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Commissioner Lizette Reynolds presented the department's budget and enumerated cost increases enacted during the special session and included in the department's request: teacher bonuses ($198,400,000), funding tied to the Education Freedom Scholarship Act ($148,600,000), $17,000,000 for \"grade A\" LEA incentives and $6,200,000 for tourism-zone LEA grants. The commissioner and her budget team also requested recurring funding to raise the minimum teacher salary to $47,000 in 2025-26 (with a statutory target of $50,000 by 2026-27), $27.3 million recurring for summer learning camps and transportation, $10 million recurring for paid parental leave, and smaller recurring and nonrecurring items for programs including advanced placement exam fees, Jobs for Tennessee Graduates, Junior Achievement and special schools salary adjustments.

Why it matters: TISA base increases, teacher minimum-pay proposals and the package of special-session appropriations together would expand the department's recurring obligations and change how state K-12 dollars are distributed to districts and charter schools statewide. Committee members focused on how one-time and recurring revenues are being used, whether funds previously allocated have been spent, and the distribution and local control of incentive dollars.

Major program and funding items described by the department

- TISA request: $164,000,000 recurring to raise the base funding to $7,295 for FY 2025-26 and to continue the phased increase to a $50,000 minimum teacher salary by 2026-27 (the department said the 2025-26 step would be $47,000).

- Special-session and related items (as presented): teacher bonuses ($198,400,000); Education Freedom Scholarship Act funding ($148,600,000); Grade A schools incentive ($17,000,000); tourism zone LEA grant ($6,200,000).

- Summer learning camps and transportation: $27,300,000 recurring; department reported summer learning programs have stabilized around 90,000 students and that attendance in the most recent year rose about 15 percent over the previous year.

- Paid parental leave: $10,000,000 recurring; the department said 1,300 families across 135 districts used the benefit last year.

- Fast-growth fund and infrastructure stipends: $5,000,000 recurring and $20,000,000 nonrecurring to support districts experiencing student growth; the department said it paid out the full $35,000,000 allocated last year but that actual obligations exceeded that amount, producing a prorated distribution; the department reported $8,400,000 in payments so far this year and said about 17 LEAs have received projected fast-growth stipends in 2024-25.

- Charter school equitable facilities fund: $5,000,000 nonrecurring (one-time) to support low-cost facility loans for public charter schools.

Questions from legislators and department responses

- FSAG balance and summer camps: Representative/Chair Hicks asked about FSAG (federal/state grant) spending. CFO Mary Ann Durske said the department had spent about $65 million of $102 million in FSAG funds and that the remaining FSAG funds would be used this summer to fund summer learning camps in lieu of state dollars; she said those FSAG-paid costs would be reimbursed to the department no later than December 2025 and that the summer learning camp FSAG allocation would be exhausted at the end of the summer.

- Summer learning outcomes: The department said students who attended summer learning were less likely to show the typical \"summer slide,\" and that the program has shifted toward an acceleration model with some gains above pre-pandemic achievement trends.

- TANF appeal and funding source: Representative Hicks asked whether the department's $20,000,000 replacement for TANF funds (from the prior year) had been resolved with the federal government. The department said the appeal had not been decided and that the FY26 budget assumes no TANF funding will be available.

- Use and distribution of outcome bonuses: Vice Chair Gillespie asked how outcome bonuses (the carryforward outcomes money) are calculated and distributed. The department said outcome bonuses are tied to sets of criteria at the elementary, middle and high school levels and are paid as a percentage of the base funding amount (typically 10 or 20 percent). The department said last year's outcome bonuses ($82.3 million) were funded from the prior year's carryforward and that those funds are paid to districts, not directly to schools; the department said there are no statutory restrictions on how districts allocate those outcome bonus dollars to individual schools or staff.

- Grade A school incentives and distribution tiers: Assistant Commissioner Jack Powers told lawmakers the special-session $17,000,000 grade-A incentive applies to LEAs where 50 percent or more of eligible schools earned an A in 2023-24. The department said 15 LEAs qualify; the payment schedule is tiered by the number of graded schools in a district (0-5 schools = $500,000; 6-10 = $1,000,000; 11-20 = $2,000,000; 21-30 = $3,000,000; 31+ = $4,000,000). Powers said the appropriation is a one-time payment and that districts may distribute funds internally as they choose.

