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The Boys & Girls Clubs of Middle TN are reaching out to inform you that we are having a hiring fair for Club staff July 23rd-25th at our Club Support Center office located at 1704 Charlotte Ave Nashville TN, 37203.
If you have a passion for water, love working with children, and are looking for a flexible, fun, and stress-free job with great pay and benefits, British Swim School of Nashville is the place for you!
NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — Several pieces of legislation passed by the Tennessee General Assembly deal with how education is managed in the Volunteer State. From requiring cardiac devices to new school safety grant programs, here are some of the education-related laws that take effect July 1.
The “Laken Riley Act” will allow for students on college campuses to carry “non-lethal” defensive weapons, such as pepper spray, a stun gun, or pepper gel, in order to protect themselves. Previous state laws prohibited students from carrying such items on school grounds. The law was named for Laken Riley, a student at the University of Georgia who was killed while jogging.
If school districts can provide digital copies of textbooks and other instructional materials, HB 2177 allows them to also provide hard copies to those who need them free of charge. The legislation requires school districts to provide a physical textbook to students or computer access to use digital textbooks if they need it.
In an effort to raise more awareness relating to child abuse and human trafficking, state lawmakers passed a bill that will require family life curriculum to include sections on both topics, where appropriate for certain grade levels. It will be in effect for the 2024-2025 and subsequent school years, according to information from the state capitol website . The law also requires the Tennessee joint task force on children’s justice and child sexual abuse to recommend age-appropriate curricula that school districts can include in the respective family life curriculum.
The “Smart Heart Act” will require automated external defibrillators (AEDs) to be placed in all public and private high schools as well as extended training for cardiac-related emergencies. The schools must establish, review, and annually practice a cardiac-related athletics emergency to ensure they have plans in place in the event one happens during a sporting event.
A new grant fund will be in place for the 2024-2025 school year that will allow school districts to purchase school safety alerts. The panic alarms are designed to alert law enforcement in the event of an active shooter or other emergency. Teachers and/or administrators would be equipped with the alarms. The grants would be limited to $8,000 per school in a fiscal year, according to the legislation. Two schools from each grand division of the state—West, Middle and East—will be the recipients of the grants, for a total of six schools across the state.
To learn more, go to https://tennesseestar.com/education/10-new-laws-aimed-at-improving-school-safety-in-tennessee-set-to-take-effect-july-1/khousler/2024/06/29/
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