Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-816 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-816
Authorization of employee to carry concealed weapon on school property in distressed rural county
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section: (1) "Distressed rural county" means any county that qualifies as an "eligible county" under § 67-6-104 , for the apportionment of sales and use tax revenue for commercial development districts, and has a population of not less than seventeen thousand (17,000) nor more than seventeen thousand one hundred (17,100), or a population of not less than five thousand (5,000) nor more than five thousand one hundred (5,100), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; and (2) "Employee" means a person employed full time to work in a public kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) school, including as a teacher, principal, vice principal, or other staff member. (b) (1) Notwithstanding § 39-17-1309 or any other provision of title 39, chapter 17, part 13, to the contrary, in addition to persons who are authorized to possess a firearm on school property under any other law, the local board of education in a distressed rural county may adopt a policy allowing the director of schools, in consultation with the principal of each school, to authorize and select employees who may carry a concealed handgun within and on the grounds of the school to which the person is assigned. (2) If the director of schools authorizes one (1) or more employees to carry a concealed handgun as provided in subdivision (b)(1), the maximum number of employees that may be authorized is one (1) employee for each one hundred (100) students enrolled in the school. (c) No employee shall be disciplined or otherwise suffer adverse employment consequences if the employee does not volunteer to be trained to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to this section. (d) (1) The director of schools shall not select an employee to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to this section unless the employee: (A) Possesses and maintains a valid handgun carry permit issued by this state pursuant to § 39-17-1351 ; (B) Is not prohibited from carrying a handgun under the laws of this state or federal law; (C) Prior to carrying the concealed handgun on school property, successfully completes at least forty (40) hours of handgun instruction administered and taught by a local law enforcement agency. The handgun instruction curriculum shall be taken by the law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum that has been approved by the peace officers standards and training (POST) commission for use in training school resource officers and other law enforcement officers; and (D) On an annual basis, completes at least sixteen (16) hours of continuing handgun instruction administered and taught by a local law enforcement agency. (2) Any handgun instruction curriculum that a law enforcement agency uses for school employees as provided in subdivision (d)(1)(C) shall include instruction designed to: (A) Emphasize strategies for preventing school shootings and for securing the safety of potential victims of school shootings; (B) Educate the employee about legal issues relating to the use of force or deadly force in the protection of others; (C) Introduce the employee to effective school safety strategies and techniques; (D) Improve the employee's proficiency with a handgun; and (E) Enable the employee to respond to an emergency situation requiring deadly force, such as a situation involving an active shooter. (3) It is the duty of the employee to send to the director of schools a certificate evidencing successful completion of the initial forty-hour handgun training instruction and the annual sixteen-hour continuing handgun training instruction. No director of schools may select an employee to carry a concealed handgun on the property of the school to which the employee is assigned without proof of successful completion of the training requirements and a valid handgun carry permit. (e) The cost of the handgun carry permit, additional firearms training, and the handgun and ammunition the employee will be carrying, shall be at the expense of the employee who has been authorized to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to this section. The LEA assumes no financial responsibility for a handgun possessed by an employee pursuant to this section. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall prohibit an LEA from paying a portion or all of the costs associated with the required training or handgun carry permit fees. (f) For the safety of law enforcement officers, other first responders, faculty and staff, students, and the employee carrying the concealed handgun pursuant to this section: (1) Within ten (10) days after the director of schools has authorized an employee to carry or possess a concealed handgun on school property pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the director shall notify the chief of the appropriate local law enforcement agency of each such authorization; and (2) Each employee authorized by the director of schools to carry a concealed handgun at an interscholastic athletic event pursuant to this section, other than a law enforcement officer, shall wear appropriate insignia or clothing that clearly identifies the employee as a school security officer or otherwise as being in lawful and authorized possession of a handgun. (g) An employee's authorization to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to this section shall become ineffective upon the: (1) Expiration, suspension, or revocation of the employee's handgun carry permit pursuant to § 39-17-1351 ; or (2) Termination of the employee's employment with the school. (h) The board of education and director of schools may, at their sole discretion, revoke an employee's authorization to carry a concealed handgun on school property with or without cause. (i) The notification transmitted to the chief of the appropriate local law enforcement agency pursuant to subdivision (f)(1), the names and contact information of any employee authorized to carry or possess a concealed handgun on school property pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), any listing or compilation of names or individual names of persons who are authorized to carry or possess a firearm on school property, whether the director of schools and the principal of the school have or have not authorized an employee to carry or possess a firearm on school property, or any other document, file, record, information, or material relating to the carrying or possessing of a handgun on school property pursuant to this section that is received by, transmitted to, maintained, stored, or compiled by the director of schools, the principal of the school, any LEA, or county or municipal law enforcement agency, shall be confidential and not open for public inspection under title 10, chapter 7. (j) Nothing in § 49-3-315 shall require an LEA or a law enforcement agency of the county to assign or provide funding for a school resource officer, as defined in § 49-6-4202 , to any city school system within that county on the basis of the WFTEADA, as defined in § 49-3-302 . The providing of security or school resource officers by a sheriff shall be considered a law enforcement function and not a school operation or maintenance purpose that requires the apportionment of funds pursuant to § 49-3-315 . (k) This section shall only apply to a public school located in a distressed rural county. If a county is removed from the distressed rural counties list and one (1) or more of the employees of the public school system within that county was authorized to carry a concealed handgun on school property pursuant to this section, the authorization shall expire thirty (30) days after the county is removed from the list. Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 278, Secs.s 1, s 2 eff. 5/4/2017. Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1049, s 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
(a) As used in this section: (1) "Distressed rural county" means any county that qualifies as an "eligible county" under § 67-6-104 , for the apportionment of sales and use tax revenue for commercial development districts, and has a population of not less than seventeen thousand (17,000) nor more than seventeen thousand one hundred (17,100), or a population of not less than five thousand (5,000) nor more than five thousand one hundred (5,100), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; and (2) "Employee" means a person employed full time to work in a public kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) school, including as a teacher, principal, vice principal, or other staff member.
(1) "Distressed rural county" means any county that qualifies as an "eligible county" under § 67-6-104 , for the apportionment of sales and use tax revenue for commercial development districts, and has a population of not less than seventeen thousand (17,000) nor more than seventeen thousand one hundred (17,100), or a population of not less than five thousand (5,000) nor more than five thousand one hundred (5,100), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census; and
(2) "Employee" means a person employed full time to work in a public kindergarten through grade 12 (K-12) school, including as a teacher, principal, vice principal, or other staff member.
(b) (1) Notwithstanding § 39-17-1309 or any other provision of title 39, chapter 17, part 13, to the contrary, in addition to persons who are authorized to possess a firearm on school property under any other law, the local board of education in a distressed rural county may adopt a policy allowing the director of schools, in consultation with the principal of each school, to authorize and select employees who may carry a concealed handgun within and on the grounds of the school to which the person is assigned. (2) If the director of schools authorizes one (1) or more employees to carry a concealed handgun as provided in subdivision (b)(1), the maximum number of employees that may be authorized is one (1) employee for each one hundred (100) students enrolled in the school.
(1) Notwithstanding § 39-17-1309 or any other provision of title 39, chapter 17, part 13, to the contrary, in addition to persons who are authorized to possess a firearm on school property under any other law, the local board of education in a distressed rural county may adopt a policy allowing the director of schools, in consultation with the principal of each school, to authorize and select employees who may carry a concealed handgun within and on the grounds of the school to which the person is assigned.
(2) If the director of schools authorizes one (1) or more employees to carry a concealed handgun as provided in subdivision (b)(1), the maximum number of employees that may be authorized is one (1) employee for each one hundred (100) students enrolled in the school.
(c) No employee shall be disciplined or otherwise suffer adverse employment consequences if the employee does not volunteer to be trained to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to this section.
(d) (1) The director of schools shall not select an employee to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to this section unless the employee: (A) Possesses and maintains a valid handgun carry permit issued by this state pursuant to § 39-17-1351 ; (B) Is not prohibited from carrying a handgun under the laws of this state or federal law; (C) Prior to carrying the concealed handgun on school property, successfully completes at least forty (40) hours of handgun instruction administered and taught by a local law enforcement agency. The handgun instruction curriculum shall be taken by the law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum that has been approved by the peace officers standards and training (POST) commission for use in training school resource officers and other law enforcement officers; and (D) On an annual basis, completes at least sixteen (16) hours of continuing handgun instruction administered and taught by a local law enforcement agency. (2) Any handgun instruction curriculum that a law enforcement agency uses for school employees as provided in subdivision (d)(1)(C) shall include instruction designed to: (A) Emphasize strategies for preventing school shootings and for securing the safety of potential victims of school shootings; (B) Educate the employee about legal issues relating to the use of force or deadly force in the protection of others; (C) Introduce the employee to effective school safety strategies and techniques; (D) Improve the employee's proficiency with a handgun; and (E) Enable the employee to respond to an emergency situation requiring deadly force, such as a situation involving an active shooter. (3) It is the duty of the employee to send to the director of schools a certificate evidencing successful completion of the initial forty-hour handgun training instruction and the annual sixteen-hour continuing handgun training instruction. No director of schools may select an employee to carry a concealed handgun on the property of the school to which the employee is assigned without proof of successful completion of the training requirements and a valid handgun carry permit.
(1) The director of schools shall not select an employee to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to this section unless the employee: (A) Possesses and maintains a valid handgun carry permit issued by this state pursuant to § 39-17-1351 ; (B) Is not prohibited from carrying a handgun under the laws of this state or federal law; (C) Prior to carrying the concealed handgun on school property, successfully completes at least forty (40) hours of handgun instruction administered and taught by a local law enforcement agency. The handgun instruction curriculum shall be taken by the law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum that has been approved by the peace officers standards and training (POST) commission for use in training school resource officers and other law enforcement officers; and (D) On an annual basis, completes at least sixteen (16) hours of continuing handgun instruction administered and taught by a local law enforcement agency.
(A) Possesses and maintains a valid handgun carry permit issued by this state pursuant to § 39-17-1351 ;
(B) Is not prohibited from carrying a handgun under the laws of this state or federal law;
(C) Prior to carrying the concealed handgun on school property, successfully completes at least forty (40) hours of handgun instruction administered and taught by a local law enforcement agency. The handgun instruction curriculum shall be taken by the law enforcement agency from an existing curriculum that has been approved by the peace officers standards and training (POST) commission for use in training school resource officers and other law enforcement officers; and
(D) On an annual basis, completes at least sixteen (16) hours of continuing handgun instruction administered and taught by a local law enforcement agency.
(2) Any handgun instruction curriculum that a law enforcement agency uses for school employees as provided in subdivision (d)(1)(C) shall include instruction designed to: (A) Emphasize strategies for preventing school shootings and for securing the safety of potential victims of school shootings; (B) Educate the employee about legal issues relating to the use of force or deadly force in the protection of others; (C) Introduce the employee to effective school safety strategies and techniques; (D) Improve the employee's proficiency with a handgun; and (E) Enable the employee to respond to an emergency situation requiring deadly force, such as a situation involving an active shooter.
(A) Emphasize strategies for preventing school shootings and for securing the safety of potential victims of school shootings;
(B) Educate the employee about legal issues relating to the use of force or deadly force in the protection of others;
(C) Introduce the employee to effective school safety strategies and techniques;
(D) Improve the employee's proficiency with a handgun; and
(E) Enable the employee to respond to an emergency situation requiring deadly force, such as a situation involving an active shooter.
(3) It is the duty of the employee to send to the director of schools a certificate evidencing successful completion of the initial forty-hour handgun training instruction and the annual sixteen-hour continuing handgun training instruction. No director of schools may select an employee to carry a concealed handgun on the property of the school to which the employee is assigned without proof of successful completion of the training requirements and a valid handgun carry permit.
(e) The cost of the handgun carry permit, additional firearms training, and the handgun and ammunition the employee will be carrying, shall be at the expense of the employee who has been authorized to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to this section. The LEA assumes no financial responsibility for a handgun possessed by an employee pursuant to this section. Nothing in this subsection (e) shall prohibit an LEA from paying a portion or all of the costs associated with the required training or handgun carry permit fees.
(f) For the safety of law enforcement officers, other first responders, faculty and staff, students, and the employee carrying the concealed handgun pursuant to this section: (1) Within ten (10) days after the director of schools has authorized an employee to carry or possess a concealed handgun on school property pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the director shall notify the chief of the appropriate local law enforcement agency of each such authorization; and (2) Each employee authorized by the director of schools to carry a concealed handgun at an interscholastic athletic event pursuant to this section, other than a law enforcement officer, shall wear appropriate insignia or clothing that clearly identifies the employee as a school security officer or otherwise as being in lawful and authorized possession of a handgun.
(1) Within ten (10) days after the director of schools has authorized an employee to carry or possess a concealed handgun on school property pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), the director shall notify the chief of the appropriate local law enforcement agency of each such authorization; and
(2) Each employee authorized by the director of schools to carry a concealed handgun at an interscholastic athletic event pursuant to this section, other than a law enforcement officer, shall wear appropriate insignia or clothing that clearly identifies the employee as a school security officer or otherwise as being in lawful and authorized possession of a handgun.
(g) An employee's authorization to carry a concealed handgun pursuant to this section shall become ineffective upon the: (1) Expiration, suspension, or revocation of the employee's handgun carry permit pursuant to § 39-17-1351 ; or (2) Termination of the employee's employment with the school.
(1) Expiration, suspension, or revocation of the employee's handgun carry permit pursuant to § 39-17-1351 ; or
(2) Termination of the employee's employment with the school.
(h) The board of education and director of schools may, at their sole discretion, revoke an employee's authorization to carry a concealed handgun on school property with or without cause.
(i) The notification transmitted to the chief of the appropriate local law enforcement agency pursuant to subdivision (f)(1), the names and contact information of any employee authorized to carry or possess a concealed handgun on school property pursuant to subdivision (b)(1), any listing or compilation of names or individual names of persons who are authorized to carry or possess a firearm on school property, whether the director of schools and the principal of the school have or have not authorized an employee to carry or possess a firearm on school property, or any other document, file, record, information, or material relating to the carrying or possessing of a handgun on school property pursuant to this section that is received by, transmitted to, maintained, stored, or compiled by the director of schools, the principal of the school, any LEA, or county or municipal law enforcement agency, shall be confidential and not open for public inspection under title 10, chapter 7.
(j) Nothing in § 49-3-315 shall require an LEA or a law enforcement agency of the county to assign or provide funding for a school resource officer, as defined in § 49-6-4202 , to any city school system within that county on the basis of the WFTEADA, as defined in § 49-3-302 . The providing of security or school resource officers by a sheriff shall be considered a law enforcement function and not a school operation or maintenance purpose that requires the apportionment of funds pursuant to § 49-3-315 .
(k) This section shall only apply to a public school located in a distressed rural county. If a county is removed from the distressed rural counties list and one (1) or more of the employees of the public school system within that county was authorized to carry a concealed handgun on school property pursuant to this section, the authorization shall expire thirty (30) days after the county is removed from the list.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 278, Secs.s 1, s 2 eff. 5/4/2017.
Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1049, s 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1003 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-1003
[Repealed] Reserved
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 248, s 58, eff. 5/2/2019. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, s 32, eff. 4/18/2018. Acts 1933, ch. 61, §§ 1, 2; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 2423.1, 2423.2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-1916, 49-1917; Acts 1994, ch. 799, § 1.
Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 248, s 58, eff. 5/2/2019.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, s 32, eff. 4/18/2018.
Acts 1933, ch. 61, §§ 1, 2; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 2423.1, 2423.2; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-1916, 49-1917; Acts 1994, ch. 799, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-103 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 13 / Section 49-13-103
Application
Status: in_force

This chapter applies only to schools formed and operated in accordance with this chapter. Acts 2002, ch. 850, § 3.
This chapter applies only to schools formed and operated in accordance with this chapter.
Acts 2002, ch. 850, § 3.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-2110 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-2110
Safe operation of buses
Status: in_force

