Tennessee - Session 114
Title: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school boards.
Present law requires board s of education to be elected by the people. For the first election of such boards, in order to establish staggered terms of office, present law requires the members from even-numbered districts to be elected for a term of two years, and the members of odd-numbered districts to be elected for four y ears. Beginning with the election for board of education members held in 2028, this bill requires all members of the board of education to be elected at the same election. In order to align the terms of the members, the members elected in the first elect ion occurring on or after January 1, 2026, are elected to two-year terms.
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| Date | Event | Detail |
|---|---|---|
| 2025-01-28 | Introduced | Bill introduced |
| 2025-03-19 | Status | in_committee |
| 2025-03-19 | Latest Action | Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee |
| Bill | Title | Status |
|---|---|---|
| HB 1615 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to the Tennessee public charter school commission. | enrolled |
| HB 1663 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 3, relative to child care agencies. | in_committee |
| HB 1856 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school transportation. | enrolled |
| HB 1881 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 9; Title 12; Title 48; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to education. | in_committee |
| HB 1950 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 63, Chapter 17, relative to professions of the healing arts. | in_committee |
| HB 1989 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 6; Title 8; Title 36; Title 39; Title 40; Title 49; Title 55; Title 58; Title 62; Title 63 and Title 66, relative to armed forces. | in_committee |
| HB 2000 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to charter schools. | in_committee |
| HB 2017 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-17-1314; Section 70-1-206 and Section 70-4-107, relative to the authority of the Tennessee fish and wildlife commission to proscribe the manner and means of taking wildlife. | in_committee |