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TN Code § 49-6-2404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 24 - Tennessee Community Schools Act|§ 49-6-2404. Authority to Form Community Consortiums to Establish Community Schools — Centers of Communities — Designation of Individual to Lead Implementation of Programming — Eligibility for Community School Grant

  LEAs and schools are authorized and encouraged to form community consortiums with a variety of community partners to establish a community school or schools with an integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development and community engagement that will lead to improved student learning, stronger families and healthier communities.   The community schools, formed pursuant to subsection (a), shall strive to become centers of their communities providing programs and services for persons of all ages. They shall be open to everyone throughout each day, including in the evenings, on weekends and in the summer.   A community school must designate an individual to lead and coordinate the planning and implementation of programming for the school.   A community school is not eligible for any community school grant available under this part unless the school has developed a plan that provides for:  Integrated student supports;   Expanded and enriched learning time and opportunities;   Active family and community engagement; and   Collaborative leadership and practices.
TN Code § 49-6-2406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 24 - Tennessee Community Schools Act|§ 49-6-2406. Study and Report

 The office of research and education accountability (OREA) in the office of the comptroller of the treasury shall study and report on the formation and operation of community schools. OREA shall specifically identify best practices that can be replicated by other LEAs and schools desiring to form community schools. OREA shall examine whether community schools have improved student learning, family engagement with the schools and the communities, school effectiveness in decreasing the dropout rate and increasing the graduation rate, and physical and mental health of the students and other members of the community. OREA shall examine whether community schools have met their educational and community goals. OREA shall file its report containing its findings and conclusions and any recommendations concerning community schools with the education committee of the senate and the education administration and planning committee of the house of representatives by November 1, 2018.
TN Code § 49-6-2407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 24 - Tennessee Community Schools Act|§ 49-6-2407. Community of Schools — Formation of Community Consortiums — Services for Persons of All Ages — Rights, Privileges, and Obligations

  Although §§ 49-6-2401 — 49-6-2406 support the formation of a community school, schools in some neighborhoods may need to join together to form, with the help of community partners, a community of schools, instead of a community school. The state board of education and the department shall support and encourage LEAs in the creation of communities of schools that can provide a continuum of services for students and their parents from pre-kindergarten to grade twelve (pre-K-12) and even through postsecondary education.   LEAs and schools are authorized and encouraged to form community consortiums with a variety of community partners to establish communities of schools with an integrated focus on academics, health and social services, youth and community development, and community engagement that will lead to improved student learning, stronger families, and healthier communities.   The community of schools, formed pursuant to subsection (b), shall strive, as do community schools, to become centers of their communities providing programs and services for persons of all ages. They shall be open to everyone throughout each day, including in the evenings, on weekends, and in the summer.   If a community of schools is not able to locate services for all ages in one (1) of the public schools of the neighborhood, the community of schools is encouraged to locate activities, particularly those that occur outside of regular school hours in a central facility, if one is available, that provides easy access to all of the partnering schools, their students, and parents.   A community of schools shall have all the rights, privileges, and obligations accorded a community school under §§ 49-6-2401 — 49-6-2406. The department may seek funds for creation of communities of schools as it does for community schools.
TN Code § 49-6-2408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 24 - Tennessee Community Schools Act|§ 49-6-2408. Adoption of Holistic Programs of Positive Behavior — School Reports

 Community schools and communities of schools are encouraged to work with parents and community partners to adopt holistic programs of positive behavior reinforcement, such as the Ticket Program, that work with schools, parents, and the community to reinforce positive behavior at home and school and in all aspects of community life. Schools that adopt these programs are encouraged to report their successes and failures, if any, in implementing the program and the results of the program in changing student behavior and improving academic performance to the department for dissemination and possible replication in other schools throughout the state. School reports shall be accompanied by data supporting the results reported.
TN Code § 49-6-2409 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 24 - Tennessee Community Schools Act|§ 49-6-2409. Central Headquarters for Neighborhoods — Establishment of Internet Network Architecture — Provisions of Literacy Classes and Other Programs

  Community schools and communities of schools are encouraged to become the central headquarters for the neighborhoods in which they exist. They are authorized to work with community partners, when possible, to establish local internet network architecture to extend service throughout their neighborhoods and to devise and implement software designed to help community integration of services and activities.   In addition to the activities required of community grant recipients in § 49-6-2405(d), community schools and communities of schools are encouraged to provide literacy classes and tutoring for all age groups and to promote education, learning, and effective communication to contribute to the welfare of the community. GED(R) or HiSET(R) classes may be offered to those without high school diplomas.
TN Code § 49-6-2410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 24 - Tennessee Community Schools Act|§ 49-6-2410. Identification of Opportunities to Support Formation and Effective Administration of Community Schools

