1. (1) All Student Residence Facilities/Units shall be limited to occupancy by Tennessee Tech students and Office of Residential Life staff, unless otherwise designated by the Director of Residential Life.

   1. (a) Student Residents must be full-time students in order to reside in Tennessee Tech housing, unless the Director of Residential Life waives this requirement for a student.
   2. (b) All students, with the exception of students who are prohibited by federal or state law from residing in Student Residence Facilities/Units for any reason, shall have an equal opportunity to reside in Student Residence Facilities/Units, without regard to any protected category, provided that separate housing may be provided on the basis of gender.
2. (2) All freshmen are required to live in residence halls unless granted a waiver by the Director of Residential Life or designee.

3. (3) The bases for such freshmen housing waivers include, but are not limited to:

   1. (a) Students commuting from a parent’s or legal guardian’s home that is within a fifty (50) mile radius of Tennessee Tech’s campus;
   2. (b) Students living with a sibling who is enrolled full-time at Tennessee Tech and is at least a sophomore status and lives within a fifty (50) mile radius of Tennessee Tech’s campus;
   3. (c) Students with disabilities who have an approved housing accommodation through the Office of Disability Services (ODS) Housing Committee;
   4. (d) Married students or a single parent student;
   5. (e) Students who are twenty-one (21) years old by the first day of class of the semester; or
   6. (f) Circumstances that the Director of Residential Life, in his/her sole discretion, determines warrant a waiver.
4. (4) Students who request housing within a Student Residence Facility/Unit and are assigned to a Student Residence Facility/Unit are responsible for full payment of the housing fee, unless the Student timely withdraws, or receives a waiver from the Director of Residential Life.
5. (5) Students may be subject to disciplinary action for living off-campus without authorization.
6. (6) No person who is registered, or required to register, as a sex offender shall be eligible to reside in any on-campus Student Residence Facility/Unit.
7. (7) Any student who willfully provides false or materially inaccurate information on his/her housing application may be removed from housing after notice and an opportunity to be heard.
8. (8) All new incoming students who are under twenty-two (22) years of age and are living in on- campus housing are required to produce proof of adequate immunization against meningococcal disease (meningitis). Students who fail to provide adequate documentation in advance of move-in will not be allowed to take up residence in Student Residence Facilities/Units.

Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-8-101(a)(2)(A) and 49-8-203(a)(1)(D). Administrative History: Original rules filed September 1, 2017; effective November 30, 2017.