§ 49-5-416. Agricultural education programs on twelve-month basis.

TN Code § 49-5-416 (2019) (N/A)
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(a) Any person employed in a public high school as an agriculture education teacher may be employed on a twelve-month contract, or as recommended by the local agricultural education craft advisory committee. These contracts shall be subject to approval by the local board of education.

(b) All high school agricultural education programs that were twelve-month programs for the 1992-1993 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter, shall be maintained as twelve-month programs by the local board of education, so long as a quality agricultural education program, as determined by criteria established by the career and technical education division, agriculture education program, of the department of education, is maintained.