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 | 21st Century Skills |
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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 Play |
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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--College Entrance Exams |
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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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| 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--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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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--Innovation Schools |
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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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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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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--Drivers 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--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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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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| 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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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| PA | Signed into law 11/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Increases the maximum amount of a contract before it must be put out for bids. Under current law, a district must seek written or phone price quotes from at least three contractors or suppliers for contracts over $4,000 but not more than $10,000. This increases those limits to $10,000 and $18,500, respectively. Increases point at which a district must advertise for bidders in a newspaper to $18,500. For projects costing $10,000 or less, districts could use their own maintenance staff. Provides that all these limits in the future increase based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, with an annual cap of 3 percent. Applies to all publc school entities, the Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, and the universitites of the Pennsylvania State Sytstem of Higher Education.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0296&pn=1597
Title: S.B. 296
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires a public hearing to be held prior to and independent of a meeting where the governing board of a school district or county office of education adopts a budget. Also requires the governing board to identify the program or programs to be closed before the public hearing.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_189_bill_20111008_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 189 - Hearing Before Adoption of Local Budget
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Encourages each regional superintendent of schools to offer districts the opportunity to share in joint educational or operational programs, and to urge school districts to participate in such programs when the
school district determines that such participation is fiscally prudent. Permits a regional superintendent of schools to present to a district possible services and functions that multiple schools may share or consolidate. Permits regional superintendents to share best practices with districts exploring new methods to become more financially efficient.
Directs each school district to annually complete a report, to be published on the state board Web site and district Web site, summarizing district attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services
or outsourcing in the prior fiscal year. Requires that the report include the incidence of numerous specified shared service options related to both operations and instruction, and a list of potential shared services or outsourcing the district may consider or investigate for the next fiscal year, along with any anticipated barriers to implementation. Based on data supplied by districts, requires regional superintendents to annually publish a regional report summarizing district attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services or outsourcing within the educational service region. Requires that this report include a list of all joint purchasing initiatives, joint agreements between districts, attempts to reduce or eliminate duplication of services and duplicative expenditures, and identification of any overlapping regional service delivery systems. Provides that for school districts required to develop and submit a deficit reduction plan to the state board, the regional superintendent of schools and the school district must jointly prepare a shared services and outsourcing plan that considers actions that may improve the district's fiscal efficiency and how future savings associated with shared services or outsourcing are to be utilized. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0357.pdf
Title: S.B. 2134
Source: /www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Requires that if an Annual Financial Report resulting from a mandated audit reflects a deficit, the district must, within 30 days after acceptance of such audit report, submit a deficit reduction plan.
Makes legislative findings relative to the need for financial oversight panels. Creates the Financial Oversight Panel Law of the School Code. Allows a school district (other than the Chicago school district) to petition the state board of education for the establishment of a Financial Oversight Panel for the district, and allows the state board to establish a Financial Oversight Panel without a petition from a district. Requires the Financial Oversight Panel, the school board and the district superintendent or chief executive officer to develop goals and objectives to help the district obtain financial stability. Contains provisions concerning duties of the district; members and meetings of a Panel; powers of a Panel; deposits and investments; and cash and bank accounts. Permits a Panel to employ a chief executive officer, a chief educational officer, a chief fiscal officer, a superintendent (who must be under the direction of the Panel or the chief executive officer employed by the Panel and must have all of the statutorily-assigned powers and duties of a school district superintendent and such other duties as may be assigned by the Panel), and a chief school business official. Permits a Panel, in its discretion, to remove the local board-appointed or -elected treasurer and appoint a new treasurer. Authorizes a Panel to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with the district's employees. Upon a Panel's direction, requires a district to reorganize the district's financial accounts, management, and budgetary systems in a manner consistent with state board rules to remedy the conditions that led the Panel to be created, to achieve greater financial responsibility and to reduce financial inefficiency. Permits a Panel to prepare and file a proposal for emergency financial assistance for the school district and for the Panel's operations budget. Permits a district to receive both a loan and a grant. Provides that if a district is unable after 3 attempts to secure short-term financing, a Panel, with state superintendent approval, must have the same power as a district to issue tax anticipation warrants, issue tax anticipation notes, issue revenue anticipation certificates or notes, issue general state aid anticipation certificates, and establish and utilize lines of credit. Authorizes certain actions if a Panel is unable to secure short-term borrowing. Requires a Panel to annually submit to the state superintendent a report that includes the audited financial statement for the preceding fiscal year, an approved financial plan and a statement of the major steps necessary to accomplish the objectives of the financial plan. Authorizes the state superintendent to require a separate audit of the Panel. Specifies that a district must render such services to and permit the use of its facilities and resources by the Panel at no charge, and permits any state agency or district to render such services to the Panel as may be requested by the Panel. Requires a Panel to be abolished 10 years after its creation. Permits the state board to abolish a panel at any time after 3 years if no obligations of the Panel are outstanding and the financial need for the Panel no longer exists. Establishes provisions for return of power to local board if financial need for the Panel no longer exists but the Panel has outstanding financial obligations.
