Section 1640-01-19-.14 - TRANSIENT STUDENTS(1) A transient student is eligible to receive a TELS award if all other eligibility requirements are met and if both the home and host institutions are eligible postsecondary institutions.(2) Each eligible postsecondary institution shall develop a process to effectuate each provision of this rule and shall notify its students of the process and the availability of the necessary forms to comply with the requirements. At the end of the semester, the host institution shall provide the student's home institution with all information necessary for the home institution to determine continued TELS award eligibility.(3) If the home institution chooses to certify the transient student to TSAC for payment of the HOPE Scholarship, the home institution shall certify the student at the award amount designated to the eligible postsecondary institution the student is attending.(4) If, through collaboration with the home institution, the host institution chooses to certify the transient student to TSAC for payment of the HOPE Scholarship, the host institution shall certify the student at the award amount designated to the eligible postsecondary institution the student is attending.(5) If the host institution chooses not to certify the transient student to TSAC for payment of the HOPE Scholarship, the home institution shall certify the student at the award amount designated to the eligible postsecondary institution the student is attending.(6) If the eligible student is concurrently enrolled at the home institution and a host institution, then the home institution shall certify the student at the award amount of the home institution.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1640-01-19-.14
Original rule filed December 29, 2003; effective April 29, 2004. Public necessity rule filed October 4, 2005; effective through March 18, 2006. Public necessity rules 1640-01-19-.01 through 1640-01-19-.26 filed October 4, 2005, expired on March 18, 2006. On March 19, 2006, rules 1640-01-19-.01 through 1640-01-19-.26 reverted to rules in effect on October 3, 2005. Repeal and new rule filed November 9, 2005; effective March 30, 2006. Public necessity rule filed November 20, 2007; effective through May 3, 2008. Repeal and new rule filed November 20, 2007; effective March 28, 2008. Public necessity rule filed October 23, 2008; effective through April 6, 2009. Public necessity rule filed October 23, 2008 and effective through April 6, 2009, expired on April 7, 2009; rule reverted to its previous status. Amendments filed January 30, 2009; effective May 29, 2009. Amendments filed December 19, 2014; effective March 19, 2015. Amendments filed April 27, 2021; effective July 26, 2021. Amendments filed August 7, 2023; effective 11/5/2023.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-4-201, 49-4-204, 49-4-903, and 49-4-924.