Definitions

(1) East Tennessee State University or ETSU or University - The campuses, centers, units, and institutes of East Tennessee State University and their constituent parts governed by the East Tennessee State University Board of Trustees and administration. Neither East Tennessee State University, ETSU, or University means the East Tennessee State University Foundation, lnc; the East Tennessee State University Research Foundation; or the Medical Education Assistance Corporation. (2) FERPA - The Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act, codified in 20 U.S.C. § 1232(g). (3) Public Record - All documents, papers, letters, maps, books, photographs, microfilms, electronic data processing files and output, films, sound recordings, or other material, regardless of physical form or characteristics, made or received pursuant to law or ordinance or in connection with the transaction of official business by any governmental agency. (4) Public Records Request Coordinator - The individual or individuals designated by ETSU’s President to ensure public records requests are routed to the appropriate records custodian and are fulfilled in accordance with this rule. The Public Records Request Coordinator may also be a records custodian. (5) Records Custodian - The office, official or employee lawfully responsible for the direct custody and care of a public record. The records custodian is not necessarily the original preparer or receiver of the public record. (6) Requestor - A person seeking access to a public record whether it is for inspection or duplication. (7) Tennessee Public Records Act or TPRA - The state law codified in T.C.A. §§ 10-7-501 et seq.