Creates special provisions for districts subject to the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel in terms of tax levy procedures. Makes certain employees of a Financial Oversight Panel who are not superintendents or certified school business officials participants in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Provides that if the Financial Oversight Panel is unable to pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then the school districts served must make payment of required contributions. Permits monies from the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund to be used to provide technical assistance or consultation to Financial Oversight Panels that petition for emergency financial assistance grants. Establishes provisions related to payment of emergency state financial assistance loans by Financial Oversight Panels. Provides an emergency financial assistance loan to the Panel or district must not be considered part of the calculation of a district's debt for purposes of limitation.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0429.pdf
Title: S.B. 2149
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Clarifies that for purposes of state board allocation of federal funds to districts, "districts" are defined to include school districts, county offices of education, and other educational agencies or entities deemed eligible pursuant to state and federal law. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_169_bill_20110725_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 169
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes a district board of trustees to implement a furlough program and reduce the number of days of service otherwise required by law by not more than 6 days of service during a school year if the commissioner certifies that the district will be provided with less state and local funding for that year than was provided to the district for the 2010-2011 school year. Authorizes the board of trustees to reduce the salary of a furloughed employee in proportion to the number of days by which service is reduced. Sets out conditions and restrictions applicable to a furlough program, including among other provisions that (1) a furlough program must subject all contract personnel to the same number of furlough days, (2) an educator may not use personal, sick or any other paid leave while on furlough, and (3) implementation of a furlough program may not result in an increase in the number of required teacher workdays. Establishes the required process for the development of a furlough program or other salary reduction proposal. In developing a furlough program, requires a district to use a process that includes the involvement of the district's professional staff, and provides employees with the opportunity to express opinions on the furlough program or salary reduction proposal at a public meeting. Pages 12-14 of 19: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 8 - District Furloughs
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Authorizes a school district board of trustees to adopt a resolution declaring a financial exigency for the district, limited to the fiscal year during which the declaration is made unless the board adopts a resolution declaring a continuation of the exigency for the following year. The bill requires the board to notify the commissioner each time the board adopts a resolution and requires the commissioner by rule to prescribe the time and manner in which notice must be given and to adopt minimum standards concerning school district financial conditions that must exist for declaration of a financial exigency.
Bill text (pages 16-17): http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf#navpanes=0
Bill summary: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/BillSummary.aspx?LegSess=821&Bill=SB8
Title: S.B. 8 - District Financial Exigency
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Removes the requirement that the commissioner of education review the budgets for school districts and Florida College System institutions. Removes the requirement that the state department of education approve school board budgets. Requires school districts to post certain budget information on their websites. Revises the gift ban law for school board members and relatives.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h1255er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=1255&Session=2011
Title: H.B. 1255 - Sec. 6, 29
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires the budget of each school district (and other city and county entities) to be posted on the district's website. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-144.pdf
Title: S.B. 224
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| NC | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 | P-12 | Directs the state board to establish a school calendar pilot program in the Wilkes County Schools, the Montgomery County Schools, and the Stanly County Schools, to determine whether and to what extent a local school administrative unit can save money by consolidating the school calendar. Provides that the school calendar for the 2011-2012 calendar year for the pilot school systems must include a minimum of 185 days or 1,025 hours of instruction covering at least 9 calendar months; permits a participating school system to meet minimum 185 days of instruction by adding instructional hours to previously scheduled days. Directs the state board to report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by March 15, 2012, on the administration of the pilot program, cost savings realized, and its impact on student achievement. Provides that if the state board finds that it will enhance student performance to do so, the state board may grant a pilot school system a waiver to use up to 5 instructional days or an equivalent number of instructional hours as teacher workdays. Bill text (page 53 of 342): http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
State board report: http://www.ncleg.net/documentsites/committees/JLEOC/Reports%20Received/2012%20Reports%20Received/School%20Calendar%20Pilot%20Program.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - School Calendar Pilot Program
