Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the commissioner to develop formative assessment question banks that are aligned to state-mandated summative assessments measuring the academic progress of students; requires the department to make the formative assessment question banks available for use by LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2020
Committee Review
Feb 2020
Senate Passage
Feb 2020
House Passage
Feb 2020
Signed into Law
Mar 2020
Introduced Jan 22, 2020
Signed Mar 10, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Feb 24, 2020 · House Feb 27, 2020
How they voted
29–0
Passed
Total votes 29
Feb 24, 2020
D
Democratic3
100% Yea
R
Republican26
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
32
Key actions
10
Committee
9
Amendments
1
Mar 10, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0540)
upper
Feb 27, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0501)
upper
Feb 24, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 29, Nays 0
upper
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/20/2020
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Feb 12, 2020
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/19/2020
upper
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education
lower
Feb 6, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 2/11/2020
lower
Feb 3, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
upper
Jan 30, 2020
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
P2C, ref. to Education
lower
Jan 27, 2020
Committee
Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee
lower
Jan 23, 2020
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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