Amends TCA Title 49.
ON APRIL 21, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1177, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 rewrites this bill to revise a provision of present law that requires the state board of education to require a course in Tennessee history for students. This amendment revises this provision to provide, instead, that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each LEA and public charter school must require fifth grade students to complete one semester of Tennessee history in the first semester of the students' fifth grade year.
ON APRIL 21, 2023, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #2 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 1177, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #2 rewrites this bill to revise a provision of present law that requires the state board of education to require a course in Tennessee history for students. This amendment revises this provision to provide, instead, that, beginning with the 2026-2027 school year, each LEA and public charter school must require fifth grade students to complete one semester of Tennessee history in the first semester of the students' fifth grade year.
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