Title 49, Education

The Tennessee higher education commission shall submit written notification of its assumption of the management and governance of a state university under this part to the appropriate joint evaluation committee created in § 4-29-103, as required under § 4-29-122.

(a) All rules promulgated by a state university board that are in effect upon the Tennessee higher education commission's assumption of the management and governance for the state university pursuant to this part continue in effect and are deemed to be rules of the commission for…

Upon the reconstitution of the local governing board of trustees, pursuant to § 49-8-201, for a state university for which the Tennessee higher education commission is serving as the state university board pursuant to this part, the reconstituted state university board shall assu…

The Tennessee higher education commission may promulgate rules to effectuate this part. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

Tennessee State University shall be operated and maintained as a state university under the management and governance of a state university board, with all programs available to all qualified citizens, and shall continue to function as the 1890 land grant institution of the state…

(a) There is established, within Tennessee State University's Center for Aging, an extension of the center's program on the prevention and treatment of elderly abuse, neglect and criminal victimization. The program shall, upon request, receive technical assistance and support fro…

On or before July 1, 2023, and on or before July 1 of each subsequent year, Tennessee State University (TSU) shall submit a report to the governor and the members of the general assembly detailing the progress of improvements to TSU's facilities and infrastructure and how the imp…

The State Technical Institute in Knoxville established pursuant to § 49-8-101 and the Oak Ridge Branch of the Roane State Community College located on the Pellissippi Parkway in Knox County shall become one (1) institution, which shall be known as the Pellissippi State Community …

(a) The institution shall be under the management and control of the board of regents. (b) It is the legislative intent that the board of regents will maintain a permanent presence in Oak Ridge.

The institution is authorized to provide comprehensive one- and two-year occupational, college parallel, continuing education and community service programs.

The institution 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 a technician or technical worker in the fields of …

The board of regents is authorized to allocate appropriate funding, equipment and property from the Oak Ridge Branch of Roane State Community College to the new institution.

Employees of affected institutions who have achieved rank and tenure under policies of the board of regents and who continue as employees of the board of regents without a break in service shall retain that rank and tenure as employees of the board of regents.

(a) There is created and established by the state of Tennessee a branch of the University of Tennessee at Martin, to be known as The University of Tennessee at Martin. (b) The trustees of the University of Tennessee are given the same power, authority and discretion to prescribe …

(a) The offices of treasurer and secretary of the university may be held by persons who are not members of the board of trustees. (b) It is lawful, however, for the offices of treasurer and secretary to be held by members of the board of trustees, who in such event shall be suita…

(a) (1) The act of the congress of the United States, approved July 2, 1862 (ch. 130, 12 Stat. 503), and subsequent acts, entitled “An act donating public lands to the several states and territories which may provide colleges for the benefit of agriculture and the mechanic arts,”…

(a) (1) The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee has the right to invest the fund derived from the Land Grant Act of congress, or any part of the act, in mortgage loans and such other safe securities that may be approved by the board or its executive committee as shal…

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.