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                          PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 484

                                                 HOUSE BILL NO. 485

By Representatives Hardaway, Love, Brooks, Cepicky, McKenzie, Camper, Mitchell,
Salinas, Towns, Chism, White, Hakeem, Dixie, Shaw, Hulsey, Doggett, Lynn, Harris,
Miller, Glynn, Justin Jones, Hemmer, Stinnett, Slater, Freeman

                                       Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 517

                                By Senators Akbari, Lamar, Campbell, Oliver

          AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, relative to school attendance.

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3004, is amended by adding the
following as a new subsection:

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                           • (1) An LEA or public charter school may provide up to four (4) days of the
                    required one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction in subdivision
                    (a)(1) via hybrid learning in the event of dangerous or extreme weather
                    conditions, or an emergency, as determined by the director of schools or the
                    director of the public charter school in accordance with this subsection U).

                               (2) An LEA or public charter school that provides hybrid learning pursuant
                    to this subsection U), shall provide:

                                         (A) Students enrolled in kindergarten access to at least four (4)
                               hours of instruction each day; and

                                         (8) Students enrolled in grades one through twelve (1-12) access
                               to at least six and one-half (6 1/2) hours of instruction each day.

                               (3) In tracking daily student attendance and compliance with state school
                     attendance and truancy intervention laws, an LEA and public charter school shall
                     implement policies and procedures for the LEA or public charter school to
                     request and receive daily visual, verbal, or written confirmation of student
                     participation in instructional time; determine excused versus unexcused student
                     absences; and implement interventions to address student absences during
                     remote instruction.

                               (4) Each LEA and public charter school that provides hybrid learning
                     pursuant to this subsection U) shall comply with all state and federal laws, rules,
                     and policies.

                               (5) Each LEA and public charter school shall make services required by a
                     student's individualized education program (IEP) available to the student on days
                     that hybrid learning is provided pursuant to this subsection U).

                               (6) If an LEA or public charter school uses the maximum amount of days
                     authorized for hybrid learning pursuant to subdivision U)(1) in a school year, then
                     the LEA or public charter school may request the commissioner to authorize
                     additional days for hybrid learning in the event of a natural disaster or serious
                     outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff.

                               (7) As used in this subsection U), "hybrid learning" means an instructional
                     day in which some students participate in-person classroom instruction and some
                     students participate in remote classroom instruction.
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          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.

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                      HOUSE BILL NO. 485

PASSED:  April 22. 2025

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                               CAMERONSEXTON,SPEAKER
                              HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

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                               \          RANDY MCNAL~

                               SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR