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TN Code § 49-6-6006 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6006. Teacher Endorsement for Course Requiring End of Course Examination to Satisfy Graduation Requirements — Exception

 A teacher shall not teach a course in which an end of course examination is required for students to satisfy graduation requirements established by the state board of education pursuant to § 49-6-6001(a) if the teacher's license does not carry a subject specific endorsement for the subject area of the course, unless the teacher demonstrates sufficient content knowledge in the course material by taking and passing, at the teacher's own expense, a standardized or criterion-referenced test for the content area.
TN Code § 49-6-6007 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6007. Annual Notification of Parents by Department and Leas as to Mandated Tests to Be Administered in the Upcoming School Year — Information to Be Posted — Methods for Notification

  No later than July 15 of each year, the department of education shall post on its website information about state mandated tests that shall be administered in the upcoming school year. The information shall include the name of the test, the purpose and use of the test, the grade or class in which the test is to be administered, the tentative date or dates on which the test will be administered and how and when parents and students will be informed of the results of the tests.   No later than July 31 of each year, each LEA shall post on its website information about state mandated tests and tests mandated by the LEA that shall be administered in the upcoming school year. The information shall include the name of the test, the purpose and use of the test, the grade or class in which the test is to be administered, the tentative date or dates on which the test will be administered and how and when parents and students will be informed of the results of the test. An LEA is encouraged to disseminate annually this information to parents by other methods that the LEA finds reasonable and feasible, such as, posting on a school's website the information for tests that will be administered to students attending the school, discussion of state and LEA mandated tests at parent/teacher organization meetings or sending the information home with students. Beginning with the 2015-2016 school year and for school years thereafter, an LEA shall also disseminate the testing information to parents by placing the information in each school's student handbook, or other standard or policy guidebook that contains the policies and procedures of the school and is distributed annually.    An LEA shall include, with the information required to be posted under subsection (b), a statement that informs parents how they can access the items on the student's state-required summative standardized assessments and the student's answers. An LEA shall also publicly provide this information to parents by the other methods of dissemination under subsection (b) that it has chosen or that are required, including publication in each school's student handbook or other standard policy guidebook that contains the policies and procedures of the school.   The department shall create guidelines for LEAs on the implementation of this section for the purposes of increasing assessment transparency. The guidelines shall include provisions related to LEA communication about the purpose of each locally required standardized assessment; how each assessment complements and enhances student instruction and learning; and how each assessment serves a purpose distinct from required state assessments.   By September 1 of every year, each LEA shall submit to the department documentation of compliance with this section in the manner prescribed by the commissioner.
TN Code § 49-6-6008 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6008. Release of Assessment Information

  Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the department of education shall provide LEAs with access to their students' Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) and end-of-course assessment items and the students' answers on such assessments.   Upon request, LEAs shall provide a student and the student's parents with access to the student's Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) and end-of-course assessment items and the student's answers on such assessments.   The release of assessment information pursuant to this section shall not include any items required by the department to validate future administrations of the assessments; items that are being field tested for future administrations of the assessments; or passages, content, or related items if the release would be in violation of copyright infringement laws.   A teacher shall have access to the teacher's students' information identified in subsection (a) to assist the teacher in determining the students' mastery of state standards; to aid in planning instruction and support for the students' learning needs; and to improve the teacher's instruction.   As used in this section, “parent” means the parent, guardian, or person who has custody of the child, or the individual who has caregiving authority under § 49-6-3001.   The release of information pursuant to this section shall comply with the Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act, compiled in title 49, chapter 1, part 7.
TN Code § 49-6-6009 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6009. Release of State Assessment Blueprints and Scoring Methodology — Testing Windows for State Assessments

  Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the department of education shall annually release the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program (TCAP) and end-of-course state assessment blueprints and scoring methodology to LEAs and post such information to the department's website.   In establishing testing windows for state assessments, the department of education shall provide maximum flexibility to LEAs and issue guidance related to testing preparation and logistics to ensure the entire school year continues to be utilized for instruction. Such guidance shall focus on daily quality instruction and engaged learning as the most effective test preparation and seek to minimize time spent on preparation for specific tests.
TN Code § 49-6-6010 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6010. Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar

  A student who earns a composite score of nineteen (19) or higher on the ACT, or an equivalent score on the SAT, and earns a capstone industry certification as promoted by the department of education, shall be recognized as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar upon graduation from high school.   The public high school from which a student who meets the specifications of subsection (a) graduates shall recognize the student's achievement at the graduation ceremony by placing an appropriate designation on the student's diploma, or other credential, or by providing a ribbon or cord to be worn with graduation regalia. The student shall be noted as a Tennessee Tri-Star Scholar in the school's graduation program.
TN Code § 49-6-6011 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6011. Limitations on New Statewide Assessments

  Notwithstanding any other law, the department of education and the state board of education are prohibited from mandating any statewide assessments for any grades or subjects beyond those assessments required as of the 2016-2017 school year until the 2020-2021 school year. The department shall ensure all data associated with existing assessments is accurate and timely.   This section does not apply to assessments required by federal law, assessments required for the implementation of response to instruction and intervention, or to required field tests, or prohibit LEAs from voluntarily participating in assessments developed by the department of education or prohibit LEAs from requiring district-approved assessments.   The department of education shall report to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives all actions or procedures that have been implemented to ensure all data associated with existing assessments is accurate and timely.
TN Code § 49-6-6012 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6012. Adverse Action Based on Student Achievement Data Generated From 2017-2018 Tnready Assessments or Tcap Tests Administered in 2019-2020 School Year Prohibited

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, no adverse action may be taken against any student, teacher, school, or LEA based, in whole or in part, on student achievement, student performance, or student growth data generated from:  The 2017-2018 TNReady assessments; or   The Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests, which include, but are not limited to, TNReady assessments, English learner assessments, alternate TCAP assessments, and end-of-course examinations, administered in the 2019-2020 school year.     As used in this section, “adverse action” includes, but is not limited to, employment termination decisions, adverse compensation decisions, the identification of a school as a priority school, the assignment of a school to the achievement school district, or an action taken in violation of § 49-1-228(f) or § 49-1-617(d).
TN Code § 49-6-6013 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6013. Administration of Tcap Tests in Paper Format — Online Verification Test

 Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests administered in the 2019-2020 school year must be administered in paper format. Before TCAP tests are administered in the 2020-2021 school year, each LEA shall participate in an online verification test conducted by the department of education. The commissioner of education shall determine, based on the results of the online verification test, the format for TCAP tests administered in the 2020-2021 school year.
TN Code § 49-6-6014 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6014. Tcap Tests Not Required in Spring of 2019-2020 School Year

 Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests, which include, but are not limited to, TNReady assessments, English learner assessments, alternate TCAP assessments, and end-of-course examinations, shall not be required in the spring of the 2019-2020 school year. This section does not prohibit an LEA or school from voluntarily administering TCAP tests to students in the 2019-2020 school year.
TN Code § 49-6-6101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 61 - Behavioral and Emotional Disorders|§ 49-6-6101. Improvement and Coordination of Services

 The state departments of education, mental health and substance abuse services, and intellectual and developmental disabilities shall take the following actions to improve and coordinate services for behavioral/emotionally disordered children. Any policy change required as a result of these actions will be presented to the state board of education for review and approval:   Delineation of each state and local agency's responsibilities;   Development of joint agency planning and training, especially between Tennessee's state and local agencies of mental health and substance abuse services, intellectual and developmental disabilities and education;   Development of a systematic process for securing funding for a continuum of related service options;   Development of a definition of the target population;   Development of ongoing needs assessment process that addresses:  The complex and diverse needs of the children and their families; and   The resources of schools, mental health/intellectual and developmental disabilities providers, and public/private agencies;     Prepare an inventory of a continuum of existing services and options, known private or public agencies and families;   Development of an interagency agreement on the principles to be included in a plan of care as they relate to intervention or treatment goals. The plan of care shall have:  Child involvement if developmentally appropriate;   Measurable outcomes;   Identification of agency or agencies that shall monitor the plan of care;   Family involvement; and   Sensitivity to unique cultural needs; and     Development of interagency training plan in the area of truancy prevention.
TN Code § 49-6-7001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 70 - Parent Educational Participation Act|§ 49-6-7001. General Provisions

  This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Parent Educational Participation Act.”    It may be the duty of the board of education of each school district to develop a program for the voluntary participation of parents in the educational and teaching process at the school in which the parent has a child enrolled in school.   It may include, but shall not be limited to, such activities as educational assistant, library assistant, hall monitor, recreation supervisor and any other activity that enables the parent to more fully observe and understand the school, the faculty, the students and the educational and teaching activities.   The parent's participation shall be varied.   In any school having a full-time principal with no teaching duties and a school secretary, the principal may maintain records on the program at the school and submit conclusions and recommendations to the board on the effectiveness of the program as to the student and parent.   State employees with children enrolled in schools may, subject to department approval or the approval of the employees' immediate supervisor, take off up to one (1) day a month from work to voluntarily participate in the educational and teaching process described in this subsection (b). Upon request of a state employee, a school shall provide documentation verifying the employee's participation in the educational and teaching process.   Private employers, subject to the constraints and resources of their workplaces, are urged to develop programs that permit their employees with children in school to take time from work to voluntarily participate in the educational and teaching process described in this subsection (b).     The state board of education may establish guidelines for the development of programs by the local board of education and may assure that each school district has such a program.   The board of education of each school district may periodically schedule alternate meetings to the regular parent-teachers association meeting to permit working parents to attend.
TN Code § 49-6-7002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 70 - Parent Educational Participation Act|§ 49-6-7002. Parent-Teacher Meetings

  This section shall be known and may be cited as the “Parent-Teacher Partnership Act of 1989.”   It is the duty of the board of education of each school district to develop a program whereby parents or guardians and appropriate faculty members may meet at least two (2) times per school year to discuss any pertinent problems or other matters of concern regarding the development and education of each student who is enrolled in the school system. However, these meetings shall not occur during school hours of any day that is counted for purposes of meeting the one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction required by § 49-6-3004, nor shall the meetings be substituted for a day of classroom instruction; provided, that these restrictions on meetings shall not bar any LEA from scheduling the meetings at a time beyond the six and one-half (6½) hour classroom instructional time or during any free time that a teacher might have available during the six and one-half (6½) hours.   LEAs are urged to consider the work schedules and needs of working parents when scheduling parent-teacher meetings.
TN Code § 49-6-7003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 70 - Parent Educational Participation Act|§ 49-6-7003. Parental Inspection of School Instructional Materials

  The board of education shall adopt and file in its official operating policy pamphlet its policy on inspection of school instructional materials by parents or legal guardians of students enrolled in that LEA.   The policy shall provide that a parent or legal guardian is entitled to:  Review all teaching materials, instructional materials, and other teaching aids used in the classroom of the parent or legal guardian's child; and   Review tests that are developed by and graded by a teacher of the parent or legal guardian's child.     The LEA shall make all teaching materials, including handouts readily available for review upon request by the parents or legal guardians.
TN Code § 49-6-7004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 70 - Parent Educational Participation Act|§ 49-6-7004. Parental Involvement Contracts

  As used in this section, “parent” means the parent, guardian or person who has custody of the child or individual who has caregiving authority under § 49-6-3001.   LEAs are encouraged to develop and implement parental involvement contracts with parents of students. These parental involvement contracts will be voluntary and should be designed to encourage and facilitate a parent's involvement with the parent's child's education.   The department of education shall develop a model parental involvement contract that may be used by LEAs. The model parental involvement contract shall provide that a parent will commit to do at least the following:  Review homework assignments and offer assistance when needed;   Sign report cards;   Ensure that the student gets to school each day, on time and ready to learn;   Demonstrate interest in the student's well-being by attending school functions and supporting the student's school activities; and   Make every effort to attend parent-teacher conferences.     In signing a contract, the parent shall agree to maintain within the parent's best efforts involvement with the parent's child's education to the extent required by the contract. The contract should include a means for a parent to explain any obstacles that may prevent the parent from complying with the contract. If a contract includes an explanation of obstacles that may prevent the parent from complying with the contract, then school employees shall consider accessing possible resources to help overcome the obstacles identified.
TN Code § 49-6-7005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 70 - Parent Educational Participation Act|§ 49-6-7005. Improving Parental Involvement in Children's Education

  As used in this section, “parent” means parent, guardian or legal custodian who is required under § 49-6-3001 to enroll the child in school.   LEAs are authorized and encouraged to partner with individuals, community and faith-based groups and organizations and nonprofit and for-profit entities to design and implement programs to improve parental involvement in their children's education and schools, particularly in high priority schools or school systems.   LEAs shall identify or encourage development of parenting classes that are provided at low or no cost to parents by organizations within the community and that are designed to improve parental involvement in their children's education.   Parenting classes in these parent involvement programs should provide parents with information and skills related to improving student performance. For example, these classes may address:  How to be a positive role model for children in motivating them to do well in school;   How to maximize the benefits of parent-teacher conferences;   The importance of sleep and good nutrition in school performance;   How to help with homework assignments and to establish an environment conducive to completion of homework assignments;   Techniques that can be taught students to improve studying and classroom performance;   How to access and use technology provided by the LEA or school that furnishes information about school assignments, activities and events and about student attendance and performance;   The importance of school attendance and the consequences of truancy;   How to help students prepare for entrance into college or the workforce; and   Ways of becoming involved in a child's school, including opportunities to volunteer in the school.     LEAs may solicit donations from its partners to fund rewards for schools or classes in which a high percentage of parents participate in at least two (2) parenting classes to learn skills related to improving student performance. Rewards may include equipment and supplies for the school or the class being rewarded or for specific programs offered by the school and field trips and other educational activities that would benefit the school or the class of students being rewarded. LEAs may devise ways of providing recognition to schools or classes in which a high percentage of parents participate in at least two (2) parenting classes, as well as recognizing the parents who participated.   LEAs shall encourage parents who participate in the parenting classes to be a positive influence on parents, whose children enter the school for the first time during the next school year, and on parents who have not attended the parenting classes, to promote participation in the parental involvement program.
TN Code § 49-6-8001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 80 - Tennessee School Employee Religious Liberty Act of 1999|§ 49-6-8001. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee School Employee Religious Liberty Act of 1999.”
TN Code § 49-6-8002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 80 - Tennessee School Employee Religious Liberty Act of 1999|§ 49-6-8002. Legislative Findings

  The general assembly finds the following:  Judicial decisions concerning religion, free speech and public education are widely misunderstood and misapplied;   Confusion surrounding these decisions has resulted in needless litigation and conflicts;   The supreme court of the United States has ruled that the establishment clause of the first amendment to the United States constitution requires that public schools neither advance nor inhibit religion. Public schools should be neutral in matters of faith and treat religion with fairness and respect;   Neutrality to religion does not require hostility to religion. The establishment clause does not prohibit reasonable accommodation of religion, nor does the clause bar appropriate teaching about religion; and   Accommodation of religion is required by the free speech and free exercise clauses of the first amendment as well as by the Equal Access Act (20 U.S.C. § 4071 et seq.).     The purpose of this part is to create a safe harbor for schools desiring to avoid litigation and to allow the free speech and religious liberty rights of school employees to the extent permissible under the establishment clause.