49-6-3503 - Teachers Positions, costs, compensation, support and supplies. - Tennessee Statutes

49-6-3503. Teachers Positions, costs, compensation, support and supplies.

(a)  Approximately two hundred (200) teaching positions, as determined by the commissioner, shall be utilized and funded in the demonstration centers.

(b)  All costs for these teachers shall be borne by the department, including the local salary supplement otherwise required by law to be paid from local funds, but not including fringe benefits to which other teachers in the local school system are entitled.

(c)  Every teacher in a demonstration project under this part shall receive the same compensation, given the teacher's training, experience and certification, as the teacher would otherwise receive as a regular teacher in the local school system.

(d)  No demonstration teacher shall receive less instructional support and supplies than teachers not in demonstration projects at the same grade level in the same school system.

(e)  The LEAs participating in the demonstration projects shall provide classroom space for the projects.

[Acts 1985, ch. 463, § 1.]