Districts must run, review, and verify the accuracy of one TN PULSE report as part of the 2024-25 Mid-Year Data Report for Students with Disabilities. This report is required for both federal and state reporting/compliance and must be submitted to the Tennessee Department of Education by the deadline of November 30, 2024. Districts will use the ePlan Mid-Year Data Report for Students with Disabilities Data and Information Tool starting on November 12, 2024 to submit and certify data. A technical application guide for this tool is available here. Instructions for completing the required TN PULSE report can be found here and are also posted in the TDOE Communication folder on the TN PULSE Main Menu page.

The data from the Final IDEA Child Count report that runs on December 1, 2024 will be used to calculate your district’s Annual Performance Report (APR) Indicators 5, 6, 9, and 10 performance for FFY 2024 (2024-25 school year) and will be provided to Local Finance to generate various funding estimates, regardless of when your Mid-Year Data Report for Students with Disabilities (2024-25 school year) is submitted and certified. It is critical that you make necessary updates to individual student records prior to the November 30, 2024 deadline.

Please email IDEA.Data.Support@tn.gov with any additional questions.

Contact: LaQuisha.Oliver@tn.gov

Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-136, public schools and public charter schools are required to notify an association that regulates interscholastic athletics of an enrolled student’s placement in foster care if (a) the student expresses interest in participating in interscholastic athletics and (b) failure to notify the association of the student’s placement may result in the student being declared ineligible to participate in athletics for any period of time.  
 
Local education agencies (LEAs) and public charter schools are required to certify compliance with Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-2-136 to the department annually by January 1. Certification is required even if a public charter school or LEA is not affiliated with an interscholastic athletic association (e.g., Tennessee Secondary School Athletic Association [TSSAA]). For certification purposes, inapplicable is equivalent to in compliance. The 2024-25 school year certification is due on January 1, 2025, and is captured via an automated ePlan form. Certification instructions for LEAs are here, and public charter school certification instructions are here.  

Local education agencies (LEAs) are required to comply with all federal and state education laws and State Board of Education (SBE) rules. The department is responsible for ensuring school laws and SBE rules are executed or implementing corrective action if an LEA is noncompliant with the laws and rules or is not following a department-approved compliance plan.

The LEA Compliance Report is a document used by the department in its annual process of ensuring compliance. All LEAs are required to complete the report here, including the corrective action plan template here, if applicable, and upload it to ePlan (instructions here) by November 29.