(a) A school bus shall at no time transport more pupils than the manufacturer's rated capacity for the bus, allowing no less than thirteen linear inches (13") of seat space for each pupil. The commissioner of education may, under rules and regulations prepared by the commissioner and approved by the state board of education, issue permits to a local board of education allowing the number of pupils transported on a school bus to exceed the limit prescribed in this subsection (a), up to, but not to exceed, twenty percent (20%) of the manufacturer's rated capacity. In no event shall a permit be issued authorizing the loading of a school bus beyond the limits of safety. (b) A school bus transporting pupils to and from school or on school-sponsored activity trips shall not exceed posted speed limits or a maximum speed of thirty-five miles per hour (35 mph) on unpaved roadways. Acts 1947, ch. 92, §§ 9, 11; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 2495.9, 2495.11 (Williams, §§ 2495.10, 2495.12); Acts 1957, ch. 159, § 1; 1961, ch. 38, § 1; 1967, ch. 32, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-2212, 49-2213; Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 6, § 17; 1992, ch. 728, § 1.
(a) A school bus shall at no time transport more pupils than the manufacturer's rated capacity for the bus, allowing no less than thirteen linear inches (13") of seat space for each pupil. The commissioner of education may, under rules and regulations prepared by the commissioner and approved by the state board of education, issue permits to a local board of education allowing the number of pupils transported on a school bus to exceed the limit prescribed in this subsection (a), up to, but not to exceed, twenty percent (20%) of the manufacturer's rated capacity. In no event shall a permit be issued authorizing the loading of a school bus beyond the limits of safety.
(b) A school bus transporting pupils to and from school or on school-sponsored activity trips shall not exceed posted speed limits or a maximum speed of thirty-five miles per hour (35 mph) on unpaved roadways.
Acts 1947, ch. 92, §§ 9, 11; C. Supp. 1950, §§ 2495.9, 2495.11 (Williams, §§ 2495.10, 2495.12); Acts 1957, ch. 159, § 1; 1961, ch. 38, § 1; 1967, ch. 32, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-2212, 49-2213; Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 6, § 17; 1992, ch. 728, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-402 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 9 / Section 49-9-402
County technical advisory service
Status: in_force

(a) As a part of the Institute for Public Service, there is created a county technical advisory service to provide studies and research in county government, publications, educational conferences and attendance at the conferences, and to furnish technical, consultative and field services to counties of the state in problems relating to fiscal administration, accounting, tax assessment and collection, law enforcement, improvements and public works, and in any and all matters relating to county government. (b) This program shall be carried on in cooperation with and with the advice of counties in the state acting through the Tennessee County Services Association and its board of directors, which is recognized as their official agency or instrumentality. Acts 1963, ch. 207, § 2; 1973, ch. 280, § 1; 1974, ch. 594, § 2; T.C.A., § 49-3344.
(a) As a part of the Institute for Public Service, there is created a county technical advisory service to provide studies and research in county government, publications, educational conferences and attendance at the conferences, and to furnish technical, consultative and field services to counties of the state in problems relating to fiscal administration, accounting, tax assessment and collection, law enforcement, improvements and public works, and in any and all matters relating to county government.
(b) This program shall be carried on in cooperation with and with the advice of counties in the state acting through the Tennessee County Services Association and its board of directors, which is recognized as their official agency or instrumentality.
Acts 1963, ch. 207, § 2; 1973, ch. 280, § 1; 1974, ch. 594, § 2; T.C.A., § 49-3344.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-2117 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-2117
Prohibition against nonpublic schools employing or permitting driver convicted of violations
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no private school, as defined in § 49-6-3001 , or church related school, as defined in § 49-50-801(a) , shall employ or permit a person to drive a school bus in this state who, within five (5) years of the person's application to be employed or serve as a school bus driver, has been convicted in this state, or in any other jurisdiction pursuant to a law prohibiting the same conduct, of a violation of any of the following: (1) Driving under the influence of an intoxicant as prohibited by § 55-10-401 ; (2) Vehicular assault as prohibited by § 39-13-106 ; (3) Vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-213(a)(2) ; (4) Aggravated vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-218 ; (5) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance as prohibited by § 39-17-417 ; or (6) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance analogue as prohibited by § 39-17-454 . (b) It shall be the responsibility of the private school or church related school to determine whether any person employed by the school to drive a school bus is in compliance with this section. Acts 2002, ch. 820, § 2; 2012 , ch. 848, § 41.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, no private school, as defined in § 49-6-3001 , or church related school, as defined in § 49-50-801(a) , shall employ or permit a person to drive a school bus in this state who, within five (5) years of the person's application to be employed or serve as a school bus driver, has been convicted in this state, or in any other jurisdiction pursuant to a law prohibiting the same conduct, of a violation of any of the following: (1) Driving under the influence of an intoxicant as prohibited by § 55-10-401 ; (2) Vehicular assault as prohibited by § 39-13-106 ; (3) Vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-213(a)(2) ; (4) Aggravated vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-218 ; (5) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance as prohibited by § 39-17-417 ; or (6) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance analogue as prohibited by § 39-17-454 .
(1) Driving under the influence of an intoxicant as prohibited by § 55-10-401 ;
(2) Vehicular assault as prohibited by § 39-13-106 ;
(3) Vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-213(a)(2) ;
(4) Aggravated vehicular homicide as prohibited by § 39-13-218 ;
(5) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance as prohibited by § 39-17-417 ; or
(6) Manufacture, delivery, sale or possession of a controlled substance analogue as prohibited by § 39-17-454 .
(b) It shall be the responsibility of the private school or church related school to determine whether any person employed by the school to drive a school bus is in compliance with this section.
Acts 2002, ch. 820, § 2; 2012 , ch. 848, § 41.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-2601 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-2601
Short title
Status: in_force

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program." Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 506, s 1, eff. 5/24/2019.
This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program."
Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 506, s 1, eff. 5/24/2019.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-314 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-314
Parental election to retain student for academic or behavioral delays
Status: in_force

(a) A parent or guardian of a student enrolled in any of the grades kindergarten through two (K-2) may elect to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level if the student has a documented academic or behavioral delay and the parent or guardian believes that retention may benefit the student. If a parent or guardian elects to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level pursuant to this subsection (a), then, subject to subsection (b) and subsection (c), the LEA or public charter school in which the student is enrolled shall retain the student in the student's current grade level at the parent's or guardian's request. (b) A student cannot be retained in any grade level more than once. (c) This section does not supersede an LEA's or public charter school's obligation to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ( 29 U.S.C. § 794 ), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. § 2000d ), the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 ( 20 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.), or any other federal or state law related to students with disabilities and English language learners. (d) The state board of education shall promulgate rules, including emergency rules if necessary, to establish the requirements for the documentation required to establish an academic or behavioral delay for purposes of this section. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 829,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
(a) A parent or guardian of a student enrolled in any of the grades kindergarten through two (K-2) may elect to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level if the student has a documented academic or behavioral delay and the parent or guardian believes that retention may benefit the student. If a parent or guardian elects to retain the parent's or guardian's student in the student's current grade level pursuant to this subsection (a), then, subject to subsection (b) and subsection (c), the LEA or public charter school in which the student is enrolled shall retain the student in the student's current grade level at the parent's or guardian's request.
(b) A student cannot be retained in any grade level more than once.
(c) This section does not supersede an LEA's or public charter school's obligation to comply with the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.), Section 504 of the Rehabilitation Act ( 29 U.S.C. § 794 ), Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 ( 42 U.S.C. § 2000d ), the Equal Educational Opportunities Act of 1974 ( 20 U.S.C. § 1701 et seq.), or any other federal or state law related to students with disabilities and English language learners.
(d) The state board of education shall promulgate rules, including emergency rules if necessary, to establish the requirements for the documentation required to establish an academic or behavioral delay for purposes of this section. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 829,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1013 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-1013
Textbooks or instructional materials covering personal finance
Status: in_force

Each LEA is encouraged when selecting textbooks or instructional materials for economics or similar courses to select those textbooks or instructional materials that contain substantive provisions on personal finance, including personal budgeting, credit and debt management and similar personal financial topics. Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 981,s 29, eff. 1/1/2015. Acts 2001, ch. 229, § 1.
Each LEA is encouraged when selecting textbooks or instructional materials for economics or similar courses to select those textbooks or instructional materials that contain substantive provisions on personal finance, including personal budgeting, credit and debt management and similar personal financial topics.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 981,s 29, eff. 1/1/2015.
Acts 2001, ch. 229, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-2104 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-2104
Payments in lieu of transportation
Status: in_force

(a) All pupils within a county shall be provided equal opportunity to attend school with any other pupil transported at public expense, except as conditions of roads or remoteness may prevent. (b) In all cases where transportation cannot be furnished to a child because of the condition of roads or the remoteness of the home of the child, the local boards of education may, at their discretion, pay to the parents or guardian of the child an amount equal to the average per capita cost of transporting one (1) pupil, such calculation to be based upon the cost determined during the preceding school year. (c) Before any child shall be eligible to receive any amount under this section, the following conditions must be met: (1) The child must maintain regular attendance in a public school; (2) The child must live more than one and one-fourth (11/4) miles from the school that the child is required to attend under this chapter; and (3) It must be established to the satisfaction of the local school board that such child lives more than one and one-fourth (11/4) miles from the nearest daily route of a school bus. Acts 1947, ch. 92, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 2495.4 (Williams, § 2495.5); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-2202.
(a) All pupils within a county shall be provided equal opportunity to attend school with any other pupil transported at public expense, except as conditions of roads or remoteness may prevent.
(b) In all cases where transportation cannot be furnished to a child because of the condition of roads or the remoteness of the home of the child, the local boards of education may, at their discretion, pay to the parents or guardian of the child an amount equal to the average per capita cost of transporting one (1) pupil, such calculation to be based upon the cost determined during the preceding school year.
(c) Before any child shall be eligible to receive any amount under this section, the following conditions must be met: (1) The child must maintain regular attendance in a public school; (2) The child must live more than one and one-fourth (11/4) miles from the school that the child is required to attend under this chapter; and (3) It must be established to the satisfaction of the local school board that such child lives more than one and one-fourth (11/4) miles from the nearest daily route of a school bus.
(1) The child must maintain regular attendance in a public school;
(2) The child must live more than one and one-fourth (11/4) miles from the school that the child is required to attend under this chapter; and
(3) It must be established to the satisfaction of the local school board that such child lives more than one and one-fourth (11/4) miles from the nearest daily route of a school bus.
Acts 1947, ch. 92, § 4; C. Supp. 1950, § 2495.4 (Williams, § 2495.5); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-2202.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-137 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 13 / Section 49-13-137
Reserved
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 307,s 21, eff. 7/1/2017. Acts 2011, ch. 507, § 13.
Repealed by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 307,s 21, eff. 7/1/2017.
Acts 2011, ch. 507, § 13.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-4404 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-4404
Physical examination of student - Student's remedies
Status: in_force

(a) Within forty-eight (48) hours of the imposition of corporal punishment within the special school district, the pupil shall have the right to be examined by a physician to determine if the punishment was excessive. (b) In any case in which the punishment is excessive, the pupil shall have the same civil and criminal remedies as any other pupil in the public schools. Acts 1980, ch. 571, § 1; T.C.A. § 49-9-205 .
(a) Within forty-eight (48) hours of the imposition of corporal punishment within the special school district, the pupil shall have the right to be examined by a physician to determine if the punishment was excessive.
(b) In any case in which the punishment is excessive, the pupil shall have the same civil and criminal remedies as any other pupil in the public schools.
Acts 1980, ch. 571, § 1; T.C.A. § 49-9-205 .
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1006 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-1006
[Effective Until 7/1/2025] Black history and culture
Status: in_force

The course of instruction in all public schools should include, at some appropriate grade level or levels, as determined by the local board of education, courses and content designed to educate children in black history and culture and the contribution of black people to the history and development of this country and of the world. The general assembly finds that the goal of curriculum shall include the history, heritage, culture, experience and ultimate destiny of all social, ethnic, gender and national groups and individuals, and that such are represented as interdependent, interactive and complementary. The state board of education shall include multicultural diversity when developing frameworks and curricula to be taught at appropriate grade levels kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12). Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, Secs.s 33, s 34 eff. 4/18/2018. Acts 1972, ch. 799, §§ 1-3; 1974, ch. 654, § 117; T.C.A., § 49-1927; Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 54. This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
The course of instruction in all public schools should include, at some appropriate grade level or levels, as determined by the local board of education, courses and content designed to educate children in black history and culture and the contribution of black people to the history and development of this country and of the world. The general assembly finds that the goal of curriculum shall include the history, heritage, culture, experience and ultimate destiny of all social, ethnic, gender and national groups and individuals, and that such are represented as interdependent, interactive and complementary. The state board of education shall include multicultural diversity when developing frameworks and curricula to be taught at appropriate grade levels kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12).
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, Secs.s 33, s 34 eff. 4/18/2018.
Acts 1972, ch. 799, §§ 1-3; 1974, ch. 654, § 117; T.C.A., § 49-1927; Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 54.
This section is set out more than once due to postponed, multiple, or conflicting amendments.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-606 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 7 / Section 49-7-606
Contributions and gifts to fund
Status: in_force

(a) Any person, association or corporation may make contributions to the trust corporation for the benefit of the trust pursuant to this part, and the trust corporation is authorized to accept funds and deposit the funds in the trust for higher education. (b) In addition, the trust corporation is authorized to accept gifts of land for the benefit of the trust. Gifts of land shall be made in the name of the trust corporation with appropriate language of limitation. Acts 1987, ch. 129, § 6.
(a) Any person, association or corporation may make contributions to the trust corporation for the benefit of the trust pursuant to this part, and the trust corporation is authorized to accept funds and deposit the funds in the trust for higher education.
(b) In addition, the trust corporation is authorized to accept gifts of land for the benefit of the trust. Gifts of land shall be made in the name of the trust corporation with appropriate language of limitation.
Acts 1987, ch. 129, § 6.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-2009 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-2009
Displays in support of or opposition to referendum or initiative prohibited
Status: in_force

No sign or message in support of or opposition to a referendum or initiative placed before the voters shall be displayed on a sign owned by an LEA or its schools or attached to LEA-owned buildings. No audio or video messages in support of or opposition to a referendum or initiative shall be dispersed using LEA or school telephonic or electronic equipment or accounts. Added by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 395,s 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
No sign or message in support of or opposition to a referendum or initiative placed before the voters shall be displayed on a sign owned by an LEA or its schools or attached to LEA-owned buildings. No audio or video messages in support of or opposition to a referendum or initiative shall be dispersed using LEA or school telephonic or electronic equipment or accounts.
Added by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 395,s 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-107 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 2 / Section 49-2-107
Special school districts - Taxes
Status: in_force

Any person owning property located in special school districts in this state that were created by a private act shall be required to pay such taxes as are levied by the private act creating or amending the school district. Acts 1969, ch. 269, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-249.
Any person owning property located in special school districts in this state that were created by a private act shall be required to pay such taxes as are levied by the private act creating or amending the school district.
Acts 1969, ch. 269, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-249.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-152 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 7 / Section 49-7-152
Early registration for military veterans
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, "military veteran" means a person who has entered and served honorably in the United States armed forces on active duty, active national guard or active reserves. (b) A military veteran who is a current resident of this state or whose home of record for military purposes is Tennessee and who is a student at a public institution of higher education shall be allowed to register for classes prior to the general student population at any public institution of higher education. Early registration shall occur using the same procedure used by student athletes, disabled students and honor students, if such groups are permitted to early register. Acts 2012, ch. 788, § 1.
(a) As used in this section, "military veteran" means a person who has entered and served honorably in the United States armed forces on active duty, active national guard or active reserves.
(b) A military veteran who is a current resident of this state or whose home of record for military purposes is Tennessee and who is a student at a public institution of higher education shall be allowed to register for classes prior to the general student population at any public institution of higher education. Early registration shall occur using the same procedure used by student athletes, disabled students and honor students, if such groups are permitted to early register.
Acts 2012, ch. 788, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-50-801 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 50 / Section 49-50-801
Church-related schools
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "church-related school" means a school operated by denominational, parochial or other bona fide church organizations that are required to meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Tennessee Association of Christian Schools, the Association of Christian Schools International, the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Tennessee Association of Non-Public Academic Schools, the Tennessee Association of Church Related Schools, the Association of Classical and Christian Schools, the Tennessee Alliance of Church Related Schools, or a school affiliated with Accelerated Christian Education, Inc. (b) The state board of education and local boards of education are prohibited from regulating the selection of faculty or textbooks or the establishment of a curriculum in church-related schools. (c) The state board of education and local boards of education shall not prohibit or impede the transfer of a student from a church-related school to a public school of this state. Local boards may, however, place students transferring from a church-related school to a public school in a grade level based upon the student's performance on a test administered by the board for that purpose. In local school systems where the local board of education requires tests for students transferring to that system from another public school system, the same test shall be administered to students transferring to such system from church-related schools. (d) Church-related schools shall be conducted for the same length of term as public schools. (e) (1) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting church-related schools from voluntarily seeking approval by the state board of education nor prohibiting the state board of education from extending such approval when it is voluntarily sought. (2) This section does not prohibit a nonpublic school that meets the standards of accreditation of one (1) or more of the organizations identified in subsection (a) from operating as a Category II nonpublic school if the school meets the requirements established by the department of education and the state board of education for a Category II nonpublic school. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 456,Secs.s1, s2 eff. 5/22/2019. Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 578,s 1, eff. 3/10/2016. Acts 1976, ch. 596, §§ 1-4; T.C.A., §§ 49-5201 -- 49-5204; Acts 1987, ch. 42, § 6; 1992, ch. 972, § 1; 1996, ch. 595, § 1.
(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "church-related school" means a school operated by denominational, parochial or other bona fide church organizations that are required to meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Tennessee Association of Christian Schools, the Association of Christian Schools International, the Tennessee Association of Independent Schools, the Southern Association of Colleges and Schools, the Tennessee Association of Non-Public Academic Schools, the Tennessee Association of Church Related Schools, the Association of Classical and Christian Schools, the Tennessee Alliance of Church Related Schools, or a school affiliated with Accelerated Christian Education, Inc.
(b) The state board of education and local boards of education are prohibited from regulating the selection of faculty or textbooks or the establishment of a curriculum in church-related schools.
(c) The state board of education and local boards of education shall not prohibit or impede the transfer of a student from a church-related school to a public school of this state. Local boards may, however, place students transferring from a church-related school to a public school in a grade level based upon the student's performance on a test administered by the board for that purpose. In local school systems where the local board of education requires tests for students transferring to that system from another public school system, the same test shall be administered to students transferring to such system from church-related schools.
(d) Church-related schools shall be conducted for the same length of term as public schools.
(e) (1) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting church-related schools from voluntarily seeking approval by the state board of education nor prohibiting the state board of education from extending such approval when it is voluntarily sought. (2) This section does not prohibit a nonpublic school that meets the standards of accreditation of one (1) or more of the organizations identified in subsection (a) from operating as a Category II nonpublic school if the school meets the requirements established by the department of education and the state board of education for a Category II nonpublic school.
(1) Nothing in this section shall be interpreted as prohibiting church-related schools from voluntarily seeking approval by the state board of education nor prohibiting the state board of education from extending such approval when it is voluntarily sought.
(2) This section does not prohibit a nonpublic school that meets the standards of accreditation of one (1) or more of the organizations identified in subsection (a) from operating as a Category II nonpublic school if the school meets the requirements established by the department of education and the state board of education for a Category II nonpublic school.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 456,Secs.s1, s2 eff. 5/22/2019.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 578,s 1, eff. 3/10/2016.
Acts 1976, ch. 596, §§ 1-4; T.C.A., §§ 49-5201 -- 49-5204; Acts 1987, ch. 42, § 6; 1992, ch. 972, § 1; 1996, ch. 595, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-224 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 1 / Section 49-1-224
Education Pays Act - Award of rewards - Funding
Status: in_force

