AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39 and Title 49, relative to family life education.
Summary
HB0914 amends Tennessee’s family life education law by requiring each local education agency (LEA) and public charter school to review any new curricula recommended by the joint task force before the start of each school year. The bill is narrow in scope and does not itself create a new curriculum or mandate specific instructional content; instead, it adds a procedural review requirement for schools when new family life education materials are recommended.
The measure takes effect July 1, 2025, and would apply to LEAs and public charter schools across Tennessee. By placing the review obligation in statute, it affects how school systems evaluate and prepare to implement family life education curricula, likely involving administrators, curriculum staff, and school boards in the annual adoption process.
Impact
The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated § 49-6-1304(e) by adding a requirement that LEAs and public charter schools review any new curricula recommended by the joint task force before each school year. It does not change the substantive content of family life education law, but it does impose an additional administrative step on school districts and charter schools in the curriculum review process.
Sentiment
Based on the bill text and the absence of recorded committee discussion or votes in the provided materials, the overall sentiment appears procedural and neutral. The bill is framed as an administrative safeguard rather than a controversial policy change, and there is no documented opposition or support in the supplied record.
Contention
No specific points of contention are documented in the provided transcripts or voting history. Potential areas of debate, if any, would likely center on local control, the timing and burden of annual curriculum review, and the role of the joint task force in recommending family life education materials, but no speaker or vote in the record identifies these as disputed issues.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55, relative to the Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act.
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55, relative to the Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act.