49-4-907 - Eligibility requirements.
49-4-907. Eligibility requirements.
To be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship as an entering freshman, a student who graduated from an eligible high school after December 1, 2003, upon having completed curriculum requirements of the high school for graduation, shall:
(1) Meet the requirements of §§ 49-4-904 and 49-4-905;
(2) Be admitted to and enroll in an eligible postsecondary institution no later than sixteen (16) months after graduation from high school; and
(3) (A) Achieve a final overall weighted high school grade point average of at least 3.0; or
(B) Attain a composite ACT score of at least 21 on any single ACT test date or a combined SAT score of at least 980 on any single SAT test date.
[Acts 2003, ch. 298, § 1; 2004, ch. 840, §§ 6, 7, 11a, 19, 20; 2004, ch. 881, §§ 1, 2; 2005, ch. 481, §§ 2, 5, 6.]