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type: "Bill"
title: "Schools, Private - As enacted, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to comply with certain class size, school calendar, vaccination, and assessment requirements in order to operate in this state as an approved Category III nonpublic school. - Amends TCA Title 49."
description: "Schools, Private - As enacted, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to comply with certain class size, school calendar, vaccination, and assessment requirements in order to operate in this state as an approved Category III nonpublic school. - Amends TCA Title 49."
jurisdiction: "us/states/tn"
legislature: "Tennessee General Assembly"
session: "114"
identifier: "SB 827"
citation: "Tennessee SB 827 (114)"
classification: ["bill"]
subjects: ["Private", "Schools"]
status: "enacted"
primary_sponsors: ["Hensley"]
version_count: 3
action_count: 21
vote_count: 3
first_action: "2025-02-04"
last_action: "2025-05-13"
source: "openstates"
source_identifier: "ocd-bill/faf31171-ea16-4ff6-8ffe-a929ba63f27f"
source_url: "https://wapp.capitol.tn.gov/apps/BillInfo/Default?BillNumber=SB0827&ga=114"
source_hash: "25c77a58159c7e408f32f61790f7d31b396de19153f0c0f46b10417f023f8898"
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 827 (114) — Schools, Private - As enacted, prohibits the state board of education from requiring a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program to comply with certain class size, school calendar, vaccination, and assessment requirements in order to operate in this state as an approved Category III nonpublic school. - Amends TCA Title 49.
## Version chain
The bill's text revisions, in order — the diff chain from filing to enrollment.
1. **Amendment HA0308** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/HA0308.pdf)
2. **Amendment SA0131** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Amend/SA0131.pdf)
3. **Current Version** (committee substitute) — [source](https://capitol.tn.gov/Bills/114/Bill/SB0827.pdf)
## Votes
- SENATE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 7, Nays 1 PNV 0 3/12/2025 Passed — **71** (pass) · upper
- FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/16/2025 Passed (1) — **7514** (pass) · lower
- FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration 3/20/2025 Passed (1) — **265** (pass) · upper
## Sponsors
- Hensley — primary (person)
## Timeline
The legislative action history — every referral, reading, and vote.
- **2025-02-04** 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`
- **2025-03-05** 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 7, Nays 1 PNV 0
- **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 26, Nays 5 `passage`
- **2025-03-20** Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0131)
- **2025-03-24** Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
- **2025-04-16** Passed H., Ayes 75, Nays 14, PNV 2 `passage`
- **2025-04-16** Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0308) `amendment-withdrawal`
- **2025-04-16** Subst. for comp. HB. `substitution`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by H. Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Signed by Senate Speaker `passage`
- **2025-04-22** Enrolled and ready for signatures `enrolled`
- **2025-04-23** Transmitted to Governor for action. `executive-receipt`
- **2025-05-05** Signed by Governor. `executive-signature`
- **2025-05-13** Effective date(s) 05/05/2025, 07/01/2025
- **2025-05-13** Pub. Ch. 380
## Source
OpenStates / OpenCivicData bulk snapshot [2026-07-01](https://data.openstates.org/daily/2026-07-01/public.pgdump); origin `ocd-bill/faf31171-ea16-4ff6-8ffe-a929ba63f27f`. Confidence: reported (aggregated from official Tennessee legislature records).