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As enacted, authorizes local boards of education and public charter school governing bodies to allow schools in the LEA or the public charter school, as applicable, to display the Ten Commandments, the first sentence of the second paragraph of the preamble to the Declaration of Independence, and the preamble to the United States Constitution in a prominent location in a school building. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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Michael Hale (R)*,  Jody Barrett (R),  Rush Bricken (R),  Gino Bulso (R),  Ed Butler (R),  Kip Capley (R),  Tandy Darby (R),  Elaine Davis (R),  Clay Doggett (R),  Rick Eldridge (R),  Monty Fritts (R),  Johnny Garrett (R),  Rusty Grills (R),  David Hawk (R),  Tim Hicks (R),  Timothy Hill (R),  Bud Hulsey (R),  Kelly Keisling (R),  Justin Lafferty (R),  Mary Littleton (R),  Susan Lynn (R),  Aron Maberry (R),  Greg Martin (R),  Jake McCalmon (R),  Jerome Moon (R),  Dennis Powers (R),  Kevin Raper (R),  Lee Reeves (R),  Michele Reneau (R),  Tim Rudd (R),  Paul Sherrell (R),  William Slater (R),  Mike Sparks (R),  Tom Stinnett (R),  Chris Todd (R),  Todd Warner (R),  Dave Wright (R),  Jason Zachary (R), 

Effective date(s) 07/01/2026 (on 05/14/2026)

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