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HB1518Introduced in the House

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, relative to financial aid.

Introduced

Introduced by Charlie Baum, District 37

What does this bill do?

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Official description

As introduced, allows a student who was ineligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship as an entering freshman based on their high school grade point average or composite ACT score to regain their eligibility for the HOPE scholarship as a transfer student if the student meets certain requirements. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.

Where it stands

Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee

March 18, 2026

How did lawmakers vote?

No recorded vote is available for this bill yet.

Bill history

  1. Filed for introduction

  2. Intro., P1C.

  3. P2C, ref. to Education Committee

  4. Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee

  5. Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 2/18/2026

  6. Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to Lottery Calendar

  7. Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  8. Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee

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