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HB0009 • 2026

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA)

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49, Chapter 3, relative to the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula.

Education
Did Not Pass

The latest official action shows that this bill did not move forward in that session.

Sponsor
Hale, Reeves
Last action
2025-03-25
Official status
Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The bill did not pass, so its exact impact on funding and contributions is uncertain.

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Act

This bill changes how much money Tennessee gives to small schools by increasing funding for students in these districts, adds new rules for medium-sized schools, and provides extra money for maintenance.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the weighted allocation for a student who resides in an LEA with fewer than 1,000 students from 5% to 10%
  • Adds weighted allocations for different sizes of medium-sized schools (4,000-4,999, 3,000-3,999, 2,000-2,999, and 1,000-1,999 students)
  • Gives each student a $50 direct allocation for maintenance and infrastructure
  • Applies these changes starting in the 2025-2026 school year

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students in small districts (fewer than 1,000 students)
  • Students in medium-sized districts (between 1,000 and 4,999 students)
  • Local education agencies (LEAs) of all sizes

Terms To Know

weighted allocation
The amount of money given to a school based on the number of students it has
local education agency (LEA)
An organization that manages public schools in a specific area, like a district or county

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill did not pass and was stopped in the K-12 Subcommittee of the Education Committee
  • It is unclear how much more money local education agencies will need to contribute after these changes
  • The exact impact on school budgets for maintenance and infrastructure is uncertain

Bill History

  1. 2025-03-26 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee

  2. 2025-03-25 Tennessee General Assembly

    Failed in s/c K-12 Subcommittee of Education Committee

  3. 2025-03-24 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  4. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/25/2025

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  6. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  7. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action deferred in Senate Education Committee to 3/26/2025

  8. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  9. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/25/2025

  10. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  11. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/18/2025

  12. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  13. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/19/2025

  14. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Action Def. in s/c K-12 Subcommittee to 3/18/2025

  15. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  16. 2025-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  17. 2025-03-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  18. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Placed on s/c cal K-12 Subcommittee for 3/11/2025

  19. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  20. 2025-03-04 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  21. 2025-03-03 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  22. 2025-02-20 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  23. 2025-02-13 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  24. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  25. 2025-02-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Passed on Second Consideration, refer to Senate Education Committee

  26. 2025-02-10 Tennessee General Assembly

    Introduced, Passed on First Consideration

  27. 2025-02-05 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  28. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

  29. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

  30. 2025-01-16 Tennessee General Assembly

    Ref. to Education Committee

  31. 2025-01-15 Tennessee General Assembly

    P2C held on desk, pending appointment of Standing Committees

  32. 2025-01-14 Tennessee General Assembly

    Intro., P1C.

  33. 2024-11-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Filed for introduction

Official Summary Text

Present law establishes the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula (TISA), which is a student-based funding formula established as the system for funding edu
cation for K-12 public schools. Under TISA, a student generates weighted allocations.

SMALL DISTRICTS

Under present law, the weighted allocation for a student who resides in a small district is 5%. This bill would raise the weighted allocation to 10
%. Under present law, a "small district" means an LEA with a membership of 1,000 or fewer students. This bill would change the definition to an LEA with a membership of fewer than 1,000 students.

This bill also adds a weighted allocation for a student
who resides in an LEA with a membership of:



Between 4,000 and 4,999 students, both inclusive, of 1%


Between 3,000 and 3,999 students, both inclusive, of 2%


Between 2,000 and 2,999 students, both inclusive, of 3%


Between 1,000 and 1,999 students, both inclusive, of 4%

ALLOCATIONS FOR MAINTENANCE AND INFRASTRUCTURE

This bill also adds that a student generates a direct allocation for the LEA in which the student is a member in the amount of $50 for maintenance and infrastructure.

APPLICABILITY

This bill
applies to the TISA for the 2025-2026 school year and each school year thereafter.

Current Bill Text

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SENATE BILL 426
By Reeves

HOUSE BILL 9
By Hale

HB0009
000089
- 1 -

AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
Chapter 3, relative to the Tennessee investment in
student achievement formula.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-105(b), is amended by deleting
the language "five percent (5%)" in subdivision (3) and substituting instead the language "ten
percent (10%)" and by redesignating subdivision (5) as subdivision (6) and adding the following
as a new subdivision (5):
(5) The weighted allocation for a student who resides in an LEA with a
membership of:
(A) Between four thousand (4,000) and four thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine (4,999) students, both inclusive, is one percent (1%);
(B) Between three thousand (3,000) and three thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine (3,999) students, both inclusive, is two percent (2%);
(C) Between two thousand (2,000) and two thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine (2,999) students, both inclusive, is three percent (3%); and
(D) Between one thousand (1,000) and one thousand nine hundred
ninety-nine (1,999) students, both inclusive, is four percent (4%); and
SECTION 2. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-104(18), is amended by
deleting the language "one thousand (1,000) or fewer students" and substituting instead the
language "fewer than one thousand (1,000) students".

- 2 - 000089

SECTION 3. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-3-105, is amended by designating
the existing language of subsection (c) as subdivision (c)(1) and adding the following as a new
subdivision (c)(2):
(2) A student generates a direct allocation for the LEA in which the student is a
member in the amount of fifty dollars ($50.00) for maintenance and infrastructure.
SECTION 4. This act takes effect upon becoming a law, the public welfare requiring it,
and applies to the Tennessee investment in student achievement formula for the 2025-2026
school year and each school year thereafter.