Education, Curriculum - As enacted, adds instruction for public high school students on this state's safe haven law to the required components of a family life curriculum. - Amends TCA Title 49. SB0319 has been assigned , the official text

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PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 164

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 319

                                      By Massey, Hatcher, Bailey, Yager, Yarbro

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 368

      By Stinnett, Marsh, Butler, Parkinson, Hardaway, Garringer, Capley, Davis, Reneau, Sparks

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to student instruction.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1304(a), is amended by adding the
following as a new subdivision:

                    (15) Beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, educate students in grades nine
          through twelve (9-12) on the protections established in §§ 36-1-142 and 68-11-255 for the
          voluntary surrender of an unharmed infant by the infant's mother without criminal liability, which
          is commonly known as this state's safe haven law. The state board of education, with the
          assistance of the department of education, shall develop guidelines for the instruction required
          in this subdivision (a)(15). The department is encouraged to collaborate with A Secret Safe
          Place for Newborns of Tennessee, Inc., a nonprofit organization whose mission is to educate
          the public and healthcare providers regarding this state's safe haven law, in developing
          educational materials aligned to the guidelines developed by the state board. The department
          shall distribute the guidelines developed by the state board pursuant to this subdivision (a)(15)
          to each LEA that serves students in any of the grades nine through twelve (9-12) and to each
          public charter high school before the start of the 2026-2027 school year.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 319

PASSED:  March 28, 2025

                                          RANDY McNAli.,Y

                                SPEAKER OF THE SENAtrE

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                          CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER

                          HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

Apr;! APPROVED this llt:9(. day of                 2025

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                               BILL LEE, GOVERNOR