Data Collection, Calculations, And Appeals

(1) LEAs shall submit Student and school-level data to the Department for the purpose of calculating TISA for kindergarten through grade twelve (K-12) public schools. Data to be collected includes: (a) For the purpose of calculating the Base Funding Amount: 1. ADM. (b) For the purpose of calculating the Weighted Allocations, the following data components will be used: 1. Economically Disadvantaged: Economically Disadvantaged ADM; and 2. Concentrated Poverty: (i) ADM; and (ii) Title I Eligible Schools as determined in the LEA’s Consolidated Funding Application. Schools designated as schoolwide under waiver applications shall not be included for this purpose. 3. Small District: (i) ADM. 4. Sparse District: (i) ADM. 5. Unique Learning Needs Data: (i) Students Receiving Special Education and Related Services: (I) Special Education - Option 1 ADM; (II) Special Education - Option 2 ADM; (III) Special Education - Option 3 ADM; (IV) Special Education - Option 4 ADM; (V) Special Education - Option 5 ADM; (VI) Special Education - Option 6 ADM; (VII) Special Education - Option 7 ADM; (VIII) Special Education - Option 8 ADM; (IX) Special Education - Option 9 ADM; and (X) Special Education - Option 10 ADM. (ii) Students with Characteristics of Dyslexia: TENNESSEE INVESTMENT IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT (TISA) CHAPTER 0520-12-05 (I) Characteristics of Dyslexia ADM. (iii) English Learners (EL): (I) EL Direct Service (L) ADM; (II) EL Waived Services (W) ADM; (III) EL Transition Year 1 (T1) ADM; and (IV) EL Transition Year 2 (T2) ADM. (c) For the purpose of calculating Direct Allocations, the following data components will be used: 1. Rising Fourth Grade Students: (i) Grade 3 ADM; and (ii) TCAP Performance Level Data. 2. Students in Career and Technical Programs: (i) Program of Study by Student; and (ii) Course Membership ADM. 3. Students Taking Postsecondary Readiness Assessment: (i) Grade 11 and 12 ADM. 4. Kindergarten – Grade 3 Students: (i) Kindergarten – Grade 3 ADM. 5. Public Charter School Students: (i) Public Charter Schools ADM. (2) The Department shall report the following data used in the TISA calculations: (a) For the purpose of calculating Weighted Allocations: 1. Sparse: Geographic size in square miles of the county aligned to county systems. (b) For the purpose of calculating Direct Allocations: 1. Students in Career and Technical Programs: (i) List of all approved Career and Technical Programs by level; and (ii) Course listing by Career and Technical Program, including alignment to first, second, third, or fourth year. (c) For the purpose of calculating Local Contributions: TENNESSEE INVESTMENT IN STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT (TISA) CHAPTER 0520-12-05 1. Fiscal Capacity indices as calculated by TACIR and CBER. (3) To ensure proper reporting of data needed to calculate TISA, LEAs shall submit all required data on a regular and ongoing basis as described in the TISA guide. The TISA guide shall be updated annually to ensure LEAs have an updated data submission calendar. (4) LEAs shall certify their local-level data in each of the nine (9) school year reporting periods. LEAs shall acknowledge their period data submission on or before the 15th of each reporting period month. LEA School Directors shall certify their period data submission by the last business day of each reporting period month. The Department shall provide a snapshot of an LEA’s reporting period data to each LEA following the period submission to allow for data review and revision ahead of the period certification deadline. The Department shall issue preliminary TISA allocations monthly beginning no later than April and issue final allocations in July of each year. (5) Data Calculations – Special Considerations: (a) ADM for each component of the TISA formula shall be calculated using all nine (9) reporting periods, weighted equally. (b) ADM data shall include reporting data for early graduates, inclusive of all Student attributes. (6) Data Appeals Process: (a) The Department shall ensure all LEAs can appeal and correct substantive reporting discrepancies by reporting period through a formal process to be detailed in the TISA guide. (b) The Department shall ensure all LEAs have the opportunity to appeal final TISA allocations due to an alleged error in the calculation process within fifteen (15) business days from the issuance of final allocations.