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| 5 | 4 | | SENATE BILL 582 |
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| 6 | 5 | | By Akbari |
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| 9 | 8 | | SB0582 |
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| 10 | 9 | | 002304 |
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| 11 | 10 | | - 1 - |
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| 13 | 12 | | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, |
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| 14 | 13 | | relative to pre-kindergarten enrollment. |
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| 16 | 15 | | BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE: |
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| 17 | 16 | | SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-104(c)(1), is amended by |
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| 18 | 17 | | deleting the subdivision and substituting: |
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| 19 | 18 | | (A) The department shall establish an initial enrollment deadline that an LEA |
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| 20 | 19 | | must use to determine if a voluntary pre-kindergarten classroom provided by the LEA |
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| 21 | 20 | | has space available to enroll students in addition to at-risk children residing in the |
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| 22 | 21 | | geographic area served by the LEA. The initial enrollment deadline established |
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| 23 | 22 | | pursuant to this subdivision (c)(1)(A) must not be later than the start of the school year. |
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| 24 | 23 | | (B) The department shall establish an enrollment deadline that an LEA must use |
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| 25 | 24 | | for the enrollment of students who are eligible to enroll in a voluntary pre-kindergarten |
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| 26 | 25 | | classroom pursuant to subdivision (c)(2) if a voluntary pre-kindergarten classroom |
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| 27 | 26 | | provided by the LEA has space available to enroll students after the initial enrollment |
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| 28 | 27 | | deadline. The enrollment deadline established pursuant to this subdivision (c)(1)(B) |
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| 29 | 28 | | must not be later than August 30. |
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| 30 | 29 | | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it, |
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| 31 | 30 | | and applies to the 2025-2026 school year and each school year thereafter. |
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