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

SB 273: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies that a school employee does not commit the criminal offense of falsifying educational and academic documents for altering, creating, or duplicating the grade of a student in an educational or academic document if the alteration, creation, or duplication is due to the student obtaining the grade through a program that allows students to retake a failed course, exam, or assignment and earn credit. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-136 and Title 49.

Enacted Last action April 6, 2026: Pub. Ch. 632

Plain-language summary

SB 273 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on January 23, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Criminal Offenses - As enacted, clarifies that a school employee does not commit the criminal offense of falsifying educational and academic documents for altering, creating, or duplicating the grade of a student in an educational or academic document if the alteration, creation, or duplication is due to the student obtaining the grade through a program that allows students to retake a failed course, exam, or assignment and earn credit. - Amends TCA Section 39-14-136 and Title 49. Primary sponsor: Brent Taylor (Republican). Most recent recorded action (April 6, 2026): Pub. Ch. 632.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Brent Taylor (Republican).