Tennessee Senate Bill 1040 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on January 31 2023 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2023-02-06 - Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, authorizes the commission to require the governing board of a public institution of higher education to terminate an existing on-campus or off-campus program, instead of only making recommendations regarding the termination of certain programs; requires the commission's executive director to notify the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives of the commission's vote to terminate an existing program within 10 days of such action. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the Tennessee higher education commission.

Sen. Bo Watson [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2023-02-06	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2023-02-02	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2023-01-31	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB1115 (Crossfiled) 2023-02-07 - Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1040&ga=113
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Bill/SB1040.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/113/Fiscal/HB1115.pdf