Education, Curriculum
Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to robotics education. [SB-1433]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Children and Youth ]
As introduced, creates the robotics education task force to research opportunities for expansion of robotics education programs in the kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Section 71-5-133, relative to human reproduction. [SB-1392]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Healthcare ]
[Education ]
[Public Health ]
[Children and Youth ]
As enacted, revises provisions governing contraception information provided as part of instruction of the family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Section 71-5-133.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13, relative to curriculum. [SB-1229]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
As enacted, requires an LEA or public charter school to notify a student's parent or guardian prior to commencing instruction of a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum; permits a parent or guardian to excuse the parent's or guardian's student from a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum, and prohibits the LEA or charter school from penalizing an excused student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 2, relative to publishing curriculum. [SB-1147]
[Education ]
As enacted, requires an LEA to publish its curriculum on the LEA's website and to update curriculum changes at the beginning of each semester. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10, relative to curriculum. [SB-1101]
[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.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, Chapter 50, relative to the creation of a state oversight committee for the inclusion of African American history as part of the public school curriculum in Tennessee. [SB-685]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
As introduced, creates a state oversight committee for the inclusion of African American history as part of the public school curriculum in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49, Chapter 50.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to sex education. [SB-646]
[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.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Section 71-5-133, relative to human reproduction. [HB-577]
[Reproductive Rights / Abortion ]
[Education ]
[Healthcare ]
[Public Health ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
[Children and Youth ]
As enacted, revises provisions governing contraception information provided as part of instruction of the family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 49; Title 63; Title 68 and Section 71-5-133.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to robotics education. [HB-550]
[Education ]
[Technology and Innovation ]
[Science ]
[Children and Youth ]
As introduced, creates the robotics education task force to research opportunities for expansion of robotics education programs in the kindergarten through grade 12 curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13, relative to curriculum. [HB-529]
[Education ]
[Children and Youth ]
[Family-Related Legislation ]
As enacted, requires an LEA or public charter school to notify a student's parent or guardian prior to commencing instruction of a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum; permits a parent or guardian to excuse the parent's or guardian's student from a sexual orientation or gender identity curriculum, and prohibits the LEA or charter school from penalizing an excused student. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 13.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4 and Title 49, Chapter 50, relative to the creation of a state oversight committee for the inclusion of African American history as part of the public school curriculum in Tennessee. [HB-429]
[Education ]
[Race and Civil Rights ]
[Community Development ]
[Children and Youth ]
As introduced, creates a state oversight committee for the inclusion of African American history as part of the public school curriculum in Tennessee. - Amends TCA Title 4 and Title 49, Chapter 50.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to firearm safety instruction. [SB-227]
[Education ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 18, relative to the Course Access Program Act. [HB-7007]
[Education ]
As introduced, restricts the course access program to high school students only; removes the ability of a student to enroll in a program course in situations where "a legitimate situation exists that prevents the student from enrolling in a comparable course"; authorizes the state board of education to exclude a course offered by a school issued a "D" or "F" letter grade by the department in the most-recent state report card from the course access catalog. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 2, relative to publishing curriculum. [HB-210]
[Education ]
As enacted, requires an LEA to publish its curriculum on the LEA's website and to update curriculum changes at the beginning of each semester. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 2.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 18, relative to the Course Access Program Act. [SB-7008]
[Education ]
As introduced, restricts the course access program to high school students only; removes the ability of a student to enroll in a program course in situations where "a legitimate situation exists that prevents the student from enrolling in a comparable course"; authorizes the state board of education to exclude a course offered by a school issued a "D" or "F" letter grade by the department in the most-recent state report card from the course access catalog. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 18.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to educational programs for students in kindergarten through grade twelve. [SB-156]
[Education ]
As introduced, requires each LEA and public charter school to provide age-appropriate instruction to public school students in kindergarten through grade 12 on the events of September 11, 2001, annually on September 11. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to social health curriculum. [HB-160]
[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.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to educational programs for students in kindergarten through grade twelve. [HB-149]
[Education ]
As introduced, requires each LEA and public charter school to provide age-appropriate instruction to public school students in kindergarten through grade 12 on the events of September 11, 2001, annually on September 11. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
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Tennessee 112th General Assembly
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to firearm safety instruction. [HB-103]
[Education ]
[Firearms/Gun Control ]
[Public Safety ]
[Children and Youth ]
As introduced, requires, beginning with the 2022-2023 school year, each local education agency and public charter school to provide students with age-appropriate and grade-appropriate instruction on firearm safety. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6.
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Tennessee 111th General Assembly
As enacted, revises provisions governing released time courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. [SB-1373]
[Education ]
As enacted, revises provisions governing released time courses. - Amends TCA Title 49.