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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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 | Finance--Facilities |
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| FL | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12 | Creates the Educational Facilities Hurricane Restoration Cash Flow Loan Program to assist district school boards in making timely payments in restoring educational facilities; requires the department of education to administer the loan program and distribute loan funds; requires eepartment of community affairs to notify department of education when certain federal payments have been distributed; requires repayment from funds received from insurance claims. Bill text: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/loadDoc.aspx?FileName=_h0011Aer.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0011A&Session=2004A
Title: H.B. 11A
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2004 | P-12 | Requires the establishment of rules for the standards and requirements for the relocation and reuse of used modular classroom; provides the rules shall require an inspection of a relocated used modular classroom at its original location, at its new location or at any location where repairs are made to the used modular classroom.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2003-SB-0677
Title: S.B. 677
Source: StateNet
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| UT | Adopted 12/2004 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning the State School Building Program. Provides definition for the 'Enrollment Growth Program.' Adds procedures for school districts to use when applying for Enrollment Growth Program funds. Describes how funds are distributed. Adds new language in the Capital Outlay Loan Program. UTAH REG 27422 (SN)
Title: R277-451
Source: StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 10/2004 | P-12 | Amends the School Code. Provides that a community unit school district may issue bonds up to a specified amount if the district has a specified equalization valuation and a specified daily attendance if the bonds are issued to build, equip and repair specified school buildings. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/93/PDF/093-1045.pdf
Title: H.B. 759
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Permits the calculation of eligibility for new construction funding if the existing school building capacity in any high school attendance area would prevent another school attendance area from receiving the maximum per-unhoused-pupil grant specified for the school district as a whole. Provides that the board may permit an elementary school district to utilize this calculation if the district's average daily attendance is greater than 9,000 pupils, the high school district contains more than 5 high schools, and the eligibility will serve an overcrowded student population. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0601-0650/sb_628_bill_20040824_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_628_veto.pdf
Title: S.B. 628
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Establishes the School Facilities Needs Assessment Grant Program, to be administered by the State Allocation Board, for the
purpose of awarding grants to school districts for schoolsites ranked in deciles 1 to 3 on the Academic Performance Index, to conduct a one-time comprehensive assessment of school facilities needs. Establishes in the State Treasury the School Facilities Emergency Repair Account, to be administered by State Allocation Board, for the purpose of reimbursing school districts with schools ranked in deciles 1 to 3 on the Academic Performance Index, for emergency facility repairs. Specifies the source of the funds to be deposited into this account, including from the Proposition 98 Reversion Account, and prescribes other requirements relating to the transfer of those funds. Requires the State Allocation Board, for purposes of the above new program and account, to adopt regulations, establish and publish any procedures and policies for their administration, apportion funds to eligible school districts, provide technical assistance to school districts, and make specified reports to the Governor and the Legislature. Establishes in the General Fund the Proposition 98 Reversion Account. Makes appropriations. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_6_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 6
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires the State Allocation Board to adopt regulations to implement design standards for school facilities in accordance with guidelines established by the Collaborative for High Performance Schools. Provides that eligibility for funding for projects under the Leroy F. Green School Facilities Act from the proceeds of general obligation bonds approved by voters after January 1, 2006, is contingent on the applicant school district meeting design standards equivalent to the regulations. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0701-0750/ab_736_bill_20040824_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_736_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 736
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires an automatic sprinkler system to be installed in facilities modernized pursuant to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act under certain circumstances. Permits the State Allocation Board to waive the requirement that a project include an automatic sprinkler system, under certain circumstances. Deletes a provision that when repairs due to fire damage are to be made to a school building that was previously approved by the Department of General Services, the approved plans and specifications used in the original work may be used without
modification. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2301-2350/ab_2343_bill_20040826_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2343_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2343
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Amends the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act relating to funding for construction of small high schools. Provides for adjustments of new construction grants on a pilot program basis for small high schools meeting certain criteria. Reduces local matching funds requirement to 40% of project cost and permits the State Allocation Board to release 60% of project cost funding. Authorizes additional modernization funds for certain larger high school seeking to reconfigure into 2 or more smaller schools. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/03-04/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1465_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1465
