Tennessee Code Title 4. State Government § 4-31-1103

(a) Each LGU issuing education debt, as well as any LEA for which education debt is issued, are authorized to assign or pledge for the further security of the education debt the available local capital outlay funds, whether such debt is issued pursuant to title 9, chapter 21, or title 49, chapter 3, and to assign or pledge to the authority all right and interest in such funds to be used by the authority as permitted under this part.

(b) Upon the approval of an application, the authority shall notify the commissioner of finance and administration, indicating the identity of the participating LGU and LEA and the terms of the assignment or pledge. The authority shall submit a certified copy of the debt service schedule for the education debt to the commissioner of finance and administration. The commissioner of finance and administration shall be entitled to rely on such schedule or other submitted documentation, without any further review or investigation. Notwithstanding § 49-3-102(b), the commissioner shall withhold and pay such sum from the available local capital outlay funds to the authority pursuant to any assignment or pledge.

(c) Any earnings on such funds after receipt by the authority and prior to payment on the education debt shall accrue to the benefit of the authority.

(d) The lien of any assignment or pledge pursuant to this part shall be valid and binding as of the time it is made, and as against all parties having claims of any kind in tort, contract, or otherwise against the LGU, the LEA, or the authority, regardless of whether such parties have notice of those claims. Recording of the resolution or any other instrument by which the assignment or pledge is created is not required. This part and the agreement required by § 4-31-1102 shall in all respects govern the creation, perfection, priority and enforcement of such assignment or pledge, and title 47, chapter 9 shall not govern such matters.