Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-3404 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-3404
Advisory council for alternative education
Status: in_force

(a) There is established an advisory council for alternative education that shall advise, assist and consult with the governor, the commissioner of education and the state board of education. (b) (1) The advisory council shall be composed of a maximum of ten (10) members, including parents of children attending alternative schools or who have attended alternative schools, teachers or principals serving in alternative schools, members of local boards of education, at least one (1) community representative concerned with alternative education and at least one (1) representative of an educators' association concerned with alternative education. (2) The governor shall appoint the members of the advisory council for three-year terms, except for the appointment of the initial members. In appointing the initial members to the advisory council, each member shall be designated as filling an odd-numbered seat or an even-numbered seat. The members appointed to the odd-numbered seats shall serve three-year terms and the members appointed to the even-numbered seats shall serve two-year terms. (3) Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments. (c) (1) The advisory council shall elect its own chair and vice chair annually. (2) A representative of the commissioner of education shall meet with and act as secretary to the advisory council. The commissioner, within available personnel and appropriations, shall furnish meeting facilities and staff services for the advisory council. (d) All members of the advisory council shall serve without compensation, but shall be eligible for reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter. (e) The advisory council shall: (1) Consider any issue, problem or matter related to alternative education presented to it by the governor, the commissioner or the state board of education, and give advice on any issue, problem or matter; (2) Study proposed plans for alternative education programs or curricula to determine if the plans or curricula should be adopted; (3) Study alternative education programs or curricula implemented in Tennessee school systems to determine the effectiveness of the programs or curricula, and alternative education programs or curricula implemented in other states to determine if the programs or curricula should be adopted in Tennessee schools; (4) Consider rules of governance of alternative schools and make recommendations concerning rules of governance; and (5) Upon request of the governor, the education committee of the senate, either education committee of the house of representatives, or the commissioner of education, make a report on the state of alternative education in this state. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686, s 18, eff. 3/28/2022. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 64, s 90, eff. 3/29/2021. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 345, s 105, eff. 5/10/2019. Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182, s 51, eff. 4/17/2015. Acts 2006, ch. 895, § 2.
(a) There is established an advisory council for alternative education that shall advise, assist and consult with the governor, the commissioner of education and the state board of education.
(b) (1) The advisory council shall be composed of a maximum of ten (10) members, including parents of children attending alternative schools or who have attended alternative schools, teachers or principals serving in alternative schools, members of local boards of education, at least one (1) community representative concerned with alternative education and at least one (1) representative of an educators' association concerned with alternative education. (2) The governor shall appoint the members of the advisory council for three-year terms, except for the appointment of the initial members. In appointing the initial members to the advisory council, each member shall be designated as filling an odd-numbered seat or an even-numbered seat. The members appointed to the odd-numbered seats shall serve three-year terms and the members appointed to the even-numbered seats shall serve two-year terms. (3) Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.
(1) The advisory council shall be composed of a maximum of ten (10) members, including parents of children attending alternative schools or who have attended alternative schools, teachers or principals serving in alternative schools, members of local boards of education, at least one (1) community representative concerned with alternative education and at least one (1) representative of an educators' association concerned with alternative education.
(2) The governor shall appoint the members of the advisory council for three-year terms, except for the appointment of the initial members. In appointing the initial members to the advisory council, each member shall be designated as filling an odd-numbered seat or an even-numbered seat. The members appointed to the odd-numbered seats shall serve three-year terms and the members appointed to the even-numbered seats shall serve two-year terms.
(3) Vacancies shall be filled for an unexpired term in the same manner as original appointments.
(c) (1) The advisory council shall elect its own chair and vice chair annually. (2) A representative of the commissioner of education shall meet with and act as secretary to the advisory council. The commissioner, within available personnel and appropriations, shall furnish meeting facilities and staff services for the advisory council.
(1) The advisory council shall elect its own chair and vice chair annually.
(2) A representative of the commissioner of education shall meet with and act as secretary to the advisory council. The commissioner, within available personnel and appropriations, shall furnish meeting facilities and staff services for the advisory council.
(d) All members of the advisory council shall serve without compensation, but shall be eligible for reimbursement for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
(e) The advisory council shall: (1) Consider any issue, problem or matter related to alternative education presented to it by the governor, the commissioner or the state board of education, and give advice on any issue, problem or matter; (2) Study proposed plans for alternative education programs or curricula to determine if the plans or curricula should be adopted; (3) Study alternative education programs or curricula implemented in Tennessee school systems to determine the effectiveness of the programs or curricula, and alternative education programs or curricula implemented in other states to determine if the programs or curricula should be adopted in Tennessee schools; (4) Consider rules of governance of alternative schools and make recommendations concerning rules of governance; and (5) Upon request of the governor, the education committee of the senate, either education committee of the house of representatives, or the commissioner of education, make a report on the state of alternative education in this state.
(1) Consider any issue, problem or matter related to alternative education presented to it by the governor, the commissioner or the state board of education, and give advice on any issue, problem or matter;
(2) Study proposed plans for alternative education programs or curricula to determine if the plans or curricula should be adopted;
(3) Study alternative education programs or curricula implemented in Tennessee school systems to determine the effectiveness of the programs or curricula, and alternative education programs or curricula implemented in other states to determine if the programs or curricula should be adopted in Tennessee schools;
(4) Consider rules of governance of alternative schools and make recommendations concerning rules of governance; and
(5) Upon request of the governor, the education committee of the senate, either education committee of the house of representatives, or the commissioner of education, make a report on the state of alternative education in this state.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686, s 18, eff. 3/28/2022.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 64, s 90, eff. 3/29/2021.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 345, s 105, eff. 5/10/2019.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182, s 51, eff. 4/17/2015.
Acts 2006, ch. 895, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-3004 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-3004
School term
Status: in_force

(a) Each public school system shall maintain a term of no less than two hundred (200) days, divided as follows: (1) One hundred eighty (180) days for classroom instruction; (2) Ten (10) days for vacation with pay for a two hundred-day term, eleven (11) days for vacation with pay for a two hundred twenty-day term, and twelve (12) days for vacation with pay for a two hundred forty-day term; (3) Five (5) days for in-service education; (4) One (1) day for teacher-parent conferences; (5) Four (4) other days as designated by the local board of education upon the recommendation of the director of schools; and (6) (A) In the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff during a school year, the commissioner of education may waive for that school year the requirement under subdivision (a)(1) of one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction, if a request is submitted to the commissioner by the director of schools. The waiver request may be for the entire LEA or for individual schools within the LEA; (B) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a)(1) and (6)(A), the commissioner of education shall waive the requirement under subdivision (a)(1) of one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction for the 2019-2020 school year. This subdivision (a)(6)(B) does not prohibit a school from continuing classroom instruction after being issued a waiver from the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision (a)(6)(B). (b) Vacation days shall be in accordance with policies recommended by the local director of schools and adopted by the local board of education. (c) (1) (A) In-service days shall be used according to a plan recommended by the local director of schools in accordance with this section and other applicable statutes and adopted by the local board of education, a copy of which plan shall be filed with the commissioner of education on or before June 1 of the preceding school year and approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall require that in-service training include at least two (2) hours of suicide prevention education for all teachers and principals each school year. This education may be accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials. The commissioner shall also encourage the use of two (2) of the in-service training days to provide training to teachers, principals and other school personnel, and, to the extent possible, school board members, on issues of prevention and intervention strategies for students in the area of behavioral/emotional disorders. The training shall place an emphasis on understanding the warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents and may be conducted by school counseling personnel, such as psychologists, social workers, guidance counselors or health faculty, by mental health clinicians or by approved personnel from mental health advocacy organizations using curricula approved by the departments of education and mental health and substance abuse services. In addition to other training and resources authorized by this chapter, the department of education shall, within available resources, collaborate with institutions of higher education to formally address dyslexia and similar reading disorders by providing kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) educators and teachers web-based or in-person training providing effective instruction for teaching students with dyslexia using appropriate scientific research and brain-based multisensory intervention methods and strategies. (B) Each local board of education shall require that each employee of the LEA who works directly with students in the LEA receive, once every three (3) years, in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. The plan recommended by the director of schools and adopted by the local board of education under subdivision (c)(1)(A) must specify the amount of in-service credit that an employee will receive for viewing the video required in this subdivision (c)(1)(B). The local board of education shall maintain a record of each employee who completes the in-service training required in this subdivision (c)(1)(B). This subdivision (c)(1)(B) does not excuse an LEA from having to comply with the in-service training and reporting requirements of § 37-1-408 . (2) The needs of apprentice teachers shall be given priority in the planning of in-service activities. Apprentice teachers shall be assisted by supervising teachers in the development of competencies required by the local board of education. (3) The plan shall also give priority to staff development activities. Staff development activities shall include an assessment of teacher and administrator evaluations made previously by the local school system. Career level III teachers and career level III supervisors shall be assigned to aid those teachers seeking to improve teaching competencies. (d) The state board of education shall develop a policy governing professional development activities during in-service education within the guidelines adopted by the general assembly. (e) (1) A local board of education or private or church-related school that exceeds the full six and one-half (61/2) hours instructional time required by law by one-half (1/2) hour daily for the full academic year shall be credited with the additional instructional time. The excess instructional time may be accumulated in amounts up to, but not exceeding, thirteen (13) instructional days each year, and applied toward meeting instructional time requirements missed due to dangerous or extreme weather conditions and for serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff. Upon approval by the commissioner, the excess instructional time may be used in case of natural disaster or dangerous structural or environmental conditions rendering a school unsafe for use. This excess accumulated instructional time may be used for early student dismissal for faculty professional development under rules promulgated by the board of education. Such time may be used in whole day (six and one-half (61/2) hour) increments and may be used for faculty professional development, individualized education program (IEP) team meetings, school-wide or system-wide instructional planning meetings, parent-teacher conferences, or other similar meetings. The board shall consult with the commissioner in developing the rules. All proposals for use of excess time for professional development and instructional planning meetings shall be approved by the commissioner. Additionally, the commissioner is authorized to approve directly proportional variations from the one-half-hour extension of the school day and the corresponding accumulation of thirteen (13) days of adjustments to the instructional time requirements. (2) Any unused accumulated days for excess instructional time shall not carry over to a school year other than the year in which the time was accumulated. (f) Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year and every year thereafter, LEAs shall commence the school year no earlier than August 1 unless the LEA's board of education votes by a majority of its membership to establish a year-round or alternative calendar for all or any of the schools within its jurisdiction in accordance with department of education attendance policies. (g) The length of term selected by a local board, and the length of the school day corresponding to that term, shall not affect either the amount or timing of payments made to the LEA under the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula (TISA) or otherwise, if the LEA operates for the full chosen term. Equally, the length of term and the length of day shall not affect the compensation of any teacher employed for the length of that term. (h) Any LEA operating a virtual school or virtual education program shall make available the same length of time for learning opportunities per academic year as required under this section to any student participating in its program. The LEA shall, however, also permit a student to move at the student's own pace. The student shall demonstrate mastery, competency and completion of a course or subject area to be given credit for the course or subject area. If a student successfully completes a course or grade level more than thirty (30) days before the end of the term, the student shall begin work in the next appropriate course or grade. The academic program shall continue until the end of the academic year. (i) (1) An LEA may provide up to two (2) days each semester of the required one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) via remote instruction in accordance with this subsection (i). (2) An LEA may require a class, school, or all schools of the LEA to utilize remote instruction in the event of dangerous or extreme weather conditions or of serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff. (3) An LEA may require a class, school, or all schools of the LEA to utilize remote instruction on days that the school administers end-of-course assessments or the assessment required pursuant to § 49-6-6001(b)(1) ; provided, that the students who are administered the end-of-course assessments or the assessment required pursuant to § 49-6-6001(b)(1) take the assessments in person. (4) An LEA that provides remote instruction pursuant to this subsection (i) shall provide: (A) Students enrolled in kindergarten access to at least four (4) hours of instruction each day; and (B) Students enrolled in grades one through twelve (1-12) access to at least six and one-half (61/2) hours of instruction each day. (5) 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. (6) An LEA that provides remote instruction pursuant to this subsection (i) shall comply with all state and federal laws, rules, and policies. (7) An LEA shall: (A) Make school meals available to students in accordance with the school nutrition program requirements on days that remote instruction is provided pursuant to this subsection (i); and (B) Make services required by a student's individualized education program (IEP) available to the student on days that remote instruction is provided pursuant to this subsection (i). (8) As used in this subsection (i), "remote instruction" means instruction that takes place when a teacher does not provide in-person instruction to students within the traditional school setting. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 57, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1021, s 3, eff. 5/11/2022. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 897, s 1, eff. 4/19/2022. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686, s 16, eff. 3/28/2022. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 180, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 287, s 1, eff. 4/30/2021. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 652, s 8, eff. 4/2/2020. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 269, s 2, eff. 7/1/2019. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 592, Secs.s 1, s 2 eff. 3/22/2018. Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 833, s 1, eff. 7/1/2014. Acts 1947, ch. 87, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 2442.2; Acts 1972, ch. 693, § 14; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1709; Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 84; 1984, ch. 829, § 34; 1985, ch. 123, §§ 1, 4; 1986, ch. 933, § 4; 1987, ch. 308, §§ 58, 59; 1989, ch. 64, § 12; 1989, ch. 310, § 1; 1990, ch. 662, §§ 1, 2; 1992, ch. 535, § 40; 1994, ch. 938, §§ 1, 2; 1994, ch. 985, § 3; 1995, ch. 366, § 1; 1997 , ch. 72, § 1; 1999, ch. 34, § 11; 2002, ch. 558, § 1; 2003 , ch. 4, § 1; 2007 , ch. 45, § 2; 2007 , ch. 247, § 1; 2009 , ch. 272, § 1; 2009 , ch. 448, § 1; 2010 , ch. 715, § 1; 2010 , ch. 1100, § 77; 2012 , ch. 575, § 1; 2012 , ch. 999, § 2.
