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2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 70 - PARENT EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION ACT (§§ 49-6-7001 — 49-6-7009) › Section 49-6-7002 - Parent-teacher meetings

(a)
This section shall be known and may be cited as the "Parent-Teacher Partnership Act of 1989."
(b)
It is the duty of the board of education of each school district to develop a program whereby parents or guardians and appropriate faculty members may meet at least two (2) times per school year to discuss any pertinent problems or other matters of concern regarding the development and education of each student who is enrolled in the school system. However, these meetings shall not occur during school hours of any day that is counted for purposes of meeting the one hundred eighty (180) days of classroom instruction required by §
49-6-3004
, nor shall the meetings be substituted for a day of classroom instruction; provided, that these restrictions on meetings shall not bar any LEA from scheduling the meetings at a time beyond the six and one-half (61/2) hour classroom instructional time or during any free time that a teacher might have available during the six and one-half (61/2) hours.
(c)
LEAs are urged to consider the work schedules and needs of working parents when scheduling parent-teacher meetings.
Acts 1989, ch. 554, § 1; 2010 , ch. 762, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 70 - PARENT EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION ACT (§§ 49-6-7001 — 49-6-7009) › Section 49-6-7003 - Parental inspection of school instructional materials

(a)
The board of education shall adopt and file in its official operating policy pamphlet its policy on inspection of school instructional materials by parents or legal guardians of students enrolled in that LEA.
(b)
The policy shall provide that a parent or legal guardian is entitled to:
(1)
Review all teaching materials, instructional materials, and other teaching aids used in the classroom of the parent or legal guardian's child; and
(2)
Review tests that are developed by and graded by a teacher of the parent or legal guardian's child.
(c)
The LEA shall make all teaching materials, including handouts readily available for review upon request by the parents or legal guardians.
Amended by 2014 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1013,s 1, eff. 7/1/2014.
Acts 1997, ch. 378, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 70 - PARENT EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION ACT (§§ 49-6-7001 — 49-6-7009) › Section 49-6-7004 - Parental involvement contracts

(a)
As used in this section, "parent" means the parent, guardian or person who has custody of the child or individual who has caregiving authority under §
49-6-3001
.
(b)
LEAs are encouraged to develop and implement parental involvement contracts with parents of students. These parental involvement contracts will be voluntary and should be designed to encourage and facilitate a parent's involvement with the parent's child's education.
(c)
The department of education shall develop a model parental involvement contract that may be used by LEAs. The model parental involvement contract shall provide that a parent will commit to do at least the following:
(1)
Review homework assignments and offer assistance when needed;
(2)
Sign report cards;
(3)
Ensure that the student gets to school each day, on time and ready to learn;
(4)
Demonstrate interest in the student's well-being by attending school functions and supporting the student's school activities; and
(5)
Make every effort to attend parent-teacher conferences.
(d)
In signing a contract, the parent shall agree to maintain within the parent's best efforts involvement with the parent's child's education to the extent required by the contract. The contract should include a means for a parent to explain any obstacles that may prevent the parent from complying with the contract. If a contract includes an explanation of obstacles that may prevent the parent from complying with the contract, then school employees shall consider accessing possible resources to help overcome the obstacles identified.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, s 46, eff. 4/18/2018.
Acts 2012 , ch. 762, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 70 - PARENT EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION ACT (§§ 49-6-7001 — 49-6-7009) › Section 49-6-7005 - Improving parental involvement in children's education

