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Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 06/09/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1452. Education - Enacts the "Tennessee STAR Scholarship Act of 2007." - Fiscal Summary for *HB1008 / SB1452 Increase State Expenditures - $600,000/Pilot Programs Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds by $638,000 in FY07-08 and $620,300 in FY08-09 for staff requirements for the Department of Education and TSAC. Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds in FY12-13 (when eligible students begin receiving scholarships while attending a post-secondary institution) by $50,699,000 and by $55,735,300 in FY13-14. Bill Summary for *HB1008 / SB1452 This bill requires the department of education to establish one or more Tennessee Student Tuition Assistance Rewards (STAR) scholarship pilot projects to enable students in public middle schools where half or more of the students qualify for free [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/16/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1008. Education - Enacts the "Tennessee STAR Scholarship Act of 2007." - Fiscal Summary for SB1452 / *HB1008 Increase State Expenditures - $600,000/Pilot Programs Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds by $638,000 in FY07-08 and $620,300 in FY08-09 for staff requirements for the Department of Education and TSAC. Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds in FY12-13 (when eligible students begin receiving scholarships while attending a post-secondary institution) by $50,699,000 and by $55,735,300 in FY13-14. Bill Summary for SB1452 / *HB1008 This bill requires the department of education to establish one or more Tennessee Student Tuition Assistance Rewards (STAR) scholarship pilot projects to enable students in public middle schools where half or more of the students qualify for free [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Action Deferred in Education Committee to 2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2043. Education, Higher - Requires TSAC to publish eligibility requirements for the minority teaching fellows program. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-706. Fiscal Summary for *HB1996 / SB2043 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB1996 / SB2043 Present law requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC) to administer a minority teaching fellows program to provide fellowships of $5,000 per year to up to 35 minority Tennesseans per class, per year. The fellowships are treated as loans; however, the fellowships are forgiven if a recipient fulfills a three-year teaching commitment in a public school in Tennessee. This bill requires TSAC to publish definitive guidelines concerning eligibility requirements and selection criteria for the minority teaching fellows program and to provide copies of that information to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/16/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1996. Education, Higher - Requires TSAC to publish eligibility requirements for the minority teaching fellows program. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-706. Fiscal Summary for SB2043 / *HB1996 MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB2043 / *HB1996 Present law requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC) to administer a minority teaching fellows program to provide fellowships of $5,000 per year to up to 35 minority Tennesseans per class, per year. The fellowships are treated as loans; however, the fellowships are forgiven if a recipient fulfills a three-year teaching commitment in a public school in Tennessee. This bill requires TSAC to publish definitive guidelines concerning eligibility requirements and selection criteria for the minority teaching fellows program and to provide copies of that information to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/25/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Higher Education of Education of Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0927. Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Requires TSAC to provide training for high school counselors in performing functions necessary to TSAC's duties in administering lottery scholarships and grants; requires TSAC to establish grant program to fund employment of additional school counselors to assist in administering lottery scholarships and grants. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. Fiscal Summary for *HB0426 / SB0927 Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $6,800,000 in FY07-08 and $6,800,000 in FY08-09. Bill Summary for *HB0426 / SB0927 This bill requires the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) to annually provide training to high school counselors concerning high school academic requirements for initial lottery scholarship and grant [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 06/09/2007 Bill TextLottery, Scholarships and Programs - Authorizes TSAC to conduct more than one lottery scholarship day per school year; adds "eligibility requirements for the Tennessee student assistance program" in the information to be presented at the lottery scholarship day. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB2283 / SB2262Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditures from lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $53,000 in FY07-08 and by $106,000 in FY08-09.
Latest Action: 01/16/2008 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0426. Lottery, Scholarships and Programs - Requires TSAC to provide training for high school counselors in performing functions necessary to TSAC's duties in administering lottery scholarships and grants; requires TSAC to establish grant program to fund employment of additional school counselors to assist in administering lottery scholarships and grants. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. Fiscal Summary for SB0927 / *HB0426 Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $6,800,000 in FY07-08 and $6,800,000 in FY08-09. Bill Summary for SB0927 / *HB0426 This bill requires the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) to annually provide training to high school counselors concerning high school academic requirements for initial lottery scholarship and grant [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextLottery, Scholarships and Programs - Authorizes TSAC to conduct more than one lottery scholarship day per school year; adds "eligibility requirements for the Tennessee student assistance program" in the information to be presented at the lottery scholarship day. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for SB2262 / *HB2283Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditures from lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $53,000 in FY07-08 and by $106,000 in FY08-09.
Latest Action: 05/02/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Higher Education of Education of Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0223. Scholarships and Financial Aid - Creates loan-scholarship program to provide postsecondary financial assistance to students planning to become K-12 math or science teachers. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for HB0450 / *SB0223Increase State Expenditures - $800,000 - FY07-08 $1,000,000 - FY08-09 and thereafter Bill Summary for HB0450 / *SB0223 This bill requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC) to administer a college loan-scholarship program for students training to become math or science teachers in grades K-12. Any student who receives a loan-scholarship would receive a credit of 20 percent of the loan amount for each year that the student teaches math or science full time in a Tennessee public school. Any person who does not remain in Tennessee to teach would be required [...] show full description
Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Budget of FW&M Bill TextScholarships and Financial Aid - Creates the "Tennessee student assistance program account" in the state treasury for the deposit of funds appropriated for Tennessee student assistance awards; provides that earnings on the account are credited to the account and that moneys in the account do not revert to the state general fund at the end of any fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB1945 / SB2050(Corrected) Other Fiscal Impact - Beginning in FY07-08, unexpended appropriations in the Tennessee Student Assistance Program will not revert to the general fund. This amount is estimated to be approximately $1.4 million for FY07-08 which will be retained by TSAC and not available to assist in the statewide reversion of funds for the $76.6 million overappropriation.
