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TN HB0369

TN HB0369
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-14-136 and Title 49, relative to student records.


summary

Introduced
01/27/2025
In Committee
03/10/2026
Crossed Over
Passed
04/06/2026
Dead
Signed/Enacted/Adopted
04/06/2026

Introduced Session

114th General Assembly

Bill Summary

As enacted, clarifies that a school employee does not commit the criminal offense of falsifying educational and academic documents for altering, creating, or duplicating the grade of a student in an educational or academic document if the alteration, creation, or duplication is due to the student obtaining the grade through a program that allows students to retake a failed course, exam, or assignment and earn credit. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-136 and Title 49.

AI Summary

This bill clarifies that a school employee will not be considered to have committed the criminal offense of falsifying educational and academic documents if they alter, create, or duplicate a student's grade in an official record, provided that this change is a result of the student participating in a program that allows them to retake a failed course, exam, or assignment and successfully earn credit for it, thereby updating their academic record.

Committee Categories

Education, Justice

Sponsors (3)

Last Action

Comp. became Pub. Ch. 632 (on 04/06/2026)

Bill Topics

Education
  • ‐ Elementary and Secondary Education
Law, Crime, and Family Issues
  • ‐ General Law and Crime

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