Tennessee Code 49-6-1302 – Curriculum for family life education – Curriculum on sex education or human sexuality in accordance with curriculum guidelines for family life education
Family life education: means an abstinence-centered sex education program that builds a foundation of knowledge and skills relating to character development, human development, decision making, abstinence, contraception and disease prevention. See Tennessee Code 49-6-1301
Parent: means the parent, guardian, person who has custody of the child, or individual who has caregiving authority under §. See Tennessee Code 49-6-1301
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(1) Beginning with the 2021-2022 school year, each LEA shall locally devise, adopt, and implement a program of family life education in conformance with the curriculum guidelines established for such programs by this part.(2) Each LEA shall locally develop and adopt a family life curriculum in compliance with the requirements of this part.(b) Family life standards adopted by the state board of education must be in conformance with the curriculum guidelines established for such programs by this part.(c)(1) Prior to adopting a family life curriculum, each LEA shall conduct at least one (1) public hearing, at which time the program must be explained to members of the public, and the public must have the opportunity to speak and express their opinions and concerns. The LEA shall schedule a public hearing not less than once each September.(2) 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.(d) A curriculum on sex education or human sexuality that is developed, adopted, or implemented by an LEA as a part of a human growth and development program or curriculum must be in conformance with the curriculum guidelines established for family life programs by this part.
