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Council adopts rule changes: signed quarterly reports and reduced in‑service training (8 hours, 2 ethics)
Summary
At a Nov. 7 rulemaking hearing, the Tennessee Private Probation Services Council adopted amendments requiring private probation entities to sign quarterly reports acknowledging delivery to local court clerks and cut annual in‑service training for probation supervisors from 20 to 8 hours, including 2 hours of ethics.
The Tennessee Private Probation Services Council on Nov. 7, 2025, adopted proposed rule language that (1) adds a signature requirement to quarterly reports from private probation entities confirming the report was provided to the local court clerk and (2) reduces the annual in‑service continuing education requirement for employees responsible for probation supervision from 20 hours to 8 hours, with 2 of those hours required for ethics training.
Associate General Counsel Michael Underhill summarized the changes during the rulemaking hearing: the proposed amendment to Rule 11 77‑o1‑0.05 would add a subsection requiring that “the private probation entity shall also sign the quarterly report acknowledging the…
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