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TN Code § 49-11-603 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-603. Division of Rehabilitation Services and Office of Director of Vocational Rehabilitation Program Established

   The division of rehabilitation services and the office of director of the vocational rehabilitation program, the incumbent of which is called the director in this section, are established.   The director must be appointed, in accordance with established personnel standards, on the basis of the person's training, experience, and demonstrated ability in the field of vocational rehabilitation, or related fields, and is the head of the vocational rehabilitation program.     Except as may be otherwise provided with respect to the blind, the division shall be the sole agency to supervise and administer vocational rehabilitation services authorized by this part under the state plan formulated and administered pursuant to this part, except the part or parts thereof may be administered in a political subdivision or subdivisions of this state by a sole local agency of the subdivision, and the division shall be the sole agency to supervise the local agency or agencies in the administration of such part or parts.    The director shall prepare, conformable to this part, the proposed regulations and a proposed state plan of vocational rehabilitation and, from time to time, prepare proposed changes that appear to be necessary or desirable.   Upon approval by the department, the proposals constitute the state plan and state regulations.
TN Code § 49-11-604 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-604. Administration

  The department is authorized to adopt and promulgate regulations with respect to methods of administration, use of medical and other records of individuals who have been provided vocational rehabilitation services and the establishment and maintenance of personnel standards, including provisions relating to the tenure, appointment and qualifications of personnel, which shall govern with respect to such matters notwithstanding any other law; however, such activities must conform with applicable rules and regulations of the department of human resources.   The department is also authorized and directed to adopt and promulgate regulations respecting:  The establishment and maintenance of minimum standards governing the facilities and personnel utilized in the provision of vocational rehabilitation services; and   The order to be followed in selecting those to whom vocational rehabilitation services are to be provided in situations where such services cannot be provided to all eligible physically handicapped people.     Pursuant to the general policies of the department, the director and the division are authorized to:  Cooperate with and utilize services of the state agency or agencies administering the state's public assistance program, the federal social security administration, United States department of health and human services and other federal, state and local public agencies providing services relating to vocational rehabilitation and with the state system of public employment offices in this state, and shall make maximum feasible utilization of the job placement and employment counseling services and other services and facilities of such offices;   Cooperate with political subdivisions and other public and nonprofit organizations and agencies in their establishment of  rehabilitation facilities and, to the extent feasible in providing vocational rehabilitation services, shall utilize all such facilities meeting the standards established by the board;   Enter into contractual arrangements with the federal social security administration with respect to certifications of disability and performance of other services and with other authorized public agencies for performance of services related to vocational rehabilitation for such agencies; and   Contract with schools, hospitals and other agencies, and with doctors, nurses, technicians and other persons, for training, physical restoration, transportation and other vocational rehabilitation services.     The department shall administer and expend annual appropriations of state funds for vocational rehabilitation, in accordance with a state plan for vocational rehabilitation, approved by the social and rehabilitation services of the United States department of health and human services.
TN Code § 49-11-605 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-605. Cooperation With Federal Government

  The department shall cooperate, pursuant to agreements with the federal government in carrying out the purposes of any federal statutes pertaining to vocational rehabilitation, and is authorized to adopt such methods of administration as are found by the federal government to be necessary for the proper and efficient operation of the agreements or plans for vocational rehabilitation and to comply with conditions that may be necessary to secure the full benefits of the federal statutes.   The department may perform functions and services for the federal government relating to individuals under a physical or mental disability, the services and the individuals to be in addition to those enumerated in parts 6 and 7 of this chapter.
TN Code § 49-11-606 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-606. Cooperation in Administering Workers' Compensation Laws

  The department shall formulate a plan of cooperation in accordance with federal acts and this part with respect to the administration of the workers' compensation or liability laws.   The plan may provide for full or partial recovery of any expenditures made by the division on behalf of a client with respect to treatment, therapy, medical or hospital services, prosthetic or orthotic devices or any payments that otherwise shall be provided or covered under § 50-6-204. Recovery may be from the client's employer if self-insured or from the employer's workers' compensation insurance carrier.
TN Code § 49-11-607 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-607. Scope of Rehabilitation Services — Funding

