Board of Regents Committee Chairs and Audit Committee to meet August 26
The Tennessee Board of Regents committee chairs will meet Tuesday, August 26, 2025, to receive informational updates, review proposed revisions to TBR policies, and preview the agenda for the full board’s next quarterly meeting in September. The board’s Audit Committee will also meet immediately after the committee chairs.
The committee chairs meeting will convene at 8:30 a.m. CT/9:30 a.m. ET, followed by the Audit Committee when the committee chairs meeting adjourns. The meetings will be held by teleconferencing and will be live-streamed on the TBR website at https://www.tbr.edu/board/august-2025-committee-chairs-and-audit-committee-meetings, except for a portion of the Audit Committee required by state law to be confidential. Full agendas and materials for both meetings are posted at the meeting link above.
The committee chairs meeting is informational, with no votes or official action. The agenda includes a preview of the board’s September quarterly meeting agenda, review of a proposed new TBR policy and proposed revisions to two existing policies that the full Board will consider at September meeting (see below), and reports and updates on the TBR Center for Workforce Development, community college athletics, legislative priorities for next year, the capital budget proposal for fiscal year 2026-27, and the SkillsUSA College/Postsecondary annual report for academic year 2024-25.
The proposed new policy 3.08.10.00, Development and Operation of Global Studies Programs, would replace existing policy 2.08.10.00, Development and Operation of Campus International Education Programs. Proposed revisions involve the following two TBR policies: 2.01.02.00, Technical College Program Review and Approval, and 1.11.00.00, Development and Approval of Policies. Details are in the board materials, which may be downloaded at the committee chairs meeting link above.
The Audit Committee agenda has both informational reports and action items detailed in the meeting link above, including informational reporting on the Sunset Audit process, highlights of audit findings and recommendations, audit reports and reviews, systemwide internal audit updates, and review of internal audit year-end status reports for fiscal year 2025. Action items include review of the systemwide internal audit plans for fiscal year 2026, review of internal audit charters, and review of charters, responsibilities and standards.
The next quarterly meeting of the Board of Regents is scheduled for September 18-19 at the Knox Regional Health Science Education Center in Knoxville, a new joint-use campus of Roane State Community College and Tennessee College of Applied Technology Knoxville. Agendas, details and materials for that meeting will be posted later at https://www.tbr.edu/board/september-2025-quarterly-board-meeting.
Upon request to the Board Secretary at board.secretary@tbr.edu, no later than three days prior to the meeting, we will make a space available at the TBR System Office for public viewing of the meeting’s livestream.
Persons who want to request to address the Board may follow the process authorized by TBR Policy 1.02.12.00 – Requests to Address the Board.
The College System of Tennessee is the state’s largest public higher education system, with 13 community colleges, 24 colleges of applied technology and the online TN eCampus serving approximately 140,000 students. The system is governed by the Tennessee Board of Regents.