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TN Code § 49-1-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-213. Technical Assistance

 Within available resources, the department may provide technical assistance to LEAs through the implementation of a trainer of trainers model. Each LEA may identify its own technical assistance persons from general and special education to serve local schools. Technical assistance persons would serve as trainers to the district's local technical assistance persons. Local technical assistance persons may then provide hands-on consultation in the classrooms and in school in-services related to the needs of children having behavioral or emotional disorders.
TN Code § 49-1-214 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-214. Safe Schools — Advisory Guidelines

  The commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, shall develop advisory guidelines for LEAs to use in developing safe and secure learning environments in schools. Such guidelines shall emphasize consultation at the local level with appropriate law enforcement authorities.   The department of education may prepare and distribute to LEAs guidelines for incorporating into local staff development and in-service training the materials and speakers necessary to help educators reduce gang and individual violence, to assist in drug and alcohol abuse prevention and to provide educators with the tools for nonintrusive identification of potentially violent individuals in and around schools. The department may, upon request, assist LEAs in developing comprehensive violence, drug and alcohol abuse prevention in-service training programs. Department guidelines shall encourage the sharing of resources, the development of joint or collaborative programs and the coordination of efforts with local health departments, county and city law enforcement agencies and other public agencies providing health, drug, alcohol, gang violence prevention and other related services.   The department may assist LEAs in qualifying for the receipt of federal and state funds that may support local efforts to provide the in-service training programs in this section. The department shall encourage LEAs to provide written materials to assist teachers and parents working to develop a safe and secure learning environment in system schools. Within available resources, the department may provide technical assistance directly to LEAs seeking to expand teacher and student safety programs.
TN Code § 49-1-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-215. Training for Teachers Relating to Attention Deficit Disorder and Hyperactivity

 As part of the county institutes or educational meetings provided for in § 49-1-201(c)(4), the commissioner shall provide for multisensory interactive training for teachers to develop awareness and knowledge of students with attention deficit disorder (ADD) and hyperactivity, and how to identify and best deal with and instruct such students.
TN Code § 49-1-216 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-216. Report on Academic Performance of Historically Underserved Student Groups

 The commissioner shall annually monitor and report academic performance of historically underserved student groups. Historically underserved student group performance must be included in the accountability model established under part 6 of this chapter.
TN Code § 49-1-218 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-218. Establishment of Guidelines for Release of Education Data for Research Purposes

 The commissioner of education shall establish guidelines regarding the timely and responsible release of education data for research purposes.
TN Code § 49-1-219 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-219. Advisory Guidelines for Reporting Dui-Related Deaths of Minors

 The commissioner of education, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, shall develop advisory guidelines for LEAs to use in developing an annual report to inform high school students of any death of a person eighteen (18) years of age or younger that resulted from a motor vehicle accident in which a driver eighteen (18) years of age or younger was driving under the influence of an intoxicant or drug. The guidelines shall emphasize consultation at the local level with appropriate authorities.
TN Code § 49-1-221 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-221. Policy on Use of Internet — Filing of Policy — Contents

   Each LEA shall adopt an internet acceptable use policy. At a minimum, the policy shall contain provisions that:  Are designed to prohibit certain inappropriate use by school district employees and students of the school district's computers via the internet;   Seek to prevent access by students to material that the school district deems to be harmful to juveniles;   Select a technology for the school district's computers having internet access to filter or block internet access through the computers to child pornography and obscenity;   Establish appropriate measures to be taken against persons who violate the policy;   Include a component on internet safety for students that is integrated in a school district's instructional program; and   Encourage communications with parents that raise awareness about internet safety using existing avenues of communication, such as parent-teacher conferences.     The policy may include such other terms, conditions and requirements as deemed appropriate, such as requiring written parental authorization for internet use by juveniles or differentiating acceptable uses among elementary, middle and high school students.     The director of schools shall take such steps as appropriate to implement and enforce the school district's policy.
TN Code § 49-1-223 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-223. Asthma — Development of Comprehensive State Plan — Report

 The department of health, in consultation with the department of education and the bureau of TennCare, shall develop a comprehensive state plan to reduce the burden of asthma on school children in this state. The comprehensive plan shall, at a minimum:   Promote the development of school asthma action plans between LEAs and local health agencies. School asthma action plans shall include emergency protocols for medical emergencies due to asthma complications;   Encourage schools to have individual asthma action plans for students with asthma;   Encourage in-service training for teachers, and encourage athletic coaches and athletes to participate in the American Lung Association's asthma treatment training;   Encourage the development of education for local boards of education and the public concerning self-administration of asthma medications; and   Promote procedures to reduce exposure to smoke, allergens and other irritants in school buildings, on school grounds and at school events.
TN Code § 49-1-224 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-224. Education Pays Act — Award of Rewards — Funding

