49-10-803 - Training of children not attending Tennessee School for the Blind.

49-10-803. Training of children not attending Tennessee School for the Blind.

The commissioner of education has the power to provide for the suitable care, maintenance and instruction of blind children of school age who are not eligible to the Tennessee School for the Blind for lack of training, and who need special kindergarten training to prepare them for admission to the school and reside in this state, where by reason of lack of means the parent or parents of the children are unable to properly care for, maintain and educate the children.

[Acts 1915, ch. 82, § 1; Shan., § 2659a1; mod. Code 1932, § 4547; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3017.]