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TN Code § 49-4-108 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 1 - Cooperative Scholarship Plans|§ 49-4-108. Deposit of Funds

   All scholarship funds shall be deposited in special funds or trust funds established for the purpose of depositing all funds, contributions, donations, pledged earnings, interest, income and dividends, except enrollment fees and dues as set forth in § 49-4-103(b)(2), to be used exclusively and solely for scholarships and educational benefits for members found eligible and uses set out in the plan.   The deposits or payments into the special funds or trust funds, and disbursements out of the funds, shall not be subject to levy, attachment or garnishment on account of any debts or liabilities of the corporation or of any member, trustee of member or recipient.   The special fund is to be deposited in and managed by an insured bank or banks having trust powers, as trustees.     The trustees shall be selected or appointed by the corporation and approved by the commissioner.   The commissioner is authorized to adopt regulations respecting such security by the depository that is necessary for the protection of the funds and to assure their availability for the purposes set forth in the plan or plans under which the moneys are received.   Operating capital of the corporation shall not be deemed trust funds. Operating capital shall consist of enrollment fees and annual dues of members. Advancements to the corporation for working capital shall be deemed operating capital repayable from the fees and dues only.
TN Code § 49-4-109 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 1 - Cooperative Scholarship Plans|§ 49-4-109. Financial Statements and Examinations

  Each corporation shall annually, on or before March 1 after the end of the fiscal year, file with the commissioner a statement showing the financial condition of the corporation as of the last day of the fiscal year in the form and containing the information the commissioner requires. The report shall be verified by a certified public accountant or be submitted under oath subscribed by two (2) officers of the corporation.   The commissioner shall have the power of visitation and examination into the affairs of the corporation. All of the books and records of the corporation shall be available to the commissioner for examination by the commissioner. The commissioner and any deputy shall have the power to summon and examine under oath any person in relation to the affairs, transactions and conditions of any corporation and to require the production of books, records, papers and other documents relating to any of the activities of the corporation. The corporation shall pay for the examinations the fees prescribed by the commissioner, which shall not be less than one hundred dollars ($100).
TN Code § 49-4-110 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 1 - Cooperative Scholarship Plans|§ 49-4-110. Revocation of Authorization

 The commissioner shall have the power to revoke the certificate of authority or bring proceedings for the dissolution or liquidation of a corporation pursuant to regulations promulgated by the commissioner relating to notice, hearing and opportunity for review, whenever the commissioner finds that:   The corporation is being operated for profit;   The affairs of the corporation are being fraudulently conducted;   The corporation is guilty of a violation of any of this part;   The certificate of authority was obtained by fraud;   The corporation is guilty of false or misleading advertising;   Trust funds have been or are being used for purposes other than scholarships;   There has been a material variance between any plan or plans as filed with the commissioner and the actual administration of the plan or plans to the detriment of any member, trustee of member or class of member;   The corporation has willfully failed to file reports required by the commissioner pursuant to this part; or   The corporation has refused or prevented examination of its books and records by the commissioner.
TN Code § 49-4-111 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 1 - Cooperative Scholarship Plans|§ 49-4-111. Tax Exemption

 Every corporation holding a certificate of authority under this part and its officers, agents and solicitors shall be exempt from the payment of any occupational license taxes levied by virtue of any of its activities or those of its officers, agents or solicitors authorized under this part.
TN Code § 49-4-112 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 1 - Cooperative Scholarship Plans|§ 49-4-112. Violations — Penalties

  Any person, firm or corporation that violates this part commits a Class C misdemeanor.   The willful making of any false and material statement on any report to or required by the commissioner constitutes perjury and is punishable as perjury.
TN Code § 49-4-201 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 2 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — General Provisions|§ 49-4-201. Creation

 There is created a nonprofit corporation, which shall be known as the Tennessee student assistance corporation, to administer student assistance programs authorized by law, which corporation shall be registered with the secretary of state, and shall be subject to the corporate laws of this state, except as provided in parts 2, 3, and 6-9 of this chapter.
TN Code § 49-4-203 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 2 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — General Provisions|§ 49-4-203. Purpose and Duties

