Education, Dept. of

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary does not mention removing any specific sentences, only adding a new requirement.

Making Student Allergy Reporting Forms Public

This bill requires the Tennessee Department of Education to make a form for reporting student allergies available on its website.

What This Bill Does

• Changes a part of Tennessee's education laws.
• Adds a new rule that says the department must make one specific form available online.
• Requires the form to be put on the Department of Education’s website.

Who It Names or Affects

• The Tennessee Department of Education
• Students and their families who need to report allergies

Terms To Know

Department of Education

A government agency that makes rules about schools and education.

Standardized form

A specific paper or online document used for a particular purpose, like reporting student allergies.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify how the department will make the form available.
• It is unclear if there are other forms that might also need to be made public.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 1576
By Lowe

HOUSE BILL 2015
By Cochran
HB2015
010658
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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 49-1-208, is amended by deleting the
second sentence and substituting instead the following:
The department shall make the form publicly available on its website.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it.