---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, allows a local board of education to authorize a teacher, school employee, or other person employed by the LEA to raise funds for noneducational purposes; requires the local board of education that authorizes funds to be raised for noneducational purposes to create policies and procedures for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of funds raised. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, allows a local board of education to authorize a teacher, school employee, or other person employed by the LEA to raise funds for noneducational purposes; requires the local board of education that authorizes funds to be raised for noneducational purposes to create policies and procedures for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of funds raised. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 375"
citation: "Tennessee SB 375 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Carr", "Swann"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 32
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-10"
last_action: "2019-04-15"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b7af882f-b8ab-4034-8e4a-04012151a477"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0375&GA=111"
source_hash: "7a0d40245285f817aed515e7de1b1bf8ed30f8cf8efefb27bea3427628acf412"
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 375 (111) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, allows a local board of education to authorize a teacher, school employee, or other person employed by the LEA to raise funds for noneducational purposes; requires the local board of education that authorizes funds to be raised for noneducational purposes to create policies and procedures for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of funds raised. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 3.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0019** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0019.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0113** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0113.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/SB0375.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/18/2019 Passed (1) — **33–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/13/2019 Passed — **7–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019 2/28/2019 (1) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 2/27/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/7/2019 Passed — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 2/20/2019 — **0–0** (fail) · lower

## Sponsors

- Carr — primary (person)
- Swann — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-10** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-18** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-19** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-22** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-01-30** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-04** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-02-13** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Placed on cal. Education for 2/27/2019
- **2019-02-20** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 2/28/2019
- **2019-02-27** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/7/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-07** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-03-07** Passed H., as am., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2019-03-07** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0019) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-03-11** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-03-13** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-03-15** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/18/2019
- **2019-03-18** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-03-18** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0113)
- **2019-03-18** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-03-20** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-03-21** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-03-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-01** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-04-09** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-15** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 134
- **2019-04-15** Pub. Ch. 134
- **2019-04-15** Effective date(s) 04/09/2019

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b7af882f-b8ab-4034-8e4a-04012151a477`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).