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SB0426 • 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.

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Sponsor
Reeves, Hale
Last action
2025-03-26
Official status
Assigned to General Subcommittee of Senate Education Committee
Effective date
Not listed

Plain English Breakdown

The official source material did not provide specific details on the exact amount of additional funding required from local governments beyond FY26-27.

Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement (TISA) Act

This bill changes how much money Tennessee gives to small schools, defines a new funding level for medium-sized districts based on student numbers, and provides $50 per student for maintenance and infrastructure.

What This Bill Does

  • Increases the funding given to students attending small districts from 5% to 10%
  • Defines a 'small district' as having fewer than 1,000 students instead of 1,000 or fewer
  • Adds new funding levels for medium-sized districts based on student numbers
  • Gives each school $50 per student for maintenance and infrastructure

Who It Names or Affects

  • Students in small and medium-sized schools
  • Schools with less than 1,000 students or between 1,000 to 4,999 students
  • Local education agencies (LEAs)

Terms To Know

TISA
The Tennessee Investment in Student Achievement formula that decides how much money schools get
LEA
Local Education Agency, which is a school district or other local organization responsible for providing public education

Limits and Unknowns

  • The bill only applies to the TISA for the 2025-2026 school year and each school year thereafter
  • It does not specify how much more money will be needed from local governments in future years

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 Senate Education Committee calendar for 3/26/2025

  5. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  6. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  7. 2025-03-19 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  8. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  9. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  10. 2025-03-18 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  11. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  12. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  13. 2025-03-12 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  14. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  15. 2025-03-11 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  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

    Sponsor(s) Added.

  19. 2025-03-05 Tennessee General Assembly

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

  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

    Filed for introduction

  29. 2025-01-28 Tennessee General Assembly

    Assigned to s/c K-12 Subcommittee

  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

Read the full stored bill text 
HOUSE BILL 9
By Hale

SENATE BILL 426
By Reeves

SB0426
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.