(a) As used in this section, "education pays reward" means a reward of cash or other thing of value given to either an individual student or the student's custodial parent or guardian, or both, in recognition of academic achievement. (b) Each LEA is encouraged to develop an education pays pilot program for at-risk students to encourage student academic achievement through the award of education pays rewards. (c) An education pays pilot program may be funded through private donations. Any LEA for which a private foundation or other organization expresses willingness to fund an education pays pilot program shall work with such organization in developing an education pays pilot program in order to encourage at-risk students to achieve greater academic success through participation in the program. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725,s 12, eff. 4/18/2018. Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182,s 11, eff. 4/17/2015. Acts 2009, ch. 326, § 2.
(a) As used in this section, "education pays reward" means a reward of cash or other thing of value given to either an individual student or the student's custodial parent or guardian, or both, in recognition of academic achievement.
(b) Each LEA is encouraged to develop an education pays pilot program for at-risk students to encourage student academic achievement through the award of education pays rewards.
(c) An education pays pilot program may be funded through private donations. Any LEA for which a private foundation or other organization expresses willingness to fund an education pays pilot program shall work with such organization in developing an education pays pilot program in order to encourage at-risk students to achieve greater academic success through participation in the program.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725,s 12, eff. 4/18/2018.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182,s 11, eff. 4/17/2015.
Acts 2009, ch. 326, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-3-113 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 3 / Section 49-3-113
TISA review committee
Status: in_force

Beginning on January 1, 2026, the state board shall establish a review committee for the TISA. The committee must be comprised of the executive director of the state board, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of finance and administration, the comptroller of the treasury, the director of the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations, the chair of the education committee of the senate, the chair of the education administration committee of the house of representatives, and the director of the office of legislative budget analysis, or the director's designee. The state board shall appoint at least one (1) member from each of the following groups to serve on the TISA review committee: teachers, school boards, directors of schools, county governments, municipal governments that operate LEAs, finance directors of urban school systems, finance directors of suburban school systems, and finance directors of rural school systems. The TISA review committee shall meet at least four (4) times per year and shall regularly review the TISA base funding, weighted allocations, direct allocations, and outcome incentive dollars, as well as identify any needed revisions, additions, or deletions to the TISA. The TISA review committee shall prepare an annual report on the TISA and shall provide the report, on or before November 1 of each year, to the governor, the state board of education, the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the education committee of the senate, and the education administration committee of the house of representatives. The report must include recommendations on needed revisions, additions, and deletions to the TISA, as well as an analysis of instructional salary disparity among LEAs, including an analysis of disparity in benefits and other compensation among LEAs. Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Beginning on January 1, 2026, the state board shall establish a review committee for the TISA. The committee must be comprised of the executive director of the state board, the commissioner of education, the commissioner of finance and administration, the comptroller of the treasury, the director of the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations, the chair of the education committee of the senate, the chair of the education administration committee of the house of representatives, and the director of the office of legislative budget analysis, or the director's designee. The state board shall appoint at least one (1) member from each of the following groups to serve on the TISA review committee: teachers, school boards, directors of schools, county governments, municipal governments that operate LEAs, finance directors of urban school systems, finance directors of suburban school systems, and finance directors of rural school systems. The TISA review committee shall meet at least four (4) times per year and shall regularly review the TISA base funding, weighted allocations, direct allocations, and outcome incentive dollars, as well as identify any needed revisions, additions, or deletions to the TISA. The TISA review committee shall prepare an annual report on the TISA and shall provide the report, on or before November 1 of each year, to the governor, the state board of education, the finance, ways and means committees of the senate and the house of representatives, the education committee of the senate, and the education administration committee of the house of representatives. The report must include recommendations on needed revisions, additions, and deletions to the TISA, as well as an analysis of instructional salary disparity among LEAs, including an analysis of disparity in benefits and other compensation among LEAs.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1019 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-1019
Concepts prohibited from inclusion or promotion in course of instruction - Withholding of state funds upon violation
Status: in_force

(a) An LEA or public charter school shall not include or promote the following concepts as part of a course of instruction or in a curriculum or instructional program, or allow teachers or other employees of the LEA or public charter school to use supplemental instructional materials that include or promote the following concepts: (1) One (1) race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex; (2) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously; (3) An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of the individual's race or sex; (4) An individual's moral character is determined by the individual's race or sex; (5) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex; (6) An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or another form of psychological distress solely because of the individual's race or sex; (7) A meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist, or designed by a particular race or sex to oppress members of another race or sex; (8) This state or the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist; (9) Promoting or advocating the violent overthrow of the United States government; (10) Promoting division between, or resentment of, a race, sex, religion, creed, nonviolent political affiliation, social class, or class of people; (11) Ascribing character traits, values, moral or ethical codes, privileges, or beliefs to a race or sex, or to an individual because of the individual's race or sex; (12) The rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships and struggles among racial or other groups; (13) All Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; or (14) Governments should deny to any person within the government's jurisdiction the equal protection of the law. (b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), this section does not prohibit an LEA or public charter school from including, as part of a course of instruction or in a curriculum or instructional program, or from allowing teachers or other employees of the LEA or public charter school to use supplemental instructional materials that include: (1) The history of an ethnic group, as described in textbooks and instructional materials adopted in accordance with part 22 of this chapter; (2) The impartial discussion of controversial aspects of history; (3) The impartial instruction on the historical oppression of a particular group of people based on race, ethnicity, class, nationality, religion, or geographic region; or (4) Historical documents relevant to subdivisions (b)(1)-(3) that are permitted under § 49-6-1011 . (c) If the commissioner of education finds that an LEA or public charter school knowingly violated this section, then the commissioner shall withhold state funds, in an amount determined by the commissioner, from the LEA or public charter school until the LEA or public charter school provides evidence to the commissioner that the LEA or public charter school is no longer in violation of this section. Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 493, s 51, eff. 5/25/2021.
(a) An LEA or public charter school shall not include or promote the following concepts as part of a course of instruction or in a curriculum or instructional program, or allow teachers or other employees of the LEA or public charter school to use supplemental instructional materials that include or promote the following concepts: (1) One (1) race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex; (2) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously; (3) An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of the individual's race or sex; (4) An individual's moral character is determined by the individual's race or sex; (5) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex; (6) An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or another form of psychological distress solely because of the individual's race or sex; (7) A meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist, or designed by a particular race or sex to oppress members of another race or sex; (8) This state or the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist; (9) Promoting or advocating the violent overthrow of the United States government; (10) Promoting division between, or resentment of, a race, sex, religion, creed, nonviolent political affiliation, social class, or class of people; (11) Ascribing character traits, values, moral or ethical codes, privileges, or beliefs to a race or sex, or to an individual because of the individual's race or sex; (12) The rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships and struggles among racial or other groups; (13) All Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; or (14) Governments should deny to any person within the government's jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.
(1) One (1) race or sex is inherently superior to another race or sex;
(2) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, is inherently privileged, racist, sexist, or oppressive, whether consciously or subconsciously;
(3) An individual should be discriminated against or receive adverse treatment because of the individual's race or sex;
(4) An individual's moral character is determined by the individual's race or sex;
(5) An individual, by virtue of the individual's race or sex, bears responsibility for actions committed in the past by other members of the same race or sex;
(6) An individual should feel discomfort, guilt, anguish, or another form of psychological distress solely because of the individual's race or sex;
(7) A meritocracy is inherently racist or sexist, or designed by a particular race or sex to oppress members of another race or sex;
(8) This state or the United States is fundamentally or irredeemably racist or sexist;
(9) Promoting or advocating the violent overthrow of the United States government;
(10) Promoting division between, or resentment of, a race, sex, religion, creed, nonviolent political affiliation, social class, or class of people;
(11) Ascribing character traits, values, moral or ethical codes, privileges, or beliefs to a race or sex, or to an individual because of the individual's race or sex;
(12) The rule of law does not exist, but instead is a series of power relationships and struggles among racial or other groups;
(13) All Americans are not created equal and are not endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable rights, including, life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness; or
(14) Governments should deny to any person within the government's jurisdiction the equal protection of the law.
(b) Notwithstanding subsection (a), this section does not prohibit an LEA or public charter school from including, as part of a course of instruction or in a curriculum or instructional program, or from allowing teachers or other employees of the LEA or public charter school to use supplemental instructional materials that include: (1) The history of an ethnic group, as described in textbooks and instructional materials adopted in accordance with part 22 of this chapter; (2) The impartial discussion of controversial aspects of history; (3) The impartial instruction on the historical oppression of a particular group of people based on race, ethnicity, class, nationality, religion, or geographic region; or (4) Historical documents relevant to subdivisions (b)(1)-(3) that are permitted under § 49-6-1011 .
(1) The history of an ethnic group, as described in textbooks and instructional materials adopted in accordance with part 22 of this chapter;
(2) The impartial discussion of controversial aspects of history;
(3) The impartial instruction on the historical oppression of a particular group of people based on race, ethnicity, class, nationality, religion, or geographic region; or
(4) Historical documents relevant to subdivisions (b)(1)-(3) that are permitted under § 49-6-1011 .
(c) If the commissioner of education finds that an LEA or public charter school knowingly violated this section, then the commissioner shall withhold state funds, in an amount determined by the commissioner, from the LEA or public charter school until the LEA or public charter school provides evidence to the commissioner that the LEA or public charter school is no longer in violation of this section.
Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 493, s 51, eff. 5/25/2021.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-4-1007 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4 / Section 49-4-1007
[Repealed effective 6/30/2025] Annual student-level participation data
Status: repealed

On or before December 1, 2018, and on or before December 1 of each subsequent year this program is in effect, the adjutant general of Tennessee shall provide annual student-level participant data to the Tennessee higher education commission for publication. Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 229, s 6, eff. 4/24/2017.
On or before December 1, 2018, and on or before December 1 of each subsequent year this program is in effect, the adjutant general of Tennessee shall provide annual student-level participant data to the Tennessee higher education commission for publication.
Added by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 229, s 6, eff. 4/24/2017.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-111 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 2 / Section 49-2-111
Reapportionment - Effect on school districts
Status: in_force

