---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises provisions governing the percentage of student achievement test scores comprising a student's final grade in certain subjects; revises provisions governing situations where certain test scores are not received at least five instructional days before the end of a course. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-617."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises provisions governing the percentage of student achievement test scores comprising a student's final grade in certain subjects; revises provisions governing situations where certain test scores are not received at least five instructional days before the end of a course. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-617."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1898"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1898 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Forgety", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 40
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-10"
last_action: "2018-05-04"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/4fba411b-b409-4275-b7a9-d21b4810a014"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1898&GA=110"
source_hash: "91eb328100d5659a3a64b70c7ee34b7777f19f6df02ebde1f6e1ca8fccbc63ff"
vintage: "2026-07-01"
source_snapshot: "https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump"
retrieved_at: "2026-07-06"
confidence: "reported"
tags: ["legislation", "bill", "us-tn"]
---

# Tennessee SB 1898 (110) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, revises provisions governing the percentage of student achievement test scores comprising a student's final grade in certain subjects; revises provisions governing situations where certain test scores are not received at least five instructional days before the end of a course. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-617.

## Version chain

The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1898.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/28/2018 Passed (1) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Forgety — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.

- **2018-01-10** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-11** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-17** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-17** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-29** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-13** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-14** Action Def. in s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee to 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 2/28/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/6/2018
- **2018-02-28** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-06** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/8/2018
- **2018-03-08** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-15** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-15** Passed H., as am., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-15** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-15** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0783) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-19** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-21** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-21** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-10** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/12/2018
- **2018-04-12** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/16/2018
- **2018-04-12** Senate Reset on calendar 4/16/18
- **2018-04-16** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-16** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 2 `passage`
- **2018-04-16** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0959)
- **2018-04-16** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-17** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-19** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-20** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-04** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 817
- **2018-05-04** Pub. Ch. 817
- **2018-05-04** Effective date(s) 04/27/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/4fba411b-b409-4275-b7a9-d21b4810a014`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).