Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly

Tennessee SB2228: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29; Title 5, Chapter 21; Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 11, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 13; Title 49, Chapter 15, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 17; Section 49-2-203; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 4; Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 16; Title 49, Chapter 50, Part 18; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 15; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 22; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 23; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 34; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 42; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 81; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 3 and Section 68-204-110, relative to education.

Status: Chaptered, May 27, 2026

Fiscal Summary STATE GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESGeneral FundFY26-27 & Subsequent Years($36,800) LOCAL GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESPermissiveFY26-27 & Subsequent Years$202,500 OTHER FISCAL IMPACT The Comptroller of the Treasury currently administers Energy Efficient Schools Initiative loans under contract and is paid from program administrative fees. If the Department of Education does not renew the contract, administrative fee revenue could shift from the Comptroller of the Treasury to Department of Education. Whether and when this occurs is unknown; therefore; any fiscal impact cannot be reasonably determined. Bill Summary This bill makes various changes and additions to present law concerning education, as follows: (1) The County Financial Management System of 1981 provides that, if the director or purchasing agent for a county finance department does not maintain records, follow accounting and budgetary procedures, and submit timely reports and information as prescribed by state law and the commissioner of education, then the commissioner, after a hearing on the issue of such neglect, is required to remove the education department of the county involved from the county financial management system. This bill transfers the responsibility for such removals from the commissioner to the comptroller of the treasury; (2) Present law generally provides an eligible employee of an LEA six weeks paid leave after the birth or stillbirth of the employee's child or the employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child. One of the eligibility requirements for such family leave is that the employee has been employed full time with the same LEA for at least 12 consecutive months in a position for which the employee is required by law to hold a valid license of qualification, or an emergency credential issued by the department of education at t