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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-107) › Section 49-1-105 - Completion of school year when parent relocated

It is the intent of the general assembly that every child have an opportunity to succeed educationally. An LEA may permit a child who is legally enrolled in a school within the LEA to complete the year in that school when, during the school year, the custodial parent or parent's residence has been relocated due to active military duty or other hardship and is to be reviewed on a case-by-case basis by the LEA.
Acts 2004, ch. 686, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-107) › Section 49-1-106 - Best practices clearinghouse

(a)
The general assembly finds and declares that teaching practices in educational institutions that receive public funding for kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) education should embrace and implement the best practices of models of K-12 education reform including those developed by charter schools, virtual schools, schools participating in voucher programs and other reform models that may arise. Such best practices should be implemented to:
(1)
Encourage the use of different and innovative teaching methods proven to be effective through education reform models;
(2)
Improve learning opportunities for all students; and
(3)
Close the achievement gap between high-performing and low-performing students.
(b)
In order to effectively identify and disseminate best practices of education reform, the state board of education, the department of education and the office of research and education accountability in the office of the comptroller of the treasury, shall confer with other education stakeholders and determine the best means of organizing and operating a best practices clearinghouse.
(c)
The purpose of the best practices clearinghouse shall be to collaborate and cooperate with schools using models of education reform to identify their best practices, to implement a system for dissemination of such practices, to permit all public schools to learn from these best practices, and to assist public schools in the use of best practices. The best practices clearinghouse shall be charged with studying models of education reform to identify, develop and share best practices of these models with public schools.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 684,s 2, eff. 3/24/2016.
Acts 2011, ch. 259, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-107) › Section 49-1-107 - [Repealed]

Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, s 2, eff. 4/18/2018.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 684, s 3, eff. 3/24/2016.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182, s 8, eff. 4/17/2015.
Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 811, s 1, eff. 4/25/2014.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] (§ 49-1-NEW) › 1

(a)
By July 1, 2025, the department of education shall identify and approve at least one (1) standards-aligned professional development course on mathematics instruction skills that is available, at no cost, to teachers in kindergarten through grade eight (K-8). The department shall use the findings of the mathematics expert review committee convened pursuant to Section 3(b), and the findings and conclusions of the landscape analysis required in Section 3(a), to inform its approval of a professional development course for purposes of this subsection (a).
(b)
By August 1, 2025, the department shall revise the standards for high school students participating in a teaching-as-a-profession career pathway to include standards-aligned mathematics instruction skills in alignment with the professional development course on mathematics Instruction skills identified and approved by the department pursuant to subsection (a). The department shall use the findings of the mathematics expert review committee convened pursuant to Section 3(b), and the findings and conclusions of the landscape analysis required in Section 3(a), to inform the standards, which must be approved by the state board of education.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 551,s 2, eff. 3/11/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] (§ 49-1-NEW) › 2

(a)
The department of education shall conduct a landscape analysis of:
(1)
The current mathematics proficiency levels in this state disaggregated by LEA, grade levels, and student groups, including student achievement and student growth in mathematics;
(2)
LEAs with varying levels of mathematics proficiency, including an examination of instructional programming, as well as strategies to remediate, intervene, and provide supports to improve student proficiency in mathematics;
(3)
Professional development and pedagogical practices used by LEAs for teachers in mathematics;
(4)
The practices used by educator preparation providers in this state to prepare mathematics teachers for educator licensure; and
(5)
The benefits and potential outcomes of requiring teachers to successfully complete a standards-aligned mathematics professional development course to obtain, renew, advance, or maintain an educator license with an endorsement that qualifies the teacher to teach mathematics to students in kindergarten through grade eight (K-8).
(b)
The department shall convene a mathematics expert review committee comprised of mathematics educators in this state and mathematics experts in this state and nationwide to review and evaluate the mathematics professional development options available in this state to assist the department in identifying a professional development course on mathematics instruction skills suitable for approval pursuant to Section 2(a). The committee shall report its findings to the department.
(c)
The department shall report the findings and conclusions of the landscape analysis required in subsection (a) and the findings of the mathematics expert review committee convened pursuant to subsection (b), along with any recommendations for legislation, to the education committees of the senate and house of representatives no later than January 31, 2025.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 551,s 3, eff. 3/11/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] (§ 49-1-NEW) › 3