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Latest Action: 04/07/2008 - Withdrawn. Bill TextLottery, Scholarships and Programs - Requires TSAC to prepare status report for governor and general assembly on the Tennessee HOPE foster child tuition grant program prior to February 1, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67. Fiscal Summary for HB3320 / *SB3305Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 01/23/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextLottery, Scholarships and Programs - Requires TSAC to prepare status report for governor and general assembly on the Tennessee HOPE foster child tuition grant program prior to February 1, 2009. - Amends TCA Title 5; Title 6; Title 8; Title 49 and Title 67. Fiscal Summary for *SB3305 / HB3320Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 05/08/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of: Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextLottery, Scholarships and Programs - Authorizes TSAC to conduct more than one lottery scholarship day per school year; adds "eligibility requirements for the Tennessee student assistance program" in the information to be presented at the lottery scholarship day. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for SB2262 / *HB2283Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditures from lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $53,000 in FY07-08 and by $106,000 in FY08-09.
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Action Deferred in Education Committee to 2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB2043. Education, Higher - Requires TSAC to publish eligibility requirements for the minority teaching fellows program. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-706. Fiscal Summary for *HB1996 / SB2043 MINIMAL Bill Summary for *HB1996 / SB2043 Present law requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC) to administer a minority teaching fellows program to provide fellowships of $5,000 per year to up to 35 minority Tennesseans per class, per year. The fellowships are treated as loans; however, the fellowships are forgiven if a recipient fulfills a three-year teaching commitment in a public school in Tennessee. This bill requires TSAC to publish definitive guidelines concerning eligibility requirements and selection criteria for the minority teaching fellows program and to provide copies of that information to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/16/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1996. Education, Higher - Requires TSAC to publish eligibility requirements for the minority teaching fellows program. - Amends TCA Section 49-4-706. Fiscal Summary for SB2043 / *HB1996 MINIMAL Bill Summary for SB2043 / *HB1996 Present law requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC) to administer a minority teaching fellows program to provide fellowships of $5,000 per year to up to 35 minority Tennesseans per class, per year. The fellowships are treated as loans; however, the fellowships are forgiven if a recipient fulfills a three-year teaching commitment in a public school in Tennessee. This bill requires TSAC to publish definitive guidelines concerning eligibility requirements and selection criteria for the minority teaching fellows program and to provide copies of that information to [...] show full description
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 06/09/2007 Bill TextLottery, Scholarships and Programs - Authorizes TSAC to conduct more than one lottery scholarship day per school year; adds "eligibility requirements for the Tennessee student assistance program" in the information to be presented at the lottery scholarship day. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB2283 / SB2262Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditures from lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $53,000 in FY07-08 and by $106,000 in FY08-09.
Latest Action: 11/13/2007 - Assigned to Subcommittee Budget of FW&M Bill TextScholarships and Financial Aid - Creates the "Tennessee student assistance program account" in the state treasury for the deposit of funds appropriated for Tennessee student assistance awards; provides that earnings on the account are credited to the account and that moneys in the account do not revert to the state general fund at the end of any fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for *HB1945 / SB2050(Corrected) Other Fiscal Impact - Beginning in FY07-08, unexpended appropriations in the Tennessee Student Assistance Program will not revert to the general fund. This amount is estimated to be approximately $1.4 million for FY07-08 which will be retained by TSAC and not available to assist in the statewide reversion of funds for the $76.6 million overappropriation.
Latest Action: 03/15/2007 - Received from Senate, held on House desk. Bill TextScholarships and Financial Aid - Creates the "Tennessee student assistance program account" in the state treasury for the deposit of funds appropriated for Tennessee student assistance awards; provides that earnings on the account are credited to the account and that moneys in the account do not revert to the state general fund at the end of any fiscal year. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4. Fiscal Summary for SB2050 / *HB1945(Corrected) Other Fiscal Impact - Beginning in FY07-08, unexpended appropriations in the Tennessee Student Assistance Program will not revert to the general fund. This amount is estimated to be approximately $1.4 million for FY07-08 which will be retained by TSAC and not available to assist in the statewide reversion of funds for the $76.6 million overappropriation.
Latest Action: 06/01/2007 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 06/09/2007 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1452. Education - Enacts the "Tennessee STAR Scholarship Act of 2007." - Fiscal Summary for *HB1008 / SB1452 Increase State Expenditures - $600,000/Pilot Programs Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds by $638,000 in FY07-08 and $620,300 in FY08-09 for staff requirements for the Department of Education and TSAC. Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds in FY12-13 (when eligible students begin receiving scholarships while attending a post-secondary institution) by $50,699,000 and by $55,735,300 in FY13-14. Bill Summary for *HB1008 / SB1452 This bill requires the department of education to establish one or more Tennessee Student Tuition Assistance Rewards (STAR) scholarship pilot projects to enable students in public middle schools where half or more of the students qualify for free [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/16/2007 - Assigned to Gen. Sub of Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextCompanion Bill HB1008. Education - Enacts the "Tennessee STAR Scholarship Act of 2007." - Fiscal Summary for SB1452 / *HB1008 Increase State Expenditures - $600,000/Pilot Programs Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds by $638,000 in FY07-08 and $620,300 in FY08-09 for staff requirements for the Department of Education and TSAC. Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds in FY12-13 (when eligible students begin receiving scholarships while attending a post-secondary institution) by $50,699,000 and by $55,735,300 in FY13-14. Bill Summary for SB1452 / *HB1008 This bill requires the department of education to establish one or more Tennessee Student Tuition Assistance Rewards (STAR) scholarship pilot projects to enable students in public middle schools where half or more of the students qualify for free [...] show full description
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