Education - As introduced, establishes that a public institution of education may provide an opportunity or benefit exclusively to one sex through a program if the institution provides a substantially similar or reasonably comparable opportunity or benefit to the opposite sex through a different program. - Amends TCA Title 49.

HB 1948 amends Tennessee law to allow public schools to offer sex-exclusive educational programs (like single-gender sports or clubs) without violating anti-discrimination rules, provided they also offer a substantially similar or reasonably comparable alternative program for the opposite sex. This applies specifically to public institutions of higher education and K-12 schools under Tennessee Code Annotated Title 49. The bill clarifies that such programs do not breach existing equal opportunity requirements if equivalent opportunities exist through separate initiatives. It takes effect upon becoming law, with no specified implementation timeline.