• Introduced
    Jan 22, 2026
  • Passed Senate
  • Passed House
  • Became Law
SB 1968
Tennessee Senate Bill
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Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires a director of schools to refer to juvenile court a student who was formerly enrolled in the LEA, who was receiving truancy interventions, who withdrew from the LEA, and who did not transfer to another LEA; 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.
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Senate • Feb 05, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
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  • Feb 05, 2026 | Senate
    • Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
  • Feb 02, 2026 | Senate
    • Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
  • Jan 22, 2026 | Senate
    • Filed for introduction
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