49-5-504 - Probation.
49-5-504. Probation.
(a) Any teacher, otherwise qualified for permanent tenure status shall serve three (3) years or not less than twenty-seven (27) months within a five-year period as a probationary teacher before acquiring permanent tenure status.
(b) Notwithstanding any other provision to the contrary, upon the completion of the statutory probationary period, any teacher eligible for tenure status shall be either recommended by the director of schools for tenure or nonrenewed; provided, however, that the teacher cannot be continued in employment if tenure is not granted by the board of education.
(c) Time spent on leave of absence, except sick leave as provided in § 49-5-710, shall not be counted as a part of the probationary period.
(d) A teacher who has attained tenure status in a school system and later resigns from the system shall serve a one-year probationary period upon reemployment by the system, unless the probationary period is waived by the board of education upon request of the director of schools. Upon completion of the one-year probationary period, the teacher shall be eligible for tenure and shall be either recommended by the director of schools for tenure or nonrenewed; provided, however, that the teacher cannot be continued in employment if tenure is not granted by the board of education.
[Acts 1951, ch. 76, §§ 4, 8 (Williams, §§ 2345.4, 2345.8); Acts 1965, ch. 195, § 1; 1973, ch. 298, § 1; T.C.A (orig. ed.), §§ 49-1403, 49-1406; Acts 1987, ch. 308, § 26; 2006, ch. 574, §§ 1, 2.]