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

HB 1896: Schools, Private - As introduced, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to annually administer a nationally standardized achievement test in English language arts and mathematics to each student each year; directs the state board to require such private schools that provide a high school program to administer a nationally standardized achievement test in English language arts and mathematics to certain students based on the percentage of their high school program that the student has completed. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50.

In committee Last action March 17, 2026: Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

Plain-language summary

HB 1896 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Schools, Private - As introduced, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to annually administer a nationally standardized achievement test in English language arts and mathematics to each student each year; directs the state board to require such private schools that provide a high school program to administer a nationally standardized achievement test in English language arts and mathematics to certain students based on the percentage of their high school program that the student has completed. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 50. Primary sponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 17, 2026): Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Aron Maberry (Republican).