Schools, Charter - As enacted, prohibits a county LEA or public charter school authorized to operate in a county LEA from charging registration fees, enrollment fees, or tuition for a student who resides in the county and who transfers to a public charter school authorized to operate in the county LEA from another LEA located in the same county. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 13 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

HB 997 prohibits Tennessee public charter schools and local school districts from charging registration, enrollment, or tuition fees to students who live in the same county and transfer to a charter school from another school within that county. It directly affects county public charter schools, local school districts (LEAs), and students moving between schools in the same county. The bill amends Tennessee law to explicitly ban these fees for intra-county transfers, ensuring no cost barriers for such student movements. The law took effect immediately upon becoming public law (Ch. 388).