Education, Dept. of - As introduced, enacts the "School Mental Health Transparency Act"; requires the department to consult relevant agencies to compile a list of mental health resources; requires public schools to use the department's list to compile lists of mental health resources available to enrolled students and provide the lists to students' parents; requires that lists of mental health resources be published on the website of the department and each public school. - Amends TCA Title 10, Chapter 7; Title 33 and Title 49.

SB 2301, the "School Mental Health Transparency Act," requires Tennessee's Department of Education to compile and publish a statewide list of mental health resources for students, including locations and residency-based availability limits, after consulting with agencies like health and children's services departments. Public schools must then use this state list to create their own local resource lists for enrolled students and provide them to parents or guardians (or to students aged 18+) at least once per school year, while also posting the lists on school websites. The law clarifies that listing a resource does not constitute state endorsement and does not mandate new funding or staffing. This applies directly to all public schools, students, and their families in Tennessee.