Parents Right to Know
All parents have the right to request the following:
https://apps.tn.gov/eli/
All parents have the right to request the following:
- A teacher’s professional qualifications, which includes: state qualifications, licensure, grade/s certification, waivers
- A teacher’s baccalaureate and /or graduate degree, fields of endorsement, previous teaching experience
- A paraprofessional’s qualifications
- An assurance that their child’s name, address, and telephone listing not be released to military recruiters
- Their child’s level of achievement in each of the state academic assessments
- Their option to request a transfer to another school within the district if their child is the victim of a violent crime at school
- Their right to timely notification that their child has been assigned, or has been taught for four or more consecutive weeks by, a teacher who is not highly qualified
https://apps.tn.gov/eli/