Tennessee General Assembly· HB 656Transmitted to Governor for his action.

Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - As enacted, extends present law concerning compensated unused leave for teachers to all employees of LEAs and public charter schools. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49. HB0656 , the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 909

                                                  HOUSE BILL NO. 656

                                      By Representatives Farmer, Parkinson

                                        Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 687

                                     By Senators Seal, Kyle, Bowling, Oliver

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to
education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

         SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-5-717, is amended by deleting the
section and substituting instead the following:

                   (a) An LEA or public charter school may compensate the estate of an employee
         who died on or after September 1, 2024, while employed by the LEA or public charter
         school, for the employee's unused and accrued annual and sick leave in the same
          manner estates of deceased state employees are compensated pursuant to § 8-50-808.

                   (b) An employee may designate a beneficiary to receive payment for accrued
          annual and sick leave upon the employee's death. Unless an employee designates
         differently, the beneficiary is the same as the beneficiary designated for receipt of
          retirement benefits with the Tennessee consolidated retirement system.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                HOUSE BILL NO. 656

PASSED:  April 14, 2026

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                            CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
                           HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

                                               RANDY MCNALllY
                                    PEAKER OF THE SENA

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APPROVED this _ _ _ day of ~ . : :  2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR

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