Public Acts of 1971 Chapter 287

COMPILER’S NOTE: The following act is a public act of special application and is not codified in Tennessee Code Annotated.

SECTION 1.  Enriched courses of study, as hereinbelow defined, in subjects prescribed by statute as part of the regular school curriculum or courses of study in subjects not prescribed by statute as part of the regular curriculum (but not forbidden by statute to be taught) may be, with the approval of the board of education of a school system, provided at any school within the system, and attendance at such courses may be restricted to those upon whose behalf payments are made to finance the courses; provided that:

(a)  Such courses shall be financed entirely by voluntary contributions or payments by the parents of those attending such courses, or by other private contributions;

(b)  Courses in subjects not prescribed by statute as part of the regular curriculum may be required by a board of education to be conducted outside regular school hours, but only if such requirement shall be imposed by such board of education prior to the beginning of the school year;

(c)  The teachers of such courses have been certified in accordance with Chapter 12 of this Title 49, as amended.

SECTION 2.  Enriched courses of study conducted in accordance with Section 1 of this act shall be supervised by the principal of the school in which conducted in cooperation with those sponsoring and financing such courses; provided, however, that the sponsoring persons or agency shall assume full financial responsibility for such courses.

SECTION 3.  "Enriched courses of study" as used in this act shall mean courses conducted by persons other than the regularly employed teachers of the school in which conducted and reasonably qualified in the subject of such courses, in addition to, and not in lieu of, all courses prescribed by statute as a part of the regular curriculum.

SECTION 4.  The provisions of this Act shall apply only to counties having a population of at least 250,000 and not more than 280,000 according to the 1970 Federal Census and any subsequent Federal Census.

SECTION 5.  This Act shall take effect on becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.

Passed:  May 18, 1971.