RULES OF THE TENNESSEE STUDENT ASSISTANCE CORPORATION Suite 1950, Parkway Towers 404 James Robertson Parkway Nashville, Tennessee 37219-5097 Chapter Title
1640-01-01 ..................................................................................... Tennessee Student Assistance Program
1640-01-02 ....................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-03 ............................................................................. Graduate Nursing Loan-Forgiveness Program
1640-01-04 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-05 ....................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-06 ....................................................................... Rules of Procedure for Hearing Contested Cases
1640-01-07 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-08 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-09 ............................................................................................... Ned McWherter Scholars Program
1640-01-10 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-11 ............................................................................... Paul Douglas Teacher Scholarship Program
1640-01-12 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-13 ............................................................................................. Minority Teaching Fellows Program
1640-01-14 .................................................................................................. Dependent Children Scholarship
1640-01-15 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-16 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-17 ...................................................................................... Tennessee Teaching Scholars Program
1640-01-18 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-19 .................................................................... Tennessee Education Lottery Scholarship Program
1640-01-20 ........................................... Tennessee Math and Science Teacher Loan Forgiveness Program
1640-01-21 .................................................................. Tennessee Rural Health Loan Forgiveness Program
1640-01-22 .................................................................................................... Helping Heroes Grant Program
1640-01-23 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-24 ................................................................................................ Tennessee STEP UP Scholarship
1640-01-26 ................................................................................... Tennessee Promise Scholarship Program
1640-01-27 ...................................................................................................................................... Repealed
1640-01-28........................................................................................................Tennessee Reconnect Grant
1640-01-29…………………………………………………….Tennessee Middle College Scholarship Program
1640-01-30……………………………………………………………………………… Access to Public Records
1640-01-31…………………………………………………………….………… Dual Enrollment Grant Program
1640-01-32………………………………………………..…. Tennessee Future Teacher Scholarship Program
1640-01-02-.04, 1640-01-7-.02, 1640-01-7-.04, 1640-01-7-.05 and original rule 1640-01-01-.05 filed July 10, 1984; effective October 14, 1984. Original chapter 1640-01-08 filed August 6, 1984; effective November 13, 1984. Amendment to rule 1640-01-08-.05 filed September 27, 1984; effective December 14, 1984. Amendments to rules 1640-01-02-.01 and 1640-01-7-.01 filed November 2, 1984; effective February 12, 1985. Amendments to rules 1640-01-02-.03 and 1640-01-7-.04 filed December 14, 1984; effective March 16, 1985. Amendments to rules 1640-01-02-.03 and 1640-01-7-.04 filed February 11, 1985; effective May 14, 1985. Amendments to rules 1640-01-01-.02, 1640-01-01-.04, 1640-01-02-.03, 1640-01-02-.04, 1640-01-7-.04,
