Title 49, Education

(a) Upon their issuance, these school bonds are binding obligations and debts upon the county, and the county legislative body of the county shall levy annually a tax on all the taxable property of the county for the purpose of paying interest on the bonds as it becomes due and t…

(a) The various counties of the state, through their respective county legislative bodies, are authorized and empowered to issue and sell bonds for the purchase of school buses and appurtenances necessary to operate them. (b) The bonds may be known as school bonds and shall be is…

If any special school district has bonds outstanding payable from taxes levied by special act of the general assembly, and if at any time the amount on deposit in the special fund created solely for the purpose of paying principal of and interest on the bonds is equal to at least…

(a) The proceeds of bonds, notes and other debt obligations issued by counties under this part for school purposes shall be shared with special school district systems in the county on the same basis provided for sharing the proceeds of school bonds under this part. The trustee o…

This part is known and may be cited as the “Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement Act.”

(a) The state school fund consists of all funds appropriated or allocated from the state treasury for the operation and maintenance of the public schools or that may derive from any state taxes, the proceeds of which are devoted to public school purposes. (b) The state school fun…

(a) The Tennessee investment in student achievement formula (TISA) is a student-based funding formula established as the system for funding education for kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) public schools. The TISA is established to support the following goals:(1) Empowering…

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Average daily membership” or “ADM” means the sum of the total number of days a student is enrolled divided by the number of days school is in session during this period;(2) “Base funding amount” means the unifor…

(a) Each student generates a funding allocation that includes the following:(1) The base funding amount;(2) Weighted allocations for which the individual student satisfies the criteria established in subsection (b); and(3) Direct allocations for which the individual student satis…

(a) Subject to available appropriations, the department shall allocate student-generated outcome incentive dollars to an LEA based on the achievement of member students in the LEA's public schools. (b) An LEA may receive student-generated outcome incentive dollars if the member s…

(a) Subject to available appropriations, stipends must be allocated pursuant to this section. Funds appropriated for the purposes of this section must first be allocated pursuant to subsection (b). If the funds appropriated for the purposes of this section exceed the amount requi…

(a) The commissioner and each local government shall distribute allocated education funding periodically throughout the school year according to a schedule established by the commissioners of education and finance and administration, subject to all applicable restrictions prescri…

(a) The state shall provide:(1) Seventy percent (70%) of the total funding allocation that students generate pursuant to § 49-3-105(a)(1) and (a)(2); and(2) One hundred percent (100%) of:(A) The total funding allocation that students generate pursuant to § 49-3-105(a)(3);(B) The …

(a) The department shall create or procure, and make available at no cost to participants, a professional development series on the TISA. The series must include, at a minimum, an in-depth explanation of the TISA and the TISA guide, instruction on how to budget to increase studen…

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Educational Institutions Law of 1943.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Board” means both the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee and the state board of education, or either of them;(2) “Bonds” means any bonds of the board issued pursuant to this part;(3) “Federal agenc…

(a) The powers conferred by this part are in addition to the powers conferred by other laws; and the limitations imposed by this part shall not affect the powers conferred by any other law, general or special. Bonds may be issued under this part, notwithstanding any such other la…

(1) The board has the power and is authorized to:(1) Acquire by purchase, gift or the exercise of the right to eminent domain and hold real or personal property or rights or interests in real or personal property and water rights;(2) Make contracts and execute all instruments nec…

(a) (1) Bonds issued under this part shall be authorized by resolution of the board.(2) These bonds shall bear interest at such rate or rates, payable semiannually, may be issued in one (1) or more series, may bear such date or dates, may be in such denomination or denominations,…

Notwithstanding any other law, neither the board nor any institution that is authorized under this part to borrow money, issue bonds or notes or obtain loans shall do so without first securing the approval of the state school bond authority.

(1) The board, in connection with the issuance of bonds to acquire any project for an institution or in order to secure the payment of the bonds and interest on the bonds, shall have power by resolution to:(1) Fix and maintain:(A) Fees, rentals and other charges from students, fa…

(a) (1) All bonds issued pursuant to this part shall be obligations of the board, payable only in accordance with the terms of the bonds, and shall not be obligations general, special or otherwise of the state.(2) The bonds shall not be a debt of the state, and shall not be enfor…

(a) No moneys derived from the sale of bonds or otherwise borrowed under this part, or received as a grant, shall be required to be paid into the state treasury, but shall be deposited by the treasurer or other fiscal officer of the board in a separate bank account or accounts in…

