Tennessee Administrative Code

(1) FERPA – The Family Educational rights and Privacy Act, codified in 20 U.S.C. § 1232(g). (2) Institution – All Community colleges and colleges of applied technology governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents and the system office. (3) Public Record – All documents, papers, let…

(1) The TPRA The TPRA provides that all state, county and municipal records shall, at all times during business hours, be open for personal inspection by any citizen of this state, and those in charge of the records shall not refuse such right of inspection to any citizen, unless…

(1) Public record requests must be communicated to the appropriate Institution or TBR System Office PRRC, or designee, to ensure public record requests are routed to the appropriate records custodian and fulfilled in a timely manner. The contact information for the TBR System Off…

(1) Public Record Request Coordinator (a) The PRRC shall review public record requests and make an initial determination of the following: 1. If the requestor provided evidence of Tennessee citizenship; 2. If the records requested are described with sufficient specificity to iden…

(1) There shall be no charge for inspection of open public records. April, 2019 4 ACCESS TO PUBLIC RECORDS OF THE TENNESSEE CHAPTER 0240-01-04 BOARD OF REGENTS (Rule 0240-01-04-.06, continued) (2) The location for inspection of records within the offices of the Institution should…

(1) A records custodian shall promptly respond to a public record request for copies in the most economic and efficient manner practicable. (2) Copies will be available for pickup at a location specified by the records custodian. (3) Upon pre-payment for postage in addition to th…

(1) Fees and charges for copies of public records should not be used to hinder access to public records. No charges will be assessed for copies and duplicates unless the production costs exceed fifty dollars ($50). (2) Records custodians shall provide requestors with an itemized …

(1) The Institution will aggregate record requests in accordance with the Frequent and Multiple Request Policy promulgated by the OORC when more than (4) requests are received within a calendar month (either from a single individual or a group of individuals deemed working in con…

(1) Exceptions to the right to inspect or copy public records include, without limitation: (a) Records made confidential by the TPRA itself or by other state law; and (b) Records the Institution is required to keep confidential by federal statute or regulation as a condition for …

(1) This Chapter outlines the procedures that the Tennessee Board of Regents (the TBR) and institutions under the authority of the TBR shall use to conduct hearings in contested cases under the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, Tennessee Code Annotated §§ 4-5-101 et seq. (th…

(1) The term “motor vehicle” means any self-propelled vehicle that is capable of exceeding twenty- five (25) miles per hour.

(1) The purpose of these rules is to facilitate and regulate the safety and orderly operation of motor vehicles on property of institutions under the control of the Tennessee Board of Regents (the TBR) and to provide parking facilities for their operation within the limits of ava…

(1) Institutions may require students, employees, and visitors to register motor vehicles and/or obtain parking permits in order to park on institution property or institution-controlled property. Reasonable costs/fees may be assessed in association with the motor vehicle registr…

(1) Institutions shall clearly designate lots for which parking permits are required and the types of permits required for such lots. (2) Persons utilizing disabled parking spaces must have a state-issued disability license plate or disability placard. All students, faculty, and …

(1) Operators of motor vehicles on institution property or institution-controlled property, which includes city streets running through campus, must obey all traffic rules, regulations, postings, and directions of law enforcement, regardless of whether the rule, regulation, posti…

(1) Registration (a) Unauthorized possession of a parking permit; (b) Falsification of registration information; and (c) Illegal use, unauthorized use, reproduction or alteration of a parking permit or temporary parking permit. (2) Parking (a) In a no parking zone; (b) No permit …

(1) Fines may be set for each institution but shall not exceed the greater of fifty dollars ($50.00) or the amount set by any state law, or any county or municipal ordinance in the institution’s jurisdiction for the same offense. Provided, however, if a state statute requires tha…

(1) Any student, employee, or visitor who has received an institution-issued citation may appeal the citation within fifteen (15) business days of the date of issuance. Citations issued by the institution and not appealed must be paid within fifteen (15) business days of the issu…

