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Tennessee Statutes, Title 49

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Title 49, Education

19 chapters · 1,780 sections in this title.

All chapters in Title 491,780 Ch 6, Elementary and Secondary Education456 Ch 7, Postsecondary and Higher Education G…321 Ch 5, Personnel145 Ch 2, Local Administration133 Ch 1, State Administration131 Ch 3, Finances83 Ch 50, Miscellaneous83 Ch 9, University of Tennessee79 Ch 4, Financial Aid76 Ch 8, State University and Community Colle…73 Ch 11, Career and Technical Education67 Ch 13, Tennessee Public Charter Schools Act…40 Ch 10, Special Education36 Ch 16, Virtual Education21

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1405 Employment agreements
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Entities described in § 49-9-1402(a) may enter into agreements for the services of university employees and employees of other entities.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1406 Debts and liabilities
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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.
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1407 Immunity applies
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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…
Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1408 Liberal construction
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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…

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Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1409 Use of proceeds derived from sale or liquidation of institute property

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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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1410 Feasibility study of statewide comprehensive energy policy

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(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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1501 Purpose of part

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(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) …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1502 Establishment of academic unit in collaboration with the Oak Ridge National Laboratory

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(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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1601 Establishment of an institute of American civics

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(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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1602 Board of fellows

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(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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1603 Director — Faculty and staff

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(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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1604 Use of funds

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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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-1605 Annual report

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(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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-201 Board of trustees

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

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-202 Composition — Appointive members — Expenses

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(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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-203 Term of appointive trustees

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(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;…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-204 Filling of vacancies

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(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 …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-205 Meetings

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(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…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-206 Committees

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(a) (1) The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee shall appoint an executive committee of five (5) of its members as a standing committee of the board.(2) In appointing members to the executive committee, the board of trustees shall strive to ensure that the committee …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-207 Conflicts of interest

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It is unlawful for any member of the board of trustees to be financially interested in any contract or transaction affecting the interest of the university, or to procure or be a party in any way to procuring, the appointment of any relative to any position of trust or profit con…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-208 Reports

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The board of trustees shall make and submit a report to the governor ten (10) days before the general assembly convenes, giving the number of students, together with a detailed statement of the workings of the institution, and of receipts and expenditures, which shall be transmit…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-209 Powers of the trustees

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(a) By the name of the “Trustees of the University of Tennessee,” the trustees shall have perpetual succession and a common seal. (b) (1) The trustees and their successors designated in subsection (a) shall be endowed with and receive in such manner as the general assembly may fr…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-210 Code of ethics — Material violation — Hearing — Vacancy

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(a) The board shall establish and adopt a code of ethics that will apply to and govern the conduct of all appointed members of the board. (b) Notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, by a two-thirds (⅔) vote of its membership, the board may remove any appointed member of th…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-211 Orientation training program — Requirements

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The Tennessee higher education commission shall coordinate and administer an orientation training program, as well as an ongoing continuing education program, to inform members of the board of trustees of their powers and duties. This training shall include a perspective on highe…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-212 Institutional mission statement

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(1) All institutions governed by the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee shall submit annually institutional mission statements to the Tennessee higher education commission for review and approval. An institutional mission statement shall:(1) Characterize distinctive…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-401 General provisions

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(a) There is established an Institute for Public Service, which shall operate as a division of the University of Tennessee, to provide continuing research and technical assistance to state and local government and industry and to meet more adequately the need for information and …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-402 County technical advisory service

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(a) As a part of the Institute for Public Service, there is created a county technical advisory service to provide studies and research in county government, publications, educational conferences and attendance at the conferences, and to furnish technical, consultative and field …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-403 Center for Industrial Services

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(a) As a part of this Institute for Public Service, there is created a Center for Industrial Services to render service to the industries in this state by:(1) Providing information, data and materials relating to the needs and problems of industry that might be supplied and solve…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-404 Residential building inspection assistance

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(a) The University of Tennessee, through the Institute for Public Service, may provide assistance to local governments for residential building inspection programs. (b) Assistance shall be provided on both the technical and financial levels with regard to the administration of in…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-405 Program director and waste audit engineers for industrial services center

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(a) Notwithstanding any law, regulation or personnel policy to the contrary, the following positions are authorized and established in the Center for Industrial Services:(1) One (1) program director; and(2) Two (2) waste audit engineers. (1) One (1) program director; and (2) Two …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-406 Continuing education and training programs — Waste audits — Assistance from University of Tennessee

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(a) From available funds in the solid waste management fund, the institute for public service shall develop and offer short courses and workshop curricula concerning waste management, source reduction and recycling for continuing education and training programs for local governme…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-407 Municipal Technical Advisory Service

