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TN Code § 49-7-205 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-205. Staff

   The commission is empowered to employ an executive director, define the executive director's duties and, within budgetary limitations, fix the executive director's compensation.   The executive director shall serve at the pleasure of the commission.   The executive director shall have the educational preparation and experience that qualifies the executive director, in the commission's judgment, to understand and evaluate the problems and needs of the state's institutions of higher learning and to direct the studies of the commission.     Within budgetary limitations, and subject to the approval of the commissioner of human resources, the executive director may employ other professional and staff employees necessary to efficiently discharge the duties of the agency.   The executive director and all other employees shall be reimbursed for travel expenses in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
TN Code § 49-7-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-206. Rights and Status of Other Bodies Preserved

   The University of Tennessee shall retain its identity and status as a legal entity, a body politic and corporate and as one of the state's federal land-grant institutions.   Except as expressly provided in this part, its board of trustees shall retain and exercise all the authority, rights, powers and duties, express or implied, vested in it by legislative charter and enactments and other applicable laws. Nothing in this part shall be construed to deprive the board of the authority, rights, powers and duties conferred upon it by law in the government of the institutions, branches, colleges, divisions and departments now under its control, except those duties that by this part are expressly vested in the commission.     Except for the powers that are vested in the commission by this part, nothing in this part shall be construed to deprive the board of regents and the state university boards of the authority, rights, powers, and duties conferred upon them by law, express or implied, in the government, control, and operation of their respective institutions.
TN Code § 49-7-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-208. Program — Recognition of University Students for Community Involvement

  The executive director of the commission shall develop, implement and publicize a program to recognize university students who have a record of outstanding community involvement. The program shall honor students at both public and private two-year and four-year colleges and universities who have displayed a high level of community service, including volunteer work, community organization, public service, charitable service and leadership roles in these areas. The executive director shall conduct an annual program at which outstanding students are publicly recognized for community service. Nominations for recognition may be received from college and university administrators and teachers, students or members of the public. The executive director shall report the names and accomplishments of those recognized to the governor, general assembly, and press.   The award shall be known as the Representative Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement Award.
TN Code § 49-7-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-209. Program — Recognition of College and University Teachers for Community Involvement

  The executive director of the commission shall develop, implement and publicize a program to recognize university teachers who have a record of outstanding community involvement. The program shall honor teachers at both public and private two-year and four-year colleges and universities who have displayed a high level of community service, including volunteer work, community organization, public service, charitable service and leadership roles in these areas. The executive director shall conduct an annual program at which outstanding teachers are publicly recognized for community service. Nominations for recognition may be received from college and university administrators and teachers, students or members of the public. The executive director shall report the names and accomplishments of those recognized to the governor, general assembly and press.   The award shall be known as the Representative Harold Love Outstanding Community Involvement Award.
TN Code § 49-7-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-210. Annual Report

  The Tennessee higher education commission shall submit an annual report on the condition of Tennessee higher education to the governor and the general assembly.   This report, which shall be known as the Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book, shall use data from the board of regents system, the University of Tennessee system and their governing bodies and, to the extent possible, from the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association. The fact book shall also use available regional and national information to put Tennessee's data in context.   The fact book shall address the topics of access, efficiency, productivity, and quality as indicated by the following performance categories and illustrative indicators:  Student preparation, such as admission rates, freshman class profiles, and learning support placement and success rates, by subject area;   Student participation, such as college-going rates, overall enrollment, and enrollment by critical student subpopulations;   Student progression, such as end-of-term enrollment counts, freshman-to-sophomore retention rates, the number of students passing credit hour benchmarks under the higher education funding formula and lottery scholarship renewal rates;   Student success and completion, such as student transfer activity and subsequent academic performance, graduation rates, time to degree, credentials awarded, and credentials awarded per one hundred (100) full-time equivalent enrolled students;   Workforce participation, such as labor market supply and demand, employer satisfaction survey results, job placement rates, and licensure passage rates;   Academic trends, such as student engagement survey results, changes to the academic program inventory, low-producing academic programs, the number and percentage of accredited programs, and the percentage of lower division instructional courses taught by full-time faculty, part-time faculty and graduate assistants;   Financing trends, such as state appropriation levels and net tuition revenues, state and total subsidies per student, and degree costs; and   Affordability trends, such as in-state and out-of-state tuition rates, net costs of attendance, and need-based and merit-based student financial aid.     The fact book shall be published prior to March 15 each year, or as soon as practicable upon receipt of necessary student data from the systems and other sources. The fact book shall be made available in web-based and printable formats.
TN Code § 49-7-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-211. Financial Disclosure of Student Activity Fees

  Each institution of higher education shall report to the Tennessee higher education commission, on an annual basis, an accounting of student activity fees.   The Tennessee higher education commission shall publish, as part of the Tennessee Postsecondary Education Fact Book, a financial disclosure statement for student activity fees.   The financial disclosure statement shall account for the student activity fees on a campus-by-campus basis. At a minimum the following information shall also be included with the financial disclosure statement:  The number of undergraduate and graduate students enrolled;   Source of any student activity fees according to the number of students enrolled as undergraduate or graduate students;   The expenditure of the student activity fees; and   Funds not expended during the disclosure period.     This section shall only apply to public institutions of higher education.
TN Code § 49-7-212 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-212. Code of Ethics — Material Violation — Hearing — Vacancy