(a)
As used in this section:
(1)
"Fund" means the school safety alert pilot grant fund for First Alert Systems, as created by this section; and
(2)
"Local education agency" or "LEA" means a county, city, or special school district, unified school district, or school district of a metropolitan government.
(b)
The department of education shall establish and administer a school safety alert grant pilot program. The purpose of the pilot program is to award school safety grants to LEAs, public charter schools, private schools, and church-related schools for the purchase of mobile panic alert systems described in § 49-6-804(a). The alert systems funded through the pilot program must be approved by the department of education, in consultation with the department of safety.
(c)
There is created a separate fund within the general fund to be known as the school safety alert grant pilot fund.
(d)
(1)
Subject to appropriations and the availability of funds, the department shall allocate and disperse grants each fiscal year to LEAs, public charter schools, private schools, and church-related schools.
(2)
The grants must be awarded as follows:
(A)
The first grant must be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to the first LEA or school that applies;
(B)
The second grant must be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to an LEA or school that is located in a different grand division of this state than the recipient of the grant awarded under subdivision (d)(2)(A);
(C)
The third grant must be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to an LEA or school that is located in a different grand division of this state than the recipients of the grants awarded under subdivisions (d)(2)(A) and (d)(2)(B); and
(D)
The fourth and any subsequent grants must be awarded on a first-come, first-served basis to an LEA or school that is located in a grand division of this state, following the order of awards as established under subdivisions (d)(2)(A)-(C).
(3)
A grant awarded under this section is limited to eight thousand dollars ($8,000) per school in a fiscal year. Subject to appropriation, two (2) schools from each grand division of the state must receive the grant funding.
(e)
The commissioner of education may promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this section in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
(f)
By July 1, 2025, and by each July 1 thereafter, the department shall prepare and submit to the general assembly a report detailing all funds received and payments made through the school safety alert grant pilot fund.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 994,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-202 - Divisions

(a)
The department of education shall be organized in divisions that the commissioner, with the approval of the governor, finds necessary, except that there shall be a division of career and technical education, the head of which shall be an assistant commissioner. The assistant commissioner for career and technical education shall be responsible for the management of all career and technical education matters as governed by federal and state policies, guidelines, rules, and regulations.
(b)
All references to or duties or powers of the former division of vocational education or to the division of vocational-technical education shall be deemed to be references to or powers or duties of the division of career and technical education.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 204,s 1, eff. 4/25/2019.
Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 37; 1925, ch. 115, §§ 3, 4; Shan. Supp., §§ 373a89, 1487a17, 1487a22; Code 1932, §§ 311, 2308, 2313; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, §§ 56, 69; Acts 1937, ch. 240, § 1; 1947, ch. 93, § 3; 1947, ch. 99, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 311 (Williams, §§ 311, 2271.1, 2271.7, 2308); modified; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 12; Acts 1963, ch. 13, § 1; 1982, ch. 689, § 19; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-110, 49-111; Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 6, § 9; 2006, ch. 1016, §§ 1, 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-203 - Waiver of state board rules

(a)
The commissioner of education is authorized to grant waivers to a school that does not comply with the rules and regulations of the state board of education only when officially requested by action of the local board of education.
(b)
Waivers may be granted for no more than two (2) years in succession for the same violation in the same school. The waiver may be extended for an additional period by the commissioner if, in the commissioner's judgment, additional time is required by the local board of education to secure the necessary funding for the removal of the condition that necessitated the waiver.
(c)
The department shall include on its website:
(1)
Any rules, regulations or policies of the state board that are waived by the local board of education within five (5) business days of the commissioner's approval; and
(2)
An explanation from the local board of education for the waiver.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 678,s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1974, ch. 650, § 1; 1976, ch. 503, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-116.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-204 - Driver education and training courses in public schools

