Title 49, Education

(a) Upper division undergraduate and graduate students at cooperating public and private colleges and universities in Tennessee offering a program leading to a degree in law, political science, history, administration, social work, economics, sociology, journalism and related fie…

(a) There is established a legislative intern committee and an academic intern committee to be known collectively as the sponsoring committee. (b) The legislative intern committee will consist of the following members:(1) The speaker of the senate, the senate minority leader and …

(a) The sponsoring committee shall recruit, select, appoint, fix the stipends for and assign interns to appropriate offices of the general assembly in the following manner:(1) Applications for student internships will be submitted to the official representative of the participati…

(1) The program administrator or the program administrator's designee, as provided in § 49-50-603, shall perform the following duties:(1) Maintain appropriate committee records;(2) Maintain a file pertinent to each legislative staff intern during the period of internship;(3) Coor…

The legislative internship program shall be permitted to accept foundation grants and private contributions and apply for and accept grants from any agency of the federal or state government.

The committee shall adopt a statement of policy to be followed by the program administrator in the administration of the legislative intern program and for the guidance of legislative offices and committees desiring to utilize the services of legislative interns.

(a) It is the object of the trust established by the last will and testament of Samuel Watkins to promote the diffusion of knowledge among the people and to afford an opportunity to the youth of Nashville who are without the means to attend schools and colleges where the higher b…

(a) As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires, “church-related school” means a school operated by denominational, parochial or other bona fide church organizations that are required to meet the standards of accreditation or membership of the Tennessee Associa…

(a) Nonpublic schools shall 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 the means by wh…

(a) (1) The board or governing entity of each private school, or the chief administrative officer if the school does not have a board or governing entity, may establish a handgun carry policy for any property on which the school is located that is owned or operated by the school …

(a) (a) All private schools, as defined in § 49-6-3001, are encouraged to place automated external defibrillator (AED) devices in schools, as required of public schools in § 49-2-122.(b) If a private school places an AED in the school, then the private school shall comply with th…

(a) In connection with an interscholastic athletic activity or event where membership in the Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association is required, a student enrolled in a private school in this state is eligible to participate in such athletic activity or event only in acc…

All residential educational programs in this state, regardless of type or duration, that allow minors enrolled in elementary or secondary schools, as defined in § 49-6-301, to stay overnight in residential facilities must segregate by sex, as defined in § 1-3-105(c), all multi-oc…

(1) In order to operate in this state as an approved Category III nonpublic school, the state board of education shall not require a private school that provides a fully online, self-paced educational program; that is accredited by the Distance Education Accreditation Commission;…

(a) (1) If a public school established under the jurisdiction of an LEA to serve students in any of the grades six through twelve (6-12) is a member of an organization or an association that regulates interscholastic athletic competition, then the LEA shall permit participation i…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Public Broadcasting Act of 1984.”

It is declared to be the intent of the general assembly in enactment of this part to bring about the orderly transfer of licenses and operational responsibilities for state-owned educational television stations to appropriate local community agencies, and to encourage the further…

(a) Pursuant to the funding mechanisms specified in this part or later adopted, the following television stations shall be eligible to receive grants from the state:(1) WSJK, Sneedville;(2) WTCI, Chattanooga;(3) WCTE, Cookeville;(4) WLJT, Lexington/Jackson;(5) WKNO, Memphis;(6) W…

Not later than July 1, 1986, ownership and control of the stations currently licensed to the state board of education shall be transferred to not-for-profit community corporations. Notwithstanding any other provision of this part and subject to the approval of the state board of …

(a) There is created the Tennessee public television council. (b) The membership of the council shall consist of the general manager of each of the eligible stations in this state as defined in this part. If a general manager has an impairment that prevents the general manager's …

(a) The state board of education, through the commissioner of education, is authorized and directed to take such action as the board deems necessary to implement and to oversee implementation of this part in a thorough and cost-effective manner. (b) Throughout the implementation …

(a) Notwithstanding any provisions of this part to the contrary, the state board of education is authorized, during the implementation phase of this part, to undertake such action as may be necessary to assist in or encourage the development of public television service in the Jo…

(a) Appropriations in the amounts to be determined annually by the general assembly are authorized for the purposes of carrying out this part. (b) The Tennessee public television council, in accordance with § 49-50-905(d)(3), has the responsibility for submitting budgetary reques…

(a) Any station that receives any grant under this part shall retain a complete set of business records for a period of not less than three (3) years following the date of the grant. These records are to be maintained in accordance with generally accepted accounting practices, an…

(a) No official of state government shall have the authority to attempt to influence the content of any individual program or series of programs or to influence the treatment of any subject by any eligible station as defined by this part. (b) All eligible stations as defined in t…

(a) Any person who is employed by a state-owned educational television station as defined by § 8-35-119 may continue participation in the state insurance program by notifying the state insurance committee of the person's intent to participate and by making the required employee p…