Section 49-15-107 - Allocation of funds(a) The local board of education shall allocate one hundred percent (100%) of state and local TISA funds generated by the participating student, as well as the average per pupil amount of any additional local funds received by the LEA, to a program approved under this chapter. All funds must be spent according to the budget submitted in the program agreement or as otherwise revised by the LEA or applicant public postsecondary institution, subject to the requirements of state and federal law.(b) The public postsecondary institution and its governing board may allocate state and federal funds for a program that is approved under this chapter.(c) An education partner under § 49-15-105(a) that is a public body may allocate state, federal and local funds for a program that is approved under this chapter.(d) If not an education partner under § 49-15-105(a), the county governing body in a county where a program is located may nevertheless appropriate funds to a program approved under this chapter.(e) The LEA and the cooperating public postsecondary institution are strongly encouraged to seek funds from sources other than state, federal and local appropriations.(f) If a program is funded through local, state or federal funds appropriated to an LEA, then no fee shall be charged by the LEA or a public postsecondary institution to any student participating in the program.Amended by 2022 Tenn. Acts, ch. 966, s 73, eff. 7/1/2023. Acts 2007 , ch. 459, § 1; 2012 , ch. 967, §§ 9, 10.