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                            PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 377

                                                     SENATE BILL NO. 713

                      By Taylor, Bailey, Crowe, Gardenhire, Jackson, Powers, Watson

                                             Substituted for: House Bill No. 665

                   By Cepicky, Glynn, Reedy, Slater, Todd, Parkinson, Wright, Terry, Davis

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

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

          SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-406, is amended by deleting the
section and substituting:

                    (a) If a public senior high school provides access to student directory information to
          persons or groups that make students aware of occupational or educational options, then the
          public senior high school shall provide access to the same information on the same basis to
          official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of this state and of the United States to
          allow students to be informed of educational and career opportunities available in the military.

                    (b) Each public senior high school shall provide official recruiting representatives of the
          armed forces of this state and of the United States to access the public senior high school:

                               (1) At least once a month during student lunch periods for the purpose of
                    informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military; and

                               (2) At least once every other month in which school is in session to provide
                    additional information about the armed forces to students who have expressed interest
                    in the armed forces and who would like more information.

          SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.
         SENATE BILL NO. 713

PASSED:  April 17, 2025

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                            SPEAKER OF THE SENATE

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         BILL LEE, GOVERNOR