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SB1066 • 2026

Education, State Board of

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

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Sponsor
White, Cepicky
Last action
2025-02-12
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

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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 post the DARE program's curriculum online.

Who It Names or Affects

  • The Tennessee State Board of Education

Terms To Know

DARE Program
A program that teaches kids how to say no to drugs and alcohol.
State Board of Education
The group in charge of making rules about schools in Tennessee.

Limits and Unknowns

  • Does not specify the content of the DARE curriculum.
  • Does not detail how often the curriculum needs to be updated on the website.

Bill History

  1. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  2. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  3. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  4. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  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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HOUSE BILL 1196
By Cepicky

SENATE BILL 1066
By White

SB1066
003233
- 1 -

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.