WSB/2/8
Sponsored by Joshua Ju, Hannah Hollings of Brentwood High School
This legislation was filed in the Childrens Services category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE TENNESSEE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this Act Will Be Defined As Followed: |
| 4 | (a) Tennessee Code 49-6-4103 - Tennessee Law that allows any teacher or principal to use |
| 5 | corporal punishment on students, excluding those with disabilities. |
| 6 | (b) Tennessee Code 49-6-1601 - Tennessee Law that requires any school personnel who suspects |
| 7 | that a child is a victim of child abuse to notify the school child abuse coordinator and report to the |
| 8 | department and law enforcement. |
| 9 | (c) Corporal Punishment - the use of physical force with the intention of causing a child to |
| 10 | experience pain to correct their misbehavior, synonymous with physical punishment. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Section 2: Repeal of Tennessee Code 49-6-4109 |
| 13 | (a) Tennessee Code 49-6-4109 will be repealed. All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are |
| 14 | hereby repealed. |
| 15 | |
| 16 | Section 3: Penalties |
| 17 | (a) Any teacher or principal who performs corporal punishment on a student will lose their |
| 18 | teaching license. |
| 19 | (b) Corporal punishment will be considered child abuse and be handled within Tennessee Code 49- |
| 20 | 6-1601. |
| 21 | |
| 22 | Section 4: Funding |
| 23 | The addition of this bill will cost $0.00 and The Tennessee Department of Education does not |
| 24 | require funding to implement and enforce the provisions of this act. |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Section 5: Effective Date |
| 27 | This act shall take effect June 1, 2024, the public welfare requiring it. |
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