Rules & Regulations of the State of Tennessee
Title 0520 - Education
Subtitle 0520-12 - Department of Education Office of the Commissioner
Chapter 0520-12-03 - Public Records
Section 0520-12-03-.01 - DEFINITIONS

(1) "Department" means the Tennessee Department of Education.

(2) "Office of Open Records Counsel" or "OORC" means the office established under T.C.A. §§ 8-4-601, et seq., within the Tennessee Comptroller of the Treasury.

(3) "Public Records" means 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 entity.

(4) "Public Records Request Coordinator" or "PRRC" means any individual within a governmental entity whose role it is to ensure that public records requests are routed to the appropriate records custodian and that requests are fulfilled in accordance with T.C.A. § 10-7-503(a)(2)(B). The PRRC may also be a records custodian.

(5) "Records Custodian" means any office, official, or employee of any governmental entity 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 record.

(6) "Requestor" means a Tennessee citizen seeking access to a public record, whether it is for inspection or duplication.

(7) "Tennessee Public Records Act" or "TPRA" means the state law codified in T.C.A. §§ 10-7-503, et seq., regarding access to public records.