All Roll Calls
Yes: 189 • No: 0
TennesseeHB 0676114th General Assembly (2025-2026)HouseWALLET
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 49, relative to employees of state special schools.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
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Bill Overview
Analyzed Economic Effects
2 provisions identified: 2 benefits, 0 costs, 0 mixed.
Expanded leave for state special-school teachers
Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee state special-school teachers qualify for the same leave accumulation and use rules as public school teachers. They also qualify for paid family leave under Tennessee Code §8-50-814. Eligible teachers must be licensed by the State Board of Education and employed at a state special school. The definition excludes chief administrative officers and staff treated as state employees for leave under Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8. These changes apply to the 2025-2026 school year and every school year afterward; this law sets no leave amount or duration.
Matching pay increases for state special-school staff
Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee's Education Department sets state special-school salaries and employment terms, subject to the required leave protections. For the 2025-2026 school year onward, each school's salary schedule must match percentage increases in its local school district's schedule. When lawmakers budget salaries, raises, bonuses, or other incentives for district or public charter school teachers and licensed staff, the department must commit and spend equivalent funding for state special-school teachers and licensed staff. The law states lawmakers' intent to provide enough funding and allows the state to exceed the required minimum. It also replaces “professional personnel” with “licensed personnel” in the existing personnel provision; no specific raise or individual payment is set.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Rebecca K. Alexander
Republican • House
Rush Bricken
Republican • House
Ed Butler
Republican • House
John Ray Clemmons
Democrat • House
Elaine Davis
Republican • House
Kelly Keisling
Republican • House
Harold Love, Jr.
Democrat • House
Antonio Parkinson
Democrat • House
Chris Todd
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/9/2025
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/9/2025
Yes: 31 • No: 0
House vote • 4/7/2025
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025
Yes: 94 • No: 0
House vote • 4/7/2025
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 4/1/2025
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Yes: 28 • No: 0
House vote • 3/26/2025
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 12 • No: 0
House vote • 3/18/2025
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Yes: 18 • No: 0
House vote • 3/4/2025
HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Actions Timeline
Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
4/28/2025Pub. Ch. 284
4/28/2025Signed by Governor.
4/24/2025Transmitted to Governor for his action.
4/16/2025HouseSigned by Senate Speaker
4/15/2025SenateSigned by H. Speaker
4/14/2025HouseEnrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
4/9/2025HousePassed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
4/9/2025SenateAmendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0122)
4/9/2025SenateSenate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
4/9/2025SenateReceived from House, Passed on First Consideration
4/9/2025SenateEngrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
4/8/2025HousePassed H., as am., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0
4/7/2025HouseSponsor(s) Added.
4/7/2025HouseH. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0107)
4/7/2025HouseH. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/7/2025
4/3/2025HousePlaced on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/3/2025
4/2/2025HouseRec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
4/1/2025HousePlaced on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/1/2025
3/26/2025HouseRec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
3/26/2025HousePlaced on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
3/19/2025HouseAssigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
3/19/2025HouseRec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
3/18/2025HousePlaced on cal. Education Committee for 3/18/2025
3/12/2025HouseAction def. in Education Committee to 3/18/2025
3/11/2025House
Bill Text
HA0107 (Substitute)
4/7/2025
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
Introduced
SA0122
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