2021 Tennessee Code
Part 1 - State Employees and Teachers Not Covered by Any Retirement System
§ 8-39-102. Eligibility of Teachers — Amount of Allowances

All teachers who have taught in the public schools of Tennessee for a period of not less than eight (8) years, and who have reached sixty-five (65) years of age, or are disabled to perform productive work as determined by the standards currently applicable to the members of the former Tennessee teachers' retirement system seeking disability benefits, and who are not otherwise covered by any other teachers' retirement act now in effect in this state, shall be entitled to a monthly retirement allowance equal to the product of six dollars and fifty cents ($6.50) for teachers with less than ten (10) years of service and eight dollars ($8.00) for teachers with ten (10) or more years of service, multiplied by the number of years of teaching experience.