---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, specifies that, for the 2017-2018 school year, employment termination and compensation decisions for pre-kindergarten or kindergarten teachers will not be based solely on data generated by the portfolio model; revises provisions regarding funding and approval for LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, specifies that, for the 2017-2018 school year, employment termination and compensation decisions for pre-kindergarten or kindergarten teachers will not be based solely on data generated by the portfolio model; revises provisions regarding funding and approval for LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "110"
identifier: "SB 1854"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1854 (110)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Massey", "Smith"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 44
vote_count: 1
first_action: "2018-01-18"
last_action: "2018-04-23"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/5f44a9ca-9885-4156-bc2a-2da944d1cd4c"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1854&GA=110"
source_hash: "2de854a523091e25adc1e6af42bedb857bf57269fa55346cd25e07db0abec425"
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 1854 (110) — Education - As enacted, specifies that, for the 2017-2018 school year, employment termination and compensation decisions for pre-kindergarten or kindergarten teachers will not be based solely on data generated by the portfolio model; revises provisions regarding funding and approval for LEAs. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/110/Bill/SB1854.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 1 3/21/2018 Passed — **6–2** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Massey — primary (person)
- Smith — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2018-01-18** Filed for intro. `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-22** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2018-01-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2018-01-24** Assigned to s/c Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-24** P2C, ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-01-25** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-01-29** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2018-01-29** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-07** Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction & Programs Subcommittee for 2/14/2018
- **2018-02-14** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 2/20/2018
- **2018-02-14** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction & Programs `referral-committee`
- **2018-02-20** Action def. in Education Instruction & Programs to 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-21** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 2/27/2018
- **2018-02-22** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-02-27** Action def. in Education Instruction & Programs to 3/13/2018
- **2018-02-28** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/7/2018
- **2018-03-07** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-07** Placed on cal. Education Instruction & Programs for 3/13/2018
- **2018-03-08** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/14/2018
- **2018-03-13** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2018-03-14** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/21/2018
- **2018-03-14** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/15/2018
- **2018-03-15** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 3/19/2018
- **2018-03-19** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-03-19** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2018-03-19** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0870) `amendment-passage`
- **2018-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2018-03-21** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 6, Nays 2 PNV 1
- **2018-03-22** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2018-03-29** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar calendar for 4/2/2018
- **2018-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added.
- **2018-04-02** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2018-04-02** Passed Senate, Ayes 33, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2018-04-02** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0892)
- **2018-04-02** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2018-04-03** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2018-04-04** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2018-04-05** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2018-04-06** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2018-04-18** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2018-04-23** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 751
- **2018-04-23** Pub. Ch. 751
- **2018-04-23** Effective date(s) 04/18/2018

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/5f44a9ca-9885-4156-bc2a-2da944d1cd4c`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).