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2021 Tennessee Code
Title 49 - Education
Chapter 4 - Financial Aid
Part 9 - State Lottery Proceeds
§ 49-4-919. Medical or Personal Leave of Absence. [Effective Until July 1, 2021. See the Version Effective on July 1, 2021.]

Universal Citation: TN Code § 49-4-919 (2021)
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  1. A Tennessee HOPE scholarship student who has an approved medical or personal leave of absence from an eligible postsecondary institution may continue to receive the scholarship upon resuming the student's education at an eligible postsecondary institution so long as the student continues to meet all applicable eligibility requirements. The student shall be eligible for the scholarship until the first of the following events:

    1. The student has earned a baccalaureate degree; or

    2. The sum of the number of years the student attended a postsecondary institution prior to the leave of absence and the number of years of attendance after the leave of absence equals five (5) years.

  2. Notwithstanding subsection (a), a student who first receives a Tennessee HOPE scholarship in the fall semester of 2009 or later, may receive the scholarship until the first of the terminating events described in § 49-4-913(b) and (c).

  3. Except for approved medical or personal leaves of absence, a Tennessee HOPE scholarship student, including a part-time student, shall be enrolled continuously as a student at an eligible postsecondary institution.


    1. TSAC shall promulgate rules and regulations for approval of medical or personal leave and the grounds for which the leave may be granted. The rules and regulations shall be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5.

    2. TSAC shall promulgate rules designating pregnancy as an approved medical or personal leave of absence for purposes of the Tennessee HOPE scholarship. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act.
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