SB1297 - Tennessee: Basic Education Program (bep)

Basic Education Program (BEP) - Includes funding for English language learners in the classroom component of the BEP instead of the instructional positions component; requires the BEP to fund one full-time ELL teacher for every 20 English language learners and one full-time translator for every 200 English language learners; requires an additional 12.3 percent of at-risk students to be funded by the BEP in each of the five fiscal years beginning with the 2007-2008 fiscal year to reach full funding in fiscal year 2011-2012. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 3, Part 3.

Increase State Expenditures - $63,930,000 FY07-08 $87,790,000 FY08-09 Increase Local Govt. Expenditures* - $16,184,000 FY07-08 $23,120,000 FY08-09 Increase Local Govt. Revenues - $63,930,000 FY07-08 $87,790,000 FY08-09