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type: "Bill"
title: "Education - As enacted, prohibits the department of education from excluding from the calculation of a school letter grade the data of any group of students within a school if the department collects, aggregates, and reports the data, and if the group of students has at least 20 valid test scores in math or English language arts for at least one grade band; and data for the college and career readiness indicator if the school has at least 20 students in a graduating cohort. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Education - As enacted, prohibits the department of education from excluding from the calculation of a school letter grade the data of any group of students within a school if the department collects, aggregates, and reports the data, and if the group of students has at least 20 valid test scores in math or English language arts for at least one grade band; and data for the college and career readiness indicator if the school has at least 20 students in a graduating cohort. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 196"
citation: "Tennessee SB 196 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Education"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Walley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 24
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-01-15"
last_action: "2025-04-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/af010301-a058-4122-9271-3e20176a6027"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0196&ga=114"
source_hash: "b33d01e62899f9cc30894f00f57ebf08be4738b2f65e6dc50448f0bb964193bf"
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 196 (114) — Education - As enacted, prohibits the department of education from excluding from the calculation of a school letter grade the data of any group of students within a school if the department collects, aggregates, and reports the data, and if the group of students has at least 20 valid test scores in math or English language arts for at least one grade band; and data for the college and career readiness indicator if the school has at least 20 students in a graduating cohort. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0270** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0270.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0127** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0127.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0196.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 3/12/2025 Passed — **90** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/20/2025 Passed (1) — **320** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/7/2025 Passed — **940** (pass) · lower
## Sponsors
- Walley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-01-15** Filed for introduction `filing`
- **2025-01-16** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2025-01-27** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee `referral-committee`
- **2025-03-05** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
- **2025-03-12** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2025-03-14** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/17/2025
- **2025-03-17** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-17** Senate Reset on calendar for 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-18** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 3/20/2025
- **2025-03-20** Engrossed; ready for transmission to House `receipt`
- **2025-03-20** Sponsor(s) Added. `sponsorship`
- **2025-03-20** Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 32, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0127)
- **2025-03-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-07** Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 1 `passage`
- **2025-04-07** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0270) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-07** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-08** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-09** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-10** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-11** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-04-21** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-04-29** Effective date(s) 07/01/2025
- **2025-04-29** Pub. Ch. 219
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/af010301-a058-4122-9271-3e20176a6027`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).