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Yes: 188 • No: 0
TennesseeHB 0504114th General Assembly (2025-2026)HouseWALLET
AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, Part 7, relative to future teacher scholarships.
Sponsored By: Sponsor information unavailable
Signed by Governor
Scholarships and Financial Aid
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Bill Overview
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3 provisions identified: 1 benefits, 1 costs, 1 mixed.
$3,500 yearly scholarships for future teachers
Beginning July 1, 2025, eligible future teachers can receive $3,500 per academic year in an approved teacher-preparation program. Awards depend on funding approved by the Tennessee General Assembly. Recipients can transfer between eligible colleges without losing the scholarship, as long as they keep meeting its eligibility requirements.
Future teachers face scholarship limits and repayment
Beginning July 1, 2025, scholarship payments end at the first of three events: earning a degree through an approved teacher-preparation program, failing State Board of Education or program admission standards, or reaching the three-year limit. That limit runs from enrollment in the term for which the student first received the scholarship. Students who lose eligibility for any reason cannot regain the scholarship. Recipients who do not complete two consecutive years of teaching in a targeted setting must repay the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation. For each required year not taught, they owe half their total scholarship, without interest.
Teacher scholarship access requires service commitments
Beginning July 1, 2025, Tennessee Future Teacher scholarships are available to U.S. citizens meeting the program's requirements. Students must have lived in Tennessee for at least one year before admission to an eligible college. They must enter an approved teacher-preparation program as undergraduate juniors or seniors, as their college determines, or college graduates seeking an initial teaching license. They must be admitted and enrolled and complete the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation's scholarship application. They must also sign a repayment promise agreeing to teach at least two consecutive years in a targeted setting at a Tennessee public school district or public charter school.
Sponsors & Cosponsors
Sponsors
There is no primary sponsor on record.
Cosponsors
Rick Eldridge
Republican • House
T.J. Hardaway
Democrat • House
Kirk Haston
Republican • House
Renea Jones
Republican • House
Larry J. Miller
Democrat • House
Debra Moody
Republican • House
Antonio Parkinson
Democrat • House
Lowell Russell
Republican • House
William Slater
Republican • House
Roll Call Votes
Senate vote • 4/22/2025
FLOOR VOTE: Third Consideration 4/22/2025
Yes: 33 • No: 0
House vote • 4/21/2025
FLOOR VOTE: REGULAR CALENDAR AS AMENDED PASSAGE ON THIRD CONSIDERATION 4/21/2025
Yes: 94 • No: 0
House vote • 4/21/2025
HOUSE CALENDAR & RULES COMMITTEE
Yes: 0 • No: 0
House vote • 4/17/2025
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS COMMITTEE
Yes: 27 • No: 0
House vote • 4/17/2025
HOUSE FINANCE, WAYS, AND MEANS SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 11 • No: 0
House vote • 3/25/2025
HOUSE EDUCATION COMMITTEE
Yes: 18 • No: 0
House vote • 2/19/2025
HOUSE HIGHER EDUCATION SUBCOMMITTEE
Yes: 5 • No: 0
Bill Text
HA0171 (Substitute)
4/21/2025
Enrolled / Public Chapter
Fiscal Note
Introduced
SA0005
SA0449
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