Local standards may apply

The local board of education has the authority to set standards of employment or to maintain educational requirements of the personnel in service over and above those required by the state board of education whenever the board is in position to support the superior program; provided, that the requirements are general in their application. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686, s 7, eff. 3/28/2022. Acts 1951, ch. 76, § 13 (Williams, § 2345.13); Acts 1961, ch. 226, § 1; 1963, ch. 236, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1405. The local board of education has the authority to set standards of employment or to maintain educational requirements of the personnel in service over and above those required by the state board of education whenever the board is in position to support the superior program; provided, that the requirements are general in their application. Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 686, s 7, eff. 3/28/2022. Acts 1951, ch. 76, § 13 (Williams, § 2345.13); Acts 1961, ch. 226, § 1; 1963, ch. 236, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1405.