(a) In order to assure the public that every teacher has been adequately trained, licenses to teach shall be issued only to those students who have been graduated from a Tennessee institution certified by the department of education or from an out-of-state institution certified by the state in which it is located.

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Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-5-5603

  • State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
(b) If the state in which an institution is located does not certify its institutions, then the department may do so consistent with standards applicable to Tennessee institutions.