(a) In all counties wherein the school commission, school board, board of education or other designated agency governing the school affairs of the county is, by the terms and provisions of any private or local act of the general assembly applicable to such county, elected from more than one (1) voting district by the persons entitled to vote in the district, and where by decree or judgment of any court of the United States or any court of this state the scheme of apportionment of the membership of such school commission, school board, board of education or other agency as provided by such act heretofore has been declared to be in violation of any provision of the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Tennessee, the school commission, school board, board of education or other agency governing the school affairs of such county is abolished, effective September 1 of the year in which a general election is next held in the county following the entry of the decree or judgment. (b) [See Compiler's Notes] In all such counties within the purview of subsection (a), there is created and established a board of education, effective September 1 of the year in which a general election is next held in such counties following the entry of a decree of judgment of any such court that the scheme of apportionment of the existing school commission, school board, board of education or the other agency is unconstitutional, to be known as the board of education of ______________ County, which shall consist of five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members to be elected by popular vote of the people of the county, as provided in this section, whose initial members shall be those persons elected by popular vote by the people of the county in the general election to be held in August following the entry of such decree or judgment in the manner provided in this section. (c) Boards of education created and established under this section shall have and possess and shall exercise all of the rights, duties, powers and privileges and shall discharge all of the duties and obligations imposed upon the school boards, school commissions, boards of education or other agencies governing the school affairs of the counties by any such private act applicable to the counties, and are entitled to the same compensation payable to the members of the school boards, school commissions, boards of education or such other agencies of the several counties under the terms of any such private act or acts and that are abolished by the terms of this section. (d) (1) The county legislative body of any county within the purview of subsection (a) is authorized, empowered and directed to cause an accurate census or other determination of population to be taken and reported of the population of the various civil districts in the county or otherwise adopt and pursue a method of determination of population that will permit with a reasonable degree of accuracy the formation of districts with substantially equal population as provided in this section, which census or other determination of population shall be taken and reported no later than the first Monday in April of the year in which a general election is next held in the county following the entry of such decree or judgment of a court, as provided in subsection (a), as the county legislative body shall provide in a proper resolution adopted for that purpose. (2) The county legislative body is further authorized, empowered, and directed to appropriate and expend out of the general funds of the county such sums as may be necessary to defray the cost and expense of taking and reporting the census or other determination of population that it causes to be made. (e) (1) Upon receipt of the report of the census or other determination of population, the county legislative bodies shall, at their regular meeting to be held on the first Monday in April of the year in which a general election is next held in the counties following the entry of the decree or judgment of a court, as provided in subsection (a), or at any adjourned session of the county legislative body, or at any duly called special meeting thereafter, but in any event not later than June 1 of the year, adopt a resolution establishing three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts, the boundaries of which shall be so geographically arranged in the county that according to the census or other determination of population provided for in subsection (d), each of the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts shall have and contain substantially equal numbers of people; provided, that in the establishment of the school zones or districts, no civil district of the county shall be divided unless simultaneously such civil district is divided for all county purposes in the manner provided by law. (2) Whenever a private act applicable to any such county, within the purview of subsection (a), establishes in and for the county the school zones or districts required in this section, which school zones and districts meet the requirement of containing substantially equal population as required in subdivision (e)(1), the county legislative body of the county may, in lieu of establishing the school zones or districts, by census or other method as provided in subsection (d), adopt such districts or zones as established in the private act, but in doing so, it shall be required to make a determination that the districts or zones contain substantially equal population and otherwise meet the requirements of this section. (f) When the county legislative bodies of the several counties within the purview of subsection (a) have complied with this section and established the school zones or districts as provided in subsection (e), there shall be elected from each of the school zones or districts, either by a popular vote of the qualified voters of the county at large or by a popular vote of the qualified voters of each of the school zones or districts, as the county legislative body shall specify in the resolution or private act establishing the districts, one (1) member of the board of education created and established by the terms of this section; provided, that the member elected from any school district or zone must have been a resident for more than one (1) year next preceding the member's election of one (1) or another of the civil districts comprising the school district or zone. (g) The persons who are elected at the August general election next held after the entry of the decree or judgment of any court, as provided in subsection (a), by a popular vote of the qualified voters of the county, shall be elected in accordance with the terms and provisions of § 49-2-201 . (h) No person shall be eligible to be elected as a member of the board of education unless the person has and possesses all of the qualifications required by the general law and by the terms and provisions of any private or local act applicable to the county, with the exception of any qualification based upon residency in any geographical district or zone established in the private or local act. (i) In the event the county legislative body of any county within the purview of subsection (a) fails to comply with this section and causes the census or other determination of population to be taken and reported and thereafter creates the various school zones or districts not later than June 1 of the year in which a general election is next held after the entry of a decree or judgment of any court, as provided in subsection (e), the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members of the board of education created and established in the counties to which this section is applicable shall be elected by the qualified voters of the counties at large without regard to geographical districts, and any person who possesses the qualifications provided by law for membership upon the board of education shall be eligible for election to the board of education without regard to the geographical location of the person's residence in the county. The general election commissions of the several counties within the purview of subsection (a) and wherein the county legislative body of those counties has failed to comply with this section shall hold and conduct an election at the time fixed for the general election of county offices in August next following the entry of a decree or judgment of any court, as provided in subsection (a), for the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members of the board of education at large, and the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) persons receiving the highest number of votes at the election shall be declared and certified by the election commission of the county to be the duly elected members of the board of education. (j) (1) At any time after the general election to be held in August next following the entry of a decree or judgment of any court, as provided in subsection (a), the county legislative bodies of the several counties within the purview of subsection (a) may, if they have not previously done so, in compliance with this section, as provided in subsection (d), cause a census or other determination of population of the several civil districts of the county to be taken, and, at any regular meeting of the county legislative body following the reporting of the census or other determination of population to it, shall have the power to adopt an appropriate resolution establishing three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts as provided in subsection (e); provided, that the resolution shall not impair or shorten the terms of office of any of the members of the board of education who are elected under the authority of this section, and shall provide that members of the board of education to be elected thereunder shall first be elected no sooner than the expiration of the terms of members previously elected under the authority of this section. (2) At any time that the county legislative body has established the school zones or districts as provided in this section, a certified copy of the resolution establishing the school zones or districts shall be officially filed with the election commission of the county, which shall thereafter hold and conduct elections for the newly created board of education of the county in accordance with this section and the school zones or districts as established by the county legislative body of the county. In any case where the county legislative body of any county, in accordance with the authority contained in this subsection (j), has not established the school zones or districts of a county not later than June 1 of any year in which a general election is required to be held for the election of some or all of the members of the then existing school commission, school board, board of education or other designated agency governing the school affairs of the county, the resolution establishing the school zones or districts shall not take effect until after the general election held during that year and the members of the then existing school commission, school board, board of education or other designated agency, including those who are elected at the general election to be held during the year, shall continue to hold their offices and govern the school affairs of the county until the next general election held thereafter, at which time elections shall be had for the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members of the board of education created by this section and from the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts established by the county legislative body as provided in this section. Acts 1967, ch. 252, §§ 1-10; 1970, ch. 509, §§ 1-4; 1972, ch. 697, §§ 3-6; 1973, ch. 170, §§ 2-4; T.C.A., §§ 49-239 -- 49-248.
(a) In all counties wherein the school commission, school board, board of education or other designated agency governing the school affairs of the county is, by the terms and provisions of any private or local act of the general assembly applicable to such county, elected from more than one (1) voting district by the persons entitled to vote in the district, and where by decree or judgment of any court of the United States or any court of this state the scheme of apportionment of the membership of such school commission, school board, board of education or other agency as provided by such act heretofore has been declared to be in violation of any provision of the United States Constitution or the Constitution of Tennessee, the school commission, school board, board of education or other agency governing the school affairs of such county is abolished, effective September 1 of the year in which a general election is next held in the county following the entry of the decree or judgment.
(b) [See Compiler's Notes] In all such counties within the purview of subsection (a), there is created and established a board of education, effective September 1 of the year in which a general election is next held in such counties following the entry of a decree of judgment of any such court that the scheme of apportionment of the existing school commission, school board, board of education or the other agency is unconstitutional, to be known as the board of education of ______________ County, which shall consist of five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members to be elected by popular vote of the people of the county, as provided in this section, whose initial members shall be those persons elected by popular vote by the people of the county in the general election to be held in August following the entry of such decree or judgment in the manner provided in this section.
(c) Boards of education created and established under this section shall have and possess and shall exercise all of the rights, duties, powers and privileges and shall discharge all of the duties and obligations imposed upon the school boards, school commissions, boards of education or other agencies governing the school affairs of the counties by any such private act applicable to the counties, and are entitled to the same compensation payable to the members of the school boards, school commissions, boards of education or such other agencies of the several counties under the terms of any such private act or acts and that are abolished by the terms of this section.
(d) (1) The county legislative body of any county within the purview of subsection (a) is authorized, empowered and directed to cause an accurate census or other determination of population to be taken and reported of the population of the various civil districts in the county or otherwise adopt and pursue a method of determination of population that will permit with a reasonable degree of accuracy the formation of districts with substantially equal population as provided in this section, which census or other determination of population shall be taken and reported no later than the first Monday in April of the year in which a general election is next held in the county following the entry of such decree or judgment of a court, as provided in subsection (a), as the county legislative body shall provide in a proper resolution adopted for that purpose. (2) The county legislative body is further authorized, empowered, and directed to appropriate and expend out of the general funds of the county such sums as may be necessary to defray the cost and expense of taking and reporting the census or other determination of population that it causes to be made.
(1) The county legislative body of any county within the purview of subsection (a) is authorized, empowered and directed to cause an accurate census or other determination of population to be taken and reported of the population of the various civil districts in the county or otherwise adopt and pursue a method of determination of population that will permit with a reasonable degree of accuracy the formation of districts with substantially equal population as provided in this section, which census or other determination of population shall be taken and reported no later than the first Monday in April of the year in which a general election is next held in the county following the entry of such decree or judgment of a court, as provided in subsection (a), as the county legislative body shall provide in a proper resolution adopted for that purpose.
(2) The county legislative body is further authorized, empowered, and directed to appropriate and expend out of the general funds of the county such sums as may be necessary to defray the cost and expense of taking and reporting the census or other determination of population that it causes to be made.
(e) (1) Upon receipt of the report of the census or other determination of population, the county legislative bodies shall, at their regular meeting to be held on the first Monday in April of the year in which a general election is next held in the counties following the entry of the decree or judgment of a court, as provided in subsection (a), or at any adjourned session of the county legislative body, or at any duly called special meeting thereafter, but in any event not later than June 1 of the year, adopt a resolution establishing three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts, the boundaries of which shall be so geographically arranged in the county that according to the census or other determination of population provided for in subsection (d), each of the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts shall have and contain substantially equal numbers of people; provided, that in the establishment of the school zones or districts, no civil district of the county shall be divided unless simultaneously such civil district is divided for all county purposes in the manner provided by law. (2) Whenever a private act applicable to any such county, within the purview of subsection (a), establishes in and for the county the school zones or districts required in this section, which school zones and districts meet the requirement of containing substantially equal population as required in subdivision (e)(1), the county legislative body of the county may, in lieu of establishing the school zones or districts, by census or other method as provided in subsection (d), adopt such districts or zones as established in the private act, but in doing so, it shall be required to make a determination that the districts or zones contain substantially equal population and otherwise meet the requirements of this section.
(1) Upon receipt of the report of the census or other determination of population, the county legislative bodies shall, at their regular meeting to be held on the first Monday in April of the year in which a general election is next held in the counties following the entry of the decree or judgment of a court, as provided in subsection (a), or at any adjourned session of the county legislative body, or at any duly called special meeting thereafter, but in any event not later than June 1 of the year, adopt a resolution establishing three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts, the boundaries of which shall be so geographically arranged in the county that according to the census or other determination of population provided for in subsection (d), each of the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts shall have and contain substantially equal numbers of people; provided, that in the establishment of the school zones or districts, no civil district of the county shall be divided unless simultaneously such civil district is divided for all county purposes in the manner provided by law.
(2) Whenever a private act applicable to any such county, within the purview of subsection (a), establishes in and for the county the school zones or districts required in this section, which school zones and districts meet the requirement of containing substantially equal population as required in subdivision (e)(1), the county legislative body of the county may, in lieu of establishing the school zones or districts, by census or other method as provided in subsection (d), adopt such districts or zones as established in the private act, but in doing so, it shall be required to make a determination that the districts or zones contain substantially equal population and otherwise meet the requirements of this section.
(f) When the county legislative bodies of the several counties within the purview of subsection (a) have complied with this section and established the school zones or districts as provided in subsection (e), there shall be elected from each of the school zones or districts, either by a popular vote of the qualified voters of the county at large or by a popular vote of the qualified voters of each of the school zones or districts, as the county legislative body shall specify in the resolution or private act establishing the districts, one (1) member of the board of education created and established by the terms of this section; provided, that the member elected from any school district or zone must have been a resident for more than one (1) year next preceding the member's election of one (1) or another of the civil districts comprising the school district or zone.
(g) The persons who are elected at the August general election next held after the entry of the decree or judgment of any court, as provided in subsection (a), by a popular vote of the qualified voters of the county, shall be elected in accordance with the terms and provisions of § 49-2-201 .
(h) No person shall be eligible to be elected as a member of the board of education unless the person has and possesses all of the qualifications required by the general law and by the terms and provisions of any private or local act applicable to the county, with the exception of any qualification based upon residency in any geographical district or zone established in the private or local act.
(i) In the event the county legislative body of any county within the purview of subsection (a) fails to comply with this section and causes the census or other determination of population to be taken and reported and thereafter creates the various school zones or districts not later than June 1 of the year in which a general election is next held after the entry of a decree or judgment of any court, as provided in subsection (e), the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members of the board of education created and established in the counties to which this section is applicable shall be elected by the qualified voters of the counties at large without regard to geographical districts, and any person who possesses the qualifications provided by law for membership upon the board of education shall be eligible for election to the board of education without regard to the geographical location of the person's residence in the county. The general election commissions of the several counties within the purview of subsection (a) and wherein the county legislative body of those counties has failed to comply with this section shall hold and conduct an election at the time fixed for the general election of county offices in August next following the entry of a decree or judgment of any court, as provided in subsection (a), for the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members of the board of education at large, and the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) persons receiving the highest number of votes at the election shall be declared and certified by the election commission of the county to be the duly elected members of the board of education.
(j) (1) At any time after the general election to be held in August next following the entry of a decree or judgment of any court, as provided in subsection (a), the county legislative bodies of the several counties within the purview of subsection (a) may, if they have not previously done so, in compliance with this section, as provided in subsection (d), cause a census or other determination of population of the several civil districts of the county to be taken, and, at any regular meeting of the county legislative body following the reporting of the census or other determination of population to it, shall have the power to adopt an appropriate resolution establishing three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts as provided in subsection (e); provided, that the resolution shall not impair or shorten the terms of office of any of the members of the board of education who are elected under the authority of this section, and shall provide that members of the board of education to be elected thereunder shall first be elected no sooner than the expiration of the terms of members previously elected under the authority of this section. (2) At any time that the county legislative body has established the school zones or districts as provided in this section, a certified copy of the resolution establishing the school zones or districts shall be officially filed with the election commission of the county, which shall thereafter hold and conduct elections for the newly created board of education of the county in accordance with this section and the school zones or districts as established by the county legislative body of the county. In any case where the county legislative body of any county, in accordance with the authority contained in this subsection (j), has not established the school zones or districts of a county not later than June 1 of any year in which a general election is required to be held for the election of some or all of the members of the then existing school commission, school board, board of education or other designated agency governing the school affairs of the county, the resolution establishing the school zones or districts shall not take effect until after the general election held during that year and the members of the then existing school commission, school board, board of education or other designated agency, including those who are elected at the general election to be held during the year, shall continue to hold their offices and govern the school affairs of the county until the next general election held thereafter, at which time elections shall be had for the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members of the board of education created by this section and from the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts established by the county legislative body as provided in this section.
(1) At any time after the general election to be held in August next following the entry of a decree or judgment of any court, as provided in subsection (a), the county legislative bodies of the several counties within the purview of subsection (a) may, if they have not previously done so, in compliance with this section, as provided in subsection (d), cause a census or other determination of population of the several civil districts of the county to be taken, and, at any regular meeting of the county legislative body following the reporting of the census or other determination of population to it, shall have the power to adopt an appropriate resolution establishing three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts as provided in subsection (e); provided, that the resolution shall not impair or shorten the terms of office of any of the members of the board of education who are elected under the authority of this section, and shall provide that members of the board of education to be elected thereunder shall first be elected no sooner than the expiration of the terms of members previously elected under the authority of this section.
(2) At any time that the county legislative body has established the school zones or districts as provided in this section, a certified copy of the resolution establishing the school zones or districts shall be officially filed with the election commission of the county, which shall thereafter hold and conduct elections for the newly created board of education of the county in accordance with this section and the school zones or districts as established by the county legislative body of the county. In any case where the county legislative body of any county, in accordance with the authority contained in this subsection (j), has not established the school zones or districts of a county not later than June 1 of any year in which a general election is required to be held for the election of some or all of the members of the then existing school commission, school board, board of education or other designated agency governing the school affairs of the county, the resolution establishing the school zones or districts shall not take effect until after the general election held during that year and the members of the then existing school commission, school board, board of education or other designated agency, including those who are elected at the general election to be held during the year, shall continue to hold their offices and govern the school affairs of the county until the next general election held thereafter, at which time elections shall be had for the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) members of the board of education created by this section and from the three (3), five (5), seven (7) or nine (9) school zones or districts established by the county legislative body as provided in this section.
Acts 1967, ch. 252, §§ 1-10; 1970, ch. 509, §§ 1-4; 1972, ch. 697, §§ 3-6; 1973, ch. 170, §§ 2-4; T.C.A., §§ 49-239 -- 49-248.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-106 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 9 / Section 49-9-106
Tax-sheltered annuities for employees
Status: in_force

The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee may make tax-sheltered annuities available to such of their respective employees as are eligible for the annuities under any pertinent federal statute or regulation. Acts 1965, ch. 44, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3349.
The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee may make tax-sheltered annuities available to such of their respective employees as are eligible for the annuities under any pertinent federal statute or regulation.
Acts 1965, ch. 44, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3349.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-819 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 7 / Section 49-7-819
Authorization to contract for investment management services
Status: in_force

(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board may, at its option, contract for investment management services for the assets of either or both of the trust funds and provide for the powers, duties, functions and compensation of any investment managers so engaged. Any contract for investment management services shall be procured in the manner prescribed by the board. (b) All expenses and fees incidental to outside investment management may, at the board's sole discretion, be charged to and paid from the earnings of the respective fund. Acts 1996, ch. 991, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-7-817 ; Acts 1999, ch. 233, §§ 29, 30.
(a) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, the board may, at its option, contract for investment management services for the assets of either or both of the trust funds and provide for the powers, duties, functions and compensation of any investment managers so engaged. Any contract for investment management services shall be procured in the manner prescribed by the board.
(b) All expenses and fees incidental to outside investment management may, at the board's sole discretion, be charged to and paid from the earnings of the respective fund.
Acts 1996, ch. 991, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-7-817 ; Acts 1999, ch. 233, §§ 29, 30.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-3-317 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 3 / Section 49-3-317
Adjustments to reflect local changes
Status: in_force

