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Subcommittee approves bill to standardize tutoring guidance and reporting for literacy programs
Summary
HB 640 directs the department to provide guidance and reporting on tutoring and remediation programs and to offer LEAs optional IT systems to measure progress; the bill passed unanimously in committee.
Representative Carringer told the subcommittee that HB 640 would require the department to provide guidance and a report on Tennessee Accelerating Literacy and Learning Corps (TALLC) remediation programs, align tutoring services to students' remediation needs, and offer LEAs an optional list of IT systems to measure progress while protecting student data. She emphasized the bill is permissive and intended to provide support rather than impose systems on LEAs.
Committee members asked clarifying questions and expressed support for better data and privacy protections. The subcommittee voted 8‑0 to move HB 640 to full Education.
The bill is designed to improve remediation effectiveness and help the state compare program outcomes while leaving local districts free to adopt recommended IT systems at their discretion.
