Student Information & Regulations
Student Insurance
We are pleased to advise you that sickness and accident insurance coverage is available to all qualified students in Tennessee Board of Regents universities, colleges, institutes, and technology centers. GM-Southwest/Madison National Life Insurance Company provides this service. Please visit the Website at www.gmsouthwest.com for Brochures, Enrollment Cards (printable using Adobe Acrobat), Coverage Receipts, ID Cards, Claims Status and other services.
Assistance with this insurance program may be obtained by contacting:
Albert "Al" Belanger
Health Benefit Concepts, Inc.
P.O. Box 15408
Surfside, SC 29587
Phone: (800) 463-2317
email: al@healthbenefitconcepts.com
Web: www.healthbenefitconcepts.com
Student Disciplinary Rules
Voter Registration
Institutions of higher education must make a good faith effort to distribute voter registration forms to all enrolled students physically in attendance at the institution for primary elections as well as for general elections. The Higher Education Amendments of 1998 states that the law "shall apply to elections as defined in section 301 (1) of the Federal Election Campaign Act of 1971 and includes the election for Governor or other chief executive within such State."
Mail-In Application for Voter Registration (PDF)
Drug-Free Schools and Communities Act Amendments of 1989
In accordance with federal legislation, the following information is provided to all students enrolled at Pellissippi Sate: Drug-free memo (Word 52 KB)
The Federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act and the Tennessee College and University Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act of 2002
The Federal Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act and the Tennessee College and University Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act of 2002 require that whenever a sex offender becomes employed, enrolls as a student, or volunteers at an institution of higher education in the state of Tennessee, he or she must complete or update the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI) sexual offender registration/monitoring form and deliver it to TBI headquarters in Nashville. As defined in section 40-39-102 of the Tennessee Code a "sexual offender" means a person who is, or has been, convicted in this state of committing a sexual offense or who is, or has been, convicted in another state or country, or who is or has been convicted in federal or military court, of committing an act which would have constituted a sexual offense if it had been committed in this state. A "sexual offense" means the commission of acts including, but not limited to, aggravated and statutory rape, sexual battery, sexual exploitation of a minor, aggravated prostitution and kidnapping.
Both acts designate certain information concerning a registered sexual offender as public information and therefore amend and supercede the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act (FERPA) and other federal and state laws that previously prohibited the disclosure of such personal information. Since the laws require the publication of information pertaining to sexual offenders employed, enrolled, or volunteering at an educational institution, said publication does not constitute grounds for a grievance or complaint under institutional or Tennessee Board of Regents policies or procedures.
Updated May 7, 2008