Assaulting school staff may be a crime under the new law

Nashville, Tenn. (WSMV) – a laws submitted to Tennessee State House would be on all public or private school employees.

Bill House 721 He states that if a person committs an assault on an employee, when the employee performs his work, he will be accused of a class E:

Committing an assault on school property
At the event sponsored by schools
At the official school stop for students who attend school that employs an employee
On equipment or means of transport, which is delivered by the school, which employs an employee

Class E crime brings a six -year prison sentence in Tennessee.

House Bill 721 was sponsored by the democratic representative of Vincent Dixie from Nashville.