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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 49 - Education
Chapter 6 - Elementary and Secondary Education
Part 35 - Class Size Reduction
§ 49-6-3502. Guidelines.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 49-6-3502 (2017)
- The demonstration centers shall be established and operated under guidelines recommended by the commissioner of education and approved by the state board of education. The guidelines shall include, but not be limited to:
- (1) Demonstration centers, to be operated by local boards of education, shall be established in inner city schools, in urban schools, in suburban schools and in rural schools;
- (2) Demonstration centers shall be established in the three (3) grand divisions of this state;
- (3) Every class in the teacher/pupil ratio demonstration project shall have a maximum enrollment of seventeen (17). If the enrollment should decrease below thirteen (13) through loss of students, additional pupils may be added at the beginning of each six-week grading period to bring enrollment up to thirteen (13); and
- (4) Different models may be authorized to study and measure the relative effects of providing planning time to teachers, staff development programs for teachers, the use of teacher aides, the use of teachers with various levels of training and experience and other concepts approved by the board.
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