49-5-709 - Substitute teachers. - Tennessee Statutes

49-5-709. Substitute teachers.

Substitute teachers are those teachers used to replace teachers on leave authorized by § 49-5-701, § 49-5-710 or § 49-5-711, or to fill temporary vacancies as defined by the state board of education and granted under written local school board policies. All substitute teachers shall be employed by the director of schools and paid by the board of education of the school system in which substitute teachers are used.

[Acts 1955, ch. 136, § 18; 1957, ch. 75, § 1; 1959, ch. 93, § 1; 1967, ch. 396, § 1; 1968, ch. 420, §§ 1, 2; 1971, ch. 128, § 1; 1971, ch. 421, § 1; 1973, ch. 2, § 1; 1973, ch. 175, § 1; 1974, ch. 488, § 1; 1975, ch. 46, §§ 1, 2; 1975, ch. 51, § 1; 1975, ch. 100, § 2; 1977, ch. 364, § 2; 1978, ch. 557, § 2; 1979, ch. 78, § 1; 1980, ch. 544, § 1; 1980, ch. 567, § 1; 1981, ch. 282, §§ 1, 2; 1982, ch. 674, §§ 3, 4; T.C.A., §§ 49-1314(b), 49-1315; Acts 1997, ch. 499, § 1.]