(a) (1) Whenever the operation of schools in any LEA is suspended by reason of epidemic, natural disaster or other justifiable cause, if so determined by the state board upon the written petition of the board, the suspension shall not operate to deprive the LEA of state funds to which it would be entitled, if the LEA otherwise meets the requirements of law. (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), the suspension of the operation of schools in an LEA during the 2019-2020 school year shall not operate to deprive the LEA of state funds to which the LEA would be entitled if the LEA otherwise meets the requirements of law. This subdivision (a)(2) does not require an LEA to petition the state board of education for a determination of an epidemic, natural disaster, or for other justifiable cause before an LEA may receive state funds. For purposes of this subdivision (a)(2), justifiable cause exists for the 2019-2020 school year. (b) Whenever the schools in any LEA are conducted on a year-round basis, the year-round basis shall not operate to reduce the level of state support to the LEA, and the commissioner shall make adjustments necessary to accommodate the year-round operation so as not to diminish state financial support. (c) (1) If, as of July 1 of any school year, there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or, pursuant to § 49-2-106 , the creation or reactivation of an LEA, that involves the shifting of students from one LEA to another, or two (2) or more LEAs enter into a joint agreement that results in the shifting of students from one LEA to another, then, in the distribution of state education funds, the commissioner shall determine, on the basis of information submitted to the commissioner by the appropriate boards, the ADM of students residing in the affected area, involved in the shift. (2) If, as of July 1 of any school year, there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or, pursuant to § 49-2-106 , the creation or reactivation of an LEA, that involves the shifting of students from one LEA to another, or two (2) or more LEAs enter into a joint agreement that results in the shifting of students from one LEA to another, the commissioner shall upwardly adjust the ADM in favor of the LEA receiving students based on the number of students shifted; and the adjusted ADM shall be used in making the apportionment and distribution of state education funds. (3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or if, due to the creation or reactivation of an LEA, students are shifted from one LEA to another, the LEAs may adjust the salary schedules of persons employed by the LEAs in nonteaching positions based upon a compensation study. (d) Allowed costs of educating students in other states under § 49-6-3108 shall be included in the state education funds of affected LEAs, as determined by the commissioner. (e) (1) If an LEA's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year, inclusive of the state and local portions, generates a lower BEP calculation than was calculated for the 2020-2021 school year, then the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year, inclusive of the state and local portions, must be equal to the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year. The department shall compare an LEA's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year with the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year for purposes of this subdivision (e)(1) prior to any adjustments to the instructional salaries and wages and instructional benefits categories of the BEP in each respective year. (2) The BEP calculation used in subdivision (e)(1) must only be used to determine an LEA's BEP funding for the 2021-2022 school year, and shall not be used in determining future BEP calculations. (3) Subdivision (e)(1) only applies to LEAs in full compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws as provided in chapter 6, part 30 of this title, and the state board of education's continuous learning plan rules, which require LEAs to track student attendance daily when students are participating in remote instruction. In tracking daily student attendance and compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws, an LEA shall implement policies and procedures for the LEA to request and receive daily visual, verbal, or written confirmation of student participation in instructional time; determine excused versus unexcused student absences; and implement interventions to address student absences during remote instruction. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 19, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 398, s 1, eff. 5/11/2021. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 652, s 9, eff. 4/2/2020. Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1006,s 1, eff. 5/22/2014. Acts 1977, ch. 289, § 14; T.C.A., § 49-616; Acts 2001, ch. 284, § 11; 2005, ch. 452, §§ 1, 2.
(a) (1) Whenever the operation of schools in any LEA is suspended by reason of epidemic, natural disaster or other justifiable cause, if so determined by the state board upon the written petition of the board, the suspension shall not operate to deprive the LEA of state funds to which it would be entitled, if the LEA otherwise meets the requirements of law. (2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), the suspension of the operation of schools in an LEA during the 2019-2020 school year shall not operate to deprive the LEA of state funds to which the LEA would be entitled if the LEA otherwise meets the requirements of law. This subdivision (a)(2) does not require an LEA to petition the state board of education for a determination of an epidemic, natural disaster, or for other justifiable cause before an LEA may receive state funds. For purposes of this subdivision (a)(2), justifiable cause exists for the 2019-2020 school year.
(1) Whenever the operation of schools in any LEA is suspended by reason of epidemic, natural disaster or other justifiable cause, if so determined by the state board upon the written petition of the board, the suspension shall not operate to deprive the LEA of state funds to which it would be entitled, if the LEA otherwise meets the requirements of law.
(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (a)(1), the suspension of the operation of schools in an LEA during the 2019-2020 school year shall not operate to deprive the LEA of state funds to which the LEA would be entitled if the LEA otherwise meets the requirements of law. This subdivision (a)(2) does not require an LEA to petition the state board of education for a determination of an epidemic, natural disaster, or for other justifiable cause before an LEA may receive state funds. For purposes of this subdivision (a)(2), justifiable cause exists for the 2019-2020 school year.
(b) Whenever the schools in any LEA are conducted on a year-round basis, the year-round basis shall not operate to reduce the level of state support to the LEA, and the commissioner shall make adjustments necessary to accommodate the year-round operation so as not to diminish state financial support.
(c) (1) If, as of July 1 of any school year, there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or, pursuant to § 49-2-106 , the creation or reactivation of an LEA, that involves the shifting of students from one LEA to another, or two (2) or more LEAs enter into a joint agreement that results in the shifting of students from one LEA to another, then, in the distribution of state education funds, the commissioner shall determine, on the basis of information submitted to the commissioner by the appropriate boards, the ADM of students residing in the affected area, involved in the shift. (2) If, as of July 1 of any school year, there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or, pursuant to § 49-2-106 , the creation or reactivation of an LEA, that involves the shifting of students from one LEA to another, or two (2) or more LEAs enter into a joint agreement that results in the shifting of students from one LEA to another, the commissioner shall upwardly adjust the ADM in favor of the LEA receiving students based on the number of students shifted; and the adjusted ADM shall be used in making the apportionment and distribution of state education funds. (3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or if, due to the creation or reactivation of an LEA, students are shifted from one LEA to another, the LEAs may adjust the salary schedules of persons employed by the LEAs in nonteaching positions based upon a compensation study.
(1) If, as of July 1 of any school year, there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or, pursuant to § 49-2-106 , the creation or reactivation of an LEA, that involves the shifting of students from one LEA to another, or two (2) or more LEAs enter into a joint agreement that results in the shifting of students from one LEA to another, then, in the distribution of state education funds, the commissioner shall determine, on the basis of information submitted to the commissioner by the appropriate boards, the ADM of students residing in the affected area, involved in the shift.
(2) If, as of July 1 of any school year, there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or, pursuant to § 49-2-106 , the creation or reactivation of an LEA, that involves the shifting of students from one LEA to another, or two (2) or more LEAs enter into a joint agreement that results in the shifting of students from one LEA to another, the commissioner shall upwardly adjust the ADM in favor of the LEA receiving students based on the number of students shifted; and the adjusted ADM shall be used in making the apportionment and distribution of state education funds.
(3) Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if there has been a change since the beginning of the previous school term in the boundaries of an LEA or if, due to the creation or reactivation of an LEA, students are shifted from one LEA to another, the LEAs may adjust the salary schedules of persons employed by the LEAs in nonteaching positions based upon a compensation study.
(d) Allowed costs of educating students in other states under § 49-6-3108 shall be included in the state education funds of affected LEAs, as determined by the commissioner.
(e) (1) If an LEA's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year, inclusive of the state and local portions, generates a lower BEP calculation than was calculated for the 2020-2021 school year, then the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year, inclusive of the state and local portions, must be equal to the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year. The department shall compare an LEA's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year with the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year for purposes of this subdivision (e)(1) prior to any adjustments to the instructional salaries and wages and instructional benefits categories of the BEP in each respective year. (2) The BEP calculation used in subdivision (e)(1) must only be used to determine an LEA's BEP funding for the 2021-2022 school year, and shall not be used in determining future BEP calculations. (3) Subdivision (e)(1) only applies to LEAs in full compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws as provided in chapter 6, part 30 of this title, and the state board of education's continuous learning plan rules, which require LEAs to track student attendance daily when students are participating in remote instruction. In tracking daily student attendance and compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws, an LEA shall implement policies and procedures for the LEA to request and receive daily visual, verbal, or written confirmation of student participation in instructional time; determine excused versus unexcused student absences; and implement interventions to address student absences during remote instruction.
(1) If an LEA's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year, inclusive of the state and local portions, generates a lower BEP calculation than was calculated for the 2020-2021 school year, then the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year, inclusive of the state and local portions, must be equal to the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year. The department shall compare an LEA's BEP calculation for the 2021-2022 school year with the LEA's BEP calculation for the 2020-2021 school year for purposes of this subdivision (e)(1) prior to any adjustments to the instructional salaries and wages and instructional benefits categories of the BEP in each respective year.
(2) The BEP calculation used in subdivision (e)(1) must only be used to determine an LEA's BEP funding for the 2021-2022 school year, and shall not be used in determining future BEP calculations.
(3) Subdivision (e)(1) only applies to LEAs in full compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws as provided in chapter 6, part 30 of this title, and the state board of education's continuous learning plan rules, which require LEAs to track student attendance daily when students are participating in remote instruction. In tracking daily student attendance and compliance with state school attendance and truancy intervention laws, an LEA shall implement policies and procedures for the LEA to request and receive daily visual, verbal, or written confirmation of student participation in instructional time; determine excused versus unexcused student absences; and implement interventions to address student absences during remote instruction.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 19, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 398, s 1, eff. 5/11/2021.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 652, s 9, eff. 4/2/2020.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1006,s 1, eff. 5/22/2014.
Acts 1977, ch. 289, § 14; T.C.A., § 49-616; Acts 2001, ch. 284, § 11; 2005, ch. 452, §§ 1, 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1904 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-1904
Save Tennessee Students Act
Status: in_force

(a) This section and § 49-7-182 are known and may be cited as the "Save Tennessee Students Act." (b) If an LEA issues new student identification cards for students in grades six through twelve (6-12), then the LEA shall include on the identification cards: (1) The telephone number for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; and (2) The social media handle, telephone number, or text number for at least one (1) additional crisis resource selected by the LEA, which may include, but not be limited to, the crisis text line or, if available, a local suicide prevention hotline. (c) An LEA shall publish the telephone number for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and the social media handle, telephone number, or text number for at least one (1) additional crisis resource selected by the LEA, which may include, but not be limited to, the crisis text line or, if available, a local suicide prevention hotline in a conspicuous place in each school of the LEA that serves students in grades six through twelve (6-12) or any combination thereof. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 190, s 3, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 190, s 2, eff. 7/1/2023. Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 748, s 1, eff. 3/24/2022.
(a) This section and § 49-7-182 are known and may be cited as the "Save Tennessee Students Act."
(b) If an LEA issues new student identification cards for students in grades six through twelve (6-12), then the LEA shall include on the identification cards: (1) The telephone number for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; and (2) The social media handle, telephone number, or text number for at least one (1) additional crisis resource selected by the LEA, which may include, but not be limited to, the crisis text line or, if available, a local suicide prevention hotline.
(1) The telephone number for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline; and
(2) The social media handle, telephone number, or text number for at least one (1) additional crisis resource selected by the LEA, which may include, but not be limited to, the crisis text line or, if available, a local suicide prevention hotline.
(c) An LEA shall publish the telephone number for the 988 Suicide & Crisis Lifeline and the social media handle, telephone number, or text number for at least one (1) additional crisis resource selected by the LEA, which may include, but not be limited to, the crisis text line or, if available, a local suicide prevention hotline in a conspicuous place in each school of the LEA that serves students in grades six through twelve (6-12) or any combination thereof.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 190, s 3, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 190, s 2, eff. 7/1/2023.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 748, s 1, eff. 3/24/2022.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-231 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 1 / Section 49-1-231
Student support collaborative
Status: in_force

