SB2278 - Tennessee: Children, Drugs, Education, Curriculum

Companion Bill HB2113. Drugs - Punishes teen athletes who use steroids by removing their eligibility to compete in interscholastic events for two years. - Amends TCA Title 39, Chapter 17; Title 49, Chapter 5 and Title 49, Chapter 6. Fiscal Summary for SB2278 / *HB2113Increase State Expenditures - $59,300 / Incarceration* Bill Summary for SB2278 / *HB2113 This bill requires any athletic association that sponsors a tournament championship series in which public schools participate to develop rules requiring that a student-athlete be ineligible for two school years to compete in interscholastic athletic competition if the student used steroids during the training period immediately preceding the sport season or during the sport season, unless the steroid was prescribed by a physician for a medical condition. This bill requires LEAs [...]

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