Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-6-3705

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

(a) Except as provided in subdivision (b)(2), a local board of education shall require a priority school to participate in the school turnaround program if the department designates the school as a school in need of intervention.

(b)(1)(A) A school in need of intervention that is required by the school's local board of education to participate in the program shall not participate in the program for more than four (4) consecutive school years, beginning with the school year in which the school in need of intervention develops its school turnaround plan pursuant to § 49-6-3703(c).

(B) The department may select additional schools in need of intervention to participate in the program if one (1) or more schools in need of intervention exits the program after participating in the program for four (4) consecutive school years or pursuant to subdivision (b)(2); provided, that no more than fifteen (15) schools may participate in the program at any given time.

(2) Notwithstanding subdivision (b)(1), a local board of education shall not require a priority school designated by the department as a school in need of intervention for purposes of the program to remain in the program, if the school is designated as a Title I school, serves students in any of the grades six through eight (6-8), and has not met the priority school exit criteria established by the state's federally approved Every Student Succeeds Act plan established pursuant to the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) (20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq.) by the end of the 2023-2024 school year. The local board of education shall notify the commissioner of education and the independent school turnaround expert under contract with the board pursuant to § 49-6-3707(b), in writing, that the school in need of intervention is exiting the program.

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