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

SB 582: Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to establish enrollment deadlines for voluntary pre-kindergarten programs so that at-risk students who will be four years old by August 15 must be enrolled by the beginning of the school year and students who are four-year-olds who do not have a disability or who meet the qualifications for enrollment at three years of age must be enrolled by August 30. - Amends TCA Title 49.

In committee Last action April 28, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 192

Plain-language summary

SB 582 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 30, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education - As enacted, requires the department of education to establish enrollment deadlines for voluntary pre-kindergarten programs so that at-risk students who will be four years old by August 15 must be enrolled by the beginning of the school year and students who are four-year-olds who do not have a disability or who meet the qualifications for enrollment at three years of age must be enrolled by August 30. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic). Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 192.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Raumesh Akbari (Democratic).