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Federal
Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act
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 another state or another country, or who is or has been convicted
in a 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 that 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.
In compliance with the federal
Campus Sex Crimes Prevention Act and Tennessee College and University Sex Crime
Prevention Act of 2002, members of the campus community may obtain the most
recent information received from the Tennessee Bureau of Investigation (TBI)
concerning sex offenders employed, enrolled or volunteering at this institution
at the MTSU Office of Public Safety, located at: 1412
East Main Street, Murfreesboro, TN. Information is also available at the
TBI's Website listing of sex offenders located on the internet at: http://www.ticic.state.tn.us/SEX_ofndr/search_short.asp
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