# Tennessee HB 2177: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3, relative to public education. Tennessee HB 2177, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3, relative to public education., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) House bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2026-05-26 (Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 07/01/2026) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2177-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee HB 2177 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3, relative to public education. - Status: signed - Chamber: House - Introduced: 2026-02-02 - Last action: 2026-05-26, Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 07/01/2026 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: Education - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 9 (210 yes, 61 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 9 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Local services for state-authorized charter students: benefit, low. The commission can require local school agencies to contract to serve commission-authorized charter schools within their boundaries. Services can include special education, student placements, alternative schools, and special education eligibility assessments. Local agencies do not have to create n… - Charter funding protected from late cuts: benefit, low. Local school agencies cannot cut charter schools’ per-student funding through financial reports submitted or changed after December 1. This protection covers charter schools within the agency’s boundaries. The law does not specify how much funding is protected. - High-performing charter schools get automatic renewal: benefit, low. Qualifying high-performing charter schools get automatic approval when they submit the state board’s renewal application. For each of the previous three school years, schools must meet standards on at least 75% of indicators in every performance-framework section. Their Tennessee student-growth com… - Small school funds avoid separate audits: benefit, low. Schools, including charter schools, avoid a separate audit when combined internal school and student activity fund balances are below $50,000. Those funds remain subject to the school’s required general audit. - State-authorized charters get direct expansion route: benefit, low. Commission-authorized charter operators can apply directly to open another school in the same local school area after three full school years. The commission has 90 days to decide a complete application and must give objective reasons for denial. Sponsors have 30 days after denial to submit an amen… - Student nominations for charter commission seat: benefit, low. The charter commission’s student member is selected each year from local school board or charter governing body nominees. Nominees must be high school juniors or seniors. The commission and each school system can each nominate no more than one student. A local board can use its sole nomination for… - Annual fees for state-authorized charter schools: cost, low. The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission receives an annual fee from each charter school it authorizes. Schools pay the fee from their funding. The fee cannot exceed the lesser of 3% of the school’s per-student state and local funding or $463,000. The law does not set the actual fee for each… - Charter admission lotteries follow preference order: mixed, low. Charter schools holding enrollment lotteries must use a preference policy approved by their governing body. The order starts with sponsor-run pre-kindergarten students, then economically disadvantaged students if the school uses that preference. Next come students from another charter school covere… - School reporting rules put funding at risk: mixed, low. Local school agencies must submit a complete, certified annual budget signed by the schools director and local funding body. Prior-year receipts and spending reports are due October 1, signed by the director and local legislative body. Agencies must send school-fund audits to the education commissi… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Scott Cepicky (Republican), House - Cosponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican), House - Cosponsor: White ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2026-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2026 | pass | 26 | 4 | | | 2026-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 3 CONCUR IN SENATE AMENDMENT # 2 4/22/2026 | pass | 60 | 22 | | | 2026-04-21 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2026 | pass | 62 | 29 | | | 2026-04-20 | House | HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE | fail | 0 | 0 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE | pass | 24 | 0 | | | 2026-04-15 | House | HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 12 | 0 | | | 2026-04-06 | House | HOUSE GOVERNMENT OPERATIONS COMMITTEE | pass | 8 | 2 | | | 2026-03-31 | House | HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 13 | 3 | | | 2026-03-25 | House | HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE | pass | 5 | 1 | | ## Actions (45) - 2026-05-26: Effective date(s) 05/19/2026, 07/01/2026 - 2026-05-26: Pub. Ch. 1012 - 2026-05-19: Signed by Governor. - 2026-05-07: Transmitted to Governor for his action. (House) - 2026-05-05: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2026-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2026-04-28: Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker. (House) - 2026-04-22: H. concurred in S. am. no. 2 Ayes 60, Nays 22 PNV 8 (House) - 2026-04-22: H. Placed on Message Calendar 3 for 4/22/2026 (House) - 2026-04-22: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 26, Nays 4, PNV 2 (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1101) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0790) (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill. (Senate) - 2026-04-22: Received from House, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2026-04-21: Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen. (House) - 2026-04-21: Passed H., as am., Ayes 62, Nays 29, PNV 2 (House) - 2026-04-21: H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0903) (House) - 2026-04-16: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/20/2026 (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/16/2026 (House) - 2026-04-15: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/15/2026 (House) - 2026-04-15: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House) - 2026-04-15: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/15/2026 (House) - 2026-04-08: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2026 (House) - 2026-04-08: Placed behind the budget (House) - 2026-04-06: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-04-06: Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/8/2026 (House) - 2026-04-06: Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee (House) - 2026-04-06: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee (House) - 2026-04-01: Placed on cal. Government Operations Committee for 4/6/2026 (House) - 2026-03-31: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Government Operations Committee (House) - 2026-03-25: Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/31/2026 (House) - 2026-03-25: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee (House) - 2026-03-18: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/24/2026 (House) - 2026-03-17: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/24/2026 (House) - 2026-03-11: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/17/2026 (House) - 2026-03-10: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/17/2026 (House) - 2026-03-04: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/10/2026 (House) - 2026-03-03: Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/10/2026 (House) - 2026-02-25: Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/3/2026 (House) - 2026-02-24: Sponsor(s) Added. (House) - 2026-02-05: Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee (House) - 2026-02-05: P2C, ref. to Education Committee - Government Operations for Review (House) - 2026-02-04: Intro., P1C. (House) - 2026-02-02: Filed for introduction (House) ## Bill text - HA0903, 2026-04-21: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0903.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1012.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB2177.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2177.pdf) - SA0790: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0790.pdf) - SA1101: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1101.pdf) ## Related bills - HB 2091: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, Chapter 9, relative to off-highway vehicles. (failed) - HB 2023: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-24-109, relative to the victims assistance assessment. 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(failed) ## Sources - [HA0903 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0903.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc1012.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB2177.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/HB2177.pdf) - [SA0790 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0790.pdf) - [SA1101 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA1101.pdf) ## Related - [HB 2091: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 70, Chapter 9, relative to off-…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2091-2025-2026) - [HB 2023: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 40-24-109, relative to the vi…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2023-2025-2026) - [HB 1967: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 13 and Title 55, Ch…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1967-2025-2026) - [HB 1906: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 34, Part 6, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1906-2025-2026) - [HB 1720: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 1…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1720-2025-2026) - [HB 1710: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 1 and Title 4, Chapt…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB1710-2025-2026) - [Tennessee bills](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee/bills) - [Tennessee state hub](https://policyrisk.com/states/tennessee) - [All state legislation](https://policyrisk.com/state-bills) Source: PRIA, https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2177-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).