49-10-809 - Preschool training for blind children and their parents.
49-10-809. Preschool training for blind children and their parents.
(a) This state, through the Tennessee School for the Blind, is authorized to provide training for preschool blind children and their parents as provided in this section.
(b) (1) The Tennessee School for the Blind, through its superintendent and with the approval of the state board of education, is authorized to provide and coordinate training for blind children of preschool age and their parents throughout the state.
(2) The training shall be of a type designed to instruct in physical and mental preparedness and to qualify the children for admission to the Tennessee School for the Blind.
(3) The training shall constitute a continuing program for the benefit of the children and their parents.
(c) (1) The state board of education, in its discretion, may employ and fix the pay of instructors who may be required to provide the authorized training.
(2) Personnel employed by the board shall be entitled to receive necessary travel expenses.
[Acts 1957, ch. 365, §§ 1-3; T.C.A., § 49-3026.]