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TN Code § 49-11-202 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 2 - Tennessee Council for Career and Technical Education|§ 49-11-202. Duties

 The Tennessee council for career and technical education shall:   Meet with the department of education or its representatives during the planning year to advise on the development of the state plan;   Advise the department of education and make reports to the governor, the business community and general public of the state concerning:  Policies the state should pursue to strengthen career and technical education, with particular attention to programs for students with disabilities; and   Initiatives and methods the private sector could undertake to assist in the modernization of career and technical education programs;     Analyze and report on the distribution of spending for career and technical education in the state and on the availability of career and technical education activities and services within the state;   Furnish consultation to the department of education on the establishment of evaluation criteria for career and technical education programs within the state;   Submit recommendations to the department of education on the conduct of career and technical education programs conducted in the state that emphasize the use of business concerns and labor organizations;   Assess the distribution of financial assistance between secondary career and technical education programs and postsecondary career and technical education programs;   Recommend procedures to the department of education to ensure and enhance the participation of the public in the provision of career and technical education at the local level within the state, particularly the participation of local employers and local labor organizations;   Report to the department of education on the extent to which all persons are provided with equal access to quality career and technical education programs, including, but not limited to:  Individuals with disabilities;   Disadvantaged individuals;   Adults who are in need of training and retraining;   Individuals who are single parents or homemakers;   Individuals who participate in programs designed to eliminate sex bias and stereotyping in career and technical education; and   Criminal offenders who are serving in a correctional institution;     Evaluate career and technical education program delivery systems at least once every two (2) years;   Make recommendations to the department of education on the adequacy and effectiveness of the coordination that takes place between career and technical education and other training programs; and   Advise the governor, the general assembly, the Tennessee board of regents, and the department of education of these findings and recommendations.
TN Code § 49-11-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 2 - Tennessee Council for Career and Technical Education|§ 49-11-203. Funding — Compensation — Staff

  Funds necessary to accomplish the mandates of federal legislation affecting career and technical education shall be provided from either federal or state funds, or both, through appropriation by the general assembly.   Members of the council shall be entitled to receive per diem at the rate of fifty dollars ($50.00) per day for each day engaged in carrying out their responsibilities under this part, if funds are available.   Members of the council are entitled to reimbursement for all actual reasonable and necessary expenses incurred for meals and lodging while attending to the official business of the council and mileage for attending council meetings and conducting other business of the council. Funds appropriated for the work of the council may be used to pay for meals of the members of the council and other persons authorized by the council to participate in meetings that assist the council to fulfill its obligations under state and federal legislation. The council is authorized to disburse funds for out-of-state travel as prescribed by state law.    In carrying out the purpose of the council, the governor may appoint an executive director to support the administrative functions of the council.   The executive director serves at the pleasure of the governor.   The governor shall set the salary for the executive director.   The executive director is authorized to obtain the services of professional, technical and clerical personnel necessary to carry out the council's functions under this part and to contract for services necessary for the council to carry out its evaluation functions.   The expenditure of funds paid pursuant to subdivision (d)(4) is to be determined solely by the state council, and these funds may not be diverted or reprogrammed for any other purpose by any state board, agency, or individual. The council is administratively attached to the board of regents to receive funds pursuant to either federal or state law and to act as its fiscal agent for purposes of disbursement, accounting and auditing.     The funds appropriated to the council by the general assembly shall remain with the council as long as the council complies with the purposes of this part.
TN Code § 49-11-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 2 - Tennessee Council for Career and Technical Education|§ 49-11-204. Administration

 The council for career and technical education shall be administratively attached to the board of regents.
TN Code § 49-11-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 3 - Career and Technical Education Centers Generally|§ 49-11-301. Establishment Authorized

 The establishment of career and technical education centers is authorized.
TN Code § 49-11-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 3 - Career and Technical Education Centers Generally|§ 49-11-302. “Career and Technical Education Center” Defined — Area Covered

  “Career and technical education center” means a training program or school organized to provide training in career and technical education to pupils in an area consisting of more than one (1) county.   Such a school may be organized to serve both rural and urban areas, and its area shall consist of at least two (2) or more counties and may include the cities and special school districts in the counties.
TN Code § 49-11-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 3 - Career and Technical Education Centers Generally|§ 49-11-303. Contracts for Operation

  The local boards of education participating in the operation of a career and technical education center are authorized to enter into contracts for the establishment, operation and maintenance of career and technical education centers.   Contractual arrangements entered into in establishing a career and technical education center shall be for a period of no less than five (5) years nor more than ten (10) years, in order to guarantee efficient operation and continuity, and shall first be approved by the county legislative body or city governing body of each county and city participating in the establishment, operation and maintenance of the school.
TN Code § 49-11-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 3 - Career and Technical Education Centers Generally|§ 49-11-304. Admission — Tuition Free

