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TN Code § 49-6-1102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 11 - Stem Education|§ 49-6-1102. Establishment of Stem Innovation Hubs

  TSIN shall establish a STEM innovation hub specifically dedicated to serving the rural areas of the state.   TSIN shall also establish a STEM innovation hub located in Northwest Tennessee.
TN Code § 49-6-1103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 11 - Stem Education|§ 49-6-1103. Stem Leadership Training

 TSIN shall implement STEM leadership training in all STEM innovation hubs.
TN Code § 49-6-1104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 11 - Stem Education|§ 49-6-1104. Curriculum in Middle Schools to Educate Students on Stem Careers

 TSIN shall make available to all middle schools in the state a curriculum to educate students on the variety and benefits of STEM careers. The curriculum shall:   Emphasize the benefits of STEM careers in helping people;   Not be limited to science classrooms, but be applicable in multiple classrooms;   Automatically produce reports detailing the academic skills of students without requiring teachers to separately analyze these skills; and   Be available through the internet without requiring additional materials so that rural schools may easily access the curriculum.
TN Code § 49-6-1105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 11 - Stem Education|§ 49-6-1105. Stem Partner Organizations

 TSIN shall seek STEM partner organizations, such as the American Chemical Society, to find ways to collaborate on STEM education programs and opportunities.
TN Code § 49-6-1201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 12 - Junior and Senior High Schools — Curriculum|§ 49-6-1201. General Provisions

 The course of study to be taught in every high school authorized by part 4 of this chapter shall be adopted by the board of education on the recommendation of the director of schools; provided, that the course or courses shall be in accord with those adopted by the state board of education and should include character education as specified in § 49-6-1007.
TN Code § 49-6-1202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 12 - Junior and Senior High Schools — Curriculum|§ 49-6-1202. American History and Government

   Every four-year high school that receives public funds from city, county or state governments shall require every student to have at least one (1) year of instruction in American history and government, preferably in the fourth year.   Any student in any of the designated schools who fails or refuses to take the subjects named in subdivision (a)(1) shall not be admitted to the University of Tennessee or the state university and community college system of Tennessee unless and until the student agrees to earn credit in these subjects in the first or second year of attendance.      Every private high school in Tennessee that gives a four-year course in literary branches is subject to the same requirements as are the public high schools in this state with regard to teaching American history and government.   Failure or refusal to comply with subsection (a) and subdivision (b)(1) by private high schools will automatically remove them from the list of accredited high schools in Tennessee.     Failure to carry out subsection (a) constitutes a Class A misdemeanor on the part of any principal of a public high school in this state and causes the school to be removed from the accredited list of high schools, and the teaching license of the teacher to be revoked.   Any dean of the University of Tennessee or dean of any state college who violates this section shall be removed from such position and shall not be permitted to engage in any form of public school or college work in this state for the five (5) years next succeeding such dismissal. This subsection (d) also applies to any person who may be substituting for any of the deans.
TN Code § 49-6-1203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 12 - Junior and Senior High Schools — Curriculum|§ 49-6-1203. Federal and State Constitutions

  A treatise on the history and interpretation of the constitution of the United States approved or adopted by the state board of education is required to be taught in the high schools of this state.    It is the duty of the state board of education and all local boards of education to cause to be taught in each public high school in this state the constitution of Tennessee.   The state board of education shall determine the nature and extent of the instruction to be given on the constitutions and the credits to be given for the course; provided, that the course need not extend for more than one (1) year.
TN Code § 49-6-1205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 12 - Junior and Senior High Schools — Curriculum|§ 49-6-1205. Free Enterprise System

  The state board of education shall establish a program of instruction for the public high schools on the essentials of the free enterprise system. Instruction shall be given in accordance with the course of study prescribed by the state board of education for at least one (1) semester, equal to one-half (½) unit of credit. The state board of education shall prescribe suitable teaching material for the instruction.   As used in this section, “instruction on the essentials of the free enterprise system” may be construed to include a minimum of thirty (30) weeks participation in the Junior Achievement Program, and such participation shall render the student eligible for the one-half (½) unit of credit granted under this section.   As used in this section, “free enterprise” means an economic system characterized by private or corporate ownership of capital goods, by investments that are determined by private decision rather than by state control and by prices, production and the distribution of goods that are determined in a free manner.
TN Code § 49-6-1206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 12 - Junior and Senior High Schools — Curriculum|§ 49-6-1206. Reserve Officer Training

