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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 219
SENATE BILL NO. 196
By Walley, Lowe, Hensley, Yager
Substituted for: House Bill No. 392
By Butler, Cepicky, Slater, White
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the school grading system.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-228, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:
The department of education shall not exclude from the calculation of a school letter
grade:
(1) The data of any group of students within a school if the department collects,
aggregates, and reports the data, and if the group of students has at least twenty (20)
valid test scores in math or English language arts for at least one (1) grade band; and
(2) Data for the college and career readiness indicator if the school has at least
twenty (20) students in a graduating cohort.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 196
PASSED: April 7, 2025
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SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
a, APPROVED this ,SI- day of Prr,t! 1 2025
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