(a)
In order to expand driver education throughout the public schools of this state and to promote safety on the highways, the department of education is directed to promote and expand driver education and training courses throughout the public schools of this state. The courses shall include an area of instruction dealing with the effects of the consumption of alcoholic beverages on driving abilities.
(b)
To the amount apportioned to the department to promote and expand driver education throughout the public schools of this state and promote safety on the highways, pursuant to §§
67-4-602
- 67-4-606, shall be added the annual appropriation of state funds for the driver education program. The funds appropriated to the department may be used for matching any federal funds that may become available for driver education under the Highway Safety Act of 1966, P.L. 89-564 (
23 U.S.C. § 401
et seq.).
Acts 1965, ch. 302, §§ 1, 3; 1969, ch. 25, § 1; 1972, ch. 693, § 2; 1981, ch. 488, § 5; T.C.A., § 49-115; Acts 1985, ch. 443, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-205 - Support and assistance for family life education

(a)
The department of education shall develop a program of technical support and assistance for LEAs that initiates implementation of family life education in conformity with the guidelines established by the state board of education.
(b)
The program of technical support and assistance shall include:
(1)
Suggested methods for maintaining a high level of parental and community support for family life education;
(2)
Workshops, seminars or other training opportunities for family life instructors;
(3)
Assistance in selecting family life textbooks and resource materials most suitable for the special needs of the community that the LEA serves;
(4)
Recommended mechanisms for effectively monitoring and evaluating implementation of family life courses; and
(5)
Other similar services to assist the LEA.
(c)
The program of technical support and assistance developed pursuant to this section shall be provided upon request of an LEA.
Acts 1987, ch. 442, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-206 - Preschool/parenting learning centers for teen parents

The departments of education and human services shall develop and implement statewide a joint program of technical assistance, consultative services, workshops, seminars, training opportunities and other appropriate methods of encouragement and support for any LEA that establishes, or that is considering establishment of, a public school based preschool/parenting learning center to provide child care and parenting training for teen parents who are enrolled as students and to reduce dropout rates among such parents. The joint program shall also provide assistance to any such agency in developing a transportation plan that will enable and encourage teen parents and their children to fully participate and benefit from the center. Additionally, the joint program shall provide assistance to any such agency in utilizing the center for parenting and child development course electives for students who are not parents, in order to instruct such students on the realities and difficulties associated with early parenthood. The departments shall jointly undertake continuing activities to inform and remind all LEAs of the program established pursuant to this section. To the extent that funding is available for such purpose as contained within the general appropriations act, other appropriate methods of encouragement and support may include state implementation grants awarded on a matching fund basis, the dollar amount of any state implementation grant to be determined by the department of education, acting in consultation with the department of human services.
Acts 1988, ch. 1006, §§ 2, 3; 1996, ch. 1079, § 183; 2011, ch. 410, § 3(dd).
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-208 - Form for student to report allergy

The department, in consultation with the department of health, shall develop a standardized form on which a student with an allergy may report the allergy to the school in which the student is enrolled. The department shall make the form available to all LEAs. An LEA shall require each school in the LEA to use the form to maintain a record of any student who has reported having an allergy.
Added by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 628, s 1, eff. 3/20/2020.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-209 - Management information system

The commissioner of education is authorized to prescribe a management information system through which local school systems maintain, record and report information to the department and information for internal school and system management. The system shall be established by the commissioner in accordance with the standards and policies and procedures established by the information system council.
Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-210 - Standards of fiscal accountability

The commissioner shall recommend standards of fiscal accountability and soundness for local school systems to the state board of education, and the state board shall promulgate rules based on these standards to be used in evaluating the fiscal operations of local school systems.
Acts 1992, ch. 535, § 4.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-212 - Fiscal analysis required of any policy, rule, or regulation that will financially impact an LEA

