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IntroducedJan 21, 2026
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Passed House
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Passed Senate
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Became Law
Tennessee House Bill
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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House • Feb 02, 2026: Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
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- Feb 02, 2026 | House
- P2C, ref. to Education Committee
- Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
- Jan 22, 2026 | House
- Intro., P1C.
- Jan 21, 2026 | House
- Filed for introduction
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