Governor Haslam: It has been a rewarding month so far as we work towards our goal of transforming state government. On June 6, I had the privilege of signing the anti-meth bill also known as the “I hate meth” bill. This law will increase the penalty for making meth. It will track the sale of products with pseudoephedrine which is used to make meth, and now officers will have access to that real time information. The new law will also stiffen the penalties for making meth in the presence of children. Depending on the age of the child, an offender would face a class “A” or “B” felony and 15 to 25 years in prison. I want to thank senators Mae Beavers, and Randy Mcnally along with representatives Debra Maggart and David Hawk for sponsoring this anti meth legislation.On June 8, MTSU hosted us as we celebrated a milestone event in education reform. One of our initiatives was to make the hope scholarship available for summer courses. Which we believe will help students earn their degree faster. Senator Tracy: I’ve been wanting for years to do this, this is a great opportunity to do this it’s going to give more students an opportunity to use this Hope scholarship in summer school as Dr. Mcfee said move them through and follow through with what we started 10 years ago on the complete college act of Tennessee so I’m very excited about it. Governor Haslam: It’s important that we align our goals with how we are rewarding people and the chance to talk to several students this morning …
Thu, Jan 19, 2012
Scholarships