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.
As changes occur and are finalized for the Tennessee Hope Scholarship 2012 changes, we will get them added to the website.
HB0013
by Brooks HLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes high school academic requirements for initial receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship.
HB0014
by Brooks HLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes high school academic eligibility requirements for initial receipt of the HOPE scholarship
.HB0015
by Brooks HLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes the terminating events for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year.
HB0078
by HardawayLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, creates the ASPIRE work study program to provide additional postsecondary financial assistance from net lottery proceeds to students receiving both the Tennessee HOPE scholarship and the ASPIRE award.
HB0106
by HardawayLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits Tennessee HOPE scholarship recipient to maintain academic eligibility by maintaining good standing at the eligible postsecondary institution in which the student is enrolled; changes initial eligibility requirements for certain students to conform to the change in the continuing eligibility requirement.
HB0111
by HardawayLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, allows a student who as an entering freshman meets all nonacademic requirements, but not the academic requirements for a HOPE scholarship, to qualify for the scholarship by meeting the collegiate grade point average continuation requirements after enrolling in an eligible postsecondary institution.
HB0170
by ColeyLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, revises Tennessee HOPE scholarship program to permit payment of the scholarship award during summer school as well as during fall and spring semesters.
HB0474
by MathenyLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As enacted, allows a student with a documented medical disability that restricts the student’s attendance to part-time to petition for an extension of time in which to receive a Tennessee HOPE scholarship; revises law regarding the dual enrollment grant.
HB0552
by HarmonLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, allows a student with a documented medical disability that restricts the student’s attendance to part-time to petition for an extension of time in which to receive a Tennessee HOPE scholarship.
HB0777
by BrownLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, corrects definition of “regional accrediting association” for HOPE scholarship purposes to change the name of the Northwestern Association of Schools and Colleges to its present name of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
HB0796
by TindellLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits Tennessee HOPE scholarships to be awarded during summer school as well as during fall and spring semesters.
HB1195
by PittsLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, establishes the Tennessee HOPE prospective teacher’s scholarship.
HB1343
by MatlockLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits home school students to obtain HOPE scholarships as entering freshmen if such students achieve a high school GPA of 3.0 or an ACT score of 21.
HB1696
by FitzhughLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits Tennessee HOPE scholarships to be awarded during summer school, reduces the number of years in which the HOPE scholarships may be received from five to four and alters the dual enrollment grant program.
HB2010
by McCormickLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As enacted, enables students who first received the Tennessee HOPE scholarship, HOPE access grant or HOPE scholarship for nontraditional students in the fall semester 2009 or thereafter, to receive such lottery-funded scholarships and grants in the summer semester, in addition to the fall and spring semesters; revises the law on terminating events for the HOPE scholarship or access grant.
HB2318
by FitzhughLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits certain students, at their own option, to include grades from courses taken during summer semester 2011 in the cumulative grade point average for continuation of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship.
HB2579
by MontgomeryLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes a terminating event for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship from attempt at any postsecondary institution of a specified number of semester hours to receipt of the scholarship for a fixed number of full-time equivalent semesters.
HB2649
by Brooks HLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, revises initial academic requirements for eligibility and the amount of the award of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship beginning with students entering college in 2015-2016; recommends use of net lottery proceeds for TSAA grants for 10 years beginning with 2015-2016.
HB2743
by PittsLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, broadens eligibility for the HOPE scholarship by removing the requirement that a military parent’s home of record or residence is Tennessee if a student qualifies to be classified as an in-state student and meets other specified requirements.
HB2944
by DennisLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, allows a student who has completed an associates degree while receiving a Tennessee HOPE scholarship to be eligible for a Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant to attend a Tennessee technology center in a diploma or certificate program, provided the student meets certain eligibility requirements.
HB3114
by RamseyLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, establishes means by which students with documented disabilities who do not meet high school academic qualifications for a HOPE scholarship can attend college, meet college academic requirements and receive the scholarship.
HB3249
by HillLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes the definition of “home school student” for purposes of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship to require that a student be home schooled the last year of high school instead of the last two years of high school.
HB3816
by DunnLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes a nonacademic eligibility requirement for receipt of Tennessee HOPE scholarship by home schooled student from being home schooled for two years immediately preceding completion of high school to being home schooled for one year immediately preceding completion of high school.
