Title 49, Education

“Statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center” means a resident facility for people with disabilities where they may be provided rehabilitation services, including, but not limited to, physical and occupational therapy, vocational evaluation, personal and social eva…

(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 shal…

(a) The statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center shall accept clients from anywhere in the state. (b) No person shall become a permanent resident of the center, since it is not an institution in the sense of providing custodial care, but rather is a place to pre…

(a) As a part of the statewide comprehensive rehabilitation and training center, there is authorized a vocational technical school operated by the division of college, career, and military readiness under the general direction of the administrator of the center. (b) Funding for t…

(1) As used in this part:(1) “Grant” means a qualified work-based learning grant issued pursuant to this part;(2) “Grant fund” means the qualified work-based learning grant fund established by § 49-11-903;(3) “Program operator” means a nonprofit entity that has entered into an ag…

(a) Each LEA implementing work-based learning shall maintain student accident insurance coverage. (b) The department of education, in coordination with the department of labor and workforce development, the bureau of workers' compensation, and the department of economic and commu…

(a) THEC shall establish and administer a qualified work-based learning grant program to incentivize employer participation in work-based learning and to assist employers with costs associated with work-based learning. (b) There is created a separate fund within the general fund …

(a) The grant amount allowed under this part shall be limited to five thousand dollars ($5,000) per employer in any calendar year. (b) The total amount of grants provided to employers under this part shall not exceed one million dollars ($1,000,000) for any calendar year.

To be eligible for a qualified work-based learning grant, an employer who accepts or employs a qualified work-based learning student must submit an application to the program operator on a form prescribed by the program operator, along with any supporting documentation required b…

THEC may promulgate rules to effectuate the purposes of this part in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

The program operator may establish an application fee sufficient to offset the costs of administering this part, subject to approval by THEC.

As a condition of receiving funds from THEC pursuant to this part, the program operator must agree to submit to audits by the comptroller of the treasury.

In a work-based learning program, a maximum of six (6) credits may be earned in one (1) school year. At least one (1) credit must be earned through related classroom experience, which must include a minimum of two (2) periods per week of classroom instruction. A minimum of five (…