republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/112/sb-1579.md

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Bill	Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to obtain approval from the state board of education for changes to the formula used to calculate school or LEA performance goals and measures; requires the commissioner to convene a working group before submitting a proposal to the state board to change the formula. - Amends TCA Title 49.	Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to obtain approval from the state board of education for changes to the formula used to calculate school or LEA performance goals and measures; requires the commissioner to convene a working group before submitting a proposal to the state board to change the formula. - Amends TCA Title 49.	us/states/tn	Tennessee General Assembly	112	SB 1579	Tennessee SB 1579 (112)	bill	Education	enacted	Bailey Cochran	3	41	6	2021-02-11	2021-05-18	openstates	ocd-bill/416fe150-9d6f-4bf3-a927-3e4e7b2cd7b9	http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=SB1579&GA=112	e92153421df7aa949377ed4b76ea3568ae5e1c307009153d0930a36eb400691b	2026-07-01	https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump	2026-07-06	reported	legislation bill us-tn

Tennessee SB 1579 (112) — Education - As enacted, requires the commissioner of education to obtain approval from the state board of education for changes to the formula used to calculate school or LEA performance goals and measures; requires the commissioner to convene a working group before submitting a proposal to the state board to change the formula. - Amends TCA Title 49.

Version chain

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

1. Amendment HA0262 (committee substitute) — source
2. Amendment SA0244 (committee substitute) — source
3. Current Version (committee substitute) — source

Votes

• HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/7/2021 (3) — 0–0 (pass) · lower
• FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/14/2021 Passed (1) — 90–0 (pass) · lower
• HOUSE EDUCATION INSTRUCTION SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction 3/30/2021 (4) — 0–0 (fail) · lower
• SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/7/2021 Passed (2) — 9–0 (pass) · upper
• FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/15/2021 Passed (1) — 30–0 (pass) · upper
• HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021 4/8/2021 (2) — 0–0 (fail) · lower

Sponsors

• Bailey — primary (person)
• Cochran — 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 P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
• 2021-03-16 Assigned to s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee referral-committee
• 2021-03-16 Ref. to Education Instruction referral-committee
• 2021-03-17 Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/23/2021
• 2021-03-18 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/24/2021
• 2021-03-23 Taken off notice for cal in s/c Education Instruction Subcommittee of Education Instruction
• 2021-03-24 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-24 Placed on s/c cal Education Instruction Subcommittee for 3/30/2021
• 2021-03-25 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/31/2021
• 2021-03-30 Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Instruction referral-committee
• 2021-03-31 Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/7/2021
• 2021-03-31 Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/7/2021
• 2021-03-31 Placed on cal. Education Instruction for 4/7/2021
• 2021-04-07 Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
• 2021-04-07 Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/8/2021
• 2021-04-07 Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee committee-passage-favorable
• 2021-04-08 H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/14/2021
• 2021-04-13 Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/15/2021
• 2021-04-14 Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
• 2021-04-14 Passed H., as am., Ayes 90, Nays 0, PNV 0 passage
• 2021-04-14 H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0262) amendment-passage
• 2021-04-14 Sponsor(s) Added.
• 2021-04-15 Companion House Bill substituted
• 2021-04-15 Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
• 2021-04-15 Passed Senate, Ayes 30, Nays 0 passage
• 2021-04-15 Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0244)
• 2021-04-15 Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
• 2021-04-15 Received from House, Passed on First Consideration introduction
• 2021-04-20 Signed by H. Speaker
• 2021-04-21 Transmitted to Governor for his action. executive-receipt
• 2021-04-21 Signed by Senate Speaker
• 2021-04-30 Signed by Governor. executive-signature
• 2021-05-18 Comp. became Pub. Ch. 299
• 2021-05-18 Effective date(s) 07/01/2021
• 2021-05-18 Pub. Ch. 299

Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot 2026-07-01; origin ocd-bill/416fe150-9d6f-4bf3-a927-3e4e7b2cd7b9. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).