  Pupils from the respective school districts in the area to be served shall be admitted upon the basis of the terms of the contract entered into between the respective boards of education, but in no event shall any tuition be charged.    Pupils admitted to the school shall be of sufficient age and maturity to be able to perform the vocation or craft selected at the time of completion of the course.   Admission shall not be based on academic credits or college entrance requirements.
TN Code § 49-11-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 3 - Career and Technical Education Centers Generally|§ 49-11-305. Use of School Funds and Facilities

  The local boards of education participating in the operation, establishment and maintenance of the schools are authorized to use public school funds to contribute the share of the local school system in the cost of operation of the school, and the counties and cities participating in the program are authorized to levy and collect taxes and appropriate funds for that purpose.   Existing school plants and facilities may be used, or new plants may be acquired or constructed.   Funds allocated to a county by the state for the training of any student who attends a career and technical education center shall be transferred to the career and technical education center for use in defraying the cost of operating the school. By agreement between county and state authorities, the funds may be allocated directly to the area school by the state.   Counties participating in the career and technical education center shall contribute to its support from local funds upon the basis of the per capita enrollment from the county in the area school, unless the school board of a local school district by contract assumes a larger portion of the cost of maintaining the school.
TN Code § 49-11-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 3 - Career and Technical Education Centers Generally|§ 49-11-306. Administration

  The contracts entered into between the local school districts maintaining the career and technical education center shall provide the method of administering the school.    The administration of the school may be placed under the county or city board of education in which the school is located.   In the alternative, the administration of the school may be placed under a board of control consisting of representatives from each of the local school districts participating in the program.      The board of education of each local school district participating in the administration of the school may name one (1) or more persons to the board of control or may provide for a board of three (3), five (5) or seven (7) members, representing the various local school districts in such proportion as may be agreed upon in the contract.   The board of control shall elect its own chair and secretary or may designate as ex officio secretary the director of schools of the county or city in which the school is located.   The board of control for the career and technical education center shall exercise all the power and functions with respect to the career and technical education center that the county boards of education are authorized to perform with respect to the operation of county schools, except that it may not recommend tax levies or budgets for the support of an area school to the county legislative bodies of participating counties, but shall make the recommendations to the local boards of education of the participating counties, which will in turn include those amounts as items in the local school budget.      All the funds contributed by each local school district participating in the operation and maintenance of the school shall be deposited in a special fund by the county trustee of the county, or city treasurer of the city, in which the school is located.   If the administration of the school is left under the local school board, the warrants for the expenditure of funds shall be drawn in the same manner as other school funds are expended in the county or city.   If the operation of the school is placed under a board of control, as provided in subdivision (b)(2), warrants shall be signed by the chair and secretary of the board of control.
TN Code § 49-11-307 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 3 - Career and Technical Education Centers Generally|§ 49-11-307. Purpose and Curriculum

  The purpose of a career and technical education center shall be to furnish that type of instruction necessary for the training of craftspersons, primarily in manipulative skills, trade knowledge and business practices.    Its curriculum shall be planned so as not to duplicate training available in the public middle schools and public high schools of this state, except where duplication is necessary for training in the vocations and crafts that are a part of the school curriculum.   Work experiences, whenever feasible, shall be an integral part of the training for the occupation selected.
TN Code § 49-11-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 3 - Career and Technical Education Centers Generally|§ 49-11-308. Transportation of Students

 Transportation to and from a career and technical education center may be provided by the boards of education of the school districts participating in the career and technical education center from local school funds in the same manner as provided for students attending other public schools.
TN Code § 49-11-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-401. Legislative Intent

  It is declared to be the intent of the general assembly to establish a statewide system of state colleges of applied technology to meet more adequately the occupational and technical training needs of citizens and residents of this state, including employees and future employees of existing and prospective industries and businesses in this state.   The individual colleges of applied technology established by this part shall be known as “Tennessee College of Applied Technology - ” followed by the name of the city, town or place in which or near which the college is located.
TN Code § 49-11-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-402. General Powers and Duties of Board of Regents