(a) Each public school system shall maintain a term of no less than two hundred (200) days, divided as follows: (1) One hundred eighty (180) days for classroom instruction; (2) Ten (10) days for vacation with pay for a two hundred-day term, eleven (11) days for vacation with pay for a two hundred twenty-day term, and twelve (12) days for vacation with pay for a two hundred forty-day term; (3) Five (5) days for in-service education; (4) One (1) day for teacher-parent conferences; (5) Four (4) other days as designated by the local board of education upon the recommendation of the director of schools; and (6) (A) In the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff during a school year, the commissioner of education may waive for that school year the requirement under subdivision (a)(1) of one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction, if a request is submitted to the commissioner by the director of schools. The waiver request may be for the entire LEA or for individual schools within the LEA; (B) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a)(1) and (6)(A), the commissioner of education shall waive the requirement under subdivision (a)(1) of one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction for the 2019-2020 school year. This subdivision (a)(6)(B) does not prohibit a school from continuing classroom instruction after being issued a waiver from the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision (a)(6)(B).
(1) One hundred eighty (180) days for classroom instruction;
(2) Ten (10) days for vacation with pay for a two hundred-day term, eleven (11) days for vacation with pay for a two hundred twenty-day term, and twelve (12) days for vacation with pay for a two hundred forty-day term;
(3) Five (5) days for in-service education;
(4) One (1) day for teacher-parent conferences;
(5) Four (4) other days as designated by the local board of education upon the recommendation of the director of schools; and
(6) (A) In the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff during a school year, the commissioner of education may waive for that school year the requirement under subdivision (a)(1) of one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction, if a request is submitted to the commissioner by the director of schools. The waiver request may be for the entire LEA or for individual schools within the LEA; (B) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a)(1) and (6)(A), the commissioner of education shall waive the requirement under subdivision (a)(1) of one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction for the 2019-2020 school year. This subdivision (a)(6)(B) does not prohibit a school from continuing classroom instruction after being issued a waiver from the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision (a)(6)(B).
(A) In the event of a natural disaster or serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff during a school year, the commissioner of education may waive for that school year the requirement under subdivision (a)(1) of one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction, if a request is submitted to the commissioner by the director of schools. The waiver request may be for the entire LEA or for individual schools within the LEA;
(B) Notwithstanding subdivisions (a)(1) and (6)(A), the commissioner of education shall waive the requirement under subdivision (a)(1) of one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction for the 2019-2020 school year. This subdivision (a)(6)(B) does not prohibit a school from continuing classroom instruction after being issued a waiver from the commissioner pursuant to this subdivision (a)(6)(B).
(b) Vacation days shall be in accordance with policies recommended by the local director of schools and adopted by the local board of education.
(c) (1) (A) In-service days shall be used according to a plan recommended by the local director of schools in accordance with this section and other applicable statutes and adopted by the local board of education, a copy of which plan shall be filed with the commissioner of education on or before June 1 of the preceding school year and approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall require that in-service training include at least two (2) hours of suicide prevention education for all teachers and principals each school year. This education may be accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials. The commissioner shall also encourage the use of two (2) of the in-service training days to provide training to teachers, principals and other school personnel, and, to the extent possible, school board members, on issues of prevention and intervention strategies for students in the area of behavioral/emotional disorders. The training shall place an emphasis on understanding the warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents and may be conducted by school counseling personnel, such as psychologists, social workers, guidance counselors or health faculty, by mental health clinicians or by approved personnel from mental health advocacy organizations using curricula approved by the departments of education and mental health and substance abuse services. In addition to other training and resources authorized by this chapter, the department of education shall, within available resources, collaborate with institutions of higher education to formally address dyslexia and similar reading disorders by providing kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) educators and teachers web-based or in-person training providing effective instruction for teaching students with dyslexia using appropriate scientific research and brain-based multisensory intervention methods and strategies. (B) Each local board of education shall require that each employee of the LEA who works directly with students in the LEA receive, once every three (3) years, in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. The plan recommended by the director of schools and adopted by the local board of education under subdivision (c)(1)(A) must specify the amount of in-service credit that an employee will receive for viewing the video required in this subdivision (c)(1)(B). The local board of education shall maintain a record of each employee who completes the in-service training required in this subdivision (c)(1)(B). This subdivision (c)(1)(B) does not excuse an LEA from having to comply with the in-service training and reporting requirements of § 37-1-408 . (2) The needs of apprentice teachers shall be given priority in the planning of in-service activities. Apprentice teachers shall be assisted by supervising teachers in the development of competencies required by the local board of education. (3) The plan shall also give priority to staff development activities. Staff development activities shall include an assessment of teacher and administrator evaluations made previously by the local school system. Career level III teachers and career level III supervisors shall be assigned to aid those teachers seeking to improve teaching competencies.
(1) (A) In-service days shall be used according to a plan recommended by the local director of schools in accordance with this section and other applicable statutes and adopted by the local board of education, a copy of which plan shall be filed with the commissioner of education on or before June 1 of the preceding school year and approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall require that in-service training include at least two (2) hours of suicide prevention education for all teachers and principals each school year. This education may be accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials. The commissioner shall also encourage the use of two (2) of the in-service training days to provide training to teachers, principals and other school personnel, and, to the extent possible, school board members, on issues of prevention and intervention strategies for students in the area of behavioral/emotional disorders. The training shall place an emphasis on understanding the warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents and may be conducted by school counseling personnel, such as psychologists, social workers, guidance counselors or health faculty, by mental health clinicians or by approved personnel from mental health advocacy organizations using curricula approved by the departments of education and mental health and substance abuse services. In addition to other training and resources authorized by this chapter, the department of education shall, within available resources, collaborate with institutions of higher education to formally address dyslexia and similar reading disorders by providing kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) educators and teachers web-based or in-person training providing effective instruction for teaching students with dyslexia using appropriate scientific research and brain-based multisensory intervention methods and strategies. (B) Each local board of education shall require that each employee of the LEA who works directly with students in the LEA receive, once every three (3) years, in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. The plan recommended by the director of schools and adopted by the local board of education under subdivision (c)(1)(A) must specify the amount of in-service credit that an employee will receive for viewing the video required in this subdivision (c)(1)(B). The local board of education shall maintain a record of each employee who completes the in-service training required in this subdivision (c)(1)(B). This subdivision (c)(1)(B) does not excuse an LEA from having to comply with the in-service training and reporting requirements of § 37-1-408 .
(A) In-service days shall be used according to a plan recommended by the local director of schools in accordance with this section and other applicable statutes and adopted by the local board of education, a copy of which plan shall be filed with the commissioner of education on or before June 1 of the preceding school year and approved by the commissioner. The commissioner shall require that in-service training include at least two (2) hours of suicide prevention education for all teachers and principals each school year. This education may be accomplished through self-review of suitable suicide prevention materials. The commissioner shall also encourage the use of two (2) of the in-service training days to provide training to teachers, principals and other school personnel, and, to the extent possible, school board members, on issues of prevention and intervention strategies for students in the area of behavioral/emotional disorders. The training shall place an emphasis on understanding the warning signs of early-onset mental illness in children and adolescents and may be conducted by school counseling personnel, such as psychologists, social workers, guidance counselors or health faculty, by mental health clinicians or by approved personnel from mental health advocacy organizations using curricula approved by the departments of education and mental health and substance abuse services. In addition to other training and resources authorized by this chapter, the department of education shall, within available resources, collaborate with institutions of higher education to formally address dyslexia and similar reading disorders by providing kindergarten through twelfth grade (K-12) educators and teachers web-based or in-person training providing effective instruction for teaching students with dyslexia using appropriate scientific research and brain-based multisensory intervention methods and strategies.
(B) Each local board of education shall require that each employee of the LEA who works directly with students in the LEA receive, once every three (3) years, in-service training on the detection, intervention, prevention, and treatment of human trafficking in which the victim is a child, which must be accomplished through the viewing of a video recording approved by the LEA. The plan recommended by the director of schools and adopted by the local board of education under subdivision (c)(1)(A) must specify the amount of in-service credit that an employee will receive for viewing the video required in this subdivision (c)(1)(B). The local board of education shall maintain a record of each employee who completes the in-service training required in this subdivision (c)(1)(B). This subdivision (c)(1)(B) does not excuse an LEA from having to comply with the in-service training and reporting requirements of § 37-1-408 .
(2) The needs of apprentice teachers shall be given priority in the planning of in-service activities. Apprentice teachers shall be assisted by supervising teachers in the development of competencies required by the local board of education.
(3) The plan shall also give priority to staff development activities. Staff development activities shall include an assessment of teacher and administrator evaluations made previously by the local school system. Career level III teachers and career level III supervisors shall be assigned to aid those teachers seeking to improve teaching competencies.
(d) The state board of education shall develop a policy governing professional development activities during in-service education within the guidelines adopted by the general assembly.
(e) (1) A local board of education or private or church-related school that exceeds the full six and one-half (61/2) hours instructional time required by law by one-half (1/2) hour daily for the full academic year shall be credited with the additional instructional time. The excess instructional time may be accumulated in amounts up to, but not exceeding, thirteen (13) instructional days each year, and applied toward meeting instructional time requirements missed due to dangerous or extreme weather conditions and for serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff. Upon approval by the commissioner, the excess instructional time may be used in case of natural disaster or dangerous structural or environmental conditions rendering a school unsafe for use. This excess accumulated instructional time may be used for early student dismissal for faculty professional development under rules promulgated by the board of education. Such time may be used in whole day (six and one-half (61/2) hour) increments and may be used for faculty professional development, individualized education program (IEP) team meetings, school-wide or system-wide instructional planning meetings, parent-teacher conferences, or other similar meetings. The board shall consult with the commissioner in developing the rules. All proposals for use of excess time for professional development and instructional planning meetings shall be approved by the commissioner. Additionally, the commissioner is authorized to approve directly proportional variations from the one-half-hour extension of the school day and the corresponding accumulation of thirteen (13) days of adjustments to the instructional time requirements. (2) Any unused accumulated days for excess instructional time shall not carry over to a school year other than the year in which the time was accumulated.
(1) A local board of education or private or church-related school that exceeds the full six and one-half (61/2) hours instructional time required by law by one-half (1/2) hour daily for the full academic year shall be credited with the additional instructional time. The excess instructional time may be accumulated in amounts up to, but not exceeding, thirteen (13) instructional days each year, and applied toward meeting instructional time requirements missed due to dangerous or extreme weather conditions and for serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff. Upon approval by the commissioner, the excess instructional time may be used in case of natural disaster or dangerous structural or environmental conditions rendering a school unsafe for use. This excess accumulated instructional time may be used for early student dismissal for faculty professional development under rules promulgated by the board of education. Such time may be used in whole day (six and one-half (61/2) hour) increments and may be used for faculty professional development, individualized education program (IEP) team meetings, school-wide or system-wide instructional planning meetings, parent-teacher conferences, or other similar meetings. The board shall consult with the commissioner in developing the rules. All proposals for use of excess time for professional development and instructional planning meetings shall be approved by the commissioner. Additionally, the commissioner is authorized to approve directly proportional variations from the one-half-hour extension of the school day and the corresponding accumulation of thirteen (13) days of adjustments to the instructional time requirements.
(2) Any unused accumulated days for excess instructional time shall not carry over to a school year other than the year in which the time was accumulated.
(f) Beginning with the 2010-2011 school year and every year thereafter, LEAs shall commence the school year no earlier than August 1 unless the LEA's board of education votes by a majority of its membership to establish a year-round or alternative calendar for all or any of the schools within its jurisdiction in accordance with department of education attendance policies.
(g) The length of term selected by a local board, and the length of the school day corresponding to that term, shall not affect either the amount or timing of payments made to the LEA under the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula (TISA) or otherwise, if the LEA operates for the full chosen term. Equally, the length of term and the length of day shall not affect the compensation of any teacher employed for the length of that term.
(h) Any LEA operating a virtual school or virtual education program shall make available the same length of time for learning opportunities per academic year as required under this section to any student participating in its program. The LEA shall, however, also permit a student to move at the student's own pace. The student shall demonstrate mastery, competency and completion of a course or subject area to be given credit for the course or subject area. If a student successfully completes a course or grade level more than thirty (30) days before the end of the term, the student shall begin work in the next appropriate course or grade. The academic program shall continue until the end of the academic year.
(i) (1) An LEA may provide up to two (2) days each semester of the required one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) via remote instruction in accordance with this subsection (i). (2) An LEA may require a class, school, or all schools of the LEA to utilize remote instruction in the event of dangerous or extreme weather conditions or of serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff. (3) An LEA may require a class, school, or all schools of the LEA to utilize remote instruction on days that the school administers end-of-course assessments or the assessment required pursuant to § 49-6-6001(b)(1) ; provided, that the students who are administered the end-of-course assessments or the assessment required pursuant to § 49-6-6001(b)(1) take the assessments in person. (4) An LEA that provides remote instruction pursuant to this subsection (i) shall provide: (A) Students enrolled in kindergarten access to at least four (4) hours of instruction each day; and (B) Students enrolled in grades one through twelve (1-12) access to at least six and one-half (61/2) hours of instruction each day. (5) 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. (6) An LEA that provides remote instruction pursuant to this subsection (i) shall comply with all state and federal laws, rules, and policies. (7) An LEA shall: (A) Make school meals available to students in accordance with the school nutrition program requirements on days that remote instruction is provided pursuant to this subsection (i); and (B) Make services required by a student's individualized education program (IEP) available to the student on days that remote instruction is provided pursuant to this subsection (i). (8) As used in this subsection (i), "remote instruction" means instruction that takes place when a teacher does not provide in-person instruction to students within the traditional school setting.
