Text of TN HB 1605 (2024)
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-5-114; Section 6-54-144 and Title 49, relative to flags displayed in schools.
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HOUSE BILL 1605
By Bulso
HB1605
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 5-
5-114; Section 6-54-144 and Title 49, relative to
flags displayed in schools.
BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-2005, is amended by adding
the following as a new subsection:
An LEA or public charter school shall not display any flag other than the United
States flag and the official Tennessee state flag on or in a public school.
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-1-201(c)(16), is amended by
adding "in accordance with § 49-6-2005" after "public school buildings".
SECTION 3. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.