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Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 625 Bill TextAppropriations - Provides that any unexpended appropriations made from the state general fund to the Tennessee intercollegiate state legislature foundation will not revert to the general fund prior to June 30, 2012, instead of prior to June 30, 2000. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 20. Fiscal Summary for *HB2341 / SB2317 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 03/19/2008 - Public Chapter 625 Bill TextAppropriations - Provides that any unexpended appropriations made from the state general fund to the Tennessee intercollegiate state legislature foundation will not revert to the general fund prior to June 30, 2012, instead of prior to June 30, 2000. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 20. Fiscal Summary for SB2317 / *HB2341 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant
Latest Action: 06/26/2007 - Public Chapter 459 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0620. Education - Provides for establishment of cooperative innovative programs in high schools and public colleges and universities; provides authority for the development of articulation agreement for college credit for certain high school courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for *HB0099 / SB0620Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Other Fiscal Impact - Local education agencies (LEAs) and post-secondary institutions have discretion whether to enter into cooperative agreements. Any decision by a post-secondary school to enter into an agreement will be voluntary and will not be required based upon a request from an LEA. If an LEA and an institution enter into an agreement, the institution will incur potential costs for curriculum development and review, additional compensation for professors,[...] show full description
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: 06/26/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 459 Bill TextCompanion Bill HB0099. Education - Provides for establishment of cooperative innovative programs in high schools and public colleges and universities; provides authority for the development of articulation agreement for college credit for certain high school courses. - Amends TCA Title 49. Fiscal Summary for SB0620 / *HB0099Increase Local Govt. Expenditures - Exceeds $100,000/Permissive Other Fiscal Impact - Local education agencies (LEAs) and post-secondary institutions have discretion whether to enter into cooperative agreements. Any decision by a post-secondary school to enter into an agreement will be voluntary and will not be required based upon a request from an LEA. If an LEA and an institution enter into an agreement, the institution will incur potential costs for curriculum development and review, additional compensation for professors,[...] 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: 06/27/2007 - Companion became Public Chapter 506 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0066. Education, Higher - Provides a tuition and fee freeze for students who are in the military reserves or national guard and who are mobilized to active duty. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 23. Fiscal Summary for HB0014 / *SB0066 (CORRECTED) Increase State Expenditures - $ 8,300 FY07-08 $17,200 FY08-09 Bill Summary for HB0014 / *SB0066 This bill grants tuition relief to persons in the military reserve and National Guard who have to miss school because of calls to active duty. Under this bill, if a person is mobilized to active duty within six months of attendance of a state higher learning institution and if the soldier's mobilization lasts for more than six months, then that person's tuition, maintenance fees, student activity fees, required registration, and matriculation fees [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/03/2007 - Public Chapter 62 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0065. Education, Higher - Adds new combat activity under which dependent children or spouses of POWs or deceased veterans may qualify for higher education tuition and fee waiver; revises the maximum number of hours for which a waiver may be granted; requires notice of the waiver program to be published in institutional catalogs and class schedules. - Amends TCA Section 49-7-102. Fiscal Summary for HB0015 / *SB0065 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB0015 / *SB0065 Under present law, if a Tennessee citizen is killed, died as a direct result of service injuries, or is reported as either a POW or MIA (or was formerly classified as such) while serving in a United States armed force during a qualifying period of armed conflict, then that person's dependent children and spouse qualify for financial aid [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/09/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB1361. Education, Higher - Creates the "Tennessee Hope Advanced Degree Scholarship." - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 9. Fiscal Summary for *HB0199 / SB1361Other Fiscal Impact - Increases the expenditure of lottery proceeds earmarked for scholarships and grants by $56,000,000 in FY07-08 and by $61,600,000 in FY08-09. Bill Summary for *HB0199 / SB1361 This bill creates a new HOPE advanced degree scholarship. The eligibility requirements for a HOPE advanced degree scholarship will include: (1) Meeting the initial eligibility requirements for a HOPE scholarship at the time the student graduated from high school; (2) Maintaining the requisite grade point average to be eligible for a HOPE scholarship throughout the student's undergraduate course of study; (3) Being admitted to and enrolled in an eligible postsecondary [...] show full description
Latest Action: 03/21/2007 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Higher Education of Education of Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB0170. Education, Higher - Allows children, up to age 24, of retired teachers to receive 25 percent higher education tuition discount. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. Fiscal Summary for HB0310 / *SB0170Increase State Expenditures - $331,100 FY07-08 $344,400 FY08-09 Bill Summary for HB0310 / *SB0170 Under present law, a person younger than 24 years of age who is the child of a full-time certified public school teacher may receive a 25 percent discount on tuition to any state-operated institution of higher learning. This bill extends the 25 percent discount to children of retired teachers who retired after at least 25 years of creditable service.