   In order to carry out the intent expressed in § 49-11-401 and to provide a unified, overall program of vocational education and technical training, including the vocational education training program, title 8 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-864, 72 Stat. 1597) program, the Area Redevelopment Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-27, 75 Stat. 47) program, and the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-415, 76 Stat. 23) program, the board of regents is authorized and directed to take such steps and to do whatever it deems necessary, including the development of a comprehensive plan, to carry out the intent of the general assembly as stated in § 49-11-401; and particularly, the board of regents is authorized and directed to locate, establish, construct and operate a statewide system of state colleges of applied technology in the manner provided in this section.   The state colleges of applied technology must be situated so that ultimately all parts of the state are within a reasonable distance of a state college of applied technology. The state colleges of applied technology shall provide occupational training and technical education.   A state college of applied technology shall be established by the board of regents in a location or locations that it deems necessary to provide technical training, and the state college of applied technology shall function as a two-year terminal training college for the purpose of:  Training engineering technicians for industry; and   Preparing the student to earn a living as a technician or technical worker in the field of production, distribution or service.     The board of regents may, in its discretion, take any appropriate action, enter into any agreements and do whatever it deems necessary to establish foundations for the state colleges of applied technology.     [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]    Employees of institutions and state colleges of applied technology established pursuant to this part on July 1, 1983, shall become employees of the board of regents.   Employees of institutions and state colleges of applied technology established pursuant to this part who have achieved rank and tenure under policies of the state board of education prior to July 1, 1983, and who continue as employees of the board of regents without a break in service shall retain that rank and tenure as employees of the board of regents.     No state technical institute may be merged with a community college without approval by the general assembly.
TN Code § 49-11-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-403. Advisory Committees

 The board of regents is authorized to appoint an advisory committee or committees, or a consultant or consultants, as the board may deem necessary, to advise the board in matters relating to the location, establishment and construction of state colleges of applied technology and on any other matters that the board may deem necessary in carrying out its duties under this part.
TN Code § 49-11-404 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-404. Contracts With Local Boards

  The board of regents is authorized to enter into any contract or contracts that the state board of regents may deem necessary for the operation of state colleges of applied technology in order to carry out the provisions and purposes of this part with any:  Local board or boards of education;   County or counties, or municipality or municipalities;   Other public or private body, board, foundation or agency; or   Individual or group of individuals.     The board of regents is also authorized, within its discretion, to locate, establish, control and operate directly, any state college of applied technology under this part.
TN Code § 49-11-405 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-405. Local Boards May Assist Schools

  Any local board of education within the limitations of its official, adopted school budget may offer and pay to the board of regents the amount or amounts of unspent and uncommitted capital outlay funds or general purpose school funds that the local board of education may deem necessary to assist the board of regents in the establishment, construction and operation of any state college of applied technology established under this part.   No board of education shall use for the purposes of this section any state minimum foundation school program funds or any local funds required for participation in the state minimum foundation school program funds.
TN Code § 49-11-406 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-406. Grants of Funds or Property by Local Agencies

  The board of regents is authorized to:  Accept grants of funds from any county or municipality or from any public or private entity, to be used for the purposes authorized in this part; and   Accept, purchase or lease from any local school system, or from any public or private entity, any school plant facilities or other property, including the land upon which the facilities or other property are located, that the board of regents may deem necessary in carrying out this part.     Any local school system, upon a majority vote of its governing body, is authorized to donate, sell or lease to the board of regents, land or facilities, or both, or other property to be used for a state college of applied technology; provided, that the board of regents shall be vested with full, complete and clear title to the property that may be sold or donated to the board of regents.   Any county or municipality, upon a majority vote of its governing body, is authorized to make an outright grant of funds to the board of regents for the purposes authorized in this part.
TN Code § 49-11-407 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-407. Utilization of Existing Centers

 The board of regents is authorized to accept any state college of applied technology already established and to utilize the center as one (1) of the state colleges of applied technology that the board may establish under this part.
TN Code § 49-11-408 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-408. Expenditure of Funds

 To the end that it is the intent of the general assembly, and it is expressly declared, that there shall be a unified, overall program of vocational-technical education and technical training in this state, including all vocational purposes, all state colleges of applied technology, all vocational and technical training programs, and including the vocational education training program, title 8 of the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-864, 72 Stat. 1597) program, the Area Redevelopment Act of 1961 (P.L. 87-27, 75 Stat. 47) program, and the Manpower Development and Training Act of 1962 (P.L. 87-415, 76 Stat. 23) program, the board of regents is authorized to expend or obligate, or both, for the purposes of this part:   Funds that are appropriated or may be appropriated by the general assembly for the purposes of this part;   Federal funds that are available or may be made available for the purposes of this part; and   Local funds or contributions that may be made available for the purposes of this part.
TN Code § 49-11-409 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-409. Administrative Expenditures

 The board of regents is authorized and empowered to expend for the necessary administration of this part any funds that may be appropriated, received or allocated to carry out the purposes of this part.
TN Code § 49-11-410 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 4 - Statewide System of State Colleges of Applied Technology|§ 49-11-410. Construction With Other Statutes

 This part shall prevail, notwithstanding any provisions to the contrary in any other act of the general assembly.
TN Code § 49-11-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-601. Short Title

 This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee.”