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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 7 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-3003) › Part 28 - INTERCOLLEGIATE ATHLETE'S NAME, IMAGE, OR LIKENESS (§§ 49-7-2801 — 49-7-2803) › Section 49-7-2803 - Interference with intercollegiate athlete's ability to earn compensation prohibited

An athletic association's governing actions, sanctions, bylaws, and rules must not interfere with an intercollegiate athlete's ability to earn compensation in accordance with this part and must not otherwise impact an intercollegiate athlete's eligibility or full participation in intercollegiate athletic events, unless the intercollegiate athlete has committed a violation of the rules of an institution or an athletic association or chapter 845 of the Public Acts of 2022 is invalidated or rendered unenforceable by operation of law.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 823,s 1, eff. 5/1/2024.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 845, s 5, eff. 4/20/2022.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 7 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-3003) › Part 29 - CONSORTIUM OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 49-7-2901 — 49-7-2905) › Section 49-7-2901 - Legislative intent

It is the intent and purpose of this part to promote and enhance the role of historically black colleges and universities located in this state as prime contributors to the economic growth of the state by encouraging the institutions to continue their efforts to organize a consortium for the purpose of strategically partnering with the state and private industry to effectively achieve superior economic development in this state.
Acts 2003, ch. 324, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 7 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-3003) › Part 29 - CONSORTIUM OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 49-7-2901 — 49-7-2905) › Section 49-7-2902 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Commission" means the Tennessee higher education commission;
(2)
"Commissioner" means the commissioner of economic and community development;
(3)
"Department" means the department of economic and community development;
(4)
"HBCU" means and includes any historically black college or university located in this state, namely Fisk University, Knoxville College, Lane College, LeMoyne-Owen College, Meharry Medical College and Tennessee State University;
(5)
"Tennessee HBCU consortium" or "consortium" means an organization or association comprised of two (2) or more HBCU institutions, the purpose of which is to facilitate and implement the strategic plans and objectives developed by and between the consortium and the Tennessee HBCU technology partnership; and
(6)
"Tennessee HBCU technology partnership" or "partnership" means an organization or association formed pursuant to the terms of a memorandum of cooperation by and among the department, the commission, the institutions participating in the consortium and participating organizations from private industry, the purpose of which is to develop certain strategic plans and key objectives to leverage the collective resources of each partnership participant to achieve superior economic growth in this state.
Acts 2003, ch. 324, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 7 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-3003) › Part 29 - CONSORTIUM OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 49-7-2901 — 49-7-2905) › Section 49-7-2903 - Funding

In addition to the educational programs already provided for and funded by the state, financial support may also be provided for the organization, operation and continuation of the Tennessee HBCU consortium. Funding for the consortium shall be in an amount appropriated by the general assembly, and the appropriation shall be expended for the equitable benefit of or distributed by the consortium in equal amounts to the HBCU institutions participating in the consortium to be used exclusively for meeting the key objectives of the consortium and the Tennessee HBCU technology partnership.
Acts 2003, ch. 324, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 7 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-3003) › Part 29 - CONSORTIUM OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 49-7-2901 — 49-7-2905) › Section 49-7-2904 - Accomplishment of objectives - Memorandum of cooperation

(a)
The commission is authorized and directed to provide all necessary and appropriate guidance, assistance and support to facilitate strategy development and coordinated implementation by the consortium and the partnership to accomplish their respective and mutual key objectives.
(b)
In furtherance of subsection (a), the commission may enter into one (1) or more memoranda of cooperation with the consortium and the partnership on terms deemed by the commission to be appropriate, mutually beneficial and in the best interest of the consortium and the partnership.
Acts 2003, ch. 324, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 7 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-3003) › Part 29 - CONSORTIUM OF HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGES AND UNIVERSITIES (§§ 49-7-2901 — 49-7-2905) › Section 49-7-2905 - Construction - Expenditure of funds

This part shall not be construed to be an appropriation of funds and no funds shall be obligated or expended pursuant to this part unless the funds are specifically appropriated by the general appropriations act.
Acts 2003, ch. 324, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 7 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-3003) › Part 30 - HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY (§§ 49-7-3001 — 49-7-3003) › Section 49-7-3001 - Risk-based internal financial audits