- Fast-growth funding: Lawmakers asked why the department requested an additional $5,000,000 recurring and $20,000,000 nonrecurring for fast growth given current spending levels. The department said last year's obligations exceeded the $35,000,000 appropriation (actual needs generated over $38,000,000), which forced prorating; the recurring $5,000,000 is intended to reduce the need to prorate, and the $20,000,000 nonrecurring is to allow infrastructure stipends and to offer flexibility (for example, lowering the eligibility threshold) if funds remain after covering first-priority needs.

- Department reversions and unspent funds: Representative Reeves asked about nearly $68,000,000 in departmental reversion for FY23-24. The department described a number of reversion sources, including federal funds (ESSER) being used before state funds, unspent administrative and federal-revenue-offset items, contracted programs (e.g., grow-your-own center, early literacy and virtual programs), career ladder attrition, and state special schools ($4.5 million attributed partly to the gradual spend-down of COVID dollars). The department also acknowledged an internal reporting error that omitted a $2.029 billion figure on carryforward documents and said it was working with fiscal staff to correct that communication (the department said ultimately the practical reversion figure would be about $2,400,000 of standard reversion after corrections).

- Achievement School District (ASD): Lawmakers asked about ASD operations and costs. The department said three schools remain associated with the ASD, one has been taken over by the Charter Commission, and two remain in Memphis/Shelby County; it said it does not plan to place additional schools in the ASD and seeks legislation to revise available options for priority schools so districts may select interventions locally.

Other notable details

- Testing costs: The department said annual TCAP (grades 3-8) costs are roughly $31,000,000 (development, administration, scoring and reporting) and that the high school end-of-course (EOC) assessments cost about $5,000,000 annually.

- Charter commission and textbook commission supplements: The department noted separate supplemental requests for administratively attached entities (Charter Commission and Textbook Commission), and deferred detailed questions to those commissions.

What the department did not decide at the hearing

No formal committee action or vote occurred during this presentation. Legislators asked for follow-up on multiple items including detailed lists of qualifying grade-A schools by district, the exact timing of grade-A and fast-growth payments, district-level breakdowns of outcome bonus distributions and more granular lists showing how carryforward and reversion line items were calculated.

Tapered next steps

Committee members asked the department to provide additional documentation, including district-level lists (grade-A distribution, fast-growth recipients), clarification on TANF appeal status, and corrected carryforward numbers. The department said it would follow up with more detailed, district-level figures and to provide the source documents for questions about reversion and carryforward.","mediaType","Video","parentTitle","House Finance, Ways, and Means Committee- March 10, 2025- House Hearing Room 1","oneSentenceSummary","The Tennessee Department of Education told the Finance, Ways and Means Committee it seeks a $164 million recurring increase to raise TISA base funding to $7,295 for fiscal 2025-26 and outlined additional investments in teacher pay, summer learning, paid parental leave and charter facilities.","taxTitle","Finance, Ways, and Means, House of Representatives, Committees, Legislative, Tennessee","taxId",31062,"location","Tennessee","headline","","shortSummary",{"_33":77,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":78,"_41":79,"_43":80,"_45":80,"_47":81,"_49":82,"_51":83,"_53":84,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":85,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":86,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6643965,"Commerce and Insurance seeks funds for training, radios and line-of-duty payments; details SRO and recruiting programs",0,7176000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2531492-8321f9aae47a58805990ea6912f1a7b4&start=7176&end=7176","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2531492-8321f9aae47a58805990ea6912f1a7b4/thumbnail_7176000.jpg","/articles/6643965/Tennessee/Commerce-and-Insurance-seeks-funds-for-training-radios-and-line-of-duty-payments-details-SRO-and-recruiting-programs","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6643965-901a64941e4ed9fe67784069b150613b/orig.mp4?Expires=1771150853&Signature=bl35Zp2iPIzs1QwnE49L9mllOrTVB8tr2JUiFBmBWS0zzBq5vaRNeIvbECgfndxvNYRLHYzSyS0B8H3U-lUWDK4jReUYlBoDtL-hlk9bOAeSRht6-fYhZfoEDJswbLUyIoIjmH9Dqd3dTI0FKsz3yd8rXk7~kiNJVqTa4BfX59UJg5RGkgUfw~AW713yJ6~65K9vrAdBD7y5GVsowRQrfSU~QytKRd8NGlHPfY6N5qHcF9jWk8pL2K480cJLdV8WXkKelzlOkVRHcr4MtFdOoX47M9ItF0FAQVZODrrKj3JVnucRKGdTRergdqKQP-7J3418-pC-63CNS1~VeSjV-w__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tennessee Department of Commerce and Insurance asked the Finance, Ways and Means Committee on March 10 for targeted budget changes to support law enforcement and public-safety training, depreciation of new apparatus, and line-of-duty death payments.