  As used in this section, “education pays reward” means a reward of cash or other thing of value given to either an individual student or the student's custodial parent or guardian, or both, in recognition of academic achievement.   Each LEA is encouraged to develop an education pays pilot program for at-risk students to encourage student academic achievement through the award of education pays rewards.   An education pays pilot program may be funded through private donations. Any LEA for which a private foundation or other organization expresses willingness to fund an education pays pilot program shall work with such organization in developing an education pays pilot program in order to encourage at-risk students to achieve greater academic success through participation in the program.
TN Code § 49-1-226 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-226. Adoption of Core Standards in Subjects Beyond Math and English Language Arts Prohibited

 The state shall not adopt common core state standards in any subject matter beyond math and English language arts.
TN Code § 49-1-227 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-227. Compilation of List of Laws Related to Rights of Students, Parents, or Legal Guardians — Posting of List on Department Website

  The department of education shall survey this title and other relevant acts of the general assembly to compile a list of all laws that are related to the rights of students and their parents or legal guardians. The department shall update the list annually within sixty (60) days after the adjournment of the general assembly.   The list shall be posted on the website of the department. Each LEA shall prominently display a link to the list on its website.
TN Code § 49-1-228 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-228. School Grading System — State Report Card — Implementation — Notice

  The department of education shall develop a school grading system that annually assigns A, B, C, D, and F letter grades to schools based on:  Student performance on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests or end-of-course exams;   Student growth as indicated by Tennessee Value-Added Assessment System (TVAAS) data or data from other measures of student growth; and   Other outcome indicators of student achievement that the department finds to be reliable measures of school performance.     The department of education shall include each school's A, B, C, D, or F grade on the state report card.   Implementation of the school grading system shall begin in the 2017-2018 school year; provided, however, prior to implementation, the state board shall review the grading scale developed by the department.   The department shall provide notice of the adopted grading scale to each LEA prior to the start of the 2017-2018 school year.   Notwithstanding subsection (a), student performance and student growth data from the TNReady assessments administered in the 2017-2018 school year shall not be used to assign a letter grade to a school pursuant to this section.   Notwithstanding subsections (a)-(c), student performance and student growth data from 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 shall not be used to assign a letter grade to a school, unless the use results in a higher letter grade for the school.    If eighty percent (80%) or more of an LEA's or public charter school's students enrolled in grades three through twelve (3-12) participate in the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests administered in the 2020-2021 school year, then, notwithstanding subsections (a)-(c), student performance and student growth data generated from the TCAP tests administered in the 2020-2021 school year shall not be used to assign a letter grade to a school.   The commissioner of education may, at the commissioner's discretion, grant an LEA or public charter school a waiver from the eighty-percent-participation requirement in subdivision (g)(1).     The department shall not issue letter grades or any other summative ratings for schools eligible for the accountability protections in subdivision (g)(1) or schools that receive a waiver from the commissioner pursuant to subdivision (g)(2) in the state report card for the 2020-2021 school year; provided, that the department shall provide student performance and student growth data to LEAs, and as required by federal law.
TN Code § 49-1-230 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-230. Development of Training Programs for Adverse Childhood Experiences

  As used in this section, “adverse childhood experiences” or “ACEs” mean stressful or traumatic events experienced by a minor child. ACEs include, but are not limited to, a child witnessing, or being the victim of, physical abuse, sexual abuse, emotional abuse, physical neglect, emotional neglect, domestic violence, substance abuse, mental illness, parental separation or divorce, and incarceration.   The department of education shall develop an evidence-based training program on ACEs for school leaders and teachers. The training may be delivered through the trainer of trainers model under § 49-1-213, and shall include:  The effects of ACEs on a child's mental, physical, social, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive development;   ACEs as a risk factor for the development of substance abuse disorders and other at-risk health behaviors;   Trauma-informed principles and practices for classrooms; and   How early identification of children exposed to one (1) or more ACEs may improve educational outcomes.     An LEA may develop its own ACEs training program to make available to the LEA's school personnel.
TN Code § 49-1-231 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-231. Student Support Collaborative

 The department of education shall establish a student support collaborative to review and define the roles and responsibilities for school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses. The collaborative shall identify available resources and areas that school social workers, school counselors, school psychologists, and school nurses can collaborate on to provide high quality support to students. The collaborative shall include, at a minimum, representatives from the following organizations:   The department of education;   Local education agencies (LEAs);   The National Association of Social Workers, Tennessee Chapter;   The Tennessee Association of School Social Workers;   The Tennessee Association of School Counselors;   The Tennessee Association of School Nurses;   The Tennessee Association of School Psychologists; and   The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth.
TN Code § 49-1-232 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 2 - Department of Education|§ 49-1-232. State Plan for Computer Science Education