(a)
The trustees of the University of Tennessee shall require risk-based internal financial audits for the offices of the university president and the chancellors of the campuses comprising the system; provided, that at least thirty percent (30%) of such offices shall be audited in any given year. Such audits shall be reviewed by the board of trustees and the comptroller of the treasury.
(b)
The board of regents shall require risk-based internal financial audits of the offices of the chancellor and the presidents and directors of the institutions governed by the board; provided, that at least thirty percent (30%) of such offices shall be audited in any given year. The audits shall be reviewed by the board of regents and the comptroller of the treasury.
(c)
Each state university board shall require an annual internal financial audit of the office of the president of the institution. The audit shall be reviewed by the institution's governing board and the comptroller of the treasury.
(d)
The audits shall be performed for each fiscal year and shall be completed and furnished to the system's governing body and the comptroller of the treasury by December 1 following the close of each fiscal year.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 28,Secs.s2, s3 eff. 3/29/2017.
Acts 2004, ch. 768, § 1; 2010, ch. 891, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 7 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-3003) › Part 30 - HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY (§§ 49-7-3001 — 49-7-3003) › Section 49-7-3002 - Flight log of state-owned airplane

A flight log shall be maintained for each state-owned airplane used by officers or employees of the University of Tennessee system or its institutions or the state university and community college system, including its universities, for travel related to a system or institution. The log shall show the reason for each flight, the date and final destination of each flight, the time of departure, time of arrival, all stops made prior to reaching the final destination, the length of time of each portion of a flight and the name of any person traveling on any portion of a flight, and the position the person holds with the system or institution. If a person who is not an officer or employee of the system or institution is a passenger on any portion of a flight, then the log shall clearly identify the person, the portion of the flight on which the person is a passenger and show the reason the person is a passenger.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 28, s 4, eff. 3/29/2017.
Acts 2004, ch. 768, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 7 - POSTSECONDARY AND HIGHER EDUCATION GENERALLY (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-3003) › Part 30 - HIGHER EDUCATION FINANCIAL ACCOUNTABILITY (§§ 49-7-3001 — 49-7-3003) › Section 49-7-3003 - Restrictions on purchase of alcoholic beverages

Public institutions of higher education shall not purchase alcoholic beverages, beer, or wine with funds derived from state taxes, tuition, or student fees that are appropriated or reappropriated by the general assembly.
Amended by 2017 Tenn. Acts, ch. 28,s 5, eff. 3/29/2017.
Acts 2004, ch. 768, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-102 - Admissions generally

(a)
(1)
Persons who otherwise meet admission requirements shall be admitted to a state college or university, at in-state tuition rates, if they are residents of the state, or if they are nonresidents whose bona fide place of residence is in a county of another state lying immediately adjacent to a county in this state in which the institution is situated, or if the bona fide residence is within thirty (30) miles of the institution.
(2)
With respect to nonresidents, subdivision (a)(1) applies only to Austin Peay State University and the University of Memphis.
(b)
(1)
Nonresidents of the state who meet the conditions for entrance to any of the institutions under the control of the board of regents or a state university board may be admitted on payment of tuition rates that the respective board prescribes.
(2)
Persons who otherwise meet admissions requirements shall be admitted to Dyersburg State Community College with in-state tuition, if they are residents of the state or if they are nonresidents whose bona fide place of residence is in Mississippi County, Arkansas, or either Dunklin County or Pemiscot County, Missouri. However, those students shall not be counted in the consideration of any future capital construction.
(c)
Nonresidents who otherwise meet requirements for admission to a community college shall be admitted to the institution at in-state tuition rates, subject to the following limitations:
(1)
The nonresidents admitted at in-state tuition rates shall not exceed three percent (3%) of the full-time equivalent attendance of the institution;
(2)
The nonresident applicant must have a bona fide place of residence in a county that is adjacent to the Tennessee state line and also within a thirty-mile radius of the city in which the institution is located as determined by the Tennessee higher education commission;
(3)
The Tennessee higher education commission has the authority to determine the number of affected students, and every three (3) years an adjustment shall be made to the number of nonresident students admitted according to this subsection (c); and
(4)
In the case of any question of admission between applicants who are residents of this state and applicants who are not residents of this state, the preference in admission shall be given to Tennessee residents who are equally qualified relative to nonresident applicants.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 4, eff. 7/1/2016.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 447,s 1, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1925, ch. 115, § 16; Shan. Supp., §§ 1487a; 107, 1487a; 111; Acts 1927, ch. 50, § 3; mod. Code 1932, §§ 2399, 2403; Acts 1949, ch. 286, § 1; C. Supp. 1950, § 2399; modified; Acts 1959, ch. 185, § 1; 1973, ch. 144, § 1; 1974, ch. 522, §§ 1, 2, 5; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-3203, 49-3211; Acts 1987, ch. 342, § 1; 1989, ch. 562, § 1; 2002, ch. 595, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-103 - Reserved

