Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly

Tennessee HB2343: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to leave for teachers.

Status: Chaptered, May 26, 2026

Fiscal Summary OTHER FISCAL IMPACT Local education agencies may already provide leave above the statutory minimum, and leave utilization for teachers is unknown. It is estimated to cost local education agencies up to $16,033,800 to pay substitute teachers to cover additional leave days. Any increase in retirement system costs associated with unused leave being converted to sick leave and later applied for retirement purposes cannot be reasonably estimated. Article II, Section 24 of the Tennessee Constitution provides that: no law of general application shall impose increased expenditure requirements on cities or counties unless the General Assembly shall provide that the state share in the cost. Bill Summary ON APRIL 6, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2343, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 establishes caps on the amount of sick leave that public school teachers may accumulate during a year, as follows: (1) Up to eight days per year for employees with 10-month contracts; (2) Up to nine days per year for employees with 11-month contracts; and (3) Up to ten days per year for employees with 12-month contracts. Teachers will continue to accumulate sick live at the present law rate of one day for each month employed.