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| 4 | 4 | SENATE BILL 946 | |
| 5 | 5 | By Powers | |
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| 8 | 8 | SB0946 | |
| 9 | 9 | 003193 | |
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| 12 | 12 | AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, | |
| 13 | 13 | relative to parental notification of safety concerns | |
| 14 | 14 | at public schools. | |
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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, Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 27, is amended by | |
| 18 | 18 | adding the following as a new section: | |
| 19 | 19 | (a) An LEA that receives, from a threat assessment team or any other source, | |
| 20 | 20 | credible information regarding a threat of violence or significantly disruptive behavior | |
| 21 | 21 | directed toward, or occurring on the grounds of, a public school in the LEA, and that | |
| 22 | 22 | reports the threat or disruptive behavior to a state or local law enforcement agency, must | |
| 23 | 23 | also notify the parents and guardians of students enrolled in the public school of the | |
| 24 | 24 | same threat or disruptive behavior the LEA reported to law enforcement. | |
| 25 | 25 | (b) The LEA shall notify parents and guardians within twenty-four (24) hours of | |
| 26 | 26 | the LEA's report to a state or local law enforcement agency, and may be made using | |
| 27 | 27 | existing communication methods for providing information to parents and guardians. | |
| 28 | 28 | SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it. |