republic-os/legislation/us/states/tn/111/hb-886.md

---
type: "Bill"
title: "Basic Education Program (BEP) - As enacted, clarifies that if, pursuant to current law, a local government appropriates nonrecurring funds for priority schools, evidenced by a written agreement with the LEA establishing the nonrecurring use of the funds, then such funds must be excluded from the maintenance of local funding requirement and from any apportionment requirement under the present law provisions governing the local tax levy for each year that the school is identified as a priority school plus one additional year. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Basic Education Program (BEP) - As enacted, clarifies that if, pursuant to current law, a local government appropriates nonrecurring funds for priority schools, evidenced by a written agreement with the LEA establishing the nonrecurring use of the funds, then such funds must be excluded from the maintenance of local funding requirement and from any apportionment requirement under the present law provisions governing the local tax levy for each year that the school is identified as a priority school plus one additional year. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "111"
identifier: "HB 886"
citation: "Tennessee HB 886 (111)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Basic Education Program (BEP)"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Dixie", "Yarbro"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 43
vote_count: 9
first_action: "2019-02-05"
last_action: "2019-05-29"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/b07028c7-0048-4902-8e57-d8620a0bbf6b"
source_url: "http://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/default.aspx?BillNumber=HB0886&GA=111"
source_hash: "ba75e44d9633e6e6632938871da6e25ea38ea3dd8a390e4ad7924542aff114a7"
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 HB 886 (111) — Basic Education Program (BEP) - As enacted, clarifies that if, pursuant to current law, a local government appropriates nonrecurring funds for priority schools, evidenced by a written agreement with the LEA establishing the nonrecurring use of the funds, then such funds must be excluded from the maintenance of local funding requirement and from any apportionment requirement under the present law provisions governing the local tax levy for each year that the school is identified as a priority school plus one additional year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

## Version chain

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

1. **Amendment HA0326** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/HA0326.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0376** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Amend/SA0376.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/111/Bill/HB0886.pdf)

## Votes

- HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE: H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019 4/18/2019 (2) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/22/2019 Passed (1) — **96–1** (pass) · lower
- SENATE FINANCE, WAYS AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee 4/24/2019 Passed (2) — **11–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education 4/3/2019 (6) — **0–0** (fail) · lower
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0 4/17/2019 Passed (3) — **9–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee 4/17/2019 (3) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/17/2019 (4) — **0–0** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/30/2019 Passed (1) — **29–0** (pass) · upper
- HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee 4/10/2019 (5) — **0–0** (pass) · lower

## Sponsors

- Dixie — primary (person)
- Yarbro — primary (person)

## Timeline

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

- **2019-02-05** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Intro., P1C. `introduction`
- **2019-02-06** Filed for introduction `reading-1, introduction`
- **2019-02-07** P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
- **2019-02-07** Introduced, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-02-11** Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
- **2019-03-13** Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-13** Ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-03-27** Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 4/3/2019
- **2019-04-03** Placed on cal. Education for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-03** Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-03** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/10/2019
- **2019-04-10** Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-10** Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-10** Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/18/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee `committee-passage-favorable`
- **2019-04-17** Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2019
- **2019-04-17** Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee `referral-committee`
- **2019-04-17** Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
- **2019-04-18** H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/22/2019
- **2019-04-22** Passed H., as am., Ayes 96, Nays 1, PNV 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-22** H. adopted am. (Amendment 1 - HA0326) `amendment-passage`
- **2019-04-23** Engrossed; ready for transmission to Sen.
- **2019-04-24** Received from House, Passed on First Consideration `introduction`
- **2019-04-24** Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
- **2019-04-24** Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/24/2019
- **2019-04-24** Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in S. FW&M Comm. 4/24/19
- **2019-04-25** Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/30/2019
- **2019-04-30** Passed Senate, Ayes 29, Nays 0 `passage`
- **2019-04-30** Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0376)
- **2019-04-30** Senate substituted House Bill for companion Senate Bill.
- **2019-04-30** Companion House Bill substituted
- **2019-05-07** Enrolled; ready for sig. of H. Speaker.
- **2019-05-08** Signed by H. Speaker
- **2019-05-13** Signed by Senate Speaker
- **2019-05-15** Transmitted to Governor for his action. `executive-receipt`
- **2019-05-22** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2019-05-29** Pub. Ch. 439
- **2019-05-29** Effective date(s) 05/22/2019
- **2019-05-29** Comp. became Pub. Ch. 439

## Source

OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/b07028c7-0048-4902-8e57-d8620a0bbf6b`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).