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TN Code § 49-2-133 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-2-133. Development of Policy to Implement Program to Reduce Potential Sources of Lead Contamination in Drinking Water in Public Schools — Periodic Testing

   Each local board of education shall develop a policy to implement a program to reduce the potential sources of lead contamination in drinking water in public schools that incorporates, at a minimum, periodic, not to exceed biennial, testing of lead levels in drinking water sources at school facilities that were constructed prior to January 1, 1998, utilizing samples consisting of the first two hundred fifty milliliters (250 mL) drawn of water that has been standing in plumbing overnight to identify lead levels. School facilities that were constructed on or after January 1, 1998, may conduct periodic testing under this section.   If the result of a lead level test conducted under subdivision (a)(1) exceeds fifteen parts per billion (15 ppb) but is less than twenty parts per billion (20 ppb), the school shall conduct lead level tests on an annual basis until retesting confirms that the level is less than fifteen parts per billion (15 ppb).   If the result of a lead level test conducted under subdivision (a)(1) is equal to or exceeds twenty parts per billion (20 ppb), the school shall:  Immediately remove the drinking water source from service. The drinking water source shall remain unavailable for use until subsequent retesting under subdivision (a)(3)(C) confirms the lead level of water from the source does not exceed twenty parts per billion (20 ppb);   Notify:   The commissioner of environment and conservation, the commissioner of health, the local department of health, the local governing body, and the department of education within twenty-four (24) hours of the test result; and   The parents and guardians of students enrolled at the school, in accordance with a notification policy developed by the local board of education, within five (5) business days of the test result; and     Retest the lead level of the drinking water source within ninety (90) days of any corrective action.       Each LEA shall comply with the policy created by its local board of education under subsection (a).
TN Code § 49-2-134 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-2-134. Policies and Procedures for Funds Raised for Noneducational Purposes

  A local board of education may authorize a teacher, school employee, or other person employed by the LEA to raise funds for noneducational purposes.   A local board of education that authorizes a teacher, school employee, or other person employed by the LEA to raise funds for noneducational purposes shall develop, adopt, and provide the LEA with policies and procedures for use of the funds, including policies and procedures for the receipt, disbursement, and accounting of all funds.   The policy developed by a local board of education pursuant to this section must include sources from which an employee may derive noneducational purpose funds, which may include vending machine revenue, donations, or other sources as approved by the local board of education. The policy must also include guidelines for how funds for noneducational purposes must be used, which may include bereavement, award recognition, employee morale, or banquets.   Any group of persons raising money for noneducational purposes pursuant to this section and the policies and procedures of a local board of education are not considered a “school support organization” as defined by § 49-2-603.   All funds raised for noneducational purposes pursuant to this section are subject to audit by the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee. The local board of education shall pay the cost of the audit and shall cooperate fully with the comptroller of the treasury or the comptroller's designee in the performance of the audit.
TN Code § 49-2-135 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 1 - General Provisions|§ 49-2-135. Development of Before or After School Programs in Collaboration With 501(c)(3) Nonprofit Corporations

  LEAs are authorized to develop before or after school programs in collaboration with 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporations that may provide assistance in selecting and appointing qualified volunteers for the programs.   The programs authorized in subsection (a) must focus on kindergarten through grade three (K-3) before or after school activities designed to improve student achievement in the academic subjects of reading, math, science, social studies, and fine arts.   Any 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation recognized under this section must meet all applicable rules of the state board of education and the policies and procedures of the LEA in which the corporation's volunteers are assisting and ensure the volunteers undergo criminal history record checks and otherwise meet all of the requirements of § 49-5-413.   An LEA must approve a recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation to assist in the LEA's schools before the corporation's volunteers may begin assisting students in a school.   An LEA that develops a program in accordance with this section has the authority to remove the recognized 501(c)(3) nonprofit corporation or any of the corporation's volunteers from the program.
TN Code § 49-2-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 2 - Boards of Education|§ 49-2-204. Debts — Penalty

 Any member of the board who votes to create debts beyond the legitimate income provided in the school budget for any school year or in any way misappropriates or misuses school funds commits a Class A misdemeanor and shall forfeit office.
TN Code § 49-2-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 2 - Boards of Education|§ 49-2-205. Chair — Powers and Duties

 It is the duty of the chair of the local board of education to:   Preside at all meetings of the board;   Appoint committees authorized by the board;   Serve as chair of the executive committee; and   Countersign all warrants authorized by the board of education and issued by the director of schools for all expenditures of the school system.
TN Code § 49-2-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 2 - Boards of Education|§ 49-2-206. Executive Committee — Powers and Duties

  The chair of the board of education and director of schools constitute the executive committee of the board of education.   The duties of the executive committee are to:  Meet at the office of the director as often as necessary to perform the duties required;   Advertise for bids and let contracts authorized by the board of education;   Serve as the purchasing agent for the board; provided, that this shall not apply to counties having a purchasing board nor to counties having a purchasing agent created by a private or local act;   Examine all accounts authorized by the board and see that the budget approved by the legislative body is not exceeded;   Submit at each regular meeting of the board for approval a full report of all business transacted since the last regular meeting, which report shall be recorded as a part of the minutes of the board of education; and   Transact any other business assigned to the committee by the board.
TN Code § 49-2-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 2 - Boards of Education|§ 49-2-207. Policy Pamphlets

