CLARKSVILLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY EDUCATION ASSOCIATION v. CLARKSVILLE MONTGOMERY COUNTY BOARD OF EDUCATION - Articles

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Posted by: Azya Thornton on Jun 30, 2025

Court: TN Court of Appeals

Attorneys 1: Mark Nolan, Clarksville, Tennessee, for the appellant, Clarksville Montgomery County Board of Education.

Attorneys 2: Richard L. Colbert, Franklin, Tennessee, for the appellee, Clarksville Montgomery County Education Association.

Attorneys 3: Jennifer White and Ben Torres, Nashville, Tennessee, for the Amicus Curiae, The Tennessee School Boards Association.

Judge(s): STAFFORD

In 2020, a local board of education adopted changes to its student code of conduct requiring, among other things, that teachers participate in a student discipline policy and engage in social and emotional learning support. The local teachers’ association filed suit, arguing that the board of education was required to engage in collaborative conferencing with the teachers’ association before adopting the changes because they constituted “working conditions” under the Professional Educators Collaborative Conferencing Act of 2011, Tennessee Code Annotated section 49-5-608(a). The trial court agreed and granted summary judgment in favor of the teachers’ association. We reverse.