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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."

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ALto governor 07/2005P-12Increasing Foundation Program
S.B. 48
From the fiscal note: Increases the obligations of the Education Trust Fund for funding the calculated cost of the K-12 Foundation Program due to the expected increase in pupils in average daily membership (ADM) calculated using the first 20 school days follow...

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KSSigned into law 07/2005P-12School Finance
S.B. 3
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...

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AKPassed 06/2005P-12School 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 available facts and conclusions pertaining to school district cost differentials. Requires the task force to provide a written...

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COSigned into law 06/2005P-12Date for Counting Preschoolers and 3- and 4-Year-Olds with Disabilities
S.B. 32
Makes an accomodation for counting preschoolers and 3- and 4-year olds with disabilities enrolled (for state funding purposes) by letting schools count them on November 1 or the school date closest to November 1, instead of October 1.

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FLVetoed 06/2005P-12Class Size Reduction
S.B. 1678
States that, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, if the actual student membership in the October survey exceeds the student membership estimate included in the Florida Education Finance Program first calculation, the maximum student membership enrollment u...

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NESigned by Governor 06/2005P-12Early Childhood programs, funding.
L.B. 577
Changes provisions relating to early childhood education programs as prescribed; to define and redefine terms; to provide a weighting factor and a calculation; to change provisions relating to applicable allowable growth rates; to change provisions relating to...

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ORSigned into law 06/2005P-12Distribution of State Lands Funds
H.B. 3183
Requires the Department of State Lands to transfer the balance of the Distributable Income Account of the Common School Fund to the Superintendent of Public Instruction semiannually or more frequently if the State Land Board so orders, and requires the the sup...

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VTSigned into law 06/2005P-12School 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 statements of the union school district. Adds tuition payments for technical education to the list of exclusions for calculating ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2005P-12Remediation Funding
S.B. 1516 (Section 2)
Replaces reference to "reimbursement" with reference to "certificate of supplemental instruction" for student attending a school designated
as an underperforming school or a school failing to meet academic standards. Eliminates option for parent to request rei...

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AZSigned into law 05/2005P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Joint Technological Education District
H.B. 2418
States that a student in a K-8 program who enrolls in courses offered by the joint technological education district is not to be included in the joint district's average daily attendance or average daily membership. Also states that a student in a K-6 program ...

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COSigned into law 05/2005P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Additional Revenues for Education
H.B. 1350
From the fiscal note: This bill specifies that moneys in the General Fund Exempt Account shall be appropriated or transferred in the following manner:
• if the voters approve the ballot issue set forth in HJR05-1057 (submitted to the voters as Referendum "D"),...

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GASigned into law 05/2005P-12Funding Formula Revisions
S.B. 35 - Funding Section
One section changes program weights for funding purposes. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb35.pdf...

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INSigned into law 05/2005P-12Academic Honors Diploma Awards
H.B. 1001 (Section 201)
Districts are eligible for the academic honors diploma awards according to the number of students who successfully completed an academic honors diploma program in the school year ending in the previous calendar year. Reduces the amount for which districts are ...

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MOSigned into law 05/2005P-12Education funding formula
S.B. 287
Currently, the state's education formula is essentially an equalized tax-rate driven formula, meaning that the formula provides a certain amount of money per student, per penny of tax rate. This act seeks to transition the state away from this tax-rate driven ...

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WASigned into law 05/2005P-12Learning Assistance Program
H.B. 1066
Revises the funding formula for the Learning Assistance Program from one based equally on assessment results and family need to one
based solely on family need....

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12State Foundation Funding
H.B. 1559
Increases state foundation funding to provide sufficient funds for teacher insurance. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB1559.pdf...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Interschool Athletic Programs
H.B. 2916
Includes salaries or supplemental pay for staff for organized physical activity courses as provided under Act 660 of 2005 in the definitions of "Athletic expenditures" and "Interschool scholastic activity expenditures."

http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/b...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Consolidation Provisions
S.B. 1044 (sections 21-27)
Deletes definitions of "consolidated average daily membership," "consolidated national school lunch student total" and "national school lunch students" from consolidation/reorganization provisions. Deletes provision that no school facility in a school district...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Public School Finance
S.B. 338
Updates various provisions of the Arkansas code related to public school finance. One provision changes policy from allowing to requiring any increase in Educational Excellence Trust Fund funds allocated for teacher salaries to be used by school districts to p...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Procedures for Conducting the School Enrollment Census
S.B. 1044 (section 18)
Modifies procedures for conducting the school enrollment census. Requires school census to reflect students transferring into or out of the school from October 1 to September 30th of the following school year, rather than from October 1 to the end of the same...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005P-12Public School Funding Act of 2003
S.B. 939
Amends the public school funding act of 2003. Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules clarifying not only which alternative learning environment programs qualify for funding, but also the characteristics of students who qualify for funding be...

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COSigned into law 04/2005P-12School Finance
S.B. 200 (Section 1-4)
Increases the statewide base funding amount for at-risk students. Amends definition of "at-risk pupils" to include the number of district students who are English language learners plus the greater of (1) the number of district students eligible for free lunch...

