Education

Plain English Breakdown

The exact locations for posting signs are not detailed beyond being high-traffic and highly visible public areas.

Adding More Signs for Child Safety in Schools

This bill requires Tennessee schools to post two signs with child abuse and neglect reporting numbers instead of one.

What This Bill Does

• Requires each school to put up two signs showing the phone number people can call if they suspect a child is being abused or neglected.
• The signs must be placed in high-traffic, highly visible public areas that are readily accessible to students.

Who It Names or Affects

• All K-12 public school students and staff in Tennessee
• School administrators who are responsible for posting the signs

Terms To Know

Tennessee Code Annotated

The official collection of laws passed by the state legislature.

Department of Children's Services

A government agency that helps protect children from abuse and neglect.

Limits and Unknowns

• It is not clear if this bill will be amended or voted on in the future.
• The exact locations for posting signs are specified as high-traffic, highly visible public areas but do not specify specific places like hallways or cafeterias.

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

SENATE BILL 2668
By Akbari

HOUSE BILL 2297
By Hardaway
HB2297
012581
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to K-12 education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-304(c), is amended by deleting
the language "one (1) high-traffic, highly and clearly visible public area that is" and substituting
"two (2) high-traffic, highly and clearly visible public areas that are".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.