Local Education Agencies - As enacted, adds local law enforcement officials to those who must be appointed to each district-wide school safety team; specifies that it is each district-wide school safety team and each building-level school safety team that is required to annually review the respective district-wide or building-level school safety plan. - Amends TCA Title 49.
This bill requires local law enforcement officers to be included as members of every school safety team in Tennessee. It also mandates that both district-wide and individual building safety teams must review their safety plans every year. These changes aim to ensure consistent safety oversight and police involvement across all school districts and buildings in the state.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Jan 2024
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Jan 31, 2024
Last action May 13, 2024
Floor votes
How they voted
No floor votes recorded yet.
Full legislative history
Actions timeline
Total actions
18
Key actions
6
Committee
8
Apr 3, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Calendar & Rules Committee for 4/4/2024
lower
Mar 20, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass; ref to Calendar & Rules Committee
lower
Mar 12, 2024
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass by s/c ref. to Education Administration
lower
Mar 6, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/12/2024
lower
Feb 13, 2024
Lower · Passed
Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to School Safety Calendar
lower
Feb 7, 2024
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 2/13/2024
lower
Feb 6, 2024
Committee
Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee
lower
Feb 1, 2024
Committee
P2C, ref. to Education Administration
lower
Jan 31, 2024
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Torrey Harris
DDemocratic
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