Scholarship Award Amounts And Classifications

(1) The Helping Heroes Grant is intended to provide financial awards to veterans to offset costs associated with pursuing postsecondary education and shall be based on coursework in an eligible program of study in pursuit of an associate or baccalaureate degree at an eligible postsecondary institution. (2) The award amount for a Helping Heroes Grant is determined by the provisions of T.C.A. § 49-4-938 and set in the General Appropriations Act. (3) To receive a Helping Heroes Grant program award, a student must be enrolled and attending an eligible postsecondary institution as at least a part-time student, except in the following circumstances: (a) In the semester of graduation, if less than six (6) credit hours are required to complete the student’s eligible program of study; (b) In any semester in which the eligible postsecondary institution does not offer at least six (6) credit hours of coursework applicable to the student’s eligible program of study; or (c) The student’s eligible program of study requires enrollment in less than six (6) credit hours for a semester. HELPING HEROES GRANT PROGRAM CHAPTER 1640-01-22 (4) In the event that net lottery proceeds are insufficient to fully fund the Helping Heroes Grant, TSAC shall determine the appropriate manner in which the awards shall be reduced. (5) Receipt of student financial aid from sources other than the Helping Heroes Grant that are applied to educational expenses will not operate to reduce the student’s grant as long as the student’s total aid does not exceed the total cost of attendance. In the event that a student’s total aid exceeds the cost of attendance, the eligible postsecondary institution shall, to the extent it does not violate applicable federal regulations, use its institutional policy in reducing the student’s total aid package. (6) The receipt of a Helping Heroes Grant is contingent upon admission and enrollment at an eligible postsecondary institution. Qualifying for this grant does not guarantee admission to an eligible postsecondary institution.