Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-6-2114

(b)(1) School districts and other entities entitled by the laws of this state to receive school aid for educational and related services provided by them for children with disabilities shall not be entitled to receive the aid under § 49-10-113, unless a person, in addition to the driver of any motor vehicle or bus utilized for the transportation of the children with disabilities, is designated to check each vehicle or bus at the central bus depot, bus facility or parking area each time the vehicle or bus returns from transporting the children to their respective destinations, to ensure that all children have left the vehicle or bus.

(2) Bus drivers who do not return to a central depot, including drivers, shall have as a part of their employment contract a provision stipulating that all buses will be checked at the end of every run to make sure that no person remains on the bus. The contracting party shall be responsible for supplying the name, address and telephone number of the checker to the local board of education.