Terminating Events

(1) A student shall receive the Tennessee Reconnect Grant until reaching a terminating event as described in T.C.A. § 49-4-944. (2) A student reaches the terminating event under T.C.A. § 49-4-944 in any semester in which the student completes all academic course requirements of the student’s declared eligible program of study. Failure of the student to complete institutional requirements related to the process of conferring the associate degree or certificate, but unrelated to the completion of the required courses, will not allow the student to continue to be eligible for the scholarship in subsequent semesters. (3) Notwithstanding subsection (2) above, a student may continue to receive the Tennessee Reconnect Grant for a sequential certificate, diploma, or associate degree following completion of a certificate or diploma which directly leads to the certificate, diploma, or associate degree program.