HB3942 - Tennessee: Teachers, Principals And School Personnel

Companion Bill SB3366. Teachers, Principals and School Personnel - Requires school principals to grant students excused absences for up to 10 days for purposes of visiting a parent or legal guardian who is stationed outside of the country and is granted rest recuperation leave by the United States military. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-3019. Fiscal Summary for HB3942 / *SB3366MINIMAL Bill Summary for HB3942 / *SB3366 Under present law, if a student's parent, custodian, or other person with legal custody or control is a member of the United States armed forces, including the state national guard or a reserve component called to federal active duty, a public school principal must give the student an excused absence for one day when the member is deployed and another day when the service member returns from deployment. This bill requires the [...]

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