CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

Public Aid For Nonpublic Schools

Legislative Department (art. 2).

SEC. 29. Counties and towns-Power to tax-Credit.-The General Assembly shall have power to authorize the several counties and incorporated towns in this State, to impose taxes for County and Corporation purposes respectively, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law; and all property shall be taxed according to its value, upon the principles established in regard to state taxation. But the credit of no County, City, or Town shall be given or loaned to or in aid of any person, company, association or corporation, except upon an election to be first held by the qualified voters of such county, city or town, and the assent of three-fourths of the votes cast at said election. Nor shall any county, city or town become a stockholder with others in any company, association or corporation except upon a like election, and the assent of a like majority.

SEC. 31. Acts forbidden the State.-The credit of this State shall not be hereafter loaned or given to or in aid of any person, association, company, corporation or municipality; nor shall the State become the owner in whole or in part of any bank, or a stockholder with others in any association, company, corporation or municipality.

Tax Exemptions For Nonpublic Schools

Legislative Department (art. 2).

SEC. 28. Taxable property-Valuation-Rates.—All property real, personal or mixed shall be taxed, but the Legislature may except such as may be held by the State, by Counties, Cities or Towns, and used exclusively for public or corporation purposes, and such as may be held and used for purposes purely religious, charitable, scientific, literary or educational.***

Miscellaneous

Miscellaneous Provisions (art. 11).

SEC. 8. General laws only to be passed.- *** No corporation shall be created or its powers increased or diminished by special laws but the General Assembly shall provide by general laws for the organization of all corporations, hereafter created, which laws may, at any time, be altered or repealed. And no such alteration or repeal shall interfere with or divest rights which have become vested.

SEC. 12. Education to be cherished-Common school fund-Poll taxWhites and negroes.-Knowledge, learning, and virtue, being essential to the preservation of republican institutions, and the diffusion of the opportunities and advantages of education throughout the different portions of the State, being highly conducive to the promotion of this end, it shall be the duty of the General Assembly in all future periods of this Government, to cherish literature and science. And the fund called common school fund, and all the lands and proceeds thereof, dividends, stocks, and other property of every

description whatever, heretofore by law appropriated by the General Assembly of this State for the use of common schools, and all such as shall hereafter be appropriated, shall remain a perpetual fund, the principal of which shall never be diminished by Legislative appropriations; and the interest thereof shall be inviolably appropriated to the support and encouragement of common schools throughout the State, and for the equal benefit of all the people thereof; and no law shall be made authorizing said fund or any part thereof to be divested to any other use than the support and encouragement of common schools. * * *

STATUTORY PROVISIONS

Education (title 49). Approval/Supervision/Support

State Administration (ch. 1).

SEC. 49-105. Powers and duties of commissioner.-The commissioner shall be, ex officio, member and chairman of the state board of education and shall have a vote on all questions coming before the board, and it shall be the duty of said commissioner of education: * * *

(19) To inspect, approve and classify such private schools of grades one (1) through twelve (12), as well as nursery schools and/or kindergartens, or any combination of these, as shall request such inspection, approval and classification; provided that the same standards as are used for the approval and classification of public schools shall be used for such inspection, approval and classification. [Acts 1925, ch. 115, sec. 4; Shan. Supp., sec. 1487a23; Code 1932, sec. 2314; Acts 1933, ch. 129, sec. 1; C. Supp. 1950, sec. 2314; impl. am. Acts 1951, ch. 58; 1957, ch. 91, secs. 1, 2; 1961, ch. 106, sec. 1; 1961, ch. 160, sec. 1; 1963, ch. 13, sec. 1.]

Local Administration (ch. 2).

SEC. 49-231. County contracts for teaching in private, city or special district schools.-The county board of education shall have the power to make contracts with the proper authorities of private schools, or with city or special school district boards of education whereby the county public elementary and high school may be taught in said private or city schools, provided, that the public elementary and high school branches be taught free of charge to all pupils of the county entitled thereto; provided, further, that the contract may provide that the school shall be administered by either the city, special school district, or county board of education upon the condition that the board charged with administration of the school shall employ duly certified teachers and shall otherwise comply with other state laws pertaining to education, and shall in no way interfere with the powers devolved upon the commissioner of education in connection with the county public elementary and high schools, and in the event of contracts with private schools that no teacher shall be

employed in such private school unless said teacher has a teacher's certificate of such grade as may be prescribed for his employment and unless the employment of said teacher shall be approved by the county board of education; and provided further that the authority of the state commissioner, county superintendent and all public school officers shall be as full and ample in such private schools as in other county public elementary and high schools. This section shall not be construed as authorizing a contract by a county board of education with a church sponsored or church related or a parochial school. [Acts 1925, ch. 115, sec. 14; Shan. Supp., sec. 1487a99; Code 1932, sec. 2390, Acts 1931, ch. 71, sec. 1; C. Supp. 1950, sec. 2393.16; Acts 1959, ch. 259, secs. 1, 2; 1959, ch. 309, sec. 1.]

