Education, Dept. of - As enacted, enacts the "Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act," which requires the department to establish a one-year pilot program to place a therapy dog in five public schools in the 2024-2025 school year. - Amends TCA Title 49.

This enacted law, known as the Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act, requires Tennessee's Department of Education to run a one-year pilot program placing therapy dogs in five public schools during the 2024-2025 school year. The program must include at least one school from each of the state's grand divisions and aim to serve a variety of grade levels and local education agencies. Participating schools are required to collect and report data on the experience with the therapy dogs, and the department must submit a final report to the General Assembly by July 1, 2025, recommending whether to extend the initiative. The specific provisions for this pilot program are set to expire on July 1, 2025.