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TN Code § 49-6-4219 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 42 - School Security Act of 1981|§ 49-6-4219. Policy Regulating Use of Electronic Control Devices

 Any law enforcement agency providing a school resource officer, school security officer or other law enforcement officer providing security at a school shall have a policy regulating the use of electronic control devices, which policy shall address training in the proper use of such devices, as well as investigation, documentation and review of such use, to include final approval of any report documenting such use by the agency's chief executive officer or sheriff.
TN Code § 49-6-4401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 44 - School Discipline in Special School Districts|§ 49-6-4401. Students Accountable for Conduct

 Every teacher in the special school district created by § 37-5-119 is authorized to hold every juvenile pupil strictly accountable for any disorderly conduct in school.
TN Code § 49-6-4402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 44 - School Discipline in Special School Districts|§ 49-6-4402. Corporal Punishment

  The chief administrative officer, or the chief administrative officer's designee, of any institution in which the schools are located, may use corporal punishment in a reasonable manner and in accordance with this part against any pupil for good cause in order to maintain discipline and order within such schools.   Corporal punishment may be administered only in a classroom situation and only in the presence of the director of schools or chief administrative officer of the school and one (1) other faculty witness.    Notwithstanding subsection (a), the chief administrative officer, or the chief administrative officer's designee, is prohibited from using corporal punishment against any student who has a disability, unless an LEA's discipline policy permits the use of corporal punishment and a parent of a child who has a disability permits, in writing, the use of corporal punishment against the parent's child. The written permission must state the type of corporal punishment that may be used and the circumstances in which the use of corporal punishment is permitted. The school's chief administrative officer must keep the written permission on file at the school. The school's chief administrative officer must notify the parent any time corporal punishment is used. The school's chief administrative officer must inform the parent, when the written permission for the use of corporal punishment is submitted, that the parent may revoke the permission to use corporal punishment at any time by giving written notice to the school's chief administrative officer that corporal punishment may no longer be used against the parent's child who has a disability.   As used in this subsection (c), “student who has a disability” means a student who has an individualized education program (IEP) under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.), or a Section 504 plan under the Rehabilitation Act (29 U.S.C. § 701 et seq.).
TN Code § 49-6-4403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 44 - School Discipline in Special School Districts|§ 49-6-4403. Rules and Regulations

  The department of children's services shall adopt rules and regulations that specifically designate the method of imposing corporal punishment and the circumstances that warrant corporal punishment in the schools within its special school district. The rules and regulations shall provide for only corporal punishment that is reasonably necessary for the proper education of the pupil.   No corporal punishment shall be imposed until the rules and regulations have been promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.   The rules and regulations shall provide for a written record to be kept of all use of corporal punishment, including the name of the person requesting the punishment and a brief description of the circumstances warranting its use.
TN Code § 49-6-4404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 44 - School Discipline in Special School Districts|§ 49-6-4404. Physical Examination of Student — Student's Remedies

  Within forty-eight (48) hours of the imposition of corporal punishment within the special school district, the pupil shall have the right to be examined by a physician to determine if the punishment was excessive.   In any case in which the punishment is excessive, the pupil shall have the same civil and criminal remedies as any other pupil in the public schools.
TN Code § 49-6-4501 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 45 - Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying and Cyber-Bullying|§ 49-6-4501. Legislative Findings — Safety and Civility

