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TN Code § 49-6-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 3 - Elementary, Middle and Secondary Schools Generally|§ 49-6-309. Waivers of State Board Rule or Statute That Inhibit or Hinder Lea's Goals or Missions Due to Outbreak of Covid-19 — Reports. [Effective Until March 1, 2021.]

  Notwithstanding § 49-1-201(d), upon application by an LEA for one (1) or more of the LEA's schools, and upon the approval of the state board of education, the commissioner of education shall waive a state board rule or statute that inhibits or hinders the LEA's ability to meet the LEA's goals or comply with the LEA's mission due solely to the outbreak of COVID-19 during the spring semester of the 2019-2020 school year.   The commissioner shall not waive § 49-6-6014, § 49-1-302(d)(2)(F)-(G), § 49-6-105(h), § 49-1-617(d), § 49-1-228(f), § 49-1-602(a)(5), § 49-6-408(g), § 49-6-3004(a)(6)(B), § 49-3-317(a)(2), § 49-6-6001(k), § 49-6-6012, or any of the emergency rules promulgated by the state board of education to effectuate chapter 652 of the Public Acts of 2020.    The commissioner shall submit a report to the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives no later than February 28, 2021, on the implementation and use of this section.   The report required under subdivision (c)(1) must identify the substance of each waiver request submitted to the commissioner; whether the LEA's request for a waiver was approved by the state board of education; and the effect of the waiver on the receiving LEA.   The chairs of the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives may request interim reports from the commissioner on the implementation and use of this section before February 28, 2021.     This section is repealed on March 1, 2021.
TN Code § 49-6-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-401. “Junior High Schools” and “Senior High Schools” Defined

  “Junior high schools” are schools in which are taught any combination of grades corresponding to grade seven through grade ten (7-10); however, the school must include grade nine (9).   “Senior high schools” are schools in which are taught any combination of grades corresponding to grade nine through grade twelve (9-12); however, the school must include grade twelve (12).
TN Code § 49-6-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-402. Schools Authorized

 Local boards of education are authorized and empowered to establish and maintain junior and senior high schools when, in the judgment of the boards, the system of public schools over which they exercise lawful control will, by the employment of this type of school organization, better serve the educational needs of the pupils enrolled in the schools.
TN Code § 49-6-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-404. Teacher Qualifications

 All teachers of any type of high school provided in this part shall be qualified by education or otherwise for giving instruction in the subjects of the course of study, and no person shall be employed to teach any subject or subjects in the schools who does not hold a license issued by the commissioner of education authorizing the person to teach those subjects.
TN Code § 49-6-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-405. Promotion and Graduation

  Upon the completion of a junior high school course of study, pupils shall be given certificates of promotion to the next grade of the school system.    On completion of a course of study in a senior high school, as provided in this part, pupils shall be given diplomas of high school graduation.   If a high school pupil of senior class status is within two (2) or fewer credits of completion of a course of study that qualifies the pupil for high school graduation at the time of the high school graduation ceremony, the high school may compile a list of those pupils who may be recognized at the graduation ceremony in accordance with policy established by the local school board.     If there are foreign exchange students in a high school, the local school board shall provide for the recognition of those students during the high school graduation ceremony.
TN Code § 49-6-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-406. Military Career Information

 If a high school provides access to the campus or to student directory information to persons or groups that make students aware of occupational or educational options, the school shall provide access on the same basis to official recruiting representatives of the military forces of the state and the United States for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military.
TN Code § 49-6-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-407. Uniform Grading System

  Each LEA shall adopt and use the uniform grading system developed by the state board of education for students enrolled in grades nine through twelve (9-12). Students' grades shall be reported for the purposes of application for postsecondary financial assistance administered by the Tennessee student assistance corporation using the uniform grading system. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board of education shall not modify the uniform grading system more than once every two (2) years.   The state board of education shall develop a uniform grading system for students enrolled in grades kindergarten through eight (K-8) that LEAs may adopt and implement. Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board of education shall not modify the uniform grading system more than once every two (2) years.
TN Code § 49-6-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-408. Administration of United States Civics Test

  Beginning January 1, 2017, except as provided in subsection (c), a student, during the student's high school career, shall be given a United States civics test composed of questions from the one hundred (100) questions that are set forth within the civics test administered by the United States citizenship and immigration services to persons seeking to become naturalized citizens.   An LEA shall prepare a test for its students composed of at least fifty (50) questions from those questions described in subsection (a). The test must be composed of at least twenty-nine (29) questions on American government, at least sixteen (16) questions on American history, and at least seven (7) questions on integrated civics. The LEA may prepare multiple versions of the test for use in different schools and at different times.   A public high school may provide each student with the opportunity to take the test as many times as necessary for the student to pass the test.   A student must correctly answer at least seventy percent (70%) of the questions to receive a passing score on the test.   The department shall recognize a school on the department's website as a United States civics all-star school for any school year in which all of the school's seniors receiving a regular diploma make a passing grade of eighty-five percent (85%) or more on the United States civics test required under subsection (a).   Notwithstanding § 49-6-6001(a), a student must take and pass the civics test required by this section in order to meet the social studies course credit requirements to earn a full diploma upon graduation from high school. A passing score on the civics test must be noted on a student's transcript.   Notwithstanding subsection (f), for the 2019-2020 school year, a student is not required to take and pass the civics test required in this section to meet the social studies course credit requirements to earn a full diploma upon graduation from high school.
TN Code § 49-6-409 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-409. Adult Education — Minimum Number of Contact Hours

