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Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-2-207

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) The local board of education shall compile and publish an official operating policy pamphlet, which shall contain, but not be limited to, such procedures as have been established by letter, directive, written or verbal memorandum, custom or tradition, and by which schools are managed, operated or controlled. Such policy pamphlet shall be updated every two (2) years.

(b) “Pamphlet” may mean a loose-leaf binder.

(c) A copy of the updated board of education operating policy pamphlet shall be distributed to each principal of each local school system to be kept on file and available in each school library during and immediately after normal school hours. Board of education operating policies kept in electronic format and available in each school library shall satisfy the requirements of this subsection (c).

(d) An LEA shall maintain on file:

(1) Added or amended policies and make the policies available in each school library operated by the LEA; and

(2) Notice of deleted policies and make such notice available in each school library operated by the LEA or at the LEA's central office.

(e) If a local board's operating policies are kept in electronic format, and if the board also maintains an internet website, then the board shall make its operating policies available and accessible on that website.

(f) The commissioner shall be authorized and directed to take appropriate action to enforce this section.

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