Section 49-6-3111 - Enrollment of secondary students in postsecondary institutions(a) Academically talented or gifted students enrolled in grades nine (9), ten (10), eleven (11) or twelve (12) in public or private high schools in this state may, with the recommendation and approval of the high school principal and appropriate higher education institution personnel, enroll in and receive regular college degree credit from a Tennessee postsecondary institution, if the student has a grade point average equivalent to three point two (3.2) on a four point zero (4.0) maximum basis and if such placement is a part of the student's planned Individual Educational Placement (IEP) as established by the multidisciplinary team process.(b)(1) Students enrolled in grades eleven (11) and twelve (12) may also be allowed to enroll in courses at institutions operated by the board of regents and the University of Tennessee board of trustees, in accordance with regulations governing such attendance promulgated by the state board of education, after consultation with the board of regents and the University of Tennessee board of trustees.(2) Subdivision (b)(1) shall not be construed to be an appropriation of funds, and no state funds shall be obligated or expended to implement or administer this subsection (b).Acts 1983, ch. 395, § 1; T.C.A., § 49-1778; Acts 1990, ch. 1066, §§ 1, 2.