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From the ECS State Policy Database 2006 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2006. 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 Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools 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--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Bonds Finance--District OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Chief Fiscal Officer H.B. 671 Requires local boards to appoint a treasurer, who serves as the chief fiscal officer of the school district. The treasurer is to be appointe... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 District Deficits H.B. 276 -- Sec. 3315.20 Sec. 3315.20. A school district may have a deficit in any special fund of the district only if both of the following conditions are satisfie... More... CO Rejected by voters 11/2006 P-12 District Budget Requirements (65%) as Statute Referendum J (REFERENDUM J; HB 06-1283) Creates the State Public School Expenditures Accountability Act. If approved, would amend state statutes to requi... More... ID Rejected by voters 11/2006 P-12 Sales Tax and Local Public Schools Investment Fund Proposition 1 Relates to K-12 public school funding. Adds 1% sales tax rate, revenue stream for this component of K-12 local public school funding; creat... More... LA Approved by voters 09/2006 P-12 Prohibiting Legislative Mandates on Local Boards Amendment 9 Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that no law, unless enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house of the legisla... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 School District Fiscal Accountability S.B. 374 Implements enhanced public education financial accountability provisions. Includes vocational- technical school districts and charter school... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2006 P-12 School Impact Fee Working Group S.B. 2708 Requires the school impact fee working group to submit supplemental findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the... More... MI Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 School District Bond Issuance H.B. 6069 Allows boards of local or intermediate school districts to borrow money by issuing notes to secure funds for school operations or to pay pre... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 District Financial Reports S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15 Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 District Financial Reporting S.B. 2829 - District Financial Reporting Revises provisions related to districts' public reporting of finances. Specifies content that must be included in annual statement of affai... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Parishwide School District of the Parish of Cameron S.B. 32 Recognizes that the parish of Cameron has suffered wide-spread devastation and crippling disruption from the effects of Hurricane Rita prohi... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Business Mangers/Chief Financial Officers S.B. 539 Requires school systems to employ or share by agreement school board business managers or chief financial officers who meet qualifications e... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Accreditation and Resource Allocation S.B. 549 - Section 1 Provides that whenever the state board determines that a school has failed either to meet the accreditation requirements or standards adopte... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 District Expenditure Reporting S.B. 549 - Section 2 Requires districts to report expenditures in the manner required by the state board in order to achieve uniform reporting of expenditures in... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 District Needs Assessment S.B. 549 - Section 26 Directs every district to conduct an assessment of each attendance center's educational needs. Directs the board to use information obtained... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Bilingual Weighting Funds S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27 Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk ed... More... AR Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Uniform Reporting Requirements H.B. 1018, S.B. 7 Concerns uniform reporting requirements for school district fund balances. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2006S1/public/HB1018.... More... GA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 65% Rule S.B. 390 Concerns the Classroom First for Georgia Act. Defines "direct classroom expenditures" and "total operating expenditures." Beginning with fi... More... MS Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 District Audits H.B. 1119 Revises requirements relating to district financial audits and reporting. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/1100-1199/... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 District and School Financial Management, Analysis and Reporting H.B. 1006 - Section 4 Requires the department to develop a plan to upgrade the financial management, analysis, and reporting system for school corporations (distr... More... WY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Flexibility in Operating Balances S.B. 88 Chapter No. 83 povides flexibility to school districts in accounting for revenues received from settlements of protested amounts attributabl... More... MS Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Borrowing funds from federal government to cover loss of revenue as result of Hurricane Katrina S.B. 2701 Authorizes school districts, universities and community colleges to borrow funds from federal government to cover loss of revenue as result ... More... DE Signed into law 01/2006 P-12 School "Energy Fund" Appropriations S.B. 242 The legislature appropriated $5,000,000 to the Department of Education for an "Energy Fund". These funds will help reorganized school distri... More... WI Vetoed 01/2006 P-12 Referendum Authorizing Borrowing S.B. 171 Under current law, with certain exceptions, if a school board wishes to borrow money or exceed the revenue limit otherwise applicable to th... More... WI Signed into law 01/2006 P-12 District Funds Held in Trust A.B. 167 (Act No. 99) Restricts the manner in which a school district may invest its funds and to whom it may delegate its investment authority. Expands the inves... More... WI Signed into law 01/2006 P-12 Disclosure of District Investments A.B. 167 -- Act 99 Relates to the investment by school districts of funds held in trust to provide post-employments benefits; relates to deferred compensation ... More... 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