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Education/Schools - Historical Notes

Tennessee Code Annotated
Tennessee Attorney General Opinions

Board of Education

The following act once affected the Board of Education in Madison County, but is no longer operative.

  1. Acts of 1907, Chapter 236, created a County Board of Education and District Advisory Board in each county of the state.

Superintendent or Director of Schools

The acts referenced below once affected the office of Superintendent of Education in Madison County, but are no longer operative.

  1. Public Acts of 1895, Chapter 155, prohibited Superintendents of Public Instruction from teaching in public schools in counties of over 30,000 population, which included Madison County.
  2. Private Acts of 1923, Chapter 323, established the office of county superintendent of public instruction in counties of the state with a population of not less than 43,800 nor more than 43,850 inhabitants according to the federal census of 1920. The superintendent was elected by the qualified voters for a term of four (4) years.