{"data":{"id":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-9-8-203","jurisdiction":"us-tn","citation":"Tenn. Code Ann. § 9-8-203","heading":"Part definitions","body":"(a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) \"Fund\" means the Tennessee educator liability fund; (2) \"Student teacher\" means an individual enrolled as a student in an institution of higher education approved by the state board of education for teacher training, who is jointly assigned by the institution of higher education and either a local board of education or a charter school to teach under the direction of a licensed teacher employed by the local board of education or the charter school; (3) \"Teacher\": (A) Means any individual employed by a local board of education in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in public elementary and secondary schools of this state, supported, in whole or in part, by local, state, or federal funds; and (B) Includes an individual employed at a public charter school in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in a public elementary and secondary school of this state. (b) For the purposes of this part, teachers and student teachers shall not be considered \"state employees\" as defined in § 8-42-101 . Acts 2015, ch. 493, § 1.\n(a) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires: (1) \"Fund\" means the Tennessee educator liability fund; (2) \"Student teacher\" means an individual enrolled as a student in an institution of higher education approved by the state board of education for teacher training, who is jointly assigned by the institution of higher education and either a local board of education or a charter school to teach under the direction of a licensed teacher employed by the local board of education or the charter school; (3) \"Teacher\": (A) Means any individual employed by a local board of education in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in public elementary and secondary schools of this state, supported, in whole or in part, by local, state, or federal funds; and (B) Includes an individual employed at a public charter school in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in a public elementary and secondary school of this state.\n(1) \"Fund\" means the Tennessee educator liability fund;\n(2) \"Student teacher\" means an individual enrolled as a student in an institution of higher education approved by the state board of education for teacher training, who is jointly assigned by the institution of higher education and either a local board of education or a charter school to teach under the direction of a licensed teacher employed by the local board of education or the charter school;\n(3) \"Teacher\": (A) Means any individual employed by a local board of education in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in public elementary and secondary schools of this state, supported, in whole or in part, by local, state, or federal funds; and (B) Includes an individual employed at a public charter school in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in a public elementary and secondary school of this state.\n(A) Means any individual employed by a local board of education in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in public elementary and secondary schools of this state, supported, in whole or in part, by local, state, or federal funds; and\n(B) Includes an individual employed at a public charter school in a position that requires a license issued by the department of education for service in a public elementary and secondary school of this state.\n(b) For the purposes of this part, teachers and student teachers shall not be considered \"state employees\" as defined in § 8-42-101 .","path":["TN Code","Title 9","Chapter 8"],"source_url":"https://oss-data-us.vaquill.ai/v2026.08/us_tn_statutes.parquet","current_through":"2026-08-14","vintage":"open-us-law v2026.08, retrieved 2026-09-14","retrieved_at":"2026-09-14T18:32:26Z","sha256":"7e83a1225ba6fab83cb66e3f0368ccfa25e666c8333d11dd3a1dd13ee935e265","source_id":"us-tn","stale":false,"prev":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-9-8-202","next":"us-tn/tenn.-code-ann.-9-8-204"},"notice":"GroundRules: Original legal text. Not legal advice."}