Marital, maternal, or paternal status shall not effect the rights and privileges of students to receive a public education nor to take part in any extracurricular activity offered by the school.

Pregnant students shall be offered three (3) hours of homebound instruction per week throughout a six-week period of maternity leave.

If at the conclusion of such period of maternity leave the student’s physician certifies in writing that the student’s medical condition prevents the student from returning to regular classes, then Shelby County Schools shall continue to offer three (3) hours of homebound instruction per week, subject to periodic recertification that the student remains medically unable to attend class because of health complications arising from the pregnancy..




T.C.A. § 49-10-1101