WSB/3/7
Sponsored by Piper Kidd, Ava Walker of Page High School
This legislation was filed in the Education category
Presented as part of the YIG Volunteer 2024 conference
| 1 | BE IT ENACTED BY THE YMCA YOUTH IN GOVERNMENT |
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| 3 | Section 1: Terms in this act will be defined as follows: |
| 4 | (a) Scholarship: a grant or payment to support a student's education |
| 5 | |
| 6 | Section 2: Three scholarships of $1,000 per semester will be offered per school district in |
| 7 | Tennessee. |
| 8 | |
| 9 | Section 3: The applications require proof of being a Tennessee resident and going to a Tennessee |
| 10 | college. |
| 11 | |
| 12 | Section 4: The applications are due May 30 and November 30 each year to allow a month for |
| 13 | decisions; the winners will be randomly selected from the pool of applicants and contacted by |
| 14 | June 30 and December 30 each year to allow the winners to start the process of becoming a |
| 15 | substitute teacher. |
| 16 | |
| 17 | Section 5: The Tennessee Department of Education will aid the winners in the process of becoming |
| 18 | a substitute teacher in the district they will help serve in. |
| 19 | |
| 20 | Section 6: The requirements to be awarded and keep this scholarship include: going to a college in |
| 21 | Tennessee, subbing three times a month at a Tennessee public school to stay eligible, keeping a |
| 22 | 2.0 college GPA, and reapplying each semester to continue being involved in the scholarship. |
| 23 | |
| 24 | Section 7: There will be 285 winners each semester |
| 25 | |
| 26 | Section 8: It is not secured that one will win again each semester |
| 27 | |
| 28 | Section 9: This scholarship will cost $570,000 per year and be funded through the Tennessee |
| 29 | Department of Education budget. |
| 30 | |
| 31 | Section 10: This act shall take effect May 1, 2024, the public welfare requiring it. |
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