Major requests and rationale

- Law enforcement salary and staffing adjustments: The department requested statutorily mandated salary step increases for commissioned Tennessee Law Enforcement Training Academy (TLETA) staff (about $50,000) and a salary-survey adjustment for commissioned officers (about $74,000).

- Fire apparatus depreciation: The department said it will take delivery of new fire apparatus and asked for a depreciation allocation (the department described a roughly $1.7 million apparatus cost and requested a $168,000-per-year depreciation allocation over 10 years to prepare for future replacement).

- TACAN-compatible portable radios: The department requested funding for 17 portable radios to ensure instructors and field personnel can tie into the statewide network in a large-scale emergency; the purchase was described as a one-time equipment request.

- Line-of-duty death benefit supplemental: Commerce and Insurance requested a $1,000,000 supplemental to cover line-of-duty death benefit annuities; the department said $400,000 is needed now to cover five-year annuity payments that have come in and $600,000 is requested as contingency to cover future certifications should they occur.

- 1 percent reduction: The department proposed a roughly $140,000 reduction from the captive insurance work unit through reduced travel and promotional spending.

Law enforcement recruiting, retention and SRO training

Department officials described recruiting and retention programs that have used roughly $60 million in appropriations across recent cycles. Commissioner Carter Lawrence said the first $30 million tranche focused on recruitment and a second $30 million tranche emphasized retention. The department reported that about $1.5 million had been paid out from the first tranche, about $17 million had been encumbered to participating agencies, and roughly $10 million remained in that first tranche as of the hearing.

The department said roughly 240 departments were participating in the recruiting program (the department described participation as nearly 70 percent of agencies statewide and noted participating agencies include sheriff and police departments). The department said it would provide a participation list on request.

School resource officer (SRO) support: The department described an SRO training and bonus program funded from the broader recruiting/retention resources and from a separate legislative allocation. The department said: $2.7 million is devoted to training and related expenses (basic SRO training, equipment, lodging and software licensing), and $4.5 million was set aside for SRO-specific bonuses. The department reported paying over $1,000,000 in SRO bonuses to 144 departments covering approximately 1,378 officers.

Questions and follow-up

Committee members asked about the hiring portal funded in a prior cycle; Commerce and Insurance officials said they leveraged an existing Department of Labor infrastructure and branded it for law enforcement but that adoption by local agencies has been lower than hoped due to duplicate data-entry burdens'the department said it will provide participation details.

Chairman Hosey and other members asked about officer turnover and whether state trooper pay increases (THP) had drawn officers away from smaller agencies; the department said it had not yet developed statistics isolating that effect and offered to follow up with data if available.

No committee votes were taken. The department said it would provide follow-up materials, including agency participation lists for recruiting programs and more detail on the SRO spending and bonus distribution.","Commissioner Carter Lawrence requested modest recurring increases and a supplemental for line-of-duty death benefits and described investments in law enforcement recruiting and SRO training. The department said $60 million in recruitment and retention grants are under way and provided details on SRO training and bonus distributions.",{"_33":88,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":89,"_41":90,"_43":91,"_45":92,"_47":93,"_49":94,"_51":95,"_53":96,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":97,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":98,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6643969,"Department of Revenue requests $18.7M increase; reports nearly $1.3B refunded under 2024 franchise tax provision",1600,6034000,7634000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2531492-8321f9aae47a58805990ea6912f1a7b4&start=6034&end=7634","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2531492-8321f9aae47a58805990ea6912f1a7b4/thumbnail_6034000.jpg","/articles/6643969/Tennessee/Department-of-Revenue-requests-187M-increase-reports-nearly-13B-refunded-under-2024-franchise-tax-provision","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6643969-31083a3aad4f4023ebd4c4966b0ce783/orig.mp4?Expires=1771150853&Signature=DOUWWG0NKd-pDrdQtd8MQyjMJ6o8O3MYj8bUJtY13LGY4OEy~8P4HhS4014pzWIK8y~SynwddsWz7Nru4XqpZQ-7ztrJZDNAP2PPlNXCK0QOvzi7CuSpmjvFnCW2OsEQ-GUXViSbczIeSvS97QPdCmqJE~ZDvluOBrokwEM80BtfTq~leVH5ZLmXrYwGJtHJvfYP-6IP5hB8y-JLrRBpnJJsb~Y~JqBJFp9AEAbjpe~rNOXMFfp1wnCf~hSzkpgDgygKHv~31O2Hygq8SrASORID~pU6I5BLzBsBVPZ4fu1WSscyB5pUKI85xSwzkNUJHttbhEuNC5omQ-RQwIVffA__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tennessee Department of Revenue asked the Finance, Ways and Means Committee for budget adjustments totaling about $18.7 million and updated lawmakers on the implementation of a 2024 franchise tax refund provision that generated tens of thousands of claims.

