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From the ECS State Policy Database
2003 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2003. 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."

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+ Accountability
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+ Postsecondary Faculty
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- Postsecondary Finance
ILVeto Overridden: Restored Items Became Law. 11/2003Postsec.
Community College
Amends appropriations to the Board of Higher Education, the Department of Public Health, for medical education scholarships, the Mathematics and Science Academy, the Student Assistance Commission, the Community College Board, the public universities and the State Universities Civil Service System.
Title: H.B. 2671
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site

HIVetoed 07/2003Postsec.Allows University of Hawaii to use the tuition and fees special fund to promote alumni activities; subjects auditor to restrictions on disclosure of records; requires UH to submit a report to the legislature prior to the 2004 regular session regarding money expended or transferred from the special fund for the use of the UH Foundation. (CD1) http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=sb576&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs
Title: S.B. 576
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site

ILSigned into law 07/2003Postsec.Amends the State Finance Act. Requires appropriations for higher education to be by separate line items and not by lump sum. Provides that each state-supported institution of higher learning shall provide a financial report to the Governor and the General Assembly. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1543&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=2325&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1543
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site

ILSigned into law 07/2003Postsec.
Community College
Amends the Public Community College Act. Creates the ICCB Federal Trust Fund as a special fund in the State treasury. Provides that money recovered from federal programs for general administration that are received by the Illinois Community College Board shall be deposited into the Fund. Provides that all money in the Fund shall be used by the Board for the ordinary and contingent expenses of the Board. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1375&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4393&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1375
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site

LASigned into law 07/2003P-12
Postsec.
Requires total dollar amount of reductions to appropriations from the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund resulting from budget adjustments to avoid a deficit to be apportioned equally between the appropriations to the board of regents and the state board of elementary and secondary education. http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid=03RS&billid=HB573&doctype=BT
Title: H.B. 573
Source: www.legis.state.la.us

LASigned into law 07/2003Postsec.Authorizes the Board of Regents to study and formulate a state tuition and fee policy for public postsecondary education institutions.
Title: H.B. 1536
Source: StateNet

ORTo HOUSE Committee on WAYS AND MEANS. 07/2003Postsec.Creates Joint Higher Education Budgeting Board; directs board to make recommendations to Governor and Emergency Board about appropriate level of higher education funding.
Title: H.B. 3243
Source: StateNet

FLSigned into law 06/2003P-12
Postsec.
Relates to the termination of trust funds; terminates specified trust funds within the Education Department; provides for disposition of balances in and revenues of such trust funds; prescribes procedures for termination of such trust funds; declares findings of Legislature that specified trust funds within the said Department are exempt from termination requirements of certain provision of State Constitution. http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2003/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0818er.pdf
Title: S.B. 818
Source: StateNet

ILSigned into law 06/2003P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Creates the FY2004 Budget Implementation (Education) Act with the purpose of the Act to make changes relating to education that are necessary to implement the State's FY2004 budget. Makes changes to the State aid formula provisions by increasing the foundation level of support and changing the amount of and how a supplemental general State aid grant is calculated. Exempts gifted education from block grant funding. Makes changes concerning reimbursement to community college districts for classes for adults and youths whose schooling has been interrupted. Makes changes concerning which courses are eligible for reimbursement under the Public Community College Act. Adds requirements that a community college district must meet for equalization funding. Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act to repeal a Section concerning Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarships. Renames the ITEACH Teacher Shortage Scholarship Program the Illinois Future Teacher Corps Program, and makes other changes (including who may receive a scholarship, the scholarship amount, and where a recipient must agree to teach). http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=744&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3589&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 744
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site

MESigned into law 06/2003Postsec.Creates Higher Education Loan Purchase Program; allows the Governor to designate a State agency as a secondary market for higher education loans; designates the Finance Authority as the State secondary market; authorizes issuance of tax exempt bonds to finance certain loans; includes nonresidents attending institutions of higher learning.
Title: S.P. 579
Source: StateNet

TNSigned into law 06/2003Postsec.Requires that expenditures of higher education foundation benefiting state institution of higher education comply with applicable laws, policies and procedures for expenditures by beneficiary state institution; requires all annual reports and financial records of a foundation created for the benefit of a state college or university to be subject to audit by the Comptroller.
Title: H.B. 1411
Source: StateNet

