Education - As introduced, amends the criminal offense of threatening to commit an act of mass violence on school property to apply only to a valid and credible threat; requires a local education agency's threat assessment procedures to include, when assessing a student based on dangerous or threatening behavior, a written assessment of the student by a mental healthcare provider, which may be performed via telehealth. - Amends TCA Title 39 and Title 49.

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The bill changes Tennessee law so that only a threat that is both valid and credible can be charged as a felony for mass violence on school property. It also obligates schools to obtain a written mental‑health evaluation from a qualified provider—via telehealth if needed—when assessing a student who shows dangerous behavior. The goal is to focus legal action on real threats while ensuring students receive professional mental‑health review.

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