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

HB 2305: Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that certain individuals who have not completed the amount of clinical practice required by the educator preparation provider in which the individual is enrolled may receive a temporary clinical permit if all other requirements for the permit are satisfied; allows such an individual who is issued a temporary clinical permit to meet the clinical practice requirements of the EPP in which the individual is enrolled by combining the amount of clinical practice the individual completed before being issued a temporary clinical permit with the amount of time the individual taught under the temporary clinical permit. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5.

In committee Last action May 27, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1134

Plain-language summary

HB 2305 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, clarifies that certain individuals who have not completed the amount of clinical practice required by the educator preparation provider in which the individual is enrolled may receive a temporary clinical permit if all other requirements for the permit are satisfied; allows such an individual who is issued a temporary clinical permit to meet the clinical practice requirements of the EPP in which the individual is enrolled by combining the amount of clinical practice the individual completed before being issued a temporary clinical permit with the amount of time the individual taught under the temporary clinical permit. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5. Primary sponsor: Stevens. Most recent recorded action (May 27, 2026): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1134.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Stevens.