(a)
As used in this section, "parent" means parent, guardian or legal custodian who is required under §
49-6-3001
to enroll the child in school.
(b)
LEAs are authorized and encouraged to partner with individuals, community and faith-based groups and organizations and nonprofit and for-profit entities to design and implement programs to improve parental involvement in their children's education and schools, particularly in high priority schools or school systems.
(c)
LEAs shall identify or encourage development of parenting classes that are provided at low or no cost to parents by organizations within the community and that are designed to improve parental involvement in their children's education.
(d)
Parenting classes in these parent involvement programs should provide parents with information and skills related to improving student performance. For example, these classes may address:
(1)
How to be a positive role model for children in motivating them to do well in school;
(2)
How to maximize the benefits of parent-teacher conferences;
(3)
The importance of sleep and good nutrition in school performance;
(4)
How to help with homework assignments and to establish an environment conducive to completion of homework assignments;
(5)
Techniques that can be taught students to improve studying and classroom performance;
(6)
How to access and use technology provided by the LEA or school that furnishes information about school assignments, activities and events and about student attendance and performance;
(7)
The importance of school attendance and the consequences of truancy;
(8)
How to help students prepare for entrance into college or the workforce; and
(9)
Ways of becoming involved in a child's school, including opportunities to volunteer in the school.
(e)
LEAs may solicit donations from its partners to fund rewards for schools or classes in which a high percentage of parents participate in at least two (2) parenting classes to learn skills related to improving student performance. Rewards may include equipment and supplies for the school or the class being rewarded or for specific programs offered by the school and field trips and other educational activities that would benefit the school or the class of students being rewarded. LEAs may devise ways of providing recognition to schools or classes in which a high percentage of parents participate in at least two (2) parenting classes, as well as recognizing the parents who participated.
(f)
LEAs shall encourage parents who participate in the parenting classes to be a positive influence on parents, whose children enter the school for the first time during the next school year, and on parents who have not attended the parenting classes, to promote participation in the parental involvement program.
Acts 2012 , ch. 784, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 70 - PARENT EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION ACT (§§ 49-6-7001 — 49-6-7009) › Section 49-6-7006 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 725, s 47, eff. 4/18/2018.
Acts 2012, ch. 1044, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 70 - PARENT EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION ACT (§§ 49-6-7001 — 49-6-7009) › Section 49-6-7007 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 248,s 72, eff. 5/2/2019.
Acts 2012, ch. 1044, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 70 - PARENT EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION ACT (§§ 49-6-7001 — 49-6-7009) › Section 49-6-7008 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 248,s 73, eff. 5/2/2019.
Acts 2012, ch. 1044, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 70 - PARENT EDUCATIONAL PARTICIPATION ACT (§§ 49-6-7001 — 49-6-7009) › Section 49-6-7009 - [Repealed]

Repealed by 2019 Tenn. Acts, ch. 248,s 74, eff. 5/2/2019.
Acts 2012, ch. 1044, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 80 - TENNESSEE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ACT OF 1999 (§§ 49-6-8001 — 49-6-8006) › Section 49-6-8001 - Short title

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Tennessee School Employee Religious Liberty Act of 1999."
Acts 1999, ch. 334, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 80 - TENNESSEE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ACT OF 1999 (§§ 49-6-8001 — 49-6-8006) › Section 49-6-8002 - Legislative findings

(a)
The general assembly finds the following:
(1)
Judicial decisions concerning religion, free speech and public education are widely misunderstood and misapplied;
(2)
Confusion surrounding these decisions has resulted in needless litigation and conflicts;
(3)
The supreme court of the United States has ruled that the establishment clause of the first amendment to the United States constitution requires that public schools neither advance nor inhibit religion. Public schools should be neutral in matters of faith and treat religion with fairness and respect;
(4)
Neutrality to religion does not require hostility to religion. The establishment clause does not prohibit reasonable accommodation of religion, nor does the clause bar appropriate teaching about religion; and
(5)
Accommodation of religion is required by the free speech and free exercise clauses of the first amendment as well as by the Equal Access Act (
20 U.S.C. § 4071
et seq.).
(b)
The purpose of this part is to create a safe harbor for schools desiring to avoid litigation and to allow the free speech and religious liberty rights of school employees to the extent permissible under the establishment clause.
Acts 1999, ch. 334, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 80 - TENNESSEE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ACT OF 1999 (§§ 49-6-8001 — 49-6-8006) › Section 49-6-8003 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"Establishment clause" means the portion of the first amendment to the United States constitution that forbids laws respecting an establishment of religion;
(2)
"Free exercise clause" means the portion of the first amendment to the United States constitution that forbids laws prohibiting the free exercise of religion;
(3)
"Free speech clause" means the portion of the first amendment to the United States constitution that forbids laws abridging the freedom of speech;
(4)
"Public school" means any school that:
(A)
Is operated by the state, a political subdivision of the state or governmental agency within the state; and
(B)
Receives state financial assistance; and
(5)
"School employee" means an individual employed on a full-time or part-time basis by a public school.
Acts 1999, ch. 334, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 80 - TENNESSEE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ACT OF 1999 (§§ 49-6-8001 — 49-6-8006) › Section 49-6-8004 - Rights of employees

