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TN Code § 49-50-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 9 - Tennessee Public Broadcasting Act of 1984|§ 49-50-905. Tennessee Public Television Council

  There is created the Tennessee public television council.   The membership of the council shall consist of the general manager of each of the eligible stations in this state as defined in this part. If a general manager has an impairment that prevents the general manager's attendance in work on the council, then the general manager may appoint a designee to attend as the general manager's representative.   Any station failing to participate actively in the work of the council or attempting to subvert its joint corporate activity may be expelled from the council by majority vote of its members and may not participate in deliberations concerning the funding formula to be proposed by the council in the next year, as provided in this part. The exclusion shall be for a period of one (1) year, but may be renewed in the event the station fails to evidence cooperative and supportive activity. Notwithstanding any other provisions of this part, no station that has failed to participate in deliberations concerning the proposed funding formula, by virtue of expulsion, shall have any right to a grant unless a grant to the station is specifically included in the proposal of the council when the proposal is made to the general assembly. It is the intention of the general assembly to provide incentives to individual stations to support the joint corporate activity of the council and to discourage self-serving, noncooperative activity by individual stations.   Beginning on July 1, 1987, the council shall have responsibility for:  Coordinating and facilitating cooperation between Tennessee public television stations;   Acting as liaison between the stations and the legislative and executive branches of government; and   Submitting annual reports of service provided and requests for appropriations to the governor, the chair of the government operations committee of the senate, the chair of the government operations committee of the house of representatives, and other appropriate committees of the general assembly.
TN Code § 49-50-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 9 - Tennessee Public Broadcasting Act of 1984|§ 49-50-906. Implementation of Part

  The state board of education, through the commissioner of education, is authorized and directed to take such action as the board deems necessary to implement and to oversee implementation of this part in a thorough and cost-effective manner.   Throughout the implementation phase of this part, the board shall periodically inform the appropriate committees of the senate and of the house of representatives, designated by the respective speakers, of actions planned or undertaken to implement these provisions.   The state board shall also take appropriate steps to:  Explore alternatives and undertake negotiations to effectuate this part;   Effectuate, in coordination with other appropriate agencies, the lease or transfer of the state-owned real and personal property currently utilized for educational television purposes, as may be necessary to accomplish the purposes of this part;   Encourage and assist in the creation and development of the Tennessee public television council;   Explore alternative methods and undertake action to assist public television stations in the development of their fund-raising capabilities; and   Study alternative formulas for distributing annual state educational television grants in order to achieve an equitable funding pattern and encourage local fund-raising efforts. The formula shall be fully implemented no later than July 1, 1987.
TN Code § 49-50-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 9 - Tennessee Public Broadcasting Act of 1984|§ 49-50-907. [reserved.]

  Notwithstanding any provisions of this part to the contrary, the state board of education is authorized, during the implementation phase of this part, to undertake such action as may be necessary to assist in or encourage the development of public television service in the Johnson City-Kingsport-Bristol area.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, and in keeping with the intention of the general assembly to foster the development of public television as a resource for Tennessee citizens and institutions, all units of state government are authorized and encouraged to extend to the eligible stations enumerated in §  49-50-903 all possible assistance and cooperation. Assistance may include, but is not limited to, allowing the eligible stations to use state facilities and property without charge when not needed for other purposes or to the extension of other services without charge when such assistance will not impair the ability of the providing agency to perform its usual and required functions.
TN Code § 49-50-909 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 9 - Tennessee Public Broadcasting Act of 1984|§ 49-50-909. Funding

  Appropriations in the amounts to be determined annually by the general assembly are authorized for the purposes of carrying out this part.   The Tennessee public television council, in accordance with § 49-50-905(d)(3), has the responsibility for submitting budgetary requests for appropriations for the stations to the governor and the proper committees of the general assembly. The council shall satisfy the appropriate committees of the general assembly that the stations are cooperating in providing high quality public television service to the people of this state, that the needs of the people of this state are being met through the provision of adequate instructional, cultural and informational programming and that the stations have implemented mechanisms for determining the needs of the citizens and institutions in their respective coverage areas.   The commissioner of education may be requested by the general assembly to provide testimony concerning the adequacy of the educational television service being provided by the stations and the adequacy of the support services provided by the department of education.   The general assembly shall appropriate funds it deems proper, to be disbursed by the commissioner to the eligible stations upon the terms set forth in this section.   The commissioner shall make annual grants to the eligible stations under the terms of the grant formula that shall be provided by the Tennessee public broadcasting council. It is the responsibility of the commissioner to determine that each station requesting a grant under the terms of this part meets the grant criteria of the funding formula then in force. Having ascertained that each eligible station has met the criteria of the formula, the commissioner is authorized and directed to disburse grants to the stations as expeditiously as possible.   The general assembly may appropriate from time to time capital improvement grants that it may deem proper. The grants shall be used for the purchase, replacement or improvement of the capital equipment of eligible stations and may be used to match grants received from other sources. Capital improvement grants are in addition to other grants that may be provided for station operations under any other provisions of this part.   Capital improvement grants may be made by the general assembly upon the recommendation of the Tennessee public television council, the commissioner or upon the recommendation of other state officials, but no such grant may be made solely upon the recommendation or application of the station to whom the grant is to be awarded.   The commissioner is authorized and directed to disburse sums appropriated for capital improvement grants to the grantee in accordance with the terms of the appropriation.
TN Code § 49-50-910 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 9 - Tennessee Public Broadcasting Act of 1984|§ 49-50-910. Records — Audits

  Any station that receives any grant under this part shall retain a complete set of business records for a period of not less than three (3) years following the date of the grant. These records are to be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices, and shall be in a form that is readily auditable.   The commissioner or comptroller of the treasury may examine the records as necessary to ascertain that the sums appropriated by the general assembly are being used by the grantee stations for purposes of station operation or capital improvement and not for any private purpose.
TN Code § 49-50-911 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 9 - Tennessee Public Broadcasting Act of 1984|§ 49-50-911. Prohibited State Influence — Stations Extended Enumerated Freedoms

  No official of state government shall have the authority to attempt to influence the content of any individual program or series of programs or to influence the treatment of any subject by any eligible station as defined by this part.   All eligible stations as defined in this part are extended the same protections of freedom of press and freedom from search and seizure as are extended to other journalistic enterprises in this state.
TN Code § 49-50-912 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 9 - Tennessee Public Broadcasting Act of 1984|§ 49-50-912. Transfer of Employees' Benefits

  Any person who is employed by a state-owned educational television station as defined by § 8-35-119 may continue participation in the state insurance program by notifying the state insurance committee of the person's intent to participate and by making the required employee payments for coverage. Notice shall be given within ninety (90) days of the transfer of control of the employing station. The local community agency shall be responsible for all employer costs incurred as a result of the employee electing to remain a participant in the state insurance program. Contributions shall be made at the same rate as employer contributions for state employees.   It is a condition of voluntary transfer of control of a public television station from the state to the control of another licensee that the new licensee establish a system of sick leave, annual leave and other benefits for its employees that it deems proper, the terms of which shall be entirely within the discretion of the new licensee. However, the new licensee must establish an individual account of benefits for each person employed at the time of transfer of control.   At the time of transfer of control of a television station from the state to any other licensee, the state shall certify to the new licensee the number of days of sick leave, annual leave and compensatory time accrued by each employee while in state service, and the accrued benefits shall be recorded in the individual account of each employee by the new licensee.   At the time accrued sick or annual leave benefits or compensatory time are used by an employee of a television station formerly under state control, the new licensee shall bill the state; and the state shall pay to the new licensee a sum equal to the value of the sick or annual leave or compensatory time used by the employee. These payments shall only be made in the case of use of leave or compensatory time accrued by former employees of the state while those persons were employed by the state.   At the time of retirement of any employee of an eligible Tennessee public television station, the employer shall certify to the retirement system the balance of unused sick leave for purposes of calculating retirement credit; provided, that the retiring employee is a member of the state retirement system. A station employee shall be entitled to sick leave credit on the same basis as an employee of the state.
TN Code § 49-50-1002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 10 - Special Schools|§ 49-50-1002. Budgetary, Accounting, and Financial Reporting Procedures — Carryover of Funds

