Tag Archives: Funding Formula

A state grant to fund school resource officers at schools across Tennessee is in its last year, a concern to some school districts. House Speaker Cameron Sexton said that according to the Department of Education, that grant money will be wrapped into the new TISA school funding formula. “When I’ve talked to schools, their issue is the state hasn’t broken ... Read More »

House Speaker Cameron Sexton said under the new school funding formula, the super-majority of school systems should not have a problem with future maintenance of effort. Sexton said school systems should have enough time to prepare before that comes into play. “Even with the old formula on the BEP when you increase salaries and you increase other things, it does ... Read More »

Putnam Schools Director Corby King is “cautiously optimistic” about the new school funding formula announced Thursday. King said his main takeaway is that the state is keeping the focus on the students. He said that if everything goes through as projected, the initial increase could bring some $14 million for Putnam County Schools. “We’ve had a needs for a long ... Read More »

Jackson County Director of Schools Kristy Brown saw one of her biggest wants addressed in the new proposed school funding model. Brown said that as a member of the rural school districts subcommittee, it was important to her to see a district’s ruralness acknowledged and factored into the budget. “They have basically a five percent additional weight for each student ... Read More »

Funding for needed positions, technology upgrades and teacher compensation among the feedback that White County Schools submitted as the state works on a new education funding formula. The state department of education gave one week of public comment on the new funding framework. Tuesday was the deadline. Director of Schools Kurt Dronebarger said the suggestions have been folded into this ... Read More »