Tennessee § 49-5-607 - Strikes — Remedies.

§ 49-5-607. Strikes — Remedies.

If a strike occurs, the board of education may apply to the chancery court in the county to enjoin the strike. The application shall set forth the facts constituting the strike. If the court finds, after a hearing, that a strike has occurred, the court shall enjoin the employees from participating in the strike. When local boards of education have determined which employees have engaged in or participated in a strike, the employees may be subject to dismissal and, further, shall forfeit their claim to tenure status, if they have attained tenure, and shall revert to probationary status for the next five-year period. Any professional employee who engaged in, or participated in, a strike and who is not a tenured teacher may also be subject to dismissal. No penalty, forfeiture of rights or privileges or other sanction or fine imposed on a professional employees' organization, its officers or members, as the result of a strike, shall be subject to collaborative conferencing by the organization and a board at any time. Acts 2011, ch. 378, § 1. Compiler's Notes. Acts 2011, ch. 378, § 4 provided that nothing in the act shall be construed to abridge or impair a contract or agreement governing terms and conditions of professional service entered into by a board of education and a recognized professional employees' organization under the Education Professional Negotiations Act before June 1, 2011. Any such contract or agreement shall remain in full force and effect until the expiration of the contract or agreement. Law Reviews. John Forrest Dillon Goes To School: Dillon's Rule In Tennessee Ten Years After Southern Constructors (Elijah Swiney), 79 Tenn. L. Rev. 103 (2011).