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Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-7-119

Current as of January 02, 2024 | Updated by Findlaw Staff

(a)(1) A child under twenty-four (24) years of age shall receive a twenty-five percent (25%) discount on tuition to any state institution of higher education if the child's parent:

(A) Is employed as a full-time certified teacher in any public school in Tennessee;

(B) Is employed as a full-time technology coordinator in any LEA in Tennessee;

(C) Is a retired teacher who retired after a minimum of thirty (30) years of full-time creditable service in Tennessee public schools;

(D) Received disability retirement after a minimum of twenty-five (25) years of full-time creditable service in Tennessee public schools;

(E) Died while employed as a full-time certified teacher in a public school in Tennessee; or

(F) Died while employed as a full-time technology coordinator in an LEA in Tennessee.

(2) A child who is receiving the discount provided for by this section but whose parent dies during the time the child is enrolled and receiving the discount is eligible to continue to receive the discount as provided in this section.

(b) The Tennessee higher education commission is directed, authorized and empowered to promulgate and adopt rules and regulations necessary to implement this section, including rules and regulations for the allocation of appropriations specifically appropriated for the implementation of this section.

(c) Any reimbursements to a state institution of higher education for the tuition discounts provided by this section shall be limited to those funds specifically appropriated for that purpose in the general appropriations act. Reimbursement shall be limited to providing for the discount on tuition provided for in this section.

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