Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 4 and Title 49, Chapter 7.

ON MARCH 21, 2019, THE SENATE ADOPTED AMENDMENT #1 AND PASSED SENATE BILL 5156, AS AMENDED.<br /> <br /> AMENDMENT #1 rewrites this bill to prohibit a postsecondary program that has received the Comprehensive Transition and Postsecondary Program designation from the United States department of education and is offered by an eligible postsecondary institution that assists students with intellectual disabilities (an "eligible postsecondary institution") from approving or denying a student residential housing on the campus of, or in affiliation with, the eligible postsecondary institution solely because of the student's receipt of a Tennessee STEP UP scholarship. <br /> <br /> This amendment specifies that its provisions do not require an eligible postsecondary institution to provide additional accommodations to a student that receives a Tennessee STEP UP scholarship beyond the accommodations that the eligible postsecondary institution is required to provide to admitted, degree-seeking students residing in institutional housing under the Americans with Disabilities Act and other relevant federal law.<br /> <br /> This amendment authorizes eligible postsecondary institutions to establish criteria for a student who receives a Tennessee STEP UP scholarship to apply for residential housing on the campus of, or in affiliation with, the eligible postsecondary institution.<br /> <br /> The provisions of this amendment take effect upon becoming a law for purposes of establishing criteria for a student to apply for residential housing, and January 1, 2020, for all other purposes. <br /> <br />