Public Notices

General Notices

U.S. Department of Education: Tennessee Monitoring Report (Spring 2021)

Tennessee IDEA Part B Application FY26

Agreed Ed Records Protective Order 4347186

Department of Education/Department of Children's Services Ruling Form

Education Flexibility (ED-Flex) Program Application

Public Notice for Tydings Request 3-23-2026

IDEA APPLICATION

Public Notice: Please review the Tennessee IDEA application and interactive spreadsheet. The draft will be posted for 60 days. Public comment will be available for 30 days. The draft was created from an interactive Excel spreadsheet, and we are not the original authors of the document.  

Public Comment: We are accepting public comments for 30 days, through April 20, 2026. Please send comments to Special.Populations@tn.gov with Public Comment IDEA Part B Application in the subject line.  

 

Request for Public Comment: 1% Waiver

The Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA) amended a provision of Title I of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965 related to students participating in alternate assessments of each state education agency’s (SEA) statewide assessment. The ESSA requires SEAs to submit waiver requests to the United States Department of Education in the event they have more than 1% of their students participating in the alternate assessment. Tennessee has continued to exceed 1% participation. 

Therefore, the department intends to submit a waiver request set forth in 34 C.F.R. §200.6(c)(4). The waiver draft is posted in the Public Notices on the department website. Public comments may be sent to Alison.Gauld@tn.gov by June 15, 2026.

Title III Consortia Waiver

The Tennessee Department of Education (department) is requesting a waiver from the requirements in section 3114(b) of the Every Student Succeeds Act (ESSA), which states “A state educational agency (SEA) shall not award a subgrant from an allocation made under subsection 3114(a) if the amount of such a subgrant would be less than $10,000,” also known as Title III Consortia.

The waiver will allow each local education agency (LEA) to be eligible for a subgrant independently, even if its allocation is less than the $10,000 subgrant requirement, and not be required to enter a consortia. This flexibility will ensure that LEAs are able to continue to provide effective supports to English learners (ELs) that result in improvements to student outcomes. Please submit comments regarding this waiver here by May 27, 2025.

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