Repealed by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 5, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1945, ch. 180, § 17; C. Supp. 1950, § 2540.18 (Williams, § 2540.2); T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3212.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-104 - Rules and regulations for defining residency

(a)
The board of regents and each state university board are authorized to establish from time to time reasonable and appropriate rules and policies defining residency of students, which shall be used for the purpose of determining whether or not out-of-state tuition shall be charged to a student enrolling in a state college or university subject to this chapter.
(b)
(1)
The board of regents or a state university board may classify a student as a Tennessee resident and charge the student in-state tuition, if the student is a citizen of the United States, has resided in Tennessee for at least one (1) year immediately prior to admission, and has:
(A)
Graduated from a Tennessee public secondary school;
(B)
Graduated from a private secondary school that is located in this state; or
(C)
Earned a Tennessee high school equivalency credential approved by the state board of education.
(2)
Subdivision (b)(1) shall not be construed to limit the authority of the board of regents or a state university board under subsection (a) to establish other reasonable and appropriate rules defining additional categories of residents.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 114,s 33, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869, s 6, eff. 7/1/2016.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 745, s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1959, ch. 118, § 1; 1973, ch. 144, § 3; T.C.A., § 49-3224.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-106 - Reserve officer training

(a)
The governing board of each institution subject to this chapter is authorized and empowered to establish reserve officers training corps units in any public college or university under its jurisdiction, to execute and deliver bond, with or without surety, in such manner and on such terms and conditions as may be required by the United States, for the care and safekeeping of the transportation animals, arms, ammunition, supplies, tentage, and equipment that may be necessary or desirable for the operation, conduct, and training of any reserve officers training corps units of the armed forces of the United States authorized by law at any time, to be conducted in conjunction with any public college or university under its jurisdiction.
(b)
The authority delegated to a governing board in subsection (a) may, at the board's discretion, be delegated to the presidents of the several universities, colleges, and institutions, now or hereafter under its control.
(c)
Nothing in §
49-3-1106
shall limit the authority conferred in this section.
(d)
Under authority of this section, suits may be brought by the United States against the individual state universities or the community college system of this state.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869, s 8, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1951, ch. 48, § 1 (Williams, § 2316); Acts 1973, ch. 144, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3214.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-107 - Fiscal procedures

(a)
(1)
Austin Peay State University, East Tennessee State University, Middle Tennessee State University, Tennessee State University, Tennessee Technological University, the University of Memphis, and, subject to prior approval of the commissioner of finance and administration and the comptroller of the treasury, the state colleges of applied technology and community colleges are authorized to maintain bank accounts in their own names and to draw vouchers and checks for their expenditures through their own disbursing officers to maintain their own fiscal procedure under rules prescribed by the board of regents and the state university boards.
(2)
The institutions shall furnish monthly statements of their requirements to the commissioner of finance and administration, who shall draw a state warrant for the expenditures.
(b)
The purpose of this section is to provide that the state institutions enumerated in subsection (a) shall enjoy the same privileges now enjoyed by the University of Tennessee under the direction and supervision of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 9, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1949, ch. 32, § 3; C. Supp. 1950, § 255.24; impl. am. Acts 1957, ch. 4, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1959, ch. 9, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1961, ch. 97, § 3; impl. am. Acts 1963, ch. 67, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1965, ch. 30, §§ 1, 2; Acts 1965, ch. 346, § 1; 1968, ch. 458, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1969, ch. 302, § 1; Acts 1970, ch. 423, § 1; impl. am. Acts 1972, ch. 838, § 1; Acts 1973, ch. 80, § 3; 1973, ch. 144, § 1; 1975, ch. 140, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), § 49-3215; Acts 1994, ch. 538, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-108 - Attaining university status

