Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-13-136

(1) Purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of real property;

(2) Purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of school facilities;

(3) Construction or renovation of school facilities, including renovation, rehabilitation, or alteration of existing facilities to comply with applicable codes and health and safety standards necessary to use the property or facility, or to make the property or facility useful;

(4) Purchase, lease-purchase, or lease of any tangible or intangible property, including furniture, computers for a computer lab, science lab equipment, or other equipment if such purchase is necessary to use the property or facility, or to make the property or facility useful; and

(5) Pay debt service on any transaction authorized under this subsection (a).

(c)(1) No later than October 1, in any LEA in which one (1) or more charter schools operates, the LEA shall catalog each year all underutilized or vacant properties owned or operated by the LEA and all underutilized or vacant properties within any educational facility owned or operated by the LEA. The LEA shall submit a comprehensive listing of all such properties to the department of education and the comptroller of the treasury. The department shall make an LEA's list available to any charter school operating in the LEA or to any sponsor seeking to establish a public charter school in the LEA.

(2) An LEA having underutilized or vacant properties shall make the underutilized or vacant properties available for use by charter schools operating in the LEA. Any lease agreement executed between a charter school and an LEA shall not reflect any outstanding bonded debt on the underutilized or vacant property, except as agreed upon to reflect any necessary costs associated with the occupation or remodeling of the facility.