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The Tennessee Conservative Staff –
Governor Bill Lee signed legislation on Monday that will require Tennessee public schools to teach about the “Success Sequence” for living a happy, successful life.
The legislation, sponsored by State Representative Gino Bulso (R-Brentwood-District 61) in the House and Senator Janice Bowling (R-Tullahoma-District 16) in the Senate, will mandate that schools provide instruction on the keys to a successful life, incorporated into the state’s Family Life Curriculum.
Bulso says that research shows that the steps to a successful life are completing high school, going on to higher education or becoming employed, getting married, and then having children, in that order.
“When you look at Millenials, that is adults who are now 32 to 38 years of age, for those who followed this Success Sequence, this timeline of education, employment, marriage and then children, 97% of them avoided poverty, and that includes 95% of Black students, and 96% of Hispanic students, regardless of their upbringing, regardless of whether they came from intact families or not,” said Bulso. “By the time they reached their 30s, if they followed the Success Sequence they were able to avoid poverty and enter the middle class or higher class.”
The bill will become law after being assigned a public chapter number and will go into effect for the 2026-2027 school year.