  The local board of education shall compile and publish an official operating policy pamphlet, which shall contain, but not be limited to, such procedures as have been established by letter, directive, written or verbal memorandum, custom or tradition, and by which schools are managed, operated or controlled. Such policy pamphlet shall be updated every two (2) years.   “Pamphlet” may mean a loose-leaf binder.   A copy of the updated board of education operating policy pamphlet shall be distributed to each principal of each local school system to be kept on file and available in each school library during and immediately after normal school hours. Board of education operating policies kept in electronic format and available in each school library shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection (c).   Added or amended policies and a notice of each deleted policy shall be kept on file and available in each school library.   If a local board's operating policies are kept in electronic format, and if the board also maintains an internet website, then the board shall make its operating policies available and accessible on that website.   The commissioner shall be authorized and directed to take appropriate action to enforce this section.
TN Code § 49-2-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 2 - Boards of Education|§ 49-2-209. Insurance

  Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, local boards of education are authorized to provide group life, hospitalization, disability or medical insurance for teachers, principals and other employees.   For the purpose of financing the insurance programs, the employees who choose to participate may be required to bear a percentage of the expense of the coverages by having deducted such amounts from their salary.   The budget of the local board of education shall include an amount sufficient to pay the board's portion of the insurance premium.   The funds provided by the board of education and the amounts, if any, deducted from the employees' salaries shall be accounted for by creating a special account within the regular school fund.   The director of schools or a delegated committee of the board may prepare and present to the board for approval a contract or contracts with one (1) or more insurance companies or other corporation that may exist under title 56, Chapters 27 29, authorized to do business in this state or to one (1) or more insurance trusts that have contracted with such an insurance company or companies or corporations authorized to do business in this state for a policy or policies of group insurance to provide for the payment of group life, hospitalization, disability or medical expenses for designated school board employees.   Approval shall be by majority vote of the board of education and shall be executed in the name of the board of education.   The contracts may from time to time be amended, modified or changed by majority vote of the board.   The policy or policies shall conform to the standard provisions of group insurance policies as set forth in this code.   Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the county board of education may use the county's system of centralized purchasing to provide a life insurance plan for designated school board employees.
TN Code § 49-2-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 2 - Boards of Education|§ 49-2-210. School Based Decision Making

  Any local board of education may initiate a program of school based decision making and may designate areas including, but not limited to, management, curriculum, classroom management, professional development and budget to be decided at the school by school personnel, including classroom teachers.   Any board of education establishing a program of school based decision making shall define the procedures for implementation of its policies. Policies should recognize that school based decision making is a collaborative approach to planning and problem solving. Board policies may include guidelines for the participation of school personnel and others, including teachers, students, parents of students and other persons in the local community.   The board may permit such decisions as are made locally to be at variance with board policies. If the local decisions impact rules and policies of the state board of education or the commissioner of education, they shall be implemented pursuant to § 49-1-207, except that there shall be no limit to the number of systems participating. No such local decisions shall have the effect of nullifying requirements of law.
TN Code § 49-2-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 2 - Boards of Education|§ 49-2-211. Policy for Student Surveys, Analyses or Evaluations

  Every LEA shall develop a policy setting forth the rights of parents and students and guidelines for teachers and principals with respect to the administration of surveys, analyses or evaluations of students.    The policy set forth in subsection (a) shall allow a parent or legal guardian access to review all surveys, analyses or evaluations, prior to being administered to the parent or legal guardian's child. The policy shall enable a parent or legal guardian to opt their student out of participating in a survey, analysis, or evaluation.   Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1), the policy shall require a parent, legal guardian or student, in the case of students eighteen (18) years of age or older, to provide written consent before the collection of individual student biometric data.     The LEA shall also disclose to the parent or legal guardian of the student the purpose for the survey, analysis, or evaluation materials as well as who will have access to the results.
TN Code § 49-2-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 2 - Boards of Education|§ 49-2-212. Professional Associations and Lobbying Expenditures to Be Included in Board's Budget — Required Information

  For purposes of this section, “lobbying expenditures” means funds used to lobby, as defined in § 3-6-301, and also includes any dues paid to associations or membership organizations that lobby.   A local board of education shall include in its budget for each fiscal year a line item for professional associations and lobbying expenditures that includes the total amount to be spent on lobbying expenditures by the board during that fiscal year.   When any local board of education of a county or city school system submits its budget to the appropriate local legislative body for approval, the budget shall have attached a form that details all professional associations and lobbying expenditures included in the budget. The form shall at a minimum specify:  The total amount anticipated to be spent on professional associations and lobbying expenditures;   The amount of any dues to be paid to entities that lobby, along with the names of such entities;   The amount of any funds to be used to hire contract lobbyists; and   For the fiscal year beginning in 2017, the actual amount spent on items listed in subdivisions (c)(1)-(3) for the previous fiscal year.
TN Code § 49-2-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 3 - County Administration|§ 49-2-304. Teaching Supervisors

