SB0614Introduced in the Senate
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-314, relative to education finance.
Introduced by Joseph Hensley, District 28
What does this bill do?
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Official description
As introduced, requires, if a local government adopts a budget that includes the required maintenance of effort for education funding but fails to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA, the local government, in the following fiscal year, to appropriate and allocate the unfunded portion to the LEA; specifies that the maintenance of local funding effort required for a fiscal year following a fiscal year in which the local government failed to appropriate or allocate the full amount budgeted to the LEA must be determined based on the amount budgeted to the LEA for the previous fiscal year instead of the amount actually appropriated or allocated to the LEA by the local government. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-314.
Where it stands
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
April 15, 2025
How did lawmakers vote?
SenateStage: FLOOR VOTE: as Amended Third Consideration · April 14, 2025
23
Yes
5
No
2
Absent or Not Voting
30 senators recorded in this Senate vote. Colors show vote categories only, not whether a vote was good or bad.
What do people think?
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| Senator | District | Vote |
|---|---|---|
| Adam Lowe | 1 | Yes |
| Tom Hatcher | 2 | No |
| Rusty Crowe | 3 | Yes |
| Robert Harshbarger | 4 | Yes |
| Randy McNally | 5 | Yes |
| Becky Massey | 6 | Yes |
| Richard Briggs | 7 | Yes |
| Jessie Seal | 8 | No |
| Steve Southerland | 9 | Not Voting |
| Todd Gardenhire | 10 | No |
Bill history
Filed for introduction
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/12/2025
Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/19/2025
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025
Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
Placed on Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee calendar for 4/8/2025
Recommended for passage, refer to Senate Calendar Committee
Placed on Senate Regular Calendar for 4/14/2025
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0280)
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 23, Nays 5, PNV 2
Engrossed; ready for transmission to House
Rcvd. from S., held on H. desk.
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