HB2159 — Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, requires, subject to appropriation, that the amount appropriated to the BEP to fund the instructional salaries and wages component be increased in the fiscal year immediately following a school year in which the ESA program enrolls participating students in an amount equal to the ESA funds awarded, and the costs to the state of overseeing and administering the ESA program in the immediately preceding school year or fiscal year, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26.

HB2159 — Basic Education Program (BEP) - As introduced, requires, subject to appropriation, that the amount appropriated to the BEP to fund the instructional salaries and wages component be increased in the fiscal year immediately following a school year in which the ESA program enrolls participating students in an amount equal to the ESA funds awarded, and the costs to the state of overseeing and administering the ESA program in the immediately preceding school year or fiscal year, as applicable. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3 and Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 26. · Informed CitizenryHB2159 amends Tennessee Code Annotated to require that the amount appropriated to the Basic Education Program (BEP) for instructional salaries and wages be increased in the fiscal year following a…Open in Informed Citizenry