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

SB 1003: Education - As enacted, requires, if an approved universal reading screener is administered to pre-k students at an LEA or public charter school, the LEA or public charter school to allow the pre-k teacher whose students were administered the screener to use the results as an approved alternative student growth model or the pre-k/kindergarten portfolio growth model to generate individual growth scores for teachers pursuant to the evaluation guidelines developed by the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Enacted Last action May 13, 2025: Pub. Ch. 385

Plain-language summary

SB 1003 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 5, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education - As enacted, requires, if an approved universal reading screener is administered to pre-k students at an LEA or public charter school, the LEA or public charter school to allow the pre-k teacher whose students were administered the screener to use the results as an approved alternative student growth model or the pre-k/kindergarten portfolio growth model to generate individual growth scores for teachers pursuant to the evaluation guidelines developed by the department of education. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Joey Hensley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (May 13, 2025): Pub. Ch. 385.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Joey Hensley (Republican).