  Directors of schools may employ one (1) or more supervisors for the supervision of teaching in grades one through twelve (1-12), or any combination of these grades, in the respective school systems.   Any person employed as supervisor for the supervision of teaching shall have a license of qualification issued by the state board of education. The state board of education, in its discretion, may waive the requirement as to supervisors who were employed and serving in that capacity in nonequalizing local school districts as of January 1, 1957.
TN Code § 49-2-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 3 - County Administration|§ 49-2-305. Development and Adoption of Program to Promote Involvement of Parents and Guardians

  The LEA, in consultation with parents, teachers and administrators, shall develop and adopt a policy to promote the involvement of parents and guardians of children enrolled in the schools within the school district. The plan shall be submitted to the commissioner of education as part of the district's school improvement plans and shall be consistent with the Tennessee parent/family involvement policy of the state board of education. The plan shall include:  A plan for parent participation in the schools which is designed to improve parent and teacher cooperation in such areas as homework, attendance, discipline, and planning for higher education opportunities for students; and   Procedures by which parents may learn about the course of study for their children and have access to all learning materials.     The policy adopted by the LEA pursuant to this section may also include the following components:  A plan by which parents will be made aware of the district's parental involvement policy and this section, including:  Rights under the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (20 U.S.C. § 1232 et seq.), relating to access to children's official records; and   Information through which parents may access LEA policies and curriculum;     Efforts to encourage the development of parenting skills;   The communication to parents of techniques designed to assist the child's learning experience in the home;   Efforts to encourage access to community and support services for children and families;   The promotion of communication between the school and parents concerning school programs and the academic progress of the parents' children;   Identifying opportunities for parents to participate in and support classroom instruction in the school, including:  Organizing fundraising initiatives;   Volunteering as a field trip chaperone;   Assisting in the library, computer lab or on the playground;   Offering after school clubs; and   Recycling clothes;     Efforts to support parents as shared decision-makers and to encourage membership on school advisory committees;   The recognition of the diversity of parents and the development of guidelines that promote widespread parental participation and involvement in the school at various levels;   The development of preparation programs and specialized courses for certified employees and administrators that promote parental involvement; and   The development of strategies and programmatic structures at schools to encourage and enable parents to participate actively in their children's education.     For the purposes of this section, “parent” means the parent, guardian, person who has custody of the child or individual who has caregiving authority under § 49-6-3001.
TN Code § 49-2-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 4 - Municipal Schools|§ 49-2-401. Municipal School Tax

  Every incorporated municipality is empowered, through its governing board, to submit a proposition to the qualified voters to levy and collect a school tax, not exceeding the tax levied by the state for state purposes, on each one hundred dollars ($100) of the taxable property of the city or town submitting the proposition.   If two-thirds (2/3) of the qualified voters voting at the election vote for the tax, then the tax shall be levied and collected for the purpose of establishing a system of common schools in the city or town.   No tax shall be levied and collected in the municipality for and in any year unless the county in which the municipality is situated fails or refuses, on or before the April term of each year, to levy a county tax for common school purposes. Nothing in this section shall be construed to prohibit any municipality from levying a school tax additional to the county school tax.
TN Code § 49-2-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 4 - Municipal Schools|§ 49-2-402. Control of Municipal Schools

 The board of each municipality voting for and collecting the tax provided for in § 49-2-401 shall have exclusive control and management over such common schools.
TN Code § 49-2-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 4 - Municipal Schools|§ 49-2-403. State Funding

 All municipalities establishing common schools under this part shall be entitled to receive their proportions of the general school fund of the state, to be applied with the fund collected under §§ 49-2-401 and 49-2-402.
TN Code § 49-2-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 4 - Municipal Schools|§ 49-2-404. Charter Powers

 Cities and incorporated towns operating systems of public schools under provisions of their respective charters and levying an additional elementary school tax for operating expenses other than for grounds, buildings and equipment are empowered to continue the operation of the system of public schools under their respective charters; provided, that no transfer of children between city and county schools shall be made except by agreement between the respective boards of education.
TN Code § 49-2-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 4 - Municipal Schools|§ 49-2-405. Use of School Buildings and Property

  The boards of education of the respective municipalities shall have the right to permit municipal school buildings and municipal school property to be used for public, community or recreational purposes under such rules, regulations and conditions as may be prescribed from time to time by the boards of education; provided, that this right shall not extend to the use of the school buildings and property for private profit.   No such board of education, whether incorporated or unincorporated, and no member of any such boards of education, or other municipal or county school official, shall be held liable in damages for any injury to person or property resulting from the use of school buildings or property authorized by subsection (a).
TN Code § 49-2-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 2 - Local Administration|Part 4 - Municipal Schools|§ 49-2-406. Reports to State

 Any city director of schools or secretary of the town or city board of education who does not make all reports required by the commissioner of education, on or before July 10 for the fiscal year ending June 30 preceding, shall be considered delinquent and the commissioner shall appoint a competent person to make the delinquent report and allow a reasonable sum for the service, which amount shall not exceed ten dollars ($10.00) a day for the time actually required to make the report, together with transportation and subsistence.