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Amends the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act. Deletes teacher education facilities as eligible joint-use facilities. Includes parks and preschool facilities as eligible joint-use facilities. Permits a joint-use facility to be located adjacent to an existing schoolsite. Establishes a priority for funding such projects, if sufficient funding is not available to fund all of the submitted projects. Authorizes a school district the option to pay up to 50% of the local share of eligible project costs if a local bond measure specifies the amount to be used for joint-use projects. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2401-2450/ab_2446_bill_20040826_enrolled.html
http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2446_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2446
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Deems regional occupational centers to be school districts for school modernization funding purposes of the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act if the centers would not otherwise qualify for school modernization funding. Requires the State Allocation Board to adopt specified regulations. Makes regional occupation centers ineligible for financial hardship assistance. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2001-2050/ab_2035_bill_20040826_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2035_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2035
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires the State Allocation Board to adjust for inflation the calculation used to determine the total funding eligibility of a school district for modernization funding on a monthly basis, rather than annually. Requires the board to review project costs resulting from compliance with the accessibility standards of the California Building Standards Code for modernization projects approved since July 1, 2003 and to report to the Legislature on the results of the review. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1126_bill_20040827_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_1126_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 1126
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998, requires the State Allocation Board to allocate to applicant school districts, prescribed per-unhoused-pupil state funding for construction and modernization of school facilities, including hardship funding, and supplemental funding for site development and acquisition. Eligibility for new construction funding under the act is determined, in part, by calculating enrollment projections determined by utilizing a cohort survival enrollment projection system. Existing law also includes provisions that make apportionments, for eligible applicants with critically overcrowded schools, in advance of full compliance with all the application requirements otherwise required for an apportionment. Under existing law, upon the completion of preliminary process procedures required by the act, the apportionment made in advance of full compliance is converted into a final apportionment when the preliminary applicant complies with all the
conditions required for a final apportionment.
Provides alternative methods for an applicant school district in the critically overcrowded schools program to calculate enrollment for purposes of determining eligibility for a final apportionment for a project funded from the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2901-2950/ab_2950_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2950
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires the offer to sell or lease real estate with an option to purchase by a school district to be provided in writing to other specified public agencies and nonprofit organizations be directly notified of the offer. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2801-2850/ab_2838_bill_20040922_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2838
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Establishes a competitive proposal process for leases that provide for the construction of a building or buildings for the use of the school district during the term of the lease. Authorizes the governing board of a district to enter into a lease-back contract. Imposes certain requirements related to requests for proposals. Requires the district to establish procedures for final proposal selection, bonding and performance requirements. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1451-1500/ab_1486_bill_20040827_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_1486_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 1486
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 17: Existing law provides that no pupil shall receive a diploma of graduation from high school who, while in grades 9 to 12, inclusive, has
not completed specified courses, including 2 courses in science. Prior law required a pupil to complete only one course in science to receive
a diploma.
This bill provides that for purposes of calculating the amount of the state reimbursement for the state-mandated local program imposed by increasing the science course requirement from one science course to 2 science courses, if the school district or county office claims reimbursement for a new science facility, the reimbursement shall be reduced by the amount of state bond funds, if any, received by the school
district or county office to construct the new science facility. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2851-2900/ab_2855_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2853_2855_2856_sign.pdf
Title: A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.go
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976, the Leroy F. Greene State School Building
Lease-Purchase Law of 1998, and the State Relocatable Classroom Law of 1979, requires the State Allocation Board to require a school district
that receives funds for a school construction or modernization project to make all necessary repairs, renewals, and replacement to ensure that a project is at all times kept in good repair, working order and condition.
As a condition of participation in the school facilities program and the receipt of funds pursuant to the deferred maintenance program, the current bill requires a school district to establish a facilities inspection system to ensure that each of its schools is in good repair, as defined in
the bill. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 10: Requires the school accountability report card to include information regarding the availability of sufficient textbooks and other instructional materials for each pupil, any needed maintenance of school facilities to ensure good repair, the misassignments of teachers, including misassignments of English learner teachers, and the number of vacant teacher positions for the most recent 3-year period. Defines ''misassignment'' and ''vacant position'' for this purpose.
