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TN Code § 49-2-502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 5 - Special School Districts|§ 49-2-502. Transfer of Administration — Transition Plans

  The school board, school commissioners, school trustees or other duly constituted administrative officials of any special school district are authorized and empowered to transfer the administration of the schools in the special school district to the county board of education of the county in which the special school district is located. Before a transfer is effectuated, however, a referendum shall first be conducted on the subject, and the school system of the special school district shall not be transferred to the county unless a majority of the voters who cast votes in the referendum vote in favor of the transfer. The referendum shall be held by the county election commission when requested by the school board of the special school district, and the expenses of the election shall be paid from the funds of the special school district.    Notwithstanding subsection (a) or any other law to the contrary, if the proposed transfer of the administration of the schools in the special school district to the county board of education would result in an increase in student enrollment within the county school system of one hundred percent (100%) or more, and if a majority of the voters who cast votes in the referendum vote in favor of the transfer, then a comprehensive transition plan shall be developed, and the transfer shall take effect at the beginning of the third, full school year immediately following certification of the election results.   The comprehensive transition plan shall be developed by a transition planning commission. The transition plan shall consider and provide for each of the matters set forth in §§ 49-2-1201(i) and 49-2-1204. Prior to its implementation, the transition plan shall be submitted to the department of education for review and comments. The transition planning commission shall consist of twenty-one (21) members, as follows:  The county mayor, the chair of the county board of education and the chair of the board of education of the special school district shall serve as ex officio members of the commission;   The county mayor, the chair of the county board of education and the chair of the board of education of the special school district shall each appoint five (5) competent citizens to serve as members of the transition planning commission; and   The governor, the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives shall jointly appoint three (3) competent citizens to also serve as members of the transition commission.     From and after the effective date of the transfer of the administration of the schools in the special school district to the county board of education, the restrictions imposed on the creation of municipal school districts, in § 6-58-112(b) [see the Compiler’s Notes], and special school districts, in § 49-2-501(b)(2), shall no longer apply in such county.
TN Code § 49-2-503 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 5 - Special School Districts|§ 49-2-503. Disposition of Special School District Funds

  The county trustees of the several counties of this state are authorized to pay over to the county board of education of their respective counties any balance of funds in the hands of the trustees that have been derived from special school district taxes, when and if the law or laws creating the special school district have been repealed.   When any funds have been paid over to the county board of education under subsection (a), the funds shall be applied and expended by the county board of education only in accord with the limitations and provisions of §§ 49-2-502 and 49-2-1002.
TN Code § 49-2-504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 5 - Special School Districts|§ 49-2-504. Persons Residing Outside Boundaries — Eligibility to Vote

 A special school district may, by legislative act, establish eligibility and procedures for nonresident property owners.
TN Code § 49-2-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-601. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act.”
TN Code § 49-2-602 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-602. Legislative Intent

 The general assembly recognizes the importance of school support organizations in providing financial support to help carry out academic, arts, athletic, and social programs to further educational opportunities for the children of this state. The general assembly also recognizes concerns that parents and other persons who support these organizations have in ensuring that money raised by these organizations is safeguarded by them and used to further the activities for which the money is raised. It is, therefore, the intent of the general assembly to ensure the continued support of academic, arts, athletic and social programs, which help to educate the children of this state, while also ensuring fiscal accountability of school support organizations.
TN Code § 49-2-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-605. Posting or Publication of Recognized School Support Organizations — Public Inspection of Forms, Reports or Financial Statements

  The director of schools or the director's designee shall annually post or publish a list of organizations that have complied with § 49-2-604(b). This posting or publication may be made by written or electronic means. The school board shall determine the appropriate method of posting or publishing this information.   Any local board of education is authorized to develop a process to certify that an organization has been recognized as a school support organization; however, a local board of education shall not incur any liability for the recognition.   Any forms, annual reports, or financial statements required to be submitted according to the policy adopted by the board pursuant to § 49-2-604(b) to the director of schools or the local school principal shall be open to public inspection.
TN Code § 49-2-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-606. Collection of Money