Compulsory Education

Census, Attendance and Assignment of Children (ch. 17).

SEC. 49-1708. Ages of compulsory attendance.-Every parent, guardian, or other person residing within the state of Tennessee, having control or charge of any child or children between the ages of seven (7) and sixteen (16) years, both inclusive, shall cause such child or children to attend public or private day school, and in event of failure to do so, shall be subject to the penalties hereinafter provided.

Provided, however, that for any good and substantial reason as determined by a parent or other person having legal custody of a child and agreed to by the respective local board of education, such parent or person may withdraw his child from a public school provided within (30) days the parent or person having legal custody of the child places the child in a public school designated by such local board of education, or in a private school. [Acts 1947, ch. 87, sec. 1; C. Supp. 1950, sec. 2442.1; Acts 1959, ch. 289, sec. 1.]

SEC. 49-1709. Annual term of compulsory attendance.-The minimum session of attendance required under this chapter is one hundred and seventy-five (175) days per year, or for the full annual session of the public school which the child would normally attend. [Acts. 1947, ch. 87, sec. 2; C. Supp. 1950, sec. 2442.2; Acts 1972, ch. 693, sec. 14.]

Compiler's Note: See also SPECIAL EDUCATION, Ch. 17, sec. 49-1730. Special Education

Census, Attendance and Assignment of Children (ch. 17).

SEC. 49-1730. Compulsory attendance for blind-Exemptions.— Compulsory school attendance shall be required for all blind children between the ages of seven (7) and sixteen (16) years; provided, this section shall not apply to such blind children as are mentally or physically defective and incapable of benefiting from school attendance; and provided, further, that same shall not apply to any child who has graduated from the elementary school or the Tennessee School for the Blind before reaching the age of sixteen (16) years. [Acts 1927, ch. 19, sec. 2; Code 1932, sec. 2444.]

ANNOTATION.-Rule No. II. G.1.a.(3) of the 1973-1974 Rules, Regulations, and Minimum Standards of the Tennessee State Board of Education is amended by adding thereto subparts (a) and (b), so that as amended Rule No. II. G.1.a.(3), relating to compulsory school attendance shall read as follows:

(3) Insure that all school age pupils who are unable to participate in the regular school program are properly exempted and do participate in educational programs appropriate to their needs.

(a) The exemptions of compulsory attendance contained in T.C.A. 49-1710 shall not be construed to deny the rights of handicapped children to appropriate special education, corrective, and supportive services. (b) Local school districts will take necessary steps to assure compulsory attendance in an appropriate educational program of any handicapped child between seven and sixteen years of age inclusive.

Legal Authority: T.C.A. secs. 49-108, 49-2301; Consent Agreement and Decree entered July 29, 1974, in the case Val Rainey, et al., vs. Tennessee

Department of Education, et al., Davidson County Chancery Court, No. A-3100.

SEC. 49-1731. Schools available for blind.-Blind children coming under the provisions of sec. 49-1729-49-1737 shall have the option of attending (a) the regular schools for sighted children (b) any private school or instructor teaching the course of study used in the public schools, or a course of study peculiarly adapted for the blind, and which has been approved by the commissioner of institutions, (c) or the Tennessee School for the Blind. [Acts 1927, ch. 19, sec. 3; Code 1932, sec. 2445.]

Exceptional and Handicapped Children (ch. 29).

