Section 1540-01-13-.01 - DEFINITIONS(1) Deceased state employee: A person who at the time of their death was a state employee, as defined in this chapter.(2) Eligible student: A child of a state employee, retired state employee, or deceased state employee, as defined in this chapter, under the age of twenty-four (24) who is: (a) The natural child or legally adopted child of the employee;(b) The stepchild of the employee living with the employee in a parent/child relationship, or did so prior to the employee's death; or(c) Otherwise eligible and living in a parent/child relationship with the employee, or did so prior to the employee's death, such as a child of deceased parents raised by a grandparent who is, or was, a state employee.(3) Full-time employee: An employee who is: (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) Regardless of classification, scheduled to work one thousand six hundred (1,600) hours per fiscal year and receives employment benefits provided to all full-time employees.(4) Retired state employee: A state employee, as defined in this chapter, who retired after a minimum of twenty-five (25) years of full-time creditable service to the state.(5) State Employee: A full-time employee, as defined in this chapter, of the various departments, agencies, boards, and commissions of Tennessee state government, including those in the executive, judicial, and legislative branches, but excluding non-state government entities that contract to perform a responsibility that would otherwise be the duty of state government, local boards of education, quasi-governmental entities, local public bodies, arms or instrumentalities of the counties and municipalities, or political subdivisions of the state.(6) State institution of higher education or Institution: Any institution operated by the Board of Trustees of the University of Tennessee, the Tennessee Board of Regents, or one of the six (6) state university boards in Tennessee which offers courses of instruction beyond the high school level.(7) Tuition: A fee charged to students enrolled in courses for credit which is calculated based on the number of credit hours for which the student enrolls. Tuition does not include the cost of books or other course materials, dormitory or housing charges, meal plans, application fees, student activity fees, debt service fees, off-campus facilities fees, parking fees, traffic fines, or fees assessed by an institution that directly support the department offering the course such as applied music fees, lab fees, or other course fees.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1540-01-13-.01
Original rules filed March 26, 2020; effective6/24/2020.Authority: T.C.A. § 8-50-115.