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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 433
SENATE BILL NO. 602
By Bailey, Akbari, Bowling, Campbell, Haile, Harshbarger, Hatcher, Lowe, Pody, Reeves,
Rose, Seal, Southerland, Stevens, Walley, Watson, White, Yarbro
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1125
By Farmer, Parkinson, Hale, Howell, Moody, Terry
AN ACT to amend Chapter_ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. - SB 6001 I HB 6004); and
Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 49; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-302(d)(2)(B), is amended by adding
the following as a new subdivision:
( ) The department shall develop guidelines and criteria for determining how long a
student must have been present in a teacher's classroom before the student's record is
attributable to the teacher; provided, that for teachers who teach a course for which a
Tennessee comprehensive assessment program test is administered, a student must have
been present in the teacher's classroom for one hundred fifty (150) days of classroom
instruction, or seventy-five (75) days of classroom instruction if the school is on a block
schedule, before the student's record is attributable to the teacher.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 7, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
(a) An LEA or public charter school may compensate the estate of a teacher who died
on or after September 1, 2024, while employed by the LEA or public charter school, for the
teacher's unused and accrued annual and sick leave in the same manner that the estates of
deceased state employees are compensated pursuant to§ 8-50-808.
(b) A teacher may designate a beneficiary to receive payment for accrued annual and
sick leave upon the teacher's death. Unless a teacher designates differently, the beneficiary
is the same as the beneficiary designated for receipt of retirement benefits with the
Tennessee consolidated retirement system.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 602
PASSED: April 21, 2025
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