Tennessee § 4-3-801 - Creation.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 4-3-801 — Creation., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 4-3-801. Creation.
There is hereby created the department of education. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 1; Shan. Supp., § 373a30; Code 1932, § 255; Acts 1937, ch. 33, § 1; 1939, ch. 11, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.1; modified. Compiler's Notes. The department of education, created by § 4-3-101 and this section, terminates June 30, 2022. See §§ 4-29-112 , 4-29-243 . Acts 2015, ch. 129, § 3 provides that the Department of Education shall appear before the Government Operations Joint Evaluation Committee on Education, Health and General Welfare no later than December 1, 2015, to update the Committee on the Department’s progress in addressing the findings set forth in the November 2014 performance audit report. Acts 2019, ch. 336, § 3 provides that the department of education shall appear before the government operations joint evaluation committee on education, health and general welfare no later than March 15, 2019, to update the committee on the department's progress in addressing the findings set forth in the December 2018 performance audit report. Cross-References. Creation of the department of education, § 4-3-101 . Department of education representatives as ex officio members of child sexual abuse task force, § 37-1-603 .
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