Education - As introduced, enacts the "Family Right to Educational Emancipation (FREE) Act," which creates a new category of independent home schools that are not subject to the data collection, reporting, or assessment requirements applicable to existing independent home school programs and that exempts such home school students and parents from compulsory school attendance requirements; prohibits the department of safety from conditioning the issuance of a driver license or learner's permit on a school-aged applicant's attendance record or enrollment status. - Amends TCA Title 37; Title 49; Title 50 and Title 55.

Latest action: Sponsor(s) Added.

Voted 3/12/2025

Action history

3/12/2025Sponsor(s) Added.

3/11/2025Failed in s/c Education Administration Subcommittee of Education Committee

3/5/2025Placed on s/c cal Education Administration Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

2/20/2025Sponsor(s) Added.

2/6/2025Sponsor(s) Added.

2/5/2025P2C, ref. to Education Committee

2/5/2025Assigned to s/c Education Administration Subcommittee

2/3/2025Intro., P1C.

1/29/2025Filed for introduction

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