Committee vote on virtual school tracking delayed

Published September 18, 2025 1:19pm ET



(The Center Square) – The Tennessee Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations delayed a vote Thursday that could have required the Tennessee Department of Education to track the residency of virtual school students.

Virtual school students are counted in the county where the school is, not where the student resides, which can skew the state’s funding formula for education.

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