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Tennessee Statutes, Title 49

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Title 49, Education

19 chapters · 1,779 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 491,779 Ch 6, Elementary and Secondary Education455 Ch 7, Postsecondary and Higher Education G…321 Ch 5, Personnel145 Ch 2, Local Administration133 Ch 1, State Administration131 Ch 3, Finances83 Ch 50, Miscellaneous83 Ch 9, University of Tennessee79 Ch 4, Financial Aid76 Ch 8, State University and Community Colle…73 Ch 11, Career and Technical Education67 Ch 13, Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act…40 Ch 10, Special Education36 Ch 16, Virtual Education21

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-215 Training for teachers relating to attention deficit disorder and hyperactivity
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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…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-216 Report on academic performance of historically underserved student groups
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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.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-217 State library coordinator
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(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 an…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-218 Establishment of guidelines for release of education data for research purposes
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The commissioner of education shall establish guidelines regarding the timely and responsible release of education data for research purposes.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-219 Advisory guidelines for reporting DUI-related deaths of minors

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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 moto…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-220 Study of best practices — Study requirements — Resources to be used for study — Study report deadline

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(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, resear…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-221 Internet acceptable use policy — Requirements for provider of digital or online resources — Complaints. [Effective until July 1, 2027. See the version effective on July 1, 2027.]

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(a) (1) Each LEA shall adopt an internet acceptable use policy. At a minimum, the policy shall contain provisions that:(A) Are designed to prohibit certain inappropriate use by school district employees and students of the school district's computers via the internet;(B) Seek to …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-222 Certificate of licensure for educators

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(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)…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-223 Asthma — Development of comprehensive state plan — Report

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(1) 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 developm…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-224 Education Pays Act — Award of rewards — Funding

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(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 educa…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-225 School safety alert grant pilot program — Appropriations and awarding of funds — Report to general assembly

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(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 m…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-226 Adoption of core standards in subjects beyond math and English language arts prohibited

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The state shall not adopt common core state standards in any subject matter beyond math and English language arts.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-227 Compilation of list of laws related to rights of students, parents, or legal guardians — Posting of list on department website

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(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 by October 31. (b) …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-228 School grading system — State report card — Implementation — Notice. [Effective until contingency is met. See the second version effective when contingency is met and Compiler's Notes.]

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(a) The department of education shall develop a school grading system that annually assigns A, B, C, D, and F letter grades to schools based on:(1) Student performance on the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests or end-of-course exams;(2) Student growth as indi…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-229 Dyslexia screening procedures — School based problem solving team — Dyslexia advisory council

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(a) (1) The department of education shall develop procedures for identifying characteristics of dyslexia through the universal screening process required by the existing RTI2 framework or other available means.(2) The dyslexia screening procedures shall include phonological and p…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-230 Development of training programs for adverse childhood experiences

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(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 neglec…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-231 Student support collaborative

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(1) 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 area…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-232 Computer science courses — Professional development program in computer science education — Incentives — Computer science education network

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(1) 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 schoo…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-233 Mathematics support — K-8 teacher training

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(a) (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 departmen…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-234 Landscape analysis of mathematics proficiency — Committee review — Report of findings

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(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 …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-235 Artificial intelligence professional development courses for teachers

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(a) The department shall provide at least one (1) professional development course for teachers that provides asynchronous instruction on the use of artificial intelligence in the classroom; that is made available, at no cost, to teachers in grades six through twelve (6-12); and t…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-301 Composition — Chair — Meetings

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(a) (1) The state board of education shall be composed of nine (9) appointed members, one (1) public high school student member and one (1) ex officio member. One (1) appointed member shall be appointed from, and represent, each congressional district. The member shall reside wit…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-302 Powers and duties of board — Confidentiality of records — Standards, policies, recommendations and actions subject to appropriations — Teacher evaluation advisory committee — Duty-free teacher time — Confidentiality and integrity of statewide tests — Ungraded and unstructured classes — Educator diversity — Uniform clothing — Standards for child care — Payment of career ladder supplements — Final disciplinary actions on educator licenses

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(a) It is the duty of the board, and it has the power to:(1) (A) Study programs of instruction in public schools, kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12); (B) Analyze the needs of such public schools; (C) Study the use of public funds for such public schools; (D) Include the con…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-304 Acquisition of federal surplus property

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(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 surplu…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-305 Executive director — Staff

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(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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-306 Goals

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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.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-307 Academic standards for computer science education

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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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-308 Inclusion of events of Civil Rights Movement in academic standards in subject of social studies

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(1) 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 …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-309 No educational standards to be imposed by federal government — Adoption of state educational standards — Joining testing consortium — Use of collected data

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(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 …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-310 Implementation of process to review and replace Common Core State Standards — Cancellation of memorandum of understanding

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(a) The state board of education shall implement a process whereby the set of standards known as the Common Core State Standards adopted in 2010 will be reviewed and shall be replaced with new sets of standards adopted to fit the needs of Tennessee students. These postsecondary-a…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-311 Appointment of standards review and development committees and advisory teams — Website for public comment — Recommendations