Requires the template for the school accountability report card to include a field to report the determination of the sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials and a summary statement of the condition of school facilities. Requires the department to provide examples of summary statements of the condition of school facilities that are acceptable and those that are unacceptable. Declares that these provisions further the purposes of the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2004 | P-12 | Makes certain findings and declarations related to seismic safety upgrades and would state the intent of the Legislature to consider the development of a seismic safety upgrade program for school facilities. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1751-1800/ab_1790_bill_20040816_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_1790_veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 1790
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act. The installation of fire sprinklers is required in all dormitories by 2013, unless excepted. Provides for the Finance Authority and the State Fire Marshall to administer a revolving loan program. Creates the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Revolving Loan Fund. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0887
Title: H.B. 4361
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Reduces, for the 2004-05 fiscal year only, the amount required to be deposited by a school district into its restricted account to 2% of the district's general fund expenditures, including other financing areas. Provides that for that fiscal year, the annual deposit into the restricted account in excess of 1 1/2% of the district's general fund budget may count towards the amount a school district's contribution to receive State School Deferred Maintenance Fund funding. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0401-0450/sb_409_bill_20040727_chaptered.html
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/SB_409.pdf
Title: S.B. 409
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Relates to school repair and maintenance and the Hawaii 3R's program; establishes a coordinator position to coordinate the public and private efforts to repair and maintain public schools. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb1929_sd2_.htm
Title: H.B. 1929
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| IL | Veto overridden by both houses of legislature 07/2004 | P-12 | Amends the Property Tax Code and the School Code. Allows a school district located in a county subject to the Property Tax Extension Limitation Law, with a total enrollment of a certain number of students, and that had a school building condemned to levy an annual property tax not to exceed .05% and 7 years to provide funds to repay state moneys distributed for temporary relocation expenses of the district. Permits issuance of bonds to finance school repairs. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0690
Title: H.B. 753
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| MA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to the School Building Assistance Program; provides for grants, investments, trusts and bonds; creates the School Building Authority; provides for children with disabilities; prohibits racial desegregation; provides for public-private partnerships, charter schools, construction that will facilitate early education and care programs; financial incentives to cities that adopt zoning policies for increased affordable housing production; provides for hearings.
Title: H.B. 4978
Source: StateNet
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| MA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the School Building Assistance Program; provides for the dedicated sales tax revenue amount; creates the School Modernization and Reconstruction Trust Fund; provides for bonds, notes and trusts.
Title: H.B. 4977
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Rule Adoption 06/2004 | P-12 | Amends regulations to update the critically overcrowded schools regulations to clarify the possibility of using use of grants in preliminary applications, provide hazardous material clean up money for existing schools in preliminary applications, and specify a construction cost inflation factor for new applications. http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=105884&E22=title%202&E23=1859.2&E24=&infobase=ccr&querytemplate=%261.%20Go%20to%20a%20Specific%20Section&record={37B5}&softpage=Browse_Frame_Pg42 and http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=105888&E22=title%202&E23=1859.145&E24=&infobase=ccr&querytemplate=%261.%20Go%20to%20a%20Specific%20Section&record={3B1F}&softpage=Browse_Frame_Pg42
Title: Title 2 CCR 1859.2, 1859.145, 1859.145.1
Source: California State Web site
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| CO | Partial veto 06/2004 | P-12 | Allows the state department of education to add employees to assist with school capital construction. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/9C325359D40DBB8D87256E850065FF92?Open&file=1464_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1464
Source: Colorado Legislative web site
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to special purpose revenue bonds for Island Pacific Academy. The legislature finds and determines that the planning and construction constitute a project as defined in part VIII, chapter 39A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, and the financing of such a project is to assist not-for-profit private nonsectarian and sectarian elementary schools, secondary schools, colleges, and universities serving the general public. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb3086_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 3086