The department of education shall establish a student support collaborative to review and define the roles and responsibilities for school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses. The collaborative shall identify available resources and areas that school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses can collaborate on to provide high quality support to students. The collaborative shall include, at a minimum, representatives from the following organizations: (1) The department of education; (2) Local education agencies (LEAs); (3) The National Association of Social Workers, Tennessee Chapter; (4) The Tennessee Association of School Social Workers; (5) The Tennessee Association of School Counselors; (6) The Tennessee Association of School Nurses; (7) The Tennessee Association of School Psychologists; and (8) The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth. Acts 2018, ch. 844, § 1.
The department of education shall establish a student support collaborative to review and define the roles and responsibilities for school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses. The collaborative shall identify available resources and areas that school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses can collaborate on to provide high quality support to students. The collaborative shall include, at a minimum, representatives from the following organizations:
(1) The department of education;
(2) Local education agencies (LEAs);
(3) The National Association of Social Workers, Tennessee Chapter;
(4) The Tennessee Association of School Social Workers;
(5) The Tennessee Association of School Counselors;
(6) The Tennessee Association of School Nurses;
(7) The Tennessee Association of School Psychologists; and
(8) The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth.
Acts 2018, ch. 844, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-11-602 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 11 / Section 49-11-602
Part definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, unless the content otherwise requires: (1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services; (2) "Department" means the department of human services; (3) "Director" means director of the vocational rehabilitation program; (4) "Division" means the division of rehabilitation services; (5) (A) "Eligible individual with a disability," when used with respect to diagnostic and related services, training, guidance and placement, means any person with a disability who is a bona fide resident of this state at the time of application, whose vocational rehabilitation is determined feasible by the division; (B) When used with respect to other rehabilitation services, "eligible individual with a disability" means an individual meeting the requirements of subdivision (5)(A) who is also found by the division to require financial assistance with respect to rehabilitation services, after full consideration of the individual's eligibility for any similar benefit by the way of pension, compensation and insurance; (6) "Establishment of a rehabilitation facility" means the expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing buildings, and initial equipment of the buildings, necessary to adapt the buildings to rehabilitation facility purposes or to increase the buildings' effectiveness for rehabilitation purposes and initial staffing of the facility; (7) "Individual with a disability" means an individual of employable age who has a disability that constitutes a substantial barrier to employment, but that is of such a nature that appropriate vocational rehabilitation services may reasonably be expected to: (A) Render the individual able to engage in a remunerative occupation; or (B) Enable the individual to wholly or substantially achieve such ability of independent living as to dispense with the need of institutional care or to dispense or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home; (8) "Maintenance" means the provision of money to cover a handicapped individual's necessary living expenses and health maintenance essential to achieving the handicapped individual's vocational rehabilitation; (9) "Nonprofit," when used with respect to a rehabilitation facility or a workshop, means a rehabilitation facility and a workshop, respectively, owned and operated by a corporation or association, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and the income of which is exempt from taxation under § 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 ( 26 U.S.C. § 501 ); (10) "Physical restoration" includes: (A) Corrective surgery or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially modify a physical or mental condition that is stable or slowly progressive and: (i) Constitutes a substantial barrier to employment; or (ii) Necessitates institutional care or attendant care, but is of such a nature that the correction or modification may reasonably be expected to eliminate or substantially reduce the barrier within a reasonable length of time and includes psychiatric treatment, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech or hearing therapy, treatment of medical complications and emergencies that are associated with or arise out of physical restoration services or are inherent in the conditions under treatment, and other medical services related to rehabilitation; (B) Necessary hospitalization, either in patient or out patient, nursing or rest home care, in connection with surgery or treatment specified in subdivision (10)(A); and (C) Prosthetic devices essential to: (i) Obtaining or retaining employment; or (ii) Achieving such ability of independent living as to dispense with the need for expensive institutional care or dispense with or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home; (11) "Prosthetic appliance" means any appliance designed to support or take the place of a part of the body or to increase the acuity of a sensory organ; (12) "Rehabilitation facility" means a facility operated for the primary purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of physically handicapped individuals: (A) That provides one (1) or more of the following types of services: (i) Testing, fitting or training in the use of prosthetic devices; (ii) Pre-vocational or conditioning therapy; (iii) Physical or occupational therapy; (iv) Adjustment training; or (v) Evaluation or control of special disabilities; or (B) Through which is provided an integrated program of medical, psychological, social and vocational evaluation and services under competent professional supervision; (13) "Remunerative occupation" includes employment as an employee or self-employed, practice of a profession, homemaking or farm and family work for which payment is in kind rather than cash, sheltered employment and home industry or other homebound work of a remunerative nature; (14) "Vocational rehabilitation" means making an individual able, or increasing the individual's ability, to: (A) Engage in a remunerative occupation; or (B) Dispense with or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home or expensive institutional care, through providing the individual needed vocational rehabilitation services; and (15) "Vocational rehabilitation services" means: (A) Diagnostic and related services, including transportation, incidental to the determination of whether an individual is a handicapped individual, and if so, the individual's eligibility for, and the nature and scope of, other vocational rehabilitation services to be provided; and (B) The following services provided eligible handicapped individuals needing the services: (i) Training; (ii) Guidance; (iii) Placement; (iv) Maintenance, not exceeding the estimated costs of subsistence during vocational rehabilitation; (v) Occupational licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks and supplies, including equipment and initial stocks and supplies for vending stands, books and training materials; (vi) Transportation, other than provided as diagnostic and related services; and (vii) Physical restoration. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 204, Secs.s 17, s 18, s 19 eff. 4/25/2019. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 720, s 1, eff. 4/12/2018. Acts 1947, ch. 93, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 2483.2 (Williams, § 2483.12); Acts 1955, ch. 141, § 1; 1959, ch. 305, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-2802; Acts 2011 , ch. 47, §§ 36 - 39.
As used in this part, unless the content otherwise requires:
(1) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of human services;
(2) "Department" means the department of human services;
(3) "Director" means director of the vocational rehabilitation program;
(4) "Division" means the division of rehabilitation services;
(5) (A) "Eligible individual with a disability," when used with respect to diagnostic and related services, training, guidance and placement, means any person with a disability who is a bona fide resident of this state at the time of application, whose vocational rehabilitation is determined feasible by the division; (B) When used with respect to other rehabilitation services, "eligible individual with a disability" means an individual meeting the requirements of subdivision (5)(A) who is also found by the division to require financial assistance with respect to rehabilitation services, after full consideration of the individual's eligibility for any similar benefit by the way of pension, compensation and insurance;
(A) "Eligible individual with a disability," when used with respect to diagnostic and related services, training, guidance and placement, means any person with a disability who is a bona fide resident of this state at the time of application, whose vocational rehabilitation is determined feasible by the division;
(B) When used with respect to other rehabilitation services, "eligible individual with a disability" means an individual meeting the requirements of subdivision (5)(A) who is also found by the division to require financial assistance with respect to rehabilitation services, after full consideration of the individual's eligibility for any similar benefit by the way of pension, compensation and insurance;
(6) "Establishment of a rehabilitation facility" means the expansion, remodeling, or alteration of existing buildings, and initial equipment of the buildings, necessary to adapt the buildings to rehabilitation facility purposes or to increase the buildings' effectiveness for rehabilitation purposes and initial staffing of the facility;
(7) "Individual with a disability" means an individual of employable age who has a disability that constitutes a substantial barrier to employment, but that is of such a nature that appropriate vocational rehabilitation services may reasonably be expected to: (A) Render the individual able to engage in a remunerative occupation; or (B) Enable the individual to wholly or substantially achieve such ability of independent living as to dispense with the need of institutional care or to dispense or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home;
(A) Render the individual able to engage in a remunerative occupation; or
(B) Enable the individual to wholly or substantially achieve such ability of independent living as to dispense with the need of institutional care or to dispense or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home;
(8) "Maintenance" means the provision of money to cover a handicapped individual's necessary living expenses and health maintenance essential to achieving the handicapped individual's vocational rehabilitation;
(9) "Nonprofit," when used with respect to a rehabilitation facility or a workshop, means a rehabilitation facility and a workshop, respectively, owned and operated by a corporation or association, no part of the net earnings of which inures, or may lawfully inure, to the benefit of any private shareholder or individual and the income of which is exempt from taxation under § 501 of the Internal Revenue Code of 1954 ( 26 U.S.C. § 501 );
(10) "Physical restoration" includes: (A) Corrective surgery or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially modify a physical or mental condition that is stable or slowly progressive and: (i) Constitutes a substantial barrier to employment; or (ii) Necessitates institutional care or attendant care, but is of such a nature that the correction or modification may reasonably be expected to eliminate or substantially reduce the barrier within a reasonable length of time and includes psychiatric treatment, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech or hearing therapy, treatment of medical complications and emergencies that are associated with or arise out of physical restoration services or are inherent in the conditions under treatment, and other medical services related to rehabilitation; (B) Necessary hospitalization, either in patient or out patient, nursing or rest home care, in connection with surgery or treatment specified in subdivision (10)(A); and (C) Prosthetic devices essential to: (i) Obtaining or retaining employment; or (ii) Achieving such ability of independent living as to dispense with the need for expensive institutional care or dispense with or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home;
(A) Corrective surgery or therapeutic treatment necessary to correct or substantially modify a physical or mental condition that is stable or slowly progressive and: (i) Constitutes a substantial barrier to employment; or (ii) Necessitates institutional care or attendant care, but is of such a nature that the correction or modification may reasonably be expected to eliminate or substantially reduce the barrier within a reasonable length of time and includes psychiatric treatment, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech or hearing therapy, treatment of medical complications and emergencies that are associated with or arise out of physical restoration services or are inherent in the conditions under treatment, and other medical services related to rehabilitation;
(i) Constitutes a substantial barrier to employment; or
(ii) Necessitates institutional care or attendant care, but is of such a nature that the correction or modification may reasonably be expected to eliminate or substantially reduce the barrier within a reasonable length of time and includes psychiatric treatment, dentistry, physical therapy, occupational therapy, speech or hearing therapy, treatment of medical complications and emergencies that are associated with or arise out of physical restoration services or are inherent in the conditions under treatment, and other medical services related to rehabilitation;
(B) Necessary hospitalization, either in patient or out patient, nursing or rest home care, in connection with surgery or treatment specified in subdivision (10)(A); and
(C) Prosthetic devices essential to: (i) Obtaining or retaining employment; or (ii) Achieving such ability of independent living as to dispense with the need for expensive institutional care or dispense with or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home;
(i) Obtaining or retaining employment; or
(ii) Achieving such ability of independent living as to dispense with the need for expensive institutional care or dispense with or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home;
(11) "Prosthetic appliance" means any appliance designed to support or take the place of a part of the body or to increase the acuity of a sensory organ;
(12) "Rehabilitation facility" means a facility operated for the primary purpose of assisting in the rehabilitation of physically handicapped individuals: (A) That provides one (1) or more of the following types of services: (i) Testing, fitting or training in the use of prosthetic devices; (ii) Pre-vocational or conditioning therapy; (iii) Physical or occupational therapy; (iv) Adjustment training; or (v) Evaluation or control of special disabilities; or (B) Through which is provided an integrated program of medical, psychological, social and vocational evaluation and services under competent professional supervision;
(A) That provides one (1) or more of the following types of services: (i) Testing, fitting or training in the use of prosthetic devices; (ii) Pre-vocational or conditioning therapy; (iii) Physical or occupational therapy; (iv) Adjustment training; or (v) Evaluation or control of special disabilities; or
(i) Testing, fitting or training in the use of prosthetic devices;
(ii) Pre-vocational or conditioning therapy;
(iii) Physical or occupational therapy;
(iv) Adjustment training; or
(v) Evaluation or control of special disabilities; or
(B) Through which is provided an integrated program of medical, psychological, social and vocational evaluation and services under competent professional supervision;
(13) "Remunerative occupation" includes employment as an employee or self-employed, practice of a profession, homemaking or farm and family work for which payment is in kind rather than cash, sheltered employment and home industry or other homebound work of a remunerative nature;
(14) "Vocational rehabilitation" means making an individual able, or increasing the individual's ability, to: (A) Engage in a remunerative occupation; or (B) Dispense with or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home or expensive institutional care, through providing the individual needed vocational rehabilitation services; and
(A) Engage in a remunerative occupation; or
(B) Dispense with or largely dispense with the need of an attendant at home or expensive institutional care, through providing the individual needed vocational rehabilitation services; and
(15) "Vocational rehabilitation services" means: (A) Diagnostic and related services, including transportation, incidental to the determination of whether an individual is a handicapped individual, and if so, the individual's eligibility for, and the nature and scope of, other vocational rehabilitation services to be provided; and (B) The following services provided eligible handicapped individuals needing the services: (i) Training; (ii) Guidance; (iii) Placement; (iv) Maintenance, not exceeding the estimated costs of subsistence during vocational rehabilitation; (v) Occupational licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks and supplies, including equipment and initial stocks and supplies for vending stands, books and training materials; (vi) Transportation, other than provided as diagnostic and related services; and (vii) Physical restoration.
(A) Diagnostic and related services, including transportation, incidental to the determination of whether an individual is a handicapped individual, and if so, the individual's eligibility for, and the nature and scope of, other vocational rehabilitation services to be provided; and
(B) The following services provided eligible handicapped individuals needing the services: (i) Training; (ii) Guidance; (iii) Placement; (iv) Maintenance, not exceeding the estimated costs of subsistence during vocational rehabilitation; (v) Occupational licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks and supplies, including equipment and initial stocks and supplies for vending stands, books and training materials; (vi) Transportation, other than provided as diagnostic and related services; and (vii) Physical restoration.
(i) Training;
(ii) Guidance;
(iii) Placement;
(iv) Maintenance, not exceeding the estimated costs of subsistence during vocational rehabilitation;
(v) Occupational licenses, tools, equipment, initial stocks and supplies, including equipment and initial stocks and supplies for vending stands, books and training materials;
(vi) Transportation, other than provided as diagnostic and related services; and
(vii) Physical restoration.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 204, Secs.s 17, s 18, s 19 eff. 4/25/2019.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 720, s 1, eff. 4/12/2018.
Acts 1947, ch. 93, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 2483.2 (Williams, § 2483.12); Acts 1955, ch. 141, § 1; 1959, ch. 305, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-2802; Acts 2011 , ch. 47, §§ 36 - 39.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-110 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 2 / Section 49-2-110
Student activity funds
Status: in_force

(a) The several schools may, if authorized by the particular board of education having jurisdiction over the school or schools, receive funds for student activities as provided in this section and for events held at or in connection with the school, including contracts with other schools for interschool events; and funds derived from such sources shall be the property of the respective schools; however, the board of education granting the authorization shall provide for its school system reasonable regulations, standards, procedures and an accounting manual covering the various phases of student body activity funds and other internal school funds accounting, including, but not limited to: (1) The bonding of those who are responsible for handling the funds; (2) The proper handling of cash receipts, the making of deposits, the management of funds, the expenditures of funds and the accounting for funds; (3) The auditing of funds; (4) The making of financial reports; (5) The carrying of necessary insurance; (6) The use of proper business and accounting forms; (7) The collection of state and federal taxes; (8) The purchase of supplies and equipment; (9) The powers and responsibilities of the principal of the school in connection with the handling of student body activity funds and other internal school funds; (10) The preparation of a student body activity fund budget and the budgetary control of expenditures; and (11) Ways and means of evaluating and improving all phases of student body financial activities and the handling of other internal school funds in accordance with accounting practices and procedures as are generally recognized in public school systems. (b) The manual referenced in subsection (a) shall be published in accordance with the rules, regulations, policies and procedures of the state publications committee. (c) The school shall not require any student to pay a fee to the school for any purpose, except as authorized by the board of education, and no fees or tuitions shall be required of any student as a condition to attending the public school or using its equipment while receiving educational training. (d) (1) The principal of each school shall have the duty of instituting and following the reasonable regulations, standards, procedures and the accounting manual adopted by the board of education having jurisdiction over the school. (2) The principal shall be liable to account for the safekeeping and handling of all funds of every character raised by student activities, school services and school events, regardless of the sources of the funds or the purpose for which they were raised. (3) The principal shall not be liable to account for the safekeeping and handling of funds raised by organizations excluded from the record keeping requirements of this section unless the funds are in the principal's sole custody. (e) The department of education shall prepare an internal school funds manual for local school systems, subject to the approval of the comptroller of the treasury, and each local school system shall adopt the manual when issued and maintain all internal school funds books and records in accordance with the requirements of the manual. (f) Organizations composed of parents and teachers or parents and students working in coordination, including, but not limited to, parent-teacher associations, parent-teacher organizations, band booster clubs and athletic support organizations, shall not be required to utilize or conform to any record keeping or accounting requirements provided for in the policy manuals or otherwise, and are excluded from the accounting, record keeping and other requirements of this section. (g) (1) If funds raised by organizations composed of parents and teachers or parents and students are used in a manner that benefits less than the student body as a whole, then § 49-2-203 and the internal school funds manual for local school systems do not prohibit such use of funds; provided, that such use: (A) Benefits the overall school program; and (B) Is subject to the policies of the local board of education. (2) This subsection (g) does not prohibit the use of funds in any manner that was authorized prior to April 17, 1995, under § 49-2-203 and the former uniform accounting policy manual for local school systems. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 537,s 2, eff. 3/7/2024. Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 537,s 1, eff. 3/7/2024. Acts 1959, ch. 168, § 1; 1974, ch. 654, § 35; 1976, ch. 709, § 1; 1980, ch. 491, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 49-232; Acts 1990, ch. 1024, § 22; 1995, ch. 101, § 1.
(a) The several schools may, if authorized by the particular board of education having jurisdiction over the school or schools, receive funds for student activities as provided in this section and for events held at or in connection with the school, including contracts with other schools for interschool events; and funds derived from such sources shall be the property of the respective schools; however, the board of education granting the authorization shall provide for its school system reasonable regulations, standards, procedures and an accounting manual covering the various phases of student body activity funds and other internal school funds accounting, including, but not limited to: (1) The bonding of those who are responsible for handling the funds; (2) The proper handling of cash receipts, the making of deposits, the management of funds, the expenditures of funds and the accounting for funds; (3) The auditing of funds; (4) The making of financial reports; (5) The carrying of necessary insurance; (6) The use of proper business and accounting forms; (7) The collection of state and federal taxes; (8) The purchase of supplies and equipment; (9) The powers and responsibilities of the principal of the school in connection with the handling of student body activity funds and other internal school funds; (10) The preparation of a student body activity fund budget and the budgetary control of expenditures; and (11) Ways and means of evaluating and improving all phases of student body financial activities and the handling of other internal school funds in accordance with accounting practices and procedures as are generally recognized in public school systems.
(1) The bonding of those who are responsible for handling the funds;
(2) The proper handling of cash receipts, the making of deposits, the management of funds, the expenditures of funds and the accounting for funds;
(3) The auditing of funds;
(4) The making of financial reports;
(5) The carrying of necessary insurance;
(6) The use of proper business and accounting forms;
(7) The collection of state and federal taxes;
(8) The purchase of supplies and equipment;
(9) The powers and responsibilities of the principal of the school in connection with the handling of student body activity funds and other internal school funds;
(10) The preparation of a student body activity fund budget and the budgetary control of expenditures; and
(11) Ways and means of evaluating and improving all phases of student body financial activities and the handling of other internal school funds in accordance with accounting practices and procedures as are generally recognized in public school systems.
(b) The manual referenced in subsection (a) shall be published in accordance with the rules, regulations, policies and procedures of the state publications committee.
(c) The school shall not require any student to pay a fee to the school for any purpose, except as authorized by the board of education, and no fees or tuitions shall be required of any student as a condition to attending the public school or using its equipment while receiving educational training.
(d) (1) The principal of each school shall have the duty of instituting and following the reasonable regulations, standards, procedures and the accounting manual adopted by the board of education having jurisdiction over the school. (2) The principal shall be liable to account for the safekeeping and handling of all funds of every character raised by student activities, school services and school events, regardless of the sources of the funds or the purpose for which they were raised. (3) The principal shall not be liable to account for the safekeeping and handling of funds raised by organizations excluded from the record keeping requirements of this section unless the funds are in the principal's sole custody.
(1) The principal of each school shall have the duty of instituting and following the reasonable regulations, standards, procedures and the accounting manual adopted by the board of education having jurisdiction over the school.
(2) The principal shall be liable to account for the safekeeping and handling of all funds of every character raised by student activities, school services and school events, regardless of the sources of the funds or the purpose for which they were raised.
(3) The principal shall not be liable to account for the safekeeping and handling of funds raised by organizations excluded from the record keeping requirements of this section unless the funds are in the principal's sole custody.
(e) The department of education shall prepare an internal school funds manual for local school systems, subject to the approval of the comptroller of the treasury, and each local school system shall adopt the manual when issued and maintain all internal school funds books and records in accordance with the requirements of the manual.
(f) Organizations composed of parents and teachers or parents and students working in coordination, including, but not limited to, parent-teacher associations, parent-teacher organizations, band booster clubs and athletic support organizations, shall not be required to utilize or conform to any record keeping or accounting requirements provided for in the policy manuals or otherwise, and are excluded from the accounting, record keeping and other requirements of this section.
(g) (1) If funds raised by organizations composed of parents and teachers or parents and students are used in a manner that benefits less than the student body as a whole, then § 49-2-203 and the internal school funds manual for local school systems do not prohibit such use of funds; provided, that such use: (A) Benefits the overall school program; and (B) Is subject to the policies of the local board of education. (2) This subsection (g) does not prohibit the use of funds in any manner that was authorized prior to April 17, 1995, under § 49-2-203 and the former uniform accounting policy manual for local school systems.
(1) If funds raised by organizations composed of parents and teachers or parents and students are used in a manner that benefits less than the student body as a whole, then § 49-2-203 and the internal school funds manual for local school systems do not prohibit such use of funds; provided, that such use: (A) Benefits the overall school program; and (B) Is subject to the policies of the local board of education.
(A) Benefits the overall school program; and
(B) Is subject to the policies of the local board of education.
(2) This subsection (g) does not prohibit the use of funds in any manner that was authorized prior to April 17, 1995, under § 49-2-203 and the former uniform accounting policy manual for local school systems.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 537,s 2, eff. 3/7/2024.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 537,s 1, eff. 3/7/2024.
Acts 1959, ch. 168, § 1; 1974, ch. 654, § 35; 1976, ch. 709, § 1; 1980, ch. 491, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 49-232; Acts 1990, ch. 1024, § 22; 1995, ch. 101, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-4-1002 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4 / Section 49-4-1002
[Repealed effective 6/30/2025] Purpose
Status: repealed

The purpose of this part is to encourage nonprior service persons to become members of the Tennessee national guard and to encourage retention of those members already serving in the Tennessee national guard. Acts 2004, ch. 477, § 2.
The purpose of this part is to encourage nonprior service persons to become members of the Tennessee national guard and to encourage retention of those members already serving in the Tennessee national guard.
Acts 2004, ch. 477, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-601 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 5 / Section 49-5-601
Short title - Statement of purpose
Status: in_force