 The department of education shall develop alternative methods by which adult students attending adult high schools may meet requirements that condition the receipt of credit for a course on a minimum number of contact hours. The alternative methods may be in lieu of all or part of the required contact hours. The alternative methods may include learning programs such as independent study under the guidance of a teacher at the adult high school, computer-assisted learning programs, on-line or distance learning programs, and work experience, if appropriate, for a particular course. Any student pursuing an alternate method of satisfying a contact hours requirement shall demonstrate mastery of the course content prior to receiving credit for the course.
TN Code § 49-6-410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-410. “Secondary Education” Defined — Secondary School

  “Secondary education” means education normally available and required by state standards to be taught to children enrolled in grades seven through twelve (7-12).   A secondary school is a school that provides secondary education.
TN Code § 49-6-411 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-411. Immunization Records for Dual Enrollment Students

  Upon receiving a written request from the parent or guardian of a high school student, or a high school student who is eighteen (18) years of age or older, who is attempting to enroll in a postsecondary institution for the purpose of taking one (1) or more postsecondary courses while the student is still enrolled in high school, the high school shall forward to the postsecondary institution to which the student is seeking enrollment a copy of the complete immunization record for such student that is on file with the high school.   The state board of education is authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 49-6-412 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-412. Interest or Career Inventories — Career Aptitude Assessment

  An LEA shall make an interest inventory such as the Kuder assessment, Myers-Briggs Type Indicator(R) personality inventory, the ASVAB, the College Board Career Finder, or other interest or career inventory available to public middle schoolers or ninth graders to assist students in determining the students' interests and in making career decisions.    In order to help inform a student's high school plan of study, each LEA shall administer a career aptitude assessment to students in grade seven (7) or grade eight (8).   A career aptitude assessment is a tool used to help a student understand how a variety of skills and attributes impact the student's potential success and satisfaction with different career options and work environments. The department of education shall identify career aptitude assessments that LEAs may administer for purposes of this subsection (b).
TN Code § 49-6-413 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-413. Voluntary Participation in Community Service

  A student attending a public high school is encouraged to participate voluntarily in at least ten (10) hours of community service each semester that the student is in attendance. The community service shall comply with the rules promulgated by the state board of education under subsection (c).   The public high school from which a student who participated each semester of attendance in community service that meets the specifications of subsection (a) graduates shall recognize the student's achievement at graduation by awarding a certificate of service, placing an appropriate designation on the student's diploma or other credential, providing a ribbon or cord to be worn with the graduation regalia, or recognizing the community service in another suitable manner.   The state board of education shall promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this section. The rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 49-6-414 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-414. Early Postsecondary Credit Courses — Notification of Early College and Career Experiences

  Beginning with the 2018-2019 school year, every LEA shall make available to students enrolled in its high schools opportunities to take at least four (4) early postsecondary opportunities, as defined by the department of education. These opportunities may be provided through traditional classroom instruction, online or virtual instruction, blended learning, or other educationally appropriate methods.   LEAs are encouraged to partner with other LEAs or institutions of higher education to provide early postsecondary credit courses.   Each LEA shall:  Notify students and parents of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve (9-12) of all early college and career experiences offered by the LEA for the upcoming school year;   Provide the notification required in subdivision (c)(1) by January 1 or at least one (1) week before students enrolled in grades nine through twelve (9-12) register for classes for the upcoming school year, whichever is earlier. The LEA shall provide the notification electronically or by mail; and   Provide a list of all early college and career experiences offered by the LEA for the upcoming school year on the LEA's website.     Each LEA is encouraged to advise students and parents of students enrolled in grades nine through twelve (9-12) of the benefits of participating in early college and career experiences.   As used in this section:  “Early college and career experiences” include, but are not limited to, early postsecondary opportunities, as defined by the department of education, work-based learning opportunities, apprenticeships, dual credit courses, dual enrollment courses, and courses and examinations for which a student may earn college credit; and   “Parent” means the parent, guardian, or legal custodian who is required under § 49-6-3001 to enroll the child in school.
TN Code § 49-6-416 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-416. Audit of Voluntary Association That Establishes and Enforces Bylaws or Rules for Interscholastic Sports Competition for Public Secondary Schools