 It is the purpose and duty of the Tennessee student assistance corporation to:   [Deleted by 2020 amendment.]   Administer the provisions under law of state awards of financial assistance to needy students who are residents of the state under the terms and conditions prescribed in this part;    Receive any gifts, contributions and donations from groups or individuals or from corporations or foundations or from Tennessee student assistance corporation program-generated revenues and administer those funds in accordance with rules and regulations promulgated by the corporation;   The Tennessee student assistance corporation shall have authority to establish endowments for the purpose of funding scholarships and name scholarships or programs funded pursuant to gifts, contributions, or donations received pursuant to subdivision (3)(A) for distinguished United States citizens;   All funds received pursuant to subdivision (3)(A) shall be invested as directed by the state treasurer in investments, including, but not limited to, the state pooled investment fund established by § 9-4-603 and the intermediate-term investment fund established by § 9-4-608 for the benefit of the programs established pursuant to subdivision (3)(A).     Administer the loan and loan scholarship programs established under parts 2, 3, and 6-9 of this chapter;    Administer the Tennessee academic scholars program in accordance with guidelines recommended by the Tennessee higher education commission and approved by the Tennessee student assistance corporation;   All funds appropriated for the Tennessee academic scholars program shall be placed in an endowment fund, the income from which shall be used to provide scholarships for superior students in accordance with program guidelines established pursuant to subdivision (5)(A). The corpus of the endowment shall not be expended. Public and private institutions will participate and will match program funds on a dollar-for-dollar basis. Matching funds may be, but are not required to be, placed into the endowment;   The Tennessee academic scholars program endowment shall be invested as directed by the state treasurer in investments, including, but not limited to, the state pooled investment fund established by § 9-4-603 and the intermediate-term investment fund established by § 9-4-608; and     Carry out the other purposes of parts 2, 3, and 6-9 of this chapter.
TN Code § 49-4-204 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 2 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — General Provisions|§ 49-4-204. Promulgation of Rules

 The Tennessee student assistance corporation is authorized and directed to promulgate rules governing the making of awards of financial assistance to students that the corporation deems necessary to carry out and to make effective the purposes of parts 2, 3, and 6-9 of this chapter.
TN Code § 49-4-206 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 2 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — General Provisions|§ 49-4-206. Investment and Deposit of Funds

  The Tennessee student assistance corporation is authorized and empowered to:  Invest and reinvest any funds of the corporation in treasury notes, bonds or other securities of the United States, or bonds of this state; and   Deposit on interest any funds of the corporation in a bank or banks in this state, in which bank or banks the deposits are guaranteed by the federal deposit insurance corporation or collateralized in compliance with § 9-4-105, applicable to deposits of public funds.     Any interest or other earnings received by the corporation shall be added to and shall be made a part of the funds and assets of the corporation.
TN Code § 49-4-207 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 2 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — General Provisions|§ 49-4-207. Requests for Appropriations

 Requests for appropriations to support the programs of the Tennessee student assistance corporation mentioned in this part shall be presented to the higher education commission and, in the form and to the extent approved by the higher education commission, shall be submitted to the governor for consideration and inclusion in the budget document for the next fiscal year.
TN Code § 49-4-208 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 2 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — General Provisions|§ 49-4-208. Employee Benefits

 The employees of the Tennessee student assistance corporation shall be entitled to the same employee benefits as state employees. The required employees' contributions shall be paid by the participating employees, and the employers' contributions and any other costs shall be paid by the Tennessee student assistance corporation rather than by the funds of the state.
TN Code § 49-4-209 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 2 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — General Provisions|§ 49-4-209. State Financial Aid to Be Applied to Tuition and Room and Board

 Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, all state financial aid granted to students, whether in the form of a grant or loan, shall be first applied to tuition, room and board and the excess, if any, shall be distributed to the recipient.
TN Code § 49-4-210 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 2 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — General Provisions|§ 49-4-210. Authority to Promulgate Rules and Regulations to Determine Whether Licensed Lawyers or Persons Licensed by Any State Agency Are Delinquent or in Default on Student Loans

