Local Education Agencies

Plain English Breakdown

The bill does not provide details about enforcement mechanisms or penalties for non-compliance with reporting requirements.

Adult High School Funding Rules

This bill requires operators of adult high schools to report enrollment numbers three times a year and mandates state and local funding based on these reports.

What This Bill Does

• Requires operators of adult high schools to provide current student numbers to the LEA no less than three times per year: August, December, and April.
• Specifies that for subsequent years of operation, adult high school operators must receive state and local funding from the local board of education based on their enrollment in the previous year.

Who It Names or Affects

• Nonprofit and for-profit entities running adult high schools under contract with local boards of education.
• Local education agencies that fund these adult high schools.

Terms To Know

LEA

Local Education Agency, which is a public board of education or another agency responsible for providing educational services to students in its jurisdiction.

Adult High School

An educational institution that provides high school diplomas and equivalent credentials to adults who did not complete their secondary education as teenagers.

Limits and Unknowns

• The bill does not specify the consequences for failing to report enrollment numbers on time.
• It is unclear how this act will be enforced or monitored by local boards of education.

Official Summary Text

Under present law, an LEA that contracts for the operation of an adult high school is required to adjust payments to contracted adult high schools no less than three times per year, in the months of October, February, and June, based on changes in revenue
, student membership, or student services. This bill ad
d
s a requirement that, for the second or subsequent year in which the adult high school is operated, the operator
is
to

provide the
LEA
with its current enrollment numbers no less than three times per
year, in the months of August, December, and April for purposes of
the LEA calculating the adjusted payments.

This bill adds that an
entity under a contract with a local board of education for
operation of an adult high school
must receive state and local school funding from the local board of education.
F
or the first year of an adult high school's operation, the
operator
must receive state and local funding based on its anticipated enrollment, which must be adjusted according to the schedule established in the contract.

For any subsequent year of an adult high school's operation, the
operator
must receive state
and local funding based on its enrollment in the immediately preceding year, which must be adjusted according to the schedule established in the contract to reflect the updated enrollment numbers reported to the local board of education.

Current Bill Text

HOUSE BILL 2482
By Parkinson

SENATE BILL 2386
By Akbari
SB2386
012003
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AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49,
relative to adult education.

BE IT ENACTED BY THE GENERAL ASSEMBLY OF THE STATE OF TENNESSEE:
SECTION 1. Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-409, is amended by deleting
subsection (c) and substituting instead the following:
(c)
(1) A local board of education may contract for services with a nonprofit
or for-profit entity for the operation and management of an adult high school.
(2) An adult high school operated by a nonprofit or for-profit entity under
a contract with a local board of education must receive state and local school
funding from the local board of education in accordance with subdivision (c)(4).
(3) A contract entered pursuant to this subsection (c) must:
(A) Provide the maximum enrollment for the adult high school;
(B)
(i) For the first year of the adult high school's operation,
require the nonprofit or for-profit entity to provide the local board of
education with the anticipated enrollment at least four (4) months
before the adult high school opens for its first year of operations,
which must not exceed the maximum enrollment set forth in the
contract with the local board of education; and
(ii) For any subsequent year of the adult high school's
operation, require the nonprofit or for-profit entity to provide the
local board of education with its current enrollment numbers no

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less than three (3) times per year, in the months of August,
December, and April for purposes of subdivision (c)(4); and
(C) Require the local board of education to adjust payments to
contracted adult high schools no less than three (3) times per year, in the
months of October, February, and June, based on changes in revenue,
student membership, or student services.
(4)
(A) A nonprofit or for-profit entity under a contract with a local
board of education for purposes of this section must receive state and
local school funding from the local board of education.
(B) For the first year of an adult high school's operation, the
nonprofit or for-profit entity must receive state and local funding based on
its anticipated enrollment, which must be adjusted according to the
schedule established in the contract.
(C) For any subsequent year of an adult high school's operation,
the nonprofit or for-profit entity must receive state and local funding based
on its enrollment in the immediately preceding year, which must be
adjusted according to the schedule established in the contract to reflect
the updated enrollment numbers reported to the local board of education.
SECTION 2. This act takes effect July 1, 2026, the public welfare requiring it, and
applies to contracts entered into, renewed, or amended by a local board of education with a
nonprofit or for-profit entity for the operation of an adult high school on or after that date.