  All rehabilitation services, as defined in this part, may be provided to eligible individuals with disabilities; and in any event, the services shall include training, maintenance, placement, guidance and physical restoration services.    Within the limits and under the conditions that may be specified in appropriations for rehabilitation facilities, the department may establish rehabilitation facilities.   Appropriations, federal grants and donations for vocational rehabilitation services, unless otherwise restricted, shall be available for all vocational rehabilitation services provided under the state plan and for the acquisition of vending stands or other equipment and initial stocks and supplies for use by individuals with severe disabilities in any type of small business, the operation of which will be improved through management and supervision by the division.     State appropriations and donations for vocational rehabilitation shall likewise be available for the purpose, whenever federal funds are made available to the state under any federal statute, for initiating projects for the extension and improvement of vocational rehabilitation services or for projects for research, demonstrations, training and traineeships, and for planning for and initiating expansion of vocational rehabilitation services under the state plan.    The acceptance of federal and other funds, and their use for vocational rehabilitation, subject to restrictions that may be imposed by the donor and that are not inconsistent with this part, is authorized.   Funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose may be used to match the federal funds and private funds.     The division shall not expend funds appropriated to it for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities as defined in § 49-11-602(7)(B), but may, from division funds, defray administration and counseling and guidance expenses only; provided, that other state agencies or local governments or private sources may make their funds available to the division so as to obtain federal aid or funds to purchase rehabilitation services for the rehabilitation of individuals with disabilities.
TN Code § 49-11-608 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-608. Gifts

 The department is empowered to receive gifts and donations from either public or private sources, as may be offered unconditionally or under conditions related to vocational rehabilitation of persons disabled in industry or otherwise that are proper and consistent with this part. All the moneys received as gifts or donations shall be deposited with the state treasurer and shall constitute a permanent fund to be called a special fund for vocational rehabilitation of disabled persons, to be used by the department to defray the expenses of vocational rehabilitation in special cases, including the payment of necessary expenses of persons undergoing training. A full report of gifts and donations offered and accepted, together with the names of the donors and the respective amounts contributed by each, and all disbursements therefrom shall be submitted annually to the governor.
TN Code § 49-11-609 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-609. Custody of Funds — Disbursement

 The state treasurer is appointed custodian for the funds for vocational rehabilitation as provided by the laws of this state and shall receive and provide for the custody of the funds that may come from the federal government and from other sources for vocational rehabilitation, together with the state funds appropriated for this purpose. The state treasurer shall disburse the funds on the order of the commissioner.
TN Code § 49-11-610 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-610. Eligibility for Services

 Vocational rehabilitation services shall be provided to any individual with a disability in accordance with a policy or policies promulgated by the department:   Whose vocational rehabilitation the director determines, after full investigation, can be satisfactorily achieved; or   Who is eligible for vocational rehabilitation under the terms of an agreement with the federal government.
TN Code § 49-11-611 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-611. Maintenance Not Assignable — Exempt From Claims

 The right of a disabled individual to maintenance under this part shall not be transferable or assignable at law or in equity and shall be exempt from the claims of creditors.
TN Code § 49-11-612 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-612. Hearings

 Any individual applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation services who is aggrieved by any action of the division is entitled, in accordance with regulations, to a fair hearing, before a hearing officer.
TN Code § 49-11-613 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 6 - Vocational Rehabilitation Law of Tennessee|§ 49-11-613. Confidentiality of Records

