From the ECS State Policy Database Finance

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. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 (Sec. 29-31) Starting in FY 14, allows the SBE (starting in 2014), within available appropriations, to approve (1) operating grants of up to $ 3,000 per student and (2) grants of up to $ 500,000 as startup costs to establish local charter schools on or after July 1, 2012. The grants are payable only if the board of education for the charter school and the union representing the board's certified employees mutually agree on staffing flexibility in the school and the SBE approves the agreement. Increases the state's annual per-student grant to state charter schools over three years from $ 9,400 to $ 11,500. It increases the grant from $ 9,400 to $ 10,500 for FY 13, to $ 11,000 for FY 14, and to $ 11,500 for FY 15 and subsequent fiscal years. (Sec 32) Allows SBE to grant new state and local charters only to schools located in towns that, at the time of the application, have at least one school participating in the commissioner's network (see Sec. 19) or a school district designated as low-achieving. Requires two of the first four new state charter schools the SBE approves between July 1, 2012 and July 1, 2017 to be schools specifically focused on providing a dual language or other program models focusing on language acquisition by English language learners. (A dual language program is a two-way bilingual program that integrates language minority and language majority students and provides instruction in both the minority language (such as Spanish) and English.) Adds to the types of schools to which SBE must give preference when reviewing charter school applications. Preference is to be given to applicants whose primary purpose is to: serve students (a) with a history of low academic performance or behavioral and social difficulties, (b) receiving free or reduced priced lunches, (c) requiring special education, (d) who are ELLs, or (e) who are of a single gender; or improve the academic performance of an existing school that has consistently demonstrated substandard academic performance, as determined by the education commissioner. In addition to providing the preference for serving one or more of the educationally needy populations mentioned above, SBE must give preference to applications that demonstrate highly credible and specific strategies to attract, enroll, and retain such students. Charter applications must include student recruitment and retention plans that clearly describe the school's capacity to recruit and retain such students and how it plans to do so. Permits SBE to deny renewal if that charter schools fails to put sufficient effort into effectively attracting, enrolling, and retaining all of the educationally needy students mentioned above except students of a single gender. Allows the SBE, upon application, to waive the lottery requirement for schools with a primary purpose of serving at least one of the following: (1) students with a history of behavioral and social difficulties; (2) special education students; (3) ELLs; or (4) students of a single gender. Bars enrollment lotteries for any public school with a school performance index that places it in the lowest-performing 5% of schools that is converted to a local charter school. (Sec. 33) Requires SDE to study "opt-out lotteries" for determining enrollment in state and local charter schools. Such lotteries automatically include all students who (1) live in the district where the school is located and (2) are enrolled in any grade the school serves, unless a student chooses not to participate. The study must cover (1) the feasibility of charter school governing authorities and boards of education for districts where they are located conducting such lotteries for state charter schools, (2) the methods by which they may be conducted, and (3) the costs of doing so. The SDE must report the study's results and any recommendations to the Education Committee by February 1, 2014. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2012/ACT/PA/2012PA-00116-R00SB-00458-PA.htm Title: S.B. 458 Source: cga.ct.gov MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Repeals the provision that required general education revenues for a student graduating early to be paid as though the student was in attendence for the entire year. Also repeals a provision that exempted these requirements for student participation in the two early graduation programs. Article 1, Sec. 7 https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf Title: H.F. 2949 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/ MI Signed into law 12/2011 P-12 Amends Section 25 of the State School Aid Act, which provides for adjustments in foundation allowance funding for pupils enrolled in alternative education programs or strict discipline academies, when those pupils are enrolled after the count date after having been counted in membership by another district. The bill requires that: the Department of Education to automatically adjust the pupil counts of the enrolling and educating districts to reflect the portion of school year spent in each by pupils in strict discipline academies, for those pupils counted by the resident district and subsequently enrolled in a strict discipline academy after the count day; that the Department of Education to include in the calculation of State aid payments to districts or intermediate districts operating strict discipline academies the portion of a school year a student was enrolled, for the purpose of foundation allowance or categorical payments; that the adjustments in funding to occur upon the student's enrollment in a strict discipline academy; and that a strict discipline academy, for which adjustments in pupil counts and State aid payments were made pursuant to this legislation, to notify the Department if a pupil ceased to be enrolled and the last date of the pupil's enrollment in the academy. [