49-10-303 - State supervision of local plans.
49-10-303. State supervision of local plans.
(a) If the state board of education disapproves a plan submitted by a school board, representatives of the state school board shall consult and advise with the school board in an effort to formulate a plan that can be approved.
(b) (1) If no plan can be agreed upon, the state board of education shall, within thirty (30) days, provide a plan that shall be adhered to, unless the school board, within thirty (30) days thereafter, files a suit in the circuit court of Davidson County, in equity, to restrain the enforcement of the plan on the ground that it is arbitrary, impracticable, detrimental to the education of exceptional children or invalid.
(2) Only the circuit court of Davidson County shall have jurisdiction of the suits and the suits shall be given a preferred setting.
[Acts 1972, ch. 839, § 5; T.C.A., § 49-2937.]