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SENATE BILL 25

By Norris

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,

Chapter 2, relative to administration of local education agencies.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:

SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-2-502, is amended by designating

the current language as subsection (a) and by adding the following language as a new,

appropriately designated subsection:

Notwithstanding the provisions of subsection (a) or any other law to the contrary,

if the proposed transfer of the administration of the schools in the special school district

would increase student enrollment within the county education agency by one hundred

percent (100%) or more, then the proposed transfer shall be effectuated in the manner

set forth in §§ 49-2-1201 through 49-2-1208.

SECTION 2. This act shall take effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring

it, and shall apply to any such transfer having its referendum results certified on or after the

effective date of this act.