Education, Curriculum

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details about the criteria for reviewing curricula or how it affects existing programs.

Family Life Education Curriculum Review

This bill requires local education agencies and public charter schools to review new family life curricula recommended by a joint task force before each school year starts.

What This Bill Does

• Adds a requirement for local education agencies (LEAs) and public charter schools to review any new family life curriculum recommendations from the joint task force on children's justice and child sexual abuse prior to the start of each school year.

Who It Names or Affects

• Local education agencies (LEAs)
• Public charter schools

Terms To Know

local education agency (LEA)

An organization responsible for providing public education in a specific area.

public charter school

A publicly funded independent school that has more freedom than traditional public schools to set its own policies and programs.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify what criteria should be used for reviewing the curricula.
• It is unclear how this review process will affect existing family life education programs in place before July 1, 2025.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 565
By Pody

HOUSE BILL 914
By Sparks

HB0914
001333
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 39
and Title 49, relative to family life education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-1304(e), is amended by adding
the following language at the end of the subsection:
Each LEA and public charter school must review any new curricula recommended by the
joint task force prior to the start of each school year.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.