Environmental & Healthcare Legislative Watch50 States · D.C. · U.S. Congress
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Fiscal Summary STATE GOVERNMENTEXPENDITURESLottery for Education AccountFY26-27$672,600FY27-28 $1,048,800FY28-29 & Subsequent Years>$1,048,800 OTHER FISCAL IMPACT Funding in the amount of $672,600 in FY26-27, $1,048,800 in FY27-28 and an amount exceeding $1,048,800 in FY28-29 and subsequent years may not be available for transfer from the Lottery for Education Account to the Tennessee Promise Scholarship Special Reserve Account. Bill Summary Among the present law eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship is a requirement that the students either achieve a final overall high school GPA of 3.0 or attain a composite ACT score of 21 (or an equivalent score on the SAT). This bill establishes a means for an otherwise qualified student who does not have a qualifying high school GPA or entrance exam test score to obtain eligibility for the HOPE scholarship as a transfer student by: (1) Being admitted to and enrolled in an eligible postsecondary institution no later than six months after obtaining the student's first associate degree or certificate from an eligible postsecondary institution as a Tennessee Promise scholarship student; (2) Receiving the Tennessee Promise scholarship, or maintaining the student's eligibility for the scholarship, each semester that the student was enrolled in the eligible postsecondary institution at which the student earned their first certificate or associate degree; and (3) Achieving a final overall GPA at the eligible postsecondary institution of at least 3.0.
