Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1065 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 1016
3	3	By White
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 1065
6	6	By Sherrell
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
14	14	Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to
15	15	school safety.
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17	17	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
18	18	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-804(a), is amended by
19	19	designating the existing language as subdivision (1) and adding the following new subdivision:
20	20	(2)
21	21	(A) Each district-wide school safety team and building-level school safety
22	22	team shall include in its district-wide school safety plan or building-level school
23	23	safety plan the process by which administrators of the LEA or school must notify
24	24	parents and legal guardians of students enrolled in the LEA or school of
25	25	emergencies and incidents of violence occurring on the grounds of the LEA or
26	26	school, as well as credible threats of violence made against the LEA, school, or
27	27	students or employees of the LEA or school, regardless of whether the parent's
28	28	or legal guardian's student was involved in, a witness to, a participant in, or a
29	29	target of, the emergency, incident of violence, or credible threat of violence.
30	30	(B) The process required in subdivision (a)(2)(A) must specify the
31	31	manner of communication and a general timeline for when parents and legal
32	32	guardians must be notified. It is the intent of the general assembly that parents
33	33	and legal guardians be notified as early as possible without interfering with any
34	34	disciplinary, investigatory, or prosecutorial function.
35	35	(C) Any disclosure made by an administrator of an LEA or school
36	36	pursuant to its district-wide school safety plan or building-level school safety plan
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41	41	for purposes of this subdivision (a)(2) must comply with the Family Educational
42	42	Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g); § 10-7-504; the Data
43	43	Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act, compiled in chapter 1, part 7
44	44	of this title; and all other relevant state and federal privacy laws.
45	45	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-225(b), is amended by deleting
46	46	"§ 49-6-804(a)" and substituting instead "§ 49-6-804(a)(1)".
47	47	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-805(2), is amended by deleting
48	48	the subdivision and substituting instead the following:
49	49	(2)
50	50	(A) Policies and procedures for communication with law enforcement
51	51	officials in the event of emergencies and incidents of, or threats of, violence; and
52	52	(B)
53	53	(i) Policies and procedures by which an LEA or school must notify
54	54	parents and legal guardians of students enrolled in the LEA or school of
55	55	emergencies and incidents of violence occurring on the grounds of the
56	56	LEA or school, as well as credible threats of violence made against the
57	57	LEA, school, or students or employees of the LEA or school, regardless
58	58	of whether the parent's or legal guardian's student was involved in, a
59	59	witness to, a participant in, or a target of, the emergency, incident of
60	60	violence, or credible threat of violence;
61	61	(ii) The process established in the template must require the LEA
62	62	or school to specify the manner of communication and a general timeline
63	63	for when parents and legal guardians must be notified. It is the intent of
64	64	the general assembly that parents and legal guardians be notified as
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69	69	early as possible without interfering with any disciplinary, investigatory, or
70	70	prosecutorial function; and
71	71	(iii) The template must direct that all disclosures made by an
72	72	administrator of an LEA or school pursuant to its district-wide school
73	73	safety plan or building-level school safety plan for purposes of this
74	74	subdivision (2)(B) must comply with the Family Educational Rights and
75	75	Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g); § 10-7-504; the Data
76	76	Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act, compiled in chapter 1,
77	77	part 7 of this title; and all other relevant state and federal privacy laws;
78	78	SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-2701, is amended by deleting
79	79	subsection (d) and substituting instead the following:
80	80	(d)
81	81	(1) The threat assessment team shall document all behaviors and
82	82	incidents deemed to pose a risk to school safety or that result in intervention and
83	83	shall provide the information to the LEA or public charter school, as applicable.
84	84	The LEA or public charter school must consider the information when reviewing
85	85	and developing a district-wide or building-level school safety plan.
86	86	(2) The LEA's director of schools or the director of the public charter
87	87	school, as applicable, or the respective director's designee, must notify parents
88	88	and legal guardians of students enrolled in the LEA or public charter school of
89	89	incidents deemed to pose a risk to school safety or that result in intervention that
90	90	are reported to the LEA or public charter school pursuant to subdivision (d)(1), if
91	91	the incident would require parental notification pursuant to the LEA's or public
92	92	charter school's district-wide school safety plan or building-level school safety
93	93	plan. It is the intent of the general assembly that parents and legal guardians be
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98	98	notified as early as possible without interfering with any disciplinary,
99	99	investigatory, or prosecutorial function.
100	100	(3) All information documented pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) must be
101	101	documented in accordance with, and all disclosures made by an LEA or public
102	102	charter school pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) must comply with, the Family
103	103	Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g), § 10-7-504,
104	104	and all other relevant state and federal privacy laws.
105	105	SECTION 5. Section 4 of this act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare
106	106	requiring it. All other sections of this act take effect January 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring
107	107	it, and apply to district-wide school safety plans and building-level school safety plans in effect
108	108	on or after that date.