Bible Courses
Pursuant to T.C.A. § 49-6-1026, Tennessee school districts are authorized to offer an elective course on a nonsectarian, nonreligious, academic study of the Bible that aligns with the Tennessee Bible Standards. Currently, there is no curriculum or textbook approved for Bible by the State Textbook and Instructional Materials Quality Commission. Instead, Bible courses are intended to align to the 2009 academic standards, see link above, that are adopted by the State Board of Education.
There are no LEAs that currently have independently developed curriculum for Bible that has been approved by the Department of Education. Additionally, LEAs may apply for a Bible specific special course during the annual review period conducted by the TDOE, Office of Academics. In summary, the following LEAs offer an approved Bible course (G01H25) aligned to the Tennessee Bible Standards in the 2024-2025 academic school year.
For inquiries about the course, please contact humanities.education@tn.gov. For inquiries about curriculum materials pertinent to the course, please contact Tennessee.textbooks@tn.gov.
The following LEAs have indicated their intent to offer a course aligned to the Tennessee Bible Standards:
- Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute
- Anderson County Schools
- Arlington Comunity Schools
- Bledsoe County Schools
- Bradley County Schools
- Clairborne County Schools
- Coffee County Schools
- Crockett County Schools
- DeKalb County Schools
- Fayette County Public Schools
- Giles County Schools
- Greene County Schools
- Hamilton County Schools
- Jefferson County Schools
- Kingsport City Schools
- Knox County Schools
- Lakeland School System
- Lauderdale County Schools
- Madison County Schools
- Marion County Schools
- McMinn County Schools
- Overton County Schools
- Putnam County Schools
- Rhea County Schools
- Rutherford County Schools
- Scott County Schools
- Sequatchie County Schools
- Sevier County Schools
- Sumner County Schools
- Tipton County Schools
- Washington County Schools
- White County Schools
- Wilson County Schools
Updated: October 15, 2024