Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act
Tennessee · Education · §§ 49-13-101 to 49-13-145 · 45 sections
Overview
This act establishes a framework for public charter schools — publicly funded schools that operate under a charter agreement with an approved authorizer rather than under ordinary district administration. It governs how such schools come into being, whether newly created or converted from an existing public school, and sets out the application, approval or denial, renewal, revocation, and closure process, along with a state-level commission and oversight by the state board of education. It also fixes the terms under which the schools operate, addressing governing bodies and parent representation, enrollment, transportation, compliance, audits and reporting, teacher leave and insurance, authorizer fees, and the allocation of state and local funds and the use of facilities and capital outlay.
Editorial summary generated from the text of this act. It is not part of the statute — read the sections below for the operative language.
In the courts
Sections of this act have been cited in 3 court decisions.
Most-cited authority: 947 F. Supp. 2d 868 - Project Reflect, Inc. Smithson Craighead Middle School v. Metropolitan Nashville Board of Public Education
Sections covered
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-101Short title1 cite
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-102Purpose
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-103Application
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-104Chapter definitions
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-105Public charter school commission
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-106Creation or conversion of charter schools
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-107Application process
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-108Approval or denial of public charter school application by public charter school authorizers
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-109Parent representative on governing body — Advisory school council
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-110Charter agreement
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-111Compliance
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-112Allocation of state and local funds
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-113Enrollment
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-114Transportation
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-115[Reserved.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-116Information on charter schools
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-117Leaves of absence for teachers
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-118Oversight by state board of education — Authorizer fees — Refund of unused fees — Report. [Effective until July 1, 2021.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-119Group insurance
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-120Reporting requirements
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-121Renewal of charter — Voluntary closure
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-122Revocation of charter1 cite
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-123[Repealed.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-124Charter school powers1 cite
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-125Immunity
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-126Promulgation of rules and regulations
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-127Audits
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-128Annual authorizer fee
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-129[Repealed.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-130Closure of charter school
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-131[Repealed.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-132List of student names, ages, addresses, dates of attendance and grade levels completed
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-133[Repealed.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-134Establishment of non-charter public schools of innovation
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-135Method of calculating all terms and costs related to lease, lease-purchase agreement, or other contract or agreement between LEA and charter school
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-136Use of capital outlay funds — Contracting for goods and services — Underutilized and vacant properties
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-137[Reserved.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-138[Repealed.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-139[Repealed.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-140[Repealed.]
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-141LEAs sponsoring public charter schools
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-142Oversight and monitoring of charter schools authorized by state board upon appeal from denial of approval of a charter school application by certain LEAs
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-143Performance framework
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-144Public charter schools facilities program
- Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-145Effective operation of authorizers — Authorizer quality
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