Tennessee Code Annotated
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-703 (2026)
Director's action on application
✓ current as of May 2026
Each request for leave must be acted upon in accordance with board policy, any negotiated contract or applicable state or federal law by the director of schools within fifteen (15) days. Each applicant shall be notified in writing of the action of the director of schools, and the beginning and ending dates of the leave that is granted.
Acts 1973, ch. 175, § 1; 1975, ch. 51, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-1315; Acts 1997, ch. 365, § 2.
Notes of Decisions
Cited in 2
cases, 1992–2004 · leading case: State ex rel. McGhee v. John, 837 S.W.2d 596 (Tenn. 1992).
State ex rel. McGhee v. John, 837 S.W.2d 596 (Tenn. 1992). “In their determination that the school board properly exercised its discretion under T.C.A. § 49-5-703 to grant Anne McGhee a medical leave from her position as senior English teacher for the school year 1988-89 the majority brushes over the requisites to apply for leave of Sec.”
Joyce Hardaway v. Bd. of Educ. of the Hamilton Cnty. Schs. (Tenn. Ct. App. 2004). “Plaintiffs appeal and present for review the issue of whether the trial judge erred in concluding that the salaries of the Plaintiffs could lawfully be reduced in light of Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-5-703 and Tenn. Code Ann.”
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