(a)
A school employee shall have the right to carry out an activity described in any of subdivisions (b)(1)-(4); provided, that the school employee:
(1)
Does not interfere with the rights of other school employees;
(2)
Does not disrupt the educational process;
(3)
Does not harass other persons or coerce other persons to participate in the activity; and
(4)
Does not otherwise infringe on the rights of other persons.
(b)
Subject to subsection (a), a school employee shall be permitted to voluntarily:
(1)
Read a religious book during noninstructional time;
(2)
Quietly say grace before a meal;
(3)
Wear religious garb or jewelry that does not disrupt the school environment; and
(4)
Meet with other school employees for prayer or scriptural study before or after school or during the employee's lunch period.
(c)
No action may be maintained pursuant to this part unless the school employee has exhausted the following administrative remedies:
(1)
The school employee states the employee's complaint to the school's principal;
(2)
If the concerns are not resolved, then the school employee shall make complaint in writing to the director of schools with the specific facts of the alleged violation;
(3)
The director of schools shall investigate and take appropriate action to ensure that the rights of the school employee are resolved within thirty (30) days of receiving the written complaint; and
(4)
Only after the director of schools' investigation and action may a school employee pursue any other legal action pursuant to this part.
(d)
If a right of a school employee established under this section is violated by a public school, the employee may assert the violation as a cause of action or a defense in a judicial proceeding, administrative or disciplinary hearing and obtain injunctive relief against the public school. The action shall be brought in the circuit or chancery court where the violation occurred or where the employee resides. Standing to assert a cause of action or defense under this section shall be governed by the Tennessee rules of civil procedure and common law interpretations of those rules.
(e)
A school employee prevailing in a claim brought against a public school for a violation of this section may be awarded reasonable attorney fees and costs.
Acts 1999, ch. 334, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 80 - TENNESSEE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ACT OF 1999 (§§ 49-6-8001 — 49-6-8006) › Section 49-6-8005 - Construction with first amendment establishment clause

(a)
Nothing in this part shall be construed to affect, interpret or in any way address the establishment clause.
(b)
The specification of religious liberty or free speech rights in this part shall not be construed to exclude or limit religious liberty or free speech rights otherwise protected by federal, state or local law.
Acts 1999, ch. 334, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 80 - TENNESSEE SCHOOL EMPLOYEE RELIGIOUS LIBERTY ACT OF 1999 (§§ 49-6-8001 — 49-6-8006) › Section 49-6-8006 - Employees should not violate first amendment establishment clause

Nothing in this part shall be construed to support, encourage or permit a school employee to lead, direct or encourage any religious or antireligious activity in violation of that portion of the first amendment of the United States constitution prohibiting laws respecting an establishment of religion.
Acts 1999, ch. 334, § 1.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 81 - MOVE ON WHEN READY ACT (§§ 49-6-8101 — 49-6-8106) › Section 49-6-8101 - Short title