1640-01-7-.05 and 1640-01-08-.04 filed September 3, 1985; effective December 14, 1985. Amendments to rules 1640-01-02-.04, 1640-01-7-.05 and 1640-01-08-.05 filed January 6, 1986; effective April 15, 1986. Original chapter 1640-01-09 filed April 10, 1986; effective July 14, 1986. Amendments to rules 1640-01-01-.02 and 1640-01-01-.04 filed April 10, 1986; effective July 14, 1986. Amendment to rule 1640-01-02-.01 and original chapter 1640-01-10 filed May 15, 1986; effective August 12, 1986. Amendments to rules 1640-01-01-.04 and 1640-01-08-.04 filed August 25, 1986; effective November 29, 1986. Amendments to rules 1640-01-02-.04 and 1640-01-7-.05 filed September 10, 1986; effective December 29, 1986. Amendments to rules 1640-01-01-.02 and 1640-01-08-.05 filed December 5, 1986; effective March 31, 1987. Original chapter 1640-01-11 and amendments to rules 1640-01-01-.02, 1640-01-02-.01 through 1640-01- 02-.05 filed January 20, 1987; effective April 29, 1987. Amendments to rules 1640-01-7-.01 through 1640-01-7-.05 filed February 5, 1987; effective May 27, 1987. Amendment to rules 1640-01-11-.02 and 1640-01-11-.07 filed March 31, 1987; effective June 29, 1987. Amendments to rules 1640-01-02-.01 through 1640-01-02-.04 filed March 31, 1987; effective June 29, 1987. Amendments to rules 1640-01-01-.01, 1640-01-01-.02, 1640-01-08-.03 and 1640-01-08-.05 filed October 21, 1987; effective January 27, 1988. Amendments to rules 1640-01-09-.02 and 1640-01-09-.05 filed February 17, 1988; effective May 29, 1988. Amendments to rules 1640-01-02-.04, 1640-01-11-.01 through 1640-01-11-.03 and 1640-01-11-.05 through 1640-01-11-.07 filed March 11, 1988; effective June 29, 1988. Amendments to rules 1640-01-7-.02 through 1640-01-7-.05 filed April 22, 1988; effective July 27, 1988. Amendments to rules 1640-01-02-.03, 1640-01-08-.04 and 1640-01-11-.03 filed July 26, 1988; effective October 29, 1988. Amendment to rule 1640-01-08-.03 filed October 19, 1988; effective January 29, 1989. Original rules 1640-01-12-.01 through 1640-01-12-.06 filed December 30, 1988; effective March 29, 1989. Original rules 1640-01-13-.01 through 1640-01-13-.07 filed July 14, 1989; effective October 29, 1989. Amendments to rules 1640-01-12-.02 through 1640-01-12-.04 filed August 1, 1989; effective November 29, 1989. Amendments to rules 1640-01-01-.01, 1640-01-01-.02, 1640-01-01-.04, 1640-01-01-.05, 1640-01-08-.03,
1640-01-08-.05, 1640-01-11-.03, 1640-01-11-.05, 1640-01-11-.07, 1640-01-12-.03 and 1640-01-12-.05 filed February 9, 1990; effective May 29, 1990. Original rules 1640-01-14-.01 through 1640-01-14-.05 filed February 9, 1990; effective May 29, 1990. Amendment to rule 1640-01-01-.01 and original chapter 1640-01-15 filed July 12, 1990; effective October 29, 1990. Amendments to rules 1640-01-10-.03 through 1640-01-10-.05, and 1640-01-10-.08 filed October 25, 1990; effective January 29, 1991. Original chapter 1640-01-16 filed February 25, 1991; effective May 29, 1991. Amendment to rules 1640-01-01-.02, 1640-01-01-.03, 1640-01-08-.05, 1640-01-09-.01, 1640-01-09-.04 and 1640-01-09-.06 filed May 7, 1991; effective August 28, 1991. Amendment to rules 1640-01-03-.03, 1640-01-04-.03, 1640-01-08-.05, 1640-01-12-.05, 1640-01-13-.05,
1640-01-15-.02, 1640-01-15-.03, and 1640-01-15-.05 filed July 17, 1991; effective October 29, 1991. Amendment to rules 1640-01-01-.01, 1640-01-08-.04 and 1640-01-08-.05 filed March 5, 1992; effective June 29, 1992. Amendment to rules 1640-01-10-.04 and 1640-01-11-.04 filed June 4, 1992; effective September 28, 1992. Amendment to rules 1640-01-01-.01, 1640-01-01-.02 and 1640-01-01-.05 filed September 3, 1992; effective December 29, 1992. Amendment to rules 1640-01-09-.04 through 1640-01-09-.06 filed January 29, 1993; effective April 30, 1993. Amendment to rules 1640-01-01-.01, 1640-01-01-.02, 1640-01-01-.04, 1640-01-08-.04 and 1640-01-15- .04 filed April 28, 1993; effective July 28, 1993. Amendment to rules 1640-01-01-.02, 1640-01-08-.05 and 1640-01-12-.05 filed October 26, 1993; effective March 1, 1994. Amendment to rules 1640-01-11-.02 through 1640-01-11-.07 filed February 15, 1994; effective June 28, 1994. Amendment to rules 1640-01-08-.02, 1640-01-08-.05, 1640-01-11-.04, 1640-01-12-.02, 1640-01-12-.03,
