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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--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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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--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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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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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--Closings |
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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--Tax Credits |
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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--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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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--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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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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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--District |
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| MS | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes the state superintendent to appoint a financial advisor for school districts where the state auditor has expressed concern over financial statements. If any concern expressed by such auditor(s) is a result of conditions caused by Hurricane Katrina 2005 and applies to fiscal years 2005 and/or 2006, then the Superintendent of Education may appoint a financial advisor, and may direct the school district to immediately cease all expenditures until a financial advisor is appointed.
http://index.ls.state.ms.us/isysnative/UzpcRG9jdW1lbnRzXDIwMDU1RVxwZGZcc2JcMjAwMS0yMDk5XHNiMjAxM3NnLnBkZg==/sb2013sg.pdf#xml=http://10.240.72.35/isysquery/irl2d7b/5/hilite
Title: S.B. 2013
Source: http://index.ls.state.ms.us/
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| MS | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | 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 less than the amount provided for in the duly adopted budget of the school district for the fiscal year as a result of Hurricane Katrina, then the school district may issue promissory notes in an amount and in the manner set forth in Section 27-39-333, not to exceed the estimated shortfall of revenue from local sources, but in no event to exceed fifty percent (50%) of its budget anticipated to be funded from the sources of the shortfall for the fiscal year. Any school district issuing promissory notes under this subsection may do so only if such school district receives prior approval by the State Superintendent of Education that the school district received damage from Hurricane Katrina. In order for a school district to issue notes under the provisions of this section, the superintendent of the local school district must recommend such action to the school board and the board must duly adopt and enter upon its official minutes a resolution setting forth specific findings as to how the district meets the requirements of this section.
Title: H.B. 39
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | Upon written request of a local school board, the State Board of Education may certify that a public school district is in an extreme emergency financial situation which jeopardizes the safety, security or educational interests of the students enrolled in the schools in that district, and such emergency financial situation is due to extraordinary damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Upon declaration of an extreme emergency financial situation in a school district by the State Board of Education, the local school board may increase the time within which the money borrowed under this section shall be repaid to twenty-four (24) months after the date of such borrowing. http://www.state.ms.us/frameset.jsp?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ls.state.ms.us
Title: S.B. 2014
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2005 | P-12 | Establishes the Local Improvement Program as a pilot program, with up to 5% of all public schools and up to 15 school districts participating. Requires participating districts to allocate instructional program funding to participating schools with maximum flexibility in the development and implementation of schoolsite funding in order to support and improve pupil learning.
Requires local board of each participating school district to develop and implement policies and procedures to increase site-level decisionmaking at participating schools. Decisionmaking must include specific powers, such as allowing parents, diverse community members, students, teachers and other school employees to set goals, objectives, and expenditure priorities for improving instruction at that school, and to participate in decisionmaking regarding policies and procedures. Policies in participating districts must also allow teachers and administrators to select and assign certified and noncertified personnel, make decisions on allocations for instructional materials, staff training, and personnel, and design coursework.
Within certain limitations, participating school districts may, on behalf of one or more participating schools, request to waive any provision of the Education Code, or any regulation enacted pursuant to authority granted by the Education Code, if such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the pilot program.
Requires district applications for program participation to demonstrate the manner in which parent education, information, and support will be provided for parents of all racial, ethnic, gender, or socioeconomic backgrounds to encourage their involvement in developing and implementing the program.
Provides for the state superintendent to evaluate the program's effectiveness and annually report on that evaluation.