(1) An LEA may provide up to two (2) days each semester of the required one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction pursuant to subdivision (a)(1) via remote instruction in accordance with this subsection (i).
(2) An LEA may require a class, school, or all schools of the LEA to utilize remote instruction in the event of dangerous or extreme weather conditions or of serious outbreaks of illness affecting or endangering students or staff.
(3) An LEA may require a class, school, or all schools of the LEA to utilize remote instruction on days that the school administers end-of-course assessments or the assessment required pursuant to § 49-6-6001(b)(1) ; provided, that the students who are administered the end-of-course assessments or the assessment required pursuant to § 49-6-6001(b)(1) take the assessments in person.
(4) An LEA that provides remote instruction pursuant to this subsection (i) shall provide: (A) Students enrolled in kindergarten access to at least four (4) hours of instruction each day; and (B) Students enrolled in grades one through twelve (1-12) access to at least six and one-half (61/2) hours of instruction each day.
(A) Students enrolled in kindergarten access to at least four (4) hours of instruction each day; and
(B) Students enrolled in grades one through twelve (1-12) access to at least six and one-half (61/2) hours of instruction each day.
(5) 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.
(6) An LEA that provides remote instruction pursuant to this subsection (i) shall comply with all state and federal laws, rules, and policies.
(7) An LEA shall: (A) Make school meals available to students in accordance with the school nutrition program requirements on days that remote instruction is provided pursuant to this subsection (i); and (B) Make services required by a student's individualized education program (IEP) available to the student on days that remote instruction is provided pursuant to this subsection (i).
(A) Make school meals available to students in accordance with the school nutrition program requirements on days that remote instruction is provided pursuant to this subsection (i); and
(B) Make services required by a student's individualized education program (IEP) available to the student on days that remote instruction is provided pursuant to this subsection (i).
(8) As used in this subsection (i), "remote instruction" means instruction that takes place when a teacher does not provide in-person instruction to students within the traditional school setting.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 57, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1021, s 3, eff. 5/11/2022.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 897, s 1, eff. 4/19/2022.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686, s 16, eff. 3/28/2022.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 180, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 287, s 1, eff. 4/30/2021.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 652, s 8, eff. 4/2/2020.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 269, s 2, eff. 7/1/2019.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 592, Secs.s 1, s 2 eff. 3/22/2018.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 833, s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1947, ch. 87, § 2; C. Supp. 1950, § 2442.2; Acts 1972, ch. 693, § 14; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1709; Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 84; 1984, ch. 829, § 34; 1985, ch. 123, §§ 1, 4; 1986, ch. 933, § 4; 1987, ch. 308, §§ 58, 59; 1989, ch. 64, § 12; 1989, ch. 310, § 1; 1990, ch. 662, §§ 1, 2; 1992, ch. 535, § 40; 1994, ch. 938, §§ 1, 2; 1994, ch. 985, § 3; 1995, ch. 366, § 1; 1997 , ch. 72, § 1; 1999, ch. 34, § 11; 2002, ch. 558, § 1; 2003 , ch. 4, § 1; 2007 , ch. 45, § 2; 2007 , ch. 247, § 1; 2009 , ch. 272, § 1; 2009 , ch. 448, § 1; 2010 , ch. 715, § 1; 2010 , ch. 1100, § 77; 2012 , ch. 575, § 1; 2012 , ch. 999, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1301 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-1301
Part definitions
Status: in_force

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) "Abstinence" means not participating in any activity that puts an individual at risk for pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease; (2) (A) "Abstinence-based" or "abstinence-centered" means an approach that promotes sexual risk avoidance, or primary prevention, and teaches vital life skills that empower youth to identify healthy and unhealthy relationships, accurately understand sexually transmitted diseases and contraception, set goals, make healthy life decisions, and build character; (B) Abstinence-centered education is a holistic approach that addresses the physical, social, emotional, psychological, economic and educational consequences of nonmarital sexual activity; (3) "Abstinence-centered curriculum" means that the majority of the content of a curriculum promotes sexual risk avoidance as the primary goal. Supplemental topics in the curriculum, such as healthy relationships and substance abuse, reinforce the goal of primary prevention; (4) "Age-appropriate" means designed to teach concepts, information and skills based on the social, cognitive, emotional and experience level of most students at a particular age level; (5) "Evidence-based approach" means an approach: (A) That has a clear theoretical base that integrates research findings with practical implementation expertise that is relevant to the field; (B) That matches the needs and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and (C) That if implemented well, demonstrates improved outcomes for the intended audience; (6) "Family life education" means an abstinence-centered sex education program that builds a foundation of knowledge and skills relating to character development, human development, decision making, abstinence, contraception and disease prevention; (7) "Gateway sexual activity" means sexual contact, as defined in subdivision (14), that could precipitate engagement in a nonabstinent behavior. A person promotes a gateway sexual activity by encouraging, advocating, urging or condoning gateway sexual activities; (8) "Gender identity" has the same meaning as provided in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5); (9) "Medically accurate" means information that is grounded in evidence-based, peer-reviewed science and research; (10) "Parent" means the parent, guardian, person who has custody of the child, or individual who has caregiving authority under § 49-6-3001 ; (11) (A) "Puberty" means a developmental stage during which the pituitary gland triggers the production of testosterone in boys and the production of estrogen and progesterone in girls; (B) Puberty typically begins in girls between nine (9) and twelve (12) years of age, and in boys between eleven (11) and fourteen (14) years of age; (C) Puberty is the period during which adolescents become capable of reproduction and experience various bodily changes; (12) "Risk avoidance" means an approach that encourages the prevention of participation in risk behaviors as opposed to merely reducing the consequences of those risk behaviors; (13) "Sexual activity" means sexual penetration or sexual contact, or both; (14) "Sexual contact" means sexual contact as defined under § 39-13-501 ; (15) "Sexual intercourse" means that a male reproductive organ is inserted into any bodily orifice; (16) "Sexual orientation" means an individual's actual or perceived sexual orientation as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual; and (17) "Sexually transmitted disease" (STD) means a disease that is caused by bacteria, virus or parasite that is transmitted from one person to another during sexual contact. A sexually transmitted disease is also referred to as a sexually transmitted infection (STI). Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 281, s 2, eff. 5/3/2021. Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 878, s 1, eff. 5/1/2014. Acts 2012 , ch. 973, § 2.
As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Abstinence" means not participating in any activity that puts an individual at risk for pregnancy or a sexually transmitted disease;
(2) (A) "Abstinence-based" or "abstinence-centered" means an approach that promotes sexual risk avoidance, or primary prevention, and teaches vital life skills that empower youth to identify healthy and unhealthy relationships, accurately understand sexually transmitted diseases and contraception, set goals, make healthy life decisions, and build character; (B) Abstinence-centered education is a holistic approach that addresses the physical, social, emotional, psychological, economic and educational consequences of nonmarital sexual activity;
(A) "Abstinence-based" or "abstinence-centered" means an approach that promotes sexual risk avoidance, or primary prevention, and teaches vital life skills that empower youth to identify healthy and unhealthy relationships, accurately understand sexually transmitted diseases and contraception, set goals, make healthy life decisions, and build character;
(B) Abstinence-centered education is a holistic approach that addresses the physical, social, emotional, psychological, economic and educational consequences of nonmarital sexual activity;
(3) "Abstinence-centered curriculum" means that the majority of the content of a curriculum promotes sexual risk avoidance as the primary goal. Supplemental topics in the curriculum, such as healthy relationships and substance abuse, reinforce the goal of primary prevention;
(4) "Age-appropriate" means designed to teach concepts, information and skills based on the social, cognitive, emotional and experience level of most students at a particular age level;
(5) "Evidence-based approach" means an approach: (A) That has a clear theoretical base that integrates research findings with practical implementation expertise that is relevant to the field; (B) That matches the needs and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and (C) That if implemented well, demonstrates improved outcomes for the intended audience;
(A) That has a clear theoretical base that integrates research findings with practical implementation expertise that is relevant to the field;
(B) That matches the needs and desired outcomes for the intended audience; and
(C) That if implemented well, demonstrates improved outcomes for the intended audience;
(6) "Family life education" means an abstinence-centered sex education program that builds a foundation of knowledge and skills relating to character development, human development, decision making, abstinence, contraception and disease prevention;
(7) "Gateway sexual activity" means sexual contact, as defined in subdivision (14), that could precipitate engagement in a nonabstinent behavior. A person promotes a gateway sexual activity by encouraging, advocating, urging or condoning gateway sexual activities;
(8) "Gender identity" has the same meaning as provided in the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual (DSM-5);
(9) "Medically accurate" means information that is grounded in evidence-based, peer-reviewed science and research;
(10) "Parent" means the parent, guardian, person who has custody of the child, or individual who has caregiving authority under § 49-6-3001 ;
(11) (A) "Puberty" means a developmental stage during which the pituitary gland triggers the production of testosterone in boys and the production of estrogen and progesterone in girls; (B) Puberty typically begins in girls between nine (9) and twelve (12) years of age, and in boys between eleven (11) and fourteen (14) years of age; (C) Puberty is the period during which adolescents become capable of reproduction and experience various bodily changes;
(A) "Puberty" means a developmental stage during which the pituitary gland triggers the production of testosterone in boys and the production of estrogen and progesterone in girls;
(B) Puberty typically begins in girls between nine (9) and twelve (12) years of age, and in boys between eleven (11) and fourteen (14) years of age;
(C) Puberty is the period during which adolescents become capable of reproduction and experience various bodily changes;
(12) "Risk avoidance" means an approach that encourages the prevention of participation in risk behaviors as opposed to merely reducing the consequences of those risk behaviors;
(13) "Sexual activity" means sexual penetration or sexual contact, or both;
(14) "Sexual contact" means sexual contact as defined under § 39-13-501 ;
(15) "Sexual intercourse" means that a male reproductive organ is inserted into any bodily orifice;
(16) "Sexual orientation" means an individual's actual or perceived sexual orientation as heterosexual, homosexual, or bisexual; and
(17) "Sexually transmitted disease" (STD) means a disease that is caused by bacteria, virus or parasite that is transmitted from one person to another during sexual contact. A sexually transmitted disease is also referred to as a sexually transmitted infection (STI).
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 281, s 2, eff. 5/3/2021.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 878, s 1, eff. 5/1/2014.
Acts 2012 , ch. 973, § 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-509 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 5 / Section 49-5-509
Teacher transferred to another system
Status: repealed

(a) If a teacher transfers from one LEA in this state to another LEA, the LEA from which the teacher transfers shall send to the LEA to which the teacher transfers the results of the teacher's last five (5) evaluations or the results of all evaluations, if fewer than five (5) are available. (b) A transferring teacher who is tenured or a transferring teacher who is nontenured and has five (5) or more years of prior service shall serve the regular probationary period in the new LEA, unless the local board of education, upon the recommendation of the director of schools, waives the probationary period requirement and grants tenure status or shortens the probationary period. (c) If a nontenured teacher who does not have five (5) years of prior service transfers to an LEA, then tenure shall not be granted until the teacher has served at least five (5) years when service in both LEAs is counted. (d) All tenure decisions made under this section are subject to the requirements of § 49-5-504 concerning overall performance effectiveness levels. Acts 1951, ch. 76, § 11 (Williams, § 2345.11); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1409; Acts 2012, ch. 614, § 1.
(a) If a teacher transfers from one LEA in this state to another LEA, the LEA from which the teacher transfers shall send to the LEA to which the teacher transfers the results of the teacher's last five (5) evaluations or the results of all evaluations, if fewer than five (5) are available.
(b) A transferring teacher who is tenured or a transferring teacher who is nontenured and has five (5) or more years of prior service shall serve the regular probationary period in the new LEA, unless the local board of education, upon the recommendation of the director of schools, waives the probationary period requirement and grants tenure status or shortens the probationary period.
(c) If a nontenured teacher who does not have five (5) years of prior service transfers to an LEA, then tenure shall not be granted until the teacher has served at least five (5) years when service in both LEAs is counted.
(d) All tenure decisions made under this section are subject to the requirements of § 49-5-504 concerning overall performance effectiveness levels.
Acts 1951, ch. 76, § 11 (Williams, § 2345.11); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1409; Acts 2012, ch. 614, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-133 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 13 / Section 49-13-133
Establishment of opportunity public charter schools - Annual evaluations - Establishment of alternative education programs - Compliance with federal requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act
Status: in_force

(a) A sponsor may apply to open an opportunity public charter school pursuant to the application process outlined in § 49-13-107 . (b) The department, in consultation with the commission, may develop a specific opportunity public charter school application. (c) The state board of education shall promulgate rules to establish an annual evaluation of the at-risk student enrollment at opportunity public charter schools. If an opportunity public charter school fails to meet the seventy-five percent (75%) at-risk student enrollment requirement described in § 49-13-104 for three (3) consecutive years, then the opportunity public charter school shall: (1) Petition the authorizer to amend its charter agreement; or (2) Voluntarily close. (d) Opportunity public charter schools may establish alternative education programs in compliance with § 49-6-3402 . (e) (1) The department of education shall recommend, and the state board of education shall adopt, an opportunity public charter school accountability framework in compliance with all federal requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act ( 20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq.). (2) The opportunity public charter school accountability framework must include multiple measures and include performance metrics and targets that ensure students are prepared for post high school success. (3) The department shall convene an opportunity public charter school accountability working group to provide input and feedback prior to the recommendation of an accountability framework to the state board of education. Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1066,s 13, eff. 7/1/2024, app. to opportunity public charter schools applying to open in the 2026- 2027 school year or in a subsequent school year.
(a) A sponsor may apply to open an opportunity public charter school pursuant to the application process outlined in § 49-13-107 .
(b) The department, in consultation with the commission, may develop a specific opportunity public charter school application.