Budget requests and major contract renewals

Commissioner David Gergano described budget items the department grouped into two categories: contract renewals/service delivery and requests to recognize and spend existing fee revenue. Major items included:

- Fast Enterprises maintenance contract (state tax system): $4,400,000 recurring to fund a five-year maintenance contract for the department's comprehensive tax processing system, which handles roughly 2 million electronic returns and nearly $27 billion in state and local tax collections, and is used by other state and local entities for information sharing and local tax administration.

- Tricor license-plate contract: $3,000,000 recurring to cover increased production costs for license plates (five-year contract renewal).

- Mailed correspondence and postage: $4,300,000 recurring to absorb increased printing and postage costs as the department's taxpayer and vehicle registration volumes have risen (department said it averages 30,000 new tax accounts per year and roughly 100,000 additional registered vehicles annually).

- Other items: $2.6 million to true up internal billing for servers/data/phone lines; recognition of fees for motor vehicle transactions that are pass-through to vendors; and a request to recognize modest recurring ($78,000) and nonrecurring (~$120,000) spending authority tied to the new 6 percent sales tax on hemp-derived cannabinoid products.

Franchise tax refund status

Commissioner Gergano provided an update on the franchise tax refund provision enacted last year. Key points:

- The department received approximately 67,000 refund claims tied to the measure.

- The department has refunded just under $1.3 billion to date.

- About $11 million of claims are being held for taxpayers and counties affected by Hurricane Helene (the department accommodated an extended filing window for those taxpayers).

- The department has notified fiscal staff (FNA) that $113 million can be included in this year's budget as used funds; a remaining $151 million in claims are still pending review. Officials said roughly half of the pending amount relates to the 2023 tax year and, depending on claim status, could be returned to the general fund as current collections.

- The department said the refunded population is concentrated in a relatively small number of taxpayers who paid large amounts of the franchise tax (the department described corporate/franchise tax obligations as top-heavy, with a relatively small portion of taxpayers responsible for a large share of receipts). The department also said it will continue to work through remaining, often more complex, claims.

Questions from lawmakers and context

- Chairman Williams and others asked why projected revenues differed from actual collections in recent cycles. The department explained the variance results from enrollment/local-revenue changes affecting pass-through funding (relevant to other agencies) and from under- or over-collections in current-services fees it administers for local governments. CFO Amanda McGraw said much of the department's FY24 reversion relates to current-services revenue that exceeded anticipated budgeted authority.

- Representative Hicks asked about a sales-tax disaster-relief reserve the department manages for post-disaster purchases (appliances, building supplies). The commissioner said the program exists but is historically underutilized; the department offered to provide counts and to work with legislators to increase outreach to eligible homeowners and nonprofits.

