Tennessee
CurrentTeen Social Media and Internet Safety Act network restriction
Requires local education agencies to restrict student access to social-media platforms through school networks, alongside a separate instructional program.
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required
- Grades
- Students using LEA or public-charter internet access.
- Audience
- Districts / LEAs
- Learning evidence
- No student-learning claim
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Adopted / approved
Apr 11, 2025
Legal start
Jul 1, 2025
Network restrictions apply from the 2025–26 school year.
A legal effective date can precede school implementation. This record documents policy intent or requirements; it does not independently confirm delivery in every classroom.
Exceptions & instructional scope
Express teacher direction for educational purposes.
Funding & support
Funding details not confirmed
Dedicated funding and current award availability are not established in this collection. This does not mean no funding exists.
Evidence & source location
Enacted bill summary: internet acceptable-use requirements; history: signing and effective dates.
Network action separated from required grades 6–12 social-media and internet-safety instruction.
Review history
Reviewed against official sources
Source availability checked Oct 4, 2026: Source reopened. This is separate from verification of the policy claim below.
Source review date recorded in database: 2026-10-04
2026-10-03 — Carried forward from the source-linked baseline; topic, grade and evidence-type inventory reviewed. Individual source was not re-opened in this update. 2026-10-04 — Substantive source review: Separated the earlier network-policy start from the later grades 6–12 instruction start.
Record ID: TN-2025-NET-001
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