Education, Dept. of - As introduced, specifies that the office of early learning is required, by February 1, to provide an annual report to the governor and the general assembly on the status of pre-kindergarten programs, which must include, at a minimum, the number, location, and types of providers of pre-kindergarten classrooms and the number of at-risk children served. - Amends TCA Title 49.

HB 678 requires Tennessee's Office of Early Learning to submit an annual report by February 1 to the governor and General Assembly about pre-kindergarten programs. The report must detail the number, locations, and types of pre-K classroom providers, along with the number of at-risk children served. This amendment to Tennessee law (TCA Title 49) specifies a February 1 deadline for the report, which was previously only required to be "annual." The bill directly affects the Office of Early Learning, mandating this yearly data collection to inform state leadership.