(a)
The state board of education shall establish guidelines whereby the department shall prepare a fiscal analysis of any policy, rule or regulation proposed to the state board by the department if such proposal will financially impact an LEA.
(b)
The analysis shall, if possible, include an estimate in dollars of the anticipated impact on expenditures or fiscal liability along with an explanation of the basis or reasoning on which the estimate is founded, including any assumptions involved.
Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 882,s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 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.
Acts 1994, ch. 985, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-214 - Safe schools - Advisory guidelines

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 248,s 7, eff. 5/2/2019.
Acts 1996, ch. 891, § 2; 1999, ch. 240, § 1; 1999, ch. 310, § 1; 2003, ch. 355, § 27.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 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.
Acts 1996, ch. 966, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 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.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 248,s 8, eff. 5/2/2019.
Acts 1997, ch. 215, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-217 - State library coordinator

(a)
The commissioner of education shall employ within the department a certified school librarian to serve as the Tennessee state library coordinator.
(b)
The Tennessee state library coordinator shall:
(1)
Assist school librarians in implementing the department's strategic plan and student literacy and digital citizenship initiatives;
(2)
Consult, guide, and train school librarians to strengthen school library programs for students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12);
(3)
Provide input on revisions to the school librarian evaluation model;
(4)
Work with the state library and archives to provide school libraries with equal access to high-quality educational reading materials and resources;
(5)
Support the department's work by promoting best practices among school librarians and technology coordinators; and
(6)
Develop and promote strategies for school librarians to partner with classroom instructors to support school and district-level instructional programs.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1048,s 1, eff. 5/25/2022.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 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.
Acts 2002, ch. 814, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 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.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 58, s 2, eff. 7/1/2015.
Acts 2006, ch. 634, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-220 - Study of best practices - Study requirements - Resources to be used for study - Study report deadline

(a)
The department of education shall conduct a study of best practices in other states for the use of ninth grade "on-track" indicators in state accountability systems to prevent students from dropping out of high school.
(b)
The study must include, but is not limited to, research into how states:
(1)
Define "on-track" high school success;
(2)
Develop specific indicators to identify students who are at risk of dropping out of high school, including, but not limited to:
(A)
Credit accumulation and course completion in the ninth grade;
(B)
Attendance patterns;
(C)
Failure of English language arts or mathematics courses;
(D)
Scoring below proficient on statewide assessments administered in English language arts or mathematics; and
(E)
Student suspensions and expulsions;
(3)
Develop and use statewide dropout early warning systems in the middle school and high school grades;
(4)
Utilize methods to publicly report relevant data regarding "on-track" high school success indicators and outcomes, including, but not limited to:
(A)
State report card systems;
(B)
Published reports; and
(C)
Disaggregation by student subgroups, such as economically disadvantaged students, rural students, racial and ethnic groups, students with disabilities, and English learners;
(5)
Set goals and monitor how many students remain "on track" in ninth grade in alignment with statewide graduation goals; and
(6)
Provide supports and guidance to schools and districts to improve and increase the number of ninth grade students who are "on track."
(c)
The department shall conduct the study required in this section within the existing resources of the department.
(d)
The department shall, no later than January 31, 2024, submit a report of the outcomes of the study required in this section to the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives, and shall publish the report on the department's website.
Added by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 322, s 1, eff. 4/28/2023.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-222 - Certificate of licensure for educators

