republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/sb-166.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, specifies that a student may only enroll in two course access program courses per school year, unless additional courses are approved by the student's home LEA, and that students must pay all tuition and fees required for any additional courses taken during the same year; requires a home LEA to pay the required tuition and fees to a host LEA for the first two course access program courses in which a student is enrolled per school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18."
description: "Local Education Agencies - As enacted, specifies that a student may only enroll in two course access program courses per school year, unless additional courses are approved by the student's home LEA, and that students must pay all tuition and fees required for any additional courses taken during the same year; requires a home LEA to pay the required tuition and fees to a host LEA for the first two course access program courses in which a student is enrolled per school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "SB 166"
citation: "Tennessee SB 166 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Local Education Agencies"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dunn", "Gresham"]
version_count: 1
action_count: 34
vote_count: 6
first_action: "2019-01-28"
last_action: "2019-04-24"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/fe40fdb3-14bb-40fa-ba63-d12a708db6ea"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB0166&GA=111"
source_hash: "42d5dda9c35003108a2938fb0d2c6ebf70aa0ea46864291db2afd11a6a1e46f8"
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 166 (111) — Local Education Agencies - As enacted, specifies that a student may only enroll in two course access program courses per school year, unless additional courses are approved by the student's home LEA, and that students must pay all tuition and fees required for any additional courses taken during the same year; requires a home LEA to pay the required tuition and fees to a host LEA for the first two course access program courses in which a student is enrolled per school year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.

## 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/111/Bill/SB0166.pdf)

## Votes

- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 2/20/2019 Passed (2) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 3/20/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE CURRICULUM, TESTING, & INNOVATION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education 2/26/2019 — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 3/14/2019 Passed (1) — **32–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019 3/28/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/4/2019 Passed (1) — **95–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dunn — primary (person)
- Gresham — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-01-28** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-29** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-01-30** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-01-31** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-01-31** P2C, ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-01** Assigned to s/c Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-02-13** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/20/2019
- **2019-02-20** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-02-20** Placed on s/c cal Curriculum, Testing, & Innovation Subcommittee for 2/26/2019
- **2019-02-26** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-02-27** Placed on cal. Education for 3/6/2019
- **2019-03-06** Placed on cal. Education for 3/13/2019
- **2019-03-06** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-12** Placed on Senate Floor Session calendar for 3/14/2019
- **2019-03-13** Placed on cal. Education for 3/20/2019
- **2019-03-13** No Action Taken
- **2019-03-14** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
- **2019-03-14** Passed Senate, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-03-18** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2019-03-20** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 3/28/2019
- **2019-03-28** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/4/2019
- **2019-04-04** Enrolled and ready for signatures
- **2019-04-04** Passed H., Ayes 95, Nays 0, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-04** Subst. for comp. HB.
- **2019-04-04** Comp. SB subst.
- **2019-04-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-04-08** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-04-09** Transmitted to Governor for action.
- **2019-04-17** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-04-24** Pub. Ch. 146
- **2019-04-24** Effective date(s) 07/01/2019
- **2019-04-24** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 146

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/fe40fdb3-14bb-40fa-ba63-d12a708db6ea`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).