 In high schools offering programs of reserve officer training, a student may, at the student's discretion, substitute credit earned in the reserve officer training program for required credit in lifetime wellness.
TN Code § 49-6-1207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 12 - Junior and Senior High Schools — Curriculum|§ 49-6-1207. Elective Credits in Association With Nonprofit Organizations

  LEAs are authorized to offer elective credits or credits in the technical prep high school curriculum through cooperative agreements with nonprofit organizations under the following terms and conditions:  The local board of education must approve all cooperative agreements, which must be in writing and must include, but not be limited to:  The name of the course;   The minimum number of student contact hours;   Whether the course is offered as an elective or as part of the technical prep high school curriculum;   The qualifications of the instructor; and   Any funding provided to the nonprofit organization by the local board of education;     Only courses for which no state board of education approved teaching endorsement exists may be approved for credit under this section;   Local boards of education may enter into such agreements only with nonprofit organizations that are located in the geographical area served by the LEA and whose primary purpose is to promote educational programs with an emphasis on state-of-the-art technology;   Any course offered under this section must have prior approval of the department of education acting in accordance with the state board of education policy on special courses; and   Any funding provided to a nonprofit organization under this section shall not exceed, on a per pupil basis, the regular tuition charged other attendees for the same or similar classes.     It is the intention and purpose of the general assembly that LEAs be authorized and encouraged to work with local nonprofit educational organizations to offer classes for high school credit in areas where no teaching endorsement is recognized. Further, it is the intention and purpose of the general assembly that the primary emphasis of courses offered under this section be technology-based courses, including, but not limited to, industry recognized certifications in areas such as software engineering, computer programming, computer graphics and design and computer-aided design.   The local board of education shall not enter into agreements under this section if the agreements directly result in the elimination of an existing course offering of the local board of education.
TN Code § 49-6-1208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 12 - Junior and Senior High Schools — Curriculum|§ 49-6-1208. Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (Cpr) Program for Junior or Senior High Schools Curriculum

  The state board of education may provide for a program of instruction on cardiopulmonary resuscitation (CPR) techniques commensurate with the learning expectations within the lifetime wellness curriculum for public junior or senior high schools. All students should participate in this introduction at least once during their attendance in junior or senior high school.   It is not the intention of this section to require full certification in CPR. It is the intention of the section that students will learn the techniques and practice the psychomotor skills associated with performing CPR. For the purposes of this section, “psychomotor skills” means the use of hands-on practice and skills testing to support cognitive learning and shall not include cognitive-only training.    The program of instruction on CPR must include instruction on the use of an automatic external defibrillator (AED) and the location of each AED in the school. The school shall conduct a CPR and AED drill so that the students are aware of the steps that must be taken if an event should occur that requires the use of an AED.   This subsection (c) shall not apply to any school operated by or under contract with the department of children's services.
TN Code § 49-6-1209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 12 - Junior and Senior High Schools — Curriculum|§ 49-6-1209. High School Credit for Military Basic Training

 If, during high school, a student enlists in a branch of the United States military or in the national guard through the military delayed entry program, the national guard split training option or other similar early entry program and completes basic training before graduation from high school, then the student shall receive high school credit towards graduation for basic training. Credit for basic training may be substituted, upon the choice of the student, for the required credit in lifetime wellness and credit in one (1) elective course or for credit in two (2) elective courses.
TN Code § 49-6-1210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 12 - Junior and Senior High Schools — Curriculum|§ 49-6-1210. Internship Programs

 LEAs are authorized to offer internship programs for elective credits in the high school curriculum through cooperative agreements with local or state governments in the geographical area served by the LEA. An internship program must be a minimum of six (6) weeks and may be offered during the summer or the school year.
TN Code § 49-6-1302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 13 - Family Life Curriculum|§ 49-6-1302. Curriculum for Family Life Education

