Education, Curriculum

State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to curriculum. [HB-2828] [Education ]
As introduced, changes, from October 1 to October 15, the date by which the department of education is required to submit a report to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives containing certain student and advanced course data for purposes of student academic acceleration. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Antonio Parkinson P2c, Caption Bill, Held On Desk - Pending Amdt. on 02/07/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to conflict resolution. [SB-2705] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires LEAs to include a course of instruction for students in kindergarten through grade 12 with curricula designed to educate students in conflict resolution that is age and grade appropriate. - Amends TCA Title 49.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Sara Kyle Failed In Senate Education Committee / No Second on 03/16/2022

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Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to conflict resolution. [HB-2818] [Education ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires LEAs to include a course of instruction for students in kindergarten through grade 12 with curricula designed to educate students in conflict resolution that is age and grade appropriate. - Amends TCA Title 49.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Karen D. Camper Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Finance, Ways, And Means Subcommittee Of Finance, Ways, And Means Committee on 03/30/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to curriculum. [SB-2728] [Education ]
As enacted, requires that high school students be taught about the virtues of capitalism and the constitutional republic form of government in the United States and Tennessee, as compared to other political and economic systems such as communism and socialism, as part of the social studies curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mark Pody Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 959 on 05/04/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to curriculum. [HB-2742] [Education ]
As enacted, requires that high school students be taught about the virtues of capitalism and the constitutional republic form of government in the United States and Tennessee, as compared to other political and economic systems such as communism and socialism, as part of the social studies curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Ryan Williams Effective Date(s) 04/29/2022 on 05/04/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1006, relative to black history. [SB-2501] [Education ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
As enacted, requires, rather than recommends, that the course of instruction for students in grades five through eight include curricula designed to educate students in black history and black culture. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1006.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Raumesh A. Akbari Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 938 on 05/04/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to adult education. [HB-2553] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ]
As enacted, specifies that an adult high school may provide virtual instruction in accordance with the Virtual Public Schools Act; requires an adult high school that provides virtual instruction to satisfy the instructional time requirements established for adult high schools by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Patsy Hazlewood Effective Date(s) 04/19/2022 on 04/25/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to adult education. [SB-2441] [Education ] [Technology and Innovation ]
As enacted, specifies that an adult high school may provide virtual instruction in accordance with the Virtual Public Schools Act; requires an adult high school that provides virtual instruction to satisfy the instructional time requirements established for adult high schools by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Mike Bell Comp. Became Pub. Ch. 838 on 04/25/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to curriculum. [HB-2511] [Education ]
As introduced, requires that high school students be taught about the significance of capitalism and the republican form of government to the United States and Tennessee, as compared to other political and economic systems such as communism and socialism, as part of the social studies curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Dennis Powers Intro., P1c. on 02/02/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 48 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10, relative to Holocaust education. [HB-2491] [Education ] [Human Rights ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to provide instruction regarding the Holocaust. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 48 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Ray Clemmons Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Education Instruction Subcommittee Of Education Instruction on 03/08/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4, Chapter 48 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10, relative to Holocaust education. [SB-2358] [Education ] [Human Rights ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires LEAs and public charter schools to provide instruction regarding the Holocaust. - Amends TCA Title 4, Chapter 48 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Brenda Gilmore Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Education Committee on 02/03/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to financial literacy instruction. [HB-2294] [Education ] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires that students in grades six through eight complete a financial literacy course. - Amends TCA Title 49.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Ray Clemmons Received From House, Passed On First Consideration on 04/12/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to financial literacy instruction. [SB-2174] [Education ] [Finance ] [Consumer Protection ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires that students in grades six through eight complete a financial literacy course. - Amends TCA Title 49.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Raumesh A. Akbari Assigned To General Subcommittee Of Senate Finance, Ways, And Means Committee on 04/26/2022

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Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1006, relative to black history. [HB-2106] [Education ] [Race and Civil Rights ]
As enacted, requires, rather than recommends, that the course of instruction for students in grades five through eight include curricula designed to educate students in black history and black culture. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1006.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. John Ray Clemmons Effective Date(s) 07/01/2025 on 05/04/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 18, relative to the Course Access Program Act. [SB-1836] [Education ]
As introduced, removes authorization for students in grades seven and eight to enroll in course access program courses; removes the authority of the state board of education to approve and adopt additional enrollment requirements for course access program courses; authorizes the state board to establish additional grounds and requirements for the exclusion of courses from the course access catalog. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Joseph Hensley Passed On Second Consideration, Refer To Senate Education Committee on 01/26/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 18, relative to the Course Access Program Act. [HB-1850] [Education ]
As enacted, revises various provisions of the Course Access Program Act. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Cameron Sexton Effective Date(s) 07/01/2022 on 05/04/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 18, relative to the Course Access Program Act. [HB-1715] [Education ]
As introduced, removes authorization for students in grades seven and eight to enroll in course access program courses; removes the authority of the state board of education to approve and adopt additional enrollment requirements for course access program courses; authorizes the state board to establish additional grounds and requirements for the exclusion of courses from the course access catalog. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Todd Warner Taken Off Notice For Cal In S/c Education Instruction Subcommittee Of Education Instruction on 02/15/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to sex education. [HB-1506] [Education ] [Healthcare ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, deletes the family life curriculum required for schools located in certain counties that only allows students to receive education on sexual risk avoidance through abstinence; requires each LEA and public charter school that serves any of the grades kindergarten through 12 to provide students with medically accurate, age-appropriate sex education that teaches students about abstinence, contraception, consent, and how to develop healthy relationships and communication skills. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Samuel McKenzie Assigned To S/c Education Instruction Subcommittee on 03/01/2021

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Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10, relative to curriculum. [HB-1460] [Education ] [Race and Civil Rights ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires each LEA and public charter school to provide age-appropriate instruction to public school students on black history in the fifth and eighth grades; directs the department of education to provide LEAs and public charter schools with black history resources and materials. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10.

  

Sponsored by: Rep. Yusuf A. Hakeem Withdrawn. on 01/27/2022

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State (Tennessee)
Tennessee 112th General Assembly

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to social health curriculum. [SB-1580] [Education ] [Public Health ] [Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires students in grades 6-8 to enroll in an introduction to social health course developed by LEAs based on standards developed by the state board of education. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.

  

Sponsored by: Sen. Paul E. Bailey Action Deferred In Senate Education Committee To 1/12/2022 on 04/07/2021

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