Annual report on scholarship applications

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-3513, under Suspension of Students.

Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-6-3513

(a) The department shall annually report, in accordance with subsection (b), the number of eligible students who applied for a scholarship, disaggregated by:(1) The number of applications received from each county;(2) The number of eligible students who, at the time of submitting a completed scholarship application, were enrolled in a public school;(3) The number of eligible students who, at the time of submitting a completed scholarship application, were not yet enrolled in school, but who were applying for a scholarship for kindergarten enrollment; and(4) To the extent such data is available to the department, the number of eligible students whose annual household income:(A) Does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for free or reduced price lunch, as provided in the income eligibility guidelines published by the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service;(B) Does not exceed three hundred percent (300%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for free or reduced price lunch, as provided in the income eligibility guidelines published by the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service; and(C) Exceeds three hundred percent (300%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for free or reduced price lunch, as provided in the income eligibility guidelines published by the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service.

(1) The number of applications received from each county;

(2) The number of eligible students who, at the time of submitting a completed scholarship application, were enrolled in a public school;

(3) The number of eligible students who, at the time of submitting a completed scholarship application, were not yet enrolled in school, but who were applying for a scholarship for kindergarten enrollment; and

(4) To the extent such data is available to the department, the number of eligible students whose annual household income:(A) Does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for free or reduced price lunch, as provided in the income eligibility guidelines published by the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service;(B) Does not exceed three hundred percent (300%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for free or reduced price lunch, as provided in the income eligibility guidelines published by the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service; and(C) Exceeds three hundred percent (300%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for free or reduced price lunch, as provided in the income eligibility guidelines published by the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service.

(A) Does not exceed one hundred percent (100%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for free or reduced price lunch, as provided in the income eligibility guidelines published by the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service;

(B) Does not exceed three hundred percent (300%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for free or reduced price lunch, as provided in the income eligibility guidelines published by the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service; and

(C) Exceeds three hundred percent (300%) of the amount required for the student to qualify for free or reduced price lunch, as provided in the income eligibility guidelines published by the United States department of agriculture's food and nutrition service.

(b) The department shall submit the report required in subsection (a) to the education committee of the senate and the committee of the house of representatives having jurisdiction over kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) education by June 1, 2026, for the 2025-2026 school year; by October 1, 2026, for the 2026-2027 school year; and by each October 1 thereafter for the immediately preceding school year.

(c) The report must not include personally identifiable information.