Title 49, Education

(a) (1) Every four-year high school that receives public funds from city, county or state governments shall require every student to have at least one (1) year of instruction in American history and government, preferably in the fourth year.(2) Any student in any of the designate…

(a) A treatise on the history and interpretation of the constitution of the United States approved or adopted by the state board of education is required to be taught in the high schools of this state. (b) (1) It is the duty of the state board of education and all local boards of…

(a) The state board of education shall establish a program of instruction for the public high schools on the essentials of the free enterprise system. Instruction shall be given in accordance with the course of study prescribed by the state board of education for at least one (1)…

In high schools offering programs of reserve officer training, a student may, at the student's discretion, substitute credit earned in the reserve officer training program for required credit in lifetime wellness.

(a) LEAs are authorized to offer elective credits or credits in the technical prep high school curriculum through cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations under the following terms and conditions:(1) The local board of education must approve all cooperative agreements,…

(a) The state board of education may provide for a program of instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques commensurate with the learning expectations within the lifetime wellness curriculum for public junior or senior high schools. All students should participat…

If, during high school, a student enlists in a branch of the United States military or in the national guard through the military delayed entry program, the national guard split training option or other similar early entry program and completes basic training before graduation fr…

LEAs are authorized to offer internship programs for elective credits in the high school curriculum through cooperative agreements with local or state governments in the geographical area served by the LEA. An internship program must be a minimum of six (6) weeks and may be offer…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Abstinence” means not participating in any activity that puts an individual at risk for pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease;(2) (A) “Abstinence-based” or “abstinence-centered” means an approach that prom…

(a) (1) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, each LEA shall locally devise, adopt, and implement a program of family life education in conformance with the curriculum guidelines established for such programs by this part.(2) Each LEA shall locally develop and adopt a family …

(a) Nothing in this part shall prohibit an LEA from utilizing the services of a qualified healthcare professional or social worker to assist in teaching family life. (b) An LEA shall not utilize the services of any individual or organization to assist in teaching family life if t…

(a) A family life curriculum shall, to the extent that the topic and the manner of communication is age-appropriate:(1) Emphatically promote only sexual risk avoidance through abstinence, regardless of a student's current or prior sexual experience;(2) Encourage sexual health by …

(a) Not less than thirty (30) days prior to commencing instruction of the family life curriculum, each LEA shall notify parents or legal guardians of students whom the LEA anticipates will be present for instruction in sex education that:(1) The LEA is using a family life curricu…

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled in family life may file a complaint with the director of schools if the parent or legal guardian believes that a teacher, instructor, or representative of an organization has not c…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, and regardless of the title or designated name of a particular class or course, any instruction in sex education or sexual activity shall comply with the requirements of this part; provided, however, that nothing in this part shall b…

(a) Not less than thirty (30) days prior to commencing instruction of a sexual orientation curriculum or gender identity curriculum, regardless of whether the curriculum is offered as part of a family life program, sex education program, or other program, each LEA or public chart…

(a) LEAs are authorized to implement a program that identifies public school children who are at risk for obesity. Those schools systems that choose to carry out such a program shall:(1) Have sufficient number of current school staff or school volunteers trained in taking a body …

(1) The department of health, with the assistance of the department of education, shall provide a framework for LEAs to use in developing a program that shall include, but not be limited to:(1) Providing standard practices for maintaining confidentiality;(2) Providing necessary i…

(a) The department of health is authorized to accept and tabulate the results of any BMI screenings completed by school systems and to distribute only aggregate results at a grade, school, county or statewide level. (b) The department of health shall provide the governor's office…

Schools where aggregate data suggests that high rates of overweight children may be a problem are encouraged to expand existing or implement new school-based nutrition and physical activity programs designed to reduce those rates. The effectiveness of these results could be deter…

The activities described in § 49-6-1403 shall occur if, and only if, advance funding sufficient to pay the total cost of such activities is received in the form of gifts, grants and donations from individuals, private organizations, foundations or governmental units other than th…

This part is known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Learning Loss Remediation and Student Acceleration Act.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “After-school learning mini-camp” means an after-school educational program, as part of the learning loss remediation and student acceleration program, that is designed to remediate student learning loss and supp…

(a) The department shall establish and administer a learning loss remediation and student acceleration program by:(1) Determining program requirements and a procedure for allocating funding to each LEA and participating public charter school for conducting after-school learning m…

(a) (1) Priority students may participate in an after-school learning mini-camp, learning loss bridge camp, or summer learning camp. Priority students are not required to participate in an after-school learning mini-camp, learning loss bridge camp, or summer learning camp unless …

Upon approval by the department, LEAs and public charter schools may collaborate with public or non-profit community partners to implement and conduct after-school learning mini-camps, learning loss bridge camps, and summer learning camps.