(a)
(1)
The Tennessee higher education commission is authorized and empowered to develop reasonable and objective rules and standards for the purpose of determining when degree-granting institutions of higher learning under its jurisdiction have attained the status of a university.
(2)
The rules and standards shall take into consideration such factors as variety and depth of instructional programs and the various resources of the institution.
(b)
Whenever a state degree-granting institution of higher learning has achieved the status of a university in accordance with the rules and standards authorized in subsection (a), the commission may designate the degree-granting institution of higher learning a university.
(c)
Neither this section nor the authorizations conveyed in this section shall have any effect on institutions of higher learning that have already been designated as universities by action of the general assembly.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 10, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1965, ch. 297, §§ 1-3; 1973, ch. 144, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 49-3229 -- 49-3231.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-109 - Student access to facilities and functions

(a)
All facilities of and any and all social, athletic and cultural functions sponsored by a state institution of higher learning, industry, state universities and colleges, technical schools, community colleges and state colleges of applied technology shall be available to all students who are enrolled in at least six (6) hours or more of credit courses of the institutions.
(b)
The facilities and functions shall be available to the students upon the payment of any regular activity fee that is required of full-time students for the enjoyment of the facilities and functions.
(c)
Any student who is enrolled in at least six (6) hours or more of credit courses of the institutions shall be issued a student identification card if the card is required for identification and admission to the facilities and functions.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 473,s 20, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1973, ch. 338, §§ 1-3; 1983, ch. 181, § 11; T.C.A., § 49-3248; Acts 1994, ch. 685, § 3.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-110 - Student activity fee increases

(a)
A referendum providing for an increase in that portion of the activity or maintenance fee received by the student government association may be held for student body approval or rejection.
(b)
The referendum shall be held at the election for student government association offices and shall be on the ballot with the candidates for the offices.
(c)
The referendum shall be held if the student government association legislative body votes to hold such a referendum and if the administrative body of the state university or community college designated to supervise and advise the student government association approves the decision to hold a referendum.
(d)
(1)
In the event a majority of the students voting in the election approve the question submitted in the referendum, then that portion of the activity or maintenance fee allocated to the student government association shall be increased by the amount approved.
(2)
The increased portion shall be used for student projects, student activities and student scholarships.
(3)
The uses shall be approved by the administrative body of the state university or community college designated to supervise and advise the student government association.
Acts 1978, ch. 606, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3263; Acts 1997, ch. 294, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-111 - Powers regarding property

(a)
Every college and university is authorized and empowered to sell or convey any lot, plot or tract of land that has been acquired through purchase, gift, devise or by any other means; provided, that:
(1)
The land is unsuitable for use by the college or university at present or in the future, or not needed by the college or university;
(2)
The state building commission approves of the sale or conveyance; and
(3)
The college or university obtains a certified appraisal of the land from a recognized real estate appraiser in the locality of the college or university. The state building commission may require a second appraisal to be completed by a qualified appraiser, wholly disconnected from the first appraiser, prior to the disposal of the property.
(b)
The receipts from the sale or conveyance shall be deposited in the capital outlay fund of the selling college or university.
(c)
Subsections (a) and (b) do not apply to the University of Tennessee system.
(d)
(1)
The board of regents is authorized to sell, upon approval of the state building commission, property which has been acquired for use by the central office of the board. The proceeds from the sale may be used as the board determines; provided, that the use shall be for purposes that are long term and nonrecurring in nature and that are otherwise permitted by law.
(2)
Funds shall only be expended pursuant to this subsection (d) if the expenditure is approved by the education committee of the senate and the education administration committee of the house of representatives.
Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 738, s 2, eff. 3/24/2022.
Amended by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 64, s 106, eff. 3/29/2021.
Amended by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 345, s 120, eff. 5/10/2019.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869, s 11, eff. 7/1/2016.
Amended by 2015 Tenn. Acts, ch. 182, s 75, eff. 4/17/2015.
Acts 1973, ch. 408, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3249; Acts 1994, ch. 906, §§ 1, 2; 2011 , ch. 410, § 4 (ee).
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-112 - Employees - Accrual of leave