(1) Any student who has received an institution-issued citation may appeal the citation to the institution’s administrator or committee responsible for hearing student appeals within fifteen (15) days of the issuance date of the citation. Each institution shall provide instructio…

(1) Definitions. As used in this rule, (a) “Alcoholic Beverage” means and includes intoxicating liquors, wine and beer, as defined by T.C.A. § 57-3-101 and T.C.A. § 57-5-101; (b) “Institution Property” means property owned or controlled by an institution governed by the Tennessee…

Tennessee shall apply uniform rules, as described in these regulations and not otherwise, in determining whether students shall be classified “in-state” or “out-of-state” for fees and tuition purposes and for admission purposes.

(1) “Public higher educational institution” shall mean a university or community college supported by appropriations made by the Legislature of this State. (2) “Residence” shall mean continuous physical presence and maintenance of a dwelling place within this State, provided that…

(1) Every person having his or her domicile in this State shall be classified “in-state” for fee and tuition purposes and for admission purposes. (2) Every person not having his or her domicile in this State shall be classified “out-of-state” for said purposes. (3) The domicile o…

TUITION. (1) An unemancipated, currently enrolled student shall be reclassified out-of-state should his or her parent, having theretofore been domiciled in the State, remove from the State. However, such student shall not be required to pay out-of-state tuition nor be treated as …

shall be presumed that an emancipated person does not acquire domicile in the State while enrolled as a full-time student at any public or private higher educational institution in this State, as such status is defined by such institution.

asserts that he or she has established domicile in this State, he or she has the burden of providing that he or she has done so. Such a person is entitled to provide to the public higher educational institution by which he seeks to be classified or reclassified in-state, any and …

responsible for initially classifying students “in-state” or “out-of-state.” Appropriate procedures shall be established by each such institution by which a student may appeal his or her initial classification.

applies for in-state classification and is subsequently so classified, his or her in-state classification shall be effective as of the date on which reclassification was sought. However, out-of-state tuition will be charged for any quarter or semester during which reclassificatio…

classification of persons for fees and tuition and admission purposes previously adopted by the Board of Regents and having been approved by the Governor, become effective on July 1, 1983, or upon their becoming effective pursuant to the provisions of T.C.A. §49-5-101 et seq. as …

(1) Students enrolled in a TBR postsecondary educational institution are citizens of their civic communities as well as the academic community. As such, they are expected to conduct themselves as law-abiding members of each community at all times. Admission to an institution of p…

(1) Disciplinary measures shall be imposed according to these rules and the institution’s restatement of these rules, procedures, and processes implementing these rules. Institutions shall use the standard of evidence contained in the Tennessee Uniform Administrative Procedures A…

(1) Classroom Misconduct (a) The instructor has the primary responsibility for controlling class (which for these rules includes any remote class and/or offsite class such as a clinic site or other non- traditional class environment) behavior and responding to disruptive conduct.…

(1) Institutions shall publish these rules and provide notice of potential disciplinary sanctions applicable to both students and student organizations. Disciplinary sanctions may be October, 2021 (Revised) 10 STUDENT CONDUCT AND DISCIPLINARY SANCTIONS CHAPTER 0240-02-03 (Rule 02…

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(1) General (a) Institutions shall provide students with a system of constitutionally and legally sound procedures that provide the protection of due process of law in accordance with these rules, institutional restatement of these rules, and applicable state and federal law. The…

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(1) Each college shall ask all applicants for admission to provide health information that establishes the applicant’s compliance with the recommended immunization schedule for measles, mumps, rubella, and varicella for adults, issued by the Center for Disease Control and Prevent…

(1) Each college shall provide each new incoming student with detailed information concerning the risk factors for hepatitis B infection and the availability and effectiveness of vaccine for persons who are at risk of the disease. April, 2018 (Revised) 1 STUDENT IMMUNIZATION REQU…

(1) A student who is required to show proof of immunization under these rules may be exempted from the requirements only under the following circumstances: (a) Where a physician licensed by the board of medical examiners, the board of osteopathic examiners or a health department …