LEA: means a county, city, or special school district, unified school district, school district of a metropolitan form of government, or another school system established by law. See Tennessee Code 49-3-104
(1) The commissioner of education;(2) The chair of the state board of education;(3) Two (2) members appointed by the speaker of the senate; and(4) Two (2) members appointed by the speaker of the house of representatives.(b) Appointed members of the progress review board serve a term of two (2) years. If a member no longer meets the qualifications for the member’s position on the board, then the member’s position on the board is vacated.(c)(1) The board shall set an LEA‘s minimum goal to increase the LEA’s third grade student-performance level rating of “on track” or “mastered” on the English language arts (ELA) portion of the Tennessee comprehensive assessment program (TCAP) tests by fifteen percent (15%) of the gap to seventy percent (70%) proficient in three (3) years, beginning with the results of the 2022-2023 TCAP tests; provided, that this subdivision (c)(1) does not apply to an LEA with seventy percent (70%) or more of the third grade students in the LEA achieving a performance level of “on track” or “mastered” on the ELA portion of the TCAP tests. The board shall notify each LEA of the goal established pursuant to this subdivision (c)(1).(2) The board shall annually review each accountability report submitted pursuant to § 49-3-112(a) to determine if an LEA is taking the proper steps to achieve the goal established pursuant to subdivision (c)(1).(3) If, at the end of a three-year period as described in subdivision (c)(1), the board verifies that an LEA does not meet a goal established pursuant to subdivision (c)(1), then the board shall determine if further action is necessary based upon whether the LEA is taking the proper steps to achieve the goal as reviewed pursuant to subdivision (c)(2). If the board determines further action is necessary, then the board shall recommend that the commissioner of education require the LEA to complete training in addition to the requirements of § 49-3-110 on how to budget to increase student achievement based upon the goal set pursuant to subdivision (c)(1). If the board makes a recommendation described in this subdivision (c)(3), then the commissioner may require the LEA to complete training in addition to the training required in § 49-3-110.