  It is unlawful, except for purposes directly connected with the administration of the vocational rehabilitation program and in accordance with regulations, for any person or persons to solicit, disclose, receive or make use of, or authorize, knowingly permit, participate in, or acquiesce in the use of any list of or names of, or any information concerning, persons applying for or receiving vocational rehabilitation, directly or indirectly derived from the records, papers, files or communications of the state or subdivisions or agencies of the state or acquired in the course of the performance of official duties.   A violation of this section is a Class C misdemeanor.
TN Code § 49-11-701 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 7 - Rehabilitation Centers|§ 49-11-701. Construction With Other Statutes

  This part is intended to be supplemental to chapter 10, parts 1-7 of this title and parts 6 and 8 of this chapter and, insofar as those parts are not inconsistent with the purposes of this part, they shall govern the administration of the program of rehabilitation centers established in this part; but where inconsistent, this part shall govern the administration of the program.   This part applies only to rehabilitation centers established pursuant to this part and does not apply in any manner to the statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center at Smyrna established pursuant to part 8 of this chapter.
TN Code § 49-11-702 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 7 - Rehabilitation Centers|§ 49-11-702. Part Definitions

 As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:   “Advisory board” means the state advisory board for the rehabilitation centers;   “Commissioner” means the commissioner of human services;   “Department” means the department of human services;   “Director” means director of the vocational rehabilitation program;   “Division” means the division of rehabilitation services; and   “Rehabilitation center” or “center” means a rehabilitation center authorized under this part.
TN Code § 49-11-708 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 7 - Rehabilitation Centers|§ 49-11-708. Personnel

 In order to carry out the purposes and functions of the rehabilitation center program, the department is authorized, with the approval of the appropriate state officials, to establish the appropriate positions and employ the personnel necessary to administer the program effectively and efficiently.
TN Code § 49-11-801 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 8 - Statewide Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Training Center at Smyrna|§ 49-11-801. Establishment

 The division of rehabilitation services is authorized to establish and operate a statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center at Smyrna.
TN Code § 49-11-802 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 8 - Statewide Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Training Center at Smyrna|§ 49-11-802. “Statewide Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Training Center” Defined

 “Statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center” means a resident facility for people with disabilities where they may be provided rehabilitation services, including, but not limited to, physical and occupational therapy, vocational evaluation, personal and social evaluation, personal adjustment training and work conditioning and, where both resident and nonresident persons with disabilities and persons without disabilities not in residence may be provided evaluation and testing, counseling and guidance, and vocational training.
TN Code § 49-11-803 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 8 - Statewide Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Training Center at Smyrna|§ 49-11-803. Funds

  The general assembly shall appropriate each year funds that may be necessary for the operation of the statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center.   The center shall utilize federal funds when the funds are available to the extent possible.   The state shall appropriate annually whatever additional funds are necessary to carry out the program.   The salary schedules for licensed teachers in the statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center shall be reasonably comparable to those currently in effect in the LEAs where the respective institution is located. The salary adjustments required by this subsection (d) shall be funded through the existing resources of the department of human services.
TN Code § 49-11-804 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 8 - Statewide Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Training Center at Smyrna|§ 49-11-804. Jurisdiction and Nature of Center

  The statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center shall accept clients from anywhere in the state.   No person shall become a permanent resident of the center, since it is not an institution in the sense of providing custodial care, but rather is a place to prepare people with disabilities for gainful employment.
TN Code § 49-11-805 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 8 - Statewide Comprehensive Rehabilitation and Training Center at Smyrna|§ 49-11-805. Vocational Technical School

  As a part of the statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center, there is authorized a vocational technical school operated by the division of vocational education under the general direction of the administrator of the center.   Funding for the training shall also be provided by appropriations to the division of vocational technical education.
TN Code § 49-11-901 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 9 - Work-Based Learning|§ 49-11-901. Part Definitions

