Board of Regents Committee Chairs and Audit Committee to meet Aug. 27
The Tennessee Board of Regents committee chairs will meet Tuesday, Aug. 27, 2024, to receive informational reports and preview the agenda for the full board’s next quarterly meeting in September. The board’s Audit Committee will meet immediately afterward to review and consider various audit matters.
The Board of Regents governs Tennessee's public community colleges and colleges of applied technology.
Chairs of the board’s standing committees will convene at 8:30 a.m. CT/9:30 a.m. ET, and the Audit Committee will convene immediately after the committee chairs adjourn. The meetings will be held by teleconferencing and will be live-streamed and archived on the TBR website at https://www.tbr.edu/board/august-2024-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 are posted at the meeting link above. Anyone needing direct access to the meetings, other than the live stream, may contact Board Secretary Mariah Perry at mariah.perry@tbr.edu or 615-366-3927 by 3 p.m. CT, Monday, Aug. 26.
The committee chairs meeting is informational, with no votes or official action. The agenda includes but is not limited to review of one proposed new TBR policy and proposed revisions to five existing policies the full Board will consider at its September meeting (see below), and reports or updates on 2024 SkillsUSA activities, workforce training contact hours, legislative priorities, capital outlay, faculty promotion at Pellissippi State Community College, correction of a previously approved faculty promotion increase at Pellissippi, and outcomes of the 2024 TBR Statewide Workforce Convening.
The proposed new policy addresses Digital Identity, Authentication Management, and Access Control. The proposed policy revisions involve the following TBR policies: TBR Policy 2.01.00.00, General Education Requirements and Degree Requirements; 6.04.00.00, Pregnancy, Childbirth and Related Medical Conditions; 9.01.03.00, Advertising; 4.02.01.00, Approvals of Agreements and Contracts, and 1.08.04.00 Personally Identifiable Information. Details of the proposed policy actions are in the board materials, which may be downloaded at the committee chairs meeting link above
The next quarterly meeting of the Board of Regents is scheduled for Sept. 19-20, at Dyersburg State Community College. Agendas and materials for that meeting will be posted later at https://www.tbr.edu/board/september-2024-quarterly-board-meeting.
The Audit Committee meeting is a regular committee meeting, with both informational reports and action items on the agenda, detailed in the committee chairs meeting link above. The agenda includes but is not limited to: Fiscal Year 2024 fourth quarter audit highlights, system-wide internal audit updates, fiscal year 2024 year-end status reports, fiscal year 2025 internal audit plans, review of internal audit charters, and review of charters, responsibilities, and standards.
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.
Access the meetings' live streams and board materials here: https://www.tbr.edu/board/august-2024-committee-chairs-and-audit-committee-meetings
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.