   Beginning with the 1991-1992 school year, if the most recent, annual data maintained by the department of health, state center for health statistics, indicate that pregnancy rates in any county exceeded nineteen and five-tenths (19.5) pregnancies per one thousand (1,000) females fifteen (15) through seventeen (17) years of age, then every LEA within the county shall locally devise, adopt, and implement a program of family life education in conformance with the curriculum guidelines established for such programs by this section.   Each LEA that offers a program, course or instruction in sex education shall locally develop and adopt a family life curriculum in compliance with the requirements of this part, or shall adopt the family life curriculum adopted by the state board of education.   Each LEA shall prescribe policies and procedures for the implementation, evaluation, and periodic review of the family life curriculum.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, failure of an LEA to comply with this subsection (a) shall subject the LEA to the withholding of state funds by the commissioner.     The state board of education shall adopt a complete family life curriculum suitable for implementation by an LEA that fails to develop, adopt, and implement a local curriculum of family life under subsection (a).    Prior to adopting a family life curriculum adopted by the LEA or the state board of education, each LEA shall conduct at least one (1) public hearing, at which time the program shall be explained to members of the public and the public shall have the opportunity to speak and express their opinions and concerns. The LEA shall schedule a public hearing not less than once each September.   Each LEA shall undertake appropriate measures, whether in a public hearing or in parent conferences, to ensure and maintain the highest level of community and parental support for family life.
TN Code § 49-6-1303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 13 - Family Life Curriculum|§ 49-6-1303. Assistance in Teaching Family Life

  Nothing in this part shall prohibit an LEA from utilizing the services of a qualified healthcare professional or social worker to assist in teaching family life.   An LEA shall not utilize the services of any individual or organization to assist in teaching family life if that individual or organization endorses student nonabstinence as an appropriate or acceptable behavior, or if that individual or organization promotes gateway sexual activity.
TN Code § 49-6-1305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 13 - Family Life Curriculum|§ 49-6-1305. Notification of Parents and Legal Guardians — Excusing Students From Family Life Instruction

  Not less than thirty (30) days prior to commencing instruction of the family life curriculum, each LEA shall notify parents or legal guardians of students whom the LEA anticipates will be present for instruction in sex education that:  The LEA is using a family life curriculum that meets the requirements of state law; and   The parent or legal guardian shall have the right to examine the grade level instructional materials and confer with the student's instructor, school counselor or principal, as designated by the LEA, regarding any or all portions of family life.     A parent or guardian who wishes to excuse a student from any portion of family life shall submit a request, in writing, to the student's instructor, school counselor, or principal. A parent or guardian who wishes to excuse a student from all portions of family life shall submit a request in writing to the student's principal. A student who is excused from any or all portions of family life shall not be penalized for grading purposes if the student satisfactorily performs alternative health lessons.
TN Code § 49-6-1306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 13 - Family Life Curriculum|§ 49-6-1306. Complaint by Parent or Legal Guardian — Cause of Action by Parent or Guardian

  Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, a parent or legal guardian of a student enrolled in family life may file a complaint with the director of schools if the parent or legal guardian believes that a teacher, instructor, or representative of an organization has not complied with the requirements of this part. The director shall investigate the complaint and report such director's findings, along with any recommendations for disciplinary action, to the local board for further action. The local board shall file, in a timely manner, a report with the commissioner regarding any action or inaction taken. On an annual basis, the commissioner shall transmit those filings to the chair of the education committee of the senate and the chair of the education committee of the house of representatives.    If a student receives instruction by an instructor or organization that promotes gateway sexual activity or demonstrates sexual activity, as prohibited under this part, then the parent or legal guardian shall have a cause of action against that instructor or organization for actual damages plus reasonable attorney's fees and court costs; provided, however, that this subsection (b) shall not apply to:  Instruction provided by teachers employed by the LEA; or   Instruction provided by instructors employed by an LEA-approved organization, or by LEA-approved instructors, that is limited to the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of child sexual abuse, including such abuse that may occur in the home, in accordance with §§ 37-1-601(a), 37-1-603(b)(3), and 49-6-1303(b). Any LEA-approved organization, instructor employed by an LEA-approved organization, or LEA-approved instructor who promotes any gateway sexual activity, demonstrates sexual activity, or teaches student nonabstinence as an appropriate or acceptable behavior, as prohibited under this part, shall be subject to a cause of action by a parent or legal guardian pursuant to this subdivision (b)(1).     If the parent or legal guardian is the prevailing party to the action, the court may impose a civil fine in an amount not to exceed five hundred dollars ($500).   An action brought under this subsection (b) shall be commenced within one (1) year after the alleged violation occurred.     This section shall not apply to instruction by any teacher, instructor, or organization, who, with respect to a course or class otherwise offered in accordance with the requirements of this part, verbally answers in good faith any question, or series of questions, germane and material to the course, asked of the instructor and initiated by a student or students enrolled in the course.
TN Code § 49-6-1307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 13 - Family Life Curriculum|§ 49-6-1307. Instruction of Sexual Education to Comply With Part — Scientific Study of Reproductive System Permitted

 Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, and regardless of the title or designated name of a particular class or course, any instruction in sex education or sexual activity shall comply with the requirements of this part; provided, however, that nothing in this part shall be construed so as to prohibit the scientific study of the sexual reproductive system through coursework in biology, physiology, anatomy, health, or physical education.
TN Code § 49-6-1401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 14 - Children at Risk for Obesity|§ 49-6-1401. Implementation of Program — Requirements — Reporting of Data

  LEAs are authorized to implement a program that identifies public school children who are at risk for obesity. Those schools systems that choose to carry out such a program shall:  Have sufficient number of current school staff or school volunteers trained in taking a body mass index (BMI) to meet the requirements of this part. The department of health shall develop and provide training materials to the LEAs;   Complete a body mass index for age (BMI-for-age), as defined by the centers for disease control and prevention, on every child enrolled for classes in the school system whose parents or guardians have not requested exclusion from the testing; and   Provide each student's parents or guardians with a confidential health report card that represents the result of the child's BMI-for-age screening, along with basic educational information on what the results mean and what the parents or guardians should do with the information.     School systems that carry out the program shall transmit the results of the testing for each student to the department of health.
TN Code § 49-6-1402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 14 - Children at Risk for Obesity|§ 49-6-1402. Program Components

 The department of health, with the assistance of the department of education, shall provide a framework for LEAs to use in developing a program that shall include, but not be limited to:   Providing standard practices for maintaining confidentiality;   Providing necessary information to LEAs annually, explaining the method for determining a BMI-for-age and the tables that should be used to determine if a child may be at risk of being overweight, or if the child is overweight or underweight based upon the BMI-for-age.   Developing and disseminating to LEAs annually a form that should be used to report the student results from individual schools and from the LEA to the department of health;   Developing and disseminating a sample notification to all LEAs that can be used as the model for the health report card to notify parents or guardians of the child's BMI results, along with basic educational information on what the results mean, the applicable health risks for a child who is overweight and what the parents or guardians should do with the information; and   Working with representatives from the department of education, state health professional associations and national health related organizations in the design of the form and sample notification.
TN Code § 49-6-1403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 14 - Children at Risk for Obesity|§ 49-6-1403. Tabulation and Reporting of Results

  The department of health is authorized to accept and tabulate the results of any BMI screenings completed by school systems and to distribute only aggregate results at a grade, school, county or statewide level.   The department of health shall provide the governor's office, the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives a report of the aggregate results of all BMI screenings performed in the previous calendar year by January 31st of each year.
TN Code § 49-6-1404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 14 - Children at Risk for Obesity|§ 49-6-1404. Nutrition and Physical Activity Programs in Schools Where Aggregate Data Suggests High Rates of Obesity

 Schools where aggregate data suggests that high rates of overweight children may be a problem are encouraged to expand existing or implement new school-based nutrition and physical activity programs designed to reduce those rates. The effectiveness of these results could be determined by completing a BMI-for-age on the school's students whose parents or guardians have not requested exclusion from the testing at the end of the school year.