Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee House Bill HB1199 Compare Versions

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2	2	SENATE BILL 161
3	3	By Hensley
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5	5	HOUSE BILL 1199
6	6	By Kumar
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9	9	HB1199
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13	13	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
14	14	Chapter 2, relative to boards of education.
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16	16	BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
17	17	SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-202, is amended by deleting
18	18	subsection (f) and substituting instead the following:
19	19	(f)
20	20	(1) Notwithstanding § 49-2-201 or this section to the contrary, each board
21	21	of education for an LEA that operates at least one (1) high school shall select
22	22	one (1) junior or senior student to serve as a nonvoting student representative on
23	23	the board to serve as the voice of the student body.
24	24	(2) Nonvoting student representatives must be selected according to the
25	25	process established by the board pursuant to subdivision (f)(5) and must serve at
26	26	least one (1) one-year term on the board. Each one-year term coincides with the
27	27	school year for which the nonvoting student representative is selected.
28	28	(3)
29	29	(A) Nonvoting student representatives must attend all board
30	30	meetings; provided, that the student representative shall not attend
31	31	confidential, nonpublic executive sessions of the board.
32	32	(B) If a nonvoting student representative fails to attend more than
33	33	(2) board meetings during the student's term on the board, then the board
34	34	shall remove the student from the student's position on the board and
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39	39	shall select another qualified student to serve as the nonvoting student
40	40	representative for the remainder of the school year.
41	41	(4) Each nonvoting student representative must:
42	42	(A) Be a junior or senior in a high school operated by the LEA;
43	43	(B) Serve at least one (1) one-year term on the board as a
44	44	nonvoting student representative, but may serve as a nonvoting student
45	45	representative for an additional one-year term if the student served as the
46	46	nonvoting student representative during the student's junior year. A
47	47	student is not eligible to serve as a nonvoting student representative on
48	48	the board if the student withdraws, transfers, or graduates from the high
49	49	school at which the student was enrolled at the time of selection; and
50	50	(C) Meet any additional requirements established by the board.
51	51	(5) Each board shall adopt a policy authorizing at least one (1) junior or
52	52	senior student who is enrolled at a high school operated by the respective LEA to
53	53	serve as a nonvoting student representative on the board in accordance with this
54	54	subsection (f). The board may establish additional eligibility requirements for
55	55	students who seek to serve on the board as a nonvoting student representative.
56	56	The policy must establish the process for selecting the nonvoting student
57	57	representative and must ensure students enrolled in one (1) high school
58	58	operated by the LEA have the same opportunity as students enrolled at another
59	59	high school operated by the LEA to serve as a nonvoting student representative.
60	60	(6) Students serve as nonvoting student members of a board without
61	61	compensation but may, at the discretion of the board, be reimbursed for
62	62	reasonable and necessary expenses incurred while engaged in board business.
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67	67	SECTION 2. For the purpose of developing and adopting the required policy, this act
68	68	takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. For all other purposes, this act
69	69	takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and applies to the 2025-2026 school
70	70	year and each school year thereafter.