Ends pilot program effective June 30, 2010.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1053_bill_20050922_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1053
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2005 | P-12 | An act to amend Section 20112 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. Requires notice for bids for district projects to be
mailed to all construction trade journals specified in Section 22036 for the county or counties in the attendance area of the district, provided the district will incur no publishing costs.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0451-0500/ab_490_bill_20050908_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 490
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2005 | P-12 | An act to amend Section 42291 of the Education Code. Establishes a priority for allocations to small school districts to replace or recondition schoolbuses owned by a school district or county office of education that were manufactured prior to 1987. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1107_bill_20050907_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 1107
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Amendatory veto 08/2005 | P-12 | Provides that the annual budget of a school district under 500,000 inhabitants shall separately identify cash on hand from taxes and cash on hand from all other sources, including without limitation vending machines, at the beginning of the fiscal year. Requires the budget to include an estimate of the cash to be received from all other itemized sources, including without limitation vending machines, during such fiscal year. Also requires the budget to include expenditures from tax revenues, an estimate of the expenditures from revenues from all other itemized sources, including without limitation vending machines, contemplated for such fiscal year, and a statement of the estimated cash from all other itemized sources, including without limitation vending machines, expected to be on hand at the end of such year; and (v) a statement disclosing all school board-sanctioned contractual agreements and estimated revenue expected to be received as a result of these contracts.
Requires the local board to approve all contracts and agreements that pertain to goods and services and that are intended to generate $1,000 or more of additional revenue and other remunerations for a school district, including without limitation vending machine contracts, sports and other attire, class rings, and photographic services. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3480enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19741&DocNum=3480&GAID=8&Session=
Veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3480gms&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19741&DocNum=3480&GAID=8&Session=
Title: H.B. 3480
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/
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| TX | Issued 08/2005 | P-12 | Directs the commissioner of education to create and implement a comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system to ensure transparency and fiscal efficiency in school district operations. The financial accountability and reporting system must include an indicator establishing a requirement that 65% of school district funds be expended for instructional purposes as defined by the National Center for Education Statistics. The system will include indicators of school district efficiency, including the use of shared-services agreements and consolidation of administrative functions, as well as a requirement for clear and concise accounting of school district expenditures.
Investigations and Actions. The commissioner will conduct special accreditation investigations of school districts exhibiting poor financial management and may take appropriate action under Subchapter G, Chapter 39, Texas Education Code; or lower a school district's accreditation rating as deemed appropriate by the commissioner; or both.
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/exorders/rp47
Title: Executive Order RP47
Source: http://www.governor.state.tx.us
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Amends the Downstate School Finance Authority Law of the School Code. Provides that the purpose of an Authority's power to appoint a chief executive officer, chief fiscal officer, and chief educational officer is to administer and manage, under the director of the Authority, the operations and educational programs of the school district, in accordance with the School Code. Provides that an Authority shall have the power to take action on behalf of the school district as the Authority deems necessary and in accordance with the School Code, based on the recommendation of the chief executive officer, chief educational officer, or chief fiscal officer, and that the district shall be bound by such action in all respects as if the action had been approved by the district itself. Provides that a chief educational officer shall have authority to determine the agenda and order of business at school board meetings, as needed in order to carry forward and implement the objectives and priorities of the Authority in the administration and management of the district.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0234
Title: S.B. 1853
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| KS | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Makes changes to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, other school funding legislation, and enact policies relating to the state department, the Courts, and the Legislature. The bill provides for increases in Base State Aid Per Pupil (BSAPP), reimposes correlation weighting, and establishes a Local Activities Budget of 2 percent of the school district general fund budget. The bill appropriates
funding totaling $119,000,000 in FY 2006 and $20,000,000 in FY 2007 for various state aid programs. The bill funds the Skills for Success
Program in FY 2007, and makes other policy changes, including, for example: School District Budget Deadline – For the 2005-06 school year
only, the school district budget deadline for filing the budget with county clerks would be delayed from August 25 to September 7. For the 2005-06 school year only, the cap on the school district contingency fund would be increased from 4 percent to 6 percent of the school district's general fund budget. Requires that at least 65 percent of the moneys appropriated, distributed, or otherwise provided by the state to school districts would be expended in the classroom or used for instructional purposes as defined by the National Center for Education Statistics. School District Administrative Reorganization Plan – Requires the state board to design an administrative reorganization plan for all
school districts. Provides that no money from a school district's general fund can be spent for attorney fees or other costs in support of litigation against the State of Kansas or any state officer, official, agent, or agency. No money from a school district's general fund can be used by a district for lobbying. Computer Reporting System – Adds a provision that the Kansas Department of Education is to have the new computer reporting system required by 2005 HB 2247 in use by December 31, 2005. Teacher Bonuses – Allows the preschool at-risk, atrisk,
bilingual, and vocational education funds to carry forward balances or be used for teacher bonuses when the teachers' efforts resulted in achievement of mastery of basic reading skills based on State Board guidelines (preschool at-risk and at-risk funds); in achievement of English for ESL students.
