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From the ECS State Policy Database
2004 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2004. 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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- Finance--Facilities
FLSigned into law 12/2004P-12Educational Facilities Restoration
H.B. 11A
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 l...

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MISigned into law 12/2004P-12Used Modular Classroom Standards
S.B. 677
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...

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UTAdopted 12/2004P-12State School Building Program
R277-451
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 lan...

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ILSigned into law 10/2004P-12School District Tax Levy
H.B. 759
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...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12School Facilities: Funding
S.B. 628
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 s...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12School Facilities: Needs Assessment: Emergency Repairs
S.B. 6
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 ...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12School Facilities
A.B. 736
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 t...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12School Facilities: Sprinkler Systems
A.B. 2343
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 s...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12School Facilities: New Construction and Modernization
A.B. 1465
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 fu...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12School Facilities: Joint-Use Projects
A.B. 2446
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 existin...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12School Facilities: Regional Occupational Centers
A.B. 2035
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 t...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12School Facilities: Modernization
A.B. 1126
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 resu...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Critically Overcrowded School Facilities
A.B. 2950
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 hards...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Selling or Leasing of Real Estate by a School District
A.B. 2838
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/a...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12School Facilities: Lease-Leaseback Contracts
A.B. 1486
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...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Reimbursement for a new Science Facility
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
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 co...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Facilities Inspection System
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
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 d...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12School Accountability Report Cards
S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
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 misassign...

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CAVetoed 08/2004P-12School Facilities: Seismic Safety Upgrades
A.B. 1790
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/...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004Postsec.
Community College
Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act
H.B. 4361
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 Sprin...

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CASigned into law 07/2004P-12School Facility Maintenance Costs
S.B. 409
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 d...

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HISigned into law 07/2004P-12School Repairs and Maintenance
H.B. 1929
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...

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ILVeto overridden by both houses of legislature 07/2004P-12Condemned School Repair Financing
H.B. 753
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 an...

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MASigned into law 07/2004P-12
Postsec.
School Building Assistance Program
H.B. 4978
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, cha...

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MASigned into law 07/2004P-12School Building Assistance Program
H.B. 4977
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....

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CARule Adoption 06/2004P-12Critically Overcrowded Schools
Title 2 CCR 1859.2, 1859.145, 1859.145.1
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...

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COPartial veto 06/2004P-12Capital Construction
H.B. 1464
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...

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HISigned into law 06/2004P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Revenue Bonds for Not-for-Profit Education Facilities
S.B. 3086
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...

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TNTo governor 06/2004P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Bond Issues
S.B. 429
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 a...

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COSigned into law 05/2004P-12School Finance; Enrollment Calculations; Charter School Contracts
H.B. 1397
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...

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CTSigned into law 05/2004P-12School Construction Funding and Graduation Dates
S.B. 343
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...

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FLBecame law without governor's signature 05/2004P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Education Funding
H.B. 1867
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 s...

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MDSigned into law 05/2004P-12Public School Modular Construction
H.B. 199
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....

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MDSigned into law 05/2004P-12Public School Facilities Act
S.B. 787
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 gran...

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MDSigned into law 05/2004P-12Public School Facilities Act
H.B. 1230
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 gran...

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NHSigned into law 05/2004P-12School Building Aid Grants
S.B. 352
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...

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VASigned into law 04/2004Postsec.VA Higher Educational Institutions Bond
S.B. 31
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 edu...

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CAApproved by voters 03/2004P-12
Postsec.
Community College
K-20 Facilities Bond Issue
Proposition 55 (AB 16)
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 Sta...

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COSigned into law 03/2004Postsec.Auxiliary Facilities for Higher Education
H.B. 1005
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...

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COSigned into law 03/2004P-12School Construction and Renovation Funds
H.B. 1055
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&fi...

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CTSigned into law 03/2004Postsec.Authorization of Bonds
S.B. 30
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...

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IDSigned into law 03/2004P-12Bond Levy Equalization Program
H.B. 780
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...

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NMSigned into law 03/2004P-12Capital Outlay
S.B. 399
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 distrib...

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NMPartial Veto, November 2004 Ballot 03/2004P-12
Postsec.
Capital Projects
H.B. 294
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, ...

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SCGOVERNOR'S veto overridden by SENATE. 03/2004Postsec.State Bond Funds
H.B. 3900
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 authorize...

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UTSigned into law 03/2004P-12School Building Legislative Task Force
S.B. 154
Creates the school building legislative task force; provides for a final report to the Education Interim Committee....

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WVSigned into law 03/2004P-12Growth County Status
S.B. 408
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 faci...

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ARSigned into law 02/2004P-12Tax Amnesty Program
H.B. 1100
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 Publ...

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ARSigned into law 02/2004P-12Department of Education
H.B. 1009
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;...

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ARSigned into law 02/2004P-12Custodial and Maintenance Care for Schools
S.B. 53
Establishes criteria for custodial and maintenance care for school facilities. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB53.pdf...

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