Education, Curriculum - As enacted, requires each director of schools for an LEA and each director of a public charter school to annually ensure that students in grades K-12 enrolled in the LEA or public charter school observe the Fourth of July during the school year by receiving age- and grade-appropriate instruction on the founding of the United States, the separation of the original 13 colonies from Great Britain, the Declaration of Independence, the United States Constitution, and the fu...

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The bill requires every local education agency and public charter school in Tennessee to designate one school day each year for Fourth of July instruction. Students from kindergarten through 12th grade must receive age‑appropriate lessons on the nation’s founding, the Declaration of Independence, the Constitution, and basic civic rights. The goal is to ensure consistent, nonpartisan civic education despite the holiday falling outside the school calendar.

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