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

HB 552: Education - As introduced, enacts the "Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act," which creates a new category of independent home schools that are not subject to the data collection, reporting, or assessment requirements applicable to existing independent home school programs and that exempts such home school students and parents from compulsory school attendance requirements; prohibits the department of safety from conditioning the issuance of a driver license or learner's permit on a school-aged applicant's attendance record or enrollment status. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55.

In committee Official data

  1. Introduced
  2. In committee
  3. Passed one chamber
  4. Passed both chambers
  5. Enacted

Last official action: ·Record last updated:

Plain-language summary

HB 552 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee House on January 29, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education - As introduced, enacts the "Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act," which creates a new category of independent home schools that are not subject to the data collection, reporting, or assessment requirements applicable to existing independent home school programs and that exempts such home school students and parents from compulsory school attendance requirements; prohibits the department of safety from conditioning the issuance of a driver license or learner's permit on a school-aged applicant's attendance record or enrollment status. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55. Primary sponsor: Todd Warner (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 12, 2025): Sponsor(s) Added.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Todd WarnerPrimary sponsorRepublicanHouse92

“Support” is shown only as formal sponsorship recorded by the legislature. Roll-call votes are available on the official bill page.

Recent official actions

  1. Sponsor(s) Added.
  2. Failed in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee
  3. Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025
  4. Sponsor(s) Added.
  5. Sponsor(s) Added.
  6. P2C, ref. to Education Committee
  7. Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
  8. Intro., P1C.
  9. Filed for introduction

Sources

  1. Open States / Plural (data from the official legislature website)
  2. Official legislature source