Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop a transition plan for the purpose of planning the return, no earlier than the 2024-2025 school year, of schools in the ASD to the LEAs from which the schools were removed; requires the commissioner to submit the plan to the education committees of the senate and house by January 1, 2021; clarifies that a school that has been placed in the ASD must remain in the ASD until the school is authorized to return to its LEA according to the transition plan. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2019
Committee Review
Jun 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
House Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Jul 2020
Introduced Feb 6, 2019
Signed Jul 15, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Jun 10, 2020 · House Jun 15, 2020
How they voted
22–0
Passed
Total votes 22
Jun 10, 2020
D
Democratic4
100% Yea
R
Republican18
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
47
Key actions
18
Committee
15
Amendments
4
Jul 15, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Jun 17, 2020
Upper · Passed
Concurred, Ayes 32, Nays 0 (Amendment 4 - HA0916)
upper
Jun 15, 2020
Amended
Am. tabled. (Amendment 2 - HA0866)
upper
Jun 15, 2020
Amended
Am. tabled. (Amendment 3 - HA0883)
upper
Jun 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 4 - HA0916)
lower
Jun 15, 2020
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0822)
upper
Jun 15, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Jun 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0690)
upper
Jun 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0
upper
Jun 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Jun 3, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 6/4/2020
lower
Jun 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
May 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 6/3/2020
lower
May 27, 2020
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 6/3/2020
upper
May 26, 2020
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee
lower
May 20, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 5/26/2020
lower
Mar 16, 2020
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Education Committee
upper
Mar 11, 2020
Committee
Ref. to Education Committee
lower
Mar 11, 2020
Committee
Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee
lower
Mar 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 3/17/2020
lower
Mar 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/18/2020
upper
Mar 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2020
upper
Mar 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2020
upper
Feb 11, 2019
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
upper
Feb 7, 2019
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 6, 2019
Introduced
Intro.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Dolores R. Gresham
RRepublican
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