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State board emergency rule directs state share of TISA funding to charter schools
Summary
The State Board of Education told the joint Government Operations Committee it filed an emergency rule to send the state portion of TISA funding directly to charter schools rather than through local education agencies, and the committee gave the rule a positive recommendation after questions about accounting and true-ups.
The State Board of Education filed an emergency rule to implement Public Chapter 456 (2025) that sends the state share of Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) funding directly to charter schools rather than through the local education agency that authorizes them, board staff told the joint Government Operations Committee on Oct. 15.
The rule, presented by Nathan James of the State Board of Education and Mary Ann Derske, chief financial officer for the Department of Education, outlines how the state portion of TISA will be calculated, allocated and disbursed to charter schools and describes interim “true ups” through the year. “This is the Charter Schools Emergency Rule, 05201401.03,” James said, and that a permanent version will be considered at the state board’s Nov. 21 quarterly meeting.
The change implements Public Chapter 456, which requires that…
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