This part shall be known and may be cited as the "Move on When Ready Act."
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 81 - MOVE ON WHEN READY ACT (§§ 49-6-8101 — 49-6-8106) › Section 49-6-8102 - Part definitions

As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1)
"AP" means the advanced placement program offered by the college board;
(2)
"Conditional entry" means a student has met the requirements of §
49-6-8103
, but the student is subject to completing existing academic requirements for admission into a specific program at the public four-year institution in which the student enrolls. A public four-year institution shall not impose additional course requirements beyond what is specified in §
49-6-8103
for general admission to the institution, except a student shall meet the required composite ACT score for general admission to the institution; and
(3)
"IB" means the international baccalaureate programme.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 81 - MOVE ON WHEN READY ACT (§§ 49-6-8101 — 49-6-8106) › Section 49-6-8104 - No graduation requirement to prevent early graduation

(a)
The state board of education or a local board of education shall not impose graduation requirements that would prohibit a student who is pursuing an early graduation program under §
49-6-8103
from completing high school in less than four (4) years.
(b)
This section shall not apply in any county having a population of not less than one hundred eighty-three thousand one hundred (183,100) nor more than one hundred eighty-three thousand two hundred (183,200), according to the 2010 federal census or any subsequent federal census.
Acts 2011, ch. 488, § 5; 2012, ch. 1077, § 2; T.C.A., § 49-6-8304
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 81 - MOVE ON WHEN READY ACT (§§ 49-6-8101 — 49-6-8106) › Section 49-6-8105 - Eligibility for Tennessee HOPE scholarship

A student who meets the requirements of the early high school graduation program under this part shall be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship; provided, that the student meets all nonacademic requirements for the scholarship of chapter 4, part 9 of this title that are applicable to the student.
Acts 2011, ch. 488, § 6; T.C.A., § 49-6-8305.
2023 Tennessee Code › Title 49 - EDUCATION (§§ 49-1-NEW — 49-50-1703) › Chapter 6 - ELEMENTARY AND SECONDARY EDUCATION (§§ 49-6-101 — 49-6-8106) › Part 81 - MOVE ON WHEN READY ACT (§§ 49-6-8101 — 49-6-8106) › Section 49-6-8106 - Rules and regulations

The state board of education and the Tennessee higher education commission are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this part. All such rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
Acts 2011, ch. 488, § 7; T.C.A., § 49-6-8306.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] (§ 49-7-NEW) › 1

(a)
As used in this section, "artificial intelligence" means a machine-based system that can, for a given set of human-defined objectives, make predictions, recommendations, or decisions influencing real or virtual environments and that is capable of using machine and human-based inputs to perceive real and virtual environments, abstract such perceptions into models through analysis In an automated manner, and use model inference to formulate options for information or action.
(b)
The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, and each local governing board of trustees of a state university shall adopt a policy regarding the use of artificial intelligence technology by students, faculty, and staff for instructional and assignment purposes. The policy must be implemented no later than July 1, 2025. The Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5, does not apply to a policy adopted pursuant to this subsection (b).
(c)
Public institutions of higher education are encouraged to collaborate In the development and implementation of policies regarding the use of artificial intelligence technology pursuant to subsection (b).
(d)
The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the board of regents, and each local governing board of trustees of a state university shall post the policy adopted pursuant to subsection (b) on the institution's website and submit the policy to the chair of the education committee of the senate and the chair of the education administration committee of the house of representatives no later than July 1, 2025. If the governing board of a public institution of higher education fails to adopt and submit a policy as required by this section, then the governing board for the respective institution must appear before the joint government operations committee no later than sixty (60) days after July 1, 2025, to report on the governing board's noncompliance.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 550,s 1, eff. 3/11/2024.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] (§ 49-7-NEW) › 2