No votes took place during the hearing. The department said it would provide follow-up information on the remaining franchise refund claims and additional detail on current-services collections and reversion accounting.","Commissioner David Gergano outlined requested contract renewals and spending authority increases for the Department of Revenue and provided a status update on the large franchise tax refund provision: roughly $1.3 billion refunded to claimants so far, 67,000 claims received and several categories of remaining amounts under review.",{"_33":100,"_35":36,"_37":38,"_39":101,"_41":102,"_43":103,"_45":104,"_47":105,"_49":106,"_51":107,"_53":108,"_55":56,"_57":58,"_59":109,"_61":62,"_63":64,"_65":110,"_67":68,"_69":70,"_71":72,"_73":74,"_75":74},6643973,"Tennessee Public Charter School Commission seeks two staff positions as portfolio grows to 24 schools serving 8,000+ students",1721,4389000,6110000,"/Search/View?dp=1&key=2531492-8321f9aae47a58805990ea6912f1a7b4&start=4389&end=6110","https://assets.pipeline.soar.com/2531492-8321f9aae47a58805990ea6912f1a7b4/thumbnail_4389000.jpg","/articles/6643973/Tennessee/Tennessee-Public-Charter-School-Commission-seeks-two-staff-positions-as-portfolio-grows-to-24-schools-serving-8000-students","https://secure.pipeline.soar.com/6643973-07607fbfd9d2a0d8c2da81e1cdb01119/orig.mp4?Expires=1771150853&Signature=Yb0QkbTMLqnRDxPMJfOxd6uiqEYYxw~YpE~tHkJJNuVnEqEKkc7TsGkRP2E4WSL-X~Ts35H2qSJdVvcxuMMPYsHFAKnilDJU9nwwFPrBZ9YPq8l-RY581QOYTVJkVJ2el32bpe5L6k0tizMEs56o3jv41Q8mQXVTaxP1VhTxw3mIqEdxmmdOE8CB0muV0zMTf4MbzikLrAZQGs~orWdA5bctz0wG0YRusBEKjsOmQOGn5ZF7vOjmXRydwi5EljeJXZNgImT-LbRZNhZ9PYbPPReBBW0eRgaqhzzv0U9zPGPlM9RW5kEfJYbldHhabCvZ-JDZFHdjgSwKTVM2e-tN0A__&Key-Pair-Id=KUT5TJCACFTXG","The Tennessee Public Charter School Commission told the Finance, Ways and Means Committee it needs two additional positions for FY26 to support district-level responsibilities as its portfolio expands.

Executive Director Tess Stovall said the commission will fund the two positions using revenue from its statutory 3 percent authorizer fee, which the commission collects from state and local funds passed through to the schools it authorizes. Stovall said the commission had 4 authorized schools when it took over duties from the State Board of Education in 2021; it has 17 schools in operation in 2024-25 serving just under 7,000 students across multiple counties and expects to operate 24 schools serving a little over 8,000 students in FY26.

What the commission does and why the positions are needed

Stovall described the commission's statutory role as both authorizer and the local education agency (LEA) for schools it authorizes. That role, she said, requires district-level oversight: fiscal monitoring, federal grant administration, test administration and reporting, student information systems, and oversight of special populations (students with disabilities, English learners and 504 services). The two requested positions would support (1) finance and operations (receipt and distribution of funds, student information system and reporting) and (2) school programs and supports (special-population oversight and academic initiatives, including summer learning and VPK).

Funding mechanism: authorizer fee

Stovall said the requested positions would be fully paid from the commission's authorizer fee revenue. She described the statutory 3 percent fee as a deduction from state and local per-student funding that flows through the Department of Education to the commission and then to schools; the commission said it does not currently take indirect funds from federal dollars passed through to schools.

Questions and commentary from lawmakers

- Chairman Baum asked about the authorizer fee and the scope of allowable uses; Stovall confirmed the fee is 3 percent of state and local per-student funding and said the commission also receives pass-through federal grant dollars but does not take an indirect on those federal funds.

- Chairman Williams and committee members discussed volatility in local revenue and enrollment. Melanie Harrell, the commission's director of finance and operations, said a decline in local tax revenue in Davidson County had reduced the pass-through per-pupil amount for commission schools and that opening new schools and higher enrollment explain the higher budget estimate for FY26 compared with FY24 actuals.

- On growth in the commission's portfolio, Stovall said seven schools will open under the commission in FY26, one of which is transitioning from the Achievement School District; the commission said it approved four appeals and denied two in the most recent cycle and that seven schools are slated to open under its authority in the coming year.

Context and next steps

The commission said it has been rated exemplary in authorizer evaluations and that most of its schools show strong academic growth and state letter-grade performance. The committee asked for follow-up materials, including (at Chairman Williams' request) additional detail on year-to-year variances in pass-through revenue and a breakdown of the new schools and how authorizer funds will be applied to operations and oversight.

No formal committee vote or budget action was taken during the presentation; the commission said it would provide additional financial details on request.","Executive Director Tess Stovall told the committee the Charter Commission will add two positions funded by a 3% authorizer fee as its portfolio expands from 17 schools (just under 7,000 students) to 24 schools (just over 8,000 students) in FY26. The commission described authorizer responsibilities and growth-related workload.","actionData","errors"]

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