 The general assembly finds and declares that:   A safe and civil environment is necessary for students to learn and achieve high academic standards;   Harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying, like other disruptive or violent behavior, is conduct that disrupts a student's ability to learn and a school's ability to educate its students in a safe environment;   Students learn by example. School administrators, faculty, staff and volunteers who demonstrate appropriate behavior, treating others with civility and respect and refusing to tolerate harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying, encourage others to do so as well; and   The use of telephones, cellular phones or other wireless telecommunication devices, personal digital assistants (PDAs), computers, electronic mail, instant messaging, text messaging, and websites by students in a manner that is safe and secure is essential to a safe and civil learning environment and is necessary for students to successfully use technology.
TN Code § 49-6-4502 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 45 - Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying and Cyber-Bullying|§ 49-6-4502. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Cyber-bullying” means bullying undertaken through the use of electronic devices;   “Electronic devices” include, but are not limited to, telephones, cellular phones or other wireless telecommunication devices, personal digital assistants (PDAs), computers, electronic mail, instant messaging, text messaging, and websites;   “Harassment, intimidation or bullying” means any act that substantially interferes with a student's educational benefits, opportunities or performance; and:  If the act takes place on school grounds, at any school-sponsored activity, on school-provided equipment or transportation or at any official school bus stop, the act has the effect of:   Physically harming a student or damaging a student's property;   Knowingly placing a student or students in reasonable fear of physical harm to the student or damage to the student's property;   Causing emotional distress to a student or students; or   Creating a hostile educational environment; or     If the act takes place off school property or outside of a school-sponsored activity, it is directed specifically at a student or students and has the effect of creating a hostile educational environment or otherwise creating a substantial disruption to the education environment or learning process.
TN Code § 49-6-4504 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 45 - Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying and Cyber-Bullying|§ 49-6-4504. Adoption of Policy Prohibiting Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying or Cyber-Bullying by Lea

  Each LEA shall adopt a policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying and transmit a copy of the policy to the commissioner of education by January 1, 2006.   Each LEA is encouraged to review the policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, bullying, or cyber-bullying at least once every three (3) years. Each LEA shall transmit a copy of any changes in the policy to the commissioner in a timely manner.
TN Code § 49-6-4505 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 45 - Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying and Cyber-Bullying|§ 49-6-4505. Reprisal or Retaliation Prohibited — Reporting Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying or Cyber-Bullying — Immunity From Damages

  A school employee, student or volunteer may not engage in reprisal or retaliation against a victim of, witness to, or person with reliable information about an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying.   A school employee, student or volunteer who witnesses or has reliable information that a student has been subjected to an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying is encouraged to report the act to the appropriate school official designated by the school district's policy.   A school employee who promptly reports an act of harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying to the appropriate school official in compliance with the procedures set forth in the school district's policy is immune from a cause of action for damages arising from any failure to remedy the reported act.   Notwithstanding subsections (b) and (c), a school employee, student or volunteer who witnesses or possesses reliable information that a student has transmitted by an electronic device any communication containing a credible threat to cause bodily injury or death to another student or school employee shall report such information to the appropriate school official designated by the policy of the school district. Such school official shall make a determination regarding the administration of the report.
TN Code § 49-6-4506 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 45 - Harassment, Intimidation, Bullying and Cyber-Bullying|§ 49-6-4506. Task Forces, Programs or Other Initiatives

 School districts are encouraged to form harassment, intimidation, bullying or cyber-bullying prevention task forces, programs and other initiatives involving school employees, students, administrators, volunteers, parents, guardians, law enforcement and community representatives.
TN Code § 49-6-5001 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 50 - Immunization of School Children|§ 49-6-5001. General Provisions

  The commissioner of health is authorized, subject to the approval of the public health council, to designate diseases against which children must be immunized prior to attendance at any school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool or child care facility of this state.    It is the responsibility of the parents or guardian of children to have their children immunized, as required by subsection (a).   In the absence of an epidemic or immediate threat of an epidemic, this section shall not apply to any child whose parent or guardian files with school authorities a signed, written statement that the immunization and other preventive measures conflict with the parent's or guardian's religious tenets and practices, affirmed under the penalties of perjury.      No children shall be permitted to attend any public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool or child care facility until proof of immunization is given the admissions officer of the school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool or child care facility except as provided in subsection (b).   No child shall be denied admission to any school or school facility if the child has not been immunized due to medical reasons if the child has a written statement from the child's doctor excusing the child from the immunization.   No child or youth determined to be homeless shall be denied admission to any school or school facility if the child or youth has not yet been immunized or is unable to produce immunization records due to being homeless. The enrolling school shall comply with any and all federal laws pertaining to the educational rights of homeless children and youth, including the McKinney-Vento Homeless Assistance Act (42 U.S.C. § 11431 et seq.).     Each child attending any school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool or child care facility without furnishing proof of immunization or exception under subsection (b) or (e), shall not be counted in the average daily attendance of students for the distribution of state school funds.   Any immunization specified under this part shall not be required if a qualified physician certifies that administration of the immunization would be in any manner harmful to the child involved.   The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations necessary to carry out this section.   By October 1 of each year, the commissioner shall report the number of children in the state during the preceding school year who were determined to be homeless and who enrolled in public schools without being immunized or being able to produce immunization records and the average length of time required for these children to be immunized or to obtain their immunization records. The report shall be submitted to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives.
TN Code § 49-6-5002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 50 - Immunization of School Children|§ 49-6-5002. Certificate of Immunization

