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HB1121 • 2026

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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 4, relative to financial aid.

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Sponsor
Hale, Hensley
Last action
2026-03-18
Official status
Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide details on financial aid amounts or restrictions on transferring funds between accounts, leading to these uncertainties.

Expanding Dual Enrollment Grants

This bill changes Tennessee's law to allow sophomores in high school who are accepted into a dual enrollment program at an eligible postsecondary institution to receive financial aid grants.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the eligibility requirements for dual enrollment grants to include sophomores.

Who It Names or Affects

  • High school sophomores who are accepted into a dual enrollment program at an eligible postsecondary institution
  • Postsecondary institutions that offer dual enrollment programs

Terms To Know

Dual Enrollment Grant
Financial aid given to high school students taking college courses.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify how much financial aid sophomores will receive.
  • It is unclear what happens if there are changes in funding for the Lottery for Education Account.

Amendments

These notes stay tied to the official amendment files and metadata from the legislature.

Amendment 1-0 to SB1409

Plain English: The amendment changes when a certain act related to financial aid will take effect.

  • Changes the effective date of the act from an unspecified time to July 1, 2026.
  • The original text does not specify what the previous effective date was or what Section 2 originally contained before this amendment.

Bill History

  1. 2026-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Taken off notice for cal in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee of Education Committee

  2. 2026-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/18/2026

  3. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Recommended for passage with amendment/s, refer to Senate Finance, Ways, and Means Committee Ayes 9, Nays 0 PNV 0

  4. 2026-01-27 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 2/4/2026

  5. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to the Lottery Calendar

  6. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 1/28/2026

  7. 2026-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 1/21/2026

  8. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c Higher Education Subcommittee to the Lottery Calendar

  9. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  10. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal Higher Education Subcommittee for 3/26/2025

  11. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  12. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025

  13. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  14. 2025-02-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  15. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c Higher Education Subcommittee

  16. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, ref. to Education Committee

  17. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  18. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor change.

  19. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  20. 2025-02-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) withdrawn.

  21. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  22. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  23. 2025-02-06 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  24. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 1409
By Hensley

HOUSE BILL 1121
By Hale

HB1121
003296
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
Chapter 4, relative to financial aid.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-4-930(c)(2)(A), is amended by
deleting the subdivision and substituting:
(A) Is a sophomore, junior, or senior in high school; or
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2025, the public welfare requiring it.