WSB/3/1
Sponsored by Ahbi Patel, Daniel Makar of Brentwood High School
This legislation was filed in the Education 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 follows: |
| 4 | Block Scheduling- A schedule that breaks apart the daily routine of students into two separate |
| 5 | days. |
| 6 | “A” Day- The first day of block scheduling |
| 7 | “B” Day- The second day of block scheduling |
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| 9 | Section 2: All high schools are required to change their regular schedules to block scheduling, |
| 10 | consisting of A and B days. |
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| 12 | Section 3: Each class will be prolonged to 1 hour and 30 minutes, instead of the regular 46 |
| 13 | minutes. |
| 14 | |
| 15 | Section 4: Classes will still remain with the same curriculum, as the added one time will allow |
| 16 | teachers to cover the same material. |
| 17 | |
| 18 | Section 5: First/half days of school will remain on the same schedule. |
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| 20 | Section 6: This bill will not cost any money. |
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| 22 | Section 8: All laws or parts of laws in conflict with this are hereby repealed. |
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| 24 | Section 9: This act shall take effect the new 2024-2025 school year. |
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