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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 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

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.

Generated automatically from the official title, sponsor list, and status record only. It does not characterize the bill’s purpose or effects. How summaries are written

Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Democratic 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Raumesh AkbariPrimary sponsorDemocraticSenate29

“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. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 192
  2. Companion House Bill substituted
  3. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/24/2025
  4. Senate Reset on calendar for 3/24/2025
  5. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2025
  6. Senate Reset on calendar for 3/20/2025
  7. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
  8. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
  9. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
  10. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
  11. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  12. Filed for introduction

Sources

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