(a) Each LEA must have the opportunity to provide feedback and recommendations regarding the TISA to the department and the comptroller of the treasury, on a template prescribed by the department, by November 1, 2024, and each November 1 thereafter. (b) By January 15, 2025, and e…

(1) Any holder or holders of bonds, including a trustee or trustees for holders of the bonds, shall have the right, in addition to all other rights:(1) By mandamus or other suit, action or proceeding in any court of competent jurisdiction to enforce the holder's or holders' right…

(a) Each local education agency shall produce an accountability report that:(1) Establishes goals for student achievement, including the goal of seventy percent (70%) of the LEA's students in third grade taking the English language arts (ELA) portion of the Tennessee comprehensiv…

(a) The state board shall establish a review committee for the TISA. The committee must be composed of the executive director of the state board, or the executive director's designee; the commissioner of education, or the commissioner's designee; the commissioner of finance and a…

(a) Beginning on July 1, 2023, there is created a progress review board. The progress review board consists of:(1) The commissioner of education;(2) The chair of the state board of education;(3) Two (2) members appointed by the speaker of the senate; and(4) Two (2) members appoin…

(a) The department may promulgate rules to effectuate this part. The rules must be promulgated in accordance with the Uniform Administrative Procedures Act, compiled in title 4, chapter 5. (b) Before the department begins the rulemaking process for a rule promulgated to effectuat…

(a) Each LEA and public charter school shall submit to the office of research and education accountability (OREA) in the office of the comptroller of the treasury and to the department of education by August 1 each year:(1) A planning and budgetary report for the upcoming school …

This part shall be known and may be cited as the “Tennessee State School Bond Authority Act.”

(1) As used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:(1) “Authority” means the Tennessee state school bond authority created by § 49-3-1204;(2) “Board” means the board of trustees of the University of Tennessee or the board of regents of the state university and commun…

(a) The powers conferred by this part shall be in addition to the powers conferred by other laws, and the limitations imposed by this part shall not affect the powers conferred by any other law, general or special, and notes and bonds may be issued under this part notwithstanding…

(a) (1) There is created the Tennessee state school bond authority.(2) The authority shall be a corporate governmental agency and instrumentality of this state. (1) There is created the Tennessee state school bond authority. (2) The authority shall be a corporate governmental age…

(1) Except as otherwise limited by this part, the authority has the power to:(1) Sue and be sued;(2) Have a seal and alter the seal at pleasure;(3) Make and execute contracts and all other instruments necessary or convenient for the exercise of its powers and functions under this…

(a) (1) The authority has the power to finance projects for the Tennessee student assistance corporation or for institutions under an agreement or agreements with the corporation or with the board governing the institution for which the project is to be provided, and the corporat…

(a) (1) Subject to this part, the authority shall have power and is authorized from time to time to issue its negotiable bonds and notes in such principal amount, as, in the opinion of the authority, is necessary to provide sufficient funds for achieving its corporate purposes, i…

(a) In the event that the authority defaults in the payment of principal of or interest on any issue of notes or bonds after the notes or bonds become due, whether at maturity or upon call for redemption, and the default continues for a period of thirty (30) days, or in the event…

The state covenants with the purchasers and all subsequent holders and transferees of notes and bonds issued by the authority, in consideration of the acceptance of and payment for the notes and bonds, that the notes and bonds of the authority, issued pursuant to this part, and t…

(a) The state designates the authority as the state education agency within the meaning of § 54E(c)(2) of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986 (26 U.S.C. § 54E(c)(2)), and delegates to the agency the authority to allocate on behalf of the state the national zone academy bond limitat…

Notwithstanding anything in this chapter to the contrary, counties having a city or cities operating schools independently of the county or having special school districts operating schools independently of the county shall not be required to share proceeds of any county school c…

The authority shall have power and is authorized to issue its negotiable bonds for a school credit bond project, as such term is defined in § 49-3-1202. Bonds for school credit bond projects may be issued only by the authority.

The general assembly finds that the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Foundation, a 501(c)(3) corporation, serves and benefits this state and the students of its private and public colleges and universities by conducting educational programs on the legislative process a…

(a) The Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Foundation is eligible to receive appropriations for its endowment fund from the state general fund subject to the following conditions:(1) Neither an appropriation nor the income from an appropriation may be spent for any organ…

State agencies may provide free and discounted services to the Tennessee Intercollegiate State Legislature Foundation to support its mission of education, leadership and public research; provided, however, that any cost associated with the operation of the chambers of the senate …

(a) In case the United States congress enacts any legislation of any character making grants of public moneys to the states for the purpose of promoting the cause of public education, the department of education is designated as the authority to accept and administer the funds co…