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Latest Action: 06/04/2008 - Signed by Governor. Bill TextGeneral Assembly, Statement of Intent or Position - Expresses support for new nursing, natural sciences, and biotechnology facility at Southwest Tennessee Community College; commends donors for making contributions to fund construction of such facility and urges them to remain committed to such project. - Fiscal Summary for *HJR1337 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 04/10/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Delayed Bills Comm. Bill TextGeneral Assembly, Studies - Creates special joint committee to study competitive pay of state schools of nursing faculty. - Fiscal Summary for *SJR0893Increase State Expenditures - $1,700/Each One-Day Meeting
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in: Education Committee Bill TextBoard of Regents - Specifies that the board has the authority to establish a maximum amount of credit hours required for each major in which a student may earn a baccalaureate degree. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8. Fiscal Summary for *HB4150 / SB4187 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 02/04/2008 - Passed second consideration, Referred to Senate Ed. Comm. Bill TextBoard of Regents - Specifies that the board has the authority to establish a maximum amount of credit hours required for each major in which a student may earn a baccalaureate degree. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 8. Fiscal Summary for SB4187 / *HB4150 MINIMAL
Latest Action: 05/08/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 819 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3974. Education, Higher - Requires institutions of higher education with residential computer networks to develop a policy prohibiting copyright infringement by persons using the school's computer and network resources and take certain steps to prevent such infringement. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. Fiscal Summary for HB3915 / *SB3974Increase State Expenditures - $9,515,000/One-Time $1,650,000/Recurring /FY08-09 $1,969,500/Recurring/FY09-10 and Succeeding Years Bill Summary for HB3915 / *SB3974 This bill requires each institution of higher education that receives funding from the state of Tennessee to do the following on an annual basis: (1) Develop and enforce a computer use and ethics policy covering students, staff, and faculty, which prohibits [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/02/2008 - Taken Off Notice For Calendar in Subcommittee Special Initiatives of Education of Education Committee Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4041. Tennessee Higher Education Commission - Requires THEC to promulgate rules and regulations to operate proprietary schools; rules must require such schools to disclose to prospective students pertinent information regarding the school's programs and courses. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7. Fiscal Summary for *HB3920 / SB4041 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for *HB3920 / SB4041 This bill requires the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) to promulgate rules and regulations for requirements to operate proprietary schools in this state. The rules must require that such a school provide the following information via the Internet and to a prospective student immediately during a discussion of the school by telephone: all pertinent information about the school's programs and courses, including [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/19/2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3961. Education, Higher - Grants children and grandchildren of Purple Heart recipients a 25 percent tuition discount at public postsecondary institutions. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB3964 / *SB3961 Increase State Expenditures - $1,301,100 FY08-09 $1,391,300 FY09-10 Bill Summary for HB3964 / *SB3961 This bill authorizes every child in Tennessee who is less than 24 years of age, whose parent or grandparent received the Purple Heart, to receive a 25 percent discount on tuition to any state-operated institution of higher learning. The tuition discount provided by this bill would not be available to any student who is entitled to a full waiver of tuition and fees by virtue of being the child or spouse of a veteran who was killed, died as a direct result of injuries received, or [...] show full description
Latest Action: 04/15/2008 - Companion became Public Chapter 689 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB4046. Education, Higher - Creates an exception for debts that are less than $25.00 and that are more than 10 years in age from the provision whereby the UT system and board of regents schools will issue diplomas, certificates of credit or grade reports only after the student involved has satisfied all debts or obligations owed to the university, college or technical institute or to any related institution of state government. - Amends TCA Section 49-9-108. Fiscal Summary for HB4037 / *SB4046 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4037 / *SB4046 ON MARCH 3, 2008, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 4046, AS AMENDED. AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill. Present law authorizes the University of Tennessee and all its several branches, and all colleges and universities of the state [...] show full description
Latest Action: 05/14/2008 - Placed on Subcommittee Calendar Budget of Finance, Ways and Means for 05/19/2008 Bill TextEducation, Higher - Provides 25 percent tuition discount at state institutions of higher education to spouses of full-time state employees. - Amends TCA Title 8, Chapter 50, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB4083 / *SB2998 Increase State Expenditures - $1,438,500 FY08-09 $1,539,300 FY09-10
Latest Action: 05/21/2008 - Placed on Calendar Calendar & Rules Committee for 05/21/2008 Bill TextCompanion Bill SB3524. Education, Higher - Requires private and public institutions of higher education to establish a policy on credit card marketing. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 7, Part 1. Fiscal Summary for HB4084 / *SB3524 Increase State Expenditures - Not Significant Bill Summary for HB4084 / *SB3524 This bill requires all public or private institutions of higher education to develop policies regarding the marketing or merchandising of credit cards on institutional property to students. This bill requires the credit card marketing policies to require marketers to inform students about good credit management practices. The credit card marketing policy must be available to students on request. The bill also requires the credit card marketing policies to include consideration of registering credit card marketers, limiting the times and [...] show full description
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