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State ef Jennessee
PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 834
SENATE BILL NO. 1817
By Powers, Bowling
Substituted for: House Bill No. 1725
By Maberry, White, McCalmon, Todd, Reneau, Powers, Camper, Love
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to dependent children of service
members.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3101, is amended by adding the
following as new subsections:
(d) If a student enrolls in a public school pursuant to subsection (b) and the student
has an active Section 504 plan developed under Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act (29
U.S.C. § 794), an individualized family service plan under 20 U.S.C. § 1436, or an
individualized education plan under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C.
§ 1400 et seq.), then the LEA shall take the necessary steps to ensure that necessary
services are in place when the student enrolls.
(e) Notwithstanding another law to the contrary, if a student is enrolled in a high
school that is managed and controlled by a local board of education for the LEA in which the
student is enrolled in grade eleven (11) or twelve (12) and is the dependent child of a service
member who relocates on military orders resulting in the student no longer residing in the
school district due to the relocation, then the LEA shall allow the student to remain enrolled in
the same high school until the student graduates or withdraws.
(f)( 1) An LEA shall allow a student to enroll in a school in the LEA if:
(A) The student is a dependent child of a service member who is
relocated on military orders;
(8) Due to the relocation on military orders, the student resides within
the school district at the time of enrollment in the LEA; and
(C) The student's parent intends to reside in the zone for the school for
which the student is seeking to enroll no later than one (1) calendar year after
the date on which the student enrolled.
(2) The student's parent shall provide proof that the student is a resident of the
zoned school in which the student is enrolled pursuant to this subsection (f) no later
than one (1) calendar year from the date on which the student enrolled in the LEA.
(3) If a parent does not provide proof within one (1) calendar year from the
student's enrollment, then the LEA may require the student to transfer to the school
for which the student is zoned to attend.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 1817
PASSED: April 14, 2026
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RANDY McNA\LY
SPEAKER OF THE SENATE
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CAMERON SEXTON, SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
;nu. APPROVED this day of ~-r I 2026
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