Local Education Agencies

Plain English Breakdown

The bill summary and text do not provide specific details about the types of rewards or funding amounts, leaving this information open-ended.

School Reward Programs for Reporting Weapons

This bill allows local schools and charter schools to create reward programs using private funds for people who report illegal guns on school property.

What This Bill Does

• Allows local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to start reward programs for reporting the illegal presence of a firearm on school grounds.
• Requires these programs to comply with state laws.
• Permits the use of private money to fund these reward programs.

Who It Names or Affects

• Local boards of education
• Public charter school governing bodies

Terms To Know

Illegal presence of a firearm

Having a gun on school property when it is not allowed by law.

Limits and Unknowns

• The exact cost and impact on local budgets cannot be predicted because the programs can vary in design and funding sources.
• It does not specify how much money should be used for rewards or what kind of rewards are given.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 2042
By Parkinson
HB2042
009737
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 40,
Chapter 8 and Title 49, relative to programs that
reward persons who report weapons on school
property.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 8, is amended by
adding the following as a new section:
(a) A local board of education or public charter school governing body may
implement a program that offers a reward to a person who provides an accurate report
of the illegal presence of a firearm on school property. The rewards offered in a program
created pursuant to this section may be tailored to each school's unique student
population, and tailored to work with schools, parents, and the community to encourage
credible reports of the illegal presence of a firearm on school property. A local board of
education or public charter school governing body that implements a program pursuant
to this section shall ensure that the program complies with state law.
(b) A program implemented pursuant to this section may be funded through
private donations.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.