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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.) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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SB0162
HB0133 |
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) |
P.C. 371
Effective 6/07/07 |
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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.) |
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SB0293
HB0234 |
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) |
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SB0457
HB0652 |
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) |
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SB0468
HB0567 |
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) |
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SB0562
HB0337 |
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) |
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SB0570
HB0472 |
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) |
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SB0579
HB0594 |
Modifies requirements for notification to school officials of the 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 and to provide for school safety. (S: Burks; H: Fincher) |
P.C. 200
Effective 5/22/07 |
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Authorizes public postsecondary institutions and LEAs to jointly establish cooperative innovative programs in high schools and public colleges and universities. (S: Woodson; H: Winningham) |
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SB0629
HB0665 |
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) |
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SB0798
HB0774 |
Allows any teacher who transitions from part-time to full-time to enroll in the group insurance program. (S: Burchett; H: Vaughn) |
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SB0907
HB0374 |
Revises state’s special education laws, including complaint procedures, requirements for mediators and due process procedures. (S: Ketron; H: Briley) |
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SB0938
HB0403 |
Requires school resource officers to be law enforcement officers certified by the POST commission. (S: Burks; H: Jones S.) |
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SB1275
HB0492 |
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) |
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SB1301
HB0951 |
Changes the terms of state board of education members from nine years to five years. (S: Woodson; H: Winningham) |
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SB1385
HB1225 |
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) |
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SB1426
HB1546 |
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) |
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SB1427
HB1545 |
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) |
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SB1450
HB1790 |
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.) |
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SB1451
HB1765 |
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.) |
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SB1475
HB1531 |
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.) |
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SB1529
HB1271 |
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) |
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SB1544
HB0928 |
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) |
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SB1546
HB0933 |
Urges in-service training on early onset of mental illness. (S: Burks; H: Brown) |
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SB1585
HB2070 |
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) |
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SB1662
HB1186 |
Establishes a study commission on methods of restraint used on students who receive special education services. (S: Jackson; H: Jones, S.) |
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SB1714
HB2076 |
Requires students entering approved teacher training programs to agree to the release of all investigative records to the administrator of the selected teacher training program and to supply a fingerprint sample and submit to a criminal history records check to be conducted by the T.B.I. (S: Herron; H: Maddox) |
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SB1730
HB1062 |
Adds certain felonies to the list of those that require automatic revocation of a teacher’s license upon conviction. (S: Ketron; H: Gresham) |
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SB1809
HB1530 |
Requires the office of early learning 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.) |
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SB1910
HB1950 |
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.) |
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SB1946
HB2138 |
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) |
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SB1965
HB1866 |
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) |
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SB2048
HB1991 |
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) |
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SB2051
HB1944 |
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) |
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SB2054
HB1467 |
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) |
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SB2153
HB1942 |
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) |
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SB2157
HB2125 |
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) |
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SB2175
HB2236 |
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 administered in grades eight, ten and 11. (S: Kyle; H: Odom) |
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SB2176
HB2237 |
Removes requirement that public school student’s personal identification number be the student’s social security number. (S: Kyle; H: Fincher) |
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SB2177
HB2293 |
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) |
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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) |
P.C. 367
Effective 7/01/07 |
SB2205
HB2260 |
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) |
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Increases cigarette tax, deposits funds in the education trust fund. (S: Kyle; H: Odom) |
P.C. 368
Effective 7/01/07 |
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Makes appropriations for Fiscal Year 2007-2008. (S: Kyle; H: Odom) |
P.C. 603
Effective 7/01/07 |
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Directs that an impartial hearing officer shall hear teacher dismissal cases. Limited to Davidson County. (S: Harper; H: West) |
P.C. 491
Effective 7/01/07 |
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