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Tennessee Promise rule amended to allow students to bank community service hours across semesters
Summary
Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation amended Tennessee Promise rules to let students complete community service hours in summer or other terms and carry those hours forward to meet semester requirements, a change intended to provide scheduling flexibility for students and partner organizations.
The Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC) told the committee it amended Tennessee Promise rules to allow students to "bank" community service hours. TSAC said the program initially required eight hours of community service each semester; the amended rule permits students to complete community service at other times (for example, in the summer) and apply those hours to future semester requirements.
Lou Hanneman, TSAC staff, told the committee that the change came in response to student and partner feedback that many students prefer to perform service during the summer and that carryover improves administrative flexibility while maintaining the underlying service requirement.
The committee recorded a positive recommendation on the technical rule change; TSAC said it expects the adjustment to help students meet the requirement more conveniently without changing the total service expected.
