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TN Code § 49-6-8003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 80 - Tennessee School Employee Religious Liberty Act of 1999|§ 49-6-8003. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Establishment clause” means the portion of the first amendment to the United States constitution that forbids laws respecting an establishment of religion;   “Free exercise clause” means the portion of the first amendment to the United States constitution that forbids laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion;   “Free speech clause” means the portion of the first amendment to the United States constitution that forbids laws abridging the freedom of speech;   “Public school” means any school that:  Is operated by the state, a political subdivision of the state or governmental agency within the state; and   Receives state financial assistance; and     “School employee” means an individual employed on a full-time or part-time basis by a public school.
TN Code § 49-6-8004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 80 - Tennessee School Employee Religious Liberty Act of 1999|§ 49-6-8004. Rights of Employees

  A school employee shall have the right to carry out an activity described in any of subdivisions (b)(1)-(4); provided, that the school employee:  Does not interfere with the rights of other school employees;   Does not disrupt the educational process;   Does not harass other persons or coerce other persons to participate in the activity; and   Does not otherwise infringe on the rights of other persons.     Subject to subsection (a), a school employee shall be permitted to voluntarily:  Read a religious book during noninstructional time;   Quietly say grace before a meal;   Wear religious garb or jewelry that does not disrupt the school environment; and   Meet with other school employees for prayer or scriptural study before or after school or during the employee's lunch period.     No action may be maintained pursuant to this part unless the school employee has exhausted the following administrative remedies:  The school employee states the employee's complaint to the school's principal;   If the concerns are not resolved, then the school employee shall make complaint in writing to the director of schools with the specific facts of the alleged violation;   The director of schools shall investigate and take appropriate action to ensure that the rights of the school employee are resolved within thirty (30) days of receiving the written complaint; and   Only after the director of schools' investigation and action may a school employee pursue any other legal action pursuant to this part.     If a right of a school employee established under this section is violated by a public school, the employee may assert the violation as a cause of action or a defense in a judicial proceeding, administrative or disciplinary hearing and obtain injunctive relief against the public school. The action shall be brought in the circuit or chancery court where the violation occurred or where the employee resides. Standing to assert a cause of action or defense under this section shall be governed by the Tennessee rules of civil procedure and common law interpretations of those rules.   A school employee prevailing in a claim brought against a public school for a violation of this section may be awarded reasonable attorney fees and costs.
TN Code § 49-6-8005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 80 - Tennessee School Employee Religious Liberty Act of 1999|§ 49-6-8005. Construction With First Amendment Establishment Clause

  Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect, interpret or in any way address the establishment clause.   The specification of religious liberty or free speech rights in this part shall not be construed to exclude or limit religious liberty or free speech rights otherwise protected by federal, state or local law.
TN Code § 49-6-8006 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 80 - Tennessee School Employee Religious Liberty Act of 1999|§ 49-6-8006. Employees Should Not Violate First Amendment Establishment Clause

 Nothing in this part shall be construed to support, encourage or permit a school employee to lead, direct or encourage any religious or antireligious activity in violation of that portion of the first amendment of the United States constitution prohibiting laws respecting an establishment of religion.
TN Code § 49-6-8101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-8101. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Move on When Ready Act.”
TN Code § 49-6-8102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-8102. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “AP” means the advanced placement program offered by the college board;   “Conditional entry” means a student has met the requirements of § 49-6-8103, but the student is subject to completing existing academic requirements for admission into a specific program at the public four-year institution in which the student enrolls. A public four-year institution shall not impose additional course requirements beyond what is specified in § 49-6-8103 for general admission to the institution, except a student shall meet the required composite ACT score for general admission to the institution; and   “IB” means the international baccalaureate programme.
TN Code § 49-6-8104 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-8104. No Graduation Requirement to Prevent Early Graduation

  The state board of education or a local board of education shall not impose graduation requirements that would prohibit a student who is pursuing an early graduation program under § 49-6-8103 from completing high school in less than four (4) years.   This section shall not apply in any county having a population of not less than one hundred eighty-three thousand one hundred (183,100) nor more than one hundred eighty-three thousand two hundred (183,200), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
TN Code § 49-6-8105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-8105. Eligibility for Tennessee Hope Scholarship

 A student who meets the requirements of the early high school graduation program under this part shall be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship; provided, that the student meets all nonacademic requirements for the scholarship of chapter 4, part 9 of this title that are applicable to the student.
TN Code § 49-6-8106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-8106. Rules and Regulations

 The state board of education and the Tennessee higher education commission are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 49-6-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-110. Lottery Proceeds

