Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires director of schools to report a student who was formally truant and now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court; establishes that unexcused absences accumulated by a transfer student at their former school or LEA during the school year in which they transfer follow the student to the receiving school or LEA to determine habitual truancy, to implement a progressive truancy plan, and to identify cases of educational neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

HB 1700 requires Tennessee public school districts to report students who were formally truant in a public school but are now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court. It also mandates that unexcused absences from a student’s previous school district follow them to their new school if they transfer mid-year, affecting how schools track absences for truancy purposes. The bill directly impacts students, parents, school officials, and juvenile courts by changing reporting rules and attendance record-keeping. It amends Tennessee education codes to implement these requirements, effective July 1, 2026.