(a) If a teacher transfers from one LEA in this state to another LEA, the LEA from which the teacher transfers shall send to the LEA to which the teacher transfers the results of the teacher’s last five (5) evaluations or the results of all evaluations, if fewer than five (5) are available.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-5-509

  • Board: means the local board of education holding jurisdiction in its respective territory. See Tennessee Code 49-5-501
  • Director of schools: refers to the local director of schools, or to any other officer performing the functions of a director of schools. See Tennessee Code 49-5-501
  • 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
  • Teacher: includes teachers, supervisors, principals, director of schools and all other certificated personnel employed by any local board of education, for service in public, elementary and secondary schools in this state, supported in whole or in part by state or federal funds. See Tennessee Code 49-5-501
(b) A transferring teacher who is tenured or a transferring teacher who is nontenured and has five (5) or more years of prior service shall serve the regular probationary period in the new LEA, unless the local board of education, upon the recommendation of the director of schools, waives the probationary period requirement and grants tenure status or shortens the probationary period.
(c) If a nontenured teacher who does not have five (5) years of prior service transfers to an LEA, then tenure shall not be granted until the teacher has served at least five (5) years when service in both LEAs is counted.
(d) All tenure decisions made under this section are subject to the requirements of § 49-5-504 concerning overall performance effectiveness levels.
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