(a)
Any person who has or who shall leave the employment of a public school system as defined in §
49-1-103
and become employed full time by a college or university as defined in §
49-8-101
shall be eligible to accrue annual leave from the date of employment by the college or university according to §
8-50-801
, with the years of public school employment being used to determine the total full-time service, after employment for one (1) school year or its equivalent by the college or university; provided, that the employment by a college or university is within two (2) years from the date of termination with a public school system.
(b)
The board of regents and each state university board shall promulgate rules and regulations to be followed by each college or university under its jurisdiction to uniformly implement this section.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869, s 12, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1975, ch. 288, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3254.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-113 - Monthly payment for dormitory and cafeteria services

(a)
(1)
The board of regents and each state university board shall establish a program whereby each of their respective institutions of higher education providing dormitory facilities and cafeteria services shall offer a room plan whereby students may pay for use of the facilities and services on a monthly basis.
(2)
Any increase in funds necessary to fund the administration of the program shall be charged as a special service charge to students participating in the program.
(b)
The board of regents and each state university board shall promulgate rules and regulations in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, which:
(1)
Require the room deposit of any student participating in the program to be retained until the end of the quarter, semester, or session, as is appropriate; and
(2)
Deny readmittance to any student who participated in the program who left the institution without paying all charges pursuant to the program until all delinquent charges and interest on the charges are paid in full.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 13, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1983, ch. 351, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3266.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-114 - Contracts - Small businesses - Minority owned businesses

(a)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, state universities and community colleges may set aside an amount not to exceed ten percent (10%) of the total amount of funds allocated for the procurement of personal property and services for the purpose of entering into contracts with small businesses and minority-owned businesses. The contracts shall be competitively bid among small businesses and minority-owned businesses.
(b)
For the purposes of this section, "small businesses" and "minority-owned businesses" mean a business that is solely owned, or at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the outstanding stock of which is owned, by a person who is impeded from normal entry into the economic mainstream because of past practices of discrimination based on race, religion, ethnic background, sex or service in the armed forces during the Vietnam War; provided, that it is not the policy of the state to encourage employment outside the home of mothers of minor children. "Minority-owned businesses" includes a business that is solely owned, or at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the assets or outstanding stock of which is owned, by an individual who is impeded from normal entry into the economic mainstream because of a disability as defined in §
4-26-102
. "Minority owned businesses" also includes a business that is solely owned, or at least fifty-one percent (51%) of the assets or outstanding stock of which is owned, by an individual who is impeded from normal entry into the economic mainstream because of past practices of racial discrimination against African-Americans.
Acts 1987, ch. 354, § 2; 1989, ch. 375, § 2; 1993, ch. 488, § 4; 1994, ch. 767, § 3; 1994, ch. 981, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-115 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 980, s 12, eff. 7/1/2018.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869, s 14, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1991, ch. 168, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-116 - Trenton community college facility

(a)
The community college satellite facility at Trenton, authorized by chapter 1085, § 41, item 6 of the Public Acts of 1990, is transferred to the ownership of the board of regents for the benefit of Dyersburg State Community College, which shall be responsible for the maintenance and upkeep of the Trenton facility.
(b)
Ownership of the community college satellite facility at Trenton shall be relinquished by the board of regents and returned to the City of Trenton if the facility is used for other than educational purposes.
Acts 1993, ch. 114, § 1; 1994, ch. 769, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-118 - Contracting for vending operations

(a)
If the department of human services does not at any time exercise its preference under §
71-4-503
, the board of regents may award a contract to any qualified third-party provider to provide vending operations located in a residence hall or similar housing facility that relies upon the profits of the vending operations for the facility's support and maintenance.
(b)
If at any time a vending facility is established under §
71-4-503
in a self-supporting residence hall or similar housing facility, and when profits generated by the vending machines would otherwise be dedicated in substantial part to the financial support and maintenance of the residence halls, it is the responsibility and obligation of the particular college or university to contribute to the support and maintenance of the residence hall, using revenue derived from vending machines on other parts of the campus not already under the management of a licensed blind vendor, to offset in total the lost revenue.
Acts 1993, ch. 421, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 1 - GENERAL PROVISIONS (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-119) › Section 49-8-119 - American sign language - Satisfaction of foreign language admission requirements

