HB 997 - SB 1018
FISCAL NOTE
Fiscal Review Committee
Tennessee General Assembly
February 22, 2025
Fiscal Analyst: Alan Hampton | Email: alan.hampton@capitol.tn.gov | Phone: 615-741-2564
HB 997 - SB 1018
SUMMARY OF BILL: Clarifies that a public charter school authorized in its charter
agreement to locate in a county local education agency (LEA) is not allowed to charge a student who
resides in the county any registration fees, enrollment fees, or tuition if the student transfers to the
public charter school from another LEA located in the same county.
FISCAL IMPACT:
NOT SIGNIFICANT
Assumptions:
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-113(c)(3), tuition and fees may be charged by the
LEA in which the public charter school is located and to which a student transfers.
• Pursuant to Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-13-106(e)(1), a public charter school may not charge
registration fees, enrollment fees, or tuition unless the governing body of the public charter
school approves a student's transfer from another LEA to the public charter school.
• The proposed legislation clarifies that public charter schools located in a county LEA may
not charge a student who resides in the county any registration fees, enrollment fees, or
tuition if the student transfers to the public charter school from another LEA located in the
same county.
• Public charter schools will be able to update their tuition policies within existing resources.
• For any public charter school charging tuition to students that is not in accordance with the
proposed legislation, those public charter schools will be required to stop charging tuition
to applicable students.
• It is assumed that any reduction in tuition revenue for a public charter school will be
minimal.
CERTIFICATION:
The information contained herein is true and correct to the best of my knowledge.
Bojan Savic, Executive Director