Source: www.ncleg.net
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district to call a special meeting to address changes in the amount of education funding to be received from the state. The authorization is repealed effective July 1, 2012.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0650.html
Title: H.B. 650
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Ensures sufficient funding for K-12 public education for the 2011-2013 biennium; apportioning the State Distributive School Account in the State General Fund for the 2011-2013 biennium; authorizing certain expenditures; making appropriations for purposes relating to basic support, class-size reduction and other educational purposes; temporarily diverting the money from the State Supplemental School Support Fund to the State Distributive School Account for use in funding operating costs and other expenditures of school districts; revising provisions governing local funds available for certain school districts for the 2011-2013 biennium.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB546_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 579
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB579_EN.pdf
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides an exception to the provision that districts must reimburse the school district solvency assistance fund no later than the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the solvency assistance payment was made. Permits the fund to be reimbursed no later than the tenth fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the solvency assistance payment was made, with the approval of the director of budget and management and the superintendent of public instruction. Page 242: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - School District Solvency Assistance Fund
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the procedure for a district to levy a property tax or income tax. Pages 752-757 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part3.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Section 615 gives school districts the authority to reopen their budget fue to changes in federal and state allocations. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2011/0/HB1352P2227.pdf
Title: H.B. 1352
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires a local board of education to allocate funding in an amount equal to the per pupil state and local funds received by the LEA to state licensed residential mental health facilities on a prorated daily basis for the student's length of stay, provided certain criteria have been met.
http://state.tn.us/sos/acts/107/pub/pc0426.pdf
Title: S.B. 1707
Source: http://state.tn.us/
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires, beginning October 1, 2011, the Chief Financial Officer to conduct workshops with state agencies, local governments, educational entities, and entities of higher education to gather information pertaining to uniform reporting requirements. Requires the Chief Financial Officer to accept comments from state agencies, local governments, educational entities, entities of higher education, and interested parties regarding proposed charts of account by a certain date. Requires, by January 15, 2014, the CFO to will present a report to the Governor, President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives recommending a uniform chart of accounts, which requires specific enterprise-wide information related to revenues and expenditures of state agencies, local governments, educational entities, and entities of higher education. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-044.pdf
Title: S.B. 1292
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires charter schools and charter technical career centers to post their financial information on the Transparency Florida website. Requires the Auditor General to annually submit to the Legislature a list of any school districts, charter schools, charter technical career centers, colleges, state universities, and water management districts that have failed to comply with the transparency requirements. Requires the Chief Financial Officer to make a state contract management system publically available that includes information and documentation relating to contracts procured by state governmental entities. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-049.pdf
Title: S.B. 2096
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Enacts the uniform reporting system for receipts and expenditures for school districts. Requires the state board of education to develop and maintain the system. The system would include budgetary and proprietary accounts; allow districts to record any information required by state or federal law; provide records by fund, accounts, and other pertinent classifications; the amount appropriated, revenue estimates, actual reenues or receipts; amounts available for expenditure, total expenditures, unliquidated obligations, actual balances; and unencumbered balances of allotments or appropriations for each school district. The bill requires the department of education to annually publish a copy of school district budget form 150 for each school district, the estimated legal maximum gneeral fund budget, or any successor document containing the same information. The department of education also would be required to annually publish the following expenditures for each school district on a per pupil basis: (1) total In addition, the system must allow for data to be searched and compared on a district by district basis. The board also would be required to revise the system, direct school districts on the use of records and fiscal procedures, prescribe on Allows any school district having authority for ancillary school facilities weighting, cost of living weighting, or declining enrollment weighting to spend the motor vehicle-related revenue derived as a result of these weightings. Existing law allowed a school district to receive the revenue, but not spend the revenue.