SB0774
by KetronLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, revises Tennessee HOPE scholarship program to permit payment of the scholarship award during summer school as well as during fall and spring semesters.
SB1021
by BarnesLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, establishes the Tennessee HOPE prospective teacher’s scholarship.
SB1237
by YagerLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits home school students to obtain HOPE scholarships as entering freshmen if such students achieve a high school GPA of 3.0 or an ACT score of 21.
SB1401
by GreshamLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes the terminating events for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship beginning with the 2012-2013 academic year.
SB1402
by GreshamLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes high school academic requirements for initial receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship.
SB1403
by GreshamLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes high school academic eligibility requirements for initial receipt of the HOPE scholarship.
SB1477
by Finney LLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits Tennessee HOPE scholarships to be awarded during summer school, reduces the number of years in which the HOPE scholarships may be received from five to four and alters the dual enrollment grant program.
SB1529
by NorrisLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As enacted, enables students who first received the Tennessee HOPE scholarship, HOPE access grant or HOPE scholarship for nontraditional students in the fall semester 2009 or thereafter, to receive such lottery-funded scholarships and grants in the summer semester, in addition to the fall and spring semesters; revises the law on terminating events for the HOPE scholarship or access grant.
SB1877
by KyleLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits Tennessee HOPE scholarships to be awarded during summer school as well as during fall and spring semesters.
SB1908
by KyleLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, corrects definition of “regional accrediting association” for HOPE scholarship purposes to change the name of the Northwestern Association of Schools and Colleges to its present name of the Northwest Commission on Colleges and Universities.
SB2007
by StewartLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, allows a student with a documented medical disability that restricts the student’s attendance to part-time to petition for an extension of time in which to receive a Tennessee HOPE scholarship.
SB2008
by StewartLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As enacted, allows a student with a documented medical disability that restricts the student’s attendance to part-time to petition for an extension of time in which to receive a Tennessee HOPE scholarship; revises law regarding the dual enrollment grant.
SB2057
by FordLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, allows a student who as an entering freshman meets all nonacademic requirements, but not the academic requirements for a HOPE scholarship, to qualify for the scholarship by meeting the collegiate grade point average continuation requirements after enrolling in an eligible postsecondary institution.
SB2058
by FordLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits Tennessee HOPE scholarship recipient to maintain academic eligibility by maintaining good standing at the eligible postsecondary institution in which the student is enrolled; changes initial eligibility requirements for certain students to conform to the change in the continuing eligibility requirement.
SB2059
by FordLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, creates the ASPIRE work study program to provide additional postsecondary financial assistance from net lottery proceeds to students receiving both the Tennessee HOPE scholarship and the ASPIRE award.
SB2162
by CampfieldLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, allows a student who has completed an associates degree while receiving a Tennessee HOPE scholarship to be eligible for a Wilder-Naifeh technical skills grant to attend a Tennessee technology center in a diploma or certificate program, provided the student meets certain eligibility requirements.
SB2187
by OverbeyLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes a terminating event for receipt of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship from attempt at any postsecondary institution of a specified number of semester hours to receipt of the scholarship for a fixed number of full-time equivalent semesters.
SB2454
by Finney LLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, permits certain students, at their own option, to include grades from courses taken during summer semester 2011 in the cumulative grade point average for continuation of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship.
SB2514
by GreshamLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, revises initial academic requirements for eligibility and the amount of the award of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship beginning with students entering college in 2015-2016; recommends use of net lottery proceeds for TSAA grants for 10 years beginning with 2015-2016.
SB2570
by BarnesLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, broadens eligibility for the HOPE scholarship by removing the requirement that a military parent’s home of record or residence is Tennessee if a student qualifies to be classified as an in-state student and meets other specified requirements.
SB2919
by OverbeyLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, establishes means by which students with documented disabilities who do not meet high school academic qualifications for a HOPE scholarship can attend college, meet college academic requirements and receive the scholarship.
SB3541
by CroweLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes the definition of “home school student” for purposes of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship to require that a student be home schooled the last year of high school instead of the last two years of high school.
SB3599
by BellLottery, Scholarships and Programs – As introduced, changes a nonacademic eligibility requirement for receipt of Tennessee HOPE scholarship by home schooled student from being home schooled for two years immediately preceding completion of high school to being home schooled for one year immediately preceding completion of high school.