A public institution of higher learning that holds personal information of students, including, but not limited to, names; campus, home, or email addresses; telephone numbers; or other identifying information, shall not share the personal information with a third party that has contracted with the public institution to input personal information of students for administrative purposes, unless the third-party contractor agrees in writing that the personal information will only be used for the purpose for which the information is originally provided to the third-party contractor and will not be sold to or shared with any other entity.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 619,s 1, eff. 3/27/2024.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] (§ 49-7-NEW) › 3

(a)
Each public institution of higher education shall safeguard its academic research from foreign adversaries by establishing a research security policy that promotes a security culture, furthers national security interests, and mitigates threats to the integrity and conduct of the institution's research against undue foreign influence. Each institution shall implement a research security policy no later than January 1, 2025, and make the policy readily available on the institution's website.
(b)
Each research security policy must:
(1)
Comply with all applicable legal, regulatory, and contractual standards and requirements for securing and protecting the institution's academic research enterprise, including, as applicable, any research involving the institution, its campuses, and its applicable internal components;
(2)
Promote an institutional culture of compliance with the institution's research security policy consistent with federal regulations to ensure that the institution maintains eligibility for federal funding, including, as applicable, federal risk mitigation requirements pertaining to standardized disclosures, cybersecurity, foreign travel security, insider threats, and export controls;
(3)
Address:
(A)
Efforts to maintain publicly accessible contact information;
(B)
Processes to regularly update the institution's research security policy; and
(C)
The establishment of internal processes to ensure compliance with, and reporting within, the institution's research security policy;
(4)
Distribution of communications, state and federal, on research security matters concerning the institution's academic research enterprise, including, as applicable, any research involving the institution, its campuses, institutes, and its applicable internal components; and
(5)
Processes to identify and address compliance concerns at the institution that are consistent with the institution's research security policy.
(c)
The governing board of each public institution of higher education shall submit a report on the institution's compliance with this section no later than July 1, 2025, to the chairs of the education committee of the senate and the education committees of the house of representatives.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 955,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-NEW - [Newly enacted section not yet numbered] (§ 49-7-NEW) › 4

To ensure compliance with the United States supreme court's ruling in Students for Fair Admissions, Inc. v. President and Fellows of Harvard College, 600 U.S. 181 (2023), the office of the comptroller of the treasury shall include in any audit conducted by the office of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee system, the board of regents of the state university and community college system, or a local governing board of trustees of a state university an examination into whether each institution governed by the respective board is complying with the equal protection provisions of the Fourteenth Amendment to the United States Constitution and Article XI, § 8 of the Constitution of Tennessee in the institution's admission program and practices.
Added by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 1067,s 1, eff. 7/1/2024.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-101 - Rules and regulations for admissions

(a)
The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and the state university and community college system are authorized and empowered to prescribe rules and regulations and requirements for the admission of students to colleges and universities and to programs of instruction offered by the colleges, universities, branches or units of the colleges and universities under the control and direction of the respective board and system.
(b)
Students shall be entitled to admission to the colleges and universities only in accordance with the rules and regulations and requirements as prescribed by the board and system.
(c)
Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a public institution of higher education shall not require a student to provide the institution with a copy of the student's high school transcript or high school equivalency credential approved by the state board of education as a part of the institution's admission process if the student has earned an associate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
Amended by 2023 Tenn. Acts, ch. 114,s 32, eff. 7/1/2023.
Amended by 2020 Tenn. Acts, ch. 523, s 1, eff. 3/6/2020.
Acts 1957, ch. 211, §§ 1, 2; 1973, ch. 144, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3221.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-103 - Student loans

