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From the ECS State Policy Database 2000 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2000. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. 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Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Equity Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues AL Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Changes in State Property Tax Provisions V. 6 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 4 (ACT NO. 2000-242) Amends the State Constitution; repeals the provision that no district school ad valorem tax s... More... AZ Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Community College Sales Tax for Education Proposition 301 (S.B. 1007E) Provides for an increase to the transaction privilege tax rate from 5.0% to 5.6% to provide greater funding for teacher salarie... More... CA Unofficially approved by Voters 11/2000 P-12 Community College Changing Bond Approval from 75% to 55% V. 29 PROPOSITION 39 Authorizes bonds for construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or replacement of school facilities if approved by 55% vote... More... GA Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Tax Exemption for Military Widow/Widower V. 10 QUESTION C (HB 446-2000) Provides that any person who is a citizen and resident of Georgia and who is an unremarried surviving spouse of a m... More... OK Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 State Question 690 V. 5 STATE QUESTION 690 (HJR 1019-2000) Amends the State Constitution concerning ad valorem tax levies; provides procedure for making certain ad ... More... WA Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Property Tax Limitation Ballot Initiative 722 Initiative 722 asked, "Shall certain 1999 tax and fee increases be nullified, vehicles exempted from property taxes, and property tax increa... More... WA Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Property Tax Limitation Initiative 722 This measure would declare null and void tax and fee increases adopted without voter approval by state and local governments between July 2,... More... NJ Vetoed 10/2000 P-12 Senior Citizen Stabilization Aid S.B. 110 Revises eligibility criteria of school districts for senior citizen stabilization aid; increases per pupil aid amount; states additional sup... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Petitions for Charters and Passage of School Bonds A.B. 2659 Requires the State Board of Education to develop criteria for the review and approval of charter school petitions. Makes technical revision... More... NY Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Property Tax Revisions S.B. 7774 Relates to the apportionment of school taxes; provides that where determined that a city or town has implemented a reassessment at full valu... More... NY Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 School District Taxes S.B. 8115 Establishes special equalization rates in assessing units having an electric generating facility for the purposes of apportioning school dis... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 State Tax Limitation Issues A.B. 2880 Chapter No. 76; Relates to existing law which requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the 2000-01 fiscal year, to certify to ... More... CA Re-referred to Senate Committee on Local Government 06/2000 P-12 Tax Distribution Issues A.B. 822 Applies existing law which requires the county auditor, in each fiscal year, to allocate property tax revenue to local jurisdictions in acco... More... CA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Teacher Tax Credit A.B. 2879 Allows a credit for each taxable year beginning on or after 01/01/2000, to credentialed teachers in an amount equal to specified amounts dep... More... CO Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Defining "School" for Property Tax Exemptions H.B. 1268 Concerns the assessment of property for tax purposes; specifies that the definition of "school" for property tax purposes includes a license... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Tax Exempt School Property S.B. 290 Relates to ad valorem taxation; delays the year of implementation of provisions which require that, in connection with renewal of specified ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Tax-Equivalent Grants H.B. 3406 Public Act No. 91-723; When state institution is located in a district in which the state owns 45% or more of the total land area, the distr... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Prepaid Tuition Program S.B. 1537 Amends the Prepaid Tuition Act and the Probate Act of 1975; provides that the Section exempting the assets and income of the Prepaid Tuition... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Changes provisions for certification of tax levy H.B. 3435 Amends the School Code; changes when a school board may amend a certificate of tax levy to when a change in the assessed valuation resulting... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Commercial Tax Abatements H.B. 494 Authorizes a class 6 city, with respect to commercial property, for a period of up to 15 years, to abate all or any part of the portion of m... More... CO Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Tax Credits for Contributions H.B. 1052 Concerns an income tax credit for monetary contributions to the Colorado Institute for Telecommunication Education.... More... FL Vetoed 05/2000 P-12 Local Impact Fees H.B. 2179 Relates to school district revenue; limits the ability of counties to levy school impact fees; provides for the distribution to school board... More... MT Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Increases State Aid to Districts H.B. 4A Reduces property taxes by increasing direct state aid to school districts; clarifies that the amount of motor vehicle disposition attributab... More... AL Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Ad Valorem Taxes H.B. 123 Proposes an amendment to the Constitution; repeals the provision that no school district district ad valorem tax shall be voted upon or coll... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Tax-Free Week H.B. 170, S.B. 103 Designates the week of August 11, 2000, through August 17, 2000, as a tax-free week during which various sales and use tax exemptions will a... More... NE Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 School Finance L.B. 968 Relates to revenue and taxation; changes provisions relating to the Nebraska Budget Act, tax levies, joint public agencies, taxation of publ... More... NE Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 Local Education Levies L.B. 1107 Relates to School Finance; changes the calculation of local effort rate; adjusts levy amounts.... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Property Tax H.B. 1403 Relates to the allotment of homeowner tax relief funds to counties and local school districts; changes the manner in which ad valorem tax cr... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Property Tax S.B. 199 This bill reduces the maximum tax rates that a school district may levy starting in the year 2001. The rates are reduced in the following m... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Revises Property Tax Levies H.B. 1139 Revises the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Special Tax Districts S.B. 483 Authorizes establishment of special tax districts within counties containing town operating a school district; provides for calculation and ... More... 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