Education - As enacted, increases from three to six the maximum number of credits a student may earn in a work-based learning program in one school year; reduces from 10 to 5 hours per week, the amount of time of supervised work experience required for each additional credit earned; removes minimum of hours per week required for two additional credits. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Feb 2024
House Passage
Feb 2024
Senate Passage
Feb 2024
Signed into Law
Mar 2024
Introduced Jan 25, 2024
Signed Mar 7, 2024
Floor votes · Senate Feb 26, 2024 · House Feb 22, 2024
How they voted
27–0
Passed
Total votes 27
Feb 26, 2024
D
Democratic5
100% Yea
R
Republican22
100% Yea
Vote distribution
All Yea
All Nay
Mixed
No data
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
25
Key actions
10
Committee
6
Amendments
1
Mar 7, 2024
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Feb 28, 2024
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Feb 26, 2024
Introduced
Received from House, Passed on First Consideration
lower
Feb 26, 2024
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0
upper
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0546)
lower
Feb 22, 2024
Lower · Passed
Passed H., as am., Ayes 89, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Feb 14, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/15/2024
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/6/2024
lower
Jan 30, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Jan 29, 2024
Committee
P2C, ref. to Education Administration
lower
Jan 25, 2024
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Tim Hicks
RRepublican
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