Cannon County school staff present GISA accountability report, ask board to approve LEA compliance form

School staff presented the district—GISA accountability report and the 2025 student achievement plan at the Cannon County School Board meeting and asked the board to approve the district—LEA annual compliance report required by the state.

"In your packet, you have the GISA accountability report," Julie, a district staff member, told the board, saying the report must be approved and posted to the district website. She described three primary goal areas driving outcome-based funding: third-grade reading proficiency, math achievement, and ELA/math measures for seventh- and eighth-graders; high-school measures include AP and ACT results. Julie also said there is a separate funding pathway for students with disabilities.

Julie described the report as tied to how the district spends state GISA dollars and how that spending is intended to improve academics. Staff characterized the LEA annual compliance report as a certification that the district complies with state board of education laws; they called approval a formality and said an administrator (Derek) will sign the form Thursday night.

Board discussion recorded in the transcript focused on procedural clearance rather than debate over content or specific new interventions. Staff said outcome-based funding is determined by the state—metrics called out in the GISA framework and that district leaders have discussed allocation strategies in recent leadership meetings. No formal motion text, mover/second, or recorded vote appears in the transcript for the approval requests noted; the board was asked to approve the items but the transcript does not record the board—s final vote on them.

The district plans to post the accountability report online and to proceed with signature of the LEA compliance report, per staff comments. The board did not record additional implementation dates or assignment details in the transcript segment provided.