Tennessee § 39-13-114 - Communicating a threat concerning a school employee.

§ 39-13-114. Communicating a threat concerning a school employee.

For purposes of this section, “school” means any: Elementary school, middle school or high school; College of applied technology or postsecondary vocational or technical school; or Two-year or four-year college or university. A person commits the offense of communicating a threat concerning a school employee if: The person communicates to another a threat to cause the death of or serious bodily injury to a school employee and the threat is directly related to the employee's scope of employment; The threat involves the use of a firearm or other deadly weapon; The person to whom the threat is made reasonably believes that the person making the threat intends to carry out the threat; and The person making the threat intentionally engages in conduct that constitutes a substantial step in the commission of the threatened act and the threatened act and the substantial step when taken together: Are corroborative of the person's intent to commit the threatened act; and Occur close enough in time to evidence an intent and ability to commit the threatened act. Communicating a death threat concerning a school employee is a Class B misdemeanor punishable by a maximum term of imprisonment of thirty (30) days. Acts 2008, ch. 1141, § 1; 2013, ch. 473, § 10. Cross-References. Penalty for Class B misdemeanor, § 40-35-111 .