Tennessee Senate Bill 157

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 15 2025 - 25% progression
Action: 2025-01-27 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires the department to use student performance on career readiness assessments administered to high school seniors as part of the school grading system if the department uses student performance on postsecondary readiness assessments for such purpose; directs the department to only consider student performance on the assessment type for which the student achieved the highest score for school grading purposes, if the student was administered a postsecondary readiness assessment and a career readiness assessment. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to accountability.

Sen. Joseph Hensley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2025-01-27	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2025-01-16	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2025-01-15	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB0090 (Crossfiled) 2025-01-28 - Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0157&ga=114
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0157.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Fiscal/HB0090.pdf