CASigned into law 05/2003P-12
Postsec.
Repeals the Teacher Recruitment Initiative Program, administered by the Sacramento County Office of Education, which awards competitive grants to operate regional recruitment centers that focus on recruiting teachers to low-performing schools. Makes the Governor's Scholarship Programs inoperative as of June 30, 2003. States the legislative intent that the 2003-04 Budget Act will include $10 million less for the Cal Grant Program in order to reflect a baseline adjustment in the number of students actually accepting awards and the award amounts.Repeals the statutory requirement that any Proposition 98 maintenance factor which may be accruing be repaid in a single fiscal year (the 2003-04 fiscal year). http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/cgi-bin/postquery?bill_number=sbx1_28&sess=CUR&house=S&author=committee_on_budget_and_fiscal_review
Title: S.B. 28
Source: California Legislative Web site

MNSigned into law 05/2003Postsec.Relates to higher education; appropriates funds to the higher education services office, the board of trustees of the state colleges and universities, the board of regents of the University of Minnesota and the Mayo Medical Foundation; makes changes to the state grant program and the college savings plan; authorizes revenue bonds.

http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S0675.1&session=ls83
Title: S.F. 675
Source: StateNet

OKSigned into law 05/2003Postsec.In terms of program funding, according to the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education, the FY-04 appropriations in SB 172* fully fund the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Program (OHLAP) but result in reductions for Endowed Chairs, Oklahoma Tuition and Grant Program (OTAG) - for graduate students only, and OneNet. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04HB/hb1767_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 172
Source: Session Overview, House Research, Legal & Fiscal Division

KSSigned into law 04/2003Postsec.Concerns financing of certain post secondary municipal educational institutions; relates to out-district tuition and tax levies. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/2343.pdf
Title: H.B. 2343
Source: StateNet

NMSigned into law 04/2003Postsec.Relates to higher education; creates the technology enhancement fund; provides matching funds to research universities for innovative applied research to create new products and production processes; gives rules for state research universities to apply for grants based on a competitive process reviewed by a panel of scientific and business experts. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0391.pdf
Title: H.B. 391
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us

COSigned into law 03/2003Postsec.Concerns the annual allowable cash funds for state supported institutions of higher education; adds funds received from student financial aid, tuition assistance, and scholarships to the maximum amount of cash funds that may be raised, spent, or transferred to reserves by such institutions.
Title: S.B. 189
Source: StateNet

COSigned into law 03/2003Postsec.Concerns authorization to move moneys from the Colorado Student Obligation Bond Authority Fund to funds established for the future payment of higher education expenses.
Title: H.B. 1048
Source: StateNet

MSSigned into law 03/2003Postsec.Amends appropriation to delete certain funds appropriated and re-appropriated contingent on Ayers settlement for Institutions of Higher Learning. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/SB/2800-2899/SB2844SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2844
Source: StateNet

MSSigned into law 03/2003Postsec.Extends date for establishment of Ayers Settlement Fund for continuing educational enhancement and racial diversity, including recruitment of white students and scholarships for white applicants, at named historically black universities in Mississippi. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/SB/2700-2799/SB2754SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2754
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us

MSSigned into law 03/2003P-12
Postsec.
Establishes full-time program of internal auditing at specific state postsecondary institutions, including various community/junior colleges, the University of Mississippi and Mississippi State University, and the department of education. Requires each specified postsecondary institution and the department to employ an agency internal audit director and professional and support staff to conduct internal auditing. Sets forth internal audit directors' qualifications and duties. Establishes manner in which audits should be conducted as well as availability, procedures and frequency of audit reports. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0600-0699/HB0650SG.htm
Title: H.B. 650
Source: StateNet

VASigned into law 03/2003Postsec.Directs the governing body of each public institution of higher education to provide the State Council of Higher Education annual data indicating the apportionment and amounts of state general fund appropriations that the relevant institution expends by category, including academic costs, administration, research, and public service.
Title: H.B. 1704
Source: StateNet

MTSigned into law 02/2003Postsec.
Community College
Allows the use of the prior 3-year average enrollment to calculate reversions for funded resident enrollment growth in community colleges. http://www.ecs.org/html/offsite.asp?document=http://leg.state.mt.us/ http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/FNPDF/HB0023.pdf
Title: H.B. 23
Source: StateNet

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