(a) The board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and the state university and community college system are authorized and empowered to prescribe rules and regulations and requirements for the admission of students to colleges and universities and to programs of instruction offered by the colleges, universities, branches or units of the colleges and universities under the control and direction of the respective board and system.
Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-7-101
State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
Transcript: A written, word-for-word record of what was said, either in a proceeding such as a trial or during some other conversation, as in a transcript of a hearing or oral deposition.
(b) Students shall be entitled to admission to the colleges and universities only in accordance with the rules and regulations and requirements as prescribed by the board and system.(c) Notwithstanding subsections (a) and (b), a public institution of higher education shall not require a student to provide the institution with a copy of the student’s high school transcript or high school equivalency credential approved by the state board of education as a part of the institution’s admission process if the student has earned an associate degree from a regionally accredited institution of higher education.
