Education, Higher - As introduced, prohibits imposing liability against a higher education institution for negligence in admitting, enrolling, or extending housing opportunities to a person who has been previously convicted of a criminal offense based solely upon the previous criminal conviction; prohibits use of the person's prior criminal record as evidence in a cause of action against a higher education institution for negligence in admitting, enrolling, or extending housing opportunities ...

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The bill stops Tennessee higher education institutions from being found negligent for admitting, enrolling, or housing a student just because the student has a past criminal conviction. It also makes a prior conviction inadmissible as evidence in such negligence suits, except when the school actually knows the student committed a violent or violent sexual offense and willfully lets them stay enrolled or housed. The goal is to protect re‑entry opportunities while preserving safety safeguards.

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