Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-7-1105

  • Institution of higher education: means any four-year college or university, whether public or private, located in this state. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1102
  • 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
  • Student: means any full-time or part-time student, twenty (20) years of age or younger, enrolled in courses at an institution of higher education, who physically attends class on the property of the institution and whose tuition and fees are being paid, even if only in part, by the student's parent. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1102

Each state institution of higher education shall notify parents of enrolled students of the parents’ rights to view student records under the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974 (FERPA) ( 20 U.S.C. § 1232g ) on the institution’s website.