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Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-2-805

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

(a) A student, teacher, or employee of the public school, or the student's parent or legal guardian if the student is under eighteen (18) years of age, has a private right of action against the LEA or public school, if:

(1)(A) The student, teacher, or employee encounters a member of the opposite sex in a multi-occupancy restroom or changing facility located in a public school building;

(B) The student, teacher, or employee is in a multi-occupancy restroom or changing facility designated for the student's, teacher's, or employee's sex at the time of the encounter; and

(C) The LEA or public school intentionally allowed a member of the opposite sex to enter the multi-occupancy restroom or changing facility while other persons were present; or

(2) The student, teacher, or employee is required by the public school to share sleeping quarters with a member of the opposite sex, unless the member of the opposite sex is a family member of the student, teacher, or employee.

(b) A student, teacher, or employee, or a student's parent or legal guardian, as applicable, claiming a right of action pursuant to this section may bring suit in the chancery court in the county where the claim arose.

(c) A student, teacher, or employee, or a student's parent or legal guardian, as applicable, aggrieved under this section who prevails in court may recover monetary damages, including, but not limited to, monetary damages for all psychological, emotional, and physical harm suffered. An individual who prevails on a claim brought pursuant to this section is entitled to recover reasonable attorney fees and costs.

(d) This section does not limit other remedies at law or equity available to the aggrieved person against the public school.

(e) A civil action brought pursuant to this section must be initiated within one (1) year from when the date on which the claim arose.

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