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Tennessee Hope Scholarship 2012 Legislation

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The Tennessee Legislature is still in session and here is a list of the 23 House bills and 23 corresponding Senate bills that in some way make changes to the Tennessee Hope Scholarship program.  The name of the sponsoring house member or senator is provided with the bill title.  As you can see, there a key individuals that you should contact to affect change in the legislation.  You can select the link for each bill to view the complete proposal and to find out the current vote scheduled for the bill.   Continue reading →

2012 Tennessee Hope Scholarship Proposed Changes

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There is a move in the Tennessee Legislature to tighten the requirements for the Tennessee Hope Scholarship for 2012.  Currently, the eligibility requirements require a GPA of 3.0 or an ACT score of 21 or higher.  The proposed changed would change the “or” to an “and” which is a major difference in the standard.  This means that a student must have a GPA of 3.0 and an ACT of 21 or higher.  There are many cases where GPA score may not give the full picture of ability especially with students having certain special needs.  Likewise, the ACT is a 1 day snap shot.  What happens if the student just has a bad day on the test by being sick, apprehensive, etc… Continue reading →