Tennessee Senate Bill 2284 (Prior Session Legislation)

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Spectrum: Partisan Bill (Republican 1-0)
Status: Introduced on February 4 2020 - 25% progression, died in committee
Action: 2020-06-03 - Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020
Pending: Senate Education Committee
Text: Latest bill text (Draft #1) [PDF]

As introduced, requires the department to survey all LEAs, public charter schools, and state special schools to determine whether there are enough licensed speech-language pathologists to serve the needs of public school students with speech disorders; requires the department to survey and collect information on speech pathologists' caseloads and workloads; requires the department to report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives by January 15, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 56 and Title 63.

As introduced, requires the department to survey all LEAs, public charter schools, and state special schools to determine whether there are enough licensed speech-language pathologists to serve the needs of public school students with speech disorders; requires the department to survey and collect information on speech pathologists' caseloads and workloads; requires the department to report its findings and recommendations to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives by January 15, 2021. - Amends TCA Title 49; Title 56 and Title 63.

Sen. Joseph Hensley [R]

Date	Chamber	Action
2020-06-03	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 12/1/2020
2020-05-27	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 6/3/2020
2020-03-16	Senate	Action deferred in Senate Education Committee
2020-03-11	Senate	Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2020
2020-02-10	Senate	Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
2020-02-06	Senate	Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
2020-02-04	Senate	Filed for introduction

HB2335 (Crossfiled) 2020-03-09 - Received from House, Passed on First Consideration

Type	Source
Summary	https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/Billinfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2284&ga=111
Text	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB2284.pdf
Supplement	https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Fiscal/HB2335.pdf