(c) The state board of education shall promulgate rules to establish an annual evaluation of the at-risk student enrollment at opportunity public charter schools. If an opportunity public charter school fails to meet the seventy-five percent (75%) at-risk student enrollment requirement described in § 49-13-104 for three (3) consecutive years, then the opportunity public charter school shall: (1) Petition the authorizer to amend its charter agreement; or (2) Voluntarily close.
(1) Petition the authorizer to amend its charter agreement; or
(2) Voluntarily close.
(d) Opportunity public charter schools may establish alternative education programs in compliance with § 49-6-3402 .
(e) (1) The department of education shall recommend, and the state board of education shall adopt, an opportunity public charter school accountability framework in compliance with all federal requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act ( 20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq.). (2) The opportunity public charter school accountability framework must include multiple measures and include performance metrics and targets that ensure students are prepared for post high school success. (3) The department shall convene an opportunity public charter school accountability working group to provide input and feedback prior to the recommendation of an accountability framework to the state board of education.
(1) The department of education shall recommend, and the state board of education shall adopt, an opportunity public charter school accountability framework in compliance with all federal requirements under the Every Student Succeeds Act ( 20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq.).
(2) The opportunity public charter school accountability framework must include multiple measures and include performance metrics and targets that ensure students are prepared for post high school success.
(3) The department shall convene an opportunity public charter school accountability working group to provide input and feedback prior to the recommendation of an accountability framework to the state board of education.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1066,s 13, eff. 7/1/2024, app. to opportunity public charter schools applying to open in the 2026- 2027 school year or in a subsequent school year.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-8-203 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 8 / Section 49-8-203
Powers and duties
Status: in_force

(a) (1) With respect to the institutions they govern, each state university board and the board of regents has the power to: (A) Select and employ the chief executive officers of the institutions and to confirm the appointment of administrative personnel, teachers, and other employees of each state institution and to fix their salaries and terms of office; (B) Prescribe curricula and requirements for diplomas and degrees. The board of regents and the state university boards shall maintain alignment across state higher education by working to develop curricula requirements that promote student success, postsecondary completion, and advancement of the Tennessee higher education commission state master plan; (C) Approve the operating budgets and set the fiscal policies for the schools and programs under its control. Each state university board shall have the power to approve the operating budget and set the fiscal policy for the university under its control. In order to ensure the ability to satisfy both contractual obligations to the Tennessee state school bond authority and obligations to that authority's bondholders, the board of regents shall have authority over, and shall give final approval to, the operating budget of each state university. The funds appropriated for each state university shall initially be distributed by the department of finance and administration to the board of regents, which shall then distribute such funds to each state university in such amounts as were appropriated minus any deduction or deductions required to be made by the board of regents pursuant to any financing agreement, or other similar agreement, then existing by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority or any successor organization. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the board of regents shall retain all powers and duties with respect to each state university, state community college, and Tennessee college of applied technology, including, but not limited to, any projects at such institutions which are necessary for the board of regents to fulfill its covenants, representations, agreements, and obligations under any financing agreement, then existing by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority, or any successor organization, on July 1, 2016, as the same may be amended pursuant to the terms thereof, or any successor or similar agreement subsequently entered into by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority; (D) Establish policies and regulations regarding the campus life of the institutions, including, but not limited to, the conduct of students, student housing, parking, and safety; and (E) Assume general responsibility for the operation of the institutions, delegating to the chief executive officer of each respective institution such powers and duties as are necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of the institution and its programs. (2) The board of regents has the power to receive donations of money, securities, and property from any source on behalf of the community colleges and the Tennessee colleges of applied technology, which gifts shall be used in accordance with the conditions set by the donor. Each state university board has the power to receive donations of money, securities, and property from any source on behalf of the institution it governs, which gifts shall be used in accordance with the conditions set by the donor. (3) The board of regents and each state university board has the power to purchase land subject to the terms and conditions of state regulations, to condemn land, to erect buildings, and to equip them for the institution subject to the requirements of the state building commission and to the terms and conditions of legislative appropriations. Each board shall be vested with title to property so purchased or acquired. (4) The board of regents and each state university board has other powers, not otherwise prescribed by law, that are necessary to carry out this part, and it is the expressed legislative intent and purpose to vest similar and comparable responsibility and authority in each board as is authorized for the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee; provided, that in exercising any power to borrow money for any purpose, whether by the issuance of bonds or notes or by any other method, each board shall first secure the approval of the state school bond authority. (b) Notwithstanding any other law, the board of regents, a state university board, or any institution subject to this chapter is not authorized to borrow money for any purpose, whether by the issuance of bonds or notes or by any other method, without first securing the approval of the state school bond authority. (c) State university boards shall manage and initiate capital and real estate transactions; provided, that such transactions are within the scope of a master plan approved by the Tennessee higher education commission. (d) The title of the property held on behalf of the state universities named in § 49-8-101(a)(2)(A) by the board of regents shall be transferred to the respective state university board upon assumption of responsibility no later than June 30, 2017. (e) A state university board shall ensure the board's institution remains in compliance with the transfer and articulation provisions of § 49-7-202 . (f) The board of regents, the state university boards, and the institutions subject to this chapter shall not enter into any final agreement or other final arrangement for a merger or consolidation with a private institution of higher education without the authorization of the general assembly, acting through legislation, resolution, or appropriations. (g) It is unlawful for any member of a state university board or the board of regents to be financially interested in any contract or transaction affecting the interests of any institution governed by the board, or to procure, or be a party in any way to procuring, the appointment of any relative to any position of financial trust or profit connected with the universities and colleges governed. A violation of this subsection (g) shall subject the member so offending to removal by the governor or the board. (h) Except for the purposes of inquiry or information, a member of the state university board shall not give direction to or interfere with any employee, officer, or agent under the direct or indirect supervision of the chief executive officer of the respective institution. (i) Each institution subject to this chapter shall provide data to the Tennessee higher education commission for information, assessment, and accountability purposes, to be used in a statewide data system that facilitates the public policy agenda developed by the commission. The commission shall determine the data elements necessary to carry out this task. (j) Notwithstanding any provision of this part or any law to the contrary, the state university boards and their respective institutions shall continue to be participating employers in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system and utilize such claims administration services, risk management programs, investment funds and trusts, and retirement and deferred compensation programs, or any successor programs and services in the same fields, as are provided or administered by the department of treasury to any of the state universities on July 1, 2016, until the effective date of any subsequent legislation authorizing procurement from another provider. (k) Institutions shall ensure that any data system employed for student information is interoperable with the statewide student information system used by the board of regents and the higher education commission. (l) Each institution subject to this chapter shall make a report annually to the higher education commission on any academic program terminations which shall be submitted by the higher education commission to the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives. (m) Upon formal request by the higher education commission, the board of regents and each state university board authorized under this chapter shall assist the commission in convening representatives of the institutions and governing boards, as authorized by § 49-7-202(p) , to help ensure a cohesive and coordinated system of higher education public policy in Tennessee. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 64, s 108, eff. 3/29/2021. Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 345, s 122, eff. 5/10/2019. Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869, s 21, eff. 7/1/2016. Acts 1972, ch. 838, §§ 4, 6-8, 11; 1979, ch. 116, §§ 1, 2; 1979, ch. 182, § 1; 1983, ch. 181, § 4; T.C.A., §§ 49-3239, 49-3241 -- 49-3244.
(a) (1) With respect to the institutions they govern, each state university board and the board of regents has the power to: (A) Select and employ the chief executive officers of the institutions and to confirm the appointment of administrative personnel, teachers, and other employees of each state institution and to fix their salaries and terms of office; (B) Prescribe curricula and requirements for diplomas and degrees. The board of regents and the state university boards shall maintain alignment across state higher education by working to develop curricula requirements that promote student success, postsecondary completion, and advancement of the Tennessee higher education commission state master plan; (C) Approve the operating budgets and set the fiscal policies for the schools and programs under its control. Each state university board shall have the power to approve the operating budget and set the fiscal policy for the university under its control. In order to ensure the ability to satisfy both contractual obligations to the Tennessee state school bond authority and obligations to that authority's bondholders, the board of regents shall have authority over, and shall give final approval to, the operating budget of each state university. The funds appropriated for each state university shall initially be distributed by the department of finance and administration to the board of regents, which shall then distribute such funds to each state university in such amounts as were appropriated minus any deduction or deductions required to be made by the board of regents pursuant to any financing agreement, or other similar agreement, then existing by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority or any successor organization. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the board of regents shall retain all powers and duties with respect to each state university, state community college, and Tennessee college of applied technology, including, but not limited to, any projects at such institutions which are necessary for the board of regents to fulfill its covenants, representations, agreements, and obligations under any financing agreement, then existing by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority, or any successor organization, on July 1, 2016, as the same may be amended pursuant to the terms thereof, or any successor or similar agreement subsequently entered into by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority; (D) Establish policies and regulations regarding the campus life of the institutions, including, but not limited to, the conduct of students, student housing, parking, and safety; and (E) Assume general responsibility for the operation of the institutions, delegating to the chief executive officer of each respective institution such powers and duties as are necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of the institution and its programs. (2) The board of regents has the power to receive donations of money, securities, and property from any source on behalf of the community colleges and the Tennessee colleges of applied technology, which gifts shall be used in accordance with the conditions set by the donor. Each state university board has the power to receive donations of money, securities, and property from any source on behalf of the institution it governs, which gifts shall be used in accordance with the conditions set by the donor. (3) The board of regents and each state university board has the power to purchase land subject to the terms and conditions of state regulations, to condemn land, to erect buildings, and to equip them for the institution subject to the requirements of the state building commission and to the terms and conditions of legislative appropriations. Each board shall be vested with title to property so purchased or acquired. (4) The board of regents and each state university board has other powers, not otherwise prescribed by law, that are necessary to carry out this part, and it is the expressed legislative intent and purpose to vest similar and comparable responsibility and authority in each board as is authorized for the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee; provided, that in exercising any power to borrow money for any purpose, whether by the issuance of bonds or notes or by any other method, each board shall first secure the approval of the state school bond authority.
(1) With respect to the institutions they govern, each state university board and the board of regents has the power to: (A) Select and employ the chief executive officers of the institutions and to confirm the appointment of administrative personnel, teachers, and other employees of each state institution and to fix their salaries and terms of office; (B) Prescribe curricula and requirements for diplomas and degrees. The board of regents and the state university boards shall maintain alignment across state higher education by working to develop curricula requirements that promote student success, postsecondary completion, and advancement of the Tennessee higher education commission state master plan; (C) Approve the operating budgets and set the fiscal policies for the schools and programs under its control. Each state university board shall have the power to approve the operating budget and set the fiscal policy for the university under its control. In order to ensure the ability to satisfy both contractual obligations to the Tennessee state school bond authority and obligations to that authority's bondholders, the board of regents shall have authority over, and shall give final approval to, the operating budget of each state university. The funds appropriated for each state university shall initially be distributed by the department of finance and administration to the board of regents, which shall then distribute such funds to each state university in such amounts as were appropriated minus any deduction or deductions required to be made by the board of regents pursuant to any financing agreement, or other similar agreement, then existing by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority or any successor organization. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the board of regents shall retain all powers and duties with respect to each state university, state community college, and Tennessee college of applied technology, including, but not limited to, any projects at such institutions which are necessary for the board of regents to fulfill its covenants, representations, agreements, and obligations under any financing agreement, then existing by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority, or any successor organization, on July 1, 2016, as the same may be amended pursuant to the terms thereof, or any successor or similar agreement subsequently entered into by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority; (D) Establish policies and regulations regarding the campus life of the institutions, including, but not limited to, the conduct of students, student housing, parking, and safety; and (E) Assume general responsibility for the operation of the institutions, delegating to the chief executive officer of each respective institution such powers and duties as are necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of the institution and its programs.
(A) Select and employ the chief executive officers of the institutions and to confirm the appointment of administrative personnel, teachers, and other employees of each state institution and to fix their salaries and terms of office;
(B) Prescribe curricula and requirements for diplomas and degrees. The board of regents and the state university boards shall maintain alignment across state higher education by working to develop curricula requirements that promote student success, postsecondary completion, and advancement of the Tennessee higher education commission state master plan;
(C) Approve the operating budgets and set the fiscal policies for the schools and programs under its control. Each state university board shall have the power to approve the operating budget and set the fiscal policy for the university under its control. In order to ensure the ability to satisfy both contractual obligations to the Tennessee state school bond authority and obligations to that authority's bondholders, the board of regents shall have authority over, and shall give final approval to, the operating budget of each state university. The funds appropriated for each state university shall initially be distributed by the department of finance and administration to the board of regents, which shall then distribute such funds to each state university in such amounts as were appropriated minus any deduction or deductions required to be made by the board of regents pursuant to any financing agreement, or other similar agreement, then existing by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority or any successor organization. Notwithstanding any provision of law, the board of regents shall retain all powers and duties with respect to each state university, state community college, and Tennessee college of applied technology, including, but not limited to, any projects at such institutions which are necessary for the board of regents to fulfill its covenants, representations, agreements, and obligations under any financing agreement, then existing by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority, or any successor organization, on July 1, 2016, as the same may be amended pursuant to the terms thereof, or any successor or similar agreement subsequently entered into by and between the board of regents and the Tennessee state school bond authority;
(D) Establish policies and regulations regarding the campus life of the institutions, including, but not limited to, the conduct of students, student housing, parking, and safety; and
(E) Assume general responsibility for the operation of the institutions, delegating to the chief executive officer of each respective institution such powers and duties as are necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of the institution and its programs.
(2) The board of regents has the power to receive donations of money, securities, and property from any source on behalf of the community colleges and the Tennessee colleges of applied technology, which gifts shall be used in accordance with the conditions set by the donor. Each state university board has the power to receive donations of money, securities, and property from any source on behalf of the institution it governs, which gifts shall be used in accordance with the conditions set by the donor.
