It would look very similar to Tennessee's third-grade retention law implemented for reading last year, but retaining students wouldn’t be a possibility.
The Tennessee bill would make it to where anyone who has committed a felony or a misdemeanor of cruelty toward animals as a juvenile would be prohibited "from purchasing or possessing a firearm" until they turn 25.
Tennessee is taking a serious look at declining federal education money, saying it comes with too many strings attached. The governor, however, said multiple times the decision came from the General Assembly, not his office.