The learning loss remediation and student acceleration program must be funded from the temporary assistance for needy families (TANF) program, the LEAP grant fund established by § 49-6-701, and any other funds appropriated by the general assembly.

(a) The Tennessee accelerating literacy and learning corps (TALLC) is established to develop and support a statewide network of high-quality tutors to assist LEAs, public charter schools, community partners, and parents in accelerating student learning and remediating student lea…

(a) The department shall establish, fund, and implement an innovative benchmark assessment pilot program to provide the Tennessee universal math screener, the Tennessee universal reading screener, and a series of state-adopted benchmark assessments to LEAs and public charter scho…

(a) By September 1, 2021, and each September 1 thereafter, LEAs and participating public charter schools shall submit the results of all post-tests administered to the LEA's or participating public charter school's students as part of the after-school learning mini-camps, learnin…

The department shall procure any good or service selected or approved by the department to effectuate this part competitively and in compliance with all state laws and administrative rules regarding the procurement of goods and services by state agencies, including §§ 12-3-101 — …

The department shall provide LEAs with a list of secure data management systems that utilize platforms capable of tracking the effectiveness of intervention methods, resource allocation, and student progress in real time across all schools in the LEA. The systems listed must be c…

(a) Notwithstanding § 37-5-107 or § 37-1-612, if a school teacher, school official, or other school personnel has knowledge or reasonable cause to suspect that a child who attends the school may be a victim of child abuse or child sexual abuse sufficient to require reporting purs…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Financial Literacy Program Act of 2010.”

(a) There is hereby created the Tennessee financial literacy commission for the purpose of raising funds, developing, managing and implementing the plans and programs described in this part. Such educational programs include, but are not limited to, financial literacy education p…

(a) The commission's board of directors shall be composed of eleven (11) members, three (3) of whom shall be the state treasurer, ex officio; the commissioner of financial institutions, ex officio; and the commissioner of education, ex officio. (b) The non-ex officio members shal…

(a) The purposes of the commission are to:(1) Formulate and implement educational programs to improve the financial literacy of the citizens of this state, including, but not limited to, elementary school students and parents;(2) Educate the public in Tennessee about effective pe…

(a) Counsel for the treasury department shall serve as the attorney to the commission. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other law to the contrary, in cases where the interest of the commission requires additional counsel, the treasurer, with the approval of the attorney …

(a) Funds of the commission shall be used exclusively for the purposes and activities set forth in this part and shall be invested by the state treasurer in accordance with § 9-4-603. (b) Any reserve balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year in the commission's acc…

The commission shall be subject to examination and audit by the comptroller of the treasury in the same manner as prescribed for the department of the treasury.

(a) Upon request of the governor, the education committee of the senate, or either education committee of the house of representatives, the commission shall provide a report on the commission's activities. (b) The commission shall study financial literacy in this state. The commi…

(a) Subject to applicable federal and state laws, rules, and regulations, and upon the request of the commission, each public elementary and middle school, or each LEA on behalf of the schools, shall provide information to the commission or department of education about the finan…

As used in this part, “limited public forum” means public property that the LEA provides for students as a place for expressive activity which may impose reasonable, content-neutral time, place and manner restrictions on certain groups or topics of speech; provided, that the rest…

(a) An LEA shall treat a student's voluntary expression of a religious viewpoint, if any, on an otherwise permissible subject in the same manner in which the LEA treats a student's voluntary expression of a secular or other viewpoint on an otherwise permissible subject and may no…

(a) An LEA shall not be required to provide a limited public forum pursuant to this part. If the LEA determines that it is appropriate to allow a student speaker at a school event, then this part shall apply. (b) To ensure that an LEA does not discriminate against a student's pub…

Students may express their written beliefs about religion in homework, artwork, and other written and oral assignments free from discrimination based on the religious content of the student's submissions. Homework and classroom assignments shall be judged by ordinary academic sta…