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Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-11-607

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a) 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.

(b)(1) Within the limits and under the conditions that may be specified in appropriations for rehabilitation facilities, the department may establish rehabilitation facilities.

(2) 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.

(c) 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.

(d)(1) 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.

(2) Funds appropriated by the general assembly for that purpose may be used to match the federal funds and private funds.

(e) 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.

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