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

SB 196: Education - As enacted, prohibits the department of education from excluding from the calculation of a school letter grade the data of any group of students within a school if the department collects, aggregates, and reports the data, and if the group of students has at least 20 valid test scores in math or English language arts for at least one grade band; and data for the college and career readiness indicator if the school has at least 20 students in a graduating cohort. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Enacted Last action April 29, 2025: Pub. Ch. 219

Plain-language summary

SB 196 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 15, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education - As enacted, prohibits the department of education from excluding from the calculation of a school letter grade the data of any group of students within a school if the department collects, aggregates, and reports the data, and if the group of students has at least 20 valid test scores in math or English language arts for at least one grade band; and data for the college and career readiness indicator if the school has at least 20 students in a graduating cohort. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Page Walley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2025): Pub. Ch. 219.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Page Walley (Republican).