(a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011." (b) (1) Local boards of education and their professional employees have an obligation to the public to exert their full and continuing efforts to achieve the highest possible education standards in the institutions that they serve. This requires establishment and maintenance of an educational climate and working environment that will attract and retain a highly qualified professional staff and foster open, collaborative relationships between boards of education and their professional employees based upon mutual respect, in order to stimulate optimum performance by the staff and encourage each and every professional employee to contribute the employee's best to the enhancement of public schools. In order to best achieve these ends, it is the purpose of this part to set forth and recognize the legitimate rights and obligations of boards of education and their professional employees, to establish procedures governing their respective roles and the important relationships between them, and to promote a professional climate based upon mutual interest in order to focus efforts on teaching and learning for all students of the public schools. (2) Experience has shown that boards of education and their professional employees can best reach the objectives described in subdivision (b)(1), if each considers the ability, experience and judgment of the other in formulating policies and making decisions that involve the operations of this state's public schools through a collaborative effort of mutual interest and mutual gain. It also has been shown that professional employees can perform at their best when goals and expectations as to the terms and conditions of professional service are set forth with clarity, reliability and fairness to all in a manner demonstrating concern and respect for the interests of the individual employee. (3) It is the purpose and policy of this part to recognize the interests of individual employees in their relations with boards of education and to recognize certain rights, but not obligations, of professional employees to form, join and assist professional employees' organizations, such rights and responsibilities to include meeting, consulting and conferencing with boards of education in order to discuss matters relating to specific terms and conditions of professional service. Furthermore, in order to foster trust and mutual respect among the parties, and to provide an open and collaborative problem-solving approach to such conferencing, it is the purpose and policy of this part to recognize and adopt the principles and techniques known as interest-based collaborative problem-solving for use in conferences conducted pursuant to this part. (c) A training program in the principles and techniques of interest-based collaborative problem-solving for use in collaborative conferencing pursuant to this part shall be developed by the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents in conjunction with representative organizations of school leaders and administrators and professional employees' organizations by January 1, 2012, at which time a summary report of the training program and related materials, if any, shall be presented to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives. Such training program shall be implemented, as appropriate, within each local education agency no later than July 1, 2012. (d) Any and all bargaining being conducted pursuant to the [former] Education Professional Negotiations Act on June 1, 2011, shall be suspended indefinitely. (e) No collaborative conferencing pursuant to this part shall be conducted by a local board of education until the training developed under this part has been implemented within the local education agency. Acts 1978, ch. 570, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 49-5501; Acts 2002, ch. 683, § 1.
(a) This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011."
(b) (1) Local boards of education and their professional employees have an obligation to the public to exert their full and continuing efforts to achieve the highest possible education standards in the institutions that they serve. This requires establishment and maintenance of an educational climate and working environment that will attract and retain a highly qualified professional staff and foster open, collaborative relationships between boards of education and their professional employees based upon mutual respect, in order to stimulate optimum performance by the staff and encourage each and every professional employee to contribute the employee's best to the enhancement of public schools. In order to best achieve these ends, it is the purpose of this part to set forth and recognize the legitimate rights and obligations of boards of education and their professional employees, to establish procedures governing their respective roles and the important relationships between them, and to promote a professional climate based upon mutual interest in order to focus efforts on teaching and learning for all students of the public schools. (2) Experience has shown that boards of education and their professional employees can best reach the objectives described in subdivision (b)(1), if each considers the ability, experience and judgment of the other in formulating policies and making decisions that involve the operations of this state's public schools through a collaborative effort of mutual interest and mutual gain. It also has been shown that professional employees can perform at their best when goals and expectations as to the terms and conditions of professional service are set forth with clarity, reliability and fairness to all in a manner demonstrating concern and respect for the interests of the individual employee. (3) It is the purpose and policy of this part to recognize the interests of individual employees in their relations with boards of education and to recognize certain rights, but not obligations, of professional employees to form, join and assist professional employees' organizations, such rights and responsibilities to include meeting, consulting and conferencing with boards of education in order to discuss matters relating to specific terms and conditions of professional service. Furthermore, in order to foster trust and mutual respect among the parties, and to provide an open and collaborative problem-solving approach to such conferencing, it is the purpose and policy of this part to recognize and adopt the principles and techniques known as interest-based collaborative problem-solving for use in conferences conducted pursuant to this part.
(1) Local boards of education and their professional employees have an obligation to the public to exert their full and continuing efforts to achieve the highest possible education standards in the institutions that they serve. This requires establishment and maintenance of an educational climate and working environment that will attract and retain a highly qualified professional staff and foster open, collaborative relationships between boards of education and their professional employees based upon mutual respect, in order to stimulate optimum performance by the staff and encourage each and every professional employee to contribute the employee's best to the enhancement of public schools. In order to best achieve these ends, it is the purpose of this part to set forth and recognize the legitimate rights and obligations of boards of education and their professional employees, to establish procedures governing their respective roles and the important relationships between them, and to promote a professional climate based upon mutual interest in order to focus efforts on teaching and learning for all students of the public schools.
(2) Experience has shown that boards of education and their professional employees can best reach the objectives described in subdivision (b)(1), if each considers the ability, experience and judgment of the other in formulating policies and making decisions that involve the operations of this state's public schools through a collaborative effort of mutual interest and mutual gain. It also has been shown that professional employees can perform at their best when goals and expectations as to the terms and conditions of professional service are set forth with clarity, reliability and fairness to all in a manner demonstrating concern and respect for the interests of the individual employee.
(3) It is the purpose and policy of this part to recognize the interests of individual employees in their relations with boards of education and to recognize certain rights, but not obligations, of professional employees to form, join and assist professional employees' organizations, such rights and responsibilities to include meeting, consulting and conferencing with boards of education in order to discuss matters relating to specific terms and conditions of professional service. Furthermore, in order to foster trust and mutual respect among the parties, and to provide an open and collaborative problem-solving approach to such conferencing, it is the purpose and policy of this part to recognize and adopt the principles and techniques known as interest-based collaborative problem-solving for use in conferences conducted pursuant to this part.
(c) A training program in the principles and techniques of interest-based collaborative problem-solving for use in collaborative conferencing pursuant to this part shall be developed by the Tennessee Organization of School Superintendents in conjunction with representative organizations of school leaders and administrators and professional employees' organizations by January 1, 2012, at which time a summary report of the training program and related materials, if any, shall be presented to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives. Such training program shall be implemented, as appropriate, within each local education agency no later than July 1, 2012.
(d) Any and all bargaining being conducted pursuant to the [former] Education Professional Negotiations Act on June 1, 2011, shall be suspended indefinitely.
(e) No collaborative conferencing pursuant to this part shall be conducted by a local board of education until the training developed under this part has been implemented within the local education agency.
Acts 1978, ch. 570, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 49-5501; Acts 2002, ch. 683, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-602 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 5 / Section 49-5-602
Part definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Board of education" or "local board of education" has the same meaning as the term is defined in § 49-1-103 ; (2) "Collaborative conferencing" means the process by which the chair of a board of education and the board's professional employees, or such representatives as either party or parties may designate, meet at reasonable times to confer, consult and discuss and to exchange information, opinions and proposals on matters relating to the terms and conditions of professional employee service, using the principles and techniques of interest-based collaborative problem-solving; (3) "Management personnel" means those professional employees certified by the local board of education to represent the board in the collaborative conferencing process; (4) "Management team" means employees who devote a majority of their time to the system-wide area or areas of professional personnel management, fiscal affairs or general management and shall specifically include principals, assistant principals, supervisors and others whose principal responsibilities are administration rather than teaching; (5) "Memorandum of understanding" means the written document that memorializes and records the understanding reached by the board of education and its professional employees, or their respective representatives, if so designated, as to the terms and conditions of professional services set forth in this part. The memorandum shall be presented in its entirety to the board of education, to all professional employees covered by the memorandum and to the public, upon request; (6) "Person" means one (1) or more individuals, organizations, associations, or their representatives; (7) "Political activity" includes, but is not limited to: (A) Lobbying as defined in § 3-6-301 ; (B) Making contributions to any entity which engages in any form of political communication, including communications which mention the name of a political candidate; (C) Engaging in or paying for public opinion polling; (D) Engaging in or paying for any form of political communication, including communications which mention the name of a political candidate; (E) Engaging in or paying for any type of political advertising in any medium; (F) Telephone communication for any political purpose; (G) Distributing political literature of any type; or (H) Providing any type of in-kind help or support to or for a political candidate; (8) "Professional employee" means any person employed by any local board of education in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in public elementary and secondary schools of this state, supported, in whole or in part, by local, state or federal funds, but shall not include any member of the management team, as defined in this part, or a retired teacher who is employed as a teacher in accordance with title 8, chapter 36, part 8; (9) "Professional employees' organization" means any organization with membership open to professional employees, as defined in subdivision (8), in which the professional employees participate and that exists for the purpose of promoting the professional status and growth of educators and the welfare of students; (10) "Representative" includes any person, or group of persons, organization or association that is designated and authorized by professional employees or local board of education to act for the professional employees or the local board, respectively, under this part; (11) "Strike" means the failure with others to report for duty, the willful absence from one's position, the stoppage of work or the abstinence in whole or in part from the full, faithful and proper performance of the duties of employment, and without the lawful approval of one's superior; or in any manner interfering with the operation of the public school system, for the purpose of inducing or coercing the recognition of any employee organization or a change in the conditions or compensation or the rights, privileges or obligations of employment; (12) "Supervisor" means any professional employee of a local board of education whose full-time job responsibilities consist of oversight of other professional employees or curriculum development or both; and (13) "Working conditions of professional employees" or "terms and conditions of professional service" means those fundamental matters that affect a professional employee financially or the employee's employment relationship with the board of education and that are specifically designated as such under this part. The term "working conditions" or "terms and conditions of professional service" is intended to be narrowly defined and does not include any matters not specifically designated under this part. Acts 1978, ch. 570, § 3; T.C.A., § 49-5502; Acts 1987, ch. 308, § 28; 2000, ch. 903, § 4.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Board of education" or "local board of education" has the same meaning as the term is defined in § 49-1-103 ;
(2) "Collaborative conferencing" means the process by which the chair of a board of education and the board's professional employees, or such representatives as either party or parties may designate, meet at reasonable times to confer, consult and discuss and to exchange information, opinions and proposals on matters relating to the terms and conditions of professional employee service, using the principles and techniques of interest-based collaborative problem-solving;
(3) "Management personnel" means those professional employees certified by the local board of education to represent the board in the collaborative conferencing process;
(4) "Management team" means employees who devote a majority of their time to the system-wide area or areas of professional personnel management, fiscal affairs or general management and shall specifically include principals, assistant principals, supervisors and others whose principal responsibilities are administration rather than teaching;
(5) "Memorandum of understanding" means the written document that memorializes and records the understanding reached by the board of education and its professional employees, or their respective representatives, if so designated, as to the terms and conditions of professional services set forth in this part. The memorandum shall be presented in its entirety to the board of education, to all professional employees covered by the memorandum and to the public, upon request;
(6) "Person" means one (1) or more individuals, organizations, associations, or their representatives;
(7) "Political activity" includes, but is not limited to: (A) Lobbying as defined in § 3-6-301 ; (B) Making contributions to any entity which engages in any form of political communication, including communications which mention the name of a political candidate; (C) Engaging in or paying for public opinion polling; (D) Engaging in or paying for any form of political communication, including communications which mention the name of a political candidate; (E) Engaging in or paying for any type of political advertising in any medium; (F) Telephone communication for any political purpose; (G) Distributing political literature of any type; or (H) Providing any type of in-kind help or support to or for a political candidate;
(A) Lobbying as defined in § 3-6-301 ;
(B) Making contributions to any entity which engages in any form of political communication, including communications which mention the name of a political candidate;
(C) Engaging in or paying for public opinion polling;
(D) Engaging in or paying for any form of political communication, including communications which mention the name of a political candidate;
(E) Engaging in or paying for any type of political advertising in any medium;
(F) Telephone communication for any political purpose;
(G) Distributing political literature of any type; or
(H) Providing any type of in-kind help or support to or for a political candidate;
(8) "Professional employee" means any person employed by any local board of education in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in public elementary and secondary schools of this state, supported, in whole or in part, by local, state or federal funds, but shall not include any member of the management team, as defined in this part, or a retired teacher who is employed as a teacher in accordance with title 8, chapter 36, part 8;
(9) "Professional employees' organization" means any organization with membership open to professional employees, as defined in subdivision (8), in which the professional employees participate and that exists for the purpose of promoting the professional status and growth of educators and the welfare of students;
(10) "Representative" includes any person, or group of persons, organization or association that is designated and authorized by professional employees or local board of education to act for the professional employees or the local board, respectively, under this part;
(11) "Strike" means the failure with others to report for duty, the willful absence from one's position, the stoppage of work or the abstinence in whole or in part from the full, faithful and proper performance of the duties of employment, and without the lawful approval of one's superior; or in any manner interfering with the operation of the public school system, for the purpose of inducing or coercing the recognition of any employee organization or a change in the conditions or compensation or the rights, privileges or obligations of employment;
(12) "Supervisor" means any professional employee of a local board of education whose full-time job responsibilities consist of oversight of other professional employees or curriculum development or both; and
(13) "Working conditions of professional employees" or "terms and conditions of professional service" means those fundamental matters that affect a professional employee financially or the employee's employment relationship with the board of education and that are specifically designated as such under this part. The term "working conditions" or "terms and conditions of professional service" is intended to be narrowly defined and does not include any matters not specifically designated under this part.
Acts 1978, ch. 570, § 3; T.C.A., § 49-5502; Acts 1987, ch. 308, § 28; 2000, ch. 903, § 4.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1032 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-1032
Program to promote participation of K-12 grade students in community gardening - Elective credit permitted
Status: in_force

In cooperation and consultation with the department of health and the department of finance and administration, the state board of education shall develop and implement a program to promote the participation of students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) in the development and maintenance of community gardens, as defined in § 43-24-102 . Such program may include, but is not limited to, offering elective credits for students' participation in community gardening. Acts 2014 , ch. 556, § 2.
In cooperation and consultation with the department of health and the department of finance and administration, the state board of education shall develop and implement a program to promote the participation of students in kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) in the development and maintenance of community gardens, as defined in § 43-24-102 . Such program may include, but is not limited to, offering elective credits for students' participation in community gardening.
Acts 2014 , ch. 556, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-50-1509 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 50 / Section 49-50-1509
Substitution and preparation of record copies
Status: in_force

(a) In view of the property right of the educational institution in its records, original records may be withdrawn after introduction into evidence and copies substituted, unless otherwise directed for good cause by the court, judge, officer, body or tribunal conducting the hearing. (b) The custodian may prepare copies of original records in advance of testifying for the purpose of making substitution of the original record, and the reasonable charges for making the copies shall be taxed as costs of court. (c) If copies are not prepared in advance, they can be made and substituted at any time after introduction of the original record; and the reasonable charges for making the copies shall be taxed as costs of court. Acts 2002, ch. 621, § 10; 2003, ch. 36, § 6.
(a) In view of the property right of the educational institution in its records, original records may be withdrawn after introduction into evidence and copies substituted, unless otherwise directed for good cause by the court, judge, officer, body or tribunal conducting the hearing.
(b) The custodian may prepare copies of original records in advance of testifying for the purpose of making substitution of the original record, and the reasonable charges for making the copies shall be taxed as costs of court.
(c) If copies are not prepared in advance, they can be made and substituted at any time after introduction of the original record; and the reasonable charges for making the copies shall be taxed as costs of court.
Acts 2002, ch. 621, § 10; 2003, ch. 36, § 6.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-3-107 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 3 / Section 49-3-107
Fast-growth stipends
Status: in_force

(a) Subject to available appropriations, stipends must be allocated pursuant to this section. Funds appropriated for the purposes of this section must first be allocated pursuant to subsection (b). If the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section exceed the amount required to fund stipends pursuant to subsection (b), then the excess funds must next be allocated pursuant to subsection (c). If the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section exceed the amount required to fund stipends pursuant to subsections (b) and (c), then the percentage in subsection (b) may be lowered to ensure that all funds appropriated are allocated and disbursed to LEAs. (b) An LEA that experiences growth in the total allocation generated by students in non-virtual schools in the LEA pursuant to § 49-3-105 in the current year in excess of one and one-quarter percent (1.25%), as compared to the prior year, is eligible for a fast-growth stipend equal to the increase in allocations in excess of one and one-quarter percent (1.25%). If the funds appropriated for purposes of this section are insufficient to provide for an LEA's fast-growth stipend, then the commissioner shall apply a pro rata reduction to the stipend amount each LEA is otherwise eligible to receive. (c) Subject to available appropriations, an LEA that experiences ADM growth in non-virtual schools exceeding two percent (2%) for each year of a three-consecutive-year period is eligible for an infrastructure stipend. The infrastructure stipend is a per-student flat dollar amount based on the number of member students in non-virtual schools in the LEA for the current school year in excess of a two percent (2%) ADM growth in non-virtual schools from the prior year. An infrastructure stipend in a given year must be uniform for all eligible LEAs. Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
(a) Subject to available appropriations, stipends must be allocated pursuant to this section. Funds appropriated for the purposes of this section must first be allocated pursuant to subsection (b). If the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section exceed the amount required to fund stipends pursuant to subsection (b), then the excess funds must next be allocated pursuant to subsection (c). If the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section exceed the amount required to fund stipends pursuant to subsections (b) and (c), then the percentage in subsection (b) may be lowered to ensure that all funds appropriated are allocated and disbursed to LEAs.
(b) An LEA that experiences growth in the total allocation generated by students in non-virtual schools in the LEA pursuant to § 49-3-105 in the current year in excess of one and one-quarter percent (1.25%), as compared to the prior year, is eligible for a fast-growth stipend equal to the increase in allocations in excess of one and one-quarter percent (1.25%). If the funds appropriated for purposes of this section are insufficient to provide for an LEA's fast-growth stipend, then the commissioner shall apply a pro rata reduction to the stipend amount each LEA is otherwise eligible to receive.
(c) Subject to available appropriations, an LEA that experiences ADM growth in non-virtual schools exceeding two percent (2%) for each year of a three-consecutive-year period is eligible for an infrastructure stipend. The infrastructure stipend is a per-student flat dollar amount based on the number of member students in non-virtual schools in the LEA for the current school year in excess of a two percent (2%) ADM growth in non-virtual schools from the prior year. An infrastructure stipend in a given year must be uniform for all eligible LEAs.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-15-110 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 15 / Section 49-15-110
Compensation of consortium members - Assistance
Status: in_force