(3) The board of regents and each state university board has the power to purchase land subject to the terms and conditions of state regulations, to condemn land, to erect buildings, and to equip them for the institution subject to the requirements of the state building commission and to the terms and conditions of legislative appropriations. Each board shall be vested with title to property so purchased or acquired.
(4) The board of regents and each state university board has other powers, not otherwise prescribed by law, that are necessary to carry out this part, and it is the expressed legislative intent and purpose to vest similar and comparable responsibility and authority in each board as is authorized for the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee; provided, that in exercising any power to borrow money for any purpose, whether by the issuance of bonds or notes or by any other method, each board shall first secure the approval of the state school bond authority.
(b) Notwithstanding any other law, the board of regents, a state university board, or any institution subject to this chapter is not authorized to borrow money for any purpose, whether by the issuance of bonds or notes or by any other method, without first securing the approval of the state school bond authority.
(c) State university boards shall manage and initiate capital and real estate transactions; provided, that such transactions are within the scope of a master plan approved by the Tennessee higher education commission.
(d) The title of the property held on behalf of the state universities named in § 49-8-101(a)(2)(A) by the board of regents shall be transferred to the respective state university board upon assumption of responsibility no later than June 30, 2017.
(e) A state university board shall ensure the board's institution remains in compliance with the transfer and articulation provisions of § 49-7-202 .
(f) The board of regents, the state university boards, and the institutions subject to this chapter shall not enter into any final agreement or other final arrangement for a merger or consolidation with a private institution of higher education without the authorization of the general assembly, acting through legislation, resolution, or appropriations.
(g) It is unlawful for any member of a state university board or the board of regents to be financially interested in any contract or transaction affecting the interests of any institution governed by the board, or to procure, or be a party in any way to procuring, the appointment of any relative to any position of financial trust or profit connected with the universities and colleges governed. A violation of this subsection (g) shall subject the member so offending to removal by the governor or the board.
(h) Except for the purposes of inquiry or information, a member of the state university board shall not give direction to or interfere with any employee, officer, or agent under the direct or indirect supervision of the chief executive officer of the respective institution.
(i) Each institution subject to this chapter shall provide data to the Tennessee higher education commission for information, assessment, and accountability purposes, to be used in a statewide data system that facilitates the public policy agenda developed by the commission. The commission shall determine the data elements necessary to carry out this task.
(j) Notwithstanding any provision of this part or any law to the contrary, the state university boards and their respective institutions shall continue to be participating employers in the Tennessee consolidated retirement system and utilize such claims administration services, risk management programs, investment funds and trusts, and retirement and deferred compensation programs, or any successor programs and services in the same fields, as are provided or administered by the department of treasury to any of the state universities on July 1, 2016, until the effective date of any subsequent legislation authorizing procurement from another provider.
(k) Institutions shall ensure that any data system employed for student information is interoperable with the statewide student information system used by the board of regents and the higher education commission.
(l) Each institution subject to this chapter shall make a report annually to the higher education commission on any academic program terminations which shall be submitted by the higher education commission to the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives.
(m) Upon formal request by the higher education commission, the board of regents and each state university board authorized under this chapter shall assist the commission in convening representatives of the institutions and governing boards, as authorized by § 49-7-202(p) , to help ensure a cohesive and coordinated system of higher education public policy in Tennessee.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 64, s 108, eff. 3/29/2021.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 345, s 122, eff. 5/10/2019.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869, s 21, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1972, ch. 838, §§ 4, 6-8, 11; 1979, ch. 116, §§ 1, 2; 1979, ch. 182, § 1; 1983, ch. 181, § 4; T.C.A., §§ 49-3239, 49-3241 -- 49-3244.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-7-2905 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 7 / Section 49-7-2905
Construction - Expenditure of funds
Status: in_force

This part shall not be construed to be an appropriation of funds and no funds shall be obligated or expended pursuant to this part unless the funds are specifically appropriated by the general appropriations act. Acts 2003, ch. 324, § 1.
This part shall not be construed to be an appropriation of funds and no funds shall be obligated or expended pursuant to this part unless the funds are specifically appropriated by the general appropriations act.
Acts 2003, ch. 324, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-409 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 5 / Section 49-5-409
Continuation of service unless notice of dismissal or failure of reelection sent
Status: in_force

(a) Teachers in service and under the control of the public elementary or high schools of this state may continue in such service unless written notice is sent to the teacher from the teacher's board of education or director of schools, as appropriate, of the teacher's dismissal or failure of reelection. (b) (1) The notice must be sent within five (5) business days following the last instructional day for the school year to be applicable to the next succeeding school year; provided, that the director of schools may transfer any teacher from one (1) position to another at the director's option. Nothing contained in this section shall affect any rights that may have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, on behalf of any teachers or principals in any local school system under any law providing a tenure of office for the teachers and principals. (2) If a teacher's dismissal or failure of reelection is due only to a loss of funding for the position, then the local board of education or director of schools, as appropriate, shall state in the notice required under this section that the only reason for dismissing the teacher or not reelecting the teacher's contract for the next succeeding school year is a loss of funding for the position. (c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a board from abolishing a position after June 15, for sufficient, just and nondiscriminatory reasons; provided, that the person holding the position is notified immediately in writing stating the reasons for abolishing the position and the person is entitled to the next position that the person is qualified to hold and that opens within the school system during the remainder of the school year. The determination of whether a teacher is qualified for an open position shall be made by the director of schools, and the teacher's most recent evaluations may be a factor in such determination. (d) Written notice sent by a board of education or director of schools in accordance with this section must be sent by certified mail or overnight carrier to the teacher's physical mailing address on record with the LEA, or transmitted via electronic mail to the email address used by the LEA to communicate with the teacher. (e) As used in this section, "last instructional day" means the last day of the school year on which students are required to report to school. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 678, s 1, eff. 3/28/2022. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 378, Secs.s1, s2, s3 eff. 5/11/2021. Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 232, s 1, eff. 7/1/2015. Acts 1943, ch. 147, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2340.1; Acts 1971, ch. 49, §§ 1, 2; 1974, ch. 654, §§ 64, 65; 1977, ch. 455, § 1; 1981, ch. 186, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1306; Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 25; 2000, ch. 569, § 1; 2002, ch. 586, § 1; 2010 , ch. 798, §§ 1, 2; 2011 , ch. 70, §§ 2, 3; 2011 , ch. 255, § 1.
(a) Teachers in service and under the control of the public elementary or high schools of this state may continue in such service unless written notice is sent to the teacher from the teacher's board of education or director of schools, as appropriate, of the teacher's dismissal or failure of reelection.
(b) (1) The notice must be sent within five (5) business days following the last instructional day for the school year to be applicable to the next succeeding school year; provided, that the director of schools may transfer any teacher from one (1) position to another at the director's option. Nothing contained in this section shall affect any rights that may have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, on behalf of any teachers or principals in any local school system under any law providing a tenure of office for the teachers and principals. (2) If a teacher's dismissal or failure of reelection is due only to a loss of funding for the position, then the local board of education or director of schools, as appropriate, shall state in the notice required under this section that the only reason for dismissing the teacher or not reelecting the teacher's contract for the next succeeding school year is a loss of funding for the position.
(1) The notice must be sent within five (5) business days following the last instructional day for the school year to be applicable to the next succeeding school year; provided, that the director of schools may transfer any teacher from one (1) position to another at the director's option. Nothing contained in this section shall affect any rights that may have accrued, or may hereafter accrue, on behalf of any teachers or principals in any local school system under any law providing a tenure of office for the teachers and principals.
(2) If a teacher's dismissal or failure of reelection is due only to a loss of funding for the position, then the local board of education or director of schools, as appropriate, shall state in the notice required under this section that the only reason for dismissing the teacher or not reelecting the teacher's contract for the next succeeding school year is a loss of funding for the position.
(c) Nothing in this section shall prohibit a board from abolishing a position after June 15, for sufficient, just and nondiscriminatory reasons; provided, that the person holding the position is notified immediately in writing stating the reasons for abolishing the position and the person is entitled to the next position that the person is qualified to hold and that opens within the school system during the remainder of the school year. The determination of whether a teacher is qualified for an open position shall be made by the director of schools, and the teacher's most recent evaluations may be a factor in such determination.
(d) Written notice sent by a board of education or director of schools in accordance with this section must be sent by certified mail or overnight carrier to the teacher's physical mailing address on record with the LEA, or transmitted via electronic mail to the email address used by the LEA to communicate with the teacher.
(e) As used in this section, "last instructional day" means the last day of the school year on which students are required to report to school.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 678, s 1, eff. 3/28/2022.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 378, Secs.s1, s2, s3 eff. 5/11/2021.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 232, s 1, eff. 7/1/2015.
Acts 1943, ch. 147, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2340.1; Acts 1971, ch. 49, §§ 1, 2; 1974, ch. 654, §§ 64, 65; 1977, ch. 455, § 1; 1981, ch. 186, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1306; Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 25; 2000, ch. 569, § 1; 2002, ch. 586, § 1; 2010 , ch. 798, §§ 1, 2; 2011 , ch. 70, §§ 2, 3; 2011 , ch. 255, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-1104 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 6 / Section 49-6-1104
Curriculum in middle schools to educate students on STEM careers
Status: in_force

TSIN shall make available to all middle schools in the state a curriculum to educate students on the variety and benefits of STEM careers. The curriculum shall: (1) Emphasize the benefits of STEM careers in helping people; (2) Not be limited to science classrooms, but be applicable in multiple classrooms; (3) Automatically produce reports detailing the academic skills of students without requiring teachers to separately analyze these skills; and (4) Be available through the internet without requiring additional materials so that rural schools may easily access the curriculum. Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 489,s 1, eff. 5/20/2015.
TSIN shall make available to all middle schools in the state a curriculum to educate students on the variety and benefits of STEM careers. The curriculum shall:
(1) Emphasize the benefits of STEM careers in helping people;
(2) Not be limited to science classrooms, but be applicable in multiple classrooms;
(3) Automatically produce reports detailing the academic skills of students without requiring teachers to separately analyze these skills; and
(4) Be available through the internet without requiring additional materials so that rural schools may easily access the curriculum.
Added by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 489,s 1, eff. 5/20/2015.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-209 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 9 / Section 49-9-209
Powers of the trustees
Status: in_force

(a) By the name of the "Trustees of the University of Tennessee," the trustees shall have perpetual succession and a common seal. (b) (1) The trustees and their successors designated in subsection (a) shall be endowed with and receive in such manner as the general assembly may from time to time direct, that part of the donation specified in Acts 1807, chapter 64 that designed for the college in East Tennessee. They shall be capable in law to purchase, receive and hold to them and their successors forever, or for any less estate, any lands, tenements, goods or chattels that is given, granted or devised to them, or purchased by them for the use of the university, and to use and dispose of the lands, tenements, goods or chattels, in such manner as to them shall seem most advantageous for the use of the university. (2) None of the real property belonging to the university shall be sold or otherwise disposed of except at a meeting of the board of trustees. (c) The trustees and their successors may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity in this state or elsewhere. (d) (1) The board of trustees shall: (A) Appoint a chief executive officer of the University of Tennessee system, who shall be the president of the University of Tennessee system. The president shall serve at the pleasure of the board, subject to the terms of any written employment contract approved by the board; (B) Define the president's duties, including the president's administrative duties with respect to the system and the individual institutions of the system and, within budgetary limitations, fix the president's compensation and other terms of employment; (C) Approve, upon the recommendation of the president, the appointments of persons to fill vacant or new positions as chancellors of the campuses and the Institute of Agriculture and, within budgetary limitations, approve their initial compensation and other terms of employment. The chancellors shall: (i) Report directly to the president. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate the chancellors and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and (ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove the chancellors at any time without the approval of the board of trustees; (D) Approve, upon the recommendation of the president, the appointments of persons to fill other vacant or new positions as officers of the University of Tennessee system designated in the bylaws duly adopted by the board of trustees and approve their initial compensation and other terms of employment. Such other officers of the University of Tennessee system shall: (i) Report directly to the president unless otherwise provided in the bylaws duly adopted by the board of trustees. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate such other officers and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and (ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove such other officers at any time without the approval of the board of trustees; provided, that the board alone shall have authority to remove the chief financial officer and the chief legal officer; (E) Have the power to remove the president at any time; (F) Have full authority and control over all university funds, whether appropriated from state revenues or institutional revenues, except authority to reallocate funds appropriated for a specific purpose or funds appropriated pursuant to the outcomes-based funding formula, and shall annually adopt an operating budget, set tuition and fees, and take all actions necessary and appropriate to ensure the financial stability and solvency of the University of Tennessee system; (G) Confirm the salaries of all employees of the University of Tennessee system and the individual institutions by adoption of the annual operating budget for the university; (H) Have authority to adopt policies governing the granting and removal of tenure for faculty members; (I) Approve policies governing student conduct; (J) Oversee and monitor the operation of the intercollegiate athletics programs of the university, including proposed actions reasonably anticipated to have a long-term impact on the operations, reputation, and standing of the intercollegiate athletics programs or the university; (K) Evaluate student financial aid in relation to the cost of attendance and approve any necessary policies to improve the availability of financial aid that are in the best interest of students, the university, and the state; (L) Monitor the university's nonacademic programs, other than athletics, including programs related to diversity and monitor compliance of nonacademic programs with federal and state laws, rules, and regulations; (M) Evaluate administrative operations and academic programs periodically to identify efficiencies to be achieved through streamlining, consolidation, reallocation, or other measures; (N) Establish a process through which each advisory board created pursuant to § 49-9-501 must provide a recommendation to the president on the proposed operating budget, including tuition and fees, as it relates to the respective institution prior to the adoption of the annual operating budget by the board of trustees, beginning with any operating budget adopted after January 1, 2019; (O) Establish a process through which each advisory board created pursuant to § 49-9-501 must provide a recommendation to the president on the proposed strategic plan for the respective institution prior to the approval of the strategic plan by the board of trustees, beginning with any strategic plan approved or adopted after January 1, 2019; (P) Exercise general control and oversight of the University of Tennessee system and its institutions, delegating to the president the executive management and administrative authority necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of the system or necessary to carry out the mission of the system, and delegating to each chancellor the executive management and administrative authority necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of such chancellor's institution and its programs, subject to the general supervision of the president. The president shall exercise administrative authority over the chancellors; (Q) Establish a mechanism by which a person may bring an issue to the attention of the board and provide notice of that mechanism to the public; (R) Provide, in conjunction with regular meetings of the board, a reasonable opportunity for the public to address the board or a board committee concerning issues germane to the responsibilities of the board; (S) Have the authority to name buildings owned by the university or its institutions; and (T) Exercise all powers and take all actions necessary, proper, or convenient for the accomplishment of the university's mission and the responsibilities of the board. (2) As used in this subsection (d), "institution" includes the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the University of Tennessee at Martin, the University of Tennessee Southern, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the University of Tennessee Space Institute, the Institute of Agriculture, and the Institute for Public Service. (e) (1) The board of trustees shall also have full power and authority to make bylaws, rules, and regulations for the governance of the university and the promotion of education in the university that in the board's opinion may be expedient or necessary. (2) The bylaws, rules, and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state. (f) The president and chancellors of the university, with the advice and consent of a majority of the board, are authorized to confer any bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree approved by the board of trustees upon certification by the appropriate university offices that a student has satisfied all degree requirements and all obligations to the university. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 648, s 3, eff. 3/15/2022. Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 657, Secs.s 8, s 9, s 10, s 11 eff. 4/6/2018. Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 753, s 1, eff. 4/12/2016. Acts 1807, ch. 64, §§ 1-8; 1839-1840, ch. 98, §§ 4, 5; 1868-1869, ch. 88, § 1; 1879, ch. 85, § 1; 1909, ch. 48, § 1; Shan. §§ 369, 373a1; Code 1932, § 573; modified; Acts 1971, ch. 352, § 1.