 In addition to the authority to promulgate the rules and regulations to effectuate chapter 519 of the Public Acts of 2012 relative to determinations of delinquency or default for student loans, the Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC) is authorized to promulgate necessary rules and regulations to determine whether any lawyer who is licensed by the Tennessee supreme court, or any person who is licensed in any other profession, trade, occupation, business or industry licensed by any agency in Tennessee is delinquent or in default on any service obligation or repayment under any federal family education loan program, the federal Higher Education Act of 1965 (20 U.S.C. § 1001 et seq.), as amended, a student loan guaranteed or administered by TSAC or any other state or federal educational loan or service-conditional scholarship program. Such rules and regulations shall provide for notice and a hearing to determine the amount of the debt, whether the debt is delinquent or in default on any repayment or service obligation, whether the debtor has entered into a payment plan or service obligation approved by the guarantee agency, is willing to enter into a payment plan or service obligation plan approved by TSAC or the guarantee agency or is eligible for deferment or forbearance. TSAC shall notify the supreme court or the licensing agency if the debtor is delinquent or in default, or if the debtor, without good cause, fails to respond to the notice of intent to file an order seeking the suspension, denial or revocation of the debtor's license, fails to timely request a hearing, or fails to appear at a scheduled hearing. The rules and regulations shall also provide that when TSAC determines that a debt or service obligation has been satisfied in full that TSAC shall notify the supreme court or licensing agency that the debtor is no longer delinquent or in default.
TN Code § 49-4-211 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 2 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — General Provisions|§ 49-4-211. Suspension, Modification, or Waiver of Deadline or Other Nonacademic Requirement of Financial Aid Program During State of Emergency. [Effective Until June 30, 2021.]

  Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, if the governor has declared that a state of emergency exists, then the executive director of the student assistance corporation may temporarily suspend, modify, or waive any deadline or other non-academic requirement in statute, rule, or policy of any financial aid program authorized by parts 2, 3, and 6-9 of this chapter. Any suspension, modification, or waiver made pursuant to this section must be for a specified period of time, as determined by the executive director of the student assistance corporation, to effectively administer the programs under this chapter.   The executive director of the student assistance corporation shall report any statute, rule, or policy that the executive director temporarily suspends, modifies, or waives pursuant to subsection (a), within thirty (30) days of the suspension, modification, or waiver, to the chairs of the education committees of the senate and the house of representatives and to the speakers of the house of representatives and senate.   This section is repealed on June 30, 2021.
TN Code § 49-4-302 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 3 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — Student Assistance Awards|§ 49-4-302. Payment of Award

  Students who enroll in a public or nonpublic college or university shall have payments of their awards made directly to the college or university. The college or university shall promptly credit the payments to individual student accounts, if the student owes the institution for any educational expenses. If the student does not owe the institution for any educational expenses, the award proceeds shall be promptly disbursed to the student by the institution.   Payments of all awards shall be made in approximately equal installments after the beginning of each academic term, upon receipt by TSAC of evidence that the student is officially enrolled in an eligible institution. All payments shall be transmitted by TSAC to the director of financial aid or other designated official at each college or university to ensure proper handling and distribution.
TN Code § 49-4-303 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 3 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — Student Assistance Awards|§ 49-4-303. Amount of Award

 All awards of student assistance shall be based on the financial need of the student as measured by the parents' ability, or the student's ability if the student is emancipated and not receiving any financial assistance from the student's parents or guardian, to contribute to the student's educational expenses, as determined by guidelines established by TSAC. The maximum student assistance award shall not be greater than the total amount of tuition and mandatory fees charged by the postsecondary institution. Financial need of less than one hundred dollars ($100) shall render an applicant ineligible for an award.
TN Code § 49-4-304 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 3 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — Student Assistance Awards|§ 49-4-304. Renewal of Award

   Each award of student assistance is renewable by TSAC annually for the equivalent of four (4) academic years or until such earlier time as a student receives a baccalaureate degree or has expended eight (8) semesters or twelve (12) quarter terms of enrollment. TSAC shall renew an award only upon the student's application and upon verification that the applicant has completed satisfactorily the work of the preceding year, that the applicant remains a resident of the state, and that the applicant's financial situation continues to warrant the award under the applicable provisions of this part and the policies and rules of TSAC.   TSAC may grant a leave of absence to recipients entering military service.     Each grant for students attending private business schools or private trade and technical schools is renewable by TSAC annually for the equivalent of two (2) academic years, or until such earlier time as a student receives a degree or has expended six (6) quarter terms of enrollment, or until such time as the student receives a diploma or has expended twelve (12) months' time in pursuance of a diploma or expended six (6) months' time in pursuance of a certificate.
TN Code § 49-4-305 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 3 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — Student Assistance Awards|§ 49-4-305. Recipient Free to Choose School

 It is expressly provided that no attempt shall be made by any official or agency concerned with the administration of the Tennessee student assistance corporation to influence the selection by an applicant of the institution that the applicant might attend.
TN Code § 49-4-306 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 3 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — Student Assistance Awards|§ 49-4-306. [reserved.]