  Proof of immunization shall be established by a certificate of immunization listing all immunizations that a child has received. The certificates shall be signed by a physician or a health care provider administering immunizations. All certificates of immunization shall be on forms furnished by the department of health.   The certificate of immunizations required of any child who has not received all immunizations required by the commissioner of health under § 49-6-5001(a) shall be forwarded to the commissioner. The commissioner shall be responsible for monitoring the health records and notifying the student's legal guardian or guardians and the local school system in the case of noncompliance with immunization requirements.
TN Code § 49-6-5003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 50 - Immunization of School Children|§ 49-6-5003. Hepatitis B Immunization

  The department of health shall create a plan to protect young Tennesseans against Hepatitis B by immunization and to prevent the spread of the disease.   The department shall also promulgate the necessary rules to add Hepatitis B to the schedule of immunizations required for kindergarten entry.
TN Code § 49-6-5004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 50 - Immunization of School Children|§ 49-6-5004. Promotion of Eye, Hearing and Dental Care Awareness

  Upon registration or as early as is otherwise possible and appropriate, public schools, nursery schools, kindergartens, preschools or child care facilities are encouraged to make reasonable efforts to apprise parents of the health benefits of obtaining appropriate eye, hearing and dental care for children.   A health care professional is authorized to indicate the need for an eye, hearing or dental examination on any report or form used in reporting the immunization status for a child as required under this part. Health care professionals shall provide a copy of the report or form to the parents or guardians indicating the need to seek appropriate examinations for the child.   If the parent or guardian of a child with a need for an eye or hearing examination is unable to afford the examination, an LEA of a county or municipality may use revenues from gifts, grants and state and local appropriations to provide the eye or hearing examinations.   LEAs are encouraged to seek free or reduced-cost eye examinations from optometrists or ophthalmologists and free or reduced-cost hearing examinations from physicians or audiologists willing to donate their services for children who are unable to afford the eye or hearing examinations.   The commissioner shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, that are necessary to carry out this section.
TN Code § 49-6-5005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 50 - Immunization of School Children|§ 49-6-5005. Information About Meningococcal Disease and Influenza and the Effectiveness of Vaccination

  LEAs shall ensure that schools provide parents and guardians with information about meningococcal disease and the effectiveness of vaccination against meningococcal disease at the beginning of every school year. This information shall include the causes, symptoms and means by which meningococcal disease is spread and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children. Nothing in this subsection (a) shall be construed to require an LEA or school to provide or purchase vaccine against meningococcal disease.   LEAs shall ensure that schools provide parents and guardians with information about influenza disease and the effectiveness of vaccination against influenza at the beginning of every school year. This information must include the causes, symptoms, and means by which influenza is spread and the places where parents and guardians may obtain additional information and vaccinations for their children. Nothing in this subsection (b) requires an LEA or school to provide or purchase vaccine against influenza. The department of education, in consultation with the department of health, shall provide information to LEAs to assist in the implementation of this subsection (b).
TN Code § 49-6-5101 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 51 - Student Identification|§ 49-6-5101. Assignment of Personal Identification Numbers — Identification and Tracking of Students With Active Duty Military or Reserve Parents or Guardians

