Tennessee Code Title 49. Education § 49-4-909

(1) Not be ineligible for the scholarship under § 49-4-904;

(2) Be classified as a resident of this state, pursuant to § 49-8-104;

(3) Have obtained a minimum cumulative high school grade point average of 3.0 by the end of the student's sophomore year;

(4) Be admitted to, and enrolled in, an eligible public two-year postsecondary institution that is partnering with an LEA to offer middle college in the fall semester of the student's junior year in high school; and

(5) Make application for the scholarship as prescribed by TSAC.

(b)(1) To maintain eligibility for the Tennessee middle college scholarship, a student shall meet all nonacademic requirements of the program, maintain a cumulative grade point average of 3.0 at the end of each semester for all postsecondary courses attempted under the Tennessee middle college scholarship, and be enrolled full-time.

(2) If a student drops out of middle college, fails to maintain eligibility for the Tennessee middle college scholarship at the end of any semester, or fails to maintain full-time status, the student shall not be able to regain the scholarship.

(1) The student has earned an associate degree or completed high school; or

(2) Two (2) years have passed from the date of the student's enrollment as a middle college student in an eligible public two-year postsecondary institution.

(e)(1) A student who successfully completes middle college and receives both a high school diploma and an associate degree shall be eligible to receive a Tennessee HOPE scholarship at the time of transfer to an eligible four-year postsecondary institution in pursuit of a baccalaureate degree, if the student:

(2) To continue to be eligible for a Tennessee HOPE scholarship at the end of subsequent semesters when eligibility is checked, the student shall meet the requirements of § 49-4-911.

(3) Time enrolled in an eligible postsecondary institution as a middle college scholarship student will not count towards the terminating events under § 49-4-913.

(1) Is not ineligible for the scholarship under § 49-4-904;

(2) Meets all requirements of § 49-4-905(a); and

(3) Meets the requirements of § 49-4-907 or § 49-4-908.