Schools, Charter - As introduced, prevents a public charter school that has had its charter agreement renewed on appeal by the Tennessee public charter school commission from mutually agreeing with the local board of education for the LEA in which the public charter school is located for the local board to serve as its authorizer; allows the commission to determine, between five and 10 years, the term of a charter agreement renewed by the commission instead of automatically assigning all charter agreements renewed by the commission a 10-year term. - Amends TCA Title 49.

HB 2256 changes Tennessee's public charter school authorization rules. It prevents charter schools that had their charter renewed through the Tennessee Charter School Commission's appeal process from later agreeing with their local school board to have that board serve as their authorizer. The bill also allows the Commission to set charter renewal terms between 5 and 10 years (instead of automatically using a 10-year term) for schools renewed through Commission approval. These changes directly affect charter schools seeking renewal and local school boards that previously could serve as authorizers.