49-6-1303 - Children excused from instruction by parent or guardian. - Tennessee Statutes

49-6-1303. Children excused from instruction by parent or guardian.

(a)  Upon receipt of a written statement from a student's parent or guardian to the effect that the parent or guardian has personally examined the appropriate grade level instructional materials or has conferred directly with the student's instructor, school counselor or principal and that the parent or guardian finds objectionable any or all portions of family life instruction, the student shall be excused from such portion or portions of family life instruction.

(b)  A parent or guardian who wishes to excuse a student from all portions of family life instruction shall submit a request in writing to the student's principal, director of schools and board of education. A student who is excused from all portions of family life instruction shall not be penalized for grading purposes if the student performs alternative health or social studies lessons specifically assigned by the board, and if the student performs the alternative lessons in a timely and satisfactory manner.

[Acts 1989, ch. 565, § 1; 1999, ch. 367, § 5.]