(a) Those rights and responsibilities of boards of education, directors of schools and professional employees as contained in this title are not statutorily modified or repealed by this part.

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-5-604

  • Professional employee: means any person employed by any local board of education in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in public elementary and secondary schools of this state, supported, in whole or in part, by local, state or federal funds, but shall not include any member of the management team, as defined in this part, or a retired teacher who is employed as a teacher in accordance with title 8, chapter 36, part 8. See Tennessee Code 49-5-602
(b) This part shall not operate so as to annul or modify any recognition heretofore entered into between a board of education and a professional employees’ organization until the termination of an existing agreement between a local board of education and a professional employees’ organization. Upon the termination of any existing agreement, subsequent professional employee relationships between the respective board of education and its professional employees shall be governed by this part.
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