Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly
Tennessee HB662: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education.
Status: Chaptered, May 27, 2026
Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 22, 2025, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #3 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 714, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #3 rewrites the bill to, instead, make the following changes to present law: LEAs REQUIRING STATE INVERVENTIONS UNDER THIS AMENDMENT Provides that an LEA, excluding the achievement school district, is subject to the state interventions described below, if (i) 50% or more of the LEA's student population is economically disadvantaged, as reported in the state report card most recently issued by the department of education ("department"); and did not meet grade-level expectations in mathematics and English language arts on the most recently administered TCAP tests, including end-of-course examinations; and (ii) at least one school managed and controlled by the LEA's local board of education has been identified as a priority school on each of the last five priority school lists. ADVISORY BOARD Requires, if one or more LEAs meet the description above, the commissioner of education ("commissioner") to notify, in writing, the local board of education for each such LEA, the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives that an advisory board of managers must be appointed for the LEA. An advisory board so appointed must be in place for each such LEA no later than July 1 immediately following the date of the commissioner's written notice. Such an advisory board must consist of the following members, each of whom must reside in the county in which the LEA is located: (i) three members appointed by the governor; (ii) two members appointed by the speaker of the senate; (iii) two members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives; (iv) the mayor of the county in which the LEA is located, or the county mayor's designee; and (v) if
What the bill says
From the amended text:
Amendment No. 3 to SB0714 Taylor Signature of Sponsor AMEND S e n ate Bill No. 714 House Bill No. 662* by deleting all language after the enacting clause and substituting instead the following: SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6, is amended by adding the following as a new section: 49-1-621. State interventions for certain underperforming school districts. (a) An LEA, excluding the achievement school district, is subject to the state interventions described in subsections (b) and (c), if: (1) Fifty percent (50%) or more of the LEA's student population: (A) Is economically disadvantaged, as reported in the state report card most recently issued by the department of education; and (B) Did not meet grade-level expectations in mathematics and English language arts on the most recently administered Tennessee comprehensive assessment program tests, including end-of-course examinations; and (2) At least one (1) school managed and controlled by the LEA's local board of education has been identified as a priority school on each of the last five (5) priority school lists issued pursuant to § 49-1-602. (b) (1) If one (1) or more LEAs meet the description in subsection (a), then the commissioner of education shall notify, in writing, the local board of education for each LEA described in subsection (a), the governor, the speaker of the …