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4 Committees Meet: Finance, Audit, Committee Chairs, Personnel
Location:   TBR Central Office - Nashville

The Finance and Business Operations Committee will meet at 10 a.m. CDT to consider maintenance fee and tuition rate recommendations.

 

The Audit Committee meeting will begin at approximately 11 a.m. The agenda includes: 

I.Informational reporting

a.Review of Comptroller’s Office audit reports

b.Review of internal audit reports 

II.Review of conflict of interest and related policies

III.Discussion on quality assessment review

IV.Non-public executive session

 

After a lunch break, the Committee Chairs will meet at 12:45 p.m. to address these agenda items:

I.Finance and business issues

II.Legislative review

III.Personnel and compensation 

IV.Update on TTC director’s search at Livingston

V.President emeritus contracts

VI.Draft June Board meeting agenda

 

The Personnel & Compensation Committee will meet immediately following to address recommendations for compensation plans. 

 

The four meetings are open to the public and the press with the exception of the non-public executive session of the Audit Committee. Those wishing to attend should contact Monica Greppin-Watts at monica.greppin-watts@tbr.edu or 615-366-4417 before 4:30 p.m. CDT June 3 so building security clearance can be arranged. Anyone with a disability who wishes to participate should use the same contact to request services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by e-mail, by telephone or otherwise and should be received no later than noon June 3.

 

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TBR Quarterly Board Meeting
Location:   Walters State Community College

 Committee meetings will begin at 1 p.m. EDT June 20 in the Lyceum of the Student Services Building. Committees will meet in this order: Personnel and Compensation; Finance and Business Operations; Academic Policies and Programs; Business, Community and Public Affairs; and Tennessee Technology Centers.

The full Board will meet on Friday, when members will vote on the Finance and Business Operations Committee’s recommendations for tuition and fees. The committee recommends maintenance fee/tuition increases of 3 percent for each of the 13 community colleges across the state and ranging from 1.4 to 6 percent for the six TBR universities at its June 4 meeting. Students at the Tennessee Technology Centers will not see a maintenance fee increase. The recommendations are lower than recent years thanks to increased state-funded general operating dollars.

Other new business to go before the Board includes:

·      Report of the Personnel and Compensation Committee Meeting that Includes Faculty Promotional Increases and Approval of the System Compensation Plan Recommendations

·      Report of the Tennessee Technology Centers Committee Meeting that Includes a Recommendation for the New Director at the TTC - Livingston

·      Notice to the Board Regarding Change in the Bylaws 

·      Naming of the Tennis Complex at East Tennessee State University

·      Naming of the Health Sciences Complex at Volunteer State Community Colleges 

·      Resolution of Appreciation for Regent Bob Raines

·      Resolution of Appreciation for President Shirley Raines

·      Resolution of Appreciation for Director Ralph Robbins

·      Election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman for 2013-2014 

A full agenda and meeting materials are available on the TBR website athttp://www.tbr.edu/about/default.aspx?id=1390. All meetings are open to the public and the press as observers. Any member of the public or media who plans to attend should contact Monica Greppin-Watts at monica.greppin-watts@tbr.edu or 615-366-4417 before noon CDT Wednesday, June 19, so access can be arranged. The meetings are also accessible to view via live streaming video athttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/tennessee-board-of-regents using the password tbr2011.

Anyone with a disability who wishes to attend should contact Greppin-Watts to request services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by e-mail, by telephone or otherwise and should be received by noon June 19 as well.


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6/21/2013
TBR Quarterly Board Meeting
Location:   Walters State Community College

 Committee meetings will begin at 1 p.m. EDT June 20 in the Lyceum of the Student Services Building. Committees will meet in this order: Personnel and Compensation; Finance and Business Operations; Academic Policies and Programs; Business, Community and Public Affairs; and Tennessee Technology Centers.

The full Board will meet on Friday, when members will vote on the Finance and Business Operations Committee’s recommendations for tuition and fees. The committee recommends maintenance fee/tuition increases of 3 percent for each of the 13 community colleges across the state and ranging from 1.4 to 6 percent for the six TBR universities at its June 4 meeting. Students at the Tennessee Technology Centers will not see a maintenance fee increase. The recommendations are lower than recent years thanks to increased state-funded general operating dollars.

Other new business to go before the Board includes:

·      Report of the Personnel and Compensation Committee Meeting that Includes Faculty Promotional Increases and Approval of the System Compensation Plan Recommendations

·      Report of the Tennessee Technology Centers Committee Meeting that Includes a Recommendation for the New Director at the TTC - Livingston

·      Notice to the Board Regarding Change in the Bylaws 

·      Naming of the Tennis Complex at East Tennessee State University

·      Naming of the Health Sciences Complex at Volunteer State Community Colleges 

·      Resolution of Appreciation for Regent Bob Raines

·      Resolution of Appreciation for President Shirley Raines

·      Resolution of Appreciation for Director Ralph Robbins

·      Election of the Chairman and Vice Chairman for 2013-2014 

A full agenda and meeting materials are available on the TBR website athttp://www.tbr.edu/about/default.aspx?id=1390. All meetings are open to the public and the press as observers. Any member of the public or media who plans to attend should contact Monica Greppin-Watts at monica.greppin-watts@tbr.edu or 615-366-4417 before noon CDT Wednesday, June 19, so access can be arranged. The meetings are also accessible to view via live streaming video athttp://www.ustream.tv/channel/tennessee-board-of-regents using the password tbr2011.

Anyone with a disability who wishes to attend should contact Greppin-Watts to request services needed to facilitate attendance. Contact may be made in person, by writing, by e-mail, by telephone or otherwise and should be received by noon June 19 as well.


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Policy No. 5:01:01:10

Subject:  Holidays

The institutions and Tennessee technology centers under the governance of the Tennessee Board of Regents will observe a maximum of seven holidays per year and six additional administrative closing days as specified in Policy 5:01:01:11.  The following days shall be designated as official holidays:

1.   New Year's Day

2.   Martin Luther King, Jr. Day

3.   Memorial Day

4.   Independence Day

5.   Labor Day

6.   Thanksgiving Day

7.   Christmas Day

When a recognized holiday falls on Saturday, the Friday preceding the holiday shall be substituted. This includes New Year's Day and can result in December 31st of the previous calendar year being substituted. When  a recognized Holiday falls on Sunday, the Monday following the holiday shall be substituted.  Where work schedules or duties make it necessary for an employee to work on a holiday, a corresponding amount of time off shall be granted.

All regular full-time and part-time employees in an active pay status will qualify for holiday pay for the days listed above.  Regular part-time employees receive the holiday benefit on a pro rata basis. The following provisions apply:

1.   Employees who are in an active pay status on the work days immediately preceding and following a holiday will receive payment for the holiday. 

2.   Any holiday falling within a period of an employee's sick, annual, or other leave with pay shall be considered holiday leave and recorded as such.

Any exceptions to this policy shall be submitted to the Chancellor for approval.

Source: TBR Meetings, October 12, 1973; September 30, 1983; December 14, 1984; December 13, 1985; September 18, 1992; December 7, 2001 (Approved by Finance and Administration February 4, 2002);September 25, 2008

Note: This policy was formerly No. 4:03:04:01, it has been renumbered to be included in the Personnel Section of the Policy Manual, 11/90.