T. C. A. § 49-6-3204. Hearing; designated examiners; decisions – TSBA

(a) The board of education is authorized to designate one (1) or more of its members or one (1) or more competent examiners to conduct the hearings, to take testimony and to make a report of the hearings to the entire board for its determination.

(b) Before the board enters a final order in such cases, the members of the board shall personally consider the entire record and the board shall make its decision on the basis of the record.

(c)(1) In any county having a population of not less than eight hundred ninety-seven thousand four hundred (897,400) nor more than eight hundred ninety-seven thousand five hundred (897,500), according to the 2000 federal census or any subsequent federal census, if the board delegates its authority to a committee pursuant to § 49-6-3102(e)(2) to consider and decide an individual case, then the member or examiner designated pursuant to subsection (a) shall make a report of the hearings to the committee for determination.

(2) Before the committee shall enter a final order in such case, the committee shall personally consider the entire record and the committee shall make a decision on the basis of the record.