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

SB 2187: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows a student to be denied the privilege of participating in physical activity during the school day if the student engages in certain prohibited conduct or behavior; allows a teacher or administrator, as a form of discipline, to remove a student from, or deny a student participation in, any physical activity or physical activity period, or to assign a student alternative lessons, assignments, or activities, including physical activities, to improve the student's conduct or behavior. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021.

In committee Last action February 5, 2026: Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

Plain-language summary

SB 2187 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 2, 2026. According to its official title, it concerns: Local Education Agencies - As introduced, allows a student to be denied the privilege of participating in physical activity during the school day if the student engages in certain prohibited conduct or behavior; allows a teacher or administrator, as a form of discipline, to remove a student from, or deny a student participation in, any physical activity or physical activity period, or to assign a student alternative lessons, assignments, or activities, including physical activities, to improve the student's conduct or behavior. - Amends TCA Section 49-6-1021. Primary sponsor: Stevens. Most recent recorded action (February 5, 2026): Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Stevens.