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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 325
SENATE BILL NO. 870
By Hensley, Crowe
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1193
By Cepicky, Haston, Garringer, Kumar, Hardaway, Glynn, Renea Jones, Terry
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to educator evaluations.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2, is amended by adding
the following as a new section: •
(a) The department of education, in consultation with the state board of education, shall
conduct a landscape analysis of teacher evaluation practices in this state and other states.
(b)(1) The department shall convene a teacher evaluation advisory committee
composed of experienced educators in this state and other experts to review and
evaluate current teacher evaluation practices in this state. The committee shall report
its findings and recommendations to the department at which time the committee
ceases to exist.
(2) The teacher evaluation advisory committee may conduct meetings in a
virtual setting.
(c) The department shall present the findings of the teacher evaluation advisory
committee and the landscape analysis to the state board of education. The department and
the state board shall provide a final report that includes, but is not limited to, the landscape
analysis, the teacher evaluation advisory committee's recommendations, and any further
recommendations made by the department or the state board to the education committee of
the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over teacher
evaluations by January 31, 2026.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 870
PASSED: Apri I 15, 2025
RANDY M~ALLY
SPEAKER OF THE *NATE
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CAMERO~TON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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