---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, redefines elementary school, for purposes of federal funding, as schools serving any combination of pre-kindergarten through grade six. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Education - As enacted, redefines elementary school, for purposes of federal funding, as schools serving any combination of pre-kindergarten through grade six. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 2563"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2563 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Crowe", "Haston"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 37
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2022-01-20"
last_action: "2022-04-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/74de6056-18eb-4cf4-9179-ef7b093a07da"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB2563&GA=112"
source_hash: "019120353a035b9ce99efd2c85d7f9ff4005f4d47b2240b752d3cdc342328ddb"
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 2563 (112) — Education - As enacted, redefines elementary school, for purposes of federal funding, as schools serving any combination of pre-kindergarten through grade six. - 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](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB2563.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022 3/17/2022 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (2) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 2/23/2022 (6) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/16/2022 (7) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **88–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 3/9/2022 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/15/2022 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/21/2022 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/16/2022 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Crowe — primary (person)
- Haston — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2022-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-01-24** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2022-01-26** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-01-26** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2022-02-03** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2022-02-07** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2022-02-09** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/15/2022
- **2022-02-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-02-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/23/2022
- **2022-02-23** Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-03-09** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/16/2022
- **2022-03-09** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-09** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/17/2022
- **2022-03-17** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-17** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 3/21/2022
- **2022-03-21** Passed H., Ayes 88, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-03-21** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-03-21** Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-03-21** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-03-21** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-03-23** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-03-23** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-03-28** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-03-29** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-04-08** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-04-13** Effective date(s) 04/08/2022
- **2022-04-13** Pub. Ch. 795
- **2022-04-13** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 795

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/74de6056-18eb-4cf4-9179-ef7b093a07da`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).