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Section
III: Mission, Governance, and Institutional Effectiveness
SACS Comprehensive Standard
III-6. Members of the governing board
can be dismissed only for cause and by due process.
JUDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE
Yes, East Tennessee State University is able to provide
a portfolio of evidence supporting compliance.
STATEMENT OF RATIONALE FOR JUDGMENT OF COMPLIANCE
The terms of the members of the Tennessee Board of Regents
(TBR Manual, Selection and Terms of Broad Members) are continued
unless acted upon adversely by the Senate of the state of Tennessee.
Every person holding any office of trust or profit, under and by virtue
of any of the laws of the state is by the constitution removable from
such office in the manner provided (Tennessee Code Annotated, Removal
of Officers). As stipulated by law, circumstances that may result
in removal from the board include:
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knowingly or willfully committing misconduct in office,
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knowingly or willfully neglecting to perform any duty enjoined upon
the officer by any of the laws of the state,
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being in a state of intoxication in any public place,
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engaging in gambling, or
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committing any act constituting a violation of any penal stature
involving moral turpitude.
Prior to formal dismissal, board members are afforded
due process. Due process procedures available to board members are the
same as those available to any officer of the state of Tennessee (Tennessee
Code Annotated, Removal of Officers). Further, as public sector officers,
they are entitled to due process as mandated by the fourteenth amendment
of the United States Constitution.
Additionally, members of the Tennessee Board of Regents
can be dismissed from the board for one of the following reasons (TBR
Manual, Enabling Legislation):
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The position of any at-large member of the board shall be vacated
at such time as he shall cease to have his domicile in the state of
Tennessee.
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The position of any member appointed from the congressional districts
shall be vacated at such time as he shall cease to have his domicile
in that district.
DOCUMENTATION
SOURCE
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LOCATION
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Tennessee Board of Regents Policies and Guidelines Manual,
Policy 1:02:04:00, Selection and Terms of Board Members
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Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 8, Chapter 47, Provision 101,
Public Officers and Employees, Removal of Officers, Officers Subject
to Removal-Grounds
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Tennessee Board of Regents Policies and Guidelines Manual,
Appendix 6:03:00:00, Enabling Legislation, Part 2, Board
of Regents
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