http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2005special/SN0003.pdf
Title: S.B. 3
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| AK | Passed 06/2005 | P-12 | Establishes a seven-member task force on school district cost factors and foundation formula to evaluate proposals that are based on available facts and conclusions pertaining to school district cost differentials. Requires the task force to provide a written report with recommendations to the House of Representatives and the Senate by January 20, 2006.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HR0010Z&session=24
Title: H.R. 10
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Relating to allowing designated public school libraries to participate in group purchasing agreements with the TexShare Library Consortium.
Title: S.B. 483
Source: StateNet
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| VT | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes the voters to eliminate the office of auditor and to employ instead a public accountant annually to audit the financial statements of the union school district. Adds tuition payments for technical education to the list of exclusions for calculating net cost per pupil. Deletes "adjusted education payment for each equalized pupil statewide" and replaces it with "statewide education spending." In fiscal year 2007, union and unified school districts are to not to receive funds under 16 V.S.A. § 4011(c) and must divide the amount that would otherwise be received under that section in the proportion which the union district's equalized pupil count from the associated municipality bears to the total number of the union district's equalized pupil count for that year. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT054.HTM
Title: S.B. 159
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Includes "common purchases" as element that may be funded as classroom instructional support. States that any funds allocated by the legislature for student materials must be given directly to each teacher as specified in the allocation for use directly in his or her classroom as determined exclusively by the teacher. States that funds provided per school for common purchases must be expended according to the decisions of the local school budget committee. States that the budget committee of a school may propose the expenditure of up to $100 from the student materials allotment of the school to supplement the common purchases funding appropriated by the legislature, subject to teacher approval. Provides for repeal of expenditure provision.
http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2005rs/bills/hb258.htm
Title: H.B. 258
Source: alisdb.legislature.state.al.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Allows school districts the option to post their proposed budget or summary of proposed budget on a website maintained by the department of education. If the school district prefers to submit their proposed budget for posting on the department website, requires the cost to be a charge against the school district.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=2349
Title: H.B. 2349 (section 3)
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Requires each district's debt service fund to pay all unreimbursed costs of textbooks for the district's students who were eligible for free or reduced lunches in the previous school year. Authorizes the governing body to transfer the amount levied to cover unreimbursed costs of textbooks to the textbook rental fund or extracurricular account.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/HE/HE1001.1.html
Title: H.B. 1001 (Section 183-184)
Source: www.in.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | 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 "financially at risk" as a status of any city, parish, or other local school board the unresolved finding of which subjects the school system and its board to specified statutory provisions regarding the judicial appointment of a fiscal administrator. Requires every local board to be notified on a regular basis by the department of education of its status related to the elements of the definition of financially at risk. Clarifies provisions relating to the determination that a political subdivision is to be appointed a fiscal administrator. Adds that in the case of a local school board, upon notification by the state superintendent of education, the attorney general must file a rule for a fiscal administrator to be appointed to the district when, the legislative auditor, the attorney general and the state treasurer unanimously determine that such local board is reasonably certain to fail to resolve its status as financially at risk as that status has been defined by rule by the state board for ensuring the fiscal soundness of all public school systems, pursuant to R.S. 17:10.1(C). Adds that a court must appoint a fiscal administrator to a political subdivision if the court finds from the facts and evidence deduced at the hearing of the rule that the political subdivision is reasonably certain to not have sufficient revenue to pay current expenditures, excluding civil judgments, or, in the case of a city, parish, or other local public school board, reasonably certain to fail to resolve its status as financially at risk as defined by the state board.
Adds that the fiscal administrator's report subsequent to his investigation may, rather than existing requirements regarding amendments to the political subdivision's comprehensive budget, include amendments that will insure having sufficient revenue to pay current expenditures, excluding civil judgments, or, in the case of a city, parish, or other local public school board, amendments that will insure resolving its status as financially at risk as defined by the state board. Adds that the fiscal administrator's report may, rather than existing requirements regarding estimates of the political subdivision's funding level needs, identify the funding level needed in order to have sufficient revenue to pay current expenditures, excluding civil judgments, or, in the case of a city, parish, or other local public school board, as is needed to resolve its status as financially at risk as defined by the state board.
Establishes additional requirements for such political subdivisions and districts.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=316582
Title: S.B. 307
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | A new section requires several district-level finance positions to receive training in state school finance laws. Amended section adds a requirement that any contract include the the following signed statement: "The undersigned (architect, contractor, supplier or engineer), of lawful age, being first duly sworn, on oath says that this contract is true and correct. Affiant further states that the (work, services or materials) will be (completed or supplied) in accordance with the plans, specifications, orders or requests furnished the affiant. Affiant further states that (s)he has made no payment directly or indirectly to any elected official, officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma, any county or local subdivision of the state, of money or any other thing of value to obtain or procure the contract or purchase order." http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06SB/sb668_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 668
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | 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 education system to be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year. Such fund balance is to be available to offset shortfalls of budgeted revenues or to be available to meet unforeseen increases in operating expenses. Any accumulated fund balance in excess of three percent (3%) of the budgeted annual operating expenses for the current fiscal year may be budgeted and expended for any education purposes but must be recommended by the board of education prior to appropriation. http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/104/pub/pc0223.pdf
Title: H.B. 1262
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| WA | to governor 05/2005 | P-12 | Regarding School District Bidding Requirements - Increases the bid limit requirements for school districts.
Title: H.B. 1719
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Revises the state bidding and purchasing process for school buses. Requires SPI to solicit competitive price quotes for base buses and optional features and to publish a list of accepted quotes. Permits school districts to buy directly from any dealer on the list and requires SPI to reimburse school districts and ESD's for buses purchased through either a lowest-bid competitive process or through the competitive price
quote process established by SPI, using reimbursement rates established for base buses.
Title: H.B. 1485
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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. Requires all school buildings or related facilities to comply with the requirements of the Arkansas School Facility Manual in effect at the time the lease became effective. Permits a district to sublease a school building or facility whenever that building or facility is not being used for educational purposes. Requires rent from a sublease to be placed in the district's general fund; allows rent to be used for any operational or capital purpose. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1448.pdf
Title: H.B. 1448
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Concerns energy savings contracts for school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1095.pdf
Title: S.B. 1095
Source: StateNet
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| KS | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires districts to report expenditures by categories as directed by the department of education and requires the department to verify costs incurred by school districts providing programs required by law and the number of pupils enrolled in such programs. Requires the state board to implement a uniform, Web-based data reporting system for districts to allow any person to analyze and compare district financial and performance data.
Bill as enacted: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=38800
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=35742
Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=37465
Title: H.B. 2247 (section 1-2)
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KS | Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 | P-12 | Creates a school district audit team within the division of post audit. Requires the school district audit team to conduct performance
audits and monitor school district funding and other oversight issues through audit work as directed by the 2010 commission. States that the topics for school district performance audits may include:
(1) The accuracy of school expenditures, reports or other information;
(2) how school districts use the funding received from the state;
(3) the relationship between school funding levels and costs;
(4) the weights of various education program components or the level
of equity achieved by the funding system;
(5) whether funding levels for education programs or students are
keeping up with the actual costs school districts report;
(6) the basis for changes in school district costs;
(7) the reasonableness of the amount and type of actual or budgeted
expenditures compared with historical costs or with costs of other districts;
(8) options for modifying the school funding formula;
(9) other finance issues identified as needing further study;
(10) whether a school district has adequate operating or administrative
procedures and fiscal controls and whether it is efficiently managed;
(11) best practices or innovative procedures, practices or controls operating
within any school districts that could present opportunities for
other school districts to operate more efficiently; and
(12) any other topic as directed by the 2010 commission.
Bill as enacted: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=38800
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=35742
Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=37465
Title: H.B. 2247 (section 4-5)
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Relates to holding school districts harmless for disequalized budget status.
"A school district that adopted a general fund budget over its maximum general fund budget under any provision of subsection (3)(a) at any time between fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2005 may, for fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2007, adopt the greater of its maximum general fund budget or the highest actual budget adopted between fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2005."
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0624.htm
Title: H.B. 624
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS; ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LEASE PERSONAL PROPERTY; EXPANDING THE USES FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS; CHANGING A BUDGET DEADLINE FOR JOINT DISTRICTS; INCREASING THE ENTITLEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND SCHOOL FISCAL YEAR 2007; PROVIDING FOR 3-YEAR AVERAGING OF ANB FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT FOR SCHOOL FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND SCHOOL FISCAL YEAR 2007; ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMISSIVELY LEVY UP TO THE SAME OVER-BASE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE LEVIED IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR; REVISING CERTAIN CALCULATIONS FOR GUARANTEED TAX BASE FUNDING; REVISING THE LIMITATIONS ON SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDED INDEBTEDNESS; CONFORMING CERTAIN STATUTES TO CURRENT LAW; REMOVING A REFERENCE TO A ONE-TIME-ONLY STATE PAYMENT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TEMPORARILY EXTENDING SCHOOL ELECTION DEADLINES; PROVIDING FOR INTERDISTRICT AGREEMENTS FOR FUND TRANSFERS BY FEBRUARY 1 OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR; AMENDING SECTIONS 20-5-323, 20-6-607, 20-7-102, 20-9-130, 20-9-131, 20-9-142, 20-9-151, 20-9-152, 20-9-306, 20-9-308, 20-9-311, 20-9-314, 20-9-321, 20-9-353, 20-9-366, 20-9-406, AND 20-9-443, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 20-9-375, MCA; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES, APPLICABILITY DATES, AND TERMINATION DATES
Title: H.B. 63
Source: StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Provides an appropriation for eligible school districts receiving reduced amounts of state aid.
The superintendent of public instruction shall use the first $119,190, or so much of that
amount as is necessary, for the purpose of reimbursing eligible school districts that
received reduced amounts of state aid. For the purposes of this subsection, an eligible
school district is one that received a reduction in state aid during the second year of the
2003-05 biennium because the district's general fund levy fell below one hundred forty
mills as the result of a reorganization or the dissolution of a contiguous district. The
following affected districts listed are entitled to receive reimbursements:
Velva 1 $24,355
TGU 60 93,514
Lewis and Clark 1,321
Title: H.B. 1311
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 | P-12 | Changes public school budget requests due date.