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(a) As required by the current established process:(1) The state board shall appoint two (2) standards review and development committees. One (1) committee shall be an English language arts standards review and development committee, and one (1) committee shall be a mathematics s…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-312 Standards recommendation committee — English language arts and mathematics — Confirmation of appointments

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(a) There is created a standards recommendation committee. The committee shall be composed of ten (10) members. The governor shall appoint four (4) members, the speaker of the senate shall appoint three (3) members, and the speaker of the house of representatives shall appoint th…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-313 Standards recommendation committee — Science and social studies

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(a) Prior to the next adoption of academic standards in the subjects of science and social studies, the state board of education shall establish a process whereby the board shall receive recommendations from a standards recommendation committee appointed in the same manner as the…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-314 Responsibility of LEAs in developing instructional programs under state standards

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Each LEA shall be responsible for developing and implementing the instructional programs under the state standards adopted by the state board that best fit its students' educational needs, that achieve levels of proficiency or advanced mastery, and that vigorously promote individ…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-315 Academic standards on the history of communism in social studies

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(1) Beginning with the next adoption of academic standards in the subject of social studies, the standards recommendation committee shall include in their final recommendations of academic standards in the subject of social studies to the state board of education, and the state b…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-401 Short title

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This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Drug Abuse Resistance Education (DARE) Act of 1989.”

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-402 Implementation of program — Methods and materials

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(a) The state board of education, in conjunction with the department of safety, may implement the curriculum for a statewide drug abuse resistance education (DARE) program to be taught by qualified and trained law enforcement officers in local schools within the state. (b) The st…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-403 Training of law enforcement officers

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(a) The department of safety shall adopt standards and qualifications, in accordance with the requirements of the DARE America program, of law enforcement officers who apply for training as instructors in the DARE program. (b) The department shall also provide for the training of…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-404 State board of education — Powers

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(1) The state board of education may:(1) Provide for appropriate DARE training for students before entering middle school. The training may be conducted at the sixth grade level or at such other time as is necessary for students to receive training before entering middle school;(…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-405 Similar and comparable programs

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This part shall not supersede or disallow any similar and comparable programs already in place; provided, that nothing in this part shall prevent the similar and comparable programs from participating in the funding of the DARE program in the manner provided for within this part.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-406 Use of funds

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Notwithstanding any provision of this part or any other law to the contrary, any LEA may use any funds received under the “Drug Free Tennessee” program in a sum sufficient to implement the drug abuse resistance program developed and established by this part.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-407 Duties of department of safety — Drug abuse programs

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(1) It is the responsibility of the department of safety to:(1) Periodically check persons serving as DARE instructors to ensure that they have been properly trained to do so in accordance with the standards and qualifications adopted by the department or with comparable standard…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-408 Statewide DARE club established — Purpose

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(a) The state board of education, in consultation with the commissioner of safety, shall establish a statewide DARE club in which any student in grades six through twelve (6-12) may join and participate. Each LEA, middle school, junior high school or high school desiring to do so…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-409 L.E.A.D. program implementation in schools

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An LEA may implement the law enforcement against drugs and violence (L.E.A.D.) program in schools operated by the LEA. An LEA's implementation of the L.E.A.D. program may be in lieu of the DARE program.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-601 Assignment of student for purpose of calculating graduation rate

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(a) (a) A student who has not attended the same high school within an LEA for at least sixty (60) school days of the most recent school year of enrollment and who has exited high school without a regular high school diploma and without transferring to another high school that gra…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-602 Performance designations for LEAs based on performance goals and measures. [Effective until July 1, 2027 and when contingency is met. See the version effective until July 1, 2027 and until contingency is met, the version effective on July 1, 2027 and until contingency is met, the version effective on July 1, 2027 and when contingency is met and Compiler's Notes.]

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(a) (1) The state board of education, in consultation with the commissioner of education, shall establish appropriate performance goals and measures for schools and local education agencies (LEAs). The performance goals and measures shall include, at a minimum, student achievemen…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-603 Value added assessment system

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(a) “Value added assessment” means:(1) A statistical system for educational outcome assessment that uses measures of student learning to enable the estimation of teacher, school and school district statistical distributions; and(2) The statistical system will use available and ap…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-604 Mixed model methodologies

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(1) As used in this part, “mixed model methodologies that provide for best linear unbiased prediction,” or similar language setting forth the methodology used for evaluating measured progress of students, teachers, schools or school districts, has the meaning and shall be interpr…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-605 Annual estimates of school district effects on student progress in grades three through eight (3-8)

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(a) By July 1 of each year, data from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests, or their future replacements, will be used to provide an estimate of the statistical distribution of school district effects on the educational progress of students for grades three…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-1-606 Annual estimates of teacher effects on student progress in grades three through eight (3-8)

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(a) Annually, data from the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests, or their future replacements, will be used to provide an estimate of the statistical distribution of teacher effects on the educational progress of students within school districts for grades thr…