Tennessee House of Representatives bill in Session 114.
Status: failed. Latest action: March 17, 2026.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to adult education.
Under present law, an LEA that contracts for the operation of an adult high school is required to adjust payments to contracted adult high schools no less than three times per year, in the months of October, February, and June, based on changes in revenue , student membership, or student services. This bill ad d s a requirement that, for the second or subsequent year in which the adult high school is operated, the operator is to provide the LEA with its current enrollment numbers no less than three times per year, in the months of August, December, and April for purposes of the LEA calculating the adjusted payments. This bill adds that an entity under a contract with a local board of education for operation of an adult high school must receive state and local school funding from the local board of education. F or the first year of an adult high school's operation, the operator must receive state and local funding based on its anticipated enrollment, which must be adjusted according to the schedule established in the contract. For any subsequent year of an adult high school's operation, the operator must receive state and local funding based on its enrollment in the immediately preceding year, which must be adjusted according to the schedule established in the contract to reflect the updated enrollment numbers reported to the local board of education.
| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-02-02 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2026-03-17 | Status | failed |
| 2026-03-17 | Latest Action | Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee |