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TN Code § 49-5-415 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 4 - Employment and Assignment of Personnel|§ 49-5-415. Subpoena Power of State Board of Education

 The chair of the state board of education or the chair's designee may issue subpoenas for the appearance of persons or the production of items, including, but not limited to, documents, videos, and audio recordings, that the chair or the chair's designee considers material or relevant to an investigation being conducted by the state board, within or outside of this state, pursuant to the state board's authority to revoke, suspend, refuse to issue, or renew a license or formally reprimand a licensed educator.
TN Code § 49-5-416 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 4 - Employment and Assignment of Personnel|§ 49-5-416. Agricultural Education Programs on Twelve-Month Basis

  Any person employed in a public high school as an agriculture education teacher may be employed on a twelve-month contract, or as recommended by the local agricultural education craft advisory committee. These contracts shall be subject to approval by the local board of education.   All high school agricultural education programs that were twelve-month programs for the 1992-1993 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, shall be maintained as twelve-month programs by the local board of education, so long as a quality agricultural education program, as determined by criteria established by the career and technical education division, agriculture education program, of the department of education, is maintained.
TN Code § 49-5-418 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 4 - Employment and Assignment of Personnel|§ 49-5-418. Grant of Release-Time to Professional Employees to Hold Office as a Representative of a Local Professional Employees' Organization

  An LEA may grant release-time to a professional employee to hold office as a representative of a local professional employees' organization as defined in §  49-5-602. Release-time may be granted if the local board approves the request or if release-time is agreed to as part of a memorandum of understanding under the Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011, compiled in part 6 of this chapter. Release-time may be granted for a portion of the year or for an entire year. If the release is granted for an entire year, the release-time shall be granted from a date certain to a date certain.   If an LEA grants release-time, the professional employees' organization shall:  Reimburse the LEA the full per diem salary of the professional employees' organization representative for each day of service the employee is released from duty, or the LEA shall deduct the day from the employee's accumulated personal leave, if the release is granted for less than the entire school year; or   Reimburse the LEA the full cost of the employee's salary and benefits, if the release is granted for an entire school year.     If release-time is granted to a professional employee for more than ninety (90) days, the LEA shall maintain the employee's position without advancement on the salary scale.   An LEA may allow a teacher representative of a professional employees' organization whose presence has been requested by another teacher participating in a grievance procedural meeting or a disciplinary or employment rights meeting to attend the meeting. The teacher representative's attendance shall be considered as engaging in school duties.   This section does not apply if an agreement is made between a professional employees' organization and the LEA granting release-time of less than one (1) full day per week to perform organizational duties.
TN Code § 49-5-419 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 4 - Employment and Assignment of Personnel|§ 49-5-419. Assessment of Costs

  When a final order is issued following a contested case hearing in which a teacher or administrator is issued a formal reprimand or the teacher's or administrator's license is denied, non-renewed, suspended, or revoked based on the teacher's or administrator's misconduct, the state board of education may assess costs directly related to the hearing against the teacher or administrator.   The state board must determine the appropriate amount of any costs to be assessed against a teacher or administrator pursuant to this section, and any costs assessed must be reasonable.   The state board shall promulgate rules to govern the assessment of costs against a teacher or administrator under this section pursuant to the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, part 2.
TN Code § 49-5-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 5 - Teachers' Tenure|§ 49-5-502. Construction With Other Statutes

  The teachers' continuing contract law, codified in § 49-5-409, shall not be construed to be affected by this part, except that the continuing contract law shall not apply to teachers who have acquired tenure under this part.    This part shall not affect the operation of local or private tenure acts in operation on March 1, 1951, applying to counties, municipalities or special school districts.   This part shall not be operative in any such county, municipality or special school district so long as the local or private act remains in effect.   This part shall become operative in any system where there is, on March 1, 1951, a local tenure law in effect, if and when the local law becomes inoperative.
TN Code § 49-5-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 5 - Teachers' Tenure|§ 49-5-503. Tenure

 Any teacher who meets all of the following requirements is eligible for “tenure”:   Has a degree from an approved four-year college or any career and technical teacher who has the equivalent amount of training established and licensed by the state board of education;   Holds a valid teacher license, issued by the state board of education, based on training covering the subjects or grades taught;   Has completed a probationary period of five (5) school years or not less than forty-five (45) months within the last seven-year period, the last two (2) years being employed in a regular teaching position rather than an interim teaching position;   Has received evaluations demonstrating a level of overall effectiveness of “above expectations” or “significantly above expectations” as provided in the evaluation guidelines and rules adopted by the state board of education pursuant to § 49-1-302, during the last two (2) years of the probationary period; provided, however, that a teacher who has met all other requirements for tenure eligibility but has not acquired an official evaluation score during the last one (1) or two (2) years of the probationary period due to an approved extended leave; transfer to another school or position within the school district; unavailable data due to the cancellation of Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests as a result of the COVID-19 pandemic; or invalidated data due to a successful local level evaluation grievance pursuant to § 49-1-302(d)(2)(A) may utilize the most recent two (2) years of available evaluation scores achieved during the probationary period to meet the provisions of this subdivision (4); and   Is reemployed by the director of schools for service after the probationary period.
TN Code § 49-5-505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 5 - Teachers' Tenure|§ 49-5-505. [reserved.]

 The local board of education has the authority to set standards of employment or to maintain educational requirements of the personnel in service over and above those required by the state board of education whenever the board is in position to support the superior program; provided, that the requirements are general in their application and have the approval of the state board of education.
TN Code § 49-5-507 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 5 - Teachers' Tenure|§ 49-5-507. [reserved.]

  A teacher shall give the director of schools notice of resignation at least thirty (30) days in advance of the effective date of the resignation. A teacher who fails to give such notice, in the absence of justifiable mitigating circumstances, shall forfeit all tenure status under this part; provided, that the board may waive the thirty (30) days' notice requirement and permit a teacher to resign in good standing.   Any teacher who breaks a contract with a board of education without a justifiable reason as listed in subsection (c) shall not be given permanent tenure status in any other school system in this state, until such teacher has met all of the requirements in such system for attaining permanent status plus the serving of five (5) continuous years in lieu of the three (3) continuous years required in § 49-5-503; provided, that the local board of education against which the teacher has broken a contract informs the commissioner of education of the breach of contract and requests the commissioner to so notify all local boards of education in this state. The local board of education may later inform the commissioner that it is no longer holding the breach of contract against the teacher, in which event the local board of education shall request the commissioner to so notify all local boards of education in this state. If and when the local board of education informs the commissioner that it is no longer holding the breach of contract against the teacher, the penalty in this subsection (b) against the teacher shall immediately become ineffective, null and void.   The conditions under which it is permissible to break a contract with a local board of education are as follows:  The incapacity on the part of the teacher to perform the contract as evidenced by the certified statement of a physician approved by the local board of education;   The drafting of the teacher into military service by a selective service board; or   The release by the local board of education of the teacher from the contract that the teacher has entered into with the local board of education.
TN Code § 49-5-510 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 5 - Teachers' Tenure|§ 49-5-510. Transfers Within System

 The director of schools, when necessary to the efficient operation of the school system, may transfer a teacher from one location to another within the school system, or from one type of work to another for which the teacher is qualified and licensed; provided, that transfers shall be acted upon in accordance with board policy.
TN Code § 49-5-513 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 5 - Teachers' Tenure|§ 49-5-513. Judicial Review

  A tenured teacher who is dismissed or suspended by action of the board pursuant to § 49-5-512(c)(3), or suspended by action of the director pursuant to § 49-5-512(d)(4), may petition for a writ of certiorari from the chancery court of the county where the teacher is employed.   The petition shall be filed within thirty (30) days from the receipt by the teacher of notice of the decision of the board. The petition shall state briefly the issues involved in the cause, the substance of the order of the board, or the respects in which the petitioner claims the order of the board is erroneous, and praying for an accordant review. The petition shall be addressed to the presiding chancellor and shall name as defendants the members of the board and such other parties of record, if such, as were involved in the hearing before the board.   The petitioner shall give bond for costs as in other chancery suits or oaths of paupers in lieu.   Upon the filing of the petition, the clerk and master shall immediately send, by registered return receipt mail, to the chair of the board, a notice of the filing of the petition and a certified copy of the petition. The clerk shall also send a similar notice to the last known post office address of each other party named as defendant. In lieu of notice by registered mail, subpoena to answer may be served personally on each defendant, as in other chancery cases.   The filing of the petition shall suspend the order of the board pending a decision by the chancellor, but the teacher shall not be permitted to return to teaching pending final disposition of the appeal.   All defendants named in the petition desiring to make defense shall do so by answer, in which grounds of demurrer shall be incorporated, to the petition within thirty (30) days from the date of the filing of the petition, unless the time be extended by the court. Any other person who may be affected by the decision to be made by the court may, upon proper leave given, intervene and file an answer in the cause. Amendments may be granted as in other chancery procedures.   The cause shall stand for trial and shall be heard and determined at the earliest practical date, as one having precedence over other litigation, except suits involving state, county or municipal revenue. The review of the court shall be limited to the written record of the hearing before the board and any evidence or exhibits submitted at the hearing. Additional evidence or testimony shall not be admitted except as to establish arbitrary or capricious action or violation of statutory or constitutional rights by the board.   The chancellor shall reduce the chancellor's findings of fact and conclusions of law to writing and make them parts of the record.   Any party dissatisfied with the decree of the court may appeal as provided by the Tennessee rules of appellate procedure, where the cause shall be heard on the transcript of the record from the chancery court.
TN Code § 49-5-514 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 5 - Teachers' Tenure|§ 49-5-514. Merger of Local With State Tenure System

