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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 873
SENATE BILL NO. 2525
By Hatcher, White, Haile, Oliver, Seal
Substituted for: House Bill No. 2398
By Stinnett, Moon, Maberry, Cochran, Reneau, Bricken, Eldridge
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 50, Chapter 5 and Title 71,
relative to children.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 71, Chapter 3, Part 5, is amended by adding
the following as a new section:
(a) Notwithstanding § 50-5-105, a high school student who is sixteen (16) years of
age or older may work in a child care center outside of school hours or during school hours
through a work-based learning program if the student has completed at least two (2) courses
in a program of study that falls under the education and training career cluster.
(b) The department may promulgate rules to effectuate this section. The rules must
be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in
title 4, chapter 5.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.
SENATE BILL NO. 2525
PASSED: April 15, 2026
RANDY Mc\JALLY
SPEAKER OF THE SlNA TE
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HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
;;;:r,,. APPROVED this I day of Apri 2026
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