(a) By the name of the "Trustees of the University of Tennessee," the trustees shall have perpetual succession and a common seal.
(b) (1) The trustees and their successors designated in subsection (a) shall be endowed with and receive in such manner as the general assembly may from time to time direct, that part of the donation specified in Acts 1807, chapter 64 that designed for the college in East Tennessee. They shall be capable in law to purchase, receive and hold to them and their successors forever, or for any less estate, any lands, tenements, goods or chattels that is given, granted or devised to them, or purchased by them for the use of the university, and to use and dispose of the lands, tenements, goods or chattels, in such manner as to them shall seem most advantageous for the use of the university. (2) None of the real property belonging to the university shall be sold or otherwise disposed of except at a meeting of the board of trustees.
(1) The trustees and their successors designated in subsection (a) shall be endowed with and receive in such manner as the general assembly may from time to time direct, that part of the donation specified in Acts 1807, chapter 64 that designed for the college in East Tennessee. They shall be capable in law to purchase, receive and hold to them and their successors forever, or for any less estate, any lands, tenements, goods or chattels that is given, granted or devised to them, or purchased by them for the use of the university, and to use and dispose of the lands, tenements, goods or chattels, in such manner as to them shall seem most advantageous for the use of the university.
(2) None of the real property belonging to the university shall be sold or otherwise disposed of except at a meeting of the board of trustees.
(c) The trustees and their successors may sue and be sued, plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity in this state or elsewhere.
(d) (1) The board of trustees shall: (A) Appoint a chief executive officer of the University of Tennessee system, who shall be the president of the University of Tennessee system. The president shall serve at the pleasure of the board, subject to the terms of any written employment contract approved by the board; (B) Define the president's duties, including the president's administrative duties with respect to the system and the individual institutions of the system and, within budgetary limitations, fix the president's compensation and other terms of employment; (C) Approve, upon the recommendation of the president, the appointments of persons to fill vacant or new positions as chancellors of the campuses and the Institute of Agriculture and, within budgetary limitations, approve their initial compensation and other terms of employment. The chancellors shall: (i) Report directly to the president. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate the chancellors and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and (ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove the chancellors at any time without the approval of the board of trustees; (D) Approve, upon the recommendation of the president, the appointments of persons to fill other vacant or new positions as officers of the University of Tennessee system designated in the bylaws duly adopted by the board of trustees and approve their initial compensation and other terms of employment. Such other officers of the University of Tennessee system shall: (i) Report directly to the president unless otherwise provided in the bylaws duly adopted by the board of trustees. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate such other officers and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and (ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove such other officers at any time without the approval of the board of trustees; provided, that the board alone shall have authority to remove the chief financial officer and the chief legal officer; (E) Have the power to remove the president at any time; (F) Have full authority and control over all university funds, whether appropriated from state revenues or institutional revenues, except authority to reallocate funds appropriated for a specific purpose or funds appropriated pursuant to the outcomes-based funding formula, and shall annually adopt an operating budget, set tuition and fees, and take all actions necessary and appropriate to ensure the financial stability and solvency of the University of Tennessee system; (G) Confirm the salaries of all employees of the University of Tennessee system and the individual institutions by adoption of the annual operating budget for the university; (H) Have authority to adopt policies governing the granting and removal of tenure for faculty members; (I) Approve policies governing student conduct; (J) Oversee and monitor the operation of the intercollegiate athletics programs of the university, including proposed actions reasonably anticipated to have a long-term impact on the operations, reputation, and standing of the intercollegiate athletics programs or the university; (K) Evaluate student financial aid in relation to the cost of attendance and approve any necessary policies to improve the availability of financial aid that are in the best interest of students, the university, and the state; (L) Monitor the university's nonacademic programs, other than athletics, including programs related to diversity and monitor compliance of nonacademic programs with federal and state laws, rules, and regulations; (M) Evaluate administrative operations and academic programs periodically to identify efficiencies to be achieved through streamlining, consolidation, reallocation, or other measures; (N) Establish a process through which each advisory board created pursuant to § 49-9-501 must provide a recommendation to the president on the proposed operating budget, including tuition and fees, as it relates to the respective institution prior to the adoption of the annual operating budget by the board of trustees, beginning with any operating budget adopted after January 1, 2019; (O) Establish a process through which each advisory board created pursuant to § 49-9-501 must provide a recommendation to the president on the proposed strategic plan for the respective institution prior to the approval of the strategic plan by the board of trustees, beginning with any strategic plan approved or adopted after January 1, 2019; (P) Exercise general control and oversight of the University of Tennessee system and its institutions, delegating to the president the executive management and administrative authority necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of the system or necessary to carry out the mission of the system, and delegating to each chancellor the executive management and administrative authority necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of such chancellor's institution and its programs, subject to the general supervision of the president. The president shall exercise administrative authority over the chancellors; (Q) Establish a mechanism by which a person may bring an issue to the attention of the board and provide notice of that mechanism to the public; (R) Provide, in conjunction with regular meetings of the board, a reasonable opportunity for the public to address the board or a board committee concerning issues germane to the responsibilities of the board; (S) Have the authority to name buildings owned by the university or its institutions; and (T) Exercise all powers and take all actions necessary, proper, or convenient for the accomplishment of the university's mission and the responsibilities of the board. (2) As used in this subsection (d), "institution" includes the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the University of Tennessee at Martin, the University of Tennessee Southern, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the University of Tennessee Space Institute, the Institute of Agriculture, and the Institute for Public Service.
(1) The board of trustees shall: (A) Appoint a chief executive officer of the University of Tennessee system, who shall be the president of the University of Tennessee system. The president shall serve at the pleasure of the board, subject to the terms of any written employment contract approved by the board; (B) Define the president's duties, including the president's administrative duties with respect to the system and the individual institutions of the system and, within budgetary limitations, fix the president's compensation and other terms of employment; (C) Approve, upon the recommendation of the president, the appointments of persons to fill vacant or new positions as chancellors of the campuses and the Institute of Agriculture and, within budgetary limitations, approve their initial compensation and other terms of employment. The chancellors shall: (i) Report directly to the president. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate the chancellors and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and (ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove the chancellors at any time without the approval of the board of trustees; (D) Approve, upon the recommendation of the president, the appointments of persons to fill other vacant or new positions as officers of the University of Tennessee system designated in the bylaws duly adopted by the board of trustees and approve their initial compensation and other terms of employment. Such other officers of the University of Tennessee system shall: (i) Report directly to the president unless otherwise provided in the bylaws duly adopted by the board of trustees. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate such other officers and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and (ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove such other officers at any time without the approval of the board of trustees; provided, that the board alone shall have authority to remove the chief financial officer and the chief legal officer; (E) Have the power to remove the president at any time; (F) Have full authority and control over all university funds, whether appropriated from state revenues or institutional revenues, except authority to reallocate funds appropriated for a specific purpose or funds appropriated pursuant to the outcomes-based funding formula, and shall annually adopt an operating budget, set tuition and fees, and take all actions necessary and appropriate to ensure the financial stability and solvency of the University of Tennessee system; (G) Confirm the salaries of all employees of the University of Tennessee system and the individual institutions by adoption of the annual operating budget for the university; (H) Have authority to adopt policies governing the granting and removal of tenure for faculty members; (I) Approve policies governing student conduct; (J) Oversee and monitor the operation of the intercollegiate athletics programs of the university, including proposed actions reasonably anticipated to have a long-term impact on the operations, reputation, and standing of the intercollegiate athletics programs or the university; (K) Evaluate student financial aid in relation to the cost of attendance and approve any necessary policies to improve the availability of financial aid that are in the best interest of students, the university, and the state; (L) Monitor the university's nonacademic programs, other than athletics, including programs related to diversity and monitor compliance of nonacademic programs with federal and state laws, rules, and regulations; (M) Evaluate administrative operations and academic programs periodically to identify efficiencies to be achieved through streamlining, consolidation, reallocation, or other measures; (N) Establish a process through which each advisory board created pursuant to § 49-9-501 must provide a recommendation to the president on the proposed operating budget, including tuition and fees, as it relates to the respective institution prior to the adoption of the annual operating budget by the board of trustees, beginning with any operating budget adopted after January 1, 2019; (O) Establish a process through which each advisory board created pursuant to § 49-9-501 must provide a recommendation to the president on the proposed strategic plan for the respective institution prior to the approval of the strategic plan by the board of trustees, beginning with any strategic plan approved or adopted after January 1, 2019; (P) Exercise general control and oversight of the University of Tennessee system and its institutions, delegating to the president the executive management and administrative authority necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of the system or necessary to carry out the mission of the system, and delegating to each chancellor the executive management and administrative authority necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of such chancellor's institution and its programs, subject to the general supervision of the president. The president shall exercise administrative authority over the chancellors; (Q) Establish a mechanism by which a person may bring an issue to the attention of the board and provide notice of that mechanism to the public; (R) Provide, in conjunction with regular meetings of the board, a reasonable opportunity for the public to address the board or a board committee concerning issues germane to the responsibilities of the board; (S) Have the authority to name buildings owned by the university or its institutions; and (T) Exercise all powers and take all actions necessary, proper, or convenient for the accomplishment of the university's mission and the responsibilities of the board.
(A) Appoint a chief executive officer of the University of Tennessee system, who shall be the president of the University of Tennessee system. The president shall serve at the pleasure of the board, subject to the terms of any written employment contract approved by the board;
(B) Define the president's duties, including the president's administrative duties with respect to the system and the individual institutions of the system and, within budgetary limitations, fix the president's compensation and other terms of employment;
(C) Approve, upon the recommendation of the president, the appointments of persons to fill vacant or new positions as chancellors of the campuses and the Institute of Agriculture and, within budgetary limitations, approve their initial compensation and other terms of employment. The chancellors shall: (i) Report directly to the president. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate the chancellors and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and (ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove the chancellors at any time without the approval of the board of trustees;
(i) Report directly to the president. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate the chancellors and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and
(ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove the chancellors at any time without the approval of the board of trustees;
(D) Approve, upon the recommendation of the president, the appointments of persons to fill other vacant or new positions as officers of the University of Tennessee system designated in the bylaws duly adopted by the board of trustees and approve their initial compensation and other terms of employment. Such other officers of the University of Tennessee system shall: (i) Report directly to the president unless otherwise provided in the bylaws duly adopted by the board of trustees. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate such other officers and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and (ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove such other officers at any time without the approval of the board of trustees; provided, that the board alone shall have authority to remove the chief financial officer and the chief legal officer;
(i) Report directly to the president unless otherwise provided in the bylaws duly adopted by the board of trustees. The president shall have authority to annually evaluate such other officers and to annually set their compensation and other terms of employment; and
(ii) Serve at the pleasure of the president. The president shall have authority to remove such other officers at any time without the approval of the board of trustees; provided, that the board alone shall have authority to remove the chief financial officer and the chief legal officer;
(E) Have the power to remove the president at any time;
(F) Have full authority and control over all university funds, whether appropriated from state revenues or institutional revenues, except authority to reallocate funds appropriated for a specific purpose or funds appropriated pursuant to the outcomes-based funding formula, and shall annually adopt an operating budget, set tuition and fees, and take all actions necessary and appropriate to ensure the financial stability and solvency of the University of Tennessee system;
(G) Confirm the salaries of all employees of the University of Tennessee system and the individual institutions by adoption of the annual operating budget for the university;
(H) Have authority to adopt policies governing the granting and removal of tenure for faculty members;
(I) Approve policies governing student conduct;
(J) Oversee and monitor the operation of the intercollegiate athletics programs of the university, including proposed actions reasonably anticipated to have a long-term impact on the operations, reputation, and standing of the intercollegiate athletics programs or the university;
(K) Evaluate student financial aid in relation to the cost of attendance and approve any necessary policies to improve the availability of financial aid that are in the best interest of students, the university, and the state;
(L) Monitor the university's nonacademic programs, other than athletics, including programs related to diversity and monitor compliance of nonacademic programs with federal and state laws, rules, and regulations;
(M) Evaluate administrative operations and academic programs periodically to identify efficiencies to be achieved through streamlining, consolidation, reallocation, or other measures;
(N) Establish a process through which each advisory board created pursuant to § 49-9-501 must provide a recommendation to the president on the proposed operating budget, including tuition and fees, as it relates to the respective institution prior to the adoption of the annual operating budget by the board of trustees, beginning with any operating budget adopted after January 1, 2019;
(O) Establish a process through which each advisory board created pursuant to § 49-9-501 must provide a recommendation to the president on the proposed strategic plan for the respective institution prior to the approval of the strategic plan by the board of trustees, beginning with any strategic plan approved or adopted after January 1, 2019;
(P) Exercise general control and oversight of the University of Tennessee system and its institutions, delegating to the president the executive management and administrative authority necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of the system or necessary to carry out the mission of the system, and delegating to each chancellor the executive management and administrative authority necessary and appropriate for the efficient administration of such chancellor's institution and its programs, subject to the general supervision of the president. The president shall exercise administrative authority over the chancellors;
(Q) Establish a mechanism by which a person may bring an issue to the attention of the board and provide notice of that mechanism to the public;
(R) Provide, in conjunction with regular meetings of the board, a reasonable opportunity for the public to address the board or a board committee concerning issues germane to the responsibilities of the board;
(S) Have the authority to name buildings owned by the university or its institutions; and
(T) Exercise all powers and take all actions necessary, proper, or convenient for the accomplishment of the university's mission and the responsibilities of the board.
