HB0234 - Tennessee - Education, Curriculum

Companion Bill SB0293. Education, Curriculum - Urges the state board of education to develop guidelines for the materials and method of instruction used to teach the procedure for voluntarily surrendering a newborn baby and to include that instruction in the lifetime wellness curriculum for grades nine through 12. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 10. Fiscal Summary for *HB0234 / SB0293 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB0234 / SB0293 Present law authorizes any mother of an infant age 72 hours or less to voluntarily surrender the infant at certain health care facilities, such as hospitals and walk-in clinics, without committing child neglect, or any other criminal offense, so long as the infant is unharmed. This bill requires that the course of instruction in all public schools in grades 9 through [...]

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