Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-5-415

  • 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

The chair of the state board of education or the chair’s designee may issue subpoenas for the appearance of persons or the production of items, including, but not limited to, documents, videos, and audio recordings, that the chair or the chair’s designee considers material or relevant to an investigation being conducted by the state board, within or outside of this state, pursuant to the state board’s authority to revoke, suspend, refuse to issue, or renew a license or formally reprimand a licensed educator.