1640-01-14-.03, 1640-01-16-.03 and 1640-01-16-.04 filed August 12, 1994; effective December 29, 1994. Amendment to chapter 1640-01-9 and rule 1640-01-11-.07 filed May 11, 1995; effective September 28, 1995. Original chapter 1640-01-17 filed February 7, 1996; effective June 28, 1996. Amendment to rule 1640-01-09-.04 and 1640-01-13-.02 filed April 2, 1996; effective August 28, 1996. Amendment to rules 1640-01-16-.02 and 1640-01-16-.04 filed February 19, 1997; effective June 28, 1997. Amendment to rules 1640-01-13-.02 through 1640-01-13-.05 filed October 20, 1997; effective February 27, 1998. Amendment to rule 1640-01-13-.04 filed December 22, 1997; effective April 30, 1998. Amendment to rule 1640-01-13-.05 filed September 17, 1998; effective January 28, 1999. Amendment to rules 1640-01-01-.01, 1640-01-01-.02 and 1640-01-10-.07 filed May 27, 1999; effective September 28, 1999. Original Chapter 1640-01-18 filed June 15, 1999; October 28, 1999. Amendment to rules 1640-01-01-.01, 1640-01-13-.05, 1640-01-16-.03 and 1640-01-17-.05 filed June 30, 2000; effective October 28, 2000. Amendment to rule 1640-01-13 filed July 26, 2000; effective November 28, 2000. Amendment to rule 1640-01-13-.05 filed August 29, 2000; effective December 29, 2000. Amendment to rule 1640-01-16-.03 filed December 10, 2001; effective April 30, 2002. Amendments to rules 1640-01-01-.02, 1640-01-09-.04, 1640-01-13-.05, 1640-01-16-.04, and 1640-01-17- .05 filed August 6, 2002; effective December 27, 2002. Amendment to rule 1640-01-01-.02 filed August 28, 2002; effective December 27, 2002. Amendment to rule 1640-01-14-.03 filed December 30, 2002; effective April 30, 2003. Original rules 1640-01-19-.01 through 1640-01-19-.23 filed December 29, 2003; effective April 29, 2004. Amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.01, 1640-01-19-.02, 1640-01-19-.05, 1640-01-19-.07, 1640-01-19-.08,
1640-01-19-.10, and 1640-01-19-.16 filed October 21, 2004; effective February 28, 2005. Amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.01, 1640-01-19-.05, and 1640-01-19-.07 filed January 25, 2005; effective May 31, 2005. Amendments to rules 1640-01-13-.01 through 1640-01-13-.03, 1640-01-13-.05, 1640-01-17-.01, 1640-01- 17-.02, and 1640-01-17-.05 filed February 3, 2005; effective May 31, 2005. Public necessity rules 1640-01-19-.01 through 1640-01-19-.26 filed October 4, 2005; effective through March 18, 2006. Public necessity rules 1640-01-19-.01 through 1640-01-19-.26 filed October 4, 2005, expired on March 18, 2006. On March 19, 2006, rules 1640-01-19-.01 through 1640-01-19-.26 reverted to rules in effect on October 3, 2005. Repeal and new chapter 1640-01-19 filed November 9, 2005; effective March 30, 2006. Public necessity rule 1640-01-20 filed November 20, 2006; effective through May 4, 2007 New rules to 1640-01-20 filed November 20, 2007; effective March 30, 2007. Rule 1640-01-5 repealed November 24, 2006; effective March 30, 2007. Amendment to rules 1640-01-19 filed November 30, 2006; effective March 30, 2007. Public Necessity rule 1640-01-3 filed December 11, 2006; effective through May 25, 2007. Repeal and new chapter 1640-01-3 filed December 11, 2006; effective April 30, 2007. Public necessity rule 1640-01-19 filed November 20, 2007; effective through May 3, 2008. Repeal and new rules 1640-01-19-.01, .02, .05, .06, .07, .08, .09, .10, .11, .12, .13, .14, .15, .17, .20, and .23 and amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.03, .18, .21, .22, .24, .25, and .26 filed November 20, 2007; effective March 28, 2008. Repeal and new rules 1640-01-13-.01, .02, .03, .04, .05, and .06; 1640-01-17-.01, .02, .03, .04, .05, and .06; and repeal of rules 1640-01-13-.07 and 1640-01-17-.07 filed December 6, 2007; effective April 29, 2008. Public necessity rules 1640-01-19-.01, .05, .09, .12, .14, .16, .19, .22, .23, and .26; and