Tennessee bill to require schools to teach 'success sequence' of life path passes Senate [View all]

NASHVILLE, Tenn. (WKRN) — A Republican-sponsored bill to require public schools to teach students the positive outcomes associated with following a “success sequence,” which includes first getting married, then having children, passed the Tennessee Senate Thursday, but not everyone agreed that life follows a perfect checklist.

The bill, called the “Success Sequence Act,” would require schools to teach students the positive outcomes associated with completing the following in the following order: graduate high school, enter the workforce or go to college, get married, and then have children.

Sen. Janice Bowling (R-Tullahoma), the bill’s sponsor, argued in most cases, those who follow the “success sequence” statistically experience better outcomes than those who don’t.

“Children raised by married parents are twice as likely to graduate from college than children who are not, children not raised in a home with married parents are twice as likely to end up in jail or prison before reaching 30 years of age. Children raised by a single parent are three times as likely to live in poverty than married parents,” Sen. Bowling said.

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