Tennessee SB1627 amends school safety laws to require psychiatric evaluations for students expelled for threatening mass violence.
Tennessee SB1627 amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 39-13-813 and Title 49, Chapter 6, concerning school safety. The bill mandates that students expelled for threatening mass violence undergo a psychiatric examination by a trained medical professional. The director of schools or the head of a public charter school must receive documentation that the student is no longer a threat before allowing the student to return to school. This act takes effect July 1, 2026.
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