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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 37; Title 49 and Title 71, relative to background investigations.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 55, relative to school transportation.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to interscholastic athletics.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10 and Title 49, relative to special education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10 and Title 49, relative to librarians.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to school nurses.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to student services.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to educator licensure.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, relative to early education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to school safety.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to interscholastic athletics.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to discipline of an educator license.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to educators.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school meals.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37, Chapter 1, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to attendance.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to teachers.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to local education agencies.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30 and Title 55, Chapter 10, relative to truancy.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to school nurses.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to parental notification of classroom evacuations.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 39, Chapter 17, Part 3; Title 40; Title 49 and Title 55, Chapter 10, Part 7, relative to harassment.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to leave for teachers.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 49; Title 62, Chapter 35 and Title 68, relative to school facilities.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to teaching credentials.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to educator licensure.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 36 and Title 49, relative to safety.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school nutrition.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to dependent children of service members.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 55, Chapter 4; Title 55, Chapter 50 and Title 55, Chapter 8, relative to school transportation.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, Chapter 140, Part 5, relative to epinephrine.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to student health.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 9 and Title 49, relative to school safety grants.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Chapter 994 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to school safety alert grants.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 36 and Title 68, Chapter 6, relative to youth athletic activities.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6002 / HB 6001); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the School Safety and Mental Health Act.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to educator licensure.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to returning authority over education to the state from the U.S. Department of Education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5, relative to child care programs.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 49, relative to threats of violence.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to searches.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to school nutrition.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school nutrition.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to feminine hygiene products.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to acceptable uses of technology provided by public schools.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to physical activity.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 49 and Title 67, Chapter 6, relative to feminine hygiene products.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 33 and Title 49, relative to mental health resource awareness.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 37-1-408; Title 49 and Section 68-6-103, relative to training.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
A RESOLUTION to encourage each local education agency that operates a high school to participate in the Armed Services Vocational Aptitude Battery Career Exploration Program.
A RESOLUTION expressing support for the Crisis Recovery Network coordinated by the Southern Regional Education Board and the participation of the State of Tennessee, recognizing the Network as a trusted support for Tennessee schools, districts, and postsecondary institutions to call upon if the need arises.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school chaplains.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the display of historical documents.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2 and Title 49, relative to elected superintendents of schools.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-813 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to school safety.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to school safety.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to student nutrition.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 2; Title 5; Title 7; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to boards of education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school attendance.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9, Chapter 8; Title 29, Chapter 20 and Title 49, relative to freedom of speech.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 29 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8, relative to school safety.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to English language learners.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 2, relative to boards of education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 2; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to released time courses.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 68, Chapter 102, relative to fire drills in schools.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 29, Chapter 20, relative to governmental tort liability.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to physical activity for students.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to teacher licensure.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to reporting student reading levels.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to the state board of education's subpoena power.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50; Title 36 and Title 37, Chapter 1, relative to family leave for adoption of a newly placed minor child.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 50 and Title 71, relative to safety training.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the transfer of student records.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to diabetes.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to virtual school students.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to parental notification of safety concerns at public schools.
AN ACT, to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 8; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 6; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 9; Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 14; Title 49, Chapter 16, Part 2; Title 49, Chapter 18, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 1; Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 30; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 31; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 41; Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 50; Title 49, Chapter 1, Part 2 and Chapter 1005 of the Public Acts of 2024, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 13; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71, relative to child care.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to searches on school property.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to education funding.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-814; Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to public schools.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 50 and Title 49, relative to employees of state special schools.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to discrimination in educational institutions.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 10 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to special education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 5; Title 6; Title 7; Title 49 and Title 67, relative to the Menstrual Hygiene Products Accessibility Act.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to artificial intelligence.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 12 and Title 49, relative to school safety.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 16; Title 37 and Title 49, relative to student behavior.
A RESOLUTION to recognize the mental health consequences of social media on K-12 students.
A RESOLUTION to raise awareness of the importance of positive male role models and mentorship opportunities in schools, nonprofit organizations, and faith-based organizations.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to communication devices at schools.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to residential educational programs.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39, Chapter 17 and Title 49, Chapter 1, relative to law enforcement-supported education programs.
AN ACT to amend Chapter __ of the Public Acts of 2025 (1st Ex. Sess. – SB 6001 / HB 6004); and Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8 and Title 49, relative to education.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to public schools.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 5, relative to educator training.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to student discipline.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school boards.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 13, relative to charter schools.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37 and Title 49, relative to after school programs.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school safety.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55, relative to the Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school meals.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49; Title 63; Title 67 and Title 68, relative to hygiene products for women and children.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school lunch.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 33; Title 37 and Title 49, relative to students of schools where an act of mass violence occurs.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49; Section 55-8-151 and Title 62, relative to school safety.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to communication devices at schools.