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COSigned into law 04/2005P-12Full-Day Kindergarten for Schools Rated "Unsatisfactory"
S.B. 200 (Section 5-7)
Revises certain language related to funding full-day kindergarten for students in a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating in the state accountability system. In implementing such a full-day kindergarten program, allows a local board to contract with any ...

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KSBecame law without governor's signature 04/2005P-122010 Commission
H.B. 2247 (section 7-9)
Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to:
(a) Conduct continuous and on-going monitoring of the implementation and operation of the school district finance and quality per...

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KSBecame law without governor's signature 04/2005P-12Special Education Funding
H.B. 2247 (section 10-11)
Creates a new formula for determining each district's special education allocation. Specifies that if the appropriation for special education and related services is insufficient to pay in full the amount of state aid each school district is entitled to receiv...

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KSBecame law without governor's signature 04/2005P-12Funding Formulas
H.B. 2247 (section 12-18)
Amends pupil definitions and weighting. Repeals language referring to ''correlation weighting.'' Adds new language referring to ''cost of living weighting.'' Includes at-risk education fund as part of the ''program weighted fund. Raises base state aid per pupi...

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KSBecame law without governor's signature 04/2005P-12Funding Formulas, Bonds, Tax Levies and Mill Rates
H.B. 2247 (section 19-29)
Establishes procedures for local tax levies. Establishes in every district a fund called the teacher salary enhancement fund. Creates a formula for determining a district's cost of living weighting. Authorizes any balance remaining in a district's vocational e...

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MTTo governor 04/2005P-12School Funding Formula Study
S.B. 525
Creates a quality schools interim committee. The committee shall continue the work of the joint select committee on education funding established during the 59th legislative session. By December 1, 2005, the committee shall, among other duties,:
     (a) asses...

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WASigned into law 04/2005P-12Learning Assistance Program Distribution Formula
H.B. 1066
HB 1066 changes the school district distribution of Learning Assistance Program (LAP) funds from a distribution based 50% on assessment of students and 50% on one or more family income factors measure economic need, to a distribution based 100% on one or more ...

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WASigned into law 04/2005P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Education and Higher Education Finance Study
S.B. 5441
Section 2 creates the comprehensive education study steering committee. The director of the Office of Financial Management (OFM) is a member. The steering committee will appoint members to three advisory committees: early learning, K-12, and higher education. ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005P-12County 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/public/hb1373.pdf...

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AZVetoed 03/2005P-12Student Counts and Charter School Funding
S.B. 1405
Increases charter school funding and makes changes in provisions for student counts for districts.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=1405...

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AZVetoed 03/2005P-12Education Funding Formula
S.B. 1406
Adds a provision to the education funding formula. Ddisqualifies districts from obtaining "growth funding" until the district attains the prior audited full-time student equivalent (FTSE) count if the FTSE is reduced from one year to the next.
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CTSigned into law 03/2005P-12Educational Cost Sharing Distribution Technical Error
H.B. 6489
Corrects a technical error in educational cost sharing distribution and enables the provision of existing funds to interdistrict magnet schools. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2005/act/Pa/2005PA-00002-R00HB-06489-PA.htm...

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IDSigned into law 03/2005P-12School District Tuition Rate
S.B. 1050
Amends existing law to authorize a school district board of trustees to apply for an exemption to any portion of a tuition rate for out of district students. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1050.html...

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KSSigned into law 03/2005P-12School Enrollment in Districts with Armed Forces Bases
H.B. 2059
Relates to enrollment. For this purpose, defines "pupils" as students who are dependents of a fulltime active duty member of the military service or miliary reserve who are engaged in mobilizing for war, international peacekeeping missions, national emergency,...

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NMSigned into law 03/2005P-12Funding Formula Study Task Force
S.B. 125
The "funding formula study task force" is
created. The task force shall function from the date of its
appointment until December 15, 2006.

F. The task force shall:
(1) develop a work plan and budget for
approval by the New Mexico legislative council;
(2) appr...

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SDSigned into law 03/2005P-12State Aid to Education Formula Student Allocation
S.B. 157
Directs the state department to undertake a study of the allocation of state funds to the various public school districts (due by Dec. 1, 2005). The study must include, but is not limited to consideration of the following factors:
(1) The allocation of funds ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2005P-12Minimum School Program
H.B. 382
Establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,280; establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operations
portion of the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2005-06 of $1,795,446,575; modifies the funding formula for the...

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IASigned into law 02/2005P-12State Percent of Growth
S.F. 36
Provides for the establishment of the state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF36...

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UTSigned into law 02/2005P-12Minimum 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 operations portion of the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2005-06 of $1,783,631,186;
< establishes the value of the we...

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INSigned into law 01/2005P-12Funding Formula for K-3 Class Size Reduction
H.B. 1001 (Section 181 and 233)
Revises the funding formula for the K-3 class size reduction program. Effective retroactive to January 1, 2005. Makes other adjustments.

http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/HE/HE1001.1.html...

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