 49-6-451. Juvenile Offender Act — Informing pupils of provisions.   49-6-1020. Recycling program.   49-6-3050. Home schools.   49-6-3404. Advisory council for alternative education.   49-6-5104. Lists to be provided to department of education.
TN Code § 49-6-451 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-451. Juvenile Offender Act — Informing Pupils of Provisions

 49-6-1020. Recycling program.   49-6-3050. Home schools.   49-6-3404. Advisory council for alternative education.   49-6-5104. Lists to be provided to department of education.
TN Code § 49-6-1020 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-1020. Recycling Program

 49-6-3050. Home schools.   49-6-3404. Advisory council for alternative education.   49-6-5104. Lists to be provided to department of education.
TN Code § 49-6-3050 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-3050. Home Schools

 49-6-3404. Advisory council for alternative education.   49-6-5104. Lists to be provided to department of education.
TN Code § 49-6-3404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 81 - Move on When Ready Act|§ 49-6-3404. Advisory Council for Alternative Education

 49-6-5104. Lists to be provided to department of education.
TN Code § 49-7-101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-101. Rules and Regulations for Admissions

  The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and the state university and community college system are authorized and empowered to prescribe rules and regulations and requirements for the admission of students to colleges and universities and to programs of instruction offered by the colleges, universities, branches or units of the colleges and universities under the control and direction of the respective board and system.   Students shall be entitled to admission to the colleges and universities only in accordance with the rules and regulations and requirements as prescribed by the board and system.   Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a public institution of higher education shall not require a student to provide the institution with a copy of the student's high school transcript or GED certificate as a part of the institution's admission process if the student has earned an associate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
TN Code § 49-7-103 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-103. Student Loans

  State colleges and universities operating under the state board of regents and the University of Tennessee operating under the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee are authorized to use funds resulting from state appropriations or student fees for the purpose of participating in college loan funds under the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-864, 72 Stat. 1597), and other loan programs; provided, that the state university and community college system and the University of Tennessee are empowered to take any and all action deemed necessary to collect all loans extended to students or former students by the institutions.   The proper administrative official of any state or private college or university within this state, if authorized by its particular controlling board having jurisdiction over the state or private college or university, may accept the note or contract of a college student applying for a student loan or aid under the National Defense Education Act student loan program, or other bona fide, established student loan program of the state or private college or university. The note or contract shall be valid and fully enforceable in a court of law or equity, and the college student in such circumstances shall be without recourse to plead minority in any court of law or equity.
TN Code § 49-7-105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-105. Campus Traffic Control

  A municipal corporation in which a state college or university is located is authorized to prescribe and enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of the institution.   A municipal corporation shall not begin to prescribe and enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of the state institution within its borders until thirty (30) days after the date on which the state university and community college system, for a state college or university under its control, or the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, for the University of Tennessee, requests the governing body of the municipal corporation to begin to prescribe and enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of the state institution.   The municipal corporation shall cease to prescribe and enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of the state institution within thirty (30) days after the date upon which the state university and community college system, for the state colleges and universities under its control, or the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, for the University of Tennessee, requests the governing body of the municipal corporation to cease prescribing and enforcing traffic ordinances on the campus of the state institution.   Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a municipal corporation from enforcing traffic ordinances on its streets within the campus.
TN Code § 49-7-106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-106. Urban Renewal Adjacent to Campus

  The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and the state university and community college system, or either of them, are authorized to enter into all necessary or proper contracts with the federal government or any of its agencies, bureaus or departments, and with local housing authorities, other local agencies and others, for the undertaking and completion of urban renewal projects adjacent to the campus of any institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the board or system pursuant to the urban renewal provisions of § 112 of Title 1 of the Federal Housing Act of 1949, or pursuant to any other act of congress heretofore or hereafter enacted.    The board of trustees or the state university and community college system, or both of them, are authorized and empowered to make application to the appropriate federal, state and local agencies and authorities for funds for surveys of areas for urban renewal projects adjacent to campuses of state-supported colleges and universities and for undertaking and completing urban renewal projects that may be mutually agreed upon by the board or system and the appropriate federal, state and local agencies and authorities.   The proceeds of the bonds authorized by Acts 1961, ch. 208, or any part of the proceeds as may be necessary, shall be used and expended to defray the institution's share of the net project cost and the cost of the purchase of the renewed land, as required by the federal statutes and regulations, in the event that federal matching funds shall be made available for an urban renewal project or projects.
TN Code § 49-7-107 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-107. Establishment of Foundations — Code of Ethics

