HB 368 - SB 319
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
February 8, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Alan Hampton | Email: alan.hampton@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
HB 368 - SB 319
SUMMARY OF BILL: Requires a family life curriculum to include instruction to students in
grades nine through twelve (9-12) on this state’s Safe Haven Law. Requires the state board of
education (SBE) to develop guidelines for the required instruction. Requires the Department of
Education (DOE) to develop educational materials aligned to the guidelines developed by the SBE
and to distribute the guidelines to each local education agency (LEA) that serves students in any of
the grades 9-12 and to each public charter high school before the start of the 2025-26 school year.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1302(a)(2), each local education agency is required to
locally develop and adopt a family life curriculum that conforms with statutory guidelines.
• Tennessee Code Annotated § 49-6-1304 outlines the topics for a family life curriculum that
may be taught to the extent the topic and manner of communication is age appropriate.
• The proposed legislation requires a family life curriculum to provide instruction to students
in any of the grades 9-12 on the protections established in Tenn. Code Ann. §§ 36-1-142
and 68-11-255 for the voluntary surrender of an unharmed infant by the infant's mother
without criminal liability, which is commonly known as this state's Safe Haven Law.
• The SBE and DOE will be able to develop guidelines and educational materials required by
the proposed legislation within existing resources and during the normal course of business.
• Schools will not be required to purchase or update classroom materials and will be able to
include instruction on this state’s Safe Haven Law utilizing free and available resources
during the normal course of instruction of a family life curriculum.
• Any fiscal impact to state or local government is estimated to be not significant.
CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director