(2) As used in this subsection (d), "institution" includes the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga, the University of Tennessee at Martin, the University of Tennessee Southern, the University of Tennessee Health Science Center, the University of Tennessee Space Institute, the Institute of Agriculture, and the Institute for Public Service.
(e) (1) The board of trustees shall also have full power and authority to make bylaws, rules, and regulations for the governance of the university and the promotion of education in the university that in the board's opinion may be expedient or necessary. (2) The bylaws, rules, and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state.
(1) The board of trustees shall also have full power and authority to make bylaws, rules, and regulations for the governance of the university and the promotion of education in the university that in the board's opinion may be expedient or necessary.
(2) The bylaws, rules, and regulations shall not be inconsistent with the constitution and laws of the United States or of this state.
(f) The president and chancellors of the university, with the advice and consent of a majority of the board, are authorized to confer any bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree approved by the board of trustees upon certification by the appropriate university offices that a student has satisfied all degree requirements and all obligations to the university.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 648, s 3, eff. 3/15/2022.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 657, Secs.s 8, s 9, s 10, s 11 eff. 4/6/2018.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 753, s 1, eff. 4/12/2016.
Acts 1807, ch. 64, §§ 1-8; 1839-1840, ch. 98, §§ 4, 5; 1868-1869, ch. 88, § 1; 1879, ch. 85, § 1; 1909, ch. 48, § 1; Shan. §§ 369, 373a1; Code 1932, § 573; modified; Acts 1971, ch. 352, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-301 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 1 / Section 49-1-301
Composition - Chair - Meetings
Status: in_force

(a) (1) The state board of education shall be composed of nine (9) appointed members, one (1) public high school student member and one (1) ex officio member. One (1) appointed member shall be appointed from, and represent, each congressional district. The member shall reside within the congressional district from which the member is appointed as such district is apportioned at the time of the member's appointment. The position of any member shall become vacant when the member ceases to reside in such district. Appointments from reapportioned congressional districts shall be made as vacancies occur. No incumbent member shall be removed from the incumbent member's seat prior to the expiration of the incumbent member's current term as a result of changes in congressional districts occasioned by reapportionment. The position of any member shall become vacant when the member misses, without cause, more than two (2) consecutive meetings within any twelve-month period. Cause shall be determined by the board. (2) Beginning on July 1, 2022, as members' terms expire, successors shall be appointed for five-year terms. The terms for all members shall begin on April 1. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term. Except as provided in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(iv), board members may be reappointed. Each appointing authority shall appoint at least one (1) member from the minority party, as defined in § 2-1-104 . In making appointments to the board, each appointing authority shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person appointed to serve on the board is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person is a member of a minority race. (3) (A) Beginning on July 1, 2022: (i) The speaker of the senate shall appoint successors to the members representing the third, fourth, and seventh congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; (ii) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint successors to the members representing the second, sixth, and eighth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and (iii) The governor shall appoint: (a) Successors to the members representing the first, fifth, and ninth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and (b) The public high school student member. (B) (i) (a) All members appointed by the governor, except for the public high school student member, must be confirmed by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (b) All members appointed by the speaker of the senate must be confirmed by resolution of the senate no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (c) All members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives must be confirmed by resolution of the house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (ii) If the appointment is not confirmed as provided in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i), then the appointment terminates on the day immediately following the rejection of the appointment or on the day immediately following the ninetieth calendar day, whichever is earlier. (iii) If the general assembly is not in session when appointments subject to confirmation are made, then the appointee may begin serving the term for which the appointee was appointed and may continue to serve on the board unless the appointee's appointment is not confirmed during the next regular session of the general assembly in accordance with subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i). (iv) The public high school student member may immediately begin serving the term for which the student was appointed. The student member's appointment terminates at the end of the one-year term for which the student was appointed. If the student is a junior in high school at the time of the student's initial appointment to the board, then the governor may reappoint the student to serve one (1) additional one-year term on the board; provided, that the student is of superlative standing and a senior in a public high school of this state when reappointed. (4) No appointed member of the board shall be an elected official or employee of the federal, state or a local government. Beginning with appointments made on or after January 1, 2004, at least one (1), but not more than one (1), appointed member of the board shall be employed, at the time of the appointment, as a kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) public school teacher. (5) The executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission, or the executive director's designee, is an ex officio, nonvoting member of the board. (6) The high school student shall be of superlative standing and shall serve for a one-year term in an ex officio capacity. The student member shall be appointed each year from nominees chosen by the local board of education in each school system at each board's discretion, with no more than one (1) student from each school system being nominated, and with the students having reached their junior or senior year in high school. (b) The chair of the board shall be elected by the members of the board for a term of two (2) years. A chair may be reelected. The chair of the board shall appoint the chair and members of any committee of board members. (c) Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter. (d) (1) The board shall meet at least quarterly, with at least two (2) meetings held in Nashville. Other meetings may be held at the capital, or at such other location within the state as the board may determine. (2) The chair may call special meetings whenever necessary for the transaction of urgent business. The chair of the board shall notify each member of the board and the commissioner of education of any special meeting before the time fixed for the special meeting. (3) A majority of the board may petition the chair to call a special meeting in accordance with subdivision (d)(2). (4) 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. (e) For administrative purposes, the board shall be housed in the department of education, but this shall not allow the commissioner of education any administrative or supervisory authority over the board or its staff. Acts 1925, ch. 115, § 5; Shan. Supp., § 1487a24; Code 1932, § 2315; Acts 1935, ch. 186, § 1; 1937, ch. 33, § 57; 1955, ch. 203, § 1; 1963, ch. 200, § 1; 1967, ch. 179, § 8; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(76); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-106, 49-107; Acts 1984 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 6, §§ 3, 29; 1987, ch. 386, § 1; 1988, ch. 1013, § 16; 1989, ch. 54, § 1; 1994, ch. 731, § 1; 2003, ch. 91, § 1; 2004, ch. 837, § 2; 2007, ch. 316, § 1; 2010, ch. 1051, § 1; 2015, ch. 448, § 1; 2018, ch. 539, § 1; 2022, ch. 737, § 1; 2022, ch. 987, §§ 1, 2.
(a) (1) The state board of education shall be composed of nine (9) appointed members, one (1) public high school student member and one (1) ex officio member. One (1) appointed member shall be appointed from, and represent, each congressional district. The member shall reside within the congressional district from which the member is appointed as such district is apportioned at the time of the member's appointment. The position of any member shall become vacant when the member ceases to reside in such district. Appointments from reapportioned congressional districts shall be made as vacancies occur. No incumbent member shall be removed from the incumbent member's seat prior to the expiration of the incumbent member's current term as a result of changes in congressional districts occasioned by reapportionment. The position of any member shall become vacant when the member misses, without cause, more than two (2) consecutive meetings within any twelve-month period. Cause shall be determined by the board. (2) Beginning on July 1, 2022, as members' terms expire, successors shall be appointed for five-year terms. The terms for all members shall begin on April 1. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term. Except as provided in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(iv), board members may be reappointed. Each appointing authority shall appoint at least one (1) member from the minority party, as defined in § 2-1-104 . In making appointments to the board, each appointing authority shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person appointed to serve on the board is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person is a member of a minority race. (3) (A) Beginning on July 1, 2022: (i) The speaker of the senate shall appoint successors to the members representing the third, fourth, and seventh congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; (ii) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint successors to the members representing the second, sixth, and eighth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and (iii) The governor shall appoint: (a) Successors to the members representing the first, fifth, and ninth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and (b) The public high school student member. (B) (i) (a) All members appointed by the governor, except for the public high school student member, must be confirmed by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (b) All members appointed by the speaker of the senate must be confirmed by resolution of the senate no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (c) All members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives must be confirmed by resolution of the house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (ii) If the appointment is not confirmed as provided in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i), then the appointment terminates on the day immediately following the rejection of the appointment or on the day immediately following the ninetieth calendar day, whichever is earlier. (iii) If the general assembly is not in session when appointments subject to confirmation are made, then the appointee may begin serving the term for which the appointee was appointed and may continue to serve on the board unless the appointee's appointment is not confirmed during the next regular session of the general assembly in accordance with subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i). (iv) The public high school student member may immediately begin serving the term for which the student was appointed. The student member's appointment terminates at the end of the one-year term for which the student was appointed. If the student is a junior in high school at the time of the student's initial appointment to the board, then the governor may reappoint the student to serve one (1) additional one-year term on the board; provided, that the student is of superlative standing and a senior in a public high school of this state when reappointed. (4) No appointed member of the board shall be an elected official or employee of the federal, state or a local government. Beginning with appointments made on or after January 1, 2004, at least one (1), but not more than one (1), appointed member of the board shall be employed, at the time of the appointment, as a kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) public school teacher. (5) The executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission, or the executive director's designee, is an ex officio, nonvoting member of the board. (6) The high school student shall be of superlative standing and shall serve for a one-year term in an ex officio capacity. The student member shall be appointed each year from nominees chosen by the local board of education in each school system at each board's discretion, with no more than one (1) student from each school system being nominated, and with the students having reached their junior or senior year in high school.
(1) The state board of education shall be composed of nine (9) appointed members, one (1) public high school student member and one (1) ex officio member. One (1) appointed member shall be appointed from, and represent, each congressional district. The member shall reside within the congressional district from which the member is appointed as such district is apportioned at the time of the member's appointment. The position of any member shall become vacant when the member ceases to reside in such district. Appointments from reapportioned congressional districts shall be made as vacancies occur. No incumbent member shall be removed from the incumbent member's seat prior to the expiration of the incumbent member's current term as a result of changes in congressional districts occasioned by reapportionment. The position of any member shall become vacant when the member misses, without cause, more than two (2) consecutive meetings within any twelve-month period. Cause shall be determined by the board.
(2) Beginning on July 1, 2022, as members' terms expire, successors shall be appointed for five-year terms. The terms for all members shall begin on April 1. Vacancies shall be filled for the remainder of the unexpired term. Except as provided in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(iv), board members may be reappointed. Each appointing authority shall appoint at least one (1) member from the minority party, as defined in § 2-1-104 . In making appointments to the board, each appointing authority shall strive to ensure that at least one (1) person appointed to serve on the board is sixty (60) years of age or older and that at least one (1) person is a member of a minority race.
(3) (A) Beginning on July 1, 2022: (i) The speaker of the senate shall appoint successors to the members representing the third, fourth, and seventh congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; (ii) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint successors to the members representing the second, sixth, and eighth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and (iii) The governor shall appoint: (a) Successors to the members representing the first, fifth, and ninth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and (b) The public high school student member. (B) (i) (a) All members appointed by the governor, except for the public high school student member, must be confirmed by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (b) All members appointed by the speaker of the senate must be confirmed by resolution of the senate no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (c) All members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives must be confirmed by resolution of the house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (ii) If the appointment is not confirmed as provided in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i), then the appointment terminates on the day immediately following the rejection of the appointment or on the day immediately following the ninetieth calendar day, whichever is earlier. (iii) If the general assembly is not in session when appointments subject to confirmation are made, then the appointee may begin serving the term for which the appointee was appointed and may continue to serve on the board unless the appointee's appointment is not confirmed during the next regular session of the general assembly in accordance with subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i). (iv) The public high school student member may immediately begin serving the term for which the student was appointed. The student member's appointment terminates at the end of the one-year term for which the student was appointed. If the student is a junior in high school at the time of the student's initial appointment to the board, then the governor may reappoint the student to serve one (1) additional one-year term on the board; provided, that the student is of superlative standing and a senior in a public high school of this state when reappointed.
(A) Beginning on July 1, 2022: (i) The speaker of the senate shall appoint successors to the members representing the third, fourth, and seventh congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; (ii) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint successors to the members representing the second, sixth, and eighth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and (iii) The governor shall appoint: (a) Successors to the members representing the first, fifth, and ninth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and (b) The public high school student member.
