---
type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board tobe created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance andoperational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board tobe created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance andoperational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 714"
citation: "Tennessee SB 714 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Taylor"]
version_count: 12
action_count: 51
vote_count: 14
first_action: "2025-02-03"
last_action: "2026-05-27"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/60a519de-0e46-4cd3-b03c-0d7fb8b92bb1"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0714&ga=114"
source_hash: "6c0bbaa4219514cbf1982d3b89123cf51fcc09ad09f11e6c7746e4a75db93233"
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 714 (114) — Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board tobe created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance andoperational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0311** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0311.pdf)
2. **Amendment HA0519** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0519.pdf)
3. **Amendment HA0535** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0535.pdf)
4. **Amendment HA0536** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0536.pdf)
5. **Amendment HA0537** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0537.pdf)
6. **Amendment HA0538** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0538.pdf)
7. **Amendment HA0539** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0539.pdf)
8. **Amendment HA0540** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0540.pdf)
9. **Amendment SA0285** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0285.pdf)
10. **Amendment SA0430** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0430.pdf)
11. **Amendment SA0456** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0456.pdf)
12. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0714.pdf)

## Votes

- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 5 BY PARKINSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Failed — **24–66** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 8 BY PARKINSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Failed — **21–71** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 6 BY PARKINSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Failed — **24–69** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR MOTION TO CONSIDER AMENDMENT # 3 BY PARKINSON AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Failed — **25–63** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 PREVIOUS QUESTION MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/22/2026 Passed — **73–17** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2025 Failed — **63–30** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Previous Question Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/22/2026 Passed — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO ADOPT CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/22/2026 Passed — **73–19** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 2 PNV 0 4/16/2025 Passed — **9–2** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/22/2026 Passed — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 4/22/2025 Passed (1) — **27–6** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: MESSAGE CALENDAR 2 MOTION TO ADOPT MINORITY CONFERENCE COMMITTEE REPORT 4/22/2026 Failed — **13–72** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/26/2025 Passed — **8–1** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: Motion to Table Minority Conference Report Motion to Adopt Conference Committee Report 4/22/2026 Passed — **26–6** (pass) · upper

## Sponsors

- Taylor — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2025-02-03** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-02-10** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-02-12** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-12** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
- **2025-03-19** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-19** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025
- **2025-03-26** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **2025-04-10** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-10** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025
- **2025-04-15** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2025
- **2025-04-15** Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-16** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 2 PNV 0
- **2025-04-17** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025
- **2025-04-21** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-21** Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-22** Senate refused to concur in amendment `amendment-failure`
- **2025-04-22** Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 4/22/2025
- **2025-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 63, Nays 30, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 7 - HA0539) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - HA0536) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0519) `amendment-passage`
- **2025-04-22** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0311) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-22** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-04-22** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6 `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0430)
- **2025-04-22** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0456)
- **2025-04-22** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0285)
- **2025-04-23** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-01-13** H. Placed on Message Calendar for 1/14/2026
- **2026-01-14** H. refused to recede from H. am. no. 2
- **2026-04-13** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-13** Senate Reset on Message calendar for 4/15/2026
- **2026-04-15** Conference Committee appointed. (Taylor, Powers, Akbari, Lowe, White)
- **2026-04-15** Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence. (Amendment 2 - HA0519)
- **2026-04-16** Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Cepicky, Slater, Moody, Parkinson, White)
- **2026-04-16** H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/16/2026
- **2026-04-20** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-21** Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026
- **2026-04-22** Majority Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 73, Nays 19 PNV 0
- **2026-04-22** Minority Conf. comm. report failed, Ayes 13, Nays 72 PNV 3
- **2026-04-22** H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/22/26
- **2026-04-22** Majority Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 27, Nays 6
- **2026-04-24** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2026-04-30** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2026-04-30** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2026-05-07** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2026-05-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2026-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2026-05-27** Effective date(s) 05/22/2026
- **2026-05-27** Pub. Ch. 1057

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/60a519de-0e46-4cd3-b03c-0d7fb8b92bb1`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).