Tennessee bills · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026)
Tennessee HB 1700
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires director of schools to report a student who was formally truant and now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court; establishes that unexcused absences accumulated by a transfer student at their former school or LEA during the school year in which they transfer follow the student to the receiving school or LEA to determine habitual truancy, to implement a progressive truancy plan, and to identify cases of educational neglect. - Amends TCA Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
- Introduced
- In committee
- Passed House
- Passed Senate
- To Governor
- Became law
Sponsors
- Raper (Republican)
Summary
No official summary is available for this bill.
Latest action(Jan 22, 2026): P2C, ref. to Education Committee
Text versions
Roll-call votes
No recorded votes on this bill.
Actions
- Jan 22, 2026 · House
P2C, ref. to Education Committee - Jan 22, 2026 · House
Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee - Jan 22, 2026 · House
Withdrawn. - Jan 21, 2026 · House
Intro., P1C. - Jan 15, 2026 · House
Filed for introduction