(i) The speaker of the senate shall appoint successors to the members representing the third, fourth, and seventh congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated;
(ii) The speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint successors to the members representing the second, sixth, and eighth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and
(iii) The governor shall appoint: (a) Successors to the members representing the first, fifth, and ninth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and (b) The public high school student member.
(a) Successors to the members representing the first, fifth, and ninth congressional districts as the members' terms expire or are otherwise vacated; and
(b) The public high school student member.
(B) (i) (a) All members appointed by the governor, except for the public high school student member, must be confirmed by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (b) All members appointed by the speaker of the senate must be confirmed by resolution of the senate no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (c) All members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives must be confirmed by resolution of the house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (ii) If the appointment is not confirmed as provided in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i), then the appointment terminates on the day immediately following the rejection of the appointment or on the day immediately following the ninetieth calendar day, whichever is earlier. (iii) If the general assembly is not in session when appointments subject to confirmation are made, then the appointee may begin serving the term for which the appointee was appointed and may continue to serve on the board unless the appointee's appointment is not confirmed during the next regular session of the general assembly in accordance with subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i). (iv) The public high school student member may immediately begin serving the term for which the student was appointed. The student member's appointment terminates at the end of the one-year term for which the student was appointed. If the student is a junior in high school at the time of the student's initial appointment to the board, then the governor may reappoint the student to serve one (1) additional one-year term on the board; provided, that the student is of superlative standing and a senior in a public high school of this state when reappointed.
(i) (a) All members appointed by the governor, except for the public high school student member, must be confirmed by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (b) All members appointed by the speaker of the senate must be confirmed by resolution of the senate no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment. (c) All members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives must be confirmed by resolution of the house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment.
(a) All members appointed by the governor, except for the public high school student member, must be confirmed by joint resolution of the senate and house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment.
(b) All members appointed by the speaker of the senate must be confirmed by resolution of the senate no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment.
(c) All members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives must be confirmed by resolution of the house of representatives no later than ninety (90) calendar days after the general assembly next convenes in regular session following the appointment.
(ii) If the appointment is not confirmed as provided in subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i), then the appointment terminates on the day immediately following the rejection of the appointment or on the day immediately following the ninetieth calendar day, whichever is earlier.
(iii) If the general assembly is not in session when appointments subject to confirmation are made, then the appointee may begin serving the term for which the appointee was appointed and may continue to serve on the board unless the appointee's appointment is not confirmed during the next regular session of the general assembly in accordance with subdivision (a)(3)(B)(i).
(iv) The public high school student member may immediately begin serving the term for which the student was appointed. The student member's appointment terminates at the end of the one-year term for which the student was appointed. If the student is a junior in high school at the time of the student's initial appointment to the board, then the governor may reappoint the student to serve one (1) additional one-year term on the board; provided, that the student is of superlative standing and a senior in a public high school of this state when reappointed.
(4) No appointed member of the board shall be an elected official or employee of the federal, state or a local government. Beginning with appointments made on or after January 1, 2004, at least one (1), but not more than one (1), appointed member of the board shall be employed, at the time of the appointment, as a kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) public school teacher.
(5) The executive director of the Tennessee higher education commission, or the executive director's designee, is an ex officio, nonvoting member of the board.
(6) The high school student shall be of superlative standing and shall serve for a one-year term in an ex officio capacity. The student member shall be appointed each year from nominees chosen by the local board of education in each school system at each board's discretion, with no more than one (1) student from each school system being nominated, and with the students having reached their junior or senior year in high school.
(b) The chair of the board shall be elected by the members of the board for a term of two (2) years. A chair may be reelected. The chair of the board shall appoint the chair and members of any committee of board members.
(c) Each member shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
(d) (1) The board shall meet at least quarterly, with at least two (2) meetings held in Nashville. Other meetings may be held at the capital, or at such other location within the state as the board may determine. (2) The chair may call special meetings whenever necessary for the transaction of urgent business. The chair of the board shall notify each member of the board and the commissioner of education of any special meeting before the time fixed for the special meeting. (3) A majority of the board may petition the chair to call a special meeting in accordance with subdivision (d)(2). (4) 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.
(1) The board shall meet at least quarterly, with at least two (2) meetings held in Nashville. Other meetings may be held at the capital, or at such other location within the state as the board may determine.
(2) The chair may call special meetings whenever necessary for the transaction of urgent business. The chair of the board shall notify each member of the board and the commissioner of education of any special meeting before the time fixed for the special meeting.
(3) A majority of the board may petition the chair to call a special meeting in accordance with subdivision (d)(2).
(4) 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.
(e) For administrative purposes, the board shall be housed in the department of education, but this shall not allow the commissioner of education any administrative or supervisory authority over the board or its staff.
Acts 1925, ch. 115, § 5; Shan. Supp., § 1487a24; Code 1932, § 2315; Acts 1935, ch. 186, § 1; 1937, ch. 33, § 57; 1955, ch. 203, § 1; 1963, ch. 200, § 1; 1967, ch. 179, § 8; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(76); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-106, 49-107; Acts 1984 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 6, §§ 3, 29; 1987, ch. 386, § 1; 1988, ch. 1013, § 16; 1989, ch. 54, § 1; 1994, ch. 731, § 1; 2003, ch. 91, § 1; 2004, ch. 837, § 2; 2007, ch. 316, § 1; 2010, ch. 1051, § 1; 2015, ch. 448, § 1; 2018, ch. 539, § 1; 2022, ch. 737, § 1; 2022, ch. 987, §§ 1, 2.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-101 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 13 / Section 49-13-101
Short title
Status: in_force

This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002." Acts 2002, ch. 850, § 1.
This chapter shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act of 2002."
Acts 2002, ch. 850, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-102 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 5 / Section 49-5-102
Alternative licensure for instructors who have taught for military community college
Status: in_force

The department of education shall develop an alternative program for obtaining a license to teach by which instructors for any branch of the military service of the United States who have taught for a community college of a branch of the military service may satisfy the requirements prescribed in this part and rules and regulations of the board. Acts 2009, ch. 221, § 1.
The department of education shall develop an alternative program for obtaining a license to teach by which instructors for any branch of the military service of the United States who have taught for a community college of a branch of the military service may satisfy the requirements prescribed in this part and rules and regulations of the board.
Acts 2009, ch. 221, § 1.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-4-938 — TN Code / Title 49 / Chapter 4 / Section 49-4-938
Helping Heroes Act of 2008
Status: in_force

(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Helping Heroes Act of 2008." (b) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "veteran" means a former member of the United States armed forces or a former or current member of a reserve or Tennessee National Guard unit who was called into active military service of the United States, as defined in § 58-1-102 . (c) To be eligible for a helping heroes grant, a veteran shall: (1) Have received an honorable discharge; (2) Have been a resident of this state, as classified pursuant to § 49-8-104 ; (3) Have been awarded: (A) The Iraq campaign medal; (B) The Afghanistan campaign medal; (C) On or after September 11, 2001, the global war on terrorism expeditionary medal; or (D) A service expeditionary medal identified in rules and regulations promulgated by TSAC; (4) Not be ineligible for a grant under § 49-4-904 ; (5) Be admitted to, and enroll in, an eligible program of study at an eligible postsecondary institution seeking an associate or baccalaureate degree; (6) Have not received a baccalaureate degree; and (7) Make application for a helping heroes grant for any semester in which the veteran is enrolled in six (6) or more semester hours. (d) A veteran who qualifies for a helping heroes grant under this section is not required to meet any academic standard at the time of initial enrollment in an eligible postsecondary institution to be eligible to receive the grant. A veteran may continue to be eligible to receive the grant by maintaining satisfactory academic progress as determined by the eligible postsecondary institution attended. (e) A student who is enrolled in at least six (6) semester hours in a semester is eligible for a helping heroes grant. If a student is enrolled in twelve (12) or more semester hours, then the student receives the full amount of the grant as provided in subsection (f). If a student is enrolled in six (6) to eleven (11) semester hours, then the student receives one-half (1/2) of the full grant. A student enrolled in fewer than six (6) semester hours in a semester is not eligible for the grant for that semester, but may subsequently be eligible for the grant in a semester in which the student is enrolled in at least six (6) semester hours if the student meets all other eligibility requirements during that semester. (f) Subject to the amounts appropriated by the general assembly and any law relating to a shortfall in funds available for postsecondary financial assistance from the net proceeds of the state lottery, a helping heroes grant awarded to a student shall be determined in accordance with § 4-51-111 and shall be set in the general appropriations act. (g) A student may receive a helping heroes grant for a maximum of eight (8) semesters. In calculating the total number of semesters a student may receive a helping heroes grant, semesters for which a student receives a helping heroes grant and in which the student successfully completes six (6) to eleven (11) semester hours shall count as one-half (1/2) semester in the total. (h) A helping heroes grant shall be awarded in addition to any other financial aid for which the recipient veteran qualifies. (i) Helping heroes grants shall not be awarded for any semester prior to fall semester 2008. (j) The comptroller of the treasury, through the comptroller's office of research and education accountability, shall review and study the Tennessee helping heroes scholarship program to determine the effectiveness of the program in educating veterans. The study shall be done in the fifth year of the program and every four (4) years thereafter. The comptroller of the treasury shall report the findings and conclusions of the study to the speakers of the senate and house of representatives and the chairs of the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1107, s 19, eff. 7/1/2022. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 368, s 2, eff. 7/1/2021. Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 368, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 794, Secs.s 54, s 55, s 56, s 57 eff. 8/1/2020. Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 794, s 53, eff. 8/1/2020. Acts 2008 , ch. 1142, § 15; 2009 , ch. 501, §§ 1, 2.
(a) This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Helping Heroes Act of 2008."
(b) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, "veteran" means a former member of the United States armed forces or a former or current member of a reserve or Tennessee National Guard unit who was called into active military service of the United States, as defined in § 58-1-102 .
(c) To be eligible for a helping heroes grant, a veteran shall: (1) Have received an honorable discharge; (2) Have been a resident of this state, as classified pursuant to § 49-8-104 ; (3) Have been awarded: (A) The Iraq campaign medal; (B) The Afghanistan campaign medal; (C) On or after September 11, 2001, the global war on terrorism expeditionary medal; or (D) A service expeditionary medal identified in rules and regulations promulgated by TSAC; (4) Not be ineligible for a grant under § 49-4-904 ; (5) Be admitted to, and enroll in, an eligible program of study at an eligible postsecondary institution seeking an associate or baccalaureate degree; (6) Have not received a baccalaureate degree; and (7) Make application for a helping heroes grant for any semester in which the veteran is enrolled in six (6) or more semester hours.
(1) Have received an honorable discharge;
(2) Have been a resident of this state, as classified pursuant to § 49-8-104 ;
(3) Have been awarded: (A) The Iraq campaign medal; (B) The Afghanistan campaign medal; (C) On or after September 11, 2001, the global war on terrorism expeditionary medal; or (D) A service expeditionary medal identified in rules and regulations promulgated by TSAC;
(A) The Iraq campaign medal;
(B) The Afghanistan campaign medal;
(C) On or after September 11, 2001, the global war on terrorism expeditionary medal; or
(D) A service expeditionary medal identified in rules and regulations promulgated by TSAC;
(4) Not be ineligible for a grant under § 49-4-904 ;
(5) Be admitted to, and enroll in, an eligible program of study at an eligible postsecondary institution seeking an associate or baccalaureate degree;
(6) Have not received a baccalaureate degree; and
(7) Make application for a helping heroes grant for any semester in which the veteran is enrolled in six (6) or more semester hours.
(d) A veteran who qualifies for a helping heroes grant under this section is not required to meet any academic standard at the time of initial enrollment in an eligible postsecondary institution to be eligible to receive the grant. A veteran may continue to be eligible to receive the grant by maintaining satisfactory academic progress as determined by the eligible postsecondary institution attended.
(e) A student who is enrolled in at least six (6) semester hours in a semester is eligible for a helping heroes grant. If a student is enrolled in twelve (12) or more semester hours, then the student receives the full amount of the grant as provided in subsection (f). If a student is enrolled in six (6) to eleven (11) semester hours, then the student receives one-half (1/2) of the full grant. A student enrolled in fewer than six (6) semester hours in a semester is not eligible for the grant for that semester, but may subsequently be eligible for the grant in a semester in which the student is enrolled in at least six (6) semester hours if the student meets all other eligibility requirements during that semester.
(f) Subject to the amounts appropriated by the general assembly and any law relating to a shortfall in funds available for postsecondary financial assistance from the net proceeds of the state lottery, a helping heroes grant awarded to a student shall be determined in accordance with § 4-51-111 and shall be set in the general appropriations act.
(g) A student may receive a helping heroes grant for a maximum of eight (8) semesters. In calculating the total number of semesters a student may receive a helping heroes grant, semesters for which a student receives a helping heroes grant and in which the student successfully completes six (6) to eleven (11) semester hours shall count as one-half (1/2) semester in the total.
(h) A helping heroes grant shall be awarded in addition to any other financial aid for which the recipient veteran qualifies.
(i) Helping heroes grants shall not be awarded for any semester prior to fall semester 2008.
(j) The comptroller of the treasury, through the comptroller's office of research and education accountability, shall review and study the Tennessee helping heroes scholarship program to determine the effectiveness of the program in educating veterans. The study shall be done in the fifth year of the program and every four (4) years thereafter. The comptroller of the treasury shall report the findings and conclusions of the study to the speakers of the senate and house of representatives and the chairs of the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1107, s 19, eff. 7/1/2022.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 368, s 2, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 368, s 1, eff. 7/1/2021.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 794, Secs.s 54, s 55, s 56, s 57 eff. 8/1/2020.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 794, s 53, eff. 8/1/2020.
Acts 2008 , ch. 1142, § 15; 2009 , ch. 501, §§ 1, 2.