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SB 2318

Tennessee Senate bill in Session 114.

Status: enacted. Latest action: May 27, 2026.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to charter schools.

Bill ID TN-114-SB-2318
Session 114
Status enacted
Committee Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
Senate enacted 2026-05-27
Education
Summary

Present law generally makes private, religious, and church schools ineligible to sponsor a public charter school. This bill makes such schools eligible to sponsor a public charter school. Present law authorizes public institutions of higher education in Tennessee to sponsor public charter schools. This bill expands such authorization so that regionally accredited, private institutions of higher education may sponsor public charter school s.

Sponsor
Joey Hensley
Official Source Back to Bills
Actions Timeline
Date Event Detail
2026-01-22 Introduced Bill introduced
2026-05-27 Status enacted
2026-05-27 Latest Action Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1128
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