By July 1, 2019, each state institution of higher education operated by the board of regents and each state university shall adopt a policy to allow American sign language courses to satisfy any foreign language requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree program.
Acts 2018, ch. 546, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 2 - BOARD OF REGENTS (§§ 49-8-201 — 49-8-205) › Section 49-8-202 - Chief executive officer - Staff

(a)
(1)
The board of regents is empowered to employ a chief executive officer of the board of regents whose office shall be located in Nashville.
(2)
The board shall define the chief executive officer's duties, and within budgetary limitations, fix the chief executive officer's compensation.
(3)
The chief executive officer shall serve at the pleasure of the board and shall have educational preparation and experience that qualify the chief executive officer for leadership of a large complex system of public higher education.
(b)
The board or its designated representative is empowered to employ additional professional and staff employees as may be appropriate for the efficient discharge of its duties.
(c)
All reimbursement for travel expenses shall be in accordance with the comprehensive travel regulations as promulgated by the department of finance and administration and approved by the attorney general and reporter.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 20, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1972, ch. 838, § 3; 1976, ch. 806, § 1(70); T.C.A., § 49-3238.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 2 - BOARD OF REGENTS (§§ 49-8-201 — 49-8-205) › Section 49-8-204 - Code of ethics - Material violation - Hearing - Vacancy

(a)
The board of regents and each state university board shall establish and adopt a code of ethics that shall apply to and govern the conduct of all appointed members of each board.
(b)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its membership, the board of regents and each state university board may remove any appointed member of the respective board for a material violation of the code of ethics.
(c)
A board vote to remove one (1) 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 board's code of ethics.
(d)
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.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 22, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 2003, ch. 327, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 2 - BOARD OF REGENTS (§§ 49-8-201 — 49-8-205) › Section 49-8-205 - Authority to contract and partner with local governments to provide educational and workforce development programs to assist with reducing recidivism rates

In addition to all other authorized functions of the community colleges and state colleges of applied technology within the board of regents, each institution is authorized to contract and partner with local governments for the purpose of providing educational and workforce development programs to assist with reducing recidivism rates of criminal offenders held in local correctional facilities and improving opportunities for successful reentry upon release from incarceration.
Added by 2021 Tenn. Acts, ch. 410, s 20, eff. 5/12/2021.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 3 - TENURE (§§ 49-8-301 — 49-8-304) › Section 49-8-301 - Authority of board

(a)
The board of regents and each state university board shall promulgate a tenure policy or policies for faculty at their respective institutions, which policy or policies shall ensure academic freedom and provide sufficient professional security to attract the best qualified faculty available for the institutions.
(b)
Pursuant to this part, the board shall:
(1)
Define the nature of tenure at institutions and the rights and responsibilities of faculty with tenure;
(2)
Determine the minimum qualifications and requirements for eligibility of faculty for tenure and the conditions precedent to the award of tenure by the board;
(3)
Provide for the termination of faculty with tenure by institutions for adequate cause, for retirement or disability and for financial reasons or curricular reasons in an institution in the discretion of the board or its designee; and
(4)
Provide for all other matters relating to tenure deemed necessary by the board.
(c)
(1)
Tenure shall only be acquired by a faculty member in an institution upon positive approval by the board, and no other type of tenure or right similar to tenure shall be acquired by a faculty member.
(2)
Faculty with tenure shall be subject to all reasonable changes in the tenure policy adopted by the board; provided, that faculty who have previously been awarded tenure shall retain their tenured status under any new policy. Present faculty in probationary employment shall be given credit for service in an institution toward completion of any new probationary period.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 23, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1976, ch. 839, § 2; T.C.A., § 49-3255.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 3 - TENURE (§§ 49-8-301 — 49-8-304) › Section 49-8-302 - Action against tenured employee - Grounds

