Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-3-102: General provisions

(a) The state school fund consists of all funds appropriated or allocated from the state treasury for the operation and maintenance of the public schools or that may derive from any state taxes, the proceeds of which are devoted to public school purposes.

(b) The state school fund must be administered and distributed in accordance with the applicable provisions of this title, or, if not controlled in the provisions of this title, then in accordance with the provisions of the general appropriations act that may be applicable.

(c) Notwithstanding §§ 49-3-105 - 49-3-109 or any other law to the contrary, the changes in education funding implemented pursuant to this part are subject to and must be implemented only in accordance with funding as approved by the general assembly in the general appropriations act or other legislative act passed by the general assembly.