Tennessee § 49-2-1001 - Operation of municipal or special district schools by county.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 49-2-1001 — Operation of municipal or special district schools by county., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-2-1001. Operation of municipal or special district schools by county.
County and town boards of education and special school district boards, whenever they deem it advisable for the purpose of a more economical administration and the improvement of the efficiency of the schools, may make a contract to operate the school or schools of such town under the general supervision of the county director of schools; provided, that nothing in this section shall be construed to change the general method of distribution of county and state school funds between the county and such towns on the basis of average daily attendance as provided in this title; and provided, further, that nothing in this title shall be construed to change or repeal Chapter 160 of the Private Acts of 1915. Acts 1925, ch. 115, § 34; Shan. Supp., § 1487a192; Code 1932, § 2515; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-401. Law Reviews. Consolidation of County and City Functions and Other Devices for Simplifying Tennessee Local Government (Wallace Mendelson), 8 Vand. L. Rev. 878. Symposium — Memphis in the Law: A Memphis Dilemma: A Half-Century of Public Education Reform in Memphis and Shelby County From Desegregation to Consolidation (Daniel Kiel), 41 U. Mem. L. Rev. 787 (2011).
Source: official Tennessee text · Last verified 2026-08-27
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Section 49-2-1001 ("Operation of municipal or special district schools by county.") is part of the Tennessee Code Annotated, the codified statutory law of Tennessee. It sets out the legal rule or procedure described in the text above. Statutes are amended regularly, so always verify against the official source.
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