Application And Award Procedures

(1) The priority deadline for applications for annual awards will be determined by the TSAC Executive Director and posted on the agency’s website. If the deadline occurs on a weekend or holiday, then the application deadline will be the next business day. (2) The TSAC Executive Director is authorized to modify published application deadlines for well- documented extraordinary cause, if necessary to protect the public interest. (3) Students must submit an application to TSAC accompanied by evidence sufficient to meet the eligibility requirements of T.C.A. § 49-4-704. The applicant must complete a Free Application for Federal Student Aid each academic year that the applicant wishes to be considered for the scholarship and have the data submitted to TSAC. (4) The amount of a Dependent Children Scholarship award shall be based on the number of credit hours attempted in a semester that are applicable to the student’s eligible program of study. After a review of an eligible applicant’s financial aid need analysis and the financial aid awarded through other sources, an award will be made not to exceed the cost of attendance for coursework in the student’s eligible program of study as determined by the institution. Except as provided by other educational aid, the award shall include tuition and other required fees, an allowance for books, supplies, and room and board as reflected in the cost of attendance determined by the institution for other students in the same financial aid category. The amount of the award will depend on the availability of funds. If funds are insufficient to provide scholarships to all eligible applicants, non-need-based awards will be limited to tuition and other required fees. (5) Payment will be made at the beginning of each academic term after certification by the institution that the student is attending full-time in an eligible program of study, has maintained continuous enrollment, and is making satisfactory academic progress as determined by the institution. (6) A student may attend less than full-time and receive a Dependent Children Scholarship award in the following circumstances: (a) The semester of graduation, if full-time enrollment is not required to complete the student’s eligible program of study; (b) When the student receives an approved leave of absence from full-time enrollment; (c) In any semester in which the eligible postsecondary institution does not offer at least twelve (12) semester hours of coursework applicable to the student’s eligible program of study; or (d) If the student’s eligible program of study requires less than full-time enrollment for a semester.