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Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1006-d-1: 2024 Tennessee Code Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-101 — 49-50-1703) Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) Part 10 - CURRICULUM GENERALLY (§§ 49-6-1001 — 49-6-1035) Section 49-6-1006 - [Effective 7/1/2025] Black history and culture - Multicultural diversity

(a) Each LEA shall include in the course of instruction for students in grades five through eight (5-8) curricula designed to educate students in: (1) Black history and black culture; and (2) The contribution of black people to the history and development of this country and of the world. (b) The state board of education shall include multicultural diversity when developing frameworks and curricula to be taught at appropriate grade levels for students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12). Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 938, s 1, eff. 7/1/2025. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, Secs.s 33, s 34 eff. 4/18/2018. Acts 1972, ch. 799, §§ 1-3; 1974, ch. 654, § 117; T.C.A., § 49-1927; Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 54. This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
(a) Each LEA shall include in the course of instruction for students in grades five through eight (5-8) curricula designed to educate students in: (1) Black history and black culture; and (2) The contribution of black people to the history and development of this country and of the world.
(1) Black history and black culture; and
(2) The contribution of black people to the history and development of this country and of the world.
(b) The state board of education shall include multicultural diversity when developing frameworks and curricula to be taught at appropriate grade levels for students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 938, s 1, eff. 7/1/2025.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, Secs.s 33, s 34 eff. 4/18/2018.
Acts 1972, ch. 799, §§ 1-3; 1974, ch. 654, § 117; T.C.A., § 49-1927; Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 54.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.

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TN Code
Title 49
Chapter 6

(1) Black history and black culture; and

(2) The contribution of black people to the history and development of this country and of the world.

(b) The state board of education shall include multicultural diversity when developing frameworks and curricula to be taught at appropriate grade levels for students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).

Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 938, s 1, eff. 7/1/2025.

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, Secs.s 33, s 34 eff. 4/18/2018.

Acts 1972, ch. 799, §§ 1-3; 1974, ch. 654, § 117; T.C.A., § 49-1927; Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 54.

This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.

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