49-10-206 - Qualification of school district as association Application for qualification. - Tennessee Statutes

49-10-206. Qualification of school district as association Application for qualification.

(a)  (1)  A school district may qualify, for the purposes of state aid, as a special education services association, if it provides a full complement of educational, corrective and supporting services, exclusive of services provided directly by the state, for all children with disabilities resident within its boundaries.

     (2)  Upon application made pursuant to subsection (b), the state board of education shall determine whether the applicant school district meets the requirements of this section.

(b)  (1)  A school district may apply for and receive the status of a special education services association by submitting to the state board of education an appropriate resolution of its governing board requesting the status.

     (2)  Section 49-10-207(a) shall not apply to an application submitted pursuant to this section, but the application shall not be approved unless the state board of education finds that the school district complies with § 49-10-208(1) and that it maintains a full complement of special education facilities and programs.

[Acts 1972, ch. 839, § 4; T.C.A., § 49-2925; Acts 1994, ch. 768, § 2.]