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From the ECS State Policy Database
2010 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2010. 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--District
TXAdopted 12/2010P-12Establishes new s.109.1101, concerning financial solvency. Per the mandate in Section 39.0822 as established in 2009 H.B. 3, creates a financial solvency review process for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to use in assessing the future financial solvency of districts and open-enrollment charter schools, to alert districts and charter schools to circumstances that could lead to financial insolvency. Identifies types of data that must be reviewed in the process. Specifies that the TEA must notify the district or charter school if the financial solvency review shows (A) a student-to-staff ratio that is significantly outside the norm; (B) a rapid depletion of the general fund balance; or (C) a significant discrepancy between submitted budget figures and projected revenues and expenditures.
Pages 34-37 of 197: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1217/1217adop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.1101
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us

PAVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010P-12Section 218 requires annual financial reports for districts, charter schools, cyber charter schools, area vocation-technical schools and intermediate units. By December 31st of each year, the chief administrator and board secretary must certify that financial reports have been properly audited and that the information was materially consisted with the audited financial statements. Failure to submit results in a fine of $300 per day for the first violation and $500 per day for the second or subsequent violation.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0101&pn=4389
Title: H.B. 101
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us

ALSigned into law 09/2010P-12Authorizes local boards of education, during FY 2011 only, to expend public school funds on any operating expense (according to SREB report, http://publications.sreb.org/2010/10S07_2010_Final_Leg_Rep.pdf, districts were previously "required to spend the funds only within the designated categories where appropriations were made.")
Title: H.B. 724
Source:

NYVetoed 09/2010P-12Creates the school district finance security task force to develop guidelines for school districts to protect sensitive banking and other information related to school district funds, from theft and other adverse consequences related to financial transactions, and to make recommendations for legislation. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07323&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Title: S.B. 7323
Source: assembly.state.ny.us

ILSigned into law 08/2010P-12Adds that one of the circumstances under which (1) the state superintendent may require a district to share financial information relevant to a proper investigation of the district's financials and the delivery of appropriate state services to the district and/or (2) the state board may certify that a district is in financial difficulty, is if the district is likely to fail to fully meet any regularly scheduled, payroll-period obligations when due and/or any debt service payments when due. Pages 1-5 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/1A-8
Source: www.ilga.gov

MOSigned into law 07/2010P-12This substitute allows a school district, after 10 years, to return donated real property to the original donor or to sell it as surplus.
http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills101/biltxt/truly/HB1831T.HTM
Title: H.B. 1831
Source: http://www.house.mo.gov/

GASigned into law 06/2010P-12Authorizes local boards of education to solicit and accept donations, contributions and gifts from any source for purposes of field trips and other educational purposes. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb1200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1200
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us

GASigned into law 06/2010P-12Requires local boards of education to submit specified information on tax revenues to the department of audits and accounts for posting on a searchable Web site accessible by the public. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb1013.pdf
Title: H.B. 1013
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us

OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Creates the school district transparency act; requires school district expenditure information be made available on state department of education website. Requires the Department to make the data available on its website within 120 days of transmission of the expenditures to the Department by the school district.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB1633_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1633
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us

OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, and June 30, 2012, a school district board of education may elect not to adopt and offer a professional development program for certified and licensed teachers and administrators of the district. If a school district elects not to adopt and offer a professional development program, the district may expend any monies allocated for professional development for any purpose related to the support and maintenance of the school district as determined by the board of education of the school district. Also suspends (for this time period) sanctions against districts for failing to meet the media materials and equipment standards and media program expenditure standards as set forth in the accreditation standards adopted by the Board.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HB3029_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 3029
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us

OKSigned into law 06/2010P-12Provides for approval of school auditors by state auditor and inspector (instead of the state board of education). Sets certain requirements for auditors, including experience in auditing public entities and completion of a minimum of 8 clock hours of continuing education credit in school district accounting and auditing as defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and the Office of the Comptroller General during the prior year.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB2034_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 2034
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us

RISigned into law 06/2010P-12Authorizes the department of elementary and secondary education, with the department of administration, to implement a statewide purchasing system for all public schools, for the purchase of goods, supplies and services, including:
     (1) General school supplies such as paper goods, office supplies, textbooks and cleaning products
     (2) Telecommunications, wireless services, computer equipment, hardware and software needed to support curriculum objectives
     (3) General non-medical and dental insurance products and services; provided however, that the statewide purchasing system must permit districts to establish their own benefit and coverage levels.
   