   Should it be desired to incorporate any local teacher tenure system into the state system, the board having jurisdiction over the teachers under the local system shall publish in some newspaper of general circulation in the town or county in which the local tenure system is located a notice of its intent to apply for admission to the state teacher tenure system, and, in the notice, shall fix the date for a hearing thereon, which date shall not be less than ten (10) days after the first publication of the notice.   Upon the day fixed by the notice for the hearing, which hearing may be adjourned from time to time if deemed necessary, the board shall hear interested parties who shall have the right to appear in person or by counsel upon the advisability of the entry or merger into the state system.   After the local board of education concludes its hearing, the board shall conduct a referendum of the teachers within the local teacher tenure system, and if a majority of the teachers vote in favor of merging with the state system, then the board shall request the merger and shall forward a certified copy of the result of the referendum to the commissioner of education for consideration.   If the commissioner approves the merger, then the commissioner shall give proper notice of the merger and, at the end of ten (10) days from the giving of the public notice of acceptance, the local tenure system shall be merged with and become a part of the state teacher tenure system, and the members of the local tenure system shall thereupon be entitled to all the benefits of the state tenure system to the same extent as though they had been members of the state tenure system from its inception.     As used in this section:  “Board” means any county board of education in a county operating under a local teacher tenure act or any municipal board of education in a city operating under such act; and   “Local teacher tenure systems” means any teacher tenure system applicable only to a county or to a city or town and authorized by special act of the general assembly.
TN Code § 49-5-515 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 5 - Teachers' Tenure|§ 49-5-515. Establishment of System for Teachers Not Previously Covered

  The state board of education is authorized and directed to establish a system of tenure for teachers in schools and institutions under its jurisdiction.   The board shall promulgate and publish reasonable rules and regulations for the establishment of a tenure system for such teachers, and has the power to promulgate and publish the rules and regulations as are deemed reasonably necessary for the establishment of the tenure system, which shall include, but not be limited to, standards and requirements concerning:  The minimum qualifications of teachers eligible for tenure;   The types of tenure;   Leaves of absence;   Time of termination of tenure;   Transfers within the system;   Credit for time served in other school systems within the state;   Grounds and procedures concerning suspensions and dismissals;   Investigations;   Suspensions pending investigations; and   Other subjects deemed by the board to be reasonably related to teacher's tenure.     The rules and regulations shall be adopted by a formal resolution by a majority of the membership, and the resolution shall be signed by a majority of the members of the state board of education as certified by the chair and attested by the executive secretary of the board, and otherwise they shall be approved and filed in the manner required by the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.   After giving written notice of charges against any teacher, the board shall hold a hearing in the same manner and shall have the same powers as provided in § 49-5-512; provided, that where §  49-5-512 refers to the director of schools, for the purpose of this part, reference shall be made to the chair of the state board of education.   A teacher shall be entitled to a judicial review of the action of the board for the same purposes and in the same manner provided by § 49-5-513.   As used in this section, “teacher” means any person employed by the state board of education in a full-time position as an administrative officer or teacher in a school or other educational institution except a college or university; provided, that “teacher,” does not apply to the principal or chief administrative officer of the school or institution.   No teacher under this section shall be guaranteed continuity of employment in a particular assignment or position.
TN Code § 49-5-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 6 - Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011|§ 49-5-603. Rights of Professional Employees

 Professional employees have the right to self-organization, to form, join or be assisted by organizations, to participate in collaborative conferencing with local boards of education through representatives of their own choosing and to engage in other concerted activities for the purpose of other mutual aid and benefit; provided, that professional employees also have the right to refrain from any or all such activities.
TN Code § 49-5-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 6 - Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011|§ 49-5-604. Rights Preserved

  Those rights and responsibilities of boards of education, directors of schools and professional employees as contained in this title are not statutorily modified or repealed by this part.   This part shall not operate so as to annul or modify any recognition heretofore entered into between a board of education and a professional employees' organization until the termination of an existing agreement between a local board of education and a professional employees' organization. Upon the termination of any existing agreement, subsequent professional employee relationships between the respective board of education and its professional employees shall be governed by this part.
TN Code § 49-5-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 5 - Personnel|Part 6 - Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011|§ 49-5-607. Strikes — Remedies

   If a strike occurs, the board of education may apply to the chancery court in the county to enjoin the strike. The application shall set forth the facts constituting the strike.   If the court finds, after a hearing, that a strike has occurred, the court shall enjoin the employees from participating in the strike.     When local boards of education have determined which employees have engaged in or participated in a strike, the employees may be subject to dismissal and, further, shall forfeit their claim to tenure status, if they have attained tenure, and shall revert to probationary status for the next five-year period. Any professional employee who engaged in, or participated in, a strike and who is not a tenured teacher may also be subject to dismissal.   No penalty, forfeiture of rights or privileges or other sanction or fine imposed on a professional employees' organization, its officers or members, as the result of a strike, shall be subject to collaborative conferencing by the organization and a board at any time.