(a)
The department of education shall design and adopt a certificate of licensure for issuance to educators who have met the requirements for licensure established by the state board of education.
(b)
A certificate of licensure must:
(1)
State the:
(A)
Full name of the educator;
(B)
Date on which the certificate of licensure was issued;
(C)
Date on which the certificate of licensure expires;
(D)
Type of license issued to the educator;
(E)
Educator's areas of endorsement;
(F)
Reference number for the certificate of licensure; and
(G)
Highest level of education attained by the educator as of the date on which the certificate of licensure was issued;
(2)
Bear the signature of the governor and of the commissioner, or the commissioner's designee, under the name and seal of the state of Tennessee;
(3)
State that the educator has met all of the requirements established by the state board of education and is authorized to serve in the public schools of Tennessee as indicated on the educator's certificate of licensure; and
(4)
Present the information required in subdivisions (b)(1)-(3) in a format suitable for framing by the educator.
(c)
The department shall provide an educator with a certificate of licensure printed on paper designed to demonstrate the significance of the educator's achievement upon the educator's request and upon the educator's payment of a fee, if any, prescribed by the commissioner to offset the cost of providing the printed certificate.
(d)
The department shall provide access through the department's online educator licensing portal for an educator to view and print a high-resolution color copy of the educator's certificate of licensure at no cost to the educator.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1145,s 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 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:
(1)
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;
(2)
Encourage schools to have individual asthma action plans for students with asthma;
(3)
Encourage in-service training for teachers, and encourage athletic coaches and athletes to participate in the American Lung Association's asthma treatment training;
(4)
Encourage the development of education for local boards of education and the public concerning self-administration of asthma medications; and
(5)
Promote procedures to reduce exposure to smoke, allergens and other irritants in school buildings, on school grounds and at school events.
Acts 2008, ch. 1154, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-224 - Education Pays Act - Award of rewards - Funding

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725,s 12, eff. 4/18/2018.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182,s 11, eff. 4/17/2015.
Acts 2009, ch. 326, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-225 - [Repealed] Reserved

Repealed by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, s 13, eff. 4/18/2018.
Added by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 406, s 1, eff. 5/14/2013.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 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.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725,Secs.s14, s15 eff. 4/18/2018.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182,s 12, eff. 4/17/2015.
Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 905,s 10, eff. 5/13/2014.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-227 - Compilation of list of laws related to rights of students, parents, or legal guardians - Posting of list on department website

(a)
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.
(b)
The list shall be posted on the website of the department. Each LEA shall prominently display a link to the list on its website.
Added by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 644,s 1, eff. 3/23/2016.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-230 - Development of training programs for adverse childhood experiences

(a)
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.
(b)
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:
(1)
The effects of ACEs on a child's mental, physical, social, behavioral, emotional, and cognitive development;
(2)
ACEs as a risk factor for the development of substance abuse disorders and other at-risk health behaviors;
(3)
Trauma-informed principles and practices for classrooms; and
(4)
How early identification of children exposed to one (1) or more ACEs may improve educational outcomes.
(c)
An LEA may develop its own ACEs training program to make available to the LEA's school personnel.
Acts 2018 , ch. 723, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 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:
(1)
The department of education;
(2)
Local education agencies (LEAs);
(3)
The National Association of Social Workers, Tennessee Chapter;
(4)
The Tennessee Association of School Social Workers;
(5)
The Tennessee Association of School Counselors;
(6)
The Tennessee Association of School Nurses;
(7)
The Tennessee Association of School Psychologists; and
(8)
The Tennessee Commission on Children and Youth.
Acts 2018, ch. 844, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 2 - DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-232) › Section 49-1-232 - Computer science courses - Professional development program in computer science education - Incentives - Computer science education network

To ensure that all students are fully prepared for the technological jobs of today and in the future, the department of education shall:
(1)
Provide, no later than the start of the 2023-2024 school year, computer science courses, including online options, in which public school students across the state may enroll at no charge to satisfy the requirements of §
49-6-1010
, if the courses are approved by the state board of education;
(2)
Subject to available funding, provide, at no charge to educators, a professional development program in computer science education for educators that includes professional learning modules that provide educators with the opportunity to learn and demonstrate competency in computer science by earning a micro-credential pursuant to §
49-1-302(k)(2)
;
(3)
Subject to available funding, provide incentives for schools and educators to offer high-quality professional development opportunities in computer science education to educators, and to offer high-quality computer science education to students; and
(4)
Create a computer science education network that may be integrated into the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics (STEM) school designation and Tennessee STEM Innovation Network (TSIN) regional hubs.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 979, s 1, eff. 5/3/2022.
Acts 2019, ch. 454, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 3 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-301 — 49-1-315) › Section 49-1-303 - Reserved

