SB4114 - Tennessee: Education

Education - Allows, rather than requires, LEAs to develop differentiated pay plans; requires principals preparing school budgets or making administrative staffing decisions to collaborate with the director of schools. - Amends TCA Section 49-2-301; Section 49-2-303 and Section 49-3-306. Fiscal Summary for *SB4114MINIMAL Bill Summary for *SB4114 Present law requires each public school principal to prepare, annually, a budget request for the school under the principal's care and submit the budget request to the director of schools. Present law requires each LEA to implement, before commencement of the 2008-2009 school year, a differentiated pay plan under guidelines established by the state board of education to aid in staffing hard to staff subject areas and schools and in hiring and retaining highly qualified teachers. Present law requires each board of education to assign to its director of schools the duty to authorize [...]

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