Section 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.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1540-01-04-.01
Original rule filed September 6, 1990; effective December 29, 1990. Repeal and new rule filed August 31, 2004; effective December 29, 2004. Public necessity rule filed June 3, 2005; effective through November 15, 2005. Amendment filed June 3, 2005; effective October 28, 2005. Amendments filed March 7, 2018; effective 6/5/2018.Authority: T.C.A. § 8-50-114.