Amends TCA Title 8; Title 10, Chapter 7, Part 5; Title 37; Title 38; Title 49; Section 55-8-151 and Title 62.

Tennessee SB0257 aimed to expand the qualifications for school resource officers (SROs) by allowing retired law enforcement officers and honorably discharged veterans to serve as SROs in public schools and charter schools. The bill required local education agencies and charter schools to adopt policies outlining the duties and authority of these SROs, ensuring compliance with privacy laws, and mandated that SROs carrying firearms complete a 40-hour training in school policing. The bill ultimately failed to pass.