  Any individual who collects or receives any student activity or other internal school funds shall turn over to the properly designated school official or employee all student activity or other internal school funds. The funds shall be considered student activity or other internal school funds for the purpose of § 49-2-110. That a member of a school support organization or a person claiming to be a member of a school support organization collected the money is immaterial to the determination as to its status as student activity or other internal school funds.   A local board of education may grant the principal of a school the authority to enter into an agreement with a school support organization to operate and collect money for a concession stand or parking at a related school academic, arts, athletic, or social event on school property where any money it collects or any portion designated by the agreement shall be considered as school support group funds and not as student activity funds; provided, that:  The board has adopted a policy concerning school support organizations pursuant to § 49-2-604(b); and   The school support organization provides the school with the relevant collection documentation that would have been required pursuant to the manual produced under § 49-2-110 for student activity funds.     Nothing in this section diminishes the authority of a local board of education to enter into an agreement with a civic organization for the operation of concessions or parking at school sponsored events. The civic organization shall not be subject to this part.   A local board of education may grant the principal of a school the authority to enter into an agreement with a school support organization to operate a bookstore located on school grounds that makes direct sales of items to students where any money the school support organization collects or any portion designated by the agreement shall be considered as school support group funds and not as student activity funds; provided, that:  The board has adopted a policy concerning school support organizations pursuant to § 49-2-604(b);   One hundred percent (100%) of the profits of the operation of the bookstore are used for support of the school; and   The school support organization provides the school with the relevant collection documentation that would have been required pursuant to the manual produced under § 49-2-110 for student activity funds.     A principal may allow funds raised by fundraisers conducted by a school support organization outside the school day and involving students to be collected during the school day by the school support organization. The funds shall be school support organization funds; provided, that school employees are not involved in the accounting of the funds and the funds are turned in using sealed envelopes.
TN Code § 49-2-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-607. Disbursement of Donations

  Donations to a board of education shall be received and disbursed in accordance with § 49-6-2006.   In addition to any requirements established by § 49-6-2006(a), the following specific conditions shall apply:  Any donation made by a school support organization to a board of education or school shall be disbursed only in accordance with any written conditions that the school support organization may place upon the disbursement of the funds and shall be in accordance with the goals and objectives of the school support organization;   School support organization funds that are donated to an individual school shall not be considered as student activity funds. These funds shall be considered instead as internal school funds from the point of their donation to the respective school; and   Any disbursements of donated funds by a school official or employee shall be made in accordance with any relevant federal, state, or local government laws, including any relevant purchasing laws or requirements of the accounting policy manual produced according to § 49-2-110(e).
TN Code § 49-2-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-608. Prohibited Actions

 A nongovernmental group or organization, including all school support organizations, may not:   Use the school's or school district's sales tax exemption to purchase items;   Represent or imply that its activities, contracts, purchases, or financial commitments are made on behalf of or binding upon any school or school district;   Use school support organization funds for a purpose other than purposes related to the goals and objectives of the school support organization that relate to supporting a school district, school, school club or school academic, arts, athletic or social activity; or   Maintain or operate a bank account that bears the employer identification number of a school board, school, or any other school related governmental entity. From July 1, 2007, any funds deposited into the bank account shall be presumed to be a donation to the entity whose employer identification number is used and shall be treated as student activity funds.
TN Code § 49-2-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-609. Audit

 A school support organization or any group or organization that collects and raises money, materials, property or securities while representing itself to be a school support organization shall be subject to audit by the office of the comptroller of the treasury.
TN Code § 49-2-610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-610. Development of Model Financial Policy

 The office of the comptroller of the treasury is authorized to adopt a model financial policy for school support organizations.
TN Code § 49-2-611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-611. Initial Registration and Renewal Fees

 Notwithstanding § 48-51-303(a)(1) to the contrary, a school support organization that is required to register as a nonprofit organization, foundation or chartered member of a nonprofit organization or foundation by a policy adopted in accordance with this part shall be exempt from any initial registration fee by the secretary of state for the registration if the school support organization is an educational institution as defined in § 48-101-502(b). The school support organization shall pay any renewal fee required by the secretary of state to maintain valid annual registration as a nonprofit organization, foundation or chartered member of a nonprofit organization or foundation.
TN Code § 49-2-612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 6 - School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act|§ 49-2-612. Charitable School Foundation

  A public school or its administrators or supporters are authorized to form, or caused to be formed, a charitable school foundation for the sole purpose of supporting the school by raising and administering funds for the school and its programs. A school foundation shall be broad based in its support of the school and shall not limit its support to a single program or activity. A school foundation shall be a school support organization under this part.   To be a school foundation under this section, the foundation shall apply for and receive exemption from federal income taxation under § 501(a) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(a)), as an organization described in § 501(c)(3) of the Internal Revenue Code (26 U.S.C. § 501(c)(3)).   The school foundation shall be open to parents, students, faculty, staff, alumni and members of the community who are interested in supporting the school and its programs.   The bylaws of the school foundation shall require the director of schools and the principal of the school to serve as ex officio members on the foundation's board of directors.   An organization in existence on April 16, 2012, that meets the requirements of this section, on or after April 16, 2012, shall be recognized as a school foundation.
TN Code § 49-2-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 7 - High Performing School Districts Flexibility Act|§ 49-2-701. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “High Performing School Districts Flexibility Act”.
TN Code § 49-2-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 7 - High Performing School Districts Flexibility Act|§ 49-2-702. Part Definitions — Criteria Considered When Calculating Whether an Lea Is Eligible to Be Declared a High Performing School District

