Tenn. Code Ann. § 49-3-360

There shall be an amount of money above and beyond the Tennessee BEP to be used as incentive funding to reward those schools that exceed the performance standards recommended by the commissioner and set by the state board. The amount of the individual incentive grant for each school shall be set by the commissioner. The grants shall be contingent on the commissioner's development of an appropriate data management system but shall not be available before the 1994-1995 school year.