SEC. 49-2901. Definition of terms.-The term "exceptional children” shall be construed to include children of school age and under twenty-one (21) years of age of educable mind, whose bodily functions or members are so impaired that they cannot safely or adequately be educated in the regular classes of the public schools without special educational services, and to include children of school age and under twenty-one (21) years of age who are psychologically exceptional, and to include children of pre-school age down to and including the age of three (3) years, who are deaf. * * * [Acts 1953, ch. 70, sec. 19, Williams, sec. 2417.194; 1955, ch. 136, sec. 12; 1961, ch. 159, sec. 1; 1967, ch. 49, sec. 1; 1969, ch. 216, sec. 1.1

SEC. 49-2902. Powers of state board.-***

(f) To permit a county, city or special school district board of education to contract with a suitable private institution or organization located in the same county for the provision of such approved facilities and services for exceptional children, and to permit the expenditure of funds by such county, city or special school district board of education to constitute approved expenditures hereunder, provided that the authority of the state commissioner of education, the local superintendent of schools and all public school officers shall be as full and ample in such private institution as in any school of the said county, city or special school district, and provided further that the facilities and services of such private institution meets the minimum standards as prescribed by the state board of education; and

(g) To cooperate with other state agencies, with private agencies, and with state and private institutions which are concerned with health, education, and welfare of exceptional children as they relate to an effective integration of medical treatment, education and rehabilitation, of exceptional children. [Acts 1953, ch. 70, sec. 19, Williams, sec. 2417.194; 1955, ch. 136, sec. 12; 1967, ch. 49, secs. 2, 3.]

SEC. 49-2912. Handicapped children-Policy-Application.-It is the policy of this state to provide, and to require school districts to provide, as an integral part of free public education, special education services sufficient to meet the needs and maximize the capabilities of handicapped children. The timely implementation of this policy to the end that all handicapped children actually receive the special education services necessary to their proper development is declared to be an integral part of the policy of this state. This section applies to all handicapped children regardless of the schools, institutions or programs by which such children are served. [Acts 1972, Adj. S., ch. 839, sec. 1.]

C. 1. The unit shall furnish, lend, or otherwise make available its equipment, materials, supplies, and devices to public school systems, private nonprofit schools, special schools or institutions for handicapped children, and public and private nonprofit institutions of higher learning.

2. Public and private nonprofit institutions and organizations operating programs of vocational rehabilitation recognized or approved pursuant to this chapter also shall be eligible in the same manner as institutions qualifying under subsection C 1 of this section. * * *

5. The unit shall make equipment, materials, supplies, or devices available pursuant to subsections C 1 through 3 of this section only on written application made in such form and manner as it may prescribe. The application shall be approved, and equipment, materials, supplies, or devices furnished only if the unit is satisfied that the applicant has a need therefor and is capable of putting them to appropriate use. Applications shall contain information concerning the number of handicapped children for whom the applicant is providing instruction, or, in the case of a new institution or program, the number expected to be so served; the type or types of handicap; and such other information as the unit may require. [Acts 1972, Adj. S., ch. 839, sec. 7.]

SEC. 49-2951. In-service training programs available to teachers.-The in-service training programs of the special education materials and techniques unit shall be available to any teacher of handicapped persons in the regular employ of any school system, institution, organization, or program which could be an eligible applicant for equipment, materials, supplies, or devices pursuant to subsection C of sec. 49-2942. However, the locations, times, duration, and specific educational or experience prerequisites for particular training programs or courses shall be determined by the unit. [Acts 1972, Adj. S., Ch. 839, sec. 9.]

SEC. 49-2958. Federal aid-Administration-Allocation.-The state department of education may apply for, administer, receive, and expend any federal aid for which this state may be eligible in the administration of secs. 49-2912-49-2959. If such aid is available for a multi-state or regional program in which this state participates pursuant to one or more contracts in force pursuant to secs. 49-2912-49-2959, the state department of education may apply for and devote all or a portion of the federal aid to the multi-state or regional program. [Acts 1972, Adj. S., ch. 839, sec. 10.]

Curriculum

Curriculum (ch. 19).

SEC. 49-1903. American history and government in public high schools.— Every four (4) year high school in Tennessee which receives public funds from city, county and/or state governments shall require every student to have at least one (1) year of instruction in American history and government, preferably in the fourth year. If any student in any of the designated schools fails or refuses to take the subjects above named, he shall not be admitted to the University of Tennessee or the state university and community college system of Tennessee unless and until he agrees to earn credit in these subjects in the first or second year of attendance. [Acts 1951, ch. 30, sec. 1, Williams, sec. 2393.8; Acts 1973, ch. 201, sec. 1.]

