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~tate of \!Cennessee

PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 1032

HOUSE BILL NO. 2485

By Representatives Haston, White, Hale, Faison, Hurt, Raper, Glynn, Hemmer,
                                Clemmons, Grills, Pearson, Powell

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 2385

        By Senators Hensley, Yager, Akbari, Campbell, Lowe, Walley, Bailey, Bowling,
                                                         Harshbarger

         AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter
3, relative to economically disadvantaged students.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-113, is amended by designating
the existing language as subsection (a) and adding the following as a new subsection:

                    (b) Before November 1, 2026, the committee shall:

                              (1) Review how economically disadvantaged students have been
                    identified in this state in each of the immediately preceding ten (10) years,
                    including how economically disadvantaged students were identified in the
                    general appropriations acts for fiscal years 2025 and 2026;

                              (2) Review how other states identify and fund economically
                    disadvantaged students in public schools; and

                              (3) Include in the annual report submitted on or before November 1, 2026,
                    pursuant to subsection (a), recommendations for how this state may revise the
                    ways in which it identifies economically disadvantaged students to ensure this
                    state is accurately identifying the students in need of additional resources and
                    recommendations for how this state may better support economically
                    disadvantaged students through the TISA.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         HOUSE BILL NO. 2485

PASSED:  April 22, 2026

                                  CAMERO~EXTON,SPEAKER
                                  HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                                              SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

APPROVED this 2./ ~I- day of fV'a....1  2026

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR