Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 1209: Education - As enacted, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, or religion against a student or an employee in a public institution of education; requires public institutions of education to treat harassment or discrimination against students or employees, or resulting from institutional policies or programs on their campuses, motivated by or including antisemitic intent in an identical manner to discrimination motivated by race; requires Title VI coordinators to be designated to monitor antisemitic discrimination and harassment at K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49.

In committee Last action April 28, 2025: Comp. became Pub. Ch. 293

Plain-language summary

SB 1209 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 6, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Education - As enacted, prohibits discrimination on the basis of race, ethnicity, national origin, sex, or religion against a student or an employee in a public institution of education; requires public institutions of education to treat harassment or discrimination against students or employees, or resulting from institutional policies or programs on their campuses, motivated by or including antisemitic intent in an identical manner to discrimination motivated by race; requires Title VI coordinators to be designated to monitor antisemitic discrimination and harassment at K-12 schools and institutions of higher education. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Paul Rose (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 28, 2025): Comp. became Pub. Ch. 293.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Paul Rose (Republican).