Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-129
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Information on firearm ownership by student, parent, teacher, or LEA employee
Official statutory text
(a) No school administrator, teacher, or other employee of an LEA shall require a student or the student's parent to provide information on firearm ownership by the student's family. (b) No school administrator or other employee of an LEA shall require a teacher or other school employee to provide information on firearm ownership by the teacher or school employee. (c) Any information on firearm ownership that is voluntarily provided by a student, parent, teacher, or LEA employee shall not be the basis for adverse disciplinary action against a student or adverse employment action against a teacher or LEA employee; provided, however, that this subsection (c) shall not prohibit adverse disciplinary or employment action based on a violation of title 39, chapter 17, part 13. Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 214,s 1, eff. 4/20/2015.
(a) No school administrator, teacher, or other employee of an LEA shall require a student or the student's parent to provide information on firearm ownership by the student's family.
(b) No school administrator or other employee of an LEA shall require a teacher or other school employee to provide information on firearm ownership by the teacher or school employee.
(c) Any information on firearm ownership that is voluntarily provided by a student, parent, teacher, or LEA employee shall not be the basis for adverse disciplinary action against a student or adverse employment action against a teacher or LEA employee; provided, however, that this subsection (c) shall not prohibit adverse disciplinary or employment action based on a violation of title 39, chapter 17, part 13.
Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 214,s 1, eff. 4/20/2015.
(a) No school administrator, teacher, or other employee of an LEA shall require a student or the student's parent to provide information on firearm ownership by the student's family.
(b) No school administrator or other employee of an LEA shall require a teacher or other school employee to provide information on firearm ownership by the teacher or school employee.
(c) Any information on firearm ownership that is voluntarily provided by a student, parent, teacher, or LEA employee shall not be the basis for adverse disciplinary action against a student or adverse employment action against a teacher or LEA employee; provided, however, that this subsection (c) shall not prohibit adverse disciplinary or employment action based on a violation of title 39, chapter 17, part 13.
Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 214,s 1, eff. 4/20/2015.
Status: in_force
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