Terms Used In Tennessee Code > Title 49 > Chapter 7 > Part 11 - Student Information in Higher Education Act of 2005

• Guardian: A person legally empowered and charged with the duty of taking care of and managing the property of another person who because of age, intellect, or health, is incapable of managing his (her) own affairs.
• Institution of higher education: means any four-year college or university, whether public or private, located in this state. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1102
• Parent: means a parent of a student, and includes a natural parent, a guardian, or an individual acting as a parent in the absence of a parent or a guardian, who is paying or has paid any part of the tuition and fees of a student for the current academic year, as defined by the institution of higher education. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1102
• Property: includes both personal and real property. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• State: when applied to the different parts of the United States, includes the District of Columbia and the several territories of the United States. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105
• Student: means any full-time or part-time student, twenty (20) years of age or younger, enrolled in courses at an institution of higher education, who physically attends class on the property of the institution and whose tuition and fees are being paid, even if only in part, by the student's parent. See Tennessee Code 49-7-1102
• Year: means a calendar year, unless otherwise expressed. See Tennessee Code 1-3-105