Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

HB 1700: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires director of schools to report a student who was formally truant and now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court; establishes that unexcused absences accumulated by a transfer student at their former school or LEA during the school year in which they transfer follow the student to the receiving school or LEA to determine habitual truancy, to implement a progressive truancy plan, and to identify cases of educational neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

In committee Last action January 22, 2026: P2C, ref. to Education Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 1700 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 15, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires director of schools to report a student who was formally truant and now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court; establishes that unexcused absences accumulated by a transfer student at their former school or LEA during the school year in which they transfer follow the student to the receiving school or LEA to determine habitual truancy, to implement a progressive truancy plan, and to identify cases of educational neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Primary sponsor: Kevin Raper (Republican). Most recent recorded action (January 22, 2026): P2C, ref. to Education Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Kevin Raper (Republican).