Section 49-3-104 - DefinitionsAs used in this part, unless the context otherwise requires:
(1) "Average daily membership" or "ADM" means the sum of the total number of days a student is enrolled divided by the number of days school is in session during this period;(2) "Base funding amount" means the uniform dollar amount that each student generates towards the student's funding allocation in a given year;(3) "Baseline funding amount" means: (A) The basic education program allocations an LEA received in the 2022-2023 school year;(B) The coordinated school health grant allocations an LEA received in the 2022-2023 school year;(C) The family resource center grant allocations an LEA received from the department in the 2022-2023 school year; and(D) The school safety grant allocations an LEA received in the 2022-2023 school year;(4) "Career and technical program" means a coordinated, non-duplicative sequence of academic and technical content that: (A) Incorporates challenging state academic standards;(B) Addresses academic and technical knowledge and skills, including employability skills;(C) Is aligned with the needs of industries in the economy of the state, region, or local area;(D) Progresses in specificity, beginning with all aspects of an industry or career cluster and leading to more occupation-specific instruction, including early postsecondary instruction;(E) Has multiple entry and exit points that incorporate credentialing;(F) Culminates in the attainment of a recognized credential; and(G) Is established and categorized into one (1) of three (3) levels by the department, as provided in the department's rules, based on the additional resources required to support the program and the wage-earning potential for students participating in the program;(5) "Commissioner" means the commissioner of education;(6) "Concentrated poverty" means that a student is a member in a school that is eligible for Title I schoolwide designation;(7) "Department" means the department of education;(8) "Direct allocation" means an allocation in addition to the base funding amount for a student expressed as a flat dollar amount;(9) "Distribution period" means the period for which the department distributes funds pursuant to a distribution schedule established pursuant to § 49-3-108;(10) "Economically disadvantaged" means, as defined in Tennessee's Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) plan established pursuant to the federal Every Student Succeeds Act (20 U.S.C. § 6301 et seq.), a homeless, foster, runaway, or migrant student or a student eligible for free or reduced-price school meals or milk through the direct certification eligibility guidelines established pursuant to 42 U.S.C. §§ 1751-1769;(11) "Existing educator" means an individual who is evaluated pursuant to § 49-1-302(d)(2) and who provides direct service to students at school sites;(12) "Fiscal capacity" means the percentage of the local share that a county must contribute;(13) "Fiscal capacity calculation" means the formula evaluated by the comptroller of the treasury and approved by the state board that determines fiscal capacity as the average of the fiscal capacity estimates generated by the formula established by the Boyd Center for Business and Economic Research at the University of Tennessee and the formula established by the Tennessee advisory commission on intergovernmental relations;(14) "Local contribution" means the dollar amount of local funds that a local government must pay toward the local share;(15) "Local education agency" or "LEA" means a county, city, or special school district, unified school district, school district of a metropolitan form of government, or another school system established by law;(16) "Membership" means a student is enrolled and assigned to a class;(17) "Postsecondary readiness assessment" means the assessment required pursuant to § 49-6-6001(b);(18) "Small district" means an LEA with a membership of one thousand (1,000) or fewer students;(19) "Sparse district" means a county LEA located in a county with fewer than twenty-five (25) students per square mile;(20) "State board" means the state board of education;(21) "TCAP" means the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program;(22) "Tennessee investment in student achievement formula" or "TISA" means the student-based funding formula established pursuant to this part that consists of student-generated funding allocations pursuant to §§ 49-3-105 and 49-3-106;(23) "Unique learning need" means a learning need for which an LEA must provide the student individualized services, interventions, accommodations, or modifications to meet the student's need pursuant to § 49-1-229, § 49-10-108, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.), or the state board's rules for English as a second language programs, that are documented in a written plan and provided in accordance with § 49-1-229, § 49-10-108, the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act (20 U.S.C. § 1400 et seq.), or the state board's rules for English as a second language programs, as applicable, and that are established and categorized into ten (10) levels by the department, as provided in the department's rules, based on the level of additional resources necessary to manage the unique learning need. "Unique learning needs" include, but are not limited to, disabilities, characteristics of dyslexia, giftedness, or limited English proficiency. A student may have multiple unique learning needs, including multiple unique learning needs of different levels or of the same level; and(24) "Weighted allocation" means an allocation in addition to the base funding amount for a student that is expressed as a percentage of the base funding amount.Added by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 1, eff. 7/1/2023.