SB0099 - Tennessee: Education, Higher, State Employees

Companion Bill HB0886. State Employees - Expands state employee tuition waiver to include online course fees for one course per term in regents online degree programs, subject to funding each year. - Amends TCA Section 8-50-114. Fiscal Summary for *SB0099 / HB0886 Increase State Expenditures - $46,500 FY07-08 $48,400 FY08-09 Bill Summary for *SB0099 / HB0886 Present law authorizes full-time state employees, including members of the general assembly, to enroll in one course per term at any state-supported college or university, technology center, or the Tennessee Foreign Language Institute without paying tuition charges, maintenance fees, student activity fees or registration fees. This bill adds that such state employees who take a course under the present law tuition waiver program will not be required to pay online course fees [...]

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