Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-211
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Policy for student surveys, analyses or evaluations
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(a) Every LEA shall develop a policy setting forth the rights of parents and students and guidelines for teachers and principals with respect to the administration of surveys, analyses or evaluations of students. (b) The policy must: (1) Allow a parent or legal guardian access to review all surveys, analyses, or evaluations, prior to being administered to the parent or legal guardian's child; and (2) Require the LEA to obtain the written, informed, and voluntarily signed consent of a student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older, before the student participates in a survey, analysis, or evaluation. This subdivision (b)(2) does not apply if the full survey, analysis, or evaluation is related to classroom instruction of a curriculum and the survey, analysis, or evaluation is distributed to students as a method of evaluating the effectiveness of an instructional curriculum. A student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age, may withdraw the parent's, legal guardian's, or student's consent at any time before the student participates in the survey, analysis, or evaluation. (c) The LEA shall also disclose to the parent or legal guardian of the student the purpose for the survey, analysis, or evaluation materials as well as who will have access to the results. Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 353, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023. Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1013,s 2, eff. 7/1/2014. Acts 1999, ch. 83, § 1.
(a) Every LEA shall develop a policy setting forth the rights of parents and students and guidelines for teachers and principals with respect to the administration of surveys, analyses or evaluations of students.
(b) The policy must: (1) Allow a parent or legal guardian access to review all surveys, analyses, or evaluations, prior to being administered to the parent or legal guardian's child; and (2) Require the LEA to obtain the written, informed, and voluntarily signed consent of a student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older, before the student participates in a survey, analysis, or evaluation. This subdivision (b)(2) does not apply if the full survey, analysis, or evaluation is related to classroom instruction of a curriculum and the survey, analysis, or evaluation is distributed to students as a method of evaluating the effectiveness of an instructional curriculum. A student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age, may withdraw the parent's, legal guardian's, or student's consent at any time before the student participates in the survey, analysis, or evaluation.
(1) Allow a parent or legal guardian access to review all surveys, analyses, or evaluations, prior to being administered to the parent or legal guardian's child; and
(2) Require the LEA to obtain the written, informed, and voluntarily signed consent of a student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older, before the student participates in a survey, analysis, or evaluation. This subdivision (b)(2) does not apply if the full survey, analysis, or evaluation is related to classroom instruction of a curriculum and the survey, analysis, or evaluation is distributed to students as a method of evaluating the effectiveness of an instructional curriculum. A student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age, may withdraw the parent's, legal guardian's, or student's consent at any time before the student participates in the survey, analysis, or evaluation.
and the survey, analysis, or evaluation is distributed to students as a method of evaluating the effectiveness of an instructional curriculum. A student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age, may withdraw the parent's, legal guardian's, or student's consent at any time before the student participates in the survey, analysis, or evaluation.
(c) The LEA shall also disclose to the parent or legal guardian of the student the purpose for the survey, analysis, or evaluation materials as well as who will have access to the results.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 353, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1013,s 2, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1999, ch. 83, § 1.
(a) Every LEA shall develop a policy setting forth the rights of parents and students and guidelines for teachers and principals with respect to the administration of surveys, analyses or evaluations of students.
(b) The policy must: (1) Allow a parent or legal guardian access to review all surveys, analyses, or evaluations, prior to being administered to the parent or legal guardian's child; and (2) Require the LEA to obtain the written, informed, and voluntarily signed consent of a student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older, before the student participates in a survey, analysis, or evaluation. This subdivision (b)(2) does not apply if the full survey, analysis, or evaluation is related to classroom instruction of a curriculum and the survey, analysis, or evaluation is distributed to students as a method of evaluating the effectiveness of an instructional curriculum. A student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age, may withdraw the parent's, legal guardian's, or student's consent at any time before the student participates in the survey, analysis, or evaluation.
(1) Allow a parent or legal guardian access to review all surveys, analyses, or evaluations, prior to being administered to the parent or legal guardian's child; and
(2) Require the LEA to obtain the written, informed, and voluntarily signed consent of a student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is eighteen (18) years of age or older, before the student participates in a survey, analysis, or evaluation. This subdivision (b)(2) does not apply if the full survey, analysis, or evaluation is related to classroom instruction of a curriculum and the survey, analysis, or evaluation is distributed to students as a method of evaluating the effectiveness of an instructional curriculum. A student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age, may withdraw the parent's, legal guardian's, or student's consent at any time before the student participates in the survey, analysis, or evaluation.
and the survey, analysis, or evaluation is distributed to students as a method of evaluating the effectiveness of an instructional curriculum. A student's parent or legal guardian, or the student if the student is at least eighteen (18) years of age, may withdraw the parent's, legal guardian's, or student's consent at any time before the student participates in the survey, analysis, or evaluation.
(c) The LEA shall also disclose to the parent or legal guardian of the student the purpose for the survey, analysis, or evaluation materials as well as who will have access to the results.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 353, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1013,s 2, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1999, ch. 83, § 1.
Status: in_force
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