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HB1196 • 2026

Education, State Board of

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

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Sponsor
Cepicky, White
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not provide details on how often updates are required, leaving this as an unknown.

Publishing Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Curriculum

This bill requires the Tennessee State Board of Education to publish the statewide DARE program's curriculum on their website.

What This Bill Does

  • Requires the state board of education to publish the DARE program's curriculum online.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee State Board of Education
  • People who want to know more about the DARE curriculum

Terms To Know

DARE
Drug Abuse Resistance Education, a program that teaches kids how to say no to drugs.
State Board of Education
The group in charge of making rules about schools and education in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not change the content or details of what is taught in DARE classes.
  • It does not specify how often the curriculum needs to be updated on the website.
  • This bill has not yet become a law, so it might still change.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  2. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  4. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  5. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  6. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1066
By White

HOUSE BILL 1196
By Cepicky

HB1196
003233
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to education curricula.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-402(a), is amended by adding
the following at the end of the subsection:
The state board of education shall publish the curriculum for the statewide DARE
program on the state board's website.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.