  To facilitate the identification and tracking of students from school to school and LEA to LEA, and to facilitate and make more efficient the keeping of records, all students shall be assigned a personal identification number upon entry into a Tennessee public school.   To facilitate the identification and tracking of students with active duty military or reserve component parents or guardians from school to school, LEA to LEA, and state to state, and to facilitate and make more efficient the keeping of records, the personal identification number assigned to students with active duty military or reserve component parents or guardians shall be maintained by the department of education.   The department shall:  Create a data entry point that identifies students with active duty military parents or guardians;   Disaggregate data to identify students with active duty parents and guardians and children of parents or guardians of the national guard or reserves as separate groups;   Prescribe a uniform program for the collection, maintenance, and transfer of data that each LEA must adopt;   Prescribe the format for the data; and   Prescribe the date by which each LEA shall report the data to the department.     The information collected pursuant to subsections (b) and (c) shall be utilized as cohort data as a report-only subgroup and not for the purposes of school, LEA, or teacher evaluations.   The department shall establish, to the extent authorized by the Family Education Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) (20 U.S.C. § 1232g), and any regulations adopted pursuant thereto, a mechanism for a person or entity to have different types of access to the information contained in the database, to the extent that such information is necessary for the performance of a duty or that such information may be made available without posing a threat to the confidentiality of a student.   For the purposes of subsection (e), “person or entity” includes state officers who are members of the executive or legislative branch, administrators of public schools and school districts, teachers and other educational personnel, and parents and guardians.
TN Code § 49-6-5105 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 51 - Student Identification|§ 49-6-5105. Identification Numbers — Limitations on Use — Confidentiality

 The commissioner shall use the identification numbers furnished under this part for the purpose of tracking students and for other statistical reports or surveys, but for no other purpose. Listings of student names and identification numbers shall not be public records.
TN Code § 49-6-5106 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 51 - Student Identification|§ 49-6-5106. Use of Name on Birth Certificate

 A student shall be enrolled in the name that appears on the student's certificate of live birth or certificate of birth by adoption if the adoption occurs prior to the child's entrance into school. The student shall be known by that lawful name in all facets of school records, report cards, student testing and any school activities. Name changes due to marriage of a student will be entered on the student's record upon receipt of a marriage certificate. Court-ordered name changes will be entered on the student's record upon receipt of the appropriate court document.
TN Code § 49-6-6002 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6002. Tests Not to Be Conducted Earlier Than Grade Three (3) — Test Dates

  No state-mandated test shall be conducted earlier than grade three (3), except that when the first and second grade tests provided for in chapter 434, § 7 of the Public Acts of 1997 are available, these tests shall be conducted.   The commissioner of education shall establish a schedule for the administration of the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program assessments and meet the provisions of § 49-1-226. The commissioner shall have the authority to adjust the schedule for reasons including, but not limited to, natural disaster, prolonged inclement weather, or serious outbreaks of contagious illness.
TN Code § 49-6-6003 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6003. Comprehensive Writing Assessment

 A comprehensive writing assessment shall be conducted in at least one (1) grade within each of the following grade spans: elementary, middle grades and high school, as determined by the state board of education.
TN Code § 49-6-6004 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6004. Computer Science Courses — Satisfaction of Elective Focus Requirement

 Beginning with the 2016-2017 school year, the state board of education shall approve appropriate computer science courses that every candidate for a full high school diploma may enroll in and complete to satisfy the elective focus requirement for graduation. As used in this section, “computer science courses” shall include, but not be limited to, software engineering, computer programming, computer graphics and design, and computer-aided design.
TN Code § 49-6-6005 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education|Part 60 - Proficiency Testing|§ 49-6-6005. Special Education Diplomas

 A special education diploma shall be awarded to students who have satisfactorily completed an individualized education program and who have satisfactory records of attendance and conduct, but who have not met the proficiency testing requirements established under § 49-6-6001.