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

SB 2426: Education, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes LEAs with a voluntary pre-K program to enroll children who are not at-risk but who live in the LEA's geographic area, are three on or before August 15 and who have a parent employed by the LEA, and certain children who are five on or before August 15 to be eligible for IEP and who have not previously been enrolled in an LEA's voluntary pre-K program, if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Enacted Last action April 29, 2026: Pub. Ch. 812

Plain-language summary

SB 2426 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Education, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes LEAs with a voluntary pre-K program to enroll children who are not at-risk but who live in the LEA's geographic area, are three on or before August 15 and who have a parent employed by the LEA, and certain children who are five on or before August 15 to be eligible for IEP and who have not previously been enrolled in an LEA's voluntary pre-K program, if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Rusty Crowe (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 29, 2026): Pub. Ch. 812.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Rusty Crowe (Republican).