SB 1997 |
As enacted, joins Tennessee to the Interstate Compact on Educational Opportunity for Military Children. Sen. Norris, Rep. Johnson, C. |
07/01/10 |
Vickie Hall |
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SB 3875 |
As enacted, requires commissioner of education to collaborate with state-level school safety team to develop guidelines and training for public school administrators regarding prevention of workplace violence. Sen. Stewart, Rep. Winningham |
07/01/10 |
Mike Herrmann |
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SB 3919 |
As enacted, makes appropriations for fiscal years 2009-2010 and 2010-2011. Sen. Kyle, Rep. Fitzhugh |
07/01/10 |
John Sharp |
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SB 3427 |
As enacted, requires local boards of education to develop policies by which TCAP achievement scores count as a percentage of students’ final grades. Also establishes dates for TCAP achievement testing window. Sen. Finney, Rep. Maddox |
07/01/10 |
Dan Long |
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SB 2621 |
As enacted, authorizes random drug testing of students who participate in extracurricular activities; requires LEAs testing students for drugs to have policies and procedures for assisting and counseling students testing positive. Sen. Tracy, Rep. Winningham |
07/01/10 |
Christy Ballard |
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SB 3125 |
As enacted, authorizes the provision of group medical health insurance for support staff of an LEA. |
06/30/10 |
Wesley Robertson |
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N/A |
Expresses support for state board of education efforts to encourage every secondary school student to complete at least one application to a postsecondary institution. Rep. Lollar |
04/27/10 |
Vickie Hall |
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N/A |
Directs the department of education to study "green cleaning" practices in public schools in Tennessee. Rep. Ramsey |
05/10/10 |
Sam Cameron |
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N/A |
Directs the department of education to study student access to optional schools operated by local school districts and the establishment of optional programs in every school. Rep. Hardaway |
06/02/10 |
Yvonne Allen |
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N/A |
Expresses support of a world-class public education system for Tennessee and expectations that teachers, parents, and students must all pursue excellence to achieve that goal. Sen. Gresham |
05/26/10 |
Rachel Woods |
Governor Bill Haslam