  To ensure all students are fully prepared for the technology jobs of today and the future, the department of education shall develop a state plan for computer science in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12). In developing the state plan for computer science, the department shall solicit feedback from local education agency leaders, computer science educators, state institution of higher education representatives in the computer science field, the Tennessee STEM Innovation Network, computer science industry representatives, individuals with experience in computer programming, and other appropriate stakeholders, as determined by the department.   The state plan for computer science must set strategic goals and make recommendations to:  Ensure public high school students have access to at least one (1) computer science course;   Integrate computer science into elementary education;   Allow computer science course completion to count as a core admission requirement at state institutions of higher education;   Develop educator preparation program standards and requirements for computer science;   Increase the number of underrepresented student groups earning college credit in computer science while still in high school; and   Ensure opportunities for educators who teach computer science to earn the computer science endorsement approved by the state board of education.     The department shall submit a copy of the state plan for computer science to the speaker of the senate and the speaker of the house of representatives by May 1, 2020.
TN Code § 49-1-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 3 - State Board of Education|§ 49-1-304. Acquisition of Federal Surplus Property

  The state board of education is authorized to cooperate with the federal government in the transfer of government surplus property, to any and all eligible departments and agencies of the state and local government, and to any and all other agencies eligible to receive surplus property under Public Law 152, 81st Congress (Act June 30, 1949, ch. 288, 63 Stat. 377) (40 U.S.C. § 1301 et seq.), and any and all other statutory laws now in effect or that may be enacted by the congress of the United States covering the disposal of United States government surplus property.   The state board is authorized to take any and all action necessary for the proper administration of the surplus property program in the acquisition of and the distribution of government surplus properties to eligible claimants in this state, in accordance with the appropriate controlling federal statutes and regulations.   The state board is authorized to collect fees for the transfer of such properties in an amount necessary for the reimbursement of freight, handling and warehousing.
TN Code § 49-1-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 3 - State Board of Education|§ 49-1-305. Executive Director — Staff

  The state board of education is authorized to employ an executive director and other personnel it determines are necessary to provide it with staff support. The staff shall provide the necessary services to the board for the board to perform its duties. The executive director shall be hired by the board. Other staff personnel shall be hired by the executive director with the approval of the board. The position of executive director cannot be filled by an employee or official of any other department, agency or board, but must be responsible solely to the state board. The staff will be independent of all agencies or departments of state government and shall be subject only to the state board. For administrative purposes, however, the executive director and staff shall be administratively housed in the department of education. The executive director and staff shall have no responsibility for administering policies, rules or regulations, or the education laws of the state.   The staff shall be subject to personnel regulations and policies that are applicable to state employees in general, such as leave, compensation, classification, travel regulations, etc. The sole authority to appoint, terminate and control staff employees shall remain with the board and the executive director as set out in this section, and the employees of the board shall not have state service status.   The compensation of the executive director shall be fixed by the state board and the compensation shall not be less than the compensation provided for an assistant commissioner in the department of education. The compensation of other employees of the board shall be set by the executive director with the approval of the state board.   The executive director shall be an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Tennessee higher education commission.
TN Code § 49-1-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 3 - State Board of Education|§ 49-1-306. Goals

 It is the legislative intent that the state board of education develop measurable goals or benchmarks, or both, and submit the goals or benchmarks to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives.
TN Code § 49-1-309 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 3 - State Board of Education|§ 49-1-309. No Educational Standards to Be Imposed by Federal Government — Adoption of State Educational Standards — Joining Testing Consortium — Use of Collected Data

  No educational standards shall be imposed on the state by the federal government. Any adoption of educational standards for the public schools of the state shall be done freely by the state board of education which, except as provided in subsection (b), may change, adjust or recede from a standard at any time.   A proposed change or addition to an educational standard, including, but not limited to, the Next Generation Science Standards, the National Curriculum Standards for Social Studies, the National Health Education Standards, or the National Sexuality Education Standards shall be posted for public review on the state board's website and submitted to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives at least sixty (60) days before the state board meeting during which the final adoption of the proposed standard is to be considered. The state board may vote on adoption of standards or proposed changes or additions only at a public meeting at which a quorum is in attendance.   The state board shall not join a testing consortium inclusive of multiple states that requires the adoption of common standards in social studies or science subjects, unless the board provides at least sixty (60) days notice to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives and posts such notice on its website at least sixty (60) days before officially joining any such consortium.   Data collected from the use of or testing under educational standards adopted by the state board shall be used for the sole purpose of tracking the academic prowess and needs of students.
TN Code § 49-1-310 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 1 - State Administration|Part 3 - State Board of Education|§ 49-1-310. Implementation of Process to Review and Replace Common Core State Standards — Cancellation of Memorandum of Understanding

  The state board of education shall implement a process whereby the set of standards known as the Common Core State Standards adopted in 2010 will be reviewed and shall be replaced with new sets of standards adopted to fit the needs of Tennessee students. These postsecondary-and-workforce-ready standards shall be adopted through an open, transparent process that allows all Tennesseans an opportunity to participate. These standards shall be adopted and fully implemented in Tennessee public schools in the 2017-2018 school year.   The state board of education or the department of education shall cancel any memorandum of understanding concerning the Common Core State Standards entered into with the National Governor's Association and the Council of Chief State School Officers.