49-4-913 - HOPE scholarship Terminating events.
49-4-913. HOPE scholarship Terminating events.
(a) Except as set forth in §§ 49-4-919, 49-4-930, 49-4-931 and 49-4-937, a student may receive a Tennessee HOPE scholarship until the first of the following events:
(1) The student has earned a baccalaureate degree; or
(2) Five (5) years have passed from the date of the student's initial enrollment at any postsecondary institution.
(b) (1) A student who lost the Tennessee HOPE scholarship solely because the student had attempted the maximum number of semester hours permitted under this section, as it existed prior to June 13, 2008, shall be eligible to have the Tennessee HOPE scholarship reinstated, if the student:
(A) Except for an approved medical or personal leave, has been continuously enrolled at an eligible postsecondary institution since the loss of the scholarship;
(B) Has not received a baccalaureate degree;
(C) First enrolled in a postsecondary institution less than five (5) years prior to reapplication for the scholarship and five (5) years will not have elapsed since first enrollment by the student in a postsecondary institution at the beginning of the 2008-2009 academic year;
(D) Meets all academic and nonacademic requirements for the scholarship;
(E) Enrolls in an eligible postsecondary institution for the 2008-2009 academic year;
(F) At the beginning of the 2008-2009 academic year, meets the requirements of § 49-4-911, as amended by Acts 2008, ch. 1142, § 3, for continuation of a Tennessee HOPE scholarship; and
(G) Reapplies for the scholarship.
(2) No retroactive award of a Tennessee HOPE scholarship shall be made under subdivision (b)(1).
[Acts 2003, ch. 298, § 1; 2008, ch. 1142, § 7.]