Education, Dept. of - As enacted, authorizes LEAs with a voluntary pre-K program to enroll children who are not at-risk but who live in the LEA's geographic area, are three on or before August 15 and who have a parent employed by the LEA, and certain children who are five on or before August 15 to be eligible for IEP and who have not previously been enrolled in an LEA's voluntary pre-K program, if certain criteria are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.
SB 2426 requires Tennessee's Department of Education, Office of Early Learning, to submit an annual report by July 1 each year to the governor and General Assembly on pre-kindergarten program status. The report must include specific data like the number and locations of pre-K providers, provider types, and the number of at-risk children served. It also mandates that this report be published on the department's website for public access. This bill directly affects the Office of Early Learning by establishing a new annual reporting requirement for pre-kindergarten program data.
Bill status
signed
all 5 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2026
Committee Review
Mar 2026
Senate Passage
Apr 2026
House Passage
Apr 2026
Signed into Law
Apr 2026
Introduced Feb 2, 2026
Signed Apr 21, 2026
Floor votes
How they voted
This bill passed the Senate by voice vote (no roll call recorded).
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
24
Key actions
9
Committee
3
Amendments
1
Apr 21, 2026
Signed into law
Signed by Governor.
lower
Apr 9, 2026
Lower · Passed
Signed by H. Speaker
lower
Apr 6, 2026
Upper · Passed
Signed by Senate Speaker
upper
Apr 2, 2026
Amended
Am. withdrawn. (Amendment 1 - HA0816)
lower
Apr 2, 2026
Lower · Passed
Passed H., Ayes 94, Nays 0, PNV 0
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 1 - SA0680)
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Lower · Passed
Senate adopted Amendment (Amendment 2 - SA0901)
lower
Mar 30, 2026
Upper · Passed
Passed Senate as amended, Ayes 33, Nays 0
upper
Mar 11, 2026
Upper · Passed
Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Calendar Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0
upper
Mar 5, 2026
Lower · Passed
Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/11/2026
lower
Feb 5, 2026
Committee
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
upper
Feb 2, 2026
Introduced
Introduced, Passed on First Consideration
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Rusty Crowe
RRepublican
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