This bill requires local school systems and public charter schools to adopt policies prohibiting students from using cell phones during instructional time, with certain exceptions. Beacon Impact believes these policies will help students focus on learning and reduce negative mental health impacts.

This bill will allow high school athletes to transfer schools one time without having to sit out for a year and will add transparency to interscholastic athletic governance. Beacon Impact believes this will remove a barrier for families and students seeking the right educational opportunities and remove a restriction that causes students to lose one-quarter of their secondary athletic playing time.

Under this legislation, students will have another option for qualifying for Tennessee public college and university admission and for certain grants and scholarships, including the Hope scholarship. Beacon Impact believes the Classic Learning Test will expand students’ opportunities to demonstrate their academic potential.