Authorizes the department of elementary and secondary education and local and regional school districts to participate in purchasing collaboratives, consisting of two or more states, subject to prior approval of the
chief purchasing officer and rules and regulations promulgated by the department. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law10/law10023-13.htm
Title: H.B. 7397, Article 13, Section 5
Source: www.rilin.state.ri.us

AZSigned into law 05/2010P-12
Community College
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Relates to a comprehensive database of receipts and expenditures of state monies; relates to an official internet website that is electronically searchable by the public at no cost; provides for cross-linked expenditures associated with contracts or subcontracts to the actual language of the contract or subcontract; includes local governments, community college districts and school districts. Chapter 288
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2282c.pdf
Title: H.B. 2282
Source: http://www.azleg.gov

TXAdopted 05/2010P-12Updates the financial accountability rating system by specifying new provisions that will be implemented beginning with ratings based on data from fiscal year 2008-09, including a new worksheet and calculations. Also incorporates open-enrollment charter schools into the School FIRST system. Adopted as proposed in the March 26, 2010 Register (pages 93-97 of 151): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0326/0326prop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us

AZSigned into law 04/2010P-12Relates to school district override elections; amends a notification date; relates to a special program for children with disabilities in preschool programs; relates to budget balance carryforwards; limits special budget overrides that were previously approved to a percent of the revenue control limit attributable to the weighted student count in preschool programs for children with disabilities, kindergarten programs and grades one through eight. Chapter 179
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2386s.pdf
Title: H.B. 2386
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/

IDSigned into law 04/2010P-12Amends the School Bond Guaranty Act; provides that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make reports of school district solvency; authorizes the Treasurer to establish procedures for providing notice where a debt service payment may be delinquent and a process to make such payments; removes references to state sales tax account and the tax commission; provides for payment of guaranteed school bond debt service payments and repayment of borrowed funds for sales tax receipts. Chapter 295
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2010/H0682.pdf
Title: H.B. 682
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov

NESigned into law 04/2010P-12From the fiscal note: Allows school-based health centers to be Medicaid providers. School-based health services may include medical health, behavioral and mental health, preventative health and oral health. A service provided through a school-based center would not require
prior consultation or referral by the patient's primary care physician to be covered by Medicaid. The bill also requires the Department of
Health and Human Services to seek a state plan amendment in the Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid to cover legal
non-residents, as authorized in Public Law 111-3. The bill as amended requires school-based health clinics sponsored by a federally
qualified health clinic to be reimbursed at their clinic rate.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB1106.pdf
Title: L.B. 1106
Source: http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov

OKSigned into law 04/2010P-12Requires any school district that is not in compliance with the standards and requirements established by the State Board of Education related to the state student record system as provided in Section 3-160 to forfeit its state aid for the time of noncompliance.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB2211_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 2211
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us

WISigned into law 04/2010P-12Requires boards annually to prepare budgets for each school in the district. Requires boards to collaborate with nonprofits and government agencies to provide comprehensive social services and educational support. Requires boards to provide alternative methods of attaining a high school diploma for those pupils who are unlikely to graduate, including a prpogram allowing a pupil or former pupil to retake a course in which he/she was not initially successful. Requires boards to conduct an annual survey of parents to develop of modify parent involvement and school improvement plans. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act215.pdf
Title: S.B. 437
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us

COSigned into law 03/2010P-12Enacts the Public School Financial Transparency Act, which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative education, the state charter school institute, and institute charter schools to post financial information on-line, in a downloadable format, for free public access.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F10BD6CCC8325304872576A80026B22A?open&file=1036_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1036
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/

IASigned into law 03/2010P-12Directs the state board to set standards and procedures for the approval of training programs for individuals who seek an authorization issued by the Board of Educational Examiners for employment as school business officials responsible for the financial operations of school districts; requires the Board of Educational Examiners to adopt rules for the issuance of a school business official authorization to an individual who successfully completes a program that meets the board's standards.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/HF2461_Enrolled.pdf
Title: H.B. 2461
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us

NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12Provides flexibility to school districts to meet state fiscal solvency requirements; provides that the Secretary of Education may waive requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to individual class load, teaching load, length of school day, staffing patterns, subject areas and purchases of instructional materials.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/SB0097.pdf
Title: S.B. 97
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/

NMSigned into law 03/2010P-12Requires local school boards and governing authorities of charter schools to establish finance subcommittees and audit committees. The finance subcommittee shall: (1) make recommendations to the local school board in the following areas: (a) financial planning, including reviews of the school district's revenue and expenditure projections; (b) review of financial statements and periodic monitoring of revenues and expenses; (c) annual budget preparation and oversight; and (d) procurement; and (2) serve as an external monitoring committee on budget and other financial matters.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0227.pdf
Title: H.B. 227
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/

UTSigned into law 03/2010P-12Modifies requirements regarding notice of a public hearing on a proposed school district budget. Requires a local school board to post a proposed budget on the district's Web site 10 days prior to a public hearing on the proposed budget. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/sbillenr/sb0057.pdf
Title: S.B. 57
Source: le.utah.gov

IASigned into law 01/2010P-12Modifies membership and duties of the School Budget Review Committee. Duties modify relate to review of a school district's unexpended fund balance upon a school district's request for supplemental aid due to an unusual financial circumstance; requires that a school district use those unexpended funds prior to levying additional property taxes.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=Billbook&ga=83&hbill=HF2030
Title: H.B. 2030
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us

MISigned into law 01/2010P-12Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Requires district boards of education to ensure that all teachers and principals working in its schools and instructional programs have adequate access to basic instructional supplies. Requires the state department of education (DOE) to develop and publish on its website a definition of what constitutes basic instructional supplies. The DOE must establish and publicize on its website both a telephone line and an online system for principals and teachers to file a claim that the district failed to provide adequate access to basic instructional supplies.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/publicact/htm/2009-PA-0203.htm
Title: H.B. 926 - Sec. 166c
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov

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