Section 1240-06-15-.01 - AGENCY COMPLIANCE WITH LEGAL REQUIREMENTS(1) The Agency shall administer TBE in strict accordance with 20 U.S.C. § 107 et seq., T.C.A. § 71-4-501 et seq., these rules, and the provisions of the Operations Manual.(2) Any suggested changes proposed by the Agency or the Committee regarding these rules or the provisions of the Operations Manual must be provided to the other at least twenty-one (21) days prior to any negotiating session scheduled for the purpose of considering any revisions.(3) The Agency shall identify to the Committee the financial needs of TBE at the beginning of each fiscal year, and provide all information necessary in order to allow the Committee to make an informed judgment regarding the use of vending machine income. The Committee shall consider the needs identified by the Agency and make its recommendations to the Agency in sufficient time to be considered in the budgetary process. In reviewing the Committee's recommendations, the Agency shall assure that a minimum of fifty percent (50%) of the total vending machine income received pursuant to T.C.A. § 71-4-504 shall be allocated for the health insurance and/or retirement program.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1240-06-15-.01
Original rule filed April 8, 2005; effective June 22, 2005.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 4-5-201 et seq., 71-1-105(12), 71-4-503, 71-4-504, 71-4-508, and 71-4-604; 34 C.F.R. § 395. 34.