49-5-5607 - State board review of teacher training institutions Revocation and reinstitution of certificates. - Tennessee Statutes

49-5-5607. State board review of teacher training institutions Revocation and reinstitution of certificates.

(a)  The state board of education shall review the scores on the state teachers examination from each public and private teacher training institution. Any institution that had thirty percent (30%) or more of its students fail the examination in the previous year shall be informed and placed on temporary probation. Any institution that has thirty percent (30%) or more of its students fail in two (2) consecutive years shall have its state certification revoked by the state board of education. Any institution may regain its certification when seventy percent (70%) of those students taking the examination in an academic year achieve a passing score.

(b)  Notwithstanding subsection (a), the state board of education may continue to place on temporary probation any institution that has thirty percent (30%) or more of its students fail in two (2) consecutive years when there are fewer than ten (10) students taking any single initial licensing examination for a reporting year. In determining whether to continue temporary probation for an institution, the state board shall consider action taken by the teacher training institution to improve candidates' passage rate on state teachers' examinations.

[Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 7, § 71; 2003, ch. 315, § 1.]