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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 156

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 124

                                                             By Powers

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 81

                             By Hemmer, Reedy, Freeman, Hardaway, Camper, Love

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to the transfer of student records.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3001 (c)(1 ), is amended by deleting all
language after the first sentence, designating subdivision (c)(1) as subdivision (c)(1)(A), and adding
the following as a new subdivision:

                    (B)(i) If a student transfers from one (1) school to another school in the same LEA, then
                    the LEA shall provide a copy of the student's records, including the student's academic,
                    disciplinary, behavioral, and special education records, to the school to which the
                    student transfers within five (5) business days of the date on which the student's
                    records request was received by the school. If a student transfers from one (1) LEA to
                    another LEA, then the LEA from which a student transfers shall provide a copy of the
                    student's records, including the student's academic, disciplinary, behavioral, and
                    special education records, to the LEA to which the student transfers within five (5)
                    business days of the date on which the student's records request was received by the
                    LEA.

                              (ii) If an LEA or school provides a copy of a student's records to an LEA or
                    school to which the student has expressed an intent to transfer but does not transfer,
                    then the LEA or school that received the copy of the student's records shall notify the
                    LEA or school from which such records were provided that the student did not enroll in
                    the LEA or school within five (5) business days of the date on which the LEA or school
                    received the records.

                              (iii) An LEA or school that provides or receives student records pursuant to this
                    subdivision (c)(1)(B) must do so in compliance with the Family Educational Rights and
                    Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g).

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 124

PASSED:  March 31, 2025

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