Tennessee 2025-2026 Regular Session

Tennessee Senate Bill SB1016 Compare Versions

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12	12	AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
13	13	Chapter 1 and Title 49, Chapter 6, relative to
14	14	school safety.
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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 49-6-804(a), is amended by
18	18	designating the existing language as subdivision (1) and adding the following new subdivision:
19	19	(2)
20	20	(A) Each district-wide school safety team and building-level school safety
21	21	team shall include in its district-wide school safety plan or building-level school
22	22	safety plan the process by which administrators of the LEA or school must notify
23	23	parents and legal guardians of students enrolled in the LEA or school of
24	24	emergencies and incidents of violence occurring on the grounds of the LEA or
25	25	school, as well as credible threats of violence made against the LEA, school, or
26	26	students or employees of the LEA or school, regardless of whether the parent's
27	27	or legal guardian's student was involved in, a witness to, a participant in, or a
28	28	target of, the emergency, incident of violence, or credible threat of violence.
29	29	(B) The process required in subdivision (a)(2)(A) must specify the
30	30	manner of communication and a general timeline for when parents and legal
31	31	guardians must be notified. It is the intent of the general assembly that parents
32	32	and legal guardians be notified as early as possible without interfering with any
33	33	disciplinary, investigatory, or prosecutorial function.
34	34	(C) Any disclosure made by an administrator of an LEA or school
35	35	pursuant to its district-wide school safety plan or building-level school safety plan
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40	40	for purposes of this subdivision (a)(2) must comply with the Family Educational
41	41	Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g); § 10-7-504; the Data
42	42	Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act, compiled in chapter 1, part 7
43	43	of this title; and all other relevant state and federal privacy laws.
44	44	SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-225(b), is amended by deleting
45	45	"§ 49-6-804(a)" and substituting instead "§ 49-6-804(a)(1)".
46	46	SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-805(2), is amended by deleting
47	47	the subdivision and substituting instead the following:
48	48	(2)
49	49	(A) Policies and procedures for communication with law enforcement
50	50	officials in the event of emergencies and incidents of, or threats of, violence; and
51	51	(B)
52	52	(i) Policies and procedures by which an LEA or school must notify
53	53	parents and legal guardians of students enrolled in the LEA or school of
54	54	emergencies and incidents of violence occurring on the grounds of the
55	55	LEA or school, as well as credible threats of violence made against the
56	56	LEA, school, or students or employees of the LEA or school, regardless
57	57	of whether the parent's or legal guardian's student was involved in, a
58	58	witness to, a participant in, or a target of, the emergency, incident of
59	59	violence, or credible threat of violence;
60	60	(ii) The process established in the template must require the LEA
61	61	or school to specify the manner of communication and a general timeline
62	62	for when parents and legal guardians must be notified. It is the intent of
63	63	the general assembly that parents and legal guardians be notified as
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68	68	early as possible without interfering with any disciplinary, investigatory, or
69	69	prosecutorial function; and
70	70	(iii) The template must direct that all disclosures made by an
71	71	administrator of an LEA or school pursuant to its district-wide school
72	72	safety plan or building-level school safety plan for purposes of this
73	73	subdivision (2)(B) must comply with the Family Educational Rights and
74	74	Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g); § 10-7-504; the Data
75	75	Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act, compiled in chapter 1,
76	76	part 7 of this title; and all other relevant state and federal privacy laws;
77	77	SECTION 4. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-2701, is amended by deleting
78	78	subsection (d) and substituting instead the following:
79	79	(d)
80	80	(1) The threat assessment team shall document all behaviors and
81	81	incidents deemed to pose a risk to school safety or that result in intervention and
82	82	shall provide the information to the LEA or public charter school, as applicable.
83	83	The LEA or public charter school must consider the information when reviewing
84	84	and developing a district-wide or building-level school safety plan.
85	85	(2) The LEA's director of schools or the director of the public charter
86	86	school, as applicable, or the respective director's designee, must notify parents
87	87	and legal guardians of students enrolled in the LEA or public charter school of
88	88	incidents deemed to pose a risk to school safety or that result in intervention that
89	89	are reported to the LEA or public charter school pursuant to subdivision (d)(1), if
90	90	the incident would require parental notification pursuant to the LEA's or public
91	91	charter school's district-wide school safety plan or building-level school safety
92	92	plan. It is the intent of the general assembly that parents and legal guardians be
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97	97	notified as early as possible without interfering with any disciplinary,
98	98	investigatory, or prosecutorial function.
99	99	(3) All information documented pursuant to subdivision (d)(1) must be
100	100	documented in accordance with, and all disclosures made by an LEA or public
101	101	charter school pursuant to subdivision (d)(2) must comply with, the Family
102	102	Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g), § 10-7-504,
103	103	and all other relevant state and federal privacy laws.
104	104	SECTION 5. Section 4 of this act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare
105	105	requiring it. All other sections of this act take effect January 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring
106	106	it, and apply to district-wide school safety plans and building-level school safety plans in effect
107	107	on or after that date.