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TN Code § 49-50-1203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 12 - Toxic Art Supplies|§ 49-50-1203. Certification of Art Supplies as Nontoxic — Examination

  For each academic year, art supplies purchased by any school or school district for use by students in kindergarten (K) and grades one through six (1-6) shall be certified nontoxic by the Arts and Creative Materials Institute (ACMI) and shall bear the approved product (AP) or certified product (CP) seal certifying that the product is safe and contains no materials in sufficient quantities to be toxic or injurious to children.   At the request of the commissioner of education, the commissioner of agriculture shall examine any art supply purchased by an LEA for unsafe levels of lead.
TN Code § 49-50-1204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 12 - Toxic Art Supplies|§ 49-50-1204. Lists of Art Supplies Certified Nontoxic

  The commissioner of education shall make access to the list of art supplies that are certified nontoxic by the Arts and Creative Materials Institute (ACMI) available to all school districts in this state and shall make the list available to preschools, childcare centers and other businesses and organizations that involve children in the use of art supplies.   The commissioner of education shall inform school districts of the requirements of this part and shall encourage school districts to dispose of art supplies that do not bear the approved product (AP) or certified product (CP) seal certifying that the product is safe and contains no materials in sufficient quantities to be toxic or injurious to children.   The commissioner of education shall post on the website of the department appropriate resources for identifying whether a product is certified nontoxic by the Arts and Creative Materials Institute (ACMI) and other information concerning the safety of art supplies as deemed appropriate by the commissioner.
TN Code § 49-50-1401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1401. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989.”
TN Code § 49-50-1402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1402. Purpose

  The purpose of this part is to discourage persons, whether employed, elected or appointed, who are required to furnish statistical data, reports or other information to local or state departments, agencies or legislative bodies, from knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any false or inaccurate compilation of statistical data, reports or information related to the operation of an LEA as defined in § 49-1-103. It is the intent of the general assembly to reduce the waste and mismanagement of public education funds, to reduce abuses in governmental authority and to prevent illegal and unethical practices.   To help achieve these objectives, the general assembly declares that public education employees should be encouraged to disclose information on actions of LEAs that are not in the public interest and that legislation is needed to ensure that any employee making those disclosures shall not be subject to disciplinary measures, discrimination or harassment by any public official.
TN Code § 49-50-1403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1403. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Disciplinary action” means any direct or indirect form of discipline or penalty, including, but not limited to, dismissal, demotion, transfer, reassignment, suspension, reprimand, admonishment, reduction in force, withholding of work, unsatisfactory or below standard performance evaluation or the threat of such discipline or penalty;   “Disclosure of information” means the written provision of evidence to any person, the department of education, a legislator or individual employee of the department or general assembly, or testimony before any committee of the general assembly, regarding any action, policy, regulation, practice or procedure, including, but not limited to, the waste of public education funds, mismanagement, falsification of state required reports, inaccurate compilation of statistical data or reports or abuse of authority by locally employed, elected or appointed officials or employees of an LEA; and   “Person” or “persons” includes members of the local board of education, the director of the school system, supervisors, principals and other individual school system employees.
TN Code § 49-50-1404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1404. False Statements to State or Government Employees, Officials or Entities

 No person or persons required by state law, or rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to those laws to collect, manage, review and maintain accurate records pertaining to the operation of an LEA shall knowingly and willfully make or cause to be made any false statement in any detail of statistical or financial data, reports or other information requested or required by a state official, employee, agency, department, board, commission or other body in the executive branch of state government, or any board, commission, committee, member or employee of the legislative branch of state government.
TN Code § 49-50-1405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1405. False Statements to Law Enforcement Agencies or the Judiciary

 No person or persons required by state law, or rules or regulations promulgated pursuant to those laws, to collect, manage, review and maintain accurate records pertaining to the operation of an LEA shall knowingly and willfully make or cause to be made any false statement in any detail of statistical or financial data, reports, board minutes or other information requested or required by law enforcement agencies, the judiciary or any member or employee of a law enforcement agency or the judiciary.
TN Code § 49-50-1406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1406. Penalties

 Should any person be found guilty of knowingly and willfully making or causing to be made any false statement or report or otherwise violating the requirements of §§ 49-50-1404 and 49-50-1405, that person shall forfeit all pay and compensation for the position held for a period not to exceed one (1) year, be subject to dismissal, removal or ouster from the office or position and be ineligible for election or appointment for the same or a similar position for five (5) years.
TN Code § 49-50-1407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1407. Liability to Agency or Department

 Any person found to have personally profited from any violation of §§ 49-50-1404 and 49-50-1405 shall be liable to the affected LEA or state department or agency in an amount not to exceed actual money expended or lost and not administratively recoverable, plus the costs of any legal proceedings initiated by the affected LEA or state department or agency.
TN Code § 49-50-1408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1408. Reports of Alleged Falsification, Waste or Mismanagement

