Signed by Governor Bill Lee

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits schools from requiring staff to participate in implicit bias training.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the state public schools in the state of Tennessee from requiring staff to participate in implicit bias training (Sec. 1).

• Defines “implicit bias training” as a training or other educational program designed to expose an individual to biases that the training or educational program’s developer or designer presumes the individual to unconsciously, subconsciously, or unintentionally possess that predispose the individual to be unfairly prejudiced in favor against another thing, person, or group to adjust the individual’s patterns of thinking in order to eliminate the individual's unconscious bias or prejudice (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this bill shall take effect upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text

Vote Smart's Synopsis:

Vote to pass a bill that prohibits schools from requiring staff to participate in implicit bias training.

Highlights:

• Prohibits the state public schools in the state of Tennessee from requiring staff to participate in implicit bias training (Sec. 1).

• Defines “implicit bias training” as a training or other educational program designed to expose an individual to biases that the training or educational program’s developer or designer presumes the individual to unconsciously, subconsciously, or unintentionally possess that predispose the individual to be unfairly prejudiced in favor against another thing, person, or group to adjust the individual’s patterns of thinking in order to eliminate the individual's unconscious bias or prejudice (Sec. 1).

• Specifies that this bill shall take effect upon passage and approval by the governor (Sec. 3).

Full Bill Text