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Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-10-1302

Purpose of part

Applied in 2 court decisions — leading case 257 F. Supp. 3d 946 - I.L. ex rel. Taylor v. Knox County Board of Education (2017)

Most recently applied in P.G. v. Rutherford Cnty. Bd. of Educ. (May 2018)

Acts 2008, ch. 1063, § 2.

The purposes of this part are:

(1) To ensure that every student receiving special education services is free from the unreasonable, unsafe and unwarranted uses of isolation and restraint practices;

(2) To encourage the use of positive behavioral interventions and support methods in schools;

(3) To develop properly trained staff in order to promote positive behavioral supports that reduce dependence on isolation and restraint practices; and

(4) To ensure that teachers of students receiving special education services are properly trained to protect the student, teacher and others from physical harm, if isolation or restraint is necessary.

Current official text: Tennessee Code (LexisNexis). Digitized from the UniCourt Code Improvement Commission public-domain capture. Reproduced from public-domain Tennessee statutes; confirm against the official source for the current text. Not legal advice.