---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, specifies that an LEA that has established a virtual school may enter into an agreement with an LEA that has not established a virtual school for the LEA's virtual school to provide remote instruction to students enrolled in either LEA who have been suspended or expelled from the regular school program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, specifies that an LEA that has established a virtual school may enter into an agreement with an LEA that has not established a virtual school for the LEA's virtual school to provide remote instruction to students enrolled in either LEA who have been suspended or expelled from the regular school program. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "113"
identifier: "SB 225"
citation: "Tennessee SB 225 (113)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walley"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 20
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2023-01-19"
last_action: "2023-04-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/d328576f-9b90-492e-9637-a5166079ce9d"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0225&GA=113"
source_hash: "02807962f4c9471aef773dd7e84a4974b929de437ebb77a89adf5cb9a7511dde"
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 225 (113) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, specifies that an LEA that has established a virtual school may enter into an agreement with an LEA that has not established a virtual school for the LEA's virtual school to provide remote instruction to students enrolled in either LEA who have been suspended or expelled from the regular school program. - 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/113/Bill/SB0225.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/22/2023 Passed — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 3/20/2023 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 2/27/2023 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Walley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2023-01-19** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2023-01-20** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2023-01-21** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `passage`
- **2023-02-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/15/2023
- **2023-02-15** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-15** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 2/22/2023
- **2023-02-22** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2023-02-24** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 2/27/2023
- **2023-02-27** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2023-02-27** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-02** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2023-03-20** Passed H., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2023-03-20** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2023-03-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2023-03-23** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2023-03-24** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2023-04-04** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2023-04-18** Effective date(s) 07/01/2023
- **2023-04-18** Pub. Ch. 111

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/d328576f-9b90-492e-9637-a5166079ce9d`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).