 If the recipient of an award fails to comply with the rules of TSAC with respect to the use of such assistance, fails to attain the minimum level of achievement prescribed for the retention of the assistance, fails to observe the rules, regulations or conditions prescribed or imposed by the institution attended on students, or for any reason is expelled or suspended from the institution attended or is absent without leave, TSAC may, upon evidence, revoke the award, and the person holding the award shall not thereafter be entitled to further payment or benefits.
TN Code § 49-4-308 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 3 - Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation — Student Assistance Awards|§ 49-4-308. Transfer Students

  Any award recipient who desires to transfer from one institution to another must notify TSAC and secure its authorization to transfer.   Failure to notify TSAC and secure its authorization may result in the loss of the award.
TN Code § 49-4-601 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 6 - Forfeiture of State Assistance|§ 49-4-601. Forfeiture Upon Criminal Conviction

 Any part-time or full-time student who is convicted of any criminal offense growing out of any student riot, protest or disturbance shall forfeit any further right to any student loan or grant as provided in this chapter, or any other financial assistance supported by state funds. Should any such student so convicted be, at that time, receiving such aid, the aid shall be immediately terminated.
TN Code § 49-4-705 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 7 - Miscellaneous Scholarship and Loan Programs|§ 49-4-705. Termination of Christa Mcauliffe Scholarship Program

 The Christa McAuliffe Scholarship program terminates effective August 1, 2020, at which time all funds remaining in the program's investment principal and investment earnings accounts shall be added to the reserve balances held by the student assistance corporation for the student assistance award under § 49-4-301. The transfer of funds is subject to transfer in the general appropriations act.
TN Code § 49-4-706 (2021)
2021 Tennessee Code|Title 49 - Education|Chapter 4 - Financial Aid|Part 7 - Miscellaneous Scholarship and Loan Programs|§ 49-4-706. Minority Teaching Fellows Program. [Effective Until July 1, 2021. See the Version Effective on July 1, 2021.]

   The Tennessee student assistance corporation (TSAC) shall administer a minority teaching fellows program, not to exceed thirty-five (35) persons per class level per year, for talented Tennesseans who aspire to be teachers. Participation in the program at any time shall be limited to one hundred sixteen (116) fellows.   Recipients must attend a higher education institution within the state, which institution must have an approved teacher education program as determined by the state board of education, or must enroll initially in a two-year college program that has transfer agreements with an approved teacher education program in this state.   Recipients must pursue a baccalaureate degree program leading to licensure as a teacher.   Each fellowship award shall be in the amount of five thousand dollars ($5,000) and shall be renewable up to three (3) times, contingent upon satisfactory academic performance.    Recipients who become public school teachers in this state shall receive forgiveness of the fellowship balance based on one (1) year's teaching service for each year the fellowship was awarded.   TSAC shall also forgive the loan if, within seven (7) years after graduation, the recipient teaches for three (3) consecutive years, unless the recipient takes an approved leave of absence, at a Tennessee public school in a local school administrative unit that, at the time the recipient accepts employment with the unit, is a high priority school system or is on warning status as defined by the commissioner or board of education. TSAC shall also forgive the loan if it finds that it is impossible for the recipient to teach for four (4) years, within seven (7) years after graduation, at a Tennessee public school because of the death or permanent disability of the recipient.        TSAC, in conjunction with the state board of education and the Tennessee higher education commission, shall develop rules, regulations and criteria for the selection of minority Tennessee citizens and for the management of the program.   All scholarship loans shall be evidenced by notes made payable to TSAC, which shall bear interest at the rate of nine percent (9%) per year beginning September 1 after completion of the program, or immediately after termination of the scholarship loan, whichever is earlier. The scholarship loan may be terminated by the recipient withdrawing from school or by the recipient not meeting the standards set by TSAC.