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SB1671 • 2026

Education, Higher

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4; Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 49 and Title 50, relative to higher education.

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Sponsor
Johnson, Lamberth
Last action
2026-01-21
Official status
Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material does not provide specific details on the impact of non-compliance or how it affects existing scholarship programs and beneficiaries.

Changing Scholarship Notification Time for Higher Education

This bill changes the deadline from 30 days to 45 days before an academic term starts for selecting scholarship recipients and notifying the college savings trust fund board.

What This Bill Does

  • Changes the time limit from 30 days to 45 days before an academic term begins for state government entities that establish scholarships using educational investment plans to select scholarship beneficiaries.
  • Requires these entities to notify the board of trustees of the college savings trust fund program within this new timeframe.

Who It Names or Affects

  • State government entities that create scholarships using educational investment plans
  • The board of trustees of the college savings trust fund program

Terms To Know

scholarship beneficiary
A student who receives a scholarship to help pay for education.
college savings trust fund program
A state-run program that helps families save money for college expenses.

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill does not specify the consequences if notification is not made within the new timeframe.
  • It's unclear how this change will affect existing scholarship programs or students who are already selected as beneficiaries.

Bill History

  1. 2026-02-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C, caption bill, held on desk - pending amdt.

  2. 2026-02-02 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  3. 2026-01-23 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  4. 2026-01-21 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  5. 2026-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  6. 2026-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Abstract summarizes the bill.

Current Bill Text

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HOUSE BILL 2084
By Lamberth

SENATE BILL 1671
By Johnson
SB1671
010713
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 4;
Title 8; Title 9; Title 10; Title 12; Title 49 and Title
50, relative to higher education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-7-826(b), is amended by deleting
"thirty (30)" and substituting "forty-five (45)".
SECTION 2. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it.