---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, revises law concerning math education; requires the state board of education, in developing and adopting a uniform grading system for students in grades 9-12, to include in such system the high school course grades achieved by students in eighth grade; specifies that the uniform grading system for students in grades K-8 must include K-8 course work. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, revises law concerning math education; requires the state board of education, in developing and adopting a uniform grading system for students in grades 9-12, to include in such system the high school course grades achieved by students in eighth grade; specifies that the uniform grading system for students in grades K-8 must include K-8 course work. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 2375"
citation: "Tennessee SB 2375 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 27
vote_count: 4
first_action: "2026-02-02"
last_action: "2026-05-18"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/ea60cc20-a2dd-4e09-8767-ab8e9386202a"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB2375&ga=114"
source_hash: "a352207b6c8056d4c04c423ef29d81b42390de4ee22d3989ff6f95c8889a28bc"
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 2375 (114) — Education - As enacted, revises law concerning math education; requires the state board of education, in developing and adopting a uniform grading system for students in grades 9-12, to include in such system the high school course grades achieved by students in eighth grade; specifies that the uniform grading system for students in grades K-8 must include K-8 course work. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA1019** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA1019.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0804** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0804.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB2375.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/2/2026 Passed (2) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/13/2026 Passed (1) — **92–0** (pass) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/18/2026 Passed (3) — **8–0** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Concur House Amendment # 1 4/16/2026 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Hensley — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2026-02-02** Refer to Senate Delayed Bills Committee
- **2026-02-02** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2026-03-02** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2026-03-02** Approved by Delayed Bills Committee
- **2026-03-05** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2026-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
- **2026-03-11** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/18/2026
- **2026-03-18** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 8, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2026-03-31** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/2/2026
- **2026-04-02** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-02** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2026-04-02** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-02** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0804)
- **2026-04-06** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2026-04-13** Passed H., as am., Ayes 92, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2026-04-13** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA1019) `amendment-passage`
- **2026-04-13** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2026-04-15** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-16** Concurred, Ayes 29, Nays 0 (Amendment 1 - HA1019) `passage`
- **2026-04-20** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-21** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-18** Effective date(s) 05/18/2026, 07/01/2026
- **2026-05-18** Pub. Ch. 901

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/ea60cc20-a2dd-4e09-8767-ab8e9386202a`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).