(a)
State colleges and universities operating under the state board of regents and the University of Tennessee operating under the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee are authorized to use funds resulting from state appropriations or student fees for the purpose of participating in college loan funds under the National Defense Education Act of 1958 (P.L. 85-864, 72 Stat. 1597), and other loan programs; provided, that the state university and community college system and the University of Tennessee are empowered to take any and all action deemed necessary to collect all loans extended to students or former students by the institutions.
(b)
The proper administrative official of any state or private college or university within this state, if authorized by its particular controlling board having jurisdiction over the state or private college or university, may accept the note or contract of a college student applying for a student loan or aid under the National Defense Education Act student loan program, or other bona fide, established student loan program of the state or private college or university. The note or contract shall be valid and fully enforceable in a court of law or equity, and the college student in such circumstances shall be without recourse to plead minority in any court of law or equity.
Acts 1959, ch. 120, § 1; 1961, ch. 76, § 1; 1973, ch. 144, § 3; 1973, ch. 206, § 1; T.C.A. (orig. ed.), §§ 49-3223, 49-3228.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-105 - Campus traffic control

(a)
A municipal corporation in which a state college or university is located is authorized to prescribe and enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of the institution.
(b)
A municipal corporation shall not begin to prescribe and enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of the state institution within its borders until thirty (30) days after the date on which the state university and community college system, for a state college or university under its control, or the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, for the University of Tennessee, requests the governing body of the municipal corporation to begin to prescribe and enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of the state institution.
(c)
The municipal corporation shall cease to prescribe and enforce traffic ordinances on the campus of the state institution within thirty (30) days after the date upon which the state university and community college system, for the state colleges and universities under its control, or the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, for the University of Tennessee, requests the governing body of the municipal corporation to cease prescribing and enforcing traffic ordinances on the campus of the state institution.
(d)
Nothing in this section shall be construed as preventing a municipal corporation from enforcing traffic ordinances on its streets within the campus.
Acts 1959, ch. 119, § 1; 1973, ch. 144, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3225.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-106 - Urban renewal adjacent to campus

(a)
The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and the state university and community college system, or either of them, are authorized to enter into all necessary or proper contracts with the federal government or any of its agencies, bureaus or departments, and with local housing authorities, other local agencies and others, for the undertaking and completion of urban renewal projects adjacent to the campus of any institution of higher education under the jurisdiction of the board or system pursuant to the urban renewal provisions of § 112 of Title 1 of the Federal Housing Act of 1949, or pursuant to any other act of congress heretofore or hereafter enacted.
(b)
(1)
The board of trustees or the state university and community college system, or both of them, are authorized and empowered to make application to the appropriate federal, state and local agencies and authorities for funds for surveys of areas for urban renewal projects adjacent to campuses of state-supported colleges and universities and for undertaking and completing urban renewal projects that may be mutually agreed upon by the board or system and the appropriate federal, state and local agencies and authorities.
(2)
The proceeds of the bonds authorized by Acts 1961, ch. 208, or any part of the proceeds as may be necessary, shall be used and expended to defray the institution's share of the net project cost and the cost of the purchase of the renewed land, as required by the federal statutes and regulations, in the event that federal matching funds shall be made available for an urban renewal project or projects.
Acts 1961, ch. 208, §§ 1, 6; 1973, ch. 144, § 1; T.C.A., §§ 49-3226, 49-3227.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-107 - Establishment of foundations - Code of ethics

(a)
The board of regents, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, and state university boards are authorized and empowered to take such steps, to enter into such agreements, and to do whatever they deem necessary to the establishment of foundations for the state institutions of higher education under their control.
(b)
All annual reports and all books of accounts and financial records of a foundation created for the benefit of a public institution of higher education shall be subject to audit by the comptroller of the treasury.
(c)
Any foundation created pursuant to this section shall establish and adopt a code of ethics that shall apply to and govern the conduct of all members of the foundation board.
(d)
(1)
Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, by a two-thirds (2/3) vote of its membership, the foundation board may remove any appointed member of the foundation board for a material violation of the code of ethics.
(2)
A foundation board vote to remove a member shall only be taken after the accused member has been afforded an opportunity to address the board in connection with the alleged violation.
(3)
If a member is removed in accordance with this subsection (d), the position shall be considered vacant and the vacancy shall be filled as provided by the foundation's bylaws.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 602,s 6, eff. 3/23/2018.
Acts 1965, ch. 42, § 1; 1973, ch. 144, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3232; Acts 2003, ch. 391, § 1; 2004, ch. 879, § 1; 2006, ch. 541, § 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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-108 - Donations by local governments