chapters 1640- 01-21 and 1640-01-22 filed October 23, 2008; effective through April 6, 2009, expired and reverted to rules in effect on October 22, 2008. Amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.01, .02, .03, .04, .05, .09, .11, .12, .14, .15, .16, .18, .19, .22, .23, and .26 filed January 30, 2009; effective May 29, 2009. Original chapter 1640-01-21 filed January 30, 2009; effective May 29, 2009. Original chapter 1640-01-22 filed January 30, 2009; effective May 29, 2009. Amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.05, .12, .16 and .22 filed December 1, 2009; effective May 31, 2010. Amendment to rule 1640-01-21-.04 filed December 1, 2009; effective May 31, 2010. Repeal and new rules 1640-01-01-.01 through .05 filed November 10, 2010; effective April 30, 2011. Emergency chapter 1640-01-23 filed March 1, 2013; effective through August 28, 2013. Amendments to rules 1640-01-01-.01, .02, .03, .04 and .05 filed March 1, 2013; effective August 29, 2013. Amendments to rules 1640-01-03-.01, .04 and .09, repeal and new rules 1640-01-03-.02, .03, .05, .07, .08, .11 and .12, and original rule 1640-01-03-.10 filed March 1, 2013; effective August 29, 2013. Repeal and new chapter 1640-01-13 filed March 1, 2013; effective August 29, 2013. Repeal and new rules 1640-01-17-.01 through .05, and original rules 1640-01-17-.06 and 1640-01-17-.08 filed March 1, 2013; effective August 29, 2013. Original chapter 1640-01-23 filed March 1, 2013; effective August 29, 2013. Amendments to rules 1640-01-22-.01 through .04, .06, .07, .10, and .11 filed June 20, 2013; effective November 28, 2013. Amendment to rule 1640-01-01-.01 filed September 3, 2013; effective February 28, 2014. Amendments to rules 1640-01-03-.02, 06, and .07 filed December 27, 2013; effective May 31, 2014. Amendments to rules 1640-01-13-.02 and .05 filed December 27, 2013; effective May 31, 2014. Amendments to rules 16400-01-17-.02 and .05 filed December 27, 2013; effective May 31, 2014. Original chapter 1640-01-24 filed December 27, 2013; effective May 31, 2014. Emergency chapter 1640-01-26 filed August 14, 2014; effective through February 10, 2015. Original chapter 1640-01-26 filed August 14, 2014; effective November 12, 2014. Amendment to rule 1640-01-19-.01 and repeal and new rule 1640-01-19-.26 filed August 27, 2014; effective November 25, 2014. Amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.07, .11, .14, .19, and .21, and repeal and new rules 1640-01-19-.01, .02, .03, .12, .16, .24, and .26, and original rules 1640-01-19-.27 and .28 filed December 19, 2014; effective March 19, 2015. Amendments to rules 1640-01-26-.01 and .02, and repeal and new rules 1640-01-26-.04, .07, and .09 filed December 19, 2014; effective March 19, 2015. Emergency rules 1640-01-26-.01, .02, .03, .04, .05, .06, .07, .09, .10, .11, and .13 filed August 4, 2015; effective through January 31, 2016. Amendment to rule 1640-01-01-.01 through .05 filed July 29, 2015; effective October 27, 2015. Amendments to rules 1640-01-26-.01, 1640-01-26-.02, 1640-01-26-.03, 1640-01-26-.04, 1640-01-26-.05,
1640-01-26-.06, 1640-01-26-.07, 1640-01-26-.09, 1640-01-26-.10, 1640-01-26-.11, and 1640-01-26-.13 filed February 9, 2016; effective May 9, 2016. Amendments to rules 1640-01-26-.01, 1640-01-26-.04, and 1640-01-26-.07 filed February 22, 2016; effective May 22, 2016. Emergency rules 1640-01-27-.01 through 1640-01-27-.12 filed July 27, 2016; effective through January 23, 2017. Emergency rules expired effective January 24, 2017. Emergency rules 1640-01-26-.03, 1640-01-26-.04, 1640-01-26-.07, 1640-01-26-.09, and 1640-01-26-.17 filed February 13, 2017; effective through August 12, 2017. Emergency rules expired effective August 13, 2017. New rules 1640-01-27-.01 through 1640-01-27-.12 filed February 13, 2017; effective May 14, 2017. Amendments to rules 1640-01-09-.01 through 1640-01-09-.07 filed February 13, 2017; effective May 14, 2017. Amendments to rules 1640-01-26-.03, 1640-01-26-.04, 1640-01-26-.07, 1640-01-26-.09, and 1640-01-26- .17 filed July 17, 2017; effective October 15, 2017. Original rules 1640-01-28-.01 through 1640-01-28-.10 filed April 3, 2018; effective July 2, 2018. Original rules 1640-01-29-.01 through 1640-01-29-.11 filed April 3, 2018; effective July 2, 2018. Amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.01 through 1640-01-19-.06, 1640-01-19-.11, 1640-01-19-.19, 1640-01- 19-.20, 1640-01-19-.22, and 1640-01-19-.23 filed October 31, 2018; effective January 29, 2019. Amendments to rules 1640-01-26-.01, 1640-01-26-.02, 1640-01-26-.04, 1640-01-26-.05, 1640-01-26-.07,
