Amends TCA Title 49.

Present law prohibits the commissioner of education from granting a person, on behalf of the state board of education, a temporary permit to teach mandatory physical education classes. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year and applying to each school year thereafter, this bill removes this restriction from the present law.<br /> <br /> Present law authorizes a teacher holding the teacher's second or third teaching permit to apply to the department of education for a limited license to continue teaching the course or subject area taught pursuant to the teacher's current temporary permit. However, a teacher who holds such a temporary permit cannot receive a limited license to teach mandatory physical education classes. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year and applying to each school year thereafter, this bill removes this restriction from the present law.<br /> <br /> Present law requires mandatory physical education classes, which require each elementary student in an LEA to participate in a physical education class that meets at least two times per full school week during the year, to be taught by a licensed teacher with an endorsement in physical education or by a specialist in physical education. Beginning with the 2024-2025 school year and applying to each school year thereafter, this bill rewrites this provision to, instead, require such mandatory physical education courses to be taught by a licensed teacher with an endorsement in physical education or by a specialist in physical education, except as otherwise authorized by this bill.<br />