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Senate education committee advances bill expanding National Guard tuition aid, requires fee transparency
Summary
The Senate Education Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 12-91, which expands the state's Strong Act tuition assistance to include certain undergraduate and master's program fees and requires the Military Department to publish covered fee amounts annually.
The Tennessee Senate Education Committee voted to advance Senate Bill 12-91 to the Finance Committee after approving an amendment that requires the Tennessee Military Department to post covered undergraduate course fees and master's program fees on its website by Aug. 1 each year.
The bill, sponsored in committee by Sen. Jack Powers, would expand the state's Strong Act tuition-assistance program to cover undergraduate course fees and fees for master's degree programs and raise the program's semester-hour cap to 130 hours, supporters said. "Senate Bill 12-91 amends the Strong Act by expanding tuition assistance to include…
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