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| TN | To governor 06/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Present law authorizes the state to issue and sell general obligation bonds for any purpose authorized by the general assembly, including the funding of education. All revenues earmarked and allocated specifically and exclusively for educational purposes and any other law providing for the collection of state taxes allocated for educational purposes are deposited into the education trust fund. All deposits to the education trust fund are credited to the basic education program account. THIS BILL This bill would authorize the state to issue and sell direct general obligation interest-bearing bonds in amounts not exceeding $260,000,000 for postsecondary and higher education institutions. This bill would also permit the allocation of funds to local education agencies (LEAs) for the purpose of land acquisition, acquisition of student transportation, technology, and science laboratory equipment, and the construction and equipment of sites and buildings. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Summary.asp?BillNumber=SB0429
Title: S.B. 429
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Concerns the financing of public schools; relates to calculations of pupil enrollment; relates to charter school contracts. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/28517E5E9054E56887256E0400738CE5?Open&file=1397_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1397
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Provides that if a town, whose school district is the priority district with the largest student enrollment, uses federal funds to finance school construction projects, such funds shall be deemed to be part of the town's local share for such projects; provides any local or regional board of education that scheduled a graduation date for students and has been force to close the building for emergency repairs, may hold the graduation on that date, if certain conditions are met. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2004/act/Pa/2004PA-00251-R00SB-00343-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 343
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| FL | Became law without governor's signature 05/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Relates to education funding; requires school districts to establish certain policies and procedures regarding lottery fund enhancements; provides tax credit cap for contributions to nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations; prohibits use of funds for lab schools for certain overhead or indirect costs; redesignates specified community colleges as colleges; specifies maximum fee waiver percentage for school districts and community colleges; authorizes use of the Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program funds; requires reports regarding inmate education provided by community colleges; authorizes Florida State University to construct classroom building. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=hb1867er.html&Directory=session/2004/House/bills/billtext/html/
Title: H.B. 1867
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Requires the Board of Public Works to include modular construction as an approved public school construction or capital cost; requires the Board of Public Works to adopt specified regulations.
Title: H.B. 199
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes a county to finance the construction or renovation of public school facilities, under specified circumstances, using alternative financing methods; authorizes specified counties to issue bonds under specified circumstances; alters the amount of grants provided to counties under the Aging Schools Program; provides an exception to a specified mandatory level of State funds to be granted to Prince George's County and Baltimore City.
Title: S.B. 787
Source: StateNet
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes a county to finance the construction or renovation of public school facilities, under specified circumstances, using alternative financing methods; authorizes specified counties to issue bonds under specified circumstances; alters the amount of grants provided to counties under the Aging Schools Program; provides an exception to a specified mandatory level of State funds to be granted to Prince George's County and Baltimore City.
Title: H.B. 1230
Source: StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Excludes amounts transferred to capital reserve from the formula for computing school building aid grant amounts.
For the purposes of computing grants hereunder, the amount of the annual payment of principal shall be increased by an amount equal to the amount of capital reserve or the amount raised by taxation which was actually expended for the project at any time, divided by the number of years for which bonds or notes were issued to provide funds for such school building or school administrative unit facilities; provided, however that received from trusts, bequests, gifts or insurance policies shall not be eligible for computing grants hereunder. When bonds and notes are issued for a period of less than 5 years, the amount of aid for which the district is eligible shall be paid in no fewer than 5 equal installments.
