TennesseeEducation - As introduced, enacts the "Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act," which creates a new category of independent home schools that are not subject to the data collection, reporting, or assessment requirements applicable to existing independent home school programs and that exempts such home school students and parents from compulsory school attendance requirements; prohibits the department of safety from conditioning the issuance of a driver license or learner's permit on a school-aged applicant's attendance record or enrollment status. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55.
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- Introduced
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became Law
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History
- 2025
- Mar 12Sponsor(s) Added.Latest
- Mar 11Failed in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
- Vote recorded HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Failed in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee 3/11/2025 Failed. Result: fail.Lower
- Mar 5Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
- Feb 20Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Feb 6Sponsor(s) Added.Minor
- Feb 5P2C, ref. to Education CommitteeMinor
- Feb 5Assigned to s/c Education Administration SubcommitteeMinor
- Feb 3Intro., P1C.Minor
- Jan 29Filed for introductionIntroduced