Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-3-1206

(a) To the extent authorized by federal law, the department shall require a sponsoring organization applying to participate in any food program administered through the department to obtain and maintain a performance bond from a company designated in the United States Treasury Circular 570 as certified to issue bonds for the child and adult care food program and the summer food service program in an amount specified by the department.

(b) The bond amount shall be reviewed and adjusted to reflect actual enrollment or reimbursement as needed.

(c) A sponsoring organization may request relief from the bonding requirement once it can demonstrate that it has accumulated three (3) consecutive years of successful administrative and financial history by submitting a written request to the department.