TennesseeTennessee committee reviews how schools identify students needing extra support
Tennessee’s TISA review committee must study how the state identifies economically disadvantaged students and recommend ways to better support them by November 1, 2026.
What it does
The TISA review committee must study how Tennessee identified economically disadvantaged students over the past ten years and how other states identify and fund them. It must recommend ways to identify students who need extra resources and support them through TISA.
Argument forReviewing Tennessee’s past methods and other states’ approaches could help the committee recommend better ways to identify students who need extra resources.
Argument againstStudents who need extra help might not receive it from these recommendations, because the law does not require the state to adopt them.
More detail
The TISA review committee must study how Tennessee and other states identify economically disadvantaged students and recommend ways to identify and support them. The review covers Tennessee’s identification methods in the ten years immediately before the review, including methods used in the 2025 and 2026 state budgets. It also covers how other states identify and fund economically disadvantaged public school students. The committee must complete its reviews before November 1, 2026, and include its recommendations in the annual report due on or before that date.
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Where it stands
- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
Looking ahead
No hearings or votes scheduled.
History
- 2026
- May 27Pub. Ch. 1032Latest
- May 27Effective date(s) 05/21/2026
- May 21Signed by Governor Bill Lee.Became Law
- May 11Transmitted to Governor for his action.To Governor
- May 5Signed by Senate SpeakerMajor
- Apr 30Signed by H. SpeakerMajor
- Apr 28Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.Minor
- Apr 22Received from House, Passed on First ConsiderationMinor
- Vote recorded FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Upper
- Apr 22Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.Major
- Apr 22Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA1076)
- Apr 22Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0Passed Senate
- Apr 21Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Vote recorded FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 21H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1193)Major
- Apr 21Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 1, PNV 0Passed House
- Apr 21Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.Minor
- Apr 20
- Vote recorded HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 4/16/2026. Result: fail.Lower
- Apr 16H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026
- Apr 15Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means CommitteeMinor
- Vote recorded HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/15/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Vote recorded HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/15/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Apr 15Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026
- Apr 15Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules CommitteeMinor
- Apr 15Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026
- Apr 8Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026
- Apr 7Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Apr 1Placed behind the budget
- Mar 25Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means CommitteeMinor
- Vote recorded HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/25/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 25Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means SubcommitteeMinor
- Mar 25Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/1/2026
- Mar 18Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Mar 18Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/24/2026
- Mar 17Action def. in Education Committee to 3/24/2026
- Mar 13Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Mar 11Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Mar 11Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/17/2026
- Mar 10Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education CommitteeMinor
- Vote recorded HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee 3/10/2026 Passed. Result: pass.Lower
- Mar 4Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/10/2026
- Mar 3Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/10/2026
- Mar 3Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Feb 25Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/3/2026
- Feb 5P2C, ref. to Education CommitteeMinor
- Feb 5Assigned to s/c K-12 SubcommitteeMinor
- Feb 4Intro., P1C.Minor
- Feb 3Filed for introductionIntroduced
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