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

SB 1213: Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Enacted Last action April 24, 2026: Pub. Ch. 685

Plain-language summary

SB 1213 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education - As enacted, empowers a student who is an English language learner and who received language assistance services in the classroom during the school year to receive the same language assistance services while taking a Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test or an end-of-course assessment, as long as the receipt of language assistance services does not invalidate the assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 24, 2026): Pub. Ch. 685.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic).