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From the ECS State Policy Database 2005 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2005. 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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Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Curriculum--Speech Education Data-Driven Improvement Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--District MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Financial advisor for districts affected by Hurrican Katrina S.B. 2013 Authorizes the state superintendent to appoint a financial advisor for school districts where the state auditor has expressed concern over f... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Money borrowed by districts H.B. 39 If the amount of revenue collected or estimated to be collected from local sources, on behalf of a school district during a fiscal year, is ... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Hurricane Katrina - Extreme emergency financial situation S.B. 2014 Upon written request of a local school board, the State Board of Education may certify that a public school district is in an extreme emerge... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Site Based Decisionmaking Pilot Program S.B. 1053 Establishes the Local Improvement Program as a pilot program, with up to 5% of all public schools and up to 15 school districts participatin... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Bids for Construction Work A.B. 490 An act to amend Section 20112 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. Requires notice for bids for district projects to b... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Replacing or Reconditioning Older School Buses A.B. 1107 An act to amend Section 42291 of the Education Code. Establishes a priority for allocations to small school districts to replace or recondit... More... IL Amendatory veto 08/2005 P-12 Expenditure and Revenue Disclosure H.B. 3480 Provides that the annual budget of a school district under 500,000 inhabitants shall separately identify cash on hand from taxes and cash on... More... TX Issued 08/2005 P-12 Comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system Executive Order RP47 Directs the commissioner of education to create and implement a comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system to ensure transp... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance Authority S.B. 1853 Amends the Downstate School Finance Authority Law of the School Code. Provides that the purpose of an Authority's power to appoint a chief e... More... KS Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 3 Makes changes to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, other school funding legislation, and enact policies relating to t... More... AK Passed 06/2005 P-12 School Finance Task Force H.R. 10 Establishes a seven-member task force on school district cost factors and foundation formula to evaluate proposals that are based on availab... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Group Purchasing for School Libraries S.B. 483 Relating to allowing designated public school libraries to participate in group purchasing agreements with the TexShare Library Consortium.... More... VT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 159 Authorizes the voters to eliminate the office of auditor and to employ instead a public accountant annually to audit the financial statement... More... AL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Common Purchases and Student Materials Spending H.B. 258 Includes "common purchases" as element that may be funded as classroom instructional support. States that any funds allocated by the legisla... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Proposed Budgets Posted on the Department Web Site H.B. 2349 (section 3) Allows school districts the option to post their proposed budget or summary of proposed budget on a website maintained by the department of ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Unreimbursed Costs of Textbooks for Low-Income Students H.B. 1001 (Section 183-184) Requires each district's debt service fund to pay all unreimbursed costs of textbooks for the district's students who were eligible for free... More... LA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Financially At Risk Districts S.B. 307 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1351(A) and (B), 1352, 1353, and 1354, and to enact R.S. 17:10.1(C). Requires the state board to define ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Training for District Employees S.B. 668 A new section requires several district-level finance positions to receive training in state school finance laws. Amended section adds a req... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Fund Balances H.B. 1262 Amends Section 49-3-352. Allows any fund balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year in the general fund of the local public ed... More... WA to governor 05/2005 P-12 Bidding Requirements H.B. 1719 Regarding School District Bidding Requirements - Increases the bid limit requirements for school districts. ... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Bidding and Purchasing of Buses H.B. 1485 Revises the state bidding and purchasing process for school buses. Requires SPI to solicit competitive price quotes for base buses and optio... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Buildings and Facilities H.B. 1448 Amends Arkansas code 6-20-402. Allows a district to terminate a long-term lease agreement at the end of any fiscal year for the district. Re... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Energy Savings Contracts S.B. 1095 Concerns energy savings contracts for school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1095.pdf... More... KS Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2005 P-12 School Records H.B. 2247 (section 1-2) Requires districts to report expenditures by categories as directed by the department of education and requires the department to verify cos... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 School District Audit Team H.B. 2247 (section 4-5) Creates a school district audit team within the division of post audit. Requires the school district audit team to conduct performance audit... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts H.B. 624 Relates to holding school districts harmless for disequalized budget status. "A school district that adopted a general fund budget over i... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS H.B. 63 AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS; ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LEASE PERSONAL PROPERTY; EXPANDING THE USES FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL D... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School District State Aid H.B. 1311 Provides an appropriation for eligible school districts receiving reduced amounts of state aid. The superintendent of public instruction sh... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 P-12 Public School H.B. 873 Changes public school budget requests due date.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Carryover Amounts S.B. 531 Relates to the state aid Formula; modifies allowable general fund carryover amounts; requires districts to exceed limits for two consecutive... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting H.B. 1568 Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial repor... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Audit Requirements H.B. 1185 Clarifies audit requirements for schools, municipalities and counties. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1185.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 County School Fund Distribution H.B. 1373 To amend sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to distributions of county's school fund. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Define Instructional Materials H.B. 2099 Expands list of "instructional materials" that may be exempt from sales tax when purchased by schools, to include sheet music, electronic so... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Financial Statements H.B. 2449 Provides a regulatory basis of financial statement presentation for schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2449.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Efficiency and Effectiveness Review H.B. 267 Provision of budget bill. Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct an inventory and assessment of indicators that may be us... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Finance Report S.B. 2083 Requires the state superintendent to submit an annual report on the financial condition of school districts to the governor, legislative cou... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Business Manager H.B. 1228 Allows the board of a school district to adopt policies governing the disbursement of school district moneys by the business manager. The po... More... WY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Facilities Land Disposition S.F. 131 Requires school facility commission review of school district land sales. The commission will review any proposed sale of existing land owne... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School District Budget Filing H.B. 1154 Extends from September 1 to September 15 the deadline for school districts to file a budget and expenditures report with the department of e... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill: < establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and opera... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School District Audits H.B. 70 After March 31 of any school year, the state superintendent may not adjust any district's entitlement or fiscal information used to compute ... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School Finance S.F. 47 Continues assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs ($5 million) and the summer school grant program ($4.5 million);... More... ME FILED. 01/2005 P-12 School Sports Programs L.R. 1668 Requires schools and school districts to line item sports programs for municipal veto.... More... 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