Repealed by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 493, s 8, eff. 5/25/2021.
Acts 1957, ch. 194, § 1; 1957, ch. 378, § 1; 1982, ch. 704, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-113; Acts 1998, ch. 704, §§ 1 - 6.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 3 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-301 — 49-1-315) › Section 49-1-304 - Acquisition of federal surplus property

(a)
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.
(b)
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.
(c)
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.
Acts 1953, ch. 133, §§ 1-3 (Williams, § 2316b); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-808 -- 49-810.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 3 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-301 — 49-1-315) › Section 49-1-305 - Executive director - Staff

(a)
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.
(b)
The state board's staff is subject to personnel rules and policies that are applicable to state employees in general, including leave, compensation, classification, and travel rules and policies. The state board controls the work of the executive director and may terminate the executive director's employment. The state board and the executive director, in accordance with subsection (a), have the sole authority to appoint, terminate, and control staff employees. The board's employees do not have preferred service status.
(c)
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.
(d)
The executive director, or the executive director's designee, is an ex officio, nonvoting member of the Tennessee higher education commission.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 737, s 2, eff. 3/24/2022.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 493, s 14, eff. 5/25/2021.
Acts 1984 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 6, § 5; 2012 , ch. 800, § 49.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 3 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-301 — 49-1-315) › Section 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 committees of the house of representatives.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 64, s 69, eff. 3/29/2021.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 345, s 79, eff. 5/10/2019.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182, s 14, eff. 4/17/2015.
Acts 1984 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 6, § 28; 2011 , ch. 410, § 4 (c).
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 3 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-301 — 49-1-315) › Section 49-1-307 - Academic standards for computer science education

The department of education shall recommend academic standards for computer science education to the state board of education for adoption. The state board shall adopt academic standards for computer science education, which must be included in the computer science curriculum for students in grades kindergarten through twelve (K-12). The standards adopted by the state board must be available for implementation beginning with the 2023-2024 school year; however, schools shall not be required to implement the computer science standards until the 2024-2025 school year.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 979,s 2, eff. 5/3/2022.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 3 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-301 — 49-1-315) › Section 49-1-308 - Inclusion of events of Civil Rights Movement in academic standards in subject of social studies

Beginning with the next adoption of academic standards in the subject of social studies, the standards recommendation committee shall include events of the Civil Rights Movement during the period from 1954 to 1968 in the committee's final recommendation of academic standards in the subject of social studies for students in grades nine through twelve (9-12), including:
(1)
Jim Crow-era laws, including laws that embodied the "separate but equal" doctrine;
(2)
The leadership, tactics, and strategies of nonviolent resistance to Jim Crow-era laws used by Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;
(3)
The principles of natural rights and natural law that informed the leadership of Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.;
(4)
Civil Rights Acts of 1866, 1957, 1960, and 1964; and
(5)
The Voting Rights Act of 1965.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 127,s 1, eff. 4/4/2023.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1063, s 1, eff. 5/25/2022.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 1 - STATE ADMINISTRATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-1-1208) › Part 3 - STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-301 — 49-1-315) › Section 49-1-309 - No educational standards to be imposed by federal government - Adoption of state educational standards - Joining testing consortium - Use of collected data

(a)
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.
(b)
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 instruction 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.
(c)
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 instruction committee of the house of representatives and posts such notice on its website at least sixty (60) days before officially joining any such consortium.
(d)
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.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 64, s 70, eff. 3/29/2021.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 345, s 80, eff. 5/10/2019.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182, Secs.s 17, s 18 eff. 4/17/2015.
Added by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 905, s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.