Title: H.B. 873
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Relates to the state aid Formula; modifies allowable general fund carryover amounts; requires districts to exceed limits for two consecutive years before penalty assessed. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06SB/sb531_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 531
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial reporting procedures required of public school districts. Expands upon and clarifies initial and ongoing training requirements for district superintendents, educational service cooperative directors, open-enrollment charter school directors and district/open-enrollment charter school staff whose job responsibilities include preparing the budget or overall accounting responsibility. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1568.pdf
Title: H.B. 1568
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Clarifies audit requirements for schools, municipalities and counties. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1185.pdf
Title: H.B. 1185
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | To amend sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to distributions of county's school fund. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1373.pdf
Title: H.B. 1373
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Expands list of "instructional materials" that may be exempt from sales tax when purchased by schools, to include sheet music, electronic software, maps, globes, art supplies, workbooks, flash cards, educational blocks, educational models, manipulatives, charts, video tapes, DVDs, films, or cassettes containing instructional information designed to be presented to students as part of a course of study. Specifies that "instructional materials" does not include items purchased for use in interscholastic extracurricular activities, administration or maintenance of the school, or construction materials or supplies.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2099.pdf
Title: H.B. 2099
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Provides a regulatory basis of financial statement presentation for schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2449.pdf
Title: H.B. 2449
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Provision of budget bill. Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct an inventory and assessment of indicators that may be used to analyze financial, academic, and demographic data in order to evaluate school performance. The inventory and assessment are to be under the direction of the Eduation Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee. With approval of the Subcommittee and the Legislative Research Commission, funds may be used to contract for special expertise in the area of financial or performance reviews.
Title: H.B. 267
Source: Kentucky 2005 legislative summary
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Requires the state superintendent to submit an annual report on the financial condition of school districts to the governor, legislative council, and the secretary of state. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQOT0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2083
Source: http://www.state.nd.us
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Allows the board of a school district to adopt policies governing the disbursement of school district moneys by the business manager. The policies adopted under subdivision a may include:
(1) The authorization, creation, and approval of negotiable instruments;
(2) The use of credit or debit cards;
(3) The payment of invoices;
(4) The use of petty cash;
(5) The use of electronic payments; and
(6) The use of facsimile signatures.
The policies adopted under subdivision a must include internal controls to safeguard school district moneys.Relates to the disbursement of moneys by a school district business manager.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAJU0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1228
Source: http://www.state.nd.us
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Requires school facility commission review of school district land sales. The commission will review any proposed sale of existing land
owned by a district, which land is within the scope of the district's five (5) year facility plan, and the impact of the land disposition upon that plan. The commission may disapprove any plans submitted to protect the financial interests of the state if the plans are not otherwise in the public interest. If the commission determines land disposition adversely impacts the cost-effectiveness of the district's five (5) year plan, the revenues resulting from land disposition shall be considered by the commission in any future building or facility remedy for that district. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/enroll/SF0131.pdf
Title: S.F. 131
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Extends from September 1 to September 15 the deadline for school districts to file a budget and expenditures report with the department of education. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1154.pdf
Title: H.B. 1154
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| UT | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill:
< establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operations portion of the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2005-06 of $1,783,631,186;
< establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,258;
< appropriates $27,288,900 to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2005-06 for school building aid programs for school districts;
< directs the state superintendent to include certain expenditure data in an annual report to the governor and the Legislature; and
< imposes a deadline for the authorization of a charter school in order to qualify for certain state funds. The superintendent's report must include (new requirements) a complete statement, by school district and charter school, of the amount of and percentage increase or decrease in expenditures from the previous year attributed to:
(A) wage increases, with expenditure data for base salary adjustments identified separately from step and lane expenditures;
(B) medical and dental premium cost adjustments; and
(C) adjustments in the number of teachers and other staff.
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/hbillenr/hb0003.pdf
Title: H.B. 3
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | After March 31 of any school year, the state superintendent may not adjust any district's entitlement or fiscal information used to
compute a district's entitlement for that school year, and the entitlement or fiscal information shall only be adjusted thereafter in accordance with audit review pursuant to W.S. 9-1-513. Provides an appropriation. Authorizes 4 full-time positions. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/enroll/hb0070.pdf
Title: H.B. 70
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Continues assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs ($5 million) and the summer school grant program ($4.5 million); provides assistance to school districts for health insurance ($33,321,419). http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/enroll/SF0047.pdf
Title: S.F. 47
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| ME | FILED. 01/2005 | P-12 | Requires schools and school districts to line item sports programs for municipal veto.
Title: L.R. 1668
Source: StateNet
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