staff will call the role to establish a quorum. Miss Griffin, >> I don't I think Casey's still having trouble get getting in. So, um I'll go ahead and call the role with your permission, Mr. Chair. >> Thank you. >> Mr. Cobins
>> here. >> Mr. Holt >> here. Saw him. He's here. Mr. >> Here heard. >> Miss Harpool for Mr. Gentile.
>> Here. >> Mr. Jensen. >> Here. >> Miss Johnson. >> Here. >> Mrs. Maxwell >> here. >> Mrs. McIntury
>> here. >> Mr. Mullenheimer >> here. >> Mr. Wells, Mr. Wells, Mr. Chairman, Eie. Mr. Chairman, nine members are present. >> I declare a quorum, Mr. President, and we are duly convened. At this time, I
call on general counsel Rachel Supcity for electronic meeting. Mr. Sup, >> good morning. Can you hear me? Okay. >> Yes, we can. Mupe. Thank you. >> I'm Rachel Sup, general counsel for the State Board of Education. Pursuant to
TCA section 844108B3, the Tennessee State Board of Education hereby submits this letter as its determination of necessity for its special called board meeting held electronically at 9:00 a.m. on July 30th, 2025. This meeting is called to
address the time-sensitive consideration of emergency rules delineating the process by which the Tennessee Department of Education will allocate state education funds to charter schools as required by chapter 456 of the public
acts of 2025 in order to distribute the funds on or about August 15th as required by rule 0520-12-05. 5-.121A. It was necessary for the state board to consider these rules on an emergency
basis on first and final reading. Due to the time-sensitive nature of these matters, and because state board members reside across the state, it was determined that a physical quorum of the members could not be assembled in Nashville for this meeting. Um, and an
electronic meeting was therefore required. Thank you. Thank you, Mr. Bay. At this time, I would ask if any members have any opening remarks that they would like to make. >> Dr. Morrison, any opening remarks?
>> None for me. Thank you. >> I would just like to welcome Josh Walton, who is our new communications officer. I've been working with Josh over the last couple of weeks and uh I think he's going to be an outstanding communications director for us for the
state board. Uh welcome Josh. And here's your first meeting. >> Thank you very much. Much appreciated. >> Like challenges to get started. So we do apologize to our audience who is watching this that we had some technical difficulties and there was a couple of uh I think the state Wi-Fi was down but
we're off and running right now. With that, I would like to remind everyone that since we are meeting electronically, I'd ask members to identify themselves when they make their motions or a second. And remember, according to our board's meeting policy, TCA844
and TCA844 108 both require all votes taken during electronic meetings of the board to be taken by the call of the role. With that, we'll begin with our first item, which are consent items. We have three items up on consent. the adoption of the agenda,
the state board of education uh quarterly meeting dates, and the school board training advisory committee. Is there anyone who would like to move any of those items out of the consent agenda? Hearing none, do I have a motion to
accept all items on the consent agenda? >> So move. >> Making a motion. Please state your name. >> Daryl Cobins. So moved. >> Cobins. Moved. And >> thank you. Uh we have a motion in a
second. Are there any comments? If none then I will ask uh I don't know if Mr. Griffin or Mr. James. >> Mr. Cobins. >> Hi. Miss Auberson, >> Mr. Holt,
>> I >> Mr. Jensen, >> I >> Miss Johnson, >> I >> Miss Maxwell, >> I >> Miss McIntury, >> I >> Mr. Mullenower,
>> I >> Mr. Wells, >> Mr. Chairman. >> Mr. Chairman, you have eight eyes. >> Motion passes. Thank you. We'll move on to our only item that we have on the agenda today. Other item we have on the
agenda uh on action items and final reading is charter schools allocation of state and local emergency funds emergency rule 0520141-3. Miss Maryann Derski from the state department of education. Miss Derski.
