# Tennessee SB 1019: AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to education funding for public charter schools. Tennessee SB 1019, AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to education funding for public charter schools., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-05-15 (Effective date(s) 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1019-2025-2026 - As of: 2026-11-01 - Plain-text twin of the page above; the HTML and this file carry the same facts. ## Facts - Bill: Tennessee SB 1019 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to education funding for public charter schools. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-05 - Last action: 2025-05-15, Effective date(s) 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 1 - Subjects: Education, Dept. of - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (133 yes, 22 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 4 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Districts must share charter student funding: benefit, medium. Beginning July 1, 2025, districts must allocate local student funding to charter schools based on prior-year membership under Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement rules. They must also include current-year average per-student state and local funding above that framework's requirements, using… - Annual guidance for charter funding disputes: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, the Tennessee Department of Education must give charter authorizers funding-dispute guidance each July 1. It must explain how charter schools can challenge an alleged error in an allocation to their authorizer. It must also state the steps authorizers must follow. The disput… - Regular charter payments with spending limits: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, district budgets must show next year's local payment per charter student and the required calculations. Districts must pay expected local funds in at least nine equal installments. They must adjust payments in October, December, February, April, and June for changes in reven… - State pays charter schools more directly: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, student funding follows district membership from its first day through its last day. Early graduates still count through their expected graduation date. The state share for charter students is allocated to districts but paid directly to charter schools, based on prior-year m… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Stevens ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-22 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 | pass | 70 | 22 | | | 2025-04-22 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 2 4/22/2025 | pass | 25 | 0 | | | 2025-03-06 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/6/2025 | pass | 29 | 0 | | | 2025-02-26 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 9 | 0 | | ## Actions (24) - 2025-05-15: Effective date(s) 05/09/2025, 07/01/2025 - 2025-05-15: Pub. Ch. 456 - 2025-05-09: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2025-05-01: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2025-04-30: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2025-04-29: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2025-04-28: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Concurred, Ayes 25, Nays 0 (Amendment 2 - HA0296) (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Placed on Senate Message Calendar 2 for 4/22/2025 (Senate) - 2025-04-22: Passed H., as am., Ayes 70, Nays 22, PNV 1 (House) - 2025-04-22: H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0296) (House) - 2025-04-22: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0295) (House) - 2025-04-22: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2025-03-10: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2025-03-06: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-06: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0027) (Senate) - 2025-03-04: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/6/2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-26: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 (Senate) - 2025-02-19: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/26/2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-02-05: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - HA0296, 2025-04-22: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0296.pdf) - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0456.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1019.pdf) - HA0295: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0295.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1019.pdf) - SA0027: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0027.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8; Title 12; Title 13; Title 29; Title 54; Title 64; Title 65; Title 68 and… (signed) - SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to low-income housing. (signed) - SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Title 55, relative to criminal law. (signed) - SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes. (signed) - HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 1987; Chapter 74 of the Private Acts of 1995; Chapter… (signed) - HB 2670: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 85 of the Private Acts of 2004; and any other acts amendatory thereto, relative t… (signed) ## Sources - [HA0296 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0296.pdf) - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0456.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1019.pdf) - [HA0295 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0295.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1019.pdf) - [SA0027 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0027.pdf) ## Related - [SB 0855: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; T…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0855-2025-2026) - [SB 0539: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 7; Title 13; Title 48; Title 49…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0539-2025-2026) - [SB 0254: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 38; Title 39; Title 40 and Titl…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0254-2025-2026) - [SB 0198: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, relative to taxes.](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB0198-2025-2026) - [HB 2666: AN ACT to amend Chapter 131 of the Private Acts of 1969; as amended by Chapter…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2666-2025-2026) - [HB 2670: AN ACT to amend Chapter 33 of the Private Acts of 1985; as amended by Chapter 8…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-HB2670-2025-2026) - [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-SB1019-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).