Section 49-6-317 - Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act(a) This section is known and may be cited as the "Beyond Ordinary Learning Opportunities (BOLO) Act."(b) The department of education shall establish a one-year pilot program to place a therapy dog in five (5) public schools in the 2024-2025 school year.(c) The department shall select at least one (1) public school from each grand division of this state to participate in the pilot program and shall strive to select public charter schools and public schools from a variety of LEAs that serve students in a variety of grade levels. The department shall not select a public school to participate in the pilot program if the public school does not agree to participate in the pilot program. Each public school selected to participate in the pilot program will receive a therapy dog.(d) The department shall establish the requirements for each public school and therapy dog provider participating in the pilot program, including, but not limited to, requirements for the public schools selected to participate in the pilot program to collect and report data regarding the public school's experience with the provided therapy dog.(e) The department shall submit a report to the general assembly no later than July 1, 2025, providing the results and outcomes of the pilot program and to recommend whether the general assembly should extend the pilot program.(f) This section is repealed on July 1, 2025.Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 954,s 1, eff. 5/9/2024.