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

HB 1927: Education, Dept. of - As enacted, allows a local board of education or public charter school governing body that has not received funding from the department for purposes of awarding its teachers the bonus authorized in the Education Freedom Act of 2025 to pass the required resolution and notify the department of the same within 21 calendar days from the date the Act becomes a law, to receive funding from the department to award bonuses to teachers employed in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extraordinary Session of 2025.

In committee Last action April 6, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 655

Plain-language summary

HB 1927 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 22, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Education, Dept. of - As enacted, allows a local board of education or public charter school governing body that has not received funding from the department for purposes of awarding its teachers the bonus authorized in the Education Freedom Act of 2025 to pass the required resolution and notify the department of the same within 21 calendar days from the date the Act becomes a law, to receive funding from the department to award bonuses to teachers employed in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends Chapter 7 of the Public Acts of the First Extraordinary Session of 2025. Primary sponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 6, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 655.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Rush Bricken (Republican).