  The board of regents, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, and state university boards are authorized and empowered to take such steps, to enter into such agreements, and to do whatever they deem necessary to the establishment of foundations for the state institutions of higher education under their control.   All annual reports and all books of accounts and financial records of a foundation created for the benefit of a public institution of higher education shall be subject to audit by the comptroller of the treasury.   Any foundation created pursuant to this section shall establish and adopt a code of ethics that shall apply to and govern the conduct of all members of the foundation board.    Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its membership, the foundation board may remove any appointed member of the foundation board for a material violation of the code of ethics.   A foundation board vote to remove a member shall only be taken after the accused member has been afforded an opportunity to address the board in connection with the alleged violation.   If a member is removed in accordance with this subsection (d), the position shall be considered vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by the foundation's bylaws.
TN Code § 49-7-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-108. Donations by Local Governments

  The county legislative body of any county or the governing body of any city of this state may contract with and make donations or contributions to any public or tax-supported college, university or other public institution of higher education, or any nonprofit general welfare private corporation established for the specific purpose of promoting and supporting literary, scientific, educational, scholarship, research, charitable and developmental purposes and objects at or under the supervision, authority and direction of the college, university or other public institution of higher education, whereby the college, university or other public institution may provide programs of study and research that will be a benefit to the counties and municipalities and surrounding territory.   The county legislative body of any county or the governing body of any city may levy taxes that are necessary to provide for the payments, donations or contributions.
TN Code § 49-7-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-109. In-Service Training Funds

  For the purpose of providing an in-service training program to upgrade the professional personnel of the state colleges and universities operating under the state university and community college system, and to upgrade the professional personnel of the University of Tennessee, operating under the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the state university and community college system and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee are authorized to allocate an in-service training fund to each of the state colleges and universities operating under the respective control of each board or system.   The amount of each in-service training fund shall be paid solely out of the state appropriations made to the respective state colleges and universities and expendable receipts.   Expenditures from the fund shall be made only under policies approved by the respective governing boards or system.
TN Code § 49-7-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-110. Curriculum — American History

  No person shall be granted a baccalaureate degree of any kind from any institution of higher learning supported or maintained by the state, or from any community college supported or maintained by the state, unless the person has earned credit in American history, consisting of six (6) semester hours or nine (9) quarter hours. Persons who pursue baccalaureate degrees in those areas of study exempted either by regulation of the board of regents or by regulations or delegated authority of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, are not required to meet the requirements of this section if they have successfully completed a course in American history in high school.   Any student shall have the option, at the student's request, to substitute three (3) semester or three (3) quarter hours of Tennessee history for three (3) of the semester or quarter hours in American history required by the terms of this section if offered by the institution.    Courses in American history taught under the terms of this section shall include the contributions of all people in the history of the United States without regard to race, sex or creed.   Courses in Tennessee history taught under the terms of this section shall include the contributions of all people in the history of Tennessee without regard to race, sex or creed.
TN Code § 49-7-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-111. Military Career Information

 If an institution of higher education provides access to the campus or to student directory information to persons or groups that make students aware of occupational or educational options, the institution of higher education 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 § 49-7-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions|§ 49-7-112. Skills for Jobs Act — Annual Report Regarding State Workforce Need Projections and Credential Production

  This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Skills for Jobs Act”.   To the extent practicable within available resources and subject to the availability of data currently collected by and accessible to state agencies, the Tennessee higher education commission, in consultation with the department of labor and workforce development and any other entity the commission deems appropriate, shall produce an annual report regarding state workforce need projections and credential production. The report shall:  Indicate the state's anticipated workforce needs and the number of degrees, certificates, and other credentials that public and private institutions of higher education, including schools authorized under the Postsecondary Education Authorization Act, compiled in chapter 7, part 20 of this title, expect to issue;   To the extent provided by sources external to the commission, indicate the state's anticipated number of degrees, certificates, and other credentials that high school career and technical programs, apprenticeship programs, and other public or private workforce training programs expect to issue;   Identify any workforce needs, including areas of specialization within a particular vocation, that may not be met by the education, training, and apprenticeship programs; and   Identify institutions, public or private, that may meet projected workforce needs.     The department of labor and workforce development shall provide data on the state's anticipated workforce needs and other information, as requested by the Tennessee higher education commission, that is necessary to produce the report under subsection (b) by October 1, 2013, and by October 1 of each year thereafter.   The commission, by January 15, 2014, and by January 15 of each year thereafter, shall provide a copy of the report to the education committee and the commerce and labor committee of the senate, the education committee and commerce committee of the house of representatives, and the governor. The commission shall send the report to the board of regents, the University of Tennessee board of trustees and the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association. The commission shall work with the department of education to provide the report to the state's public school districts and private elementary, middle, and high schools. The report may be provided electronically.