 As used in this part:   “Grant” means a qualified work-based learning grant issued pursuant to this part;   “Grant fund” means the qualified work-based learning grant fund established by § 49-11-903;   “Program operator” means a nonprofit entity that has entered into an agreement with THEC to administer the program established by this part;   “Qualified work-based learning student” means a student who is sixteen (16) years of age or older, enrolled in a Tennessee public high school, and participating in a work-based learning course for academic credit or credit toward completion of a career and technical education program;   “THEC” means the Tennessee higher education commission; and   “Work-based learning” means the application of academic and technical knowledge in a work setting that involves actual work experience.
TN Code § 49-11-902 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 9 - Work-Based Learning|§ 49-11-902. Maintenance of Student Accident Insurance Coverage — Making Information Available to Leas and Employers

  Each LEA implementing work-based learning shall maintain student accident insurance coverage.   The department of education, in coordination with the department of labor and workforce development, the bureau of workers' compensation, and the department of economic and community development, shall make information available to employers and LEAs on applicable wage and hour laws, child labor laws, safety and health laws, workers' compensation, accident insurance, and liability insurance.
TN Code § 49-11-903 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 9 - Work-Based Learning|§ 49-11-903. Qualified Work-Based Learning Grant Program — Fund — Program Operator

  THEC shall establish and administer a qualified work-based learning grant program to incentivize employer participation in work-based learning and to assist employers with costs associated with work-based learning.   There is created a separate fund within the general fund to be known as the qualified work-based learning grant fund.   The grant fund is composed of:  Funds specifically appropriated by the general assembly for the grant fund; and   Gifts, grants, and other donations received for the grant fund.     Moneys in the grant fund must be invested by the state treasurer for the benefit of the grant fund in accordance with § 9-4-603. Interest accruing on investments and deposits of the grant fund must be returned to the grant fund and remain part of the grant fund.   Any unencumbered funds and any unexpended balance of the grant fund remaining at the end of any fiscal year must not revert to the general fund, but must be carried forward until expended in accordance with this section.   Moneys in the grant fund may only be expended with THEC's approval and in accordance with this section.   THEC shall select a program operator to administer the program established by this part and shall issue a grant from funds available in the qualified work-based learning grant fund to the program operator selected by THEC.
TN Code § 49-11-904 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 9 - Work-Based Learning|§ 49-11-904. Amount of Grants

  The grant amount allowed under this part shall be limited to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per employer in any calendar year.   The total amount of grants provided to employers under this part shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any calendar year.
TN Code § 49-11-905 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 9 - Work-Based Learning|§ 49-11-905. Eligibility for Qualified Work-Based Learning Grant

 To be eligible for a qualified work-based learning grant, an employer who accepts or employs a qualified work-based learning student must submit an application to the program operator on a form prescribed by the program operator, along with any supporting documentation required by the program operator. The program operator shall establish a formal process and deadline for receiving an employer's application. An employer that fails to submit an application by the program operator's established deadline shall not receive any grant allowed under this part. THEC may develop policies and procedures to approve applications.
TN Code § 49-11-906 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 9 - Work-Based Learning|§ 49-11-906. Promulgation of Rules

 THEC may promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this part in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
TN Code § 49-11-907 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 9 - Work-Based Learning|§ 49-11-907. Application Fee

 The program operator may establish an application fee sufficient to offset the costs of administering this part, subject to approval by THEC.
TN Code § 49-11-908 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 11 - Career and Technical Education|Part 9 - Work-Based Learning|§ 49-11-908. Audits of Program Operator

 As a condition of receiving funds from THEC pursuant to this part, the program operator must agree to submit to audits by the comptroller of the treasury.
TN Code § 49-12-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 12 - Interstate Compacts|Part 2 - Compact for Education|§ 49-12-203. Cooperation of State Agencies

  All officers of this state are hereby authorized and directed to do all things, falling within their respective provinces and jurisdictions, necessary or incidental to the carrying out of the compact for education in every particular.   All officers, agencies, divisions, departments and persons of and in the government and administration of this state are hereby authorized and directed, at convenient times and upon the request of the commissioners representing this state under the compact, to furnish the education commission with information and data possessed by them or any one of them, and to aid the commission by any means lying within their legal powers respectively.