Tennessee SB 1118: Education, Higher - As introduced, reduces, from 65 to 62, the minimum age of a person who is eligible to enroll in courses for credit at state-supported colleges and universities without payment of tuition and certain fees; adds law schools and veterinary schools to the list of schools at which disabled persons and persons of a certain age are not eligible to audit or enroll without payment of tuition and fees. - Amends TCA Title 49.

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SENATE BILL 1118
By Lamar

SB1118
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to higher education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-113(a)(2), is amended by
adding "law schools, veterinary schools," immediately after "medical schools,".
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-113(b), is amended by deleting
"sixty-five (65) years of age" and substituting instead "sixty-two (62) years of age".
SECTION 3. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to the 2025-2026 academic year and each academic year thereafter.