  The department of finance and administration shall prescribe the budgetary, accounting, and financial reporting procedures for the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf, the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute.   The department of education is authorized to carry over a maximum of ten percent (10%) of the total appropriated funds for operation of the state special schools system. This shall not affect the next year's appropriation. The department of education is authorized to utilize a part of this budget for the purposes of securing and utilizing federal grants.
TN Code § 49-50-1003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 10 - Special Schools|§ 49-50-1003. Allocation of Appropriations

  The several appropriations of state funds annually made for the operation and maintenance of the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf, the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute, and other special schools operated by the department of education as may hereafter be created shall be administered and expended under budgets approved by the department of education.   The schools referenced in subsection (a) may award scholarships for the school's graduates. The graduates must be selected by the respective director of schools under the approval of the commissioner.   The department shall obligate and expend appropriations for the capital improvement of the state special schools.   The salary schedules for teachers and other professional personnel in the state special schools must be reasonably comparable to those currently in effect in the LEAs where the respective institution is located, but the salaries must be paid solely out of the state appropriations made to the respective institutions.
TN Code § 49-50-1004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 10 - Special Schools|§ 49-50-1004. Tennessee School for the Blind

  The school for the instruction of students who are blind or visually impaired in Nashville shall be a body corporate by the name of “Tennessee School for the Blind.”   The corporation has the right to:  Sue in law or equity;   Receive donations of money from any source for the benefit of the school;   Take and hold property, real and personal, for its use and benefit as a school; and   Have a seal and such corporate rights and powers as are necessary and proper to effect the end of its creation, the education of students who are blind or visually impaired.     The land, buildings, and appurtenances used by the Tennessee School for the Blind are the property of this state.   The commissioner may:  Administer and manage the household and domestic affairs of the school;   Implement policies and guidelines of the state board of education relative to the school; and   Establish a work training program for adults who are blind or visually impaired.     Any student three (3) through twenty-one (21) years of age, both inclusive, who is a resident of this state and who has a visual impairment, including either partial sight or blindness, even with correction, that adversely affects the student's educational performance is eligible for admission to the Tennessee School for the Blind.   The director of schools for the Tennessee School for the Blind may admit eligible students who have been evaluated and referred by the student's individualized education program team, as defined by § 49-10-102, for services at the school as the most appropriate placement within the least restrictive environment.   Students admitted to the Tennessee School for the Blind who are residents of this state shall not be charged tuition.   The Tennessee School for the Blind is authorized to implement programs and install facilities for career and technical education.
TN Code § 49-50-1005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 10 - Special Schools|§ 49-50-1005. Tennessee School for the Deaf

  The state school for the education of students who are deaf or hearing impaired, located in the city of Knoxville, shall be a body corporate by the name of “Tennessee School for the Deaf.” The state school for the education of students who are deaf or hearing impaired, located in the city of Jackson, shall be a body corporate by the name of “West Tennessee School for the Deaf.”   Each corporation has the right to:  Sue in law or equity;   Receive donations of money from any source for the benefit of the school;   Take and hold property, real and personal, for its use and benefit as a school; and   Have a seal and such corporate rights and powers as are necessary and proper to effect the end of its creation, the education of students who are deaf.     The commissioner may:  Administer and manage the household and domestic affairs of the schools; and   Implement policies and guidelines of the state board of education relative to the schools.     The land, buildings, and appurtenances used by the Tennessee School for the Deaf and the West Tennessee School for the Deaf are the property of this state.   Any student three (3) through twenty-one (21) years of age, both inclusive, who is a resident of this state and who has a hearing impairment that adversely affects the student's educational performance is eligible for admission to the Tennessee School for the Deaf or the West Tennessee School for the Deaf.   The director of schools for the Tennessee School for the Deaf and the West Tennessee School for the Deaf may admit eligible students who have been evaluated and referred by the student's individualized education program team, as defined by § 49-10-102, for services at the school as the most appropriate placement within the least restrictive environment.   Students admitted to the Tennessee School for the Deaf or the West Tennessee School for the Deaf who are residents of this state shall not be charged tuition.
TN Code § 49-50-1006 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 10 - Special Schools|§ 49-50-1006. Branch Schools of School for the Deaf

