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                              PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 632

                                                      SENATE BILL NO. 273

                                                                By Taylor

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 369

                                                   By Doggett, Atchley, Love

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-136 and Title 49, relative to student
          records.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-136, is amended by designating
subsection (b) as subsection (c) and adding the following as a new subsection (b):

                    (b) It is not a violation of this section for an employee of a school to alter, create, or
          duplicate the grade of a student in an educational or academic document, if such alteration,
          creation, or duplication is due to the student earning the grade through a program that allows
          the student to retake a failed course, exam, or assignment and earn credit.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 273

PASSED:  March 19, 2026

                                              RANDY MdtJALLY
                                 SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

                         CAMEtw,N SEXTON, SPEAKER
                         HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

APPROVED this 'Sf day of (\pri(                   2026

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                              BILL LEE, GOVERNOR