  The commission shall establish and adopt a code of ethics that shall apply to and govern the conduct of all appointed members of the commission.   Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its membership, the commission may remove any appointed member of the commission for a material violation of the code of ethics.   A commission vote to remove one of its members shall only be taken after the accused member has been afforded a due process contested case hearing in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, and a finding has been made that the member did violate the commission's code of ethics.   If a member is removed in accordance with this section, the position shall be considered vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by law.
TN Code § 49-7-213 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-213. Development of Institute of Public Health

 The Tennessee higher education commission, in consultation with the department of health, the University of Tennessee system, the Tennessee board of regents and private colleges and universities in this state shall develop an institute of public health.
TN Code § 49-7-215 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-215. Audit of Efficiencies

 An audit of the Tennessee higher education commission, the University of Tennessee board of trustees and the board of regents may be conducted by the comptroller of the treasury. If such audit is conducted, the audit shall specifically focus on overlap in mission, cost inefficiencies, management practices and the restructuring of higher education stipulated by the implementation of Acts 2010 (1st Ex. Sess.), ch. 3. If such audit is conducted, the audit shall be submitted to the education committee of the senate and the education committee of the house of representatives for review and recommendation.
TN Code § 49-7-216 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-216. Confidential Data or Records of Students Enrolled in Ticua Institutions

  When the Tennessee Independent Colleges and Universities Association (TICUA) or any of its member institutions provide to the Tennessee higher education commission, another state agency, or a third party acting on behalf of the state, confidential student data or records concerning students enrolled in TICUA institutions, neither TICUA nor a member institution shall be held liable in any court of law for any breach of confidentiality of such information, if the breach resulted from actions of the commission, another state agency, a third party acting on behalf of the state, or their staff and not from the transmission of the data or records by TICUA or its member institutions before the data or records reached the commission.   This section shall apply to any student data or records that are confidential under any law of this state or any federal law, including, but not limited to, the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U.S.C. § 1232g).
TN Code § 49-7-218 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 2 - Tennessee Higher Education Commission|§ 49-7-218. Report on Federal and State Appropriations Made for Federal Land-Grant Institutions of Higher Education

  By February 15 of each year, the commission shall provide a report to the general assembly detailing, for the immediately preceding academic year, the amount of any federal appropriations made to, and the amount of any matching funds received by, each federal land-grant institution of higher education in this state for each of the agricultural research, extension, education, and related programs established under:  Section 1444 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. § 3221);   Section 1445 of the National Agricultural Research, Extension, and Teaching Policy Act of 1977 (7 U.S.C. § 3222);   Sections 3(b) and (c) of the Smith-Lever Act (7 U.S.C. § 343); and   The Hatch Act of 1887 (7 U.S.C. § 361a et seq.).     The commission's report:  Must include the amount of any state appropriations made to each federal land-grant institution of higher education in this state for agriculture education; and   May include any additional information that may assist the general assembly in providing equitable funding to each of the federal land-grant institutions of higher education in this state.
TN Code § 49-7-301 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 3 - Arrangements for Students Studying Outside State|§ 49-7-301. Academic Common Market

   The commission, acting through its duly appointed representative, is authorized to enter into an agreement on behalf of the state and the public higher education institutions of the state with representatives of other member states of the southern regional education board for participation in the Academic Common Market.   The instrument of agreement shall become effective upon execution by the representatives of five (5) member states of the southern regional education board.   The instrument of agreement shall be effective for an initial period of three (3) years and may be subject to renewal. The commission may rescind the agreement of participation by the state at any time in accordance with the instrument of agreement.     Nonresident fees shall not be charged to residents of other states who are admitted under the terms of the instrument of agreement to programs offered by higher education institutions of the state through the Academic Common Market.    The commission is designated the administrative agency for the state for the Academic Common Market.   For the purpose of administration, the duties of the commission are to:  Submit annually to the southern regional education board a list of programs offered by public higher education institutions of this state that the state is prepared to have included in the Academic Common Market;   Maintain and disseminate a list of programs offered through the Academic Common Market by institutions in other states and available to Tennessee residents;   Certify Tennessee residents for participation in the programs of the Academic Common Market in other states; and   Perform other duties that may be necessary to comply with the instrument of agreement or that are otherwise necessary for administration.
TN Code § 49-7-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 3 - Arrangements for Students Studying Outside State|§ 49-7-302. Optometry Students

