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Policies and Guidelines

The Board of Regents has established policies and guidelines that are implemented on a system-wide basis. Both policies and guidelines work their way through the appropriate sub-council or sub-councils, then go to the presidents council for approval. Approval at that level is all that is required to establish guidelines, which generally describe the process of policy implementation. Policies themselves must go on to the full board for consideration after being approved by the presidents council.

All TBR Institutions are required to follow system policies and guidelines and incorporate them into their campus policies and guidelines. As the need arises, policies and guidelines are updated and re-posted to the website.

Index Codes

The following index is provided as an aid to finding the correct policy or guideline.

A = Academic Guidelines (A-010, etc.)
2 = Academic Policies (2:01:00:00, etc.)
B = Business and Finance Guidelines (B-010, etc.)
4 = Business and Finance Policies (4:01:00:00, etc.)
G = General Guidelines (G-010, etc.)
1 = Governance, Organization, and General Policies (1:01:00:00, etc.)
P = Personnel Guidelines (P-010, etc.)
5 = Personnel Policies (5:01:00:00, etc.)
S = Student Guidelines (S-010, etc.)
3 = Student Policies (3:01:00:00, etc.)
TCAT = Tennessee Colleges of Applied Technology Guidelines (TCAT-010, etc.)
6 = Policy Appendices (6:01:00:00, etc.)

Recent Updates

February 5, 2014

Revisions to the following Guidelines were approved at the Presidents Meeting, February 4, 2014

A-010: Academic Program Letter of Intent and Proposals
B-015: NEW Guideline: Cash and Gift Card Payments to Research Participants
B-020: Classification and Operation of Auxiliary Enterprises
B-060: Fees, Charges, Refunds, and Fee Adjustments
B-060: Other Educational Assistance Programs
B-110: Fixed Assets and Sensitive Minor Equipment
P-010: Personnel Transactions and Recommended Forms
The changes can be seen by viewing the Presidents meeting materials at: http://www.tbr.edu/offices/chancellor.aspx?id=3912

January 15, 2014

Guideline B-061, Educational Assistance (State Employees & Dependents of State Employees and Teachers) revised to add Dependents of Retired and/or Disabled Teachers to the list of those eligible for discount tuition & fees per THEC Rule 1540-01-05 promulgated due to the passage of Public Chapter 345 which became effective July 1, 2013.

Guideline G-030, Contracts & Agreements - replaced Exhibit 8 with updated Sample Use of Campus Facilities Agreement templates (Long & Short Versions).

The Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR) is one of the nation's largest higher education systems, governing 46 post-secondary educational institutions. The TBR system includes six universities, 13 two-year colleges and 27 colleges of applied technology, providing programs to more than 240,000 students across the state.

The TBR is an AA/EEO employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, disability, or age in its programs and activities. Full Non-Discrimination Policy.

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Policies and Guidelines

Index Codes

Recent Updates