The Board of Education shall grant release time with pay to employees who are summoned to serve as a juror in a federal, state, or local court or to employees who are subpoenaed to appear as a witness on behalf of the Board in any court of legal proceeding.

An employee who is summoned to serve as a juror or to appear as a witness on behalf of the Board must notify his or her supervisor and the Human Resource Department as far in advance as possible and must provide a copy of the summons requiring the court appearance.


T.C.A. § 22-4-106