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  “School or college of optometry” means an accredited institution offering courses leading to the degree of doctor of optometry, acting through its governing body; and   “Tennessee student” means any student who qualifies as a resident of the state for purposes of tuition according to rules and regulations of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee or the board of regents of the state university and community college system.     The Tennessee state contract administrator for the southern regional education board is authorized to contract with state or privately owned or endowed optometry schools or colleges within the southern regional education board region for the purpose of providing financial payments to the colleges in exchange for the colleges reserving places for Tennessee students at the rate per student approved by the southern regional education board.   Any financial payment authorized under this section shall be made in accordance with the following provisions and limitations:  Optometry colleges that annually enroll Tennessee students under the southern regional education board contract program may receive financial payments up to the total number specified in the contract, at the rate per student approved by the southern regional education board during any fiscal year; and   The financial assistance shall be continued from year to year until the entering Tennessee student has been granted a degree in optometry, but not for more than four (4) years, and contracts provided for in this section may set forth the terms and provisions for continuation of the payments as provided by the southern regional education board.
TN Code § 49-7-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 3 - Arrangements for Students Studying Outside State|§ 49-7-303. Medical Students

  As used in this section, unless the context otherwise requires:  “Additional Tennessee students” means an annual increase in the number of entering Tennessee students over the average number of entering Tennessee students for the immediate past ten (10) years;   “Medical college” means an accredited institution offering courses leading to the degree of doctor of medicine acting through its governing body; and   “Tennessee student” means any student who qualifies as a resident for purposes of tuition according to rules and regulations of the University of Tennessee.     The commission is authorized to contract with privately owned or endowed medical colleges in this state for the purpose of providing financial payments to the colleges in exchange for the colleges' accepting additional Tennessee students.   Any financial payment authorized under this section shall be made in accordance with the following provisions and limitations:  Each medical college that annually enrolls additional Tennessee students may receive annual financial payments for each of the maximum of ten (10) entering Tennessee students;   Financial payments may be made for each additional Tennessee student in an amount not to exceed the per student appropriation to the University of Tennessee College of Medicine for the fiscal year ending prior to the academic year in which the additional Tennessee student or students are enrolled in the medical school;   The financial assistance may be continued from year to year until the entering Tennessee student has been granted a degree in medicine, and contracts provided for in this section may set forth the terms and provisions for continuation of the payments; and   The total financial payments to each medical college shall not exceed payments for more than forty (40) Tennessee students at each medical college during any fiscal year.
TN Code § 49-7-401 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 4 - State Assistance to Private Colleges|§ 49-7-401. Family Practice Training Programs

  It is the intent and purpose of this section to promote the preparation, education and training of physicians for family practice in this state by encouraging Meharry Medical College to continue its efforts for the development of an expanded family practice residency that includes training in medically underserved middle Tennessee communities.    In addition to the medical programs already provided for and funded by the state, financial support shall also be provided for the development, enlargement and continuation of Meharry Medical College's graduate training program in family practice for physicians, which shall prepare them for the specialty of family practice.   Funding for the Meharry family practice residency program shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year per resident in training.      Funding for the 1978-1979 academic school year shall be projected as not exceeding five hundred forty thousand dollars ($540,000) for the training of thirty-six (36) residents.   Funding for succeeding years will provide for continuance at this same level, unless increased or decreased by specific legislation.     Development and expansion of family practice resident training in various locations of middle Tennessee shall be the responsibility of Meharry Medical College.    This section does not constitute an appropriation of funds.   No funds shall be expended under this section unless the funds are specifically appropriated in the general appropriations act pursuant to §§ 9-4-5101 — 9-4-5105, 9-4-5108 — 9-4-5114 or a specific amendment or supplement to the general appropriations act.
TN Code § 49-7-402 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 4 - State Assistance to Private Colleges|§ 49-7-402. Preventive Medicine Training Programs

  It is the intent and purpose of this section to promote the preparation, education and training of physicians for preventive medicine in this state by encouraging Meharry Medical College to continue its efforts for the development of an expanded preventive medicine residency that includes training in medically underserved middle Tennessee communities.    In addition to the medical programs already provided for and funded by the state, financial support shall also be provided for the development, enlargement and continuation of Meharry Medical College's graduate training program in preventive medicine for physicians, which shall prepare them for the specialty of preventive medicine.   Funding for the Meharry preventive medicine residency program shall not exceed fifty thousand dollars ($50,000) per year per resident in training.      For the 1981-1982 academic school year, one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) shall be earmarked and shall not exceed that amount for the funding of the preventive medicine residency program at Meharry Medical College to enable the training of five (5) residents; funding for 1982-1983 shall be projected as not exceeding one hundred eighty thousand dollars ($180,000) for the training of nine (9) residents.   Funding for succeeding years will provide for continuance at this same level unless increased or decreased by specific legislation.     Development and expansion of preventive medicine resident training in various locations of middle Tennessee shall be the responsibility of Meharry Medical College.    This section does not constitute an appropriation of funds.   No funds shall be expended under this section unless the funds are specifically appropriated in the general appropriations act pursuant to title 9, chapter 4, part 51, or a specific amendment or supplement to the general appropriations act.
TN Code § 49-7-403 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally|Part 4 - State Assistance to Private Colleges|§ 49-7-403. Sickle Cell Anemia Research

 The department of health shall negotiate a contract with Meharry Medical College for study, research and treatment of drepanocytemia, sickle cell anemia, on such terms and conditions as may be mutually agreeable; provided, that this section shall not take effect unless funds are appropriated in the general appropriations act to effectuate the purposes of this section.