Tennessee · 114
HB 1838
Education - As introduced, requires local education agencies and public charter schools to provide all high school students, instead of only high school seniors, the opportunity to take a nationally recognized career readiness assessment; requires the board of regents to establish a framework for institutions governed by the board to provide transcribable credit to students who earned a credential on a nationally recognized career readiness assessment in high school that may be applied toward the student's attainment of a postsecondary degree. - Amends TCA Title 49.
Bill record: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0
Summary AI-generated
HB 1838 requires Tennessee local education agencies and public charter schools to offer all high school students, not just seniors, the opportunity to take a nationally recognized career readiness assessment. Additionally, the bill mandates the board of regents to establish a framework for granting transcribable credit toward postsecondary degrees for high school students who earn credentials on such assessments.
Software-generated, grounded only in the bill's own fields (it does not invent outcomes, amounts, or dates). Provenance: Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
Issue tags AI-classified
Classified by a local model from the bill's text; confidence shown. GovTally LLM enrichment (local oMLX)
Sponsors
- Kirk Haston Republican lead
Roll-call votes on this bill
| Question | Chamber | Result | Yea | Nay | Other | Date | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE: Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and… | lower | pass | 0 | 0 | 0 | Apr 8, 2026 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |
| HOUSE K-12 SUBCOMMITTEE: Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee… | lower | pass | 0 | 0 | 0 | Mar 25, 2026 | Open States bulk CSV (bills/votes) CC0-1.0 |