http://gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2004/SB0352.html
Title: S.B. 352
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2004 | Postsec. | Bond bill; Commonwealth of Virginia Higher Educational Institutions Bond Bill of 2004. Authorizes the issuance of 9 (c) bonds in a principal amount not to exceed $255,316,600 for the financing of revenue-producing capital projects at institutions of higher education in the Commonwealth. Of the total amount of bonds authorized, $137,700,600 is allocated for previously authorized projects and $117,616,000 is allocated for new projects. This bill is identical to HB 31. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?041+ful+CHAP0813
Title: S.B. 31
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| CA | Approved by voters 03/2004 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Enacts the Kindergarten - University Public Facilities Bond Act of 2004 for $12.3 million; funds education facilities to relieve overcrowding and repair of older schools; funds upgrade and new classrooms in the California Community Colleges, the California State University and the University of California to provide adequate higher education facilities to accommodate growing student enrollment; funds will be targeted to areas of greatest needs and must be spent according to strict accountability measures. http://vote2004.ss.ca.gov/Returns/prop/00.htm
Title: Proposition 55 (AB 16)
Source: California State Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec. | Concerns the enterprise status of auxiliary facilities of state institutions of higher education. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/32AD98B37C17816487256DB9006E00A3?open&file=1005_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1005
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Concerns the modification of the process used to make matching grants for school district capital construction from the school construction and renovation fund.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/03DE7EE7F88A911587256DB0004D0816?Open&file=1055_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1055
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| CT | Signed into law 03/2004 | Postsec. | Concerns an authorization of bonds of the state for higher education capital improvements and other purposes; implements the Governors budget recommendations. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2004/act/Pa/2004PA-00003-R00SB-00030-PA.htm
Title: S.B. 30
Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Amends existing law relating to the Bond Levy Equalization Support Program to prohibit utilization of assistance pursuant to the program for projects previously subsidized by state grants; provides that an otherwise eligible school district shall not be deemed ineligible due to prior participation in safe school programs under certain conditions. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/H0780.html#engr
Title: H.B. 780
Source: Idaho Legislative Web site
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Relates to public school capital outlay; authorizes severance tax bonds and supplemental severance tax bonds for public school capital outlay projects; establishes funding priorities; expands the purpose for which funds may be used, increases the state distribution and adjust state distributions by an inflation factor; provides a tax imposition as a remedy for certain school violations.
Title: S.B. 399
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Partial Veto, November 2004 Ballot 03/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Authorizes the issuance and sale of capital projects general obligation bonds to make capital expenditures for senior citizen facility improvements and acquisitions, for higher educational capital improvements and acquisitions, for water project improvements, for public library acquisitions, for kindergarten construction and renovation, for other state capital expenditures and for public school educational technology. http://legis.state.nm.us/newsite/_session.asp?chamber=H&type=++&number=294&year=04
Title: H.B. 294
Source: New Mexico Legislative Web site
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| SC | GOVERNOR'S veto overridden by SENATE. 03/2004 | Postsec. | Provides that the proceeds of bonds authorized under the South Carolina Research University Infrastructure Act are appropriated and authorized to be expended for the purposes and in the manner set forth in the act; provides that the proceeds of bonds authorized pursuant to amendments to the State General Obligation Economic Development Bond Act are appropriate and authorized to be expended for the purposes set forth in the act.
Title: H.B. 3900
Source: StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Creates the school building legislative task force; provides for a final report to the Education Interim Committee.
Title: S.B. 154
Source: StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Relates to levies by county boards of education and expenditure of taxes collected; allows growth counties to use provisions of the Growth County School Facilities Act; provides high-growth counties may place certain property tax revenues in growth county facility act fund to be used for the benefit of school facilities in the county; provides moneys in the fund are not considered local share for purposes of the state aid formula.http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2004_SESSIONS/RS/Senate/S_BILLS/SB408%20SUB2%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 408
Source: West Virginia Legislative Web Site
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Creates a State Tax Penalty and Interest Amnesty Program for taxpayers who make a voluntary payment of State taxes during the period of July 1, 2004 through December 31, 2004; provides all moneys collected under the program would be deposited in a special Public School Facilities Fund to be used for improvements, construction or repair of school facilities. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1100.pdf
Title: H.B. 1100
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Creates the Division of Public School Accountability and the Arkansas Public Schools Accountability Advisory Council; creates the Division of Public School Academic Facilities to ensure equal access to adequate educational facilities and educational equipment; requires realignment of the state department of education (not to be incorporated into Arkansas Code or published separately) and creates a task force to make recommendations on realignment; amends terms for state board of education. members.http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1009.pdf
Title: H.B. 1009
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Establishes criteria for custodial and maintenance care for school facilities. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB53.pdf
Title: S.B. 53
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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