Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 49 > Chapter 1 > Part 7 - Data Accessibility, Transparency and Accountability Act

• Aggregate data: means data collected or reported at the group, cohort or institutional level. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Amendment: A proposal to alter the text of a pending bill or other measure by striking out some of it, by inserting new language, or both. Before an amendment becomes part of the measure, thelegislature must agree to it.
• Contract: A legal written agreement that becomes binding when signed.
• Covered information: means personally identifiable information or material, or information that is linked to personally identifiable information or material, in any media or format that is not publicly available and is:
  (A) Created by or provided to an operator by a student, or the student's parent or legal guardian, in the course of the student's, parent's, or legal guardian's use of the operator's site, service, or application for K-12 school purposes. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Data system: means the body of student data collected by the department of education. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• De-identified data: means a student dataset in which parent and student identifying information, including the personal identification number, has been removed. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Department: means the department of education. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• FERPA: means the federal Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (20 U. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Interactive computer service: means any information service, system, or access software provider that provides or enables computer access by multiple users to a computer server, including specifically a service or system that provides access to the internet and such systems operated or services offered by libraries or educational institutions. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Operator: means , to the extent that it is operating in this capacity, the operator of an internet website, online service, online application, or mobile application with actual knowledge that the site, service, or application is used primarily for K-12 school purposes and is designed and marketed for K-12 school purposes. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Personal identification number: means the unique student identifier assigned to a student under §. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Record: means information that is inscribed on a tangible medium or that is stored in an electronic or other medium and is retrievable in a perceivable form. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Reporter: Makes a record of court proceedings and prepares a transcript, and also publishes the court's opinions or decisions (in the courts of appeals).
• 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
• State board: means the state board of education. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Student data: includes :
  (i) State and national assessment results, including information on untested public school students. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Subpoena: A command to a witness to appear and give testimony.
• Targeted advertising: means presenting advertisements to a student where advertisements are selected based on information obtained or inferred over time from that student's online behavior, usage of applications, or covered information. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• Teacher data: means personal summative and evaluation scores, the access to which is limited to the department, LEA administrators, local boards of education or those with direct supervisory authority who require such access to perform their assigned duties. See Tennessee Code 49-1-702
• 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.
• United States: includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• written: includes printing, typewriting, engraving, lithography, and any other mode of representing words and letters. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105