  Any person having knowledge of a knowing or willful falsification within the meaning of §§ 49-50-1404 and 49-50-1405 or the waste or mismanagement of public education funds may report or disclose the falsification, waste or mismanagement to the department of education or committee of the general assembly or individual official, member or employee of the department or committee.   The department shall make a thorough investigation of any written report of falsification, waste or mismanagement. No investigation of anonymous reports shall be required by this part. Reports of alleged falsification, waste or mismanagement shall be confidential only to the extent the person reporting requests that the person's name not be revealed.   No penalty shall attach to the failure to report and a person reporting shall be presumed to be acting in good faith and shall thereby be immune from any liability, civil or criminal, that might otherwise be incurred or imposed for the reporting.
TN Code § 49-50-1409 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1409. Civil Action Against Party Causing Disciplinary Action Against Reporting Person

  Any person reporting under this part shall have a civil cause of action against any person or employer who causes a disciplinary action or threat of disciplinary action against the reporting person. An action commenced pursuant to this part may seek appropriate injunctive relief or damages for each violation of this section.   A court, in rendering a judgment over a disciplinary action against a person reporting pursuant to this part, shall order, as the court considers appropriate, reinstatement, payment of back wages, full reinstatement of fringe benefits and seniority rights, actual damages, or any combination of these remedies. A court may also award the complainant all or a portion of the costs of litigation, including reasonable attorney fees.
TN Code § 49-50-1410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1410. Collective Bargaining Agreements and Other Statutes

  This part shall not be construed to diminish or impair the rights of a person under any collective bargaining agreement or as repealing any law now in force making it illegal for public employees or officials, elected or appointed, to violate certain statutes and providing a punishment for the violation.   Proceedings under this part shall not be a bar to proceedings under any criminal, removal or ouster statute now in force or that may be in force.
TN Code § 49-50-1411 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 14 - Education Truth in Reporting and Employee Protection Act of 1989|§ 49-50-1411. Notice

 LEAs shall post notices and use other appropriate means to keep employees informed of their protections and rights under this part.
TN Code § 49-50-1501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 15 - Educational Records as Evidence Act|§ 49-50-1501. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Educational Records as Evidence Act.”
TN Code § 49-50-1502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 15 - Educational Records as Evidence Act|§ 49-50-1502. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Custodian” means the educational record practitioner and the administrator or other chief officer of an educational institution in this state and its proprietor, as well as their deputies and assistants, and any other persons who are official custodians or depositories of records;   “Educational institution” means a public, private or parochial school providing education to students in the twelfth grade or below or a public or private postsecondary institution providing education to students at a level above the twelfth grade;   “Eligible student” means a student who has reached eighteen (18) years of age or is attending a postsecondary institution;   “Parent” means a parent of a student and includes a natural parent, a guardian, or an individual acting as a parent in the absence of a parent or a guardian; and   “Student record” means an educational record that is directly related to a student and is maintained by an educational institution or by a party acting for the institution.
TN Code § 49-50-1503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 15 - Educational Records as Evidence Act|§ 49-50-1503. Subpoena Duces Tecum Service and Filing

  Except as provided in § 49-50-1508, when a subpoena duces tecum is served upon a custodian of records of any educational institution in this state in an action or proceeding in which the educational institution is neither a party nor the place where any cause of action is alleged to have arisen, and the subpoena requires the production of all or any part of the records of the educational institution or of the educational institution's present or past student, it shall be sufficient compliance with the subpoena if the custodian or other officer of the educational institution within twenty (20) days after being served with a subpoena duces tecum, shall, either by personal delivery or certified or registered mail, file with the court clerk or the officer, body or tribunal conducting the hearing, a true and correct copy, which may be a copy reproduced on film or other reproducing material by microfilming, photographing, photostating, or other approximate process, or a facsimile, exemplification, or copy of such reproduction or copy, of all records described in the subpoena. Before complying with a subpoena for student records, the educational institution shall make a reasonable effort to notify the parent or the eligible student of the subpoena, so that the parent or eligible student may seek protective action, unless the subpoena was issued by a federal grand jury or for a law enforcement purpose and the court or other issuing agency ordered that the existence or the contents of the subpoena or the information furnished in response to the subpoena not be disclosed.   Any party intending to use this section shall furnish the adverse party or the adverse party's attorney a copy of the subpoena duces tecum no less than ten (10) days prior to the date set for the hearing of the matter for which the records may be subpoenaed.
TN Code § 49-50-1504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 15 - Educational Records as Evidence Act|§ 49-50-1504. Production of Subpoenaed Records

 The copy of the records shall be separately enclosed in an inner envelope or wrapper, sealed, with the title and number of the action, name of witness and date of subpoena clearly inscribed thereon. The custodian of the record shall affix to the sealed envelope or wrapper containing student records an affidavit stating that each eligible student or parent of a student whose records are within the sealed envelope or wrapper was notified of the subpoena prior to compliance and the date on which the eligible student or parent was notified, unless the subpoena was issued by a federal grand jury or for a law enforcement purpose and the court or other issuing agency ordered that the existence or the contents of the subpoena or the information furnished in response to the subpoena not be disclosed. The sealed envelope or wrapper shall then be enclosed in an outer envelope or wrapper, sealed, and directed as follows:   If the subpoena directs attendance in court, to the clerk of the court or to the judge of the court;   If the subpoena directs attendance at a deposition, to the officer before whom the deposition is to be taken, at the place designated in the subpoena for the taking of the deposition, or at the officer's place of business; and   In other cases, to the officer, body or tribunal conducting the hearing, at a like address.
TN Code § 49-50-1505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 15 - Educational Records as Evidence Act|§ 49-50-1505. Unsealing Subpoenaed Records — Duties of Custodian and Issuing Attorney

