Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1540-01-04-.01 - DEFINITIONS
(1) Course: Undergraduate or graduate credit
courses at a state supported college or university, certificate or diploma
credit courses at the TCATs, or any course offered by the TFLI.
(2) Full-time Employee of the State of
Tennessee: Employee of the executive, judicial, or legislative branches of
Tennessee state government:
(a) Classified as
"full-time" and scheduled to work one thousand nine hundred and fifty (1,950)
hours or more per fiscal year; or
(b) Employees, regardless of classification,
scheduled to work a minimum of one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours per
fiscal year and who receive employment benefits provided to all full-time
employees.
(3) Member of
the General Assembly: Individual currently holding office as a member of either
the House of Representatives or Senate and elected pursuant to Article II of
the Tennessee Constitution.
(4)
Institution: Any state supported community college, university, or college of
applied technology operated by the Board of Trustees of the University of
Tennessee, the Tennessee Board of Regents, or a state university board that
offers courses of instruction beyond the high school level, and the TFLI, as
established by Tennessee Code Annotated Title 49, Chapter 50, Part
13.
(5) TCAT: Tennessee College of
Applied Technology.
(6) TFLI:
Tennessee Foreign Language Institute.
(7) Term: The time frame in which a course is
offered as defined by the institution.
(8) Fees that are waived by this program are
defined as follows:
(a) Debt Service Fee: A
fee charged to students for the retirement of indebtedness that may be included
in the maintenance fee charges.
(b)
Maintenance Fee: A fee charged to students enrolled in credit courses as an
enrollment or registration fee and is calculated based on the number of student
credit hours for which the student enrolls.
(c) Registration Fee: Maintenance fee as
described above.
(d) Student
Activity Fee: A fee charged to students in addition to tuition and maintenance
fees that is based on the credit hour enrollment of the student. Some
institutions include the student activity fee in the maintenance fee rather
than as a separate charge. The student activity fee supports health services,
athletics, student newspapers and social and cultural events.
(e) Tuition Charge: A fee charged to students
classified as non-residents in addition to the maintenance fee.
Notes
Authority: T.C.A. ยง 8-50-114.
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