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

SB 636: Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to submit a request to the United States department of education to amend this state's Every Student Succeeds Act plan to remove all end-of-course assessment requirements for students in grades nine through 12 and to allow the ACT, SAT, or another postsecondary readiness assessment approved by the commissioner to be annually administered to students in such grades and for student performance on such assessments to be used for student, school, and district accountability purposes. - 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 636 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 31, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education, Dept. of - As introduced, requires the department to submit a request to the United States department of education to amend this state's Every Student Succeeds Act plan to remove all end-of-course assessment requirements for students in grades nine through 12 and to allow the ACT, SAT, or another postsecondary readiness assessment approved by the commissioner to be annually administered to students in such grades and for student performance on such assessments to be used for student, school, and district accountability purposes. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Page Walley (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 26, 2025): Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee.

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Sponsors

Sponsors by party (alphabetical): Republican 1

NameRolePartyChamberDistrict
Page WalleyPrimary sponsorRepublicanSenate26

“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. Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
  2. Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025
  3. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
  4. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
  5. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
  6. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  7. Sponsor(s) Added.
  8. Filed for introduction

Sources

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