Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 16.

Present law specifies the procedure that a school teacher, school official, or other school personnel must follow when receiving information about possible abuse from a child. Present law prohibits school child abuse coordinators, school teachers, school officials, and other school personnel from providing any information relevant to a suspected incident of child abuse or child sexual abuse to the child's parent or guardian, and requires that any questions from the child's parent or guardian be referred to the investigating law enforcement agency and the department. This bill creates an exception to present law to authorize school child abuse coordinators, school teachers, school officials, and other school personnel to provide information relevant to a suspected incident of child abuse or child sexual abuse to the child's parent or guardian when such a disclosure is required by federal law or regulation. ON MARCH 1, 2021, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1, AND PASSED SENATE BILL 124, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 adds additional conditions to the exception that this bill creates. Under this amendment, school child abuse coordinators, school teachers, school officials, and other school personnel may provide information relevant to a suspected incident of child abuse or child sexual abuse to the child's parent or guardian when: (1) The disclosure is required by federal law or regulation; (2) The parent to whom the notification is made is not alleged to be the perpetrator or in any way complicit in the abuse or neglect; and (3) The notification is done in conjunction with the department of children's services.