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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 818

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 712

                                             By Taylor, Bailey, Bowling, Rose

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 664

                                                          By White, Todd

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

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:

                    An LEA or public charter school shall not use public funds to initiate or maintain any
          civil action or proceeding against this state or an agency or officer of this state to challenge a
          school or district accountability measure established pursuant to this title.
          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
                SENATE BILL NO. 712

PASSED:         April 16, 2026

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                                \                 RANDY McNAL~

                                SPEAKER OF THE SENA

                                CAMERON"'!'EXTON,SPEAKER
                                HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED  this  ~ •~   day  of  ---LAl\A~-1d-1    2026

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                              BILL LEE, GOVERNOR