(a)
The county legislative body of any county or the governing body of any city of this state may contract with and make donations or contributions to any public or tax-supported college, university or other public institution of higher education, or any nonprofit general welfare private corporation established for the specific purpose of promoting and supporting literary, scientific, educational, scholarship, research, charitable and developmental purposes and objects at or under the supervision, authority and direction of the college, university or other public institution of higher education, whereby the college, university or other public institution may provide programs of study and research that will be a benefit to the counties and municipalities and surrounding territory.
(b)
The county legislative body of any county or the governing body of any city may levy taxes that are necessary to provide for the payments, donations or contributions.
Acts 1965, ch. 39, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., §§ 49-3233, 49-3234.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-109 - In-service training funds

(a)
For the purpose of providing an in-service training program to upgrade the professional personnel of the state colleges and universities operating under the state university and community college system, and to upgrade the professional personnel of the University of Tennessee, operating under the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, the state university and community college system and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee are authorized to allocate an in-service training fund to each of the state colleges and universities operating under the respective control of each board or system.
(b)
The amount of each in-service training fund shall be paid solely out of the state appropriations made to the respective state colleges and universities and expendable receipts.
(c)
Expenditures from the fund shall be made only under policies approved by the respective governing boards or system.
Acts 1972, ch. 693, § 16; 1973, ch. 144, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3235.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-110 - Curriculum - American history

(a)
No person shall be granted a baccalaureate degree of any kind from any institution of higher learning supported or maintained by the state, or from any community college supported or maintained by the state, unless the person has earned credit in American history, consisting of six (6) semester hours or nine (9) quarter hours. Persons who pursue baccalaureate degrees in those areas of study exempted either by regulation of the board of regents or by regulations or delegated authority of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, are not required to meet the requirements of this section if they have successfully completed a course in American history in high school.
(b)
Any student shall have the option, at the student's request, to substitute three (3) semester or three (3) quarter hours of Tennessee history for three (3) of the semester or quarter hours in American history required by the terms of this section if offered by the institution.
(c)
(1)
Courses in American history taught under the terms of this section shall include the contributions of all people in the history of the United States without regard to race, sex or creed.
(2)
Courses in Tennessee history taught under the terms of this section shall include the contributions of all people in the history of Tennessee without regard to race, sex or creed.
Acts 1974, ch. 767, §§ 1, 2; 1975, ch. 170, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-3253; Acts 2009, ch. 204, § 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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-111 - Military career information

If an institution of higher education provides access to the campus or to student directory information to persons or groups that make students aware of occupational or educational options, the institution of higher education shall provide access on the same basis to official recruiting representatives of the military forces of the state and the United States for the purpose of informing students of educational and career opportunities available in the military.
Acts 1981, ch. 16, §§ 2, 3; T.C.A., §§ 49-3264, 49-3380.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-113 - Disabled and elderly persons - Auditing or enrollment

