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2017 Tennessee Code
Title 49 - Education
Chapter 10 - Special Education
Part 1 - General Provisions
§ 49-10-102. Definitions for parts 1-6.
Universal Citation: TN Code § 49-10-102 (2017)
- As used in parts 1-6 of this chapter:
- (1)
- (A) "Child with disabilities" means children with disabilities and youth between three (3) and twenty-one (21) years of age, inclusive, who have been certified under regulations of the state board of education by a specialist as being unsuited for enrollment in regular classes of the public schools, or who are unable to be educated or trained adequately in such regular programs without the provision of special classes, instruction, facilities or related services, or a combination of special classes, instruction, facilities or related services. Any child with disabilities who turns twenty-two (22) years of age between the commencement of the school year in August and the conclusion of the school year the following June, will continue to be a child with disabilities for the remainder of that school year;
- (B) "Child with disabilities" means a child with intellectual disability, hearing impairments, including deafness, speech or language impairments, visual impairments, including blindness, emotional disturbance, orthopedic impairments, autism, traumatic brain injury, other health impairments, specific learning disability, developmental delay, functional delay and the intellectually gifted;
- (2) "School district" means either a school district or a political subdivision operating a public school or public school system;
- (3) "Special education facility" means a school, or any portion of a school, remedial or supplemental facility or any other building or structure, or part of a building or structure, intended for use in meeting the educational, corrective and related needs of children with disabilities; and
- (4) "Special education services" means:
- (A) Classroom, home, hospital, institutional and administrative services needed to meet the needs of children with disabilities;
- (B) Transportation of children with disabilities who are unable to use public transportation;
- (C) Corrective and supporting services, including diagnostic and evaluation services, social services, physical and occupational therapy, job placement, orientation and mobility training, braillists, typists and readers for the blind, specified materials and equipment and other services approved by the division of special education and authorized by the state board of education; and
- (D) Other services that may be approved by the state board of education to assist children with disabilities in taking advantage of or responding to educational programs and opportunities.
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