Education - As introduced, removes a provision that required the board of regents, the University of Tennessee, and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association to provide a report by April 1, 2009, to the Tennessee higher education commission on the reasonable efforts their institutions have taken to attempt to deter infringement of copyrighted works over the school's computer and network resources. - Amends TCA Title 49.

HB 1276 removes a reporting requirement for Tennessee universities. It deletes a provision that previously mandated the University of Tennessee, the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association, and the state board of regents to submit annual reports by April 1, 2009, detailing efforts to prevent copyright infringement on school networks. The bill amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, to eliminate this specific reporting obligation. This change directly affects Tennessee's public and private higher education institutions by relieving them of this administrative requirement. The bill is procedural, removing an outdated mandate that had already expired.