Tenn. Code § 49-6-2801

Current through Acts 2023-2024, ch. 1069
Section 49-6-2801 - Evidence-based behavior supports and interventions
(a) A teacher trained in evidence-based behavior supports is authorized to manage the teacher's classroom, discipline students, and refer a student to the principal or the principal's designee to maintain discipline in the classroom, and to hold students in the teacher's charge strictly accountable for any disorderly conduct in school.
(b) Each student discipline policy or code of conduct adopted by a local board of education or public charter school governing body pursuant to § 49-6-4002 must include:
(1) Evidence-based behavior supports and interventions; and
(2) A provision authorizing teachers and administrators to enforce the student discipline policy or code of conduct and to hold students accountable for any disorderly conduct in school, on school buses, or at school-sponsored events.

T.C.A. § 49-6-2801

Acts 2021, ch. 77, § 2.