49-6-3013 - Children unable to buy books.

49-6-3013. Children unable to buy books.

If satisfactory proof is presented that any child is unable to attend school as required by this part because the child is not able to procure books, the local board of education having charge of the school to which the child belongs shall purchase the books out of the public school fund of the local district and lend the books to the child under regulations prescribed by the board during the term the books are needed.

[Acts 1947, ch. 87, § 7; C. Supp. 1950, § 2442.7; Acts 1974, ch. 654, § 98; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-1719.]