49-10-1101 - Establishment of program. - Tennessee Statutes

49-10-1101. Establishment of program.

(a)  Each LEA shall establish a program of homebound instruction for pregnant students.

(b)  In order to reduce the dropout rate among pregnant students, each LEA shall offer each pregnant student three (3) hours of homebound instruction per week throughout a six-week period of maternity leave.

(c)  If, at the conclusion of the 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 the LEA 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.

[Acts 1986, ch. 843, § 1.]