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Part 1 - Qualifications Generally
§ 49-5-102. Alternative Licensure for Instructors Who Have Taught for Military Community College - The department of education shall develop an alternative program for...
§ 49-5-103. Award of Additional Professional Development Points for Certain Teachers - Beginning with the 2019-2020 school year, the state board of...
§ 49-5-104. Director of Schools - The standards for a license of qualification for a director...
§ 49-5-105. Alteration of Licenses - The holder of a license who changes or alters the...
§ 49-5-107. Blind or Visually Limited Teachers - No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right to...
§ 49-5-109. Reciprocity - The state board of education may enter into reciprocal agreements...
§ 49-5-113. Petition for Waiver of Requirement for Renewal of Teacher's License - A teacher who, on each of the teacher's last three...
Part 2 - Teachers' Rights and Duties Generally
§ 49-5-208. Reporting Inaccuracies, Errors, or Potentially Inflammatory Material in Textbooks and Instructional Materials - No teacher or other educator shall be discouraged or disciplined...
Part 3 - Rights and Duties of Other Personnel Generally
§ 49-5-301. Nonteachers Eligible for Public Office - Notwithstanding any law except §§ 8-23-201 and 49-2-203 to the...
Part 4 - Employment and Assignment of Personnel
§ 49-5-404. Teachers — Physical Examination - No person who has any contagious or communicable disease in...
§ 49-5-408. Teachers — Contracts - All teachers shall make a written contract with the director...
§ 49-5-412. Schools Required to Have Principal - Each school having nine (9) or more teachers shall have...
§ 49-5-414. Emergency First-Aid Personnel — Employee Volunteers — Training - Every public elementary and secondary school in this state is...
§ 49-5-415. Subpoena Power of State Board of Education - The chair of the state board of education or the...
Part 5 - Teachers' Tenure
§ 49-5-501. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 49-5-503. Tenure - Any teacher who meets all of the following requirements is...
§ 49-5-505. [reserved.] - The local board of education has the authority to set...
§ 49-5-510. Transfers Within System - The director of schools, when necessary to the efficient operation...
Part 6 - Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011
§ 49-5-602. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 49-5-603. Rights of Professional Employees - Professional employees have the right to self-organization, to form, join...
§ 49-5-605. Representatives - Shall the professional employees of this LEA undertake collaborative conferencing...
Part 7 - State Leave Plan
§ 49-5-703. Director's Action on Application - Each request for leave must be acted upon in accordance...
§ 49-5-704. Term and Extension of Leave - All leaves, except military leave, shall be from a date...
§ 49-5-705. Teacher's Reinstatement After Leave - Positions vacated for less than twelve (12) months by teachers...
§ 49-5-706. Teacher Not Returning After Leave - Any teacher on leave shall, at least thirty (30) days...
§ 49-5-707. Pay While on Leave - The regularly employed teacher who is on leave authorized by...
§ 49-5-708. Effect of Leave on Teacher's Rights - Any teacher on leave shall retain any accumulated tenure, salary...
§ 49-5-709. Substitute Teachers - Substitute teachers are those teachers used to replace teachers on...
§ 49-5-712. Part-Time Leaves - Part-time leaves may be granted upon written request with the...
§ 49-5-713. Legislative Service Leave - Leave to hold legislative office shall not be granted for...
§ 49-5-716. Leave Not Charged When School Closed for Unexpected Events - A teacher, including a teacher on preapproved leave or other...
Part 8 - Tennessee Teachers' Sick Leave Bank Act
§ 49-5-801. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 49-5-802. Part Definitions - As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
§ 49-5-804. Trustees - When permission to establish a sick leave bank in a...
§ 49-5-809. Loss of Benefits - A member shall lose the right to obtain the benefits...
§ 49-5-810. Dissolution of Bank - In the event the sick leave bank is dissolved, the...
§ 49-5-811. Participation of Nonteacher Employees of Lea in Teachers' Sick Leave Bank - Notwithstanding any provision of this part to the contrary, if...
Part 9 - Teachers' Local Retirement Systems
§ 49-5-903. “Teacher” Defined - As used in this part, “teacher” means and includes any...
§ 49-5-905. Deficiencies in Contributions - Any teacher who has not contributed to the minimum amount...
§ 49-5-906. Eligibility for Benefits - Every teacher who has annually contributed to the fund in...
§ 49-5-907. Retirement Because of Incapacity - Every teacher in the public schools of a city, town,...
§ 49-5-908. Insufficiency of Fund to Pay Annuities - In case the fund is insufficient to pay the annuity...
§ 49-5-909. Exemption of Benefits From Process — Nonassignability - All annuities granted and payable out of the teachers' retirement...
§ 49-5-912. Delegation of Duties by Trustees - The board of trustees shall have authority to elect one...
§ 49-5-915. Sinking Fund — Purposes - The public school teachers' retirement fund held in trust by...
§ 49-5-916. Deficiencies Supplied From Sinking Fund - At any time that the funds in the hands of...
Part 10 - Teacher Code of Ethics
§ 49-5-1001. Short Title - This part shall be known and may be cited as...
§ 49-5-1002. Legislative Findings - The general assembly finds and declares that:
§ 49-5-1005. Public Access to Teacher Code of Ethics - The state board of education shall post the teacher code...
§ 49-5-1007. Professional Development Training Concerning Teacher Code of Ethics - LEAs must conduct annual professional development training concerning the teacher...
Part 56 - Teacher Training
§ 49-5-5601. Legislative Intent Relative to Teacher Education - The general assembly recognizes the vital position occupied by institutions...
§ 49-5-5602. Tests Required for Entrance to Approved Teacher Training Programs - All students wishing to enter approved teacher training programs shall...
§ 49-5-5604. Clinical Experiences Required — Assignment to Educator - In order to gain experience in a school and demonstrate...
§ 49-5-5606. Passing Scores on Exams — Eligibility for License and Employment - Those students who achieve a passing score on the state...
§ 49-5-5608. Training for Teaching Children With Behavioral or Emotional Disorders - All teacher training institutions are encouraged to offer, and encourage...
§ 49-5-5609. Report Regarding Certification by National Board for Professional Teacher Standards - The commissioner of education shall report to the state board...
§ 49-5-5612. Coursework on Neurological and Brain Science Research - Teacher training programs at public institutions of higher education are...
§ 49-5-5613. Religious Content in Curriculum - Teacher training institutions shall provide candidates with instruction on what...
§ 49-5-5614. Access to Evaluation Data From Teacher Training Programs - The department of education shall provide all state board of...
§ 49-5-5615. Training on Teacher Code of Ethics Required - State-approved teacher preparation programs shall require all teacher candidates to...
§ 49-5-5617. Requirements for Teacher Endorsement - All courses taken toward meeting the requirement for a teacher...
Part 57 - Principal-Administrator Academy
§ 49-5-5704. Costs of Academy Attendance - The institutes shall be provided without cost to those attending;...