(a) It is the duty of each institution of higher education that has probable cause to believe that any student is committing or has committed any offense, a violation of which is a Class A misdemeanor or any of the five (5) categories of felonies as classified under § 40-35-110, upon the institution’s grounds or within any building or structure under its supervision, to report the probable cause to the appropriate law enforcement officer.

Attorney's Note

Under the Tennessee Code, punishments for crimes depend on the classification. In the case of this section:
ClassPrisonFine
class A misdemeanorup to 11 monthsup to $2,500
For details, see Tenn. Code § 40-35-111

Terms Used In Tennessee Code 49-7-2207

  • Institution of higher education: includes any college, community college or university, including the state colleges of applied technology, whether public or private, that is required to submit a copy of the statistics of certain criminal offenses to the secretary of education under Tennessee Code 49-7-2202
  • Probable cause: A reasonable ground for belief that the offender violated a specific law.
(b) Subsection (a) shall not apply if the offense the student is believed to have committed is a sexual assault of any kind and the victim of the assault does not consent to the reporting of the offense.
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