1640-01-26-.09, and 1640-01-26-.10 filed October 31, 2018; effective January 29, 2019. Original rules 1640-01-30-.01 through 1640-01-30-.07 filed July 17, 2019; effective October 15, 2019. Amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.01, 1640-01-19-.02, 1640-01-19-.03, 1640-01-19-.11, 1640-01-19-.22, and 1640-01-19-.28 filed January 29, 2020; effective April 28, 2020. Amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.01 through 1640-01-19-.05, 1640-01-19-.07 through 1640-01-19-.14,
1640-01-19-.19, 1640-01-19-.20, 1640-01-19-.22, 1640-01-19-.23, and 1640-01-19-.25 filed April 27, 2021; effective July 26, 2021. Repeal of rules 1640-01-02-.01 through 1640-01-02-.05, 1640-01-04-.01 through 1640-01-04-.06, 1640- 01-07-.01 through 1640-01-07-.06, 1640-01-08-.01 through 1640-01-08-.05, 1640-01-10-.01 through
1640-01-10-.10, 1640-01-12-.01 through 1640-01-12-.06, 1640-01-15-.01 through 1640-01-15-.07, 1640- 01-16-.01 through 1640-01-16-.06, 1640-01-18-.01 through 1640-01-18-.08, 1640-01-23-.01 through
1640-01-23-.07, and 1640-01-27-.01 through 1640-01-27-.12 filed February 23, 2023; effective May 24, 2023. Amendments to rules 1640-01-28-.01 through 1640-01-28-.10 filed April 19, 2023; effective July 18, 2023. New rule 1640-01-09-.02 and renumbering of subsequent rules, amendments to newly renumbered rules
1640-01-09-.03 through 1640-01-09-.07, new rules 1640-01-09-.08 through 1640-01-09-.10 and renumbering of subsequent rule, and amendment to newly renumbered rule 1640-01-09-.11 filed April 21, 2023; effective July 20, 2023. Amendments to rules 1640-01-22-.01 through 1640-01-22-.07, deletion of original rule 1640-01-22-.08 and renumbering of subsequent rules, and amendments to newly renumbered rule 1640-01-22-.10 filed May 2, 2023; effective July 31, 2023. Amendments to rules 1640-01-14-.01 through 1640-01-14-.05 and new rules 1640-01-14-.06 through
1640-01-14-.08 filed May 10, 2023; effective August 8, 2023. Amendments to rules 1640-01-19-.01 through 1640-01-19-.16 and repeal of rules 1640-01-19-.17 through
1640-01-19-.28 filed August 7, 2023; effective November 5, 2023. Amendments to rules 1640-01-26-.01 through 1640-01-26-.07, 1640-01-26-.09, 1640-01-26-.11, 1640-01- 26-.12, 1640-01-26-.13, and 1640-01-26-.15 through 1640-01-26-.18 filed August 7, 2023; effective November 5, 2023. New rules 1640-01-32-.01 through 1640-01-32-.05 filed February 21, 2024; effective May 21, 2024. New rules 1640-01-31-.01 through 1640-01-31-.09 filed February 23, 2024; effective May 23, 2024. Amendments to rules 1640-01-24-.01, 1640-01-24-.03 through 1640-01-24-.08, and 1640-01-24-.10 filed November 22, 2024; effective February 20, 2025. Amendments to rules 1640-01-26-.01 through 1640-01-26-.04, deletion of rule 1640-01-26-.05 and renumbering of subsequent rules, and amendments to newly renumbered rules 1640-01-26-.08, 1640-01- 26-.10, and 1640-01-26-.11 filed November 22, 2024; effective February 20, 2025. Amendments to rules 1640-01-28-.04, 1640-01-28-.05, and 1640-01-28-.06 filed November 22, 2024; effective February 20, 2025. Amendments to rules 1640-01-29-.01 through 1640-01-29-.04, 1640-01-29-.10, and 1640-01-29-.11 filed November 22, 2024; effective February 20, 2025. Amendments to rules 1640-01-26-.03, 1640-01-26-.04, and 1640-01-26-.06 filed April 30, 2025; effective July 29, 2025. Amendments to rules 1640-01-32-.01, 1640-01-32-.02, and 1640-01-32-.03 filed September 25, 2025; effective December 24, 2025.