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(a) As part of the Institute for Public Service, the Municipal Technical Advisory Service exists to provide studies and research in municipal government, publications, and educational conferences and to furnish technical, consultative, and field services to municipalities of the …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-408 Law Enforcement Innovation Center

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(a) As a part of the Institute for Public Service, the Law Enforcement Innovation Center exists to provide studies and research in law enforcement and public safety and in educational conferences and training and to furnish technical, consultative, and field services to law enfor…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-409 Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership

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(a) As part of the Institute for Public Service, the Naifeh Center for Effective Leadership exists to provide studies and research in leadership and executive development and educational conferences and training and to furnish technical, consultative, and field services in these …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-410 Tennessee Foreign Language Center

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(a) The Tennessee Foreign Language Institute is transferred to and reestablished as a part of the Institute for Public Service and renamed the Tennessee Foreign Language Center. (b) As a part of the Institute for Public Service, the Tennessee Foreign Language Center shall provide…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-501 Advisory boards for University of Tennessee institutions

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(a) (1) On July 1, 2018, there are established advisory boards for the University of Tennessee, Knoxville; University of Tennessee at Martin; University of Tennessee at Chattanooga; and University of Tennessee Health Science Center. On July 1, 2022, there is established an adviso…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-502 Advisory board meetings

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(a) Each advisory board of the University of Tennessee established pursuant to § 49-9-501 shall hold at least three (3) meetings annually on a day or days determined by the board from year to year. (b) Four (4) members shall constitute a quorum, and they are empowered to transact…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-503 Advisory board role and responsibilities

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(a) Each advisory board of the University of Tennessee established pursuant to § 49-9-501 shall:(1) Submit a recommendation, in accordance with the process established pursuant to § 49-9-209(d)(1)(N), regarding the proposed operating budget, including tuition and fees, as it rela…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-601 General provisions

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(a) The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee is authorized and empowered to:(1) Acquire a suitable site at, near or in the vicinity of the Arnold Engineering Development Center near Tullahoma, and construct on the site buildings and related facilities to be known as t…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-701 School of medicine — General practice

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(a) The University of Tennessee school of medicine shall include in the curriculum a department of general practice of medicine under the direction and supervision of a qualified family practitioner. (b) The minimum requirements for the department shall include courses of study i…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-702 Clinical medical education centers

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(a) (1) The establishment of clinical medical education centers in Washington and Sullivan counties and in Hamilton County are authorized.(2) A clinical medical center shall include internship and residency training in medicine, as well as clinical training for advanced undergrad…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-703 Family practice residency programs

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(a) There is created the Tennessee family practice residency program for the purpose of training resident physicians in the field of family practice, and to encourage family practice physicians to settle and establish private family practices in areas of the state with physician …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-704 Encouragement of primary care and family practice medicine

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(a) The University of Tennessee and East Tennessee State University shall develop and implement a plan to encourage graduates of their respective colleges of medicine to become practitioners in the fields of primary care medicine or family practice medicine, or both, in this stat…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-705 Program to provide resident training opportunities for physicians focusing on family medicine and general internal medicine to provide medical and behavioral health services in medically underserved areas and rural counties

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(a) In addition to the resident training programs provided in this part, and subject to specific appropriation of funds by the general assembly, there is created a resident training program to provide resident training opportunities for physicians focusing on family medicine and …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-706 Family medicine student loan repayment grant — Health resource shortage area — Requirements

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(a) As used in this section, “health resource shortage area” means an area determined to be a health resource shortage area by the department of health, office of rural health. (b) Subject to specific appropriation of funds by the general assembly, there is created a family medic…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-801 General provisions

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The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee shall establish the College of Veterinary Medicine in the Institute of Agriculture at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, and shall provide for full joint utilization of the physical facilities, equipment and basic science …

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-9-901 General provisions

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

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-10-101 Legislative intent — Application of parts 1-6

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(a) (1) It is the policy of this state to provide, and to require school districts to provide, as an integral part of free public education, special education services sufficient to meet the needs and maximize the capabilities of children with disabilities.(2) The timely implemen…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-10-102 Chapter definitions

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(1) As used in this chapter:(1) “Child with a disability” means a child between three (3) and twenty-one (21) years of age, both inclusive, who has been evaluated and determined as having a state-identified disability in accordance with the rules and regulations of the state boar…

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-10-103 Entitlement to FAPE — Responsibilities of LEA — Education in least restrictive environment

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(a) Every child with a disability is entitled to a FAPE. (b) Each LEA is responsible for ensuring that every child with a disability receives special education and related services designed to meet the child's unique needs. (c) A child with a disability must be educated in the le…