"Adequate cause" for termination of faculty with tenure includes the following:
(1)
Incompetence or dishonesty in teaching or research;
(2)
Willful failure to perform the duties and responsibilities for which the faculty member was employed or refusal or continued failure to comply with the policies of the board, institution or department or to carry out specific assignments, when the policies or assignments are reasonable and nondiscriminatory;
(3)
Conviction of a felony or crime involving moral turpitude;
(4)
Improper use of narcotics or intoxicants that substantially impairs the faculty member's fulfillment of departmental and institutional duties and responsibilities;
(5)
Capricious disregard of accepted standards of professional conduct;
(6)
Falsification of information on an employment application or other information concerning qualifications for a position; and
(7)
Failure to maintain the level of professional excellence and ability demonstrated by other members of the faculty in the department or division of the institution.
Acts 1976, ch. 839, § 3; T.C.A., § 49-3256.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 3 - TENURE (§§ 49-8-301 — 49-8-304) › Section 49-8-303 - Procedures for action against tenured employee

(a)
The board of regents and each state university board shall develop procedures for the termination of faculty with tenure for adequate cause by the institutions following a hearing that ensures due process, which procedures shall include the following minimum requirements:
(1)
The faculty member shall be notified of the specific charges in writing, and shall be notified of the time, place, and nature of the hearing at least twenty (20) days prior to the hearing;
(2)
The faculty member shall have the right to be represented by counsel of the faculty member's own choice;
(3)
A verbatim record of the hearing shall be made, and a typewritten copy made available to the faculty member for a reasonable fee at the faculty member's request;
(4)
The burden of proof that adequate cause for termination exists shall be upon the institution and shall be satisfied only by clear and convincing evidence in the record considered as a whole;
(5)
The faculty member shall have the right to confront and cross-examine all witnesses; and
(6)
The findings of fact and the decision shall be based solely on the hearing record.
(b)
The board of regents and each state university board shall adopt all additional procedures the respective board deems necessary for the hearings and may provide for review of the decision by the board or its designee based upon the record.
(c)
A faculty member serving a probationary period shall be given an oral statement of the reason for nonappointment to the institution's faculty.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 24, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1976, ch. 839, § 4; T.C.A., § 49-3257.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 3 - TENURE (§§ 49-8-301 — 49-8-304) › Section 49-8-304 - Judicial review

(a)
A faculty member who has been awarded tenure and who has been dismissed or suspended for cause may obtain de novo judicial review of the final decision by filing a petition in a chancery court having jurisdiction within thirty (30) days of the final decision and copies of the petition shall be served upon the board and all parties of record.
(b)
Within forty-five (45) days after service of the petition, or within such further time allowed by the court, the board of regents or the state university board shall transmit to the court the original or a certified copy of the entire record of the proceeding.
(c)
The chancellor shall reduce the chancellor's findings of fact and conclusions of law to writing and make them parts of the record.
(d)
The chancellor may award back pay in the event a determination is made that dismissal was not appropriate.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 25, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1976, ch. 839, § 5; 1981, ch. 449, § 2; T.C.A., § 49-3258; Acts 2000, ch. 588, § 1; 2012, ch. 933, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 4 - CHATTANOOGA STATE COMMUNITY COLLEGE (§ 49-8-401) › Section 49-8-401 - General provisions

(a)
Chattanooga State Community College is authorized to provide comprehensive one- and two-year occupational, college parallel, continuing education and community service programs.
(b)
The school shall continue to provide high quality technical and scientific occupational programs and serve as a regional technical school to train engineering technicians for industry and prepare students to earn a living as technicians or technical workers in the fields of production, distribution or service.
(c)
It is the further intent of the general assembly that in the geographical area served by Chattanooga State Community College, there shall be a coordinated program of postsecondary educational offerings provided without unnecessary duplication among the state colleges of applied technology, community colleges and the University of Tennessee at Chattanooga.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 473,s 22, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1973, ch. 80, § 4; 1973, ch. 200, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3250; Acts 1994, ch. 685, § 3; 2009, ch. 352, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 5 - EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (§§ 49-8-501 — 49-8-502) › Section 49-8-501 - Marshall T. Nave Paramedical School