   Unless the sealed envelope or wrapper is returned to a witness who is to appear personally, the copy of records shall remain sealed and shall be opened only at the time of trial, deposition or other hearing, upon the direction of the judge, court, officer, body or tribunal conducting the proceeding, in the presence of all parties who have appeared in person or by counsel at such trial, deposition or hearing. Before directing that the inner envelope or wrapper be opened, the judge, court, officer, body or tribunal shall first ascertain that:    The custodian's affidavit attesting notification of each eligible student or parent of a student whose records are contained within the sealed envelope or wrapper is affixed;   The eligible student or parent has had sufficient time in which to move to quash the subpoena; and   No motion to quash the subpoena is pending; and       The records have been subpoenaed at the instance of a student or parent of a student involved or the student's or parent's counsel of record;   The student or parent involved or someone authorized in the student's or parent's behalf to do so for the student or parent has consented thereto and waived any privilege of confidentiality involved; or   The records have been subpoenaed in a criminal proceeding.       Records that are not introduced in evidence or required as part of the record shall be returned to the person or entity from whom they were received.      Upon receipt of a subpoena, the custodian shall send the records to the attorney responsible for the issuance of the subpoena at the place and on or before the date designated in the subpoena, if the subpoena:  States conspicuously on its face that the records are required in a tort action or domestic relations proceeding in which the student or parent has raised the issue of the student's education level, performance or attendance; and   Directs the custodian's attendance at a deposition.     Before opening the sealed records, the attorney responsible for the issuance of the subpoena shall ascertain that:  The custodian's affidavit attesting notification of each eligible student or parent of a student whose records are contained within the sealed envelope or wrapper is affixed;   Each eligible student or parent has had sufficient time in which to move to quash the subpoena; and   No motion to quash the subpoena is pending.     The attorney responsible for the issuance of the subpoena need not meet the requirements of subdivision (a)(2) if the attorney furnishes a copy of the records to the adversary party or their counsel.
TN Code § 49-50-1506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 15 - Educational Records as Evidence Act|§ 49-50-1506. Custodian Affidavit — Costs

  The records shall be accompanied by an affidavit of a custodian stating in substance:  That the affiant is the duly authorized custodian of the records and has authority to certify the records;   That the copy is a true copy of all the records described in the subpoena;   That the records were prepared by the personnel of the educational institution or persons acting under the educational institution's control in the ordinary course of business at or near the time of the act, condition or event reported therein; and   Certifying the amount of the reasonable charges of the educational institution for furnishing the copies of the record.     If the educational institution has none or only a portion of the records described, the custodian shall so state in the affidavit and file the affidavit and the records that are available in the manner described in §§ 49-50-1503 and 49-50-1504.   The filing of the affidavit with respect to reasonable charges shall be sufficient proof of the expense, which shall be taxed as costs of court.
TN Code § 49-50-1507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 15 - Educational Records as Evidence Act|§ 49-50-1507. Evidentiary Value of Record Copies and Affidavits

  The copy of the record shall be admissible in evidence to the same extent as though the original of the record were offered and the custodian had been present and testified to the matters stated in the affidavit.    The affidavit shall be admissible in evidence and the matters stated in the affidavit shall be presumed true in the absence of a preponderance of evidence to the contrary.   When more than one (1) person has knowledge of the facts, more than one (1) affidavit may be made.
TN Code § 49-50-1508 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 15 - Educational Records as Evidence Act|§ 49-50-1508. Requiring Personal Attendance of Custodian — Costs

  Where the personal attendance of the custodian is required, the subpoena duces tecum shall contain a clause that reads: “The procedure authorized pursuant to § 49-50-1503 will not be deemed sufficient compliance with this subpoena.”   Where both the personal attendance of the custodian and the production of the original record are required, the subpoena duces tecum shall contain a clause that reads: “Original records are required, and the procedure authorized pursuant to § 49-50-1503 will not be deemed sufficient compliance with this subpoena.”   Where the personal attendance of the custodian is required, the reasonable cost of attendance and producing the records shall be taxed as costs of court.
TN Code § 49-50-1509 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 15 - Educational Records as Evidence Act|§ 49-50-1509. Substitution and Preparation of Record Copies

  In view of the property right of the educational institution in its records, original records may be withdrawn after introduction into evidence and copies substituted, unless otherwise directed for good cause by the court, judge, officer, body or tribunal conducting the hearing.   The custodian may prepare copies of original records in advance of testifying for the purpose of making substitution of the original record, and the reasonable charges for making the copies shall be taxed as costs of court.   If copies are not prepared in advance, they can be made and substituted at any time after introduction of the original record; and the reasonable charges for making the copies shall be taxed as costs of court.