---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish in at least two public schools a three-year pilot program to improve parent-teacher engagement in any grade from kindergarten through grade two. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish in at least two public schools a three-year pilot program to improve parent-teacher engagement in any grade from kindergarten through grade two. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 2571"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2571 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "Dept. of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 61
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2018-01-30"
last_action: "2018-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/9e663f60-e6cb-49c3-99b8-d7aa72344200"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2571&GA=110"
source_hash: "73a8912406506265ad8887e7a7ecbde2e15cc8a3862457449c1e7164a5182495"
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 2571 (110) — Education, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to establish in at least two public schools a three-year pilot program to improve parent-teacher engagement in any grade from kindergarten through grade two. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

## 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/SB2571.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 2/14/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/3/2018 Passed — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/23/2018 PASSED (1) — **93–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/19/2018 PASSED (1) — **27–0** (fail) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-30** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-31** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-02-01** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-02-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-02-05** Assigned to s/c Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-07** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Administration & Planning Subcommittee for 2/13/2018
- **2018-02-07** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-12** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-13** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration & Planning `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-14** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-20** Action def. in Education Administration & Planning to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Education Administration & Planning for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-02-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/7/2018
- **2018-02-28** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-03-07** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-21** Taken off notice for cal in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee of Finance, Ways & Means Committee
- **2018-03-26** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 3/28/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/3/2018
- **2018-03-28** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee to 4/4/2018
- **2018-04-03** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2018-04-03** Placed behind the budget
- **2018-04-04** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/13/2018
- **2018-04-11** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways & Means Subcommittee for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-13** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/17/2018
- **2018-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-17** Senate Reset on Regular Calendar 2 for 4/18/18
- **2018-04-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/19/2018
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-18** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways & Means Committee for 4/18/2018
- **2018-04-18** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways & Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-04-19** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2018-04-19** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-19** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0594)
- **2018-04-19** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA1014)
- **2018-04-23** Passed H., Ayes 93, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0722) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-23** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA1269) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2018-04-23** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2018-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-23** Comp. SB subst.
- **2018-04-25** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-25** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2018-05-07** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2018-05-15** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-05-18** Pub. Ch. 946
- **2018-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/15/2018
- **2018-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 946

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/9e663f60-e6cb-49c3-99b8-d7aa72344200`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).