SEC. 49-1907. United States Constitution.-A treatise on the history and interpretation of the Constitution of the United States approved or adopted by the state board of education is required to be taught in the high schools of Tennessee. [Acts 1947, ch. 50, sec. 1; impl. am. Acts 1947, ch. 96, sec. 1; C. Supp. 1950, sec. 2423.3, Williams, sec. 2393.8a.]

Records and Reports

Census, Attendance and Assignment of Children (ch. 17).

SEC. 49-1717. Attendance records and reports.-It shall be the duty of the principals and of the teachers, of all schools, public, private, denominational, or parochial, to report in writing to the superintendent of the system in which

the school is located the names, ages, and residence of all pupils in attendance at their schools and classes within thirty (30) days after the beginning of the school year and to make such other reports of attendance in their schools or classes, including transfers of pupils, as may be required by rule or regulation of the county, city and special school district board of education and of the state board of education. All public, private, and parochial schools shall keep daily reports of attendance, verified by the teacher making such record, which shall be open to inspection at all reasonable times to the superintendent of the system in which the school is located or to his duly authorized representative. [Acts 1947, ch. 87, sec. 12; C. Supp. 1950, sec. 2442.12.]

SEC. 49-1718. Report of withdrawals and absentees-Proceedings against parents.-It shall be the duty of the principal or teacher of every public, private, or parochial school to report promptly to the superintendent of schools, or his designated representative, the names of all children who have withdrawn from school, or who have been absent five (5) days (this means an aggregate of five (5) days during the school year and not necessarily five (5) consecutive days) without adequate excuse. Such superintendent shall thereupon serve, or cause to be served, upon the parent, guardian, or other person in Tennessee in parental relation to such children unlawfully absent from school, written notice that attendance of such children at school is required, and if it shall appear that, within three (3) days after receipt of said notice, any child, parent, guardian, or other person in parental relation shall have failed to comply with the provisions of secs. 49-1708-49-1727, the superintendent, in the name of the county, city, or special school district, shall report the facts of such unlawful attendance to the sheriff, constable, city policeman, district attorney-general, or the foreman of the grand jury, who shall proceed against the parent, guardian, or other person in parental relation in accordance with the provisions of secs. 49-1708–49-1727, unless the parent, guardian, or person having charge and control of said child shall at once place him in some day school as aforesaid. [Acts 1947, ch. 87, sec. 13; C. Supp. 1950, sec. 2442.13.]

Teacher Certification

Certification of Teachers (ch. 12).

Compiler's Note: See APPROVAL/SUPERVISION/SUPPORT Ch. 2, sec. 49-231.

SEC. 49-1203. Age and experience requirements.-No person under eighteen (18) years of age shall receive a certificate to teach in the public schools, and no one who has less than eight (8) months of experience as a teacher or who is under eighteen (18) years of age shall receive pay out of the public school funds as the principal of any school having more than one (1) teacher. [Acts 1925, ch. 115, sec. 11; Shan. Supp., sec. 1487a61; Code 1932, sec. 2352; Acts 1973, ch. 76, sec. 1.)

SEC. 49-1204. Character of applicants.—Examination by local committees.-No person shall receive a certificate to teach unless he has a good moral character, and under no circumstances shall certificates be granted to persons addicted to the use of intoxicants or narcotics. All applicants for certificates shall satisfy the state board of education that they meet the requirements of this chapter. [Acts 1925, ch. 115, sec. 11; Shan. Supp., sec. 1487a62; Code 1932, sec. 2353; impl. am. Acts 1951, ch. 58, sec. 7; Acts 1957, ch. 137, sec. 2.]

SEC. 49-1213. Approval of teacher-training school.-The state board of education shall not issue professional certificates upon the work done in any college or university, except from the list of standard teacher training institutions, colleges, and universities which shall be approved by the state board of education after inspection as may be provided by said board. [Acts 1925, ch. 115, sec. 11; Shan. Supp., sec. 1487a65; Code 1932, sec. 2356, impl. am. Acts 1951, ch. 58, sec. 7.)

SEC. 49-1236. Rules and regulations-Standards prescribed.-The state board of education is hereby authorized, empowered, and directed to set up

rules and regulations governing the issuance of certificates for county, city and special school district superintendents, supervisors, principals and public school teachers. Said rules and regulations shall prescribe standards controlling the issuance and renewal of all certificates, including permanent certificates, limited certificates, and permits; provided that if a permanent certificate is issued it shall not be to an applicant who has less than four (4) years of general and/or technical and professional training beyond the twelfth grade; provided further, that no increase in the minimum requirements for certificates shall become effective until at least one (1) year after promulgation thereof by the state board of education; and provided further that vocational and/or trades teachers shall be certified on the basis of qualifications prescribed in the state plan for vocational education prepared by the state board for vocational education and approved by the United States office of Education.

