A proposal to shift low-performing schools out of Tennessee’s sputtering takeover and turnaround district, and into other state-approved but locally managed intervention models, passed unanimously Monday in the full Senate.
The bill, which is awaiting action in the full House, seeks to phase out the Achievement School District, the state’s most ambitious and aggressive school improvement model, by the end of 2025-26 school year.
It also would strip the state education commissioner’s authority to take over neighborhood schools that are performing academically in the bottom 5%. Under the ASD, the state typically assigned those schools to charter operators to run.
