49-11-803 - Funds.
49-11-803. Funds.
(a) The general assembly shall appropriate each year funds that may be necessary for the operation of the statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center.
(b) The center shall utilize federal funds when the funds are available to the extent possible.
(c) The state shall appropriate annually whatever additional funds are necessary to carry out the program.
(d) The salary schedules for licensed teachers in the statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center shall be reasonably comparable to those currently in effect in the LEAs where the respective institution is located. The salary adjustments required by this subsection (d) shall be funded through the existing resources of the department of human services.
[Acts 1973, ch. 290, § 3; T.C.A., § 49-2831; Acts 2007, ch. 561, § 1.]