  The department of education shall work with at least one (1) statewide coalition composed of practitioners, administrators, advocates, and other stakeholders to identify opportunities for the department to support the formation and effective administration of community schools in this state by focusing on and sharing best practices regarding:  Professional development;   Policy and advocacy;   Communications;   Stakeholder engagement; and   Program evaluation.     Subsection (a) does not prohibit the department of education from working with more than one (1) statewide coalition to effectuate the purposes of this section.
TN Code § 49-6-2501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 25 - National Motto in the Classroom Act|§ 49-6-2501. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “National Motto in the Classroom Act.”
TN Code § 49-6-2502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 25 - National Motto in the Classroom Act|§ 49-6-2502. “In God We Trust” National Motto to Be Displayed in Prominent School Location

  Beginning in the 2018-2019 school year, an LEA shall require all schools within the LEA to display the national motto of the United States, “In God We Trust,” in a prominent location in each school.   The display required in subsection (a) may take the form of, but is not limited to, a mounted plaque or student artwork.   For purposes of this section, “prominent location” means a school entry way, cafeteria, or common area where students are likely to see the national motto display.
TN Code § 49-6-2601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 26 - Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program|§ 49-6-2601. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program.”
TN Code § 49-6-2607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 26 - Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program|§ 49-6-2607. Use of Esa Funds — Separate Esas —Receipts for Expenses — Requirements for Participating Schools

  ESA funds shall only be used for the expenses listed in § 49-6-2603(a)(4).   The department shall establish and maintain separate ESAs for each participating student and shall verify that the uses of ESA funds are permitted under § 49-6-2603(a)(4) and institute fraud protection measures. Use of ESA funds on tuition and fees, computer hardware or other technological devices, tutoring services, educational therapy services, summer education programs and specialized afterschool education programs, and any other expenses identified by the department must be preapproved by the department. Preapproval shall be requested by completing and submitting the department's preapproval form. The department shall develop processes to effectuate this subsection (b).   To document compliance with subsection (a), participating schools, providers, and eligible postsecondary institutions shall provide parents of participating students or participating students, as applicable, with a receipt for all expenses paid to the participating school, provider, or eligible postsecondary institution using ESA funds.   A participating school, provider, or eligible postsecondary institution shall not, in any manner, refund, rebate, or share funds from an ESA with a parent of a participating student or a participating student. The department shall establish a process for funds to be returned to an ESA by a participating school, provider, or eligible postsecondary institution.   To ensure the safety and equitable treatment of participating students, participating schools shall:  Comply with all state and federal health and safety laws applicable to nonpublic schools;   Certify that the participating school will not discriminate against participating students or applicants on the basis of race, color, or national origin;   Comply with § 49-5-202;   Conduct criminal background checks on employees; and   Exclude from employment:  Any person who is not permitted by state law to work in a nonpublic school; and   Any person who might reasonably pose a threat to the safety of students.       An LEA shall provide a participating school that has admitted a participating student with a complete copy of the participating student's school records in the LEA's possession to the extent permitted by state and federal student privacy laws.
TN Code § 49-6-2609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 26 - Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program|§ 49-6-2609. Participating School or Provider Not State Agent — No Expansion of Regulatory Authority

  A participating school or provider is autonomous and not an agent of this state.   The creation of the ESA program does not expand the regulatory authority of this state, the officers of this state, or an LEA to impose any additional regulation of participating schools or providers beyond the rules and regulations necessary to enforce the requirements of the program.   This state gives participating schools and providers maximum freedom to provide for the educational needs of participating students without governmental control. Neither a participating school nor a provider is required to alter its creed, practices, admissions policies, or curriculum in order to accept participating students, other than as is necessary to comply with the requirements of the program.
TN Code § 49-6-2610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 26 - Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program|§ 49-6-2610. Promulgation of Rules

 The state board is authorized to promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this part. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 49-6-2611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 26 - Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program|§ 49-6-2611. Intent of Part — Report by Office of Research and Education Accountability — Effect of Invalidity

