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TN HB1385

TN HB1385
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education funding.


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Introduced
02/06/2025
In Committee
03/18/2025
Crossed Over
Passed
04/29/2025
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/29/2025

Introduced Session

114th General Assembly

Bill Summary

As enacted, requires a school support organization and a group or organization that collects and raises money, materials, property, or securities while representing itself to be a school support organization to annually provide a detailed report of the organization's receipts and expenditures while representing itself to be a school support organization to the department of education by July 1 each year, unless the school support organization is a booster club, parent teacher association, parent teacher organization, or parent teacher support association; requires the department to publish the reports on the department's website for at least three years from the date on which the report was submitted. - Amends TCA Title 49.

AI Summary

This bill requires most school support organizations in Tennessee to submit an annual detailed financial report to the state's Department of Education by July 1st each year, with some exceptions for specific types of school-related groups like booster clubs and parent-teacher associations. The bill mandates that these reports must document all receipts and expenditures related to the organization's activities in support of schools. Once submitted, the Department of Education will be required to publish these reports on its website and maintain them for a minimum of three years. The purpose of this legislation appears to be increasing transparency and accountability for organizations that raise money or resources for schools, while exempting smaller, more traditional parent and student support groups from the reporting requirement. The bill will take effect immediately upon becoming law, reflecting the legislature's view that this transparency is important for the public welfare.

Committee Categories

Education

Sponsors (2)

Last Action

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 277 (on 04/29/2025)

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