>> Thank you, Mr. Chairman. Good morning, everyone. Um, state board charter schools allocation of state and local funds rule 0520-14-01-.03 outlines the requirements for calculation, allocation, and
dispersement of state and local funds to public charter schools. Chapter 456 of the public acts of 2025 requires the state share of funding a charter school student generates in the prior year through the Tennessee
investment in student achievement or TISA formula to be dispersed directly to the public charter schools rather than to the authorizer or geographic local education agency unless the public charter school is authorized by the
Tennessee public charter school commission. or the Achievement School District. In accordance with the law, local boards of education that authorize public charter schools must still disperse to the public charter school the local
student generated funds for public charter school students from the prior year. The average per pupil state and local funds received by the LEA in the current school year above those required by TISA for each public charter school
student. the per pupil, state and local funds received by the LEA for member students in the public charter school in the current school year beyond the prior year's membership and all appropriate allocations under federal law, including
but not limited to IDEIDA and ESA funds. Additionally, public chapter 456 requires the TISA guide to include an explanation of how a public charter school may dispute an alleged error in an allocation to its authorizer and the
procedures the authorizer must follow in response. This item updates state board rule to reflect public chapter 456. The rule changes provide additional detail on the calculation, allocation, and dispersement of state funds
allocated directly to public charter schools. Public chapter 456 took effect on July 1st, 2025, and this item is being proposed as an emergency rule to ensure timely implementation by the start of the 202526
school year. In accordance with the department's TCA rule 0520-12-05-12, LEAs and public charter schools will receive their first TISA payment on or about August 15th and an emergency rule ensures there are state board rules in
place before the first payment. A permanent version of these rule changes will be on first reading at the August 15, 2025 state board quarterly meeting. State board staff will hold a rule making hearing between first and
final reading for public comment on the permanent rule. The Department of Education recommends approval of this item on first and final reading. The state board of education staff concurs with this recommendation. I'm happy to take any questions you may
have. >> Thank you, Mr. Derski. So, we have a recommendation for approval for charter schools allocation of state and local emergency funds emergency rule 0520141-3. Is there a motion to accept this recommendation?
Was that Ryan? >> Was that Ryan Hold who moved? >> Beverly. >> Yeah, barely hear you. But I think I think Ryan moved and I think Daryl Cobin second. So we have a motion in a second.
Are there any questions or comments for Mr. Durski or anyone else? Mr. >> Hul um so my understanding is under the new law the the the funds that would have
flowed from the state to the certain authorizers to charter schools now just go directly from the state to those charter schools. Does it does this change the amount of funding that charter schools receive at all or
is it simply it eliminates the pass through um of certain authorizers of those funds? >> Thank you. It it does not change the allocation to the public charter school. Uh it does uh directly allocate only the
state portion of the funding to directly to the charter school. the uh authorizing LEA will still be responsible for dispersing the local portion of funding to the charters. >> At the end of the day, is the expectation that public charter schools
would receive the same amount of funding as they have prior to this new law and and new rule? Um it's just that the the route change but the but the ultimate amount of funding would remain the same.
>> That is correct. There there would be no there's no change in the funding. >> Renau, did you have a question? >> Yes, sir. Other anybody else have any questions? Mr. Hull, did you get your question fully answered? Are you satisfied?
>> This gent I have a I think related question to what um was just asked. We're talking about two different sources for for those dollars and I'm want to understand the timing to make
sure that that money comes from the state to the charter school and then how long is it required by the local LEA to disperse the remaining funds? Is there
any any stipulation or guidance on that? The state will disperse the state portion of the funding to the charter so that it arrives on the 15th of each month. As with all of our TISA payments, uh authorizing LEAs are required to
disperse uh the local funds at least nine times during the year. And it's my understanding that uh they generally follow the same timing as the TISA payments. So that um I think it's the expectation that on the 15th uh funding
will be available to public charters. >> Okay. I I guess >> Mr. >> I hear that but I'm just concerned that there the delay should we I don't know. I just want to make sure that that money is not delayed inside the LEA for extended period of
times. I don't know how we do that, but that's a concern that I have. >> I think I think uh what Mr. Durski said was basically what was in the law. And if you look in the rule, it it does say that they have uh
the LEA does disperse it nine times during the year. But I understand your concerning question. the the change in uh the state dispersing a portion of the total funding and the LEA dispersing the
balance should not result in in a delay. We should both be aiming for the same date. >> And this is historically what has has happened. I don't I don't believe the eleas are changing their dispersement schedules. They'll they'll continue with the schedules they have used in the
past. That was a comment I was going to ask is prior to this uh law change the leas dispersed all the funds and they did it on a basis like this and I don't think
that was ever an issue. Is that correct? >> That is correct. We have not heard that there was an issue. >> Thank you. That's helpful for that clarification. Any other questions? If no questions, we have a motion and we have a second for charter schools
allocation of state and local funds emergency rule 05201401-.03. Mr. Griffin, would you please call the role? >> Mr. Cobbins, I >> Miss Auberson. Mr. Halt. Hi.
Mr. Jensen. >> Hi, >> Miss Johnson. >> Hi, >> Miss Maxwell. >> Hi, >> Miss McIntur. >> Hi, >> Mr. Mullenower. >> Hi,
>> Mr. Wells. Mr. Eie, chairman. >> Mr. Chairman, you have eight eight eyes. passes the purposes of the special called meeting having been fulfilled. I declare it and the board adjourned. Thank you.
Thank you.