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/documents/sb21_02_0000.pdf
Title: S.B. 21
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Excerpts from the fiscal note: SB 329, as amended, increases the basic and per-ANB entitlements for K-12 public schools by 1.1% in FY 2012 and by 0.63% in FY 2013. The bill eliminates the 0.76% growth factor on school block grants after FY 2011 and retains oil and natural gas production taxes at the state level for school districts whose tax allocation exceeds 150% of the district's maximum or adopted general fund budget. SB 329 will create increased revenue in the state general fund of $11.3 million in FY 2012 and $1.1 million in FY 2013. Section 3 of the bill allows school districts to enter into multidistrict agreements to perform any services, activities, and undertakings of the participating districts. This section also authorizes each participating district to transfer funds into the interlocal cooperative fund from the general fund or any other budgeted fund of the district. Under SB 329, there is no limit on the amount that can be transferred from budgeted funds other than the school district general fund which is limited to the amount of the district's direct state aid (DSA).
Section 5(2), requires the OPI to develop publicly available district educational profiles that include include school district contact information, state criterion-referenced testing results, programs and course offerings, student enrollment and demographic information by grade level, and graduation rates. Section 5(3) requires each school district to annually report to the OPI the number and type of employee positions; compensation paid to each employee; the certification held by the employee and required by the position, student-teacher ratios by grade; the amount spent by the district for operation and maintenance and for debt service; district expenditures per pupil; the total budget for all funds; the total number of students enrolled and average daily attendance; the total amount spent by the district on extracurricular activities and the number of students who participated; and the number of students who entered 9th grade but did not graduate. Requires each district to post on its website copies of collective bargaining agreements and the district costs associated with employee union representation, collective bargaining, union grievance procedures, and litigation resulting from union employee grievances. Requires oil and natural gas production taxes allocated to a district to be distributed to the district in accordance with section 7 of SB 329. Effective July 1, 2012, establishes a state school oil and natural gas impact account to help counties and school districts that are not receiving oil and natural gas production taxes, but are impacted by oil and natural gas production, defray costs associated with increased school enrollments, teacher shortages, and infrastructure. The balance in the account may not exceed $7.5 million. Any amount in excess of $7.5 million must be deposited in the state general fund.
Fiscal note: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011/FNPDF/SB0329.pdf
Full text: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011/billpdf/SB0329.pdf
Title: S.B. 329
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | The measure allows federal grant money applied for on behalf of a school district to be disbursed directly to an interlocal cooperative with the consent of the school districts in the cooperative.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/SB/SB275%20ENR.DOC
Title: S.B. 275
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Changes the cap on school district expenditures. School districts with more than 1,500 average daily attendance must not spend more than 5% of total expenditures on administration. Districts with more than 500 but less than 1,500 average daily attendance are capped at 7%. Districts with 500 or fewer average daily attendance are capped at 8%. The measure also allows districts to count up to 40% of a superintendent's salary to nonadministrative functions if the superintendent spends part of the time performing exempted nonadministrative services such as teaching or serving as principal, counselor or library media specialist. Requires the total amount a superintendent makes for administrative and nonadministrative services to be recorded under the code for superintendent salary in the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/SB/SB664%20ENR.DOC
Title: S.B. 664
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | The measure creates the Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund to be used for grants to public classroom teachers. The State Board of Education will award the grants and establish the criteria for and application process for the grants. Teachers must use grants for supplies, materials or equipment for classrooms or classes taught by the teachers. Taxpayers and corporations wishing to contribute to the fund may designate the contribution on the appropriate income tax or corporate tax form after December 31, 2011. The contribution may be made by reducing the income tax refund of the taxpayer.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB1852%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 1852
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Allows expenditure from School Consolidation Assistance Fund to school districts that have entered into a mutual contract for a superintendent; establishes amount of assistance, including maximum. Total assistance paid over three years from the School Consolidation Assistance Fund to districts entering into a contract to share superintendents must not exceed $150,000 and no school district will be eligible to receive assistance for more than three years. Boards of education must notify the State Board of Education on or before June 30 of the year preceding the school year the mutual contract will become effective. Allows the State Board of Education to make payments of less than $400,000 to school districts from the fund and if monies in the fund are insufficient to make allocations to qualified districts, the State Board of Education will determine allocations with preference given to school district consolidation and annexation.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB2115%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 2115
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | The Students Come First legislation relates to public school modernization and reform. The legislature has a duty to ensure that state's schools are on firm financial ground. To ensure the state can educate more students at a higher level with limited resources, the state must reform and modernize the educational system. Students Come First legislation reprioritizes statutory requirements to strategically invest in Idaho's educators and technology and increases transparency for the state's public school system.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1184.pdf
Title: S.B. 1184
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop detailed procedures for school districts (and others) to follow if there is any risk of defaulting on a fiscal oblication. Adds districts as entities that are bound by notification procedures established by law (i.e., must notify the superintendent of public instruction of potential defaults and to request payment under this section; and procedures for the state to expedite payments to prevent defaults).
