Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-6-5102

(1) Teachers and employees of public schools and LEAs do not shed their constitutional rights to freedom of speech or expression while at work;

(2) Protecting the right to free speech for teachers and employees of public schools and LEAs promotes important state interests;

(3) The use of pronouns by teachers and employees of public schools and LEAs in an educational setting is a matter of free speech or expression; and

(4) A teacher or employee of a public school or LEA should never be compelled to affirm a belief with which the teacher or employee disagrees.

(1) Required to use a student's preferred pronoun when referring to the student if the preferred pronoun is not consistent with the student's biological sex;

(2) Civilly liable for using a pronoun that is consistent with the biological sex of the student to whom the teacher or employee is referring, even if the pronoun is not the student's preferred pronoun; and

(3) Subject to an adverse employment action for not using a student's preferred pronoun, if the student's preferred pronoun is inconsistent with the student's biological sex.