State profile · TN
Reviewed policies, grades and school implementation dates. District examples cover 1 distinct district; it is not a statewide implementation survey.
The enacted legislative summary restricts device use during instructional time.
Public Chapter103; effective July 1, 2025 and applies from 2025–26.
Exceptions & source ↗Statewide · Current
Grades: K–5 · Requirement: Required
Requires age-appropriate instructional-device policies that minimize unnecessary screen time; the final law is not the original blanket prohibition.
Starts / rollout: Effective July 1, 2026; districts and public charters serving K–5 must adopt compliant local policies.
Adoption, exceptions & funding evidence ↗Learning & relevant rules for use
Elementary schools must provide grade-appropriate CS education. The department’s overview describes integrating CS into the elementary curriculum.
Elementary integration requirement: fall 2024.
Source & datesPersonal devices: Instructional limits
Public Chapter103; effective July 1, 2025 and applies from 2025–26.
Device scope, exceptions & sourceEvery public middle-school student must take CS instruction lasting at least one grading period during one year of middle school.
Middle-school course requirement: fall 2024.
Source & datesPersonal devices: Instructional limits
Public Chapter103; effective July 1, 2025 and applies from 2025–26.
Device scope, exceptions & sourceTennessee requires at least one CS course credit for students pursuing a traditional diploma. The credit may meet an approved math or science requirement.
Incoming freshmen from fall 2024; first graduating cohort is the class of 2028.
Source & datesPersonal devices: Instructional limits
Public Chapter103; effective July 1, 2025 and applies from 2025–26.
Device scope, exceptions & sourceNo reviewed support program is listed here yet. Individual policy details include any documented funding or training provision.
These are Stewart Brown’s planning questions, not additional legal requirements.
These records are excluded from the map and summaries while their claims are checked.
Open the research recordsRestrictions
Current evidence indexed
3 actions in this collection
Governance
Evidence gap
No current statewide record indexed. Research remains open.
Learning
Current evidence indexed
3 actions in this collection
The enacted legislative summary restricts device use during instructional time.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026
Requires grades 6–12 instruction using state-developed guidance on healthy social-media use, mental-health effects, manipulation, permanence, online safety, human-trafficking indicators and evaluation of AI-generated information.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Requires local education agencies to restrict student access to social-media platforms through school networks, alongside a separate instructional program.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Elementary schools must provide grade-appropriate CS education. The department’s overview describes integrating CS into the elementary curriculum.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026
Every public middle-school student must take CS instruction lasting at least one grading period during one year of middle school.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026
Requires age-appropriate instructional-device policies that minimize unnecessary screen time; the final law is not the original blanket prohibition.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
Tennessee requires at least one CS course credit for students pursuing a traditional diploma. The credit may meet an approved math or science requirement.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 3, 2026
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
The district publishes an AI software list including CourseMojo, Gemini, Magic School AI and other tools.
Reviewed against official sources · Oct 4, 2026
No records in this section have been published. This is an evidence gap in the collection, not a determination that no relevant action exists.
Consistent 16-dimension checklist
Inventory reviewed October 3, 2026. 7/16 dimensions have published evidence of any status. Every dimension remains open to additional sources and superseding actions.
| Dimension | Current statewide evidence | Other published evidence |
|---|---|---|
| Personal devices | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| School-issued devices | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Screen time | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Student AI | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Staff AI | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| AI governance | Not yet established | 2 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Social media / network | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
| Privacy / cybersecurity | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| AI literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Computer science | 2 linked actions | 0 current district actions · 1 future, proposed, or historical |
| Digital literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Media literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Digital citizenship | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Cybersecurity literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Data literacy | Not yet established | Research gap · no absence conclusion |
| Social-media literacy | 1 linked action | 0 current district actions · 0 future, proposed, or historical |
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