Amends TCA Title 4; Title 37; Title 49; Title 68 and Title 71.

Present law authorizes LEAs to require school children and LEA employees to submit to a physical examination by a competent physician whenever there is reason to believe that the children or employees have a communicable disease, and upon certification from the examining physician that the children or employees have any communicable disease, to exclude them from school or service until the children or employees furnish proper certification from the examining physician showing the communicable disease to have been cured. This bill removes such authority from LEAs with regard to COVID-19. This bill generally prohibits LEAs, public charter schools, and public institutions of higher education from: (1) Developing a contact tracing procedure for COVID-19; (2) Implementing a new or existing contact tracing procedure for COVID-19; or (3) Denying an individual access to its premises, or prohibiting an individual from utilizing its services, solely because the individual is suspected to have been exposed to or infected with COVID-19 and is not exhibiting symptoms. The prohibitions described in (3) does not apply if a county health department has identified an individual as a known or suspected case of COVID-19. An LEA, public charter school, or public institution of higher education must follow applicable rules from the county health department as it relates to the identified individual. This bill specifies that the prohibitions described in (1)-(3) do not affect present law related to remote instruction.