  This state, acting through the state board of education and the commissioner of education, shall establish, maintain, and operate a school in Madison County for the hearing impaired children of west Tennessee.   There shall also be a branch school of the school for the deaf located in Davidson County.
TN Code § 49-50-1007 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 10 - Special Schools|§ 49-50-1007. Sharing of Same President, Director of Schools, or Officers Prohibited

 The Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf, the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute shall not share the same president, director of schools, or officers at the same time.
TN Code § 49-50-1008 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 10 - Special Schools|§ 49-50-1008. Deaf Mentor Pilot Project

   The Tennessee School for the Deaf, together with the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, shall establish a one-year deaf mentor pilot project to assist families and agencies in implementing bilingual and bicultural home-based programming for young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind.   The pilot project must consist of one (1) program to be implemented at the Tennessee School for the Deaf, Knoxville campus.   The pilot project must focus on:  Preventing language deprivation;   Providing a positive impact on a child's social and emotional development through a deaf role model; and   Ensuring that children who are deaf have equal access to learning opportunities at home and in the community.     The pilot project must use a deaf mentor curriculum.   The pilot project must provide hearing parents of children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind with the option of using a deaf mentor to expose the parents' children to American Sign Language and deaf culture, allowing the children to grow and learn in a bilingual and bicultural milieu of hearing and deaf cultures instead of limiting the children's exposure to a signed or spoken English-only environment and the hearing culture of the children's families.     Deaf mentors shall:  Make regular visits to the homes of young children who are deaf, hard of hearing, or deaf-blind;   Interact with the children using American Sign Language;   Demonstrate to family members how to use American Sign Language; and   Help families understand and appreciate deafness and deaf culture.     The pilot project will begin with the 2019-2020 school year.   At the end of the pilot project, the department of education shall evaluate the pilot project to determine whether the pilot project should be continued or replicated. The department shall report its findings and conclusions to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives by no later than February 1, 2021.
TN Code § 49-50-1101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 11 - Student Transcripts|§ 49-50-1101. Student Transcripts — Alterations — Penalties

   A student transcript shall not be altered by any employee of an LEA, charter school, or virtual school unless the LEA, charter school, or virtual school has a written policy governing student transcript alterations. All transcript alterations shall be made in accordance with the LEA, charter school, or virtual school policy governing student transcript alterations.   An LEA, charter school, or virtual school policy governing student transcript alterations must require any student transcript alteration to be supported by documentation providing an explanation of the reason for the transcript alteration and evidence that the student has earned the grade reflected in the altered transcript.     An LEA, charter school, charter school authorizer, or virtual school shall not retaliate against an employee who brings unauthorized transcript alterations to the attention of school officials.   Any person who intentionally violates this section may be subject to disciplinary action, including, but not limited to, revocation of a professional educator license or certification issued by the department of education, and may be subject to prosecution for falsification of educational or academic records under § 39-14-136.
TN Code § 49-50-1201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 12 - Toxic Art Supplies|§ 49-50-1201. Legislative Findings and Declaration

 The general assembly finds and declares that art supplies that contain toxic substances pose a serious and significant danger to the health and safety of school children. The general assembly also finds that school children are not sufficiently protected by present health laws in that materials that may threaten adverse health effects are not so labeled and, therefore, children are not properly warned as to the dangers inherent in the use of those materials.
TN Code § 49-50-1202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 50 - Miscellaneous|Part 12 - Toxic Art Supplies|§ 49-50-1202. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the content otherwise requires:   “Art supplies” means any raw or processed material or manufactured product marketed or being represented by the manufacturer or repackager as being suitable for use in the demonstration or the creation of any work of visual or graphic art of any medium. These media may include, but shall not be limited to, paintings, drawings, prints, sculpture, ceramics, enamels, jewelry, stained glass, plastic sculpture, photographs and leather and textile goods; and   “Toxic substance” means any substance that has the capacity to produce personal injury or illness to humans through ingestion, inhalation or absorption through any body surface.