---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires, if an appeal of a mandatory retention in third grade based on a student's scores on the ELA portion of the student's TCAP test is filed, it must be filed by the student's parent or guardian; requires an LEA or public charter school to include information about third grade retention in information the LEA or charter school must send to a student's parent upon determining that the student has a significant reading deficiency. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.); Chapter 3 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.) and TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires, if an appeal of a mandatory retention in third grade based on a student's scores on the ELA portion of the student's TCAP test is filed, it must be filed by the student's parent or guardian; requires an LEA or public charter school to include information about third grade retention in information the LEA or charter school must send to a student's parent upon determining that the student has a significant reading deficiency. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.); Chapter 3 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.) and TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "112"
identifier: "SB 1156"
citation: "Tennessee SB 1156 (112)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Kelsey", "White"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 35
vote_count: 7
first_action: "2021-02-11"
last_action: "2021-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ed454b55-118c-40d5-ae83-971f7f5d2afb"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1156&GA=112"
source_hash: "91d594eea25eb73de157e57991717c2915b1f0e5a095d36b7fb85c890be8de94"
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 1156 (112) — Education - As enacted, requires, if an appeal of a mandatory retention in third grade based on a student's scores on the ELA portion of the student's TCAP test is filed, it must be filed by the student's parent or guardian; requires an LEA or public charter school to include information about third grade retention in information the LEA or charter school must send to a student's parent upon determining that the student has a significant reading deficiency. - Amends Chapter 1 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.); Chapter 3 of the Public Acts of 2021 (1st Ex. Sess.) and TCA Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31.

## 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/SB1156.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/26/2021 4/22/2021 (3) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- HOUSE EDUCATION ADMINISTRATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/14/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 3/17/2021 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (1) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt 3/22/2021 Passed (1) — **30–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: CONSENT CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/26/2021 Passed (2) — **94–0** (pass) · lower
- K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration 4/6/2021 — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Kelsey — primary (person)
- White — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2021-02-11** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2021-02-11** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-22** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2021-02-24** Intro. `introduction`
- **2021-02-24** Filed for introduction `introduction, reading-1`
- **2021-02-25** P1C.
- **2021-03-01** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-01** P2C, ref. to Education Administration `referral-committee`
- **2021-03-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/17/2021
- **2021-03-17** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2021-03-18** Placed on Senate Consent Calendar 2 for 3/22/2021
- **2021-03-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2021-03-22** Passed Senate, Ayes 31, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2021-03-24** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
- **2021-03-25** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2021-03-30** Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to General Sub
- **2021-04-05** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 4/6/2021
- **2021-04-06** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-07** Placed on cal. Education Administration for 4/14/2021
- **2021-04-07** Sponsor(s) withdrawn.
- **2021-04-07** Sponsor change.
- **2021-04-14** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2021-04-21** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/22/2021
- **2021-04-22** H. Placed on Consent Calendar for 4/26/2021
- **2021-04-26** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2021-04-26** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2021-04-26** Comp. SB subst.
- **2021-04-28** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2021-04-28** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2021-04-30** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2021-05-03** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2021-05-11** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2021-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/11/2021; 07/01/2022
- **2021-05-18** Pub. Ch. 367
- **2021-05-18** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 367

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ed454b55-118c-40d5-ae83-971f7f5d2afb`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).