Tennessee
CurrentTeen Social Media and Internet Safety Act (HB 825 / Public Chapter 195)
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.
- Jurisdiction
- Tennessee · State / DC
- Policy status
- Effective
- Implementation phase
- Current
- Requirement
- Required
- Grades
- Grades 6–12 beginning 2026–27
- Audience
- Students
- Learning evidence
- Student instruction required
- Instrument
- Statute / enacted law
Dates & implementation
Adopted / approved
Apr 11, 2025
Instruction begins in 2026–27; state guidance was due January 1, 2026.
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
Parents may request an alternative assignment in writing, without academic penalty.
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 history and summary, including adopted Amendment 1.
Instruction begins in 2026–27; network-access restrictions in the act are a separate action.
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: Corrected the 2026–27 instructional requirement from upcoming to current; distinguished state guidance from curriculum and retained parent opt-out.
Record ID: TN-2025-SOCIAL-LIT-001
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