Amends TCA Title 49.

Under present law, it is the duty of the state board of education to control the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute and elect, on the recommendation of the commissioner, the president, superintendents, teachers, officers and other employees for those schools. Present law requires that a branch school for the deaf be located in Davidson County in connection with the Tennessee School for the Blind.<br /> <br /> This bill removes the branch school for the deaf in Davidson County from the Tennessee School for the Blind's facilities beginning with the 2022-2023 school year and requires that the land, buildings, and appurtenances of the school be used by the Tennessee School for the Blind, exclusively. This bill also changes from "Davidson County" to "middle Tennessee" the location in which a Tennessee School for the Deaf branch must operate. This bill prohibits the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf, and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute from sharing the same president, superintendent, or officers at the same time.<br /> <br /> ON APRIL 18, 2019, THE HOUSE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED HOUSE BILL 25, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill and prohibits the Tennessee School for the Blind, the Tennessee School for the Deaf, the West Tennessee School for the Deaf, and the Alvin C. York Agricultural Institute from sharing the same president, director of schools, or officers at the same time.<br /> <br />