Local Education Agencies - As enacted, authorizes a director of schools, or the director's designee, to report truant student absences to the appropriate judge if any tier of a progressive truancy intervention plan is unsuccessful, and before subsequent tiers are implemented, if the school can document that the student's parent or guardian is unwilling to cooperate in the truancy intervention plan. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2020
Committee Review
Mar 2020
Senate Passage
Jun 2020
House Passage
Jun 2020
Signed into Law
Jun 2020
Introduced Feb 5, 2020
Signed Jun 22, 2020
Floor votes · Senate Mar 9, 2020 · House Jun 2, 2020
How they voted
29–0
Passed
Total votes 29
Mar 9, 2020
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican24
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
42
Key actions
15
Committee
12
Amendments
1
Jun 22, 2020
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
upper
Jun 11, 2020
Upper · Passed
Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA0757)
upper
Jun 2, 2020
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0757)
lower
Jun 2, 2020
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Mar 11, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/12/2020
lower
Mar 9, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0
upper
Mar 5, 2020
Lower · Passed
Action def. in Calendar & Rules Committee to 3/12/2020
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/5/2020
lower
Mar 4, 2020
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
upper
Feb 26, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/4/2020
lower
Feb 26, 2020
Upper · Passed
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/4/2020
upper
Feb 25, 2020
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Committee
lower
Feb 19, 2020
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/25/2020
lower
Feb 11, 2020
Committee
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Committee
P2C, ref. to Education
lower
Feb 10, 2020
Upper · Passed
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
upper
Feb 6, 2020
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
upper
Feb 5, 2020
Introduced
Intro.
lower
2 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
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