Tennessee · 114th Regular Session (2025-2026) · Bill

SB 803: Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, adds an institution accredited by the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (NACCAS) that has its primary campus domiciled in this state as an eligible postsecondary institution in which a student may be enrolled for purposes of receiving a Tennessee Promise scholarship; conditions the availability of the scholarship at such an institution on there being no available enrollment slots in a Tennessee college of applied technology in the student's county of residence for the student's desired program of study. - Amends TCA Title 49.

In committee Last action March 19, 2025: Failed in Senate Education Committee

Plain-language summary

SB 803 is a bill introduced in the Tennessee Senate on February 4, 2025. According to its official title, it concerns: Scholarships and Financial Aid - As introduced, adds an institution accredited by the National Accrediting Commission of Career Arts and Sciences (NACCAS) that has its primary campus domiciled in this state as an eligible postsecondary institution in which a student may be enrolled for purposes of receiving a Tennessee Promise scholarship; conditions the availability of the scholarship at such an institution on there being no available enrollment slots in a Tennessee college of applied technology in the student's county of residence for the student's desired program of study. - Amends TCA Title 49. Primary sponsor: Becky Massey (Republican). Most recent recorded action (March 19, 2025): Failed in Senate Education Committee.

Sponsors

Primary sponsor: Becky Massey (Republican).