Tennessee HB0764 amends school search laws to require searches to be conducted by school resource officers and prohibits searches that violate.
Tennessee HB0764 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 6, to specify that searches on school property must be conducted by a school resource officer acting as a school official. If the student is under eighteen, the principal must notify the student's parent or legal guardian and obtain their consent before conducting a physical search. The act also explicitly states that searches cannot violate the Fourth Amendment or the Tennessee Constitution. This law takes effect immediately upon becoming a statute.
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