Education, Higher - As introduced, requires the Tennessee student assistance corporation to submit an annual report, by July 31 each year, to legislative committees having jurisdiction over postsecondary education detailing, for each of the five immediately preceding academic years for which the corporation awarded scholarships, the amount appropriated by the general assembly for the scholarship program, the total number of scholarship applications received by the corporation, the total number of scholarship recipients, and the average scholarship award amount. - Amends TCA Title 49.
HB 1147 requires the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation to submit an annual report to legislative committees overseeing higher education. The report must detail, for each of the five prior academic years, the scholarship program's appropriations, total applications received, number of recipients, and average award amount. The corporation must submit this report by July 31 each year, starting in 2025. This bill amends state law to establish a specific reporting requirement for scholarship data, without changing scholarship eligibility or funding levels.
Bill status
in committee
1 of 4 stages cleared
Introduction
Feb 2025
Committee Review
Floor Vote
Governor
Introduced Feb 10, 2025
Last action Apr 14, 2025
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Total actions
14
Key actions
5
Committee
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Apr 14, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
lower
Apr 9, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee for 4/14/2025
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Lower · Passed
Rec. for pass. if am., ref. to Finance, Ways, and Means Committee
lower
Apr 2, 2025
Committee
Assigned to s/c Finance, Ways, and Means Subcommittee
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Committee
Rec for pass if am by s/c ref. to Education Committee
lower
Mar 26, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on cal. Education Committee for 4/1/2025
lower
Mar 19, 2025
Lower · Passed
Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/26/2025
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Ref. to Education Committee
lower
Mar 11, 2025
Committee
Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee
lower
Feb 10, 2025
Introduced
Intro., P1C.
lower
1 primary · 0 co-sponsors
Sponsors
Role
Legislator
Party
State
District
P
Ed Butler
RRepublican
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