2010 Tennessee Code
Title 49 - Education
Chapter 7 - Postsecondary and Higher Education Generally
Part 1 - Miscellaneous Provisions
49-7-119 - Children of public school teachersTuition discount.

49-7-119. Children of public school teachersTuition discount.

(a)  Every child in Tennessee under twenty-four (24) years of age whose parent is employed as a full-time certified teacher in any public school in Tennessee or as a full-time technology coordinator in any LEA in Tennessee shall receive a twenty-five percent (25%) discount on tuition to any state operated institution of higher learning. Any 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 operated institution of higher learning 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.

[Acts 1990, ch. 1095, § 1; 2004, ch. 475, § 1; 2005, ch. 447, § 1.]