  As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Department” means the department of education; and   “High performing school district” means any LEA in the state that satisfies a majority of the following criteria, if applicable to that LEA, according to the state report card:  Reaches a graduation rate of ninety percent (90%) or higher;   Exhibits an average student ACT score of 21 or higher or the concordant equivalent score on the SAT or a higher score; provided, that prior to an LEA using the average student ACT or SAT score, at least thirty (30) students within the LEA or at least twenty-five percent (25%) of the graduating class, whichever is larger, took the ACT or SAT;   Exhibits a TCAP three-year average composite normal curve equivalent (NCE) score of 55 or higher;   Exhibits a TVAAS three-year average composite NCE gain of 1.75 or higher; or   Meets or exceeds achievement and gap closure annual measurable objectives and receives an exemplary or similar status from the department.       Only those criteria in the list in subdivision (a)(2) that apply to a particular LEA and are reported on the state report card shall be considered when calculating whether an LEA is eligible to be declared a high performing school district under this part. If a criterion does not apply to a particular LEA, it shall be removed from consideration for that LEA and a majority of the remaining criteria must be met. Should any of the criteria cease being reported on the state report card, the department shall designate a replacement measure for purposes of this part. An LEA scoring in the top fifteen percent (15%) of all LEAs in the state under the replacement measure shall meet that criterion.
TN Code § 49-2-703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 7 - High Performing School Districts Flexibility Act|§ 49-2-703. Designation as a High Performing School District

 Any LEA meeting a majority of the applicable criteria in §  49-2-102 may, by action of its local board of education, declare itself to be a high performing school district. Such designation shall be in effect beginning July 1 following the local board action. The designation shall last for three (3) years, at which time the LEA shall be eligible to declare itself a high performing school district under this part again if a majority of the criteria are met.
TN Code § 49-2-704 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 7 - High Performing School Districts Flexibility Act|§ 49-2-704. Permitted and Prohibited Actions Without Approval When District Designated as a High Performing School District

  A high performing school district may, during any year in which the designation is in effect, without first seeking or obtaining approval from any other state or local governmental agency or unit:  Appropriate additional funds as needed from the fund balance of self-sustaining or self-sufficient funds, including, but not limited to, the central cafeteria fund and the extended school program fund;   Utilize a teacher evaluation system which varies from the evaluation system established by the department as though a flexibility waiver had been applied for and granted to the district. Notwithstanding the foregoing, the alternative teacher evaluation system used shall comply with all rules of the state board. The high performing school district shall submit the evaluation system it plans to use to the department; and   Add educational days to that district's school calendar, so long as the minimum number of school days required by law is met.     A high performing school district, during any year in which the designation is in effect, may apply to the commissioner of education for a waiver of any state board rule, regulation or statute that inhibits or hinders the district's ability to meet its goals or comply with its mission statement. At the discretion of the commissioner the waiver may be granted, but the commissioner shall not grant a waiver where waivers are otherwise prohibited in this title, and shall not waive regulatory or statutory requirements related to:  Federal and state civil rights;   Federal, state, and local health and safety;   Federal and state public records;   Immunizations;   Possession of weapons on school grounds;   Background checks and fingerprinting of personnel;   Federal and state special education services;   Student due process;   Parental rights;   Federal and state student assessment and accountability;   Open meetings; and   At least the same equivalent time of instruction as required in regular public schools.
TN Code § 49-2-1001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 10 - Transfer and Joint Operation of Schools Generally|§ 49-2-1001. Operation of Municipal or Special District Schools by County

 County and town boards of education and special school district boards, whenever they deem it advisable for the purpose of a more economical administration and the improvement of the efficiency of the schools, may make a contract to operate the school or schools of such town under the general supervision of the county director of schools; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to change the general method of distribution of county and state school funds between the county and such towns on the basis of average daily attendance as provided in this title; and provided, further, that nothing in this title shall be construed to change or repeal Chapter 160 of the Private Acts of 1915.
TN Code § 49-2-1101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 11 - Contractual Joint Operation of Schools|§ 49-2-1101. Contracts Authorized

  The boards of education of any two (2) or more school systems are authorized and empowered to establish, maintain and operate a public school or schools jointly by entering into contracts for that purpose.   Upon the execution of contracts under this part by the respective boards of education, the contracts shall be binding upon the boards of education and upon the counties, cities and special school districts involved.   In cities that are authorized by their charters to operate school systems, either the board of education or the city governing body, if the city does not have a board of education, may exercise any authorities or rights granted by parts 5 and 10-13 of this chapter, specifically including contracting with the county for operation, maintenance or improvement of schools within the city.
TN Code § 49-2-1102 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 11 - Contractual Joint Operation of Schools|§ 49-2-1102. Powers of Contracting Boards

 All schools established, maintained and operated pursuant to a contract entered into under this part shall be considered for all purposes as integral parts of the school systems of each of the counties, cities or special school districts that are parties to the contracts. The board of education of each county, city or special school district that is a party to the contract shall have the same powers with respect to the assignment, placement, expulsion, suspension and transfer of pupils residing in its respective jurisdiction in and to such schools and with respect to the employment and assignment of teachers for such schools as it may possess with respect to other schools under its supervision, control and jurisdiction, except insofar as such powers may be limited by the contract.