Tennessee SB 458: Scholarships and Financial Aid - As enacted, removes the requirement that a home school student must be enrolled as a home school student for a full year to be eligible for certain state lottery scholarships; adds those who complete six credit hours of dual enrollment courses to be eligible for the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4.

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SENATE BILL 458
By Bell

SB0458
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
Chapter 4, relative to financial aid for home school
students.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-4-708(b)(7), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:
"Home school student" means:
(A) A Tennessee resident who completed high school in a home school
program prior to July 1, 2021, meeting the requirements of § 49-6-3050(a)(2),
(a)(3), or (b); or
(B) A Tennessee resident who completed high school in a home school
program on or after July 1, 2021;
Section 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-4-902(27), is amended by deleting
the subdivision and substituting:
"Home school student" means:
(A) A Tennessee resident who completed high school in a home school
program prior to July 1, 2021, meeting the requirements of § 49-6-3050(a)(2),
(a)(3), or (b). For one (1) year immediately preceding completion of high school
as a home school student, the student must have been a student in a home
school; or
(B) A Tennessee resident who completed high school in a home school
program on or after July 1, 2021;

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Section 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-4-908(a)(3), is amended by deleting
the subdivision and substituting:
(A) Attain a composite ACT score of at least 21 on any single ACT test date or a
concordant equivalent score on the SAT on any single SAT test date, if the student
completed high school in a Tennessee home school program or graduated from a high
school located in Tennessee that is not an eligible high school;
(B) Pass the GED® tests with an average score of at least 525, the revised
GED® tests with an average score of at least 170, or the HiSET® tests with an average
score of at least 15, and attain a composite ACT score of at least 21 on any single ACT
test date or a concordant equivalent score on the SAT on any single SAT test date; or
(C) Complete at least two (2) dual enrollment courses totaling at least six (6)
semester hours credit at an eligible postsecondary institution and achieve a grade point
average of at least 3.0 in each of two (2) dual enrollment courses and a cumulative
grade point average of at least 3.0 in all dual enrollment courses attempted; and
SECTION 4. This act takes effect July 1, 2021, the public welfare requiring it.