Click here to link to a search page provided by the Tennessee Department of Education to help you find a web site for your school system. In education Networking Kids. LINK teaches parents how the special education system works and their roles and rights. It teaches parents how to work within the system and how to be an advocate. Members work together to start, support, and coordinate special education advocacy activities.
STEP provides free information, advocacy training, and support services.
The State Board of Education governs and makes policy for Tennessee public elementary and secondary education. Its work touches all aspects of education from accountability and evaluation to curriculum and teacher education. Its work includes special education. It serves persons with developmental disabilities, mental illness, or clients of rehabilitation services, and their family members. It works to improve and expand mental health services.