Tennessee · House Bill 852 · 113th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to student retention.

HB 852 Sponsored by Tom Leatherwood Died in committee

  1. Introduced Jan 30, 2023
  2. In committee Feb 2, 2023
  3. Died  
  4. Passed the Senate  
  5. To the governor  
  6. Became law  

What it does

The legislature's own summary of the bill, or its official long title.

Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows a third grade student who is not proficient in English language arts (ELA) based on the student's achieving a performance level rating of "approaching" on the ELA portion of the student's most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test to be promoted to the next grade level if the student has demonstrated growth above the national norm on a universal…

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Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows a third grade student who is not proficient in English language arts (ELA) based on the student's achieving a performance level rating of "approaching" on the ELA portion of the student's most recent Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test to be promoted to the next grade level if the student has demonstrated growth above the national norm on a universal reading screener and has demonstrated growth in standards mastery based on the student's scores on a state-adopted benchmark assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

Every action

10 steps, oldest first, as the legislature records them.

  1. HouseFiled for introduction
  2. HouseIntro., P1C.
  3. HouseP2C, ref. to Education Administration
  4. CommitteeAssigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee · House K-12 Subcommittee
  5. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/14/2023 · House K-12 Subcommittee
  6. HouseAction Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/7/2023
  7. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/7/2023 · House K-12 Subcommittee
  8. HouseAction Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/14/2023
  9. CommitteePlaced on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/14/2023 · House K-12 Subcommittee
  10. HouseTaken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration

Roll calls

No recorded votes on this bill yet.

Sponsors

The member who introduced it.

From Tennessee's official records (wapp.capitol.tn.gov), checked Nov 3, 2026. Text links go to the official versions; LegiList does not copy bill text.