Section 1640-01-29-.10 - POSTSECONDARY ENROLLMENT(1) Middle College graduates shall have sixteen (16) months to enroll in a four-year eligible postsecondary institution after completion of high school. Failure to enroll in a four-year eligible postsecondary institution within sixteen (16) months shall render a student permanently ineligible for the HOPE Scholarship.(2) Enrollment at a non-regionally accredited institution between graduation from Middle College and enrollment at a four-year eligible postsecondary institution shall make a student permanently ineligible for the HOPE Scholarship.(3) To be eligible for the HOPE Scholarship upon transfer to an eligible four-year postsecondary institution, a Middle College graduate shall have met all academic and non-academic requirements of the HOPE Scholarship while previously enrolled in any regionally accredited postsecondary institution.Tenn. Comp. R. & Regs. 1640-01-29-.10
Original rules filed April 3, 2018; effective 7/2/2018.Authority: T.C.A. §§ 49-4-201, 49-4-909, and 49-4-924.