---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"School Turnaround Pilot Program Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, enacts the \"School Turnaround Pilot Program Act.\" - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 122"
citation: "Tennessee SB 122 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Cochran", "Haile"]
version_count: 6
action_count: 56
vote_count: 10
first_action: "2021-01-13"
last_action: "2021-06-02"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/6ae8cfb2-bbbb-404d-8fe1-ef39c62e5e23"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0122&GA=112"
source_hash: "f6deafc1b7d86f18f6c54e6eef923d328b930efb64536b511dccde73cf9053e0"
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 122 (112) — Education - As enacted, enacts the "School Turnaround Pilot Program Act." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0339** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0339.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0450** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0450.pdf)
3. **Amendment SA0236** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0236.pdf)
4. **Amendment SA0453** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0453.pdf)
5. **Amendment SA0461** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0461.pdf)
6. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0122.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **81–12** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 5/3/2021 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 4/6/2021 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 5/3/2021 (4) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Rule 39(3) Amend# 3 by Watson 5/4/2021 Passed — **28–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 5/4/2021 Passed (1) — **21–9** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendments, refer to Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee 4/7/2021 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021 5/3/2021 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 4 PNV 0 5/4/2021 Passed — **7–4** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/14/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Cochran — primary (person)
- Haile — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-13** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-01-14** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-01-15** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-23** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-24** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-02-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-25** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
- **2021-03-30** Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
- **2021-03-31** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
- **2021-03-31** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
- **2021-04-01** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-07** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-14** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/27/2021
- **2021-04-22** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/27/21
- **2021-04-27** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-27** Action Def. in s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee to Next Calendar
- **2021-04-28** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/28/2021
- **2021-04-28** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-04-29** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-05-03** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 5/3/2021
- **2021-05-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `referral-committee`
- **2021-05-04** Passed H., Ayes 81, Nays 12, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - HA0450) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0339) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2021-05-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-05-04** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-05-04** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 21, Nays 9 `passage`
- **2021-05-04** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0236)
- **2021-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0461)
- **2021-05-04** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0453)
- **2021-05-04** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 5/4/2021
- **2021-05-04** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 4 PNV 0
- **2021-05-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-05-04** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2021-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-05-13** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-05-17** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-06-02** Effective date(s) 05/27/2021
- **2021-06-02** Pub. Ch. 578
- **2021-06-02** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 578

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/6ae8cfb2-bbbb-404d-8fe1-ef39c62e5e23`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).