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$tate of \lCennessee
PUBLIC CHAPTER NO. 296
HOUSE BILL NO. 1253
By Representative Alexander
Substituted for: Senate Bill No. 1410
By Senators Hensley, Bowling, Lowe
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-814; Title 49, Chapter 6
and Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3, relative to public schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-312(a), is amended by deleting
the language "twenty (20)" and substituting instead the language "thirty (30)".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 8-50-814(d)(2), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting instead:
(2) Each local board of education and public charter governing body shall adopt a
policy that requires the six (6) work weeks of paid leave granted pursuant to this section
to be:
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(i) Taken consecutively, except in extenuating circumstances, as
determined and approved by the director of schools or the director of the
public charter school, as applicable; or
(ii) Taken non-consecutively, but in increments of no less than one
( 1) week; and
(8) Used within twelve (12) months of the birth or stillbirth of the
employee's child or the employee's adoption of a newly placed minor child.
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it. HOUSE BILL NO. 1253
PASSED: April 7. 2025
CAMERON--sEXTON,SPEAKER
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
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RANDY I
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SPEAKER OF THE s
APPROVED this auij_ day of l\p{I 2025
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BILL LEE, GOVERNOR