 Any voluntary association that establishes and enforces bylaws or rules for interscholastic sports competition for public secondary schools in this state shall be subject to an annual audit by the comptroller of the treasury. At the discretion of the comptroller of the treasury, the audit may be prepared by a certified public accountant, a public accountant, or by the department of audit. The comptroller of the treasury may accept the association's own audit prepared by a certified public accountant that has been filed with the secretary of state to satisfy the requirements of this section. If the association fails or refuses to have the audit prepared, then the comptroller of the treasury may appoint a certified public accountant or public accountant or direct the department to prepare the audit. The association shall bear the full costs of any audit prepared.
TN Code § 49-6-417 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-417. Provision of Feminine Hygiene Products for Student Use

  As used in this section:  “Eligible school” means a public high school that is eligible to participate in the community eligibility provision under the national school lunch program pursuant to 42 U.S.C. § 1759a; and   “Feminine hygiene product”:  Means any product to be used by women with respect to menstruation or other genital-tract secretions; and   Includes tampons and sanitary napkins.       Each LEA is authorized to provide feminine hygiene products, at no charge, in all women's and girl's bathrooms and locker rooms in an eligible school building where instruction is provided, excluding any bathrooms and locker rooms specifically designated for teacher or staff use. The feminine hygiene products are for student use only.
TN Code § 49-6-418 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 4 - Junior and Senior High Schools Generally|§ 49-6-418. Career-Based Experience

  As used in this section, “career-based experience” means an opportunity for a student to participate in on-the-job training or a structured educational experience that allows the student to apply the student's knowledge and skills in a work environment and to develop an understanding of workplace expectations.    An LEA may provide career-based experiences to the LEA's high school students and may allow the LEA's high school students to participate in any available career-based experiences.   An LEA may establish partnerships with industry and local businesses to provide career-based experiences to the LEA's high school students.
TN Code § 49-6-501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 5 - Night Schools|§ 49-6-501. Night Schools Generally

  Boards of education are authorized to establish and maintain night schools for persons who are over eleven (11) years of age, under rules and regulations prescribed by the state board of education.   Boards of education are authorized to establish and maintain night schools for students suspended for misconduct from the public schools, under such rules and regulations as prescribed by the state board of education.   The night schools, when established, shall be a part of the public school system, and any funds that are available for the maintenance of that system shall be for the establishment and maintenance of night schools at the discretion of the board of education.   In the apportionment of all state and county school funds, the average number in attendance each night shall form the basis of distribution, and such students shall be recorded as constituting a part of the public school attendance in the same manner as pupils who attend day schools.   Boards of education shall, in accordance with rules and regulations prescribed by the state board of education, adopt courses of study that will best serve the locality at which the night school is located.   Full and complete reports of all night schools shall be made by the boards of education on forms furnished by the board of education.
TN Code § 49-6-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 6 - Summer School|§ 49-6-601. Transfer of Credit Earned

 Any course work successfully completed in accordance with rules of the state board of education in a summer program of a school approved by the commissioner of education under § 49-1-201 is fully transferable to any other approved school.
TN Code § 49-6-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 7 - After School Educational Programs|§ 49-6-701. Grants and Technical Assistance — Leap Grant Fund

  The department of education shall establish, administer and monitor a system of competitive grants and technical assistance for eligible organizations providing after school educational programs consistent with the Constitution of Tennessee, Article XI, § 5. The grants and technical assistance shall supplement, not supplant, nonlottery educational resources for after school educational programs and purposes.   There is created within the state treasury a fund to be administered by the department of education and to be known as the lottery for education after school programs grant fund, referred to as the LEAP grant fund in this section.   In any fiscal year in which the financial assistance program for attendance at postsecondary educational institutions located within this state is funded pursuant to chapter 4, part 9 of this title, and funds are available in the after school account established in § 4-51-111(f), the governor shall recommend and the general assembly may appropriate moneys in the after school account to the department of education for deposit in the LEAP grant fund.    Moneys in the LEAP grant fund shall be available to the department of education to make grants and fund technical assistance for after school programs. An after school program grant shall be awarded for a period of three (3) years with moneys for such grant earmarked in the LEAP grant fund and disbursed annually during the life of the grant according to the terms of the grant.   The department of education shall establish a method whereby it converts grant funding for after school programs from annual grants to grants awarded for three-year periods. The method may include a phase-in of the award of three-year grants so that not all grants expire at the same time or any other process that the department finds to be most efficacious in the administration of the grant program. Grants shall only be awarded to those programs that comply with § 49-6-702 or § 49-6-705 and meet adequate performance levels as determined by the department of education.     The award of grants in any fiscal year is subject to the availability of funds in the LEAP grant fund for the grants. Amounts remaining in the LEAP grant fund at the end of each fiscal year shall not revert to the general fund or to the after school account, but shall be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year and remain available for use by the department for after school programs and technical assistance for such programs. Moneys in the fund shall be invested by the state treasurer pursuant to title 9, chapter 4, part 6 for the sole benefit of the fund. All earnings attributable to such investments shall be credited to the fund.