(a)
(1)
Disabled persons suffering from a permanent total disability that totally incapacitates the person from working at an occupation that brings the person an income, and persons who have retired from state service with thirty (30) or more years of service, regardless of age, or persons who will become sixty (60) years of age or older during the academic quarter or semester, whichever is applicable, in which such persons begin classes and, who are domiciled in Tennessee, may audit courses at any state-supported college or university without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees or registration fees; however, this privilege may be limited or denied by the college or university on an individual classroom basis according to space availability.
(2)
This section shall not apply at medical schools, dental or pharmacy schools, and no institution of higher education shall be required to make physical alterations of its buildings or other facilities to comply with this section.
(3)
Prior to admittance, the university or college involved may require an affidavit or certificate from a physician or an agency charged with compensating the disabled person or adjudicating the permanent total disability of the person who is requesting admittance to classes that the person is permanently totally disabled as set forth in subdivision (a)(1).
(4)
A student who is receiving services under federal or state vocational rehabilitation programs is not eligible for a waiver of tuition and fee benefits under this section.
(b)
Subject to the same terms and conditions as provided in subsection (a), disabled persons, as defined in subsection (a), and persons who will become sixty-five (65) years of age or older during the academic quarter or semester, whichever is applicable, in which such persons begin classes and, who are domiciled in this state, may be enrolled in courses for credit at state-supported colleges and universities without payment of tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees or registration fees, except that the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and the board of regents of the state university and community college system may provide for a service fee that may be charged by the institutions under their respective jurisdictions, the fee to be for the purpose of helping to defray the cost of keeping the records of such students and not to exceed forty-five dollars ($45.00) a quarter or seventy dollars ($70.00) a semester.
Acts 1974, ch. 623, § 1; 1976, ch. 502, § 1; 1977, ch. 28, § 1; 1980, ch. 842, §§ 1, 2; T.C.A., § 49-3251; Acts 1997, ch. 360, § 1; 2002, ch. 788, § 6; 2006, ch. 913, § 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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-114 - Draft registration prerequisite to enrollment

(a)
No person who is required to register for the federal draft under
50 U.S.C. § 3802
shall be eligible to enroll in any state postsecondary school until the person has registered for the draft.
(b)
The state board of regents, state university boards of trustees, and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee are authorized to promulgate rules and regulations to effectuate the purposes of this section. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 779,s 2, eff. 4/23/2024.
Amended by 2024 Tenn. Acts, ch. 779,s 1, eff. 4/23/2024.
Acts 1984, ch. 759, §§ 1, 2.
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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-115 - Bartending schools - Instruction in alcohol abuse and effect

(a)
Any educational institution that provides instruction in the management, operation, procedures or practice of the dispensing of alcoholic beverages or bartending shall include in the instruction the teaching of the problems of alcohol abuse and the effect of alcohol consumption on highway safety.
(b)
Any institution to which this section applies that fails to provide the instruction required by this section shall, upon hearing by the Tennessee higher education commission, have its authorization to operate revoked.
Acts 1984, ch. 840, § 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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-116 - Full-time university and college employees - Tuition-free courses

(a)
Full-time employees of the state university and community college system and the University of Tennessee shall be eligible for enrollment in one (1) course per term at any state supported college or university or state college of applied technology without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees or registration fees.
(b)
Enrollment privileges may be limited or denied by the college or university on an individual classroom basis according to space availability. No tuition paying student shall be denied enrollment in a course because of faculty enrollment pursuant to this section.
(c)
Courses taken under this section shall be governed by the academic rules and regulations of the institution or school offering the course or courses.
(d)
This section shall have no effect on existing staff development programs at the institutions and schools of the state university and community college system and the University of Tennessee.
(e)
It is the legislative intent that the fees waived by this section shall not be deducted from the institution's budgets recommended by the Tennessee higher education commission.
Amended by 2013 Tenn. Acts, ch. 473,s 15, eff. 7/1/2013.
Acts 1985, ch. 191, § 1; 1986, ch. 638, §§ 1-3; 1994, ch. 685, § 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 1 - MISCELLANEOUS PROVISIONS (§§ 49-7-NEW — 49-7-185) › Section 49-7-117 - Child sexual abuse courses

The state university boards, the board of regents, and the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee shall require that courses in the detection and treatment of child sexual abuse be included in the curriculum of disciplines that include the training of physicians, pediatricians, psychiatrists, nurses, psychologists, and sociologists.
Amended by 2018 Tenn. Acts, ch. 602,s 7, eff. 3/23/2018.
Acts 1985, ch. 478, § 38.