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PDF versionSECTION 1. That the County Board of Education of Bradley County, the Superintendent of Schools of said County, and the Quarterly County Court of said County be and they are hereby authorized and directed to purchase and loan, without charge, to all students in the elementary and high schools of Bradley County, and all special and municipal school districts within said County, all textbooks prescribed in the respective courses of study in said schools by the regulations of the Department of Education of the State of Tennessee, as now provided for by the general statutes of the State, and as may be legally adopted and selected by the local school authorities; subject, however, to the further provisions of this Act.
COMPILER'S NOTE: See Tennessee Code Annotated §49-6-2201 et seq., for state statutes governing school textbook purchases, etc.
SECTION 2. That the County Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools of said County shall set up a program by which the objective of this Act shall be attained substantially as follows:
In the first and second grades by the opening of the Fall term, 1950;
In the third grade by the Fall term, 1951;
In the fourth grade by the Fall term, 1952;
In the fifth grade by the Fall term, 1953;
In the sixth grade by the Fall term, 1954;
In the seventh grade by the Fall term, 1955;
In the eighth grade by the Fall term, 1956.
The County Board of Education and the Superintendent of Schools shall, annually, cause to be prepared, a statement showing the estimated cost of furnishing textbooks for the current year under the program above set out, and also showing the estimated contribution or payment thereon from the State of Tennessee under existing laws. Such statement shall be transmitted to the County Judge or Chairman of the Quarterly County Court of said County, and by him transmitted to the Quarterly County Court for its consideration in making a levy of taxes at the time heretofore fixed by statute.
SECTION 3. That it shall be the duty of the Quarterly Court of Bradley County, beginning with April, 1950, term of said Court, and annually thereafter, to appropriate sufficient funds to supplement the funds made available by the State for textbooks, and as may be necessary to effectuate the purposes of this Act; but it is not required that a new or additional tax be levied and collected if sufficient funds are made available from existing levies or funds.
SECTION 4. That the Board of Education of said County shall make and publish rules and regulations incident to the care and custody of all books loaned to students under the provisions hereof; and it may require a deposit of the cost of any book, such deposit to be returned to the person making same when books have been returned in good condition, subject only to reasonable wear and tear.
SECTION 5. That this Act shall take effect January 1, 1950, the public welfare requiring it.
Passed: April 15, 1949.