   The general assembly recognizes this state's legitimate interest in the continual improvement of all LEAs and particularly the LEAs that have consistently had the lowest performing schools on a historical basis. Accordingly, it is the intent of this part to establish a pilot program that provides funding for access to additional educational options to students who reside in LEAs that have consistently and historically had the lowest performing schools.    On January 1 following the third fiscal year in which the program enrolls participating students, and every January 1 thereafter, the office of research and education accountability (OREA), in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, shall provide a report to the general assembly to assist the general assembly in evaluating the efficacy of the program. The report must include, in compliance with all state and federal student privacy laws:   The information contained in the department's annual report prepared pursuant to § 49-6-2606(c);   Academic performance indicators for participating students in the program including, but not limited to, data generated from the tests administered to participating students pursuant to § 49-6-2606(a)(1);   Audit reports prepared by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee pursuant to § 49-6-2606(d);   A list of the LEAs that meet the requirements of § 49-6-2602(3)(C)(i) for the most recent year in which the department collected such information; and   Recommendations for legislative action if, based upon the list provided pursuant to subdivision (a)(2)(A)(iv), the LEAs with students who are eligible to participate in the program under § 49-6-2602(3)(C)(i) is no longer consistent with the intent described in subdivision (a)(1).     The department shall assist the OREA in its preparation of the report required under this subdivision (a)(2).   The OREA's initial report to the general assembly under this subdivision (a)(2) must include the information outlined in subdivisions (a)(2)(A)(i)-(iii) for each of the three (3) preceding school years in which the program enrolled participating students.       If any provision of this part or this part's application to any person or circumstance is held invalid, then the invalidity must not affect other provisions or applications of this part that can be given effect without the invalid provision or application, and to that end the provisions of this part are severable.   Notwithstanding subsection (b), if any provision of this part is held invalid, then the invalidity shall not expand the application of this part to eligible students other than those identified in § 49-6-2602(3).   A local board of education does not have authority to assert a cause of action, intervene in any cause of action, or provide funding for any cause of action challenging the legality of this part.
TN Code § 49-6-2612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 26 - Tennessee Education Savings Account Pilot Program|§ 49-6-2612. State or Local Public Benefit

 An education savings account is a state or local public benefit under § 4-58-102.
TN Code § 49-6-2703 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 27 - Threat Assessment|§ 49-6-2703. Immunity of Threat Assessment Team

 A threat assessment team and individual members of a threat assessment team, and any person providing information to a threat assessment team, are not liable in any action for damages or for other relief for any lawful actions taken in accordance with this part. A threat assessment team and individual members of a threat assessment team are immune from liability arising from:   The provision of information to a threat assessment team, if the information is provided to the threat assessment team in good faith, without malice, and on the basis of facts known or reasonably believed to exist; or   Any decisions, opinions, actions, and proceedings rendered, entered, or acted upon by a threat assessment team within the scope or function of the duties of the threat assessment team if made in good faith, without malice, and on the basis of facts known or reasonably believed to exist.
TN Code § 49-6-2901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 29 - Tennessee Student Religious Liberty Act of 1997|§ 49-6-2901. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Student Religious Liberty Act of 1997.”
TN Code § 49-6-2902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 29 - Tennessee Student Religious Liberty Act of 1997|§ 49-6-2902. 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 caused some to be less accommodating of the religious liberty and free speech rights of students than permitted under the first amendment to the United States constitution;   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;   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.) and the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993 (42 U.S.C. § 2000bb et seq.); and   Setting forth the religious liberty rights of students in a statute would assist students and parents in the enforcement of the religious liberty rights of the students and provide impetus to efforts in public schools to accommodate religious belief in feasible cases.     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 students to the extent permissible under the establishment clause.
TN Code § 49-6-2903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 29 - Tennessee Student Religious Liberty Act of 1997|§ 49-6-2903. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Establishment clause” means the portion of the first amendment to the United States constitution that forbids laws respecting an establishment of religion;   “Free exercise clause” means the portion of the first amendment to the United States constitution that forbids laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion;   “Free speech clause” means the portion of the first amendment to the United States constitution that forbids laws abridging the freedom of speech;   “Public school” means any school that:  Is operated by the state, a political subdivision of the state or governmental agency within the state; and   Receives state financial assistance; and     “Student” means an individual attending a public school.
TN Code § 49-6-2905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 29 - Tennessee Student Religious Liberty Act of 1997|§ 49-6-2905. Construction With First Amendment Establishment Clause

  Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect, interpret or in any way address the establishment clause.   The specification of religious liberty or free speech rights in §§ 49-6-2901 — 49-6-2906 shall not be construed to exclude or limit religious liberty or free speech rights otherwise protected by federal, state or local law.
TN Code § 49-6-2906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 29 - Tennessee Student Religious Liberty Act of 1997|§ 49-6-2906. Teachers and Administrators Not to Violate the First Amendment Establishment Clause

 Nothing in this part shall be construed to support, encourage or permit a teacher, administrator or other employee of the public schools to lead, direct or encourage any religious or antireligious activity in violation of that portion of the first amendment of the United States constitution prohibiting laws respecting an establishment of religion.
TN Code § 49-6-2907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 29 - Tennessee Student Religious Liberty Act of 1997|§ 49-6-2907. Voluntary Participation of Personnel in Religious Activities on School Grounds

  LEAs and school administrators may not prohibit personnel from participating in religious activities on school grounds that are initiated by students at reasonable times before or after the instructional day so long as such activities are voluntary for all parties and do not conflict with the responsibilities or assignments of such personnel.   Nothing in this section shall prohibit LEAs and school administrators from allowing personnel to participate in other constitutionally permissible religious activities on school grounds.