# Tennessee SB 1310: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools. Tennessee SB 1310, AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools., is a 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) Senate bill sponsored by no sponsor on record; status signed, last action 2025-04-29 (Effective date(s) 07/01/2025) (as of 2026-11-01). - Canonical: https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1310-2025-2026 - 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 1310 - State: Tennessee - Session: 114th General Assembly (2025-2026) - Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools. - Status: signed - Chamber: Senate - Introduced: 2025-02-06 - Last action: 2025-04-29, Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 - Sponsors: no sponsor on record - Cosponsors: 3 - Subjects: Schools, Charter - Touches household money: no - Roll calls: 4 (177 yes, 45 no in all) - Economic provisions PRIA read: 6 ## Summary No summary available. ## Bill overview: provisions PRIA read - Certain charter renewals receive five-year minimum terms: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, certain commission-approved charter renewals must last five to 10 academic years. This includes renewals approved on appeal from a local board. It also covers renewals approved under Tennessee Code sections 49-1-614(k)(2)(B) or 49-1-614(k)(4). The commission sets the term by… - Charter overseers must use school performance standards: benefit, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, charter authorizers must use a performance framework for all schools they oversee. Authorizers without a framework covering all their schools must adopt the State Board of Education's model. This gives those authorizers a common set of school performance standards. - Public college charters gain capped enrollment preferences: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee public colleges and universities can seek charter approval locally or directly from the state commission. Direct applications follow the commission's process: a 90-day decision deadline, written denial reasons, and approval when decision deadlines are missed. After… - Charter agreement changes face final commission decisions: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, a charter school's governing body can ask its authorizer to change its charter agreement. It can also ask to end the agreement voluntarily before it expires. When the state commission is the authorizer, its denial of an agreement-change request cannot be appealed. - Charter operators gain a school replication route: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, eligible charter operators can apply to copy a school within the same local education agency. When filing their letter of intent, they must have a school operating for at least one full school year. That school must be authorized by a local board or the Tennessee Public Char… - Direct charter applications with firm appeal limits: mixed, low. Beginning July 1, 2025, qualifying charter sponsors can apply directly to the Tennessee Public Charter School Commission for five consecutive years. This period starts when the commission overturns a local board's third charter-application denial within three consecutive years. New charter terms ru… ## Sponsors and cosponsors - Cosponsor: Ferrell Haile (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Adam Lowe (Republican), Senate - Cosponsor: Powers ## Roll call votes | Date | Chamber | Motion | Result | Yes | No | Other | | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | --- | | 2025-04-14 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PREVIOUS QUESTION PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 | pass | 73 | 19 | | | 2025-04-14 | House | FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2025 | pass | 70 | 19 | | | 2025-03-24 | Senate | FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/24/2025 | pass | 27 | 5 | | | 2025-03-12 | Senate | SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE | pass | 7 | 2 | | ## Actions (23) - 2025-04-29: Effective date(s) 07/01/2025 - 2025-04-29: Pub. Ch. 275 - 2025-04-24: Signed by Governor. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Transmitted to Governor for action. (Senate) - 2025-04-21: Signed by H. Speaker (House) - 2025-04-17: Signed by Senate Speaker (Senate) - 2025-04-16: Enrolled and ready for signatures (Senate) - 2025-04-14: Passed H., Ayes 70, Nays 19, PNV 2 (House) - 2025-04-14: Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0229) (House) - 2025-04-14: Subst. for comp. HB. (House) - 2025-03-27: Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk. (House) - 2025-03-24: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Engrossed; ready for transmission to House (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 5 (Senate) - 2025-03-24: Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0120) (Senate) - 2025-03-21: Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025 (Senate) - 2025-03-14: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2025-03-12: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 2 PNV 0 (Senate) - 2025-03-07: Sponsor(s) Added. (Senate) - 2025-03-05: Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025 (Senate) - 2025-02-12: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee (Senate) - 2025-02-10: Introduced, Passed on First Consideration (Senate) - 2025-02-06: Filed for introduction (Senate) ## Bill text - Enrolled / Public Chapter: [PDF](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0275.pdf) - Fiscal Note: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1310.pdf) - HA0229: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0229.pdf) - Introduced: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1310.pdf) - SA0120: [PDF](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0120.pdf) ## Related bills - SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative to property tax relief for elderly persons. (signed) - SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to blood lead level testing. (signed) - SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relative to expunction of criminal records. (signed) - 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) ## Sources - [Enrolled / Public Chapter (PDF)](https://publications.tnsosfiles.com/acts/114/pub/pc0275.pdf) - [Fiscal Note (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/SB1310.pdf) - [HA0229 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0229.pdf) - [Introduced (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB1310.pdf) - [SA0120 (PDF)](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0120.pdf) ## Related - [SB 1326: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 67, Chapter 5, Part 7, relative…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1326-2025-2026) - [SB 1255: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 6…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1255-2025-2026) - [SB 1232: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40, Chapter 32, Part 1, relativ…](https://policyrisk.com/state-bill/TN-SB1232-2025-2026) - [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) - [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-SB1310-2025-2026 (as of 2026-11-01).