Tennessee legislation · 114th General Assembly

Tennessee SB2317: AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to assessments.

Status: Chaptered, May 27, 2026

Fiscal Summary NOT SIGNIFICANT Bill Summary ON APRIL 21, 2026, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 2422, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 rewrites this bill to require the department of education to implement a pilot program in 10 LEAs to evaluate whether administering fewer district- and state-mandated assessments results in students achieving greater academic success. To be eligible to participate in the pilot program, an LEA must, for the 2024-2025 school year, have: (1) Received an "advancing" or "exemplary" district designation from the department of education; (2) Demonstrated a proficiency rate for students in grades 3-5 in the subjects of English language arts and mathematics that is greater than 40%; and (3) Achieved a chronic absenteeism rate for the district that is below 20%. If an LEA is selected to participate in the pilot program, then: Assessments for the 2027-2028 and 2028-2029 school years must be limited for each student in any of the grades K-8 who achieves above the fortieth percentile on the universal reading screener and on the universal screener in mathematics that are administered to the student at the beginning of the respective school year. This amendment requires the department to limit the state mandated assessments in the subjects of English language arts and mathematics for such students to the following: (1) One universal reading screener approved by the state board of education or one Tennessee universal reading screener; (2) One universal screener in mathematics; (3) One TCAP test in the subject of English language arts; and (4) One TCAP test in the subject of mathematics. An LEA selected to participate in the pilot program is requires to limit the assessments mandated by the district in the subjects of English language arts a