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-8216-02000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1428
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Modifies definition of administrative services for expenditure limits. In defining "administrative services," staff for the superintendent were included. This amendment adds the staff of any elementary superintendent or any assistant superintendent to the administrative services calculations.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB1372%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 1372
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to prepare school district fiscal notes on proposed legislation
that increases or decreases school district revenues or expenditures in a manner that uniquely affects school districts.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1703.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1703
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Section 1: Relates to addressing financial insolvency of school districts; and creating new sections. Superintendent of public instruction is to convene educational service districts to analyze options and make recommendations for a clear legal framework and process for dissolution of a school district on the basis of financial insolvency. The analysis must include, but is not limited to: (a) a definition of financial insolvency; (b) a timeframe, criteria and process for initiating a dissolution of an insolvent school district; (c) roles and responsibilities of the office of the superintendent of public instruction, educational service districts and regional committees on school district organization; and (d) recommendations for how to address such issues as: (1) limiting a school board's ability to incur additional debt during the dissolution process; (2) terminating staff contracts expeditiously; (3) liquidation of liabilities; (4) waiving requirements of the school accounting manual; (5) clarifying effective dates of transfers of property for taxation purposes; (6) dealing with bonded indebtedness; and (7) circumstances that require approval of voters in either the annexing school district or the dissolving school district, or both. Educational service districts must consult with individuals with legal and financial expertise while conducting the analysis. As part of the report, the educational service districts may recommend a financial early warning system for consistent, early identification of school districts with potential fiscal difficulties. The superintendent of public instruction must submit a final report and recommendations to the governor and the education and fiscal committees of the legislature by January 5, 2012. The recommendations must specifically address amendments to current law as well as propose new laws as necessary. Section 2: If specific funding for the purpose of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2011, in this omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1431-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1431
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Provides that if a school included on the list of lowest-achieving 5% of public schools was operated by a district in which an emergency manager was in place under the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act, the Superintendent of Public Instruction could not place that school under the supervision of the State School Reform/Redesign Officer.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/htm/2011-PA-0008.htm
Title: S.B. 157
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Repeals the "Local Government Fiscal Responsibility Act", and creates the "Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act", which similarly would provide for the review, management, and control of the financial and other operations of a local government (a municipal government or a school district). http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/htm/2011-PA-0004.htm
Title: H.B. 4214
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Permits the state superintendent to issue waivers from certain financial reporting standards for districts and educational service centers, and certain state board standards for the operation of K-12 programs defined in divisions (B)(2) and (D) of Section 3301.07. Directs the state board to adopt standards for the approval or disapproval of such waivers. Provides a waiver may not exceed five years, but that a district board may apply to renew a waiver. Permits the state board to revoke the charter of any school district that fails to meet the operating standards established under division (D)(3) of section 3301.07.
Pages 6-7 of 41: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_30_EN_N.pdf
Full text of repealed divisions (B)(2) and (D) of Section 3301.07 on page 980 and ff. of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 30 - Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs
Source:
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Extend for two years the period of time in which school districts may expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation, insurance, energy, and utility costs.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/Bills/SB111ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 111
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| TX | Adopted 01/2011 | P-12 | From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting and sanctions for the financial accountability rating system. Amendments update the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (School FIRST) by specifying new provisions for implementation beginning with fiscal year 2010-11, including the deletion of one non-critical school district indicator and the addition of 18 open-enrollment charter school indicators, along with new rating worksheets and calculations that reflect these changes. The amendments to the rating system better align School FIRST for the two types of entities and clarify certain aspects of the School FIRST calculations. Additionally, the adopted amendments establish a process for lowering a financial accountability rating after initial assignment if determined necessary by the commissioner.
109.1002: Financial Accountability Ratings. Adopted as published on pp 12-13 of the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0128/0128adop.pdf
109.1003: Types of Financial Accountability Ratings. Adopted as published on pp. 18-19 of the October 22, 2010 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1022/1022prop.pdf
109.1004: Criteria for Financial Accountability Ratings. Adopted as published on p. 19 of the October 22, 2010 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1022/1022prop.pdf
109.1005: Reporting. Adopted as published on pp 13-14 of the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0128/0128adop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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