49-50-1001 - Duties of state board Part definitions. - Tennessee Statutes

49-50-1001. Duties of state board Part definitions.

(a)  It is the duty of the state board of education to:

     (1)  (A)  Control the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute;

          (B)  Elect, on the recommendation of the commissioner, the president, superintendents, teachers, officers and other employees for those schools;

          (C)  Fix, on the recommendation of the commissioner, the salaries and terms of office of the officers and employees; and

          (D)  Prescribe curricula and other requirements for diplomas and degrees;

     (2)  Receive donations of money, property or securities from any source for the benefit of the institutions named in subdivision (a)(1)(A), which funds it shall, in good faith, disburse in accordance with the conditions of the gifts. Subject to the terms and conditions of legislative appropriations therefor, the board shall have the power to purchase land, to condemn land, erect buildings and equip the buildings for the schools on such terms as it may deem advisable and advantageous and to pay for the property out of funds appropriated or donated to or for the schools. The board shall be vested with title to property so purchased or acquired;

     (3)  Administer the Tennessee School for the Blind and the Tennessee School for the Deaf and to exercise with respect to these schools all the powers conferred upon it by § 12-1-109 and chapter 10, parts 8 and 9 of this title. Any funds or appropriations for the maintenance, improvement and operation of these institutions shall be added to those made for other educational purposes to be expended under the direction of the state board of education;

     (4)  Approve the budgets of the Tennessee School for the Blind and the Tennessee School for the Deaf, before they are submitted to the governor and commissioner of revenue for approval and transmission to the general assembly;

     (5)  Develop and adopt rules and regulations to achieve for the school year a duty-free lunch period for all teachers, kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12), of at least the length of the student lunch period, during which time the teacher has no other assigned responsibilities;

     (6)  Employ elementary guidance counselors consistent with the requirements for LEAs set forth in § 49-6-303; and

     (7)  Promulgate rules providing employees of the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf, the Alvin C. York Institute and any other special school hereafter established the right to appeal decisions of the commissioner relative to adverse job actions to the full board. Rules shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. Appeals filed pursuant to rules promulgated in compliance with this section shall be contested cases under title 4, chapter 5, part 3.

(b)  For the purposes of this part, the following definitions apply:

     (1)  “Commissioner” means the commissioner of education in any reference to the Tennessee School for the Blind, Tennessee School for the Deaf and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute; and

     (2)  “Department” means the department of education in any reference to the Tennessee School for the Blind, Tennessee School for the Deaf and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute.

[Acts 1925, ch. 115, § 5; 1939, ch. 11, § 34; Shan. Supp., § 1487a25; Code 1932, § 2316; Acts 1933, ch. 142, § 1; 1935, ch. 186, § 1; 1947, ch. 96, § 1; 1947, ch. 113, §§ 1, 2; mod. C. Supp. 1950, §§ 255.56, 2316 (Williams, §§ 371.1, 2316); impl. am. Acts 1951, ch. 180, § 1; modified; impl. am. Acts 1953, ch. 85, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1955, ch. 17, § 1; Acts 1957, ch. 160, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, §§ 3, 14; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1965, ch. 30, § 1; Acts 1967, ch. 294, § 1; 1972, ch. 575, § 1; 1972, ch. 838, § 9; 1973, ch. 80, § 1; 1973, ch. 145, § 1; 1978, ch. 932, § 4; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 4-310, 49-107; Acts 1983, ch. 181, § 12; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-112(a)(3), (a)(4), (a)(6); Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 6, § 10; 1986, ch. 854, §§ 1, 2; 1986, ch. 869, § 17; 1996, ch. 1079, § 183; 1999, ch. 367, § 5; 2003, ch. 355, § 28.]