Current through September 24, 2024
(1) LEAs
shall submit Student and school-level data to the Department for the purpose of
calculating TISA for kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) public schools.
Data to be collected includes:
(a) For the
purpose of calculating the Base Funding Amount:
1. ADM.
(b) For the purpose of calculating the
Weighted Allocations, the following data components will be used:
1. Economically Disadvantaged: Economically
Disadvantaged ADM; and
2.
Concentrated Poverty:
(i) ADM; and
(ii) Title I Eligible Schools as determined
in the LEA's Consolidated Funding Application. Schools designated as schoolwide
under waiver applications shall not be included for this purpose.
3. Small District:
(i) ADM.
4. Sparse District:
(i) ADM.
5. Unique Learning Needs Data:
(i) Students Receiving Special Education and
Related Services:
(I) Special Education -
Option 1 ADM;
(II) Special
Education - Option 2 ADM;
(III)
Special Education - Option 3 ADM;
(IV) Special Education - Option 4
ADM;
(V) Special Education - Option
5 ADM;
(VI) Special Education -
Option 6 ADM;
(VII) Special
Education - Option 7 ADM;
(VIII)
Special Education - Option 8 ADM;
(IX) Special Education - Option 9 ADM;
and
(X) Special Education - Option
10 ADM.
(ii) Students
with Characteristics of Dyslexia:
(I)
Characteristics of Dyslexia ADM.
(iii) English Learners (EL):
(I) EL Direct Service (L) ADM;
(II) EL Waived Services (W) ADM;
(III) EL Transition Year 1 (T1) ADM;
and
(IV) EL Transition Year 2 (T2)
ADM.
(c) For the purpose of calculating Direct
Allocations, the following data components will be used:
1. Rising Fourth Grade Students:
(i) Grade 3 ADM; and
(ii) TCAP Performance Level Data.
2. Students in Career and
Technical Programs:
(i) Program of Study by
Student; and
(ii) Course Membership
ADM.
3. Students Taking
Postsecondary Readiness Assessment:
(i) Grade
11 and 12 ADM.
4.
Kindergarten - Grade 3 Students:
(i)
Kindergarten - Grade 3 ADM.
5. Public Charter School Students:
(i) Public Charter Schools ADM.
(2) The
Department shall report the following data used in the TISA calculations:
(a) For the purpose of calculating Weighted
Allocations:
1. Sparse: Geographic size in
square miles of the county aligned to county systems.
(b) For the purpose of calculating Direct
Allocations:
1. Students in Career and
Technical Programs:
(i) List of all approved
Career and Technical Programs by level; and
(ii) Course listing by Career and Technical
Program, including alignment to first, second, third, or fourth year.
(c) For the purpose of
calculating Local Contributions:
1. Fiscal
Capacity indices as calculated by TACIR and CBER.
(3) To ensure proper
reporting of data needed to calculate TISA, LEAs shall submit all required data
on a regular and ongoing basis as described in the TISA guide. The TISA guide
shall be updated annually to ensure LEAs have an updated data submission
calendar.
(4) LEAs shall certify
their local-level data in each of the nine (9) school year reporting periods.
LEAs shall acknowledge their period data submission on or before the 15th of
each reporting period month. LEA School Directors shall certify their period
data submission by the last business day of each reporting period month. The
Department shall provide a snapshot of an LEA's reporting period data to each
LEA following the period submission to allow for data review and revision ahead
of the period certification deadline. The Department shall issue preliminary
TISA allocations monthly beginning no later than April and issue final
allocations in July of each year.
(5) Data Calculations - Special
Considerations:
(a) ADM for each component of
the TISA formula shall be calculated using all nine (9) reporting periods,
weighted equally.
(b) ADM data
shall include reporting data for early graduates, inclusive of all Student
attributes.
(6) Data
Appeals Process:
(a) The Department shall
ensure all LEAs can appeal and correct substantive reporting discrepancies by
reporting period through a formal process to be detailed in the TISA
guide.
(b) The Department shall
ensure all LEAs have the opportunity to appeal final TISA allocations due to an
alleged error in the calculation process within fifteen (15) business days from
the issuance of final allocations.
Authority: T.C.A. §§
49-3-103(c),
49-3-108(h), and
49-3-115.
