Tennessee § 49-1-202 - Divisions.
Full text of Tennessee Tennessee Code Annotated § 49-1-202 — Divisions., with citation guidance and answers to common questions.
§ 49-1-202. Divisions.
The department of education shall be organized in divisions that the commissioner, with the approval of the governor, finds necessary, except that there shall be a division of career and technical education, the head of which shall be an assistant commissioner. The assistant commissioner for career and technical education shall be responsible for the management of all career and technical education matters as governed by federal and state policies, guidelines, rules, and regulations. All references to or duties or powers of the former division of vocational education or to the division of vocational-technical education shall be deemed to be references to or powers or duties of the division of career and technical education. Acts 1923, ch. 7, § 37; 1925, ch. 115, §§ 3, 4; Shan. Supp., §§ 373a89, 1487a17, 1487a22; Code 1932, §§ 311, 2308, 2313; impl. am. Acts 1937, ch. 33, §§ 56, 69; Acts 1937, ch. 240, § 1; 1947, ch. 93, § 3; 1947, ch. 99, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 311 (Williams, §§ 311, 2271.1, 2271.7, 2308); modified; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 12; Acts 1963, ch. 13, § 1; 1982, ch. 689, § 19; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-110, 49-111; Acts 1984 (1st E.S.), ch. 6, § 9; 2006, ch. 1016, §§ 1, 2; 2019, ch. 204, § 1. Cross-References. Librarian certificates, issuance, title 10, ch. 2. Restriction on compensation of division heads, § 8-23-102 . State museum administered by Tennessee arts commission and funds transferred, §§ 4-12-101 — 4-12-106 . Law Reviews. Local Government Law — 1956 Tennessee Survey (Joseph Martin, Jr.), 9 Vand. L. Rev. 1032.
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