Members of the consortium and any committees created by the consortium shall not receive compensation for serving on the consortium or its committees, but may be reimbursed for attendance at meetings in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the commissioner of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter. All appropriate state agencies, the Tennessee board of regents and the University of Tennessee system shall provide assistance to the consortium and its committees. Acts 2007, ch. 459, § 1; 2012, ch. 967, § 13.
Members of the consortium and any committees created by the consortium shall not receive compensation for serving on the consortium or its committees, but may be reimbursed for attendance at meetings in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the commissioner of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter. All appropriate state agencies, the Tennessee board of regents and the University of Tennessee system shall provide assistance to the consortium and its committees.
Acts 2007, ch. 459, § 1; 2012, ch. 967, § 13.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-3-307 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 3 / Section 49-3-307
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 2, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1020, s 1, eff. 4/28/2016. Acts 2007 , ch. 369, § 3.
Repealed by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 2, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1020, s 1, eff. 4/28/2016.
Acts 2007 , ch. 369, § 3.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-1802 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 7 / Section 49-7-1802
Part definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Confucius Institute" means a Confucius Institute or Chinese Language Partner Network operated by the Office of Chinese Language Council International, also known as Hanban, which is affiliated with the ministry of education of the People's Republic of China; (2) "Contract" means an agreement for the acquisition by purchase, lease, or barter of property or services between a foreign source and an institution, for the direct benefit or use of either of the parties; (3) "Foreign source" means: (A) A foreign government, including an agency of a foreign government; (B) A legal entity, governmental or otherwise, created solely under the laws of a foreign state or states; (C) An individual who is not a citizen or a national of the United States or a trust territory or protectorate thereof; and (D) An agent, including a subsidiary or affiliate of a foreign legal entity, acting on behalf of a foreign source, as described in subdivisions (3)(A)-(C); (4) "Gift" includes a gift of money or property; and (5) "Institution" means a public institution of higher education in this state. Acts 2021, ch. 344, § 1.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Confucius Institute" means a Confucius Institute or Chinese Language Partner Network operated by the Office of Chinese Language Council International, also known as Hanban, which is affiliated with the ministry of education of the People's Republic of China;
(2) "Contract" means an agreement for the acquisition by purchase, lease, or barter of property or services between a foreign source and an institution, for the direct benefit or use of either of the parties;
(3) "Foreign source" means: (A) A foreign government, including an agency of a foreign government; (B) A legal entity, governmental or otherwise, created solely under the laws of a foreign state or states; (C) An individual who is not a citizen or a national of the United States or a trust territory or protectorate thereof; and (D) An agent, including a subsidiary or affiliate of a foreign legal entity, acting on behalf of a foreign source, as described in subdivisions (3)(A)-(C);
(A) A foreign government, including an agency of a foreign government;
(B) A legal entity, governmental or otherwise, created solely under the laws of a foreign state or states;
(C) An individual who is not a citizen or a national of the United States or a trust territory or protectorate thereof; and
(D) An agent, including a subsidiary or affiliate of a foreign legal entity, acting on behalf of a foreign source, as described in subdivisions (3)(A)-(C);
(4) "Gift" includes a gift of money or property; and
(5) "Institution" means a public institution of higher education in this state.
Acts 2021, ch. 344, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-50-905 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 50 / Section 49-50-905
Tennessee public television council
Status: in_force

(a) There is created the Tennessee public television council. (b) The membership of the council shall consist of the general manager of each of the eligible stations in this state as defined in this part. If a general manager has an impairment that prevents the general manager's attendance in work on the council, then the general manager may appoint a designee to attend as the general manager's representative. (c) Any station failing to participate actively in the work of the council or attempting to subvert its joint corporate activity may be expelled from the council by majority vote of its members and may not participate in deliberations concerning the funding formula to be proposed by the council in the next year, as provided in this part. The exclusion shall be for a period of one (1) year, but may be renewed in the event the station fails to evidence cooperative and supportive activity. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, no station that has failed to participate in deliberations concerning the proposed funding formula, by virtue of expulsion, shall have any right to a grant unless a grant to the station is specifically included in the proposal of the council when the proposal is made to the general assembly. It is the intention of the general assembly to provide incentives to individual stations to support the joint corporate activity of the council and to discourage self-serving, noncooperative activity by individual stations. (d) Beginning on July 1, 1987, the council shall have responsibility for: (1) Coordinating and facilitating cooperation between Tennessee public television stations; (2) Acting as liaison between the stations and the legislative and executive branches of government; and (3) Submitting annual reports of service provided and requests for appropriations to the governor, the chair of the government operations committee of the senate, the chair of the government operations committee of the house of representatives, and other appropriate committees of the general assembly. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 212,s 3, eff. 4/23/2019. Acts 1984, ch. 514, § 5; 1991, ch. 144, §§ 1, 2.
(a) There is created the Tennessee public television council.
(b) The membership of the council shall consist of the general manager of each of the eligible stations in this state as defined in this part. If a general manager has an impairment that prevents the general manager's attendance in work on the council, then the general manager may appoint a designee to attend as the general manager's representative.
(c) Any station failing to participate actively in the work of the council or attempting to subvert its joint corporate activity may be expelled from the council by majority vote of its members and may not participate in deliberations concerning the funding formula to be proposed by the council in the next year, as provided in this part. The exclusion shall be for a period of one (1) year, but may be renewed in the event the station fails to evidence cooperative and supportive activity. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, no station that has failed to participate in deliberations concerning the proposed funding formula, by virtue of expulsion, shall have any right to a grant unless a grant to the station is specifically included in the proposal of the council when the proposal is made to the general assembly. It is the intention of the general assembly to provide incentives to individual stations to support the joint corporate activity of the council and to discourage self-serving, noncooperative activity by individual stations.
(d) Beginning on July 1, 1987, the council shall have responsibility for: (1) Coordinating and facilitating cooperation between Tennessee public television stations; (2) Acting as liaison between the stations and the legislative and executive branches of government; and (3) Submitting annual reports of service provided and requests for appropriations to the governor, the chair of the government operations committee of the senate, the chair of the government operations committee of the house of representatives, and other appropriate committees of the general assembly.
(1) Coordinating and facilitating cooperation between Tennessee public television stations;
(2) Acting as liaison between the stations and the legislative and executive branches of government; and
(3) Submitting annual reports of service provided and requests for appropriations to the governor, the chair of the government operations committee of the senate, the chair of the government operations committee of the house of representatives, and other appropriate committees of the general assembly.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 212,s 3, eff. 4/23/2019.
Acts 1984, ch. 514, § 5; 1991, ch. 144, §§ 1, 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-8-1303 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 8 / Section 49-8-1303
Programs authorized
Status: in_force

Nashville State Community College is authorized to provide comprehensive one- and two-year occupational, college parallel, continuing education and community service programs. Acts 2002, ch. 618, § 2; 2009, ch. 352, § 5.
Nashville State Community College is authorized to provide comprehensive one- and two-year occupational, college parallel, continuing education and community service programs.
Acts 2002, ch. 618, § 2; 2009, ch. 352, § 5.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-10-607 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 10 / Section 49-10-607
[Repealed]
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 107,s 30, eff. 4/11/2019. Acts 2007, ch. 598, § 6.
Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 107,s 30, eff. 4/11/2019.
Acts 2007, ch. 598, § 6.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-2612 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-2612
State or local public benefit
Status: in_force

An education savings account is a state or local public benefit under § 4-58-102 . Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 506, s 1, eff. 5/24/2019.
An education savings account is a state or local public benefit under § 4-58-102 .
Added by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 506, s 1, eff. 5/24/2019.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-205 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 9 / Section 49-9-205
Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) The board of trustees of the university shall hold at least one (1) stated meeting annually on a day or days determined by the board from year to year and at called meetings that may be necessary, to be called by the secretary, giving at least five (5) days' notice to the board members, but the board may adjourn the stated or called meetings to any date that it may set for adjournment. (b) Six (6) members shall constitute a quorum, and they are empowered to transact any business. (c) The board has the authority to transact at any called meeting any business it is authorized to transact at stated meetings. (d) Meetings of the board shall be made available for viewing by the public over the internet by streaming video accessible from the board's website. Archived videos of the board's meetings shall also be available to the public through the board's website. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 657,s 6, eff. 4/6/2018. Acts 1909, ch. 48, § 3; Shan., § 373a3; mod. Code 1932, § 577; Acts 1935, ch. 182, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 577; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3306; Acts 2010, ch. 1051, § 4.
(a) The board of trustees of the university shall hold at least one (1) stated meeting annually on a day or days determined by the board from year to year and at called meetings that may be necessary, to be called by the secretary, giving at least five (5) days' notice to the board members, but the board may adjourn the stated or called meetings to any date that it may set for adjournment.
(b) Six (6) members shall constitute a quorum, and they are empowered to transact any business.
(c) The board has the authority to transact at any called meeting any business it is authorized to transact at stated meetings.
(d) Meetings of the board shall be made available for viewing by the public over the internet by streaming video accessible from the board's website. Archived videos of the board's meetings shall also be available to the public through the board's website.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 657,s 6, eff. 4/6/2018.
Acts 1909, ch. 48, § 3; Shan., § 373a3; mod. Code 1932, § 577; Acts 1935, ch. 182, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 577; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3306; Acts 2010, ch. 1051, § 4.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-4216 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-4216
[Repealed] Reserved
Status: repealed

Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 248, s 68, eff. 5/2/2019. Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 684, Secs.s 9, s 10 eff. 3/24/2016. Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182, s 52, eff. 4/17/2015. Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 375, s 1, eff. 7/1/2013. Acts 1996, ch. 888, § 1; 1998, ch. 871, § 1; 2000, ch. 634, § 1; 2011 , ch. 297, § 4; 2011 , ch. 410, § 4 (w).
Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 248, s 68, eff. 5/2/2019.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 684, Secs.s 9, s 10 eff. 3/24/2016.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182, s 52, eff. 4/17/2015.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 375, s 1, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1996, ch. 888, § 1; 1998, ch. 871, § 1; 2000, ch. 634, § 1; 2011 , ch. 297, § 4; 2011 , ch. 410, § 4 (w).
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-10-102 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 10 / Section 49-10-102
Chapter definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this chapter: (1) "Child with a disability" means a child between three (3) and twenty-one (21) years of age, both inclusive, who has been evaluated and determined as having a state-identified disability in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state board of education or as having one (1) or more of the following disabilities, as defined in 34 C.F.R. § 300.8 : an intellectual disability; a hearing impairment, including deafness; a speech or language impairment; a visual impairment, including blindness; emotional disturbance; an orthopedic impairment; autism; traumatic brain injury; other health impairment; a specific learning disability; developmental delay; deaf-blindness; or multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services. Any child with a disability who turns twenty-two (22) years of age between the commencement of the school year and the conclusion of the school year continues to be a child with a disability for the remainder of that school year; (2) "Department" means the department of education; (3) "FAPE" means a free appropriate public education in compliance with the IDEA; (4) "IDEA" means the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.); (5) "Individualized education program team" or "IEP team" means a group of individuals described in 34 C.F.R. § 300.321 that is responsible for developing, reviewing, or revising an individualized education program (IEP) for a child with a disability; (6) "LEA" means a local education agency; (7) "Related services" means: (A) Transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, including speech-language pathology and audiology services; interpreting services; psychological services; physical and occupational therapy; transition services, including job placement; recreation, including therapeutic recreation; early identification and assessment of disabilities in children; counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling with a focus on career development, employment preparation, achieving independence, and integration in the workplace and community of a child with a disability; orientation and mobility services; and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes; (B) School health services and school nurse services, social work services in schools, and parent counseling and training; or (C) Other services that may be approved by the state board of education; and (8) "Special education" means specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including instruction conducted in the classroom, home, hospitals, institutions, and other settings, and instruction in physical education. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 107,s 2, eff. 4/11/2019. Acts 1972, ch. 839, § 3; 1978, ch. 573, § 1; 1981, ch. 151, § 1; 1981, ch. 281, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-2914; Acts 1988, ch. 677, § 1; 1989, ch. 421, § 1; 1994, ch. 768, § 2; 1998, ch. 832, § 2; 2010, ch. 734, § 4.
As used in this chapter:
(1) "Child with a disability" means a child between three (3) and twenty-one (21) years of age, both inclusive, who has been evaluated and determined as having a state-identified disability in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state board of education or as having one (1) or more of the following disabilities, as defined in 34 C.F.R. § 300.8 : an intellectual disability; a hearing impairment, including deafness; a speech or language impairment; a visual impairment, including blindness; emotional disturbance; an orthopedic impairment; autism; traumatic brain injury; other health impairment; a specific learning disability; developmental delay; deaf-blindness; or multiple disabilities, and who, by reason thereof, needs special education and related services. Any child with a disability who turns twenty-two (22) years of age between the commencement of the school year and the conclusion of the school year continues to be a child with a disability for the remainder of that school year;
(2) "Department" means the department of education;
(3) "FAPE" means a free appropriate public education in compliance with the IDEA;
(4) "IDEA" means the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act ( 20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.);
(5) "Individualized education program team" or "IEP team" means a group of individuals described in 34 C.F.R. § 300.321 that is responsible for developing, reviewing, or revising an individualized education program (IEP) for a child with a disability;
(6) "LEA" means a local education agency;
(7) "Related services" means: (A) Transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, including speech-language pathology and audiology services; interpreting services; psychological services; physical and occupational therapy; transition services, including job placement; recreation, including therapeutic recreation; early identification and assessment of disabilities in children; counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling with a focus on career development, employment preparation, achieving independence, and integration in the workplace and community of a child with a disability; orientation and mobility services; and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes; (B) School health services and school nurse services, social work services in schools, and parent counseling and training; or (C) Other services that may be approved by the state board of education; and
(A) Transportation and such developmental, corrective, and other supportive services required to assist a child with a disability to benefit from special education, including speech-language pathology and audiology services; interpreting services; psychological services; physical and occupational therapy; transition services, including job placement; recreation, including therapeutic recreation; early identification and assessment of disabilities in children; counseling services, including rehabilitation counseling with a focus on career development, employment preparation, achieving independence, and integration in the workplace and community of a child with a disability; orientation and mobility services; and medical services for diagnostic or evaluation purposes;
(B) School health services and school nurse services, social work services in schools, and parent counseling and training; or
(C) Other services that may be approved by the state board of education; and
(8) "Special education" means specially designed instruction, at no cost to the parents, to meet the unique needs of a child with a disability, including instruction conducted in the classroom, home, hospitals, institutions, and other settings, and instruction in physical education.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 107,s 2, eff. 4/11/2019.
Acts 1972, ch. 839, § 3; 1978, ch. 573, § 1; 1981, ch. 151, § 1; 1981, ch. 281, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-2914; Acts 1988, ch. 677, § 1; 1989, ch. 421, § 1; 1994, ch. 768, § 2; 1998, ch. 832, § 2; 2010, ch. 734, § 4.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-16-212 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 16 / Section 49-16-212
Operation according to Educational Cooperation Act
Status: in_force

In order to encourage collaboration among LEAs, a virtual school is authorized to operate according to the authority granted by the Educational Cooperation Act, compiled in chapter 2, part 13 of this title. Acts 2011 , ch. 492, § 1.
In order to encourage collaboration among LEAs, a virtual school is authorized to operate according to the authority granted by the Educational Cooperation Act, compiled in chapter 2, part 13 of this title.
Acts 2011 , ch. 492, § 1.