Title 49, Education

The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee, and each institution under its jurisdiction, shall not enter into any agreement or other arrangement for a merger or consolidation with a private institution of higher education without the authorization of the general assembl…

(a) The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee is authorized to establish from time to time reasonable and appropriate rules and regulations defining residency of students, which, when approved by the governor, shall be used for the purpose of determining whether or not…

The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee may make tax-sheltered annuities available to such of their respective employees as are eligible for the annuities under any pertinent federal statute or regulation.

(a) The University of Tennessee has express authority and power to act as trustee of charitable trusts, including annuity trusts, unitrusts and pooled income funds as defined in the Federal Tax Reform Act of 1969, heretofore or hereafter created pursuant to an agreement between t…

(a) The general assembly finds and declares that:(1) Academic tenure serves as an important safeguard for academic freedom, the advancement of knowledge, and the protection of intellectual independence in public institutions of higher education;(2) The safeguarding of tenure must…

(a) (1) The board of trustees shall establish a program whereby each institution 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 i…

(a) There is created and established by the state a campus of the University of Tennessee in Giles County, to be known as the University of Tennessee Southern. (b) The trustees of the University of Tennessee are given the same power, authority, and discretion to take all actions …

(a) If the department of human services does not, at any time, exercise its preference under § 71-4-503, the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee may award a contract to any qualified third-party provider to provide vending operations located in a residence hall or si…

(a) The University of Tennessee is expressly authorized to lease employees to any nonprofit corporation created under Tennessee law for the purpose of operating a hospital with which the university is affiliated through its medical education programs. Employees leased under the a…

(a) The University of Tennessee board of trustees is expressly authorized and empowered to designate one (1) or more foundations established to support the university, pursuant to § 49-7-107, or any existing foundation created to support a campus of the university, to receive and…

(a) (1) The board of regents, each state university board, and the University of Tennessee shall establish a grievance procedure for all support staff employees.(2) “Support staff” means employees who are neither faculty nor executive, administrative, or professional staff of any…

By July 1, 2019, each institution operated by the University of Tennessee shall adopt a policy to allow American sign language courses to satisfy any foreign language requirements for admission to an undergraduate degree program.

There are established special district 4-H endowment funds in the Tennessee 4-H Club Foundation at the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture.

The state shall match the funds raised by each 4-H district up to one hundred thousand dollars ($100,000) as money in the endowment fund becomes available through the general appropriations act or grants. No district may receive matching funds totaling more than one-sixth (⅙) of …

Interest accruing on investments of the funds deposited to the credit of each 4-H district in the respective special endowment funds shall be used for the sole purpose of promoting 4-H projects in the district.

(a) The board of trustees is authorized to:(1) Take all steps necessary for the creation of a private nonprofit corporation under the Tennessee Nonprofit Corporation Act, compiled in title 48, chapters 51-68, for the purpose of operating the University of Tennessee Memorial Resea…

All meetings of the board of trustees concerning actions authorized by this part shall be conducted as public meetings in accordance with title 8, chapter 44, part 1.

The University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital and its successors shall remain committed to serving the hospital's traditional patients and the health care needs of the City of Knoxville, Knox County and the surrounding region.

(a) In carrying out any transfer of the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital under this part, the board of trustees shall make reasonable efforts to provide for the transition of employees from state to nonstate employment in an orderly and equitable mann…

At least sixty (60) days prior to any transfer of assets under this part, the board of trustees shall notify the attorney general and reporter, the state building commission and the majority and minority leaders of both houses of the general assembly. In deciding whether to appro…

Nothing contained in this part shall be deemed or construed to waive or abrogate in any way the sovereign immunity of the state, the university or any officer or employee of the state or the university.

This part shall constitute full and complete authority, without regard to any other law, for the doing of the acts and things authorized in this part and shall be liberally construed to effect the purposes of this part. Insofar as this part is inconsistent with any other law, gen…

No member of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee Memorial Research Center and Hospital or the trustees' immediate family shall derive any financial benefit from the transfer of the hospital to a nonprofit corporation as authorized by this part.

