Education, Dept. of - As introduced, changes a department's reporting requirement, regarding local education agencies' and public charter schools' compliance with notice to an association that regulates interscholastic athletics of a student's placement in foster care who is seeking to participate in interscholastic athletics, from annually to upon the request of the education committee of the senate or the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

HB 1230 amends Tennessee law (TCA § 49-2-136) to change how the Department of Education reports on compliance with foster care student athletic participation rules. It requires local education agencies and public charter schools to submit reports only when requested by the Senate or House education committees, rather than annually. This change streamlines reporting by eliminating the annual requirement, focusing instead on committee-driven documentation of schools' adherence to notice rules for foster youth seeking interscholastic athletics. The bill does not alter the underlying requirement for schools to notify athletic associations about foster care placements.