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Yes: 164 • No: 25
TennesseeHB 1373114th General Assembly (2025-2026)House
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school performance.
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Signed by Governor
Education, Dept. of
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Parents and teachers help plan school turnarounds
Each participating school’s local board must form a turnaround committee by September 30 of its first program year. Members include the board member for the school’s voting district, the principal, three parents, four teachers, a community representative, and a business leader. The board appoints its member and two teachers; the director of schools appoints the parents and two teachers. The committee serves until the school exits and fills vacancies as they arise. By November 30 of the first year, the board must hire an independent expert from the Department’s list. The expert analyzes the school and works with the committee on its plan. The committee recommends a plan by March 1, and the board submits its final plan by April 1. If they disagree, both can submit plans, and the Department approves one. The Department reviews plans within 30 days, uses its approval rubric, and can require changes. Plans must include the expert’s findings, measurable student achievement goals, staff and leadership training, progress checks, communication, and an implementation timeline. Recommendations must follow state and federal law and address staffing, school culture, teaching, curriculum, testing, governance, leadership, finances, and policies.
Permanent turnaround help for struggling Tennessee schools
Beginning with the 2025–2026 school year, Tennessee makes its school turnaround pilot a permanent, state-run program. The Department of Education selects up to five priority schools each year, with no more than 15 participating at once. Selection includes at least one school from each of Tennessee’s three grand divisions and considers grade-level and geographic diversity. Each school develops a plan in its first year and follows it for the next three school years. Participation lasts no more than four consecutive school years, counting the planning year; schools that exit under the law can stop their plans. The Department reviews progress at each school year’s end using the priority-school exit standards in Tennessee’s federally approved education plan. When schools leave, the Department can select replacements within the program limits. By October 1 each year, it reports to the House and Senate Education committees. After a four-school-year cycle, reports compare student outcomes in schools that exited with nonparticipating schools, examine successful and unsuccessful plans, assess schools that did not exit, and recommend whether successful plans should be used statewide.
School turnaround experts face results-based pay
Local boards pay turnaround experts the initial 50% of their contract fee in portions over the contract term. The remaining 50% is withheld until the school exits and is paid only if it meets priority-school exit standards by its final program year’s end. When a school exits under the law’s exit rule, payment covers services through the board’s written exit notice to the commissioner. Experts cannot demand payment for services after that notice date. The Department can also offer experts and schools rewards for meeting exit standards early, but only with available funds; no reward amount is set.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
There are no cosponsors for this bill.
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/21/2025
FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 4/21/2025
Yes: 33 • No: 0
House vote • 4/16/2025
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 4/16/2025
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025
Yes: 73 • No: 21
House vote • 4/15/2025
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Yes: 23 • No: 2
House vote • 4/14/2025
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 10 • No: 2
House vote • 4/2/2025
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Yes: 19 • No: 0
House vote • 3/26/2025
HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 6 • No: 0
Bill Text
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
Introduced
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