Bill Sponsor
Tennessee House Bill 1700
Session 114
Local Education Agencies - As introduced, requires director of schools to report a student who was formally truant and now enrolled in a home school to juvenile court; 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.
Active
Active
Withdrawn on Jan 22, 2026
First Action
Jan 15, 2026
Latest Action
Jan 22, 2026
Origin Chamber
House
Type
Bill
Bill Number
1700
State
Tennessee
Session
114
Sponsorship by Party
Republican
Primary
House Votes (0)
House votes are unavailable for this bill.
Summary
Unavailable
Actions (5)
01/22/2026
House
P2C, ref. to Education Committee
01/22/2026
House
Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee
01/22/2026
House
Withdrawn.
01/21/2026
House
Intro., P1C.
01/15/2026
House
Filed for introduction
Sources
Record Created
Jan 20, 2026 8:43:45 PM
Record Updated
Mar 4, 2026 11:43:29 PM