No expenditure of public funds pursuant to this part shall be made in violation of Title VI of the Civil Rights Act of 1964 (42 U.S.C. 2000d).

The purpose of this part is to enhance the competitive position of the University of Tennessee for research and development funding and otherwise to facilitate expanded research and development activities at the university, the premier public research university in this state. Th…

(a) Without intending any limitation of the express and implied powers vested in the University of Tennessee, the general assembly expressly recognizes the university's authority to take whatever steps it deems necessary to form and participate in legal entities organized under t…

An entity described in § 49-9-1402(a) shall not be deemed or construed to be an agency, department, instrumentality, political subdivision or other arm of the state.

The operations of entities described in § 49-9-1402(a) shall be audited annually by an independent certified public accountant, and copies of the audit shall be furnished to the comptroller of the treasury. An entity described in § 49-9-1402(a) shall also be subject to audit by t…

Entities described in § 49-9-1402(a) may enter into agreements for the services of university employees and employees of other entities.

Debts, liabilities and other obligations of an entity described in § 49-9-1402(a) shall not constitute debts, liabilities or obligations of the state or the university.

Nothing contained in this part shall be deemed or construed to waive or abrogate in any way the sovereign immunity of the state, the university or any officer or employee of the state or university or to deprive any officer or employee of the state or university of any other immu…

This part shall constitute full and complete authority, without regard to any other law, for the doing of the acts and things authorized in this part and shall be liberally construed to effect its purposes. If this part is inconsistent with any other law, this part shall be contr…

Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any proceeds derived from the sale or liquidation of gifts, properties, holdings, mineral rights or other assets of value from within the University of Tennessee Institute of Agriculture shall remain within the institute's budget and…

(a) (a) The Howard H. Baker Jr. Center for Public Policy at the University of Tennessee is directed to perform a study on the economic feasibility of creating and utilizing a statewide comprehensive energy policy. The study shall examine the state's current and future energy supp…

(1) The purpose of this part is to accomplish the following:(1) Foster economic growth by significantly increasing the number of science, technology, engineering and mathematics doctoral students produced at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville and other state universities;(2) …

(a) The University of Tennessee is authorized to establish an academic unit of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville for interdisciplinary research and education in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory. (b) The chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville…

(a) There is established an institute of American civics at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville. The board of trustees for the University of Tennessee may rename the institute consistent with its philanthropic naming governance procedures. (b) It is the purpose of the institut…

(a) The president of the University of Tennessee, in consultation with the governor, the speaker of the senate, and the speaker of the house of representatives, shall appoint initial members to serve on a board of fellows for the institute. Members of the initial board of fellows…

(a) By March 1, 2023, the board of fellows, or a committee of the board selected by the board, shall conduct a national search and transmit to the chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville a list of finalists for the position of director. The chancellor of the Universi…

Funds appropriated to the institute shall not supplant any existing state funding or private or external donations to the Howard H. Baker, Jr. Center for Public Policy or to the University of Tennessee. Appropriated funds and all private and external donations to the institute ma…

(a) By October 1, 2023, and by each October 1 thereafter, the president of the University of Tennessee shall, in consultation with the director of the institute, the board of fellows, and the chancellor of the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, submit an annual report to the gov…

The governing body of the University of Tennessee shall be the board of trustees, established in § 49-9-202.

(a) (1) (A) As of July 1, 2018, the existing membership of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee is vacated and reconstituted to consist of one (1) ex officio voting member, who shall be the commissioner of agriculture; ten (10) voting members appointed by the gove…

(a) As of July 1, 2018, the initial terms of the members of the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee appointed by the governor pursuant to § 49-9-202(a)(1)(A) shall be two (2), four (4), and six (6) years. Three (3) members shall be appointed to serve a two-year term;…

(a) If a vacancy on the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee occurs by death or resignation of an appointed member, then the respective appointing authority shall appoint a successor for the remainder of the term, subject to § 49-9-202(c), if applicable. If a vacancy …

(a) The board of trustees of the university shall hold at least one (1) stated meeting annually on a day or days determined by the board from year to year and at called meetings that may be necessary, to be called by the secretary, giving at least five (5) days' notice to the boa…