Tennessee 114th General Assembly Status: Enacted 3 R cosponsors

SB 0714 — AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49, relative to education.

Last action — Effective date(s) 05/22/2026

  1. ✓
    Introduced
  2. ✓
    In Committee
  3. ✓
    Passed Senate
  4. ✓
    Passed House
  5. ✓
    To Executive
  6. 6
    Enacted

This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 03, 2025. Enacted.

Signed by Governor Bill Lee (Republican) on April 30, 2026.

Odds of enactment

High chance

Based on the sponsor, cosponsors, and committee posture, this bill has a high chance of becoming law.

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Prognosis

Likely to advance 76% · moderate confidence

  • Enacted

    Current position in the legislative process.

  • 3 sponsors

    1 primary, 2 co-sponsors signed on.

  • Single-party support

    Sponsorship is currently within one party (3 R).

  • Cleared a recorded vote

    Passed 4 recorded votes so far.

Based on stage, sponsorship breadth, committee status, recorded votes, and cross-state momentum — a description of the observable signals, not a prediction.

In plain language

The bill establishes oversight boards to assess and improve local educational agencies in Tennessee.

This legislation requires the creation of educational oversight boards for certain local education agencies (LEAs). These boards will conduct annual assessments and develop plans to enhance performance and operations of the LEAs.

What this means for you
  • Families: Families with children in affected LEAs may see changes aimed at improving educational quality and accountability.

Summary

Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance and operational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49. Conference Committee ReportsMajority Report # 1 for SB0714 / HB0662Minority Report # 1 for SB0714 / HB0662

Bill Text

Action History

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  4. Ref. to Education Committee

  5. Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

  6. Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  7. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee

  8. Sponsor(s) Added.

  9. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 3/25/2025

  10. Action def. in Education Committee to 4/1/2025

  11. Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025

  12. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  13. Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee

  14. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  15. Placed behind the budget

  16. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025

  17. Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/17/2025

  18. Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee

  19. Placed on cal. Finance, Ways, and Means Committee for 4/17/2025

  20. Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Calendar & Rules Committee

  21. Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/17/2025

  22. H. Placed on Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025

  23. Comp. SB subst.

  24. Sponsor(s) Added.

  25. Sponsor(s) Added.

  26. Sponsor(s) Added.

  27. Comp. became Pub. Ch. 1057

  28. Filed for introduction

  29. Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  30. Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  31. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  32. Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025

  33. Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  34. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 8, Nays 1 PNV 0

  35. Rule #83(8) Suspended, to be heard in Senate Finance, Ways & Means Committee on 4/15/2025

  36. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/15/2025

  37. Action deferred in Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee to 4/21/2025

  38. Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/16/2025

  39. Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 2 PNV 0

  40. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/21/2025

  41. Senate Reset on calendar for 4/22/2025

  42. Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/22/2025

  43. Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - SA0285)

  44. Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 3 - SA0456)

  45. Amendment withdrawn. (Amendment 2 - SA0430)

  46. Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 27, Nays 6

  47. Engrossed; ready for transmission to House

  48. Subst. for comp. HB.

  49. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0311)

  50. H. adopted am. (Amendment 2 - HA0519)

  51. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 4 - HA0536)

  52. Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 7 - HA0539)

  53. Passed H., as am., Ayes 63, Nays 30, PNV 2

  54. Placed on Senate Message Calendar 3 for 4/22/2025

  55. Senate refused to concur in amendment

  56. Sponsor(s) Added.

  57. H. Placed on Message Calendar for 1/14/2026

  58. H. refused to recede from H. am. no. 2

  59. Senate Reset on Message calendar for 4/15/2026

  60. Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/15/2026

  61. Senate refused to recede from its non-concurrence. (Amendment 2 - HA0519)

  62. Conference Committee appointed. (Taylor, Powers, Akbari, Lowe, White)

  63. H. Placed on Message Calendar 2 for 4/16/2026

  64. Conf. comm. appointed. (Reps. Cepicky, Slater, Moody, Parkinson, White)

  65. Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026

  66. Placed on Senate Message Calendar for 4/22/2026

  67. Majority Conference Committee report adopted, Ayes 27, Nays 6

  68. H. Placed on Message Calendar #2 for 4/22/26

  69. Minority Conf. comm. report failed, Ayes 13, Nays 72 PNV 3

  70. Majority Conf. comm. report adopted, Ayes 73, Nays 19 PNV 0

  71. Sponsor(s) Added.

  72. Enrolled and ready for signatures

  73. Signed by Senate Speaker

  74. Signed by H. Speaker

  75. Transmitted to Governor for action.

  76. Signed by Governor.

  77. Pub. Ch. 1057

  78. Effective date(s) 05/22/2026

Sponsors

Sponsorship breakdown

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1 sponsors · 2 co-sponsors · 130 not signed on

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Not signed on (130)

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Frequently asked questions

What does SB 0714 do?
Education - As enacted, requires an educational oversight board to be created for an LEA that meets certain criteria and is established to annually conduct a comprehensive needs assessment of the LEA to determine the factors that may be contributing to the LEA meeting such criteria; requires the oversight board to develop a transformation plan that identifies performance and operational goals for the LEA and benchmarks for assessing the LEA's progress toward meeting such goals; makes other related changes. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49. Conference Committee ReportsMajority Report # 1 for SB0714 / HB0662Minority Report # 1 for SB0714 / HB0662
Who sponsors SB 0714?
SB 0714 is sponsored by Taylor, Brent (Republican), Bowling, Janice (Republican), and Rose, Paul (Republican).
What is the current status of SB 0714?
This bill has been enacted into law. Introduced February 03, 2025. Enacted.
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