As introduced, changes, from 10 days to 10 business days, the period for which public notice must be given in advance of an LEA's acceptance of bids for contracts for the construction of a school building, or an addition to an existing school building, the cost of which exceeds $10,000. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As introduced, enacts the "Tennessee Local Education Capital Investment Act." - Amends TCA Title 67, Chapter 6.
As introduced, disqualifies relatives of an LEA's director of schools, a member of the LEA's central office staff, or a member of the LEA's board of education from serving as a member of the LEA's board of education; exempts members of a local board of education who are currently serving a term on the board for which they were elected before July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2, Part 2.
As introduced, increases, from one to three, the minimum number of board members who must be employed, at the time of the appointment, as a K-12 public school teacher, beginning with appointments made on or after January 1, 2020. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1.
As introduced, authorizes a county or city governing body to require the director of schools to face a retention election; prohibits a local board of education from extending the contract of a director of schools if a majority of those voting on the question vote against retaining the director of schools. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.
As introduced, requires a local board of education that maintains an internet website and that establishes a program of school-based decision making that authorizes school personnel, including classroom teachers, to decide the school budget to post the adopted school budget on the board's website before the beginning of each school year. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 5; Title 6; Title 7 and Title 49.
As introduced, requires the board to promulgate rules to allow a public school system to meet the 180 days of classroom instruction required for each school term by providing a minimum number of instructional hours per school year. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3004.
As introduced, includes preschool programs operated by an LEA for children with disabilities in the programs subject to annual appropriations; directs the commissioner to annually recommend a funding amount per classroom for preschool programs for children with disabilities. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10; Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6.
As introduced, prohibits the operation of a virtual school by an LEA after July 1, 2019. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As introduced, requires that all school funds collected by a county for capital projects be apportioned among the LEAs in the county in proportion to each LEA on the basis of the weighted full-time equivalent average daily attendance. - Amends TCA Section 49-3-315.
As introduced, requires the closure of all county and municipal school systems and special school districts on Veterans' Day. - Amends TCA Title 15 and Title 49.
As introduced, requires the department to pay for certain background investigations conducted by the Tennessee bureau of investigation and the federal bureau of investigation for LEA employees who hold a position as a teacher or any other position requiring proximity to school children or to children in a child care program under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 1; Title 49, Chapter 2 and Title 49, Chapter 5.
As enacted, revises provisions governing the sale of surplus property by an LEA. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 20.
As enacted, prohibits the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf, the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute from sharing the same president, director of schools, or officers at the same time. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As enacted, directs the Tennessee School for the Deaf, together with the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, to establish a one-year deaf mentor pilot project to assist families and agencies in implementing bilingual and bicultural home-based programming for young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 10, Part 9.
As enacted, revises the Volunteer Public Education Trust Fund Act of 1985; designates the commissioner of education and state treasurer as trustees of the fund. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 4.
As enacted, extends the date of the repeal of the Virtual Public Schools Act from June 30, 2019, to June 30, 2023. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 16.
As enacted, makes various changes to state education laws; revises certain duties of the commissioner of education; transfers certain duties from the department of education to local boards of education; transfers certain duties from the state board of education to local education agencies. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As enacted, transfers, from the state board of education to the department of education, the authority to accept and administer federal funds for the purpose of promoting public education; designates the department of education as the state board for career and technical education; grants the department of education the authority to administer annual appropriations made for career and technical education; revises other related provisions. - Amends TCA Section 49-1-202; Title 49, Chapter 11; Section 49-3-201; Section 49-3-302 and Section 49-3-318.
As enacted, reduces, from no less than four to no more than four, the number of high school students who may serve on a local board of education as advisory, nonvoting members; deletes the requirement that half of the high school students selected to serve on the board must be enrolled in the college preparatory track and half must be enrolled in the technology track. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.
Urges local education agencies to provide ACEs training for all teachers.
As introduced, enacts the "Teacher Residency Program Grant Act"; requires the department to establish and administer a program of grants for university teacher preparation programs and LEAs to create teacher residency programs. - Amends TCA Title 49.
As enacted, requires a board of education to allow a student who is the dependent child of a member of the United States armed forces and who does not reside within the boundaries of the school district to enroll in a public school within the school district under certain circumstances. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
As introduced, requires each local board of education and charter school governing body to adopt a comprehensive code of conduct for each school under the authority of the board or governing body that describes the types of behavior expected from all persons entering on school grounds. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
As introduced, directs that any interest accruing on the balance of an LEA's dedicated education fund that remains unexpended at the end of a fiscal year must be returned to the fund balance and become part of the fund balance. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3.
As introduced, requires an LEA to allocate prorated daily per pupil state and local funding to an out-of-state residential mental health facility if a student of the LEA is admitted to the facility and certain conditions are met. - Amends TCA Title 49.