(a)
The Marshall T. Nave Paramedical School located in Elizabethton, under the governance of the state board of education, which includes the school's facilities, funds, assets, properties and liabilities, is transferred to, in order to become a unit of, the East Tennessee State University.
(b)
The transfer shall place the paramedical school under the control, direction, and supervision of East Tennessee State University and its state university board.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869,s 26, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1977, ch. 215, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3260.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 5 - EAST TENNESSEE STATE UNIVERSITY (§§ 49-8-501 — 49-8-502) › Section 49-8-502 - [Repealed effective 7/1/2028] Tennessee Center for Nursing Advancement

(a)
The Tennessee Center for Nursing Advancement is established within East Tennessee State University to address issues of nursing workforce needs, including issues of recruitment, retention, and utilization of nursing workforce resources that are within the current scope of the practice of nurses.
(b)
The center shall:
(1)
Develop a strategic statewide plan for nursing manpower based on a detailed analysis of workforce needs;
(2)
Establish and maintain a database on nursing workforce needs, including current data and future projections;
(3)
Routinely convene representatives of nursing professionals, healthcare professional organizations, business and industry leaders, and other stakeholders to solicit:
(A)
Reviews and comments on data analysis provided by the center; and
(B)
Recommendations for systematic changes and strategies to implement the recommended changes; and
(4)
Enhance and promote activities for nurses in this state to be recognized, rewarded, and renewed.
(c)
(1)
The center may utilize an annual survey to collect nursing workforce data from healthcare facilities licensed under title 68, facilities licensed under title 33, and the Tennessee higher education commission.
(2)
Data collection under this subsection (c) may include employment and turnover rates, successful recruitment and retention practices, and future projections.
(3)
The center may publish data collected under this subsection (c) in aggregate form, but must not publish or release data that is otherwise confidential under state or federal law.
(d)
The center may collect data from the board of nursing that informs the work of the center, including, but not limited to, the number of current licensees and future projections of licensees.
(e)
The center shall submit an annual report of the center's statewide plan to the governor, the speaker of the house of representatives, and the speaker of the senate by July 1 of each year, beginning July 1, 2023.
(f)
This section is repealed on July 1, 2028.
Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 885, s 1, eff. 7/1/2022.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 6 - UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (§§ 49-8-601 — 49-8-603) › Section 49-8-601 - Nuclear indemnity agreement

Subject to approval by its state university board, the University of Memphis is authorized to enter into an indemnity agreement with the United States nuclear regulatory commission, as required pursuant to
42 U.S.C. § 2210
and
10 C.F.R. § 140.95
, in connection with its nuclear facility operating license.
Amended by 2016 Tenn. Acts, ch. 869, s 27, eff. 7/1/2016.
Acts 1977, ch. 286, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3261; Acts 1994, ch. 538, § 2.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 8 - STATE UNIVERSITY AND COMMUNITY COLLEGE SYSTEM (§§ 49-8-101 — 49-8-1510) › Part 6 - UNIVERSITY OF MEMPHIS (§§ 49-8-601 — 49-8-603) › Section 49-8-602 - Center for Earthquake Research and Information

(a)
There is established the Tennessee Center for Earthquake Research and Information, which shall operate as a division of the University of Memphis, to provide services such as the following:
(1)
Accurate, immediate reports for individuals, governmental agencies and the news media on the occurrence of earthquakes;
(2)
Background information on earthquakes for individuals, civic groups, schools, governmental agencies, the news media and others;
(3)
Research related to the causes and consequences of local earthquakes, to develop the information as the precise locations of earthquakes, magnitude-frequency relationships, magnitude-duration relationships, source spectra studies, attenuation studies, bedrock structures studies and behavior of foundation materials studies;
(4)
Studies of the desirability of earthquake resistant construction;
(5)
Advice to governmental bodies, insurance groups and others on the methods and feasibility of reducing earthquake damage; and
(6)
Earthquake prediction.
(b)
The university is authorized to accept for the establishment, maintenance or operation of the center gifts, grants, funds and other assistance from any agency of state, federal or local governments, or private entities and individuals, and to use or spend the same on behalf of the center.
Acts 1977, ch. 460, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 49-3262; Acts 1994, ch. 538, § 2; 1994, ch. 744, § 3.