No person otherwise qualified shall be denied the right to enter training in any college or university or engage in practice teaching for the purpose of becoming a teacher on the ground he or she is totally blind or visually limited; nor shall any county, city or special school district board of education refuse to employ a certified teacher on such grounds, provided that such blind or visually limited person is able to carry out the duties of the position for which he or she applies. [Acts 1951, ch. 58, sec. 2, Williams, sec. 2365.6; modified; 1959, ch. 121, sec. 1; 1967, ch. 255, sec. 1.)

Rights and Duties of Teachers (ch. 13).

SEC. 49-1302. Communicable disease-Physical examination.-No person shall teach in any school who has any contagious or communicable disease in such form as might endanger the health of school children, and any teacher must submit to a physical examination by competent physician, when so required by the county or city board of education. [Acts 1925, ch. 115, sec. 8; Shan. Supp., sec. 1487a48; Code 1932, sec. 2337.]

Compiler's Note: See also SPECIAL EDUCATION, Ch. 29, sec. 49-2951. Health and Safety

Census, Attendance and Assignment of Children (ch. 17).

SEC. 49-1766. Parents responsible for immunization of their children. Exception.-It shall be the responsibility of the parents or guardian of children to have their children immunized, as required by sec. 49-1765.

Provided, however, in the absence of an epidemic or immediate threat thereof, secs. 49-1765–49-1769 shall not apply to any child whose parent or guardian shall object thereto in writing on grounds that such immunization and other preventive measures conflict with the religious tenets and practices of a well recognized religious denomination, whose teachings include reliance on prayer or spiritual means alone for healing, of which he is an adherent or member. [Acts 1967, ch. 293, sec. 2.]

SEC. 49-1767. Proof of immunization required prior to enrollment in school.-No children shall be permitted to enroll in any school until proof of immunization is given the admissions officer of the school except as provided in sec. 49-1766. [Acts 1967, ch. 293, sec. 3.]

SEC. 49-1768. Conditions under which immunization not required.—Any immunization specified hereunder shall not be required if a qualified physician shall certify that administration of such immunization would be in any manner harmful to the child involved. [Acts 1967, ch. 293, sec. 4.]

Safety Requirements for Certain Courses and Laboratories in Schools (ch. 44).

B. Chemical or combined chemical-physical laboratories using caustic or explosive chemicals or hot liquids or solids. [Acts 1967, ch. 194, sec. 1.]

SEC. 49-4402. "Industrial quality" defined.-Eye protective devices shall be considered of “industrial quality” when they meet the standards of the American Standards Association Safety Code for Head, Eye, and Respiratory Protection promulgated by the American Standards Association, Inc., or other standards generally recognized by industry. [Acts 1967, ch. 194, sec. 2.]

Federal Aid

Vocational Education (ch. 27).

SEC. 49-2701. Acceptance of federal acts-Board for vocational education-Cooperation with United States office of education–The state board of education is hereby designated the state board for vocational education and as such vocational board is authorized and empowered to accept upon the behalf of the state any and all acts of congress pertaining to vocational education and is designated the sole agency of the state for administering vocational education programs in cooperation with the federal government and its agencies. Further, the state board for vocational education is authorized and empowered to make such agreements with the federal government and local government units as may be deemed necessary to participate in federal vocational education programs. [Acts 1925, ch. 115, sec. 21; Shan. Supp., secs. 1487a148, 1487a151; Code 1932, secs. 2476, 2478; modified; Acts 1957, ch. 139, sec. 1.]

Compiler's Note: See also SPECIAL EDUCATION, Ch. 29, secs. 49-2942 (B6) and 49-2942.

Miscellaneous

Special Days and Holidays (ch. 18).

SEC. 49-1806. American history month-Proclamation-Observance. -The governor shall proclaim February of each year as American history month in Tennessee. The governor shall issue a proclamation calling upon all elementary school teachers and all teachers of American history in secondary schools to arrange special programs at sometime during American history month, and calling upon the people of the entire state to observe it in some fitting manner, having as their objectives the advancement of the study of American history and the promotion of American heritage. [Acts 1971, ch. 342, sec. 1.]

CONSTITUTIONAL PROVISIONS

Public Aid For Nonpublic Schools

Bill of Rights (art. I).

SEC. 7. No appropriation for sectarian purposes.- No money shall be appropriated or drawn from the Treasury for the benefit of any sect, or religious society, theological or religious seminary, nor shall property belonging to the State be appropriated for any such purposes.

Legislative Department (art. III).

SEC. 50. Credit of State not to be pledged.—The Legislature shall have no power to give or lend or authorize the giving or lending of the credit of the State in aid of, or to any person, association or corporation, whether municipal or other, or to pledge the credit of the State in any manner whatsoever, for the payment of the liabilities, present or prospective, of any individual, association of individuals, municipal or other corporation whatsoever.

SEC. 52. Counties, cities, etc., not authorized to grant money or become stockholders; exceptions.-The Legislature shall have no power to authorize any county, city, town or other political corporation or subdivision of the State to lend its credit or to grant public money or thing of value in aid of, or to any individual, association or corporation whatsoever, or to become a stockholder in such corporation, association or company;

Education-The Public Free Schools (art. VII).

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SEC. 5. Permanent school fund; interest; alienation; sectarian schools.— The principal of all bonds and other funds, and the principal arising from the sale of the lands hereinbefore set apart to said school fund, shall be the permanent school fund, and all the interest derivable therefrom and the taxes herein authorized and levied shall be the available school fund. The available school fund shall be applied annually to the support of the public free schools. And no law shall ever be enacted appropriating any part of the permanent or available school fund to any other purpose whatever; nor shall the same or any part thereof ever be appropriated to or used for the support of any sectarian school; and the available school fund herein provided shall be distributed to the several counties according to their scholastic population and applied in such manner as may be provided by law.

General Provisions (art. XVI).

SEC. 6. Appropriations for private purposes prohibited; expenditures to be published.—(a) No appropriation for private or individual purposes shall be made, unless authorized by this Constitution. A regular statement, under oath, and an account of the receipts and expenditures of all public money shall be published annually, in such manner as shall be prescribed by law. Tax Exemptions For Nonpublic Schools

Taxation and Revenue (art. VIII).

SEC. 2. Occupation taxes equal and uniform; exemptions therefrom.-- All occupation taxes shall be equal and uniform upon the same class of subjects

within the limits of the authority levying the tax; but the Legislature may, by general law, exempt from taxation public property used for public purposes; actual places or (of) religious worship, also any property owned by a church or by a strictly religious society for the exclusive use as a dwelling place for the ministry of such church or religious society, and which yields no revenue whatever to such church or religious society; provided that such exemption shall not extend to more property than is reasonably necessary for a dwelling place and in no event more than one acre of land; places of burial not held for private or corporate profit; all buildings used exclusively and owned by persons or associations of persons for school purposes and the necessary furniture of all schools and property used exclusively and reasonably necessary in conducting any association engaged in promoting the religious, educational and physical development of boys, girls, young men or young women operating under a State or National organization of like character; also, the endowment funds of such institutions of learning and religion not used with a view to profit; and when the same are invested in bonds or mortgages, or in land or other property which has been and shall hereafter be bought in by such institutions under forclosure sales made to satisfy or protect such bonds or mortgages, that such exemption of such land and property shall continue only for two years after the purchase of the same at such sale by such institutions and no longer, and institutions of purely public charity; and all laws exempting property from taxation other than the property above mentioned shall be null and void.

Miscellaneous

Private Corporations (art. XII).

SEC. 1. Corporations created by general laws.-No private corporation shall be created except by general laws.

SEC. 2. General laws to be enacted.-General laws shall be enacted providing for the creation of private corporations, and shall therein provide fully for the adequate protection of the public and of the individual stockholders.

STATUTORY PROVISIONS

Texas Education Code (titles 1 and 2).

Approval/Supervision/Support

State Funds for the Support of Public Schools (ch. 15).

SEC. 15.12. Use of available school fund.—(a) all available public funds of Texas shall be appropriated in each county for the education of its children. (b) No part of the permanent school fund or the available school fund shall be appropriated or used for the support of any sectarian school.

Foundation School Program (ch. 16).

SEC. 16.01. Purpose.-The purpose of the Foundation School Program is to guarantee to each child of school age in Texas the availability of a Minimum