---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, establishes the grading scale that must be used to assign letter grades to students enrolled in grades nine through 12 for purposes of reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance; specifies that the state board or an LEA may develop a grading system for purposes other than reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education, State Board of - As enacted, establishes the grading scale that must be used to assign letter grades to students enrolled in grades nine through 12 for purposes of reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance; specifies that the state board or an LEA may develop a grading system for purposes other than reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 388"
citation: "Tennessee SB 388 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education", "State Board of"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Baum", "Powers"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 73
vote_count: 11
first_action: "2021-01-20"
last_action: "2022-06-01"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/68249ac5-4fe6-448d-a0d5-e2d462d688bd"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0388&GA=112"
source_hash: "db7ac41cb07aa443a9cfbaa548f4ce258b645aa1ebcfb36dbc100acc278076c7"
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 388 (112) — Education, State Board of - As enacted, establishes the grading scale that must be used to assign letter grades to students enrolled in grades nine through 12 for purposes of reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance; specifies that the state board or an LEA may develop a grading system for purposes other than reporting students' grades for postsecondary financial assistance. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0505** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/HA0505.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0848** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Amend/SA0848.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/112/Bill/SB0388.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022 4/26/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Re-refer to Higher Ed Subcommittee 2/9/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/26/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/30/2022 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/27/2022 Passed — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 3/15/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/27/2022 Passed — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/26/2022 Passed — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/26/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration 2/1/2022 — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/6/2022 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Baum — primary (person)
- Powers — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-01-20** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-03** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-08** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-08** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2021-02-10** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-10** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-02-10** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-03** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/9/2021
- **2021-03-09** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-10** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/16/2021
- **2021-03-16** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-17** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
- **2021-03-23** Taken off notice for cal in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Administration
- **2022-01-20** Sponsor change.
- **2022-01-26** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/1/2022
- **2022-01-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-02-01** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2022-02-02** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 2/9/2022
- **2022-02-09** Re-ref. Higher Education Subcommittee
- **2022-03-02** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/9/2022
- **2022-03-02** Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/8/2022
- **2022-03-08** Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to 3/15/2022
- **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 s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/15/2022
- **2022-03-15** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-03-16** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-16** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/23/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/29/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-23** Action def. in Education Administration to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-29** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/30/2022
- **2022-03-30** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2022-03-30** Action def. in Education Administration to 4/6/2022
- **2022-03-31** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/6/2022
- **2022-04-06** Rec. for pass, if am.; ref to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-13** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-13** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2022-04-14** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/19/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/20/2022
- **2022-04-19** Placed behind the budget
- **2022-04-20** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-20** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-21** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar 2 for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2022-04-26** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/27/2022
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-26** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/26/2022
- **2022-04-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2022-04-27** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0505) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2022-04-27** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2022-04-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2022-04-27** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2022-04-27** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0848)
- **2022-04-27** Comp. SB subst.
- **2022-04-27** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-04-28** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2022-05-11** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2022-05-12** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2022-05-17** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2022-05-18** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2022-05-27** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2022-06-01** Effective date(s) 07/01/2022
- **2022-06-01** Pub. Ch. 1080
- **2022-06-01** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1080

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/68249ac5-4fe6-448d-a0d5-e2d462d688bd`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).