49-5-401 - Employment and assignment generally.
49-5-401. Employment and assignment generally.
(a) All educators and other school personnel to be employed for the following school year shall be assigned to the several schools by May 15 next preceding the school year for which those persons are employed.
(b) If a sufficient number of educators and other personnel are not available for employment by May 15, the director of schools shall employ and assign to the several schools such educators and other personnel as are necessary to meet the needs and programs authorized by the board of education.
(c) The various directors of schools shall, on or before June 1 next following the election and assignment of such personnel, file with the commissioner of education, on forms prescribed by the commissioner, a complete list of all personnel employed for the ensuing school year.
[Acts 1955, ch. 136, § 17; 1957, ch. 89, § 1; 1974, ch. 654, §§ 70-73; 1977, ch. 349, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-1313; Acts 1987, ch. 308, § 22; 1992, ch. 535, § 19; 2000, ch. 903, § 2.]