Bill Tracker
Federal and state legislation: who sponsored it, how every member voted, where it stands, and what the Constitution says about it.
201 bills on Education and school choice
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
HB 1771 · Correction, Dept. of - As enacted, requires the department to conduct an annual education assessment of each inmate who is serving a period of confinement for committing a felony offense to ascertain the inmate's highest grade or educational level attained, as well as their interest in continuing, completing, or advancing their education; requires the department to notify such inmates of the educational programming and opportunities available. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 41 and Title 49.
Feb 10, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 607
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
SB 1967 · Education - As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide all high school students, instead of only high school seniors, the opportunity to take a nationally recognized career readiness assessment; requires the board of regents to establish a framework for institutions governed by the board to provide transcribable credit to students who earned a credential on a nationally recognized career readiness assessment in high school that may be applied toward the student's attainment of a postsecondary degree. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Feb 5, 2026: Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/21/2026
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
SB 2228 · Education - As enacted, makes various revisions to education law, including, but not limited to, prohibiting parents from using funds deposited in a participating student's IEA to make contributions to an achieving a better life experience account for purposes of the ABLE Act, and requiring the Title VI coordinator for a LEA or public charter school to investigate certain complaints of antisemitic discrimination and harassment reported to the LEA or public charter school before formally reporting the incidents and complaints to the Title VI coordinator designated by the department of education. - Amends TCA 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.
Feb 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1040
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
SB 2259 · Education, Higher - As enacted, requires the board of regents, state university boards, and the board of trustees for the University of Tennessee system to adopt and implement policies that clearly distinguish between tenure decisions and disciplinary actions for faculty members. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7; Title 49, Chapter 8 and Title 49, Chapter 9.
Feb 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 761
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
SB 2433 · Education - As enacted, authorizes an LEA or public charter school to continue a disciplinary investigation of a student who, during the investigation, withdraws from the LEA or public charter school; authorizes, if the student later reenrolls, the LEA or public charter school to discipline the student in accordance with the LEA's or public charter school's policy based on the results of the investigation. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Feb 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 760
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
SB 2636 · Education - As enacted, allows student performance on the Classic Learning Test to be used alongside the ACT and SAT for various purposes; makes various changes to home school testing requirements and opportunities available to home school students. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Feb 5, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 912
- ColoradoIntroduced2026 Regular Session
HB26-1093 · College Opportunity Fund Working Group
Feb 3, 2026: House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely
- ColoradoIntroduced2026 Regular Session
HB26-1094 · Proposed Guidance Policies Developed by Colorado Department of Education
Feb 3, 2026: House Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely
- ColoradoIntroduced2026 Regular Session
HB26-1083 · Protect Female Sports Act
Feb 2, 2026: House Committee on State, Civic, Military, & Veterans Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
SB 1912 · Local Education Agencies - As enacted, requires each LEA and public charter school to adopt an internet acceptable use policy; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Feb 2, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 992
- ColoradoIntroduced2026 Regular Session
SB26-055 · Registry in Colorado Department of Education for School Personnel
Jan 28, 2026: Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
- ColoradoIntroduced2026 Regular Session
SB26-057 · School Board Elections Director District Residents
Jan 28, 2026: Senate Committee on State, Veterans, & Military Affairs Postpone Indefinitely
- ColoradoIntroduced2026 Regular Session
SB26-069 · Colorado Domestic Exchange Program
Jan 28, 2026: Senate Committee on Education Postpone Indefinitely
- ColoradoIntroduced2026 Regular Session
SB26-038 · Colorado State University Ordinance Compliance
Jan 26, 2026: Senate Committee on Local Government & Housing Postpone Indefinitely
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
SB 1710 · Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires public schools and public charter schools to provide instruction in child trafficking awareness and prevention to students in grades kindergarten through 12 through health education, instead of being provided through a family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Jan 22, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 744
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
HB 1666 · Civil Procedure - As enacted, clarifies that the same immunities from civil liability, adverse action, and disciplinary action, and duties, that apply to this state, state employees, public schools, LEAs, public school students, public school teachers, public school employees, public school contractors, public institutions of higher education, public higher education students, public higher education faculty, public higher education employees, and public higher education contractors with regard to the use of a pronoun consistent with an individual's sex apply when using an honorific that is consistent with an individual's sex. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 24 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 51.
Jan 21, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1076
- TennesseeIn committee114th General Assembly
SB 1645 · Agriculture, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Representative Johnny Shaw Tennessee Agricultural Innovation and Education Initiative." - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 43.
Jan 21, 2026: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 946
- FederalIn committee119th Congress
S. 3040 · Edith Nourse Rogers STEM Scholarship Opportunity Act of 2025
Oct 23, 2025: Read twice and referred to the Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
- FederalSigned into law119th Congress
H.R. 1 · One Big Beautiful Bill Act
Jul 4, 2025: Became Public Law No: 119-21.
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- TennesseeSigned into law114th General Assembly
HB 504 · Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, makes various changes to the "Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Act of 2023." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7.
May 21, 2025: Pub. Ch. 488
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