49-5-5601 - Legislative intent relative to teacher education. - Tennessee Statutes

49-5-5601. Legislative intent relative to teacher education.

The general assembly recognizes the vital position occupied by institutions of higher education in the training of teachers and the improvement in the quality of the education profession. In acting to support these functions in public institutions of higher education, the general assembly must maintain a proper balance between the academic freedom of higher education and the need to respond to the public's expectations of quality in the state's teacher training programs. Therefore, the general assembly does not seek to impose restrictions on the philosophy or course selection of teacher training programs. The general assembly does, however, reserve the authority to require of each teacher training institution reasonable admission and graduation standards for prospective teachers in accordance with this part.

[Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 65.]