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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 842

                                                    SENATE BILL NO. 1931

                                                                By Haile

                                           Substituted for: House Bill No.. 1934

                                                      By Slater, Bricken

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to opportunity public charter
         schools .

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-13-133, is amended by adding the
following as new subsections:

                   (f)( 1) The department shall annually collect and report the following data for
                   opportunity public charter schools on the department's website:

                                       (A) In addition to the four-year adjusted cohort graduation rate:

                                                 (i) The percentage of students in each freshman cohort who
                                       graduated within five (5) years with a regular high school diploma; and

                                                 (ii) The percentage of students in each freshman cohort who
                                       graduated within six (6) years with a regular high school diploma;

                                       (8) The credit attainment progress for students in any of the grades
                             nine through twelve (9-12), including:

                                                 (i) The percentage of students in each grade level who earned
                                       the requisite number of credits to graduate with their freshman cohort
                                       in four (4) years; and

                                                 (ii) The number of courses attempted and completed for
                                       academic credit annually, including, but not limited to, work-based
                                       learning credits, dual enrollment credits, and career and technical
                                       education credits; and

                                       (C) The percentage of students who met each individual constituent
                             part of the state's college and career readiness metric, with each of the
                             following reported as an independent data point:

                                                 (i) The percentage of students who achieved a score of twenty-
                                       one (21) or higher on the ACT;

                                                 (ii) The percentage of students who earned a postsecondary
                                       credit-earning score on an Advanced Placement (AP), International
                                       Baccalaureate (18), Cambridge International Education (CIE), College-
                                       Level Examination Program (CLEP), dual credit, or dual enrollment
                                       assessment or course;

                                                 (iii) The percentage of students who earned a state-recognized
                                       industry credential at a Tier Ill or Tier II level combined with one (1)
                                       other state-recognized industry credential;
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                                                 (iv) The percentage of students who achieved a qualifying

                                       score on the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery (ASVAB);
                                       and

                                                 (v) The percentage of students who met at least one (1) of the
                                       criteria described in subdivisions (f)(1 )(C)(i)-(iv).
                             (2) All data reported pursuant to this subsection (f) must be disaggregated by
                   student subgroup, including race, ethnicity, gender, disability status, and
                   socioeconomic status, at the school, district, and state levels.
                   (g) If a director of schools, juvenile court judge, or department of children's services
          caseworker has knowledge that a student is an at-risk student and is eligible to attend an
          opportunity public charter school, then the director of schools, juvenile court judge, or
         department of children's services' caseworker shall provide the student and the student's
          parent or legal guardian with information regarding the student's eligibility to enroll in an
          opportunity public charter school and the location of any opportunity public charter schools
          that are located in or adjacent to the student's county of residence.
          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

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         SENATE BILL NO. 1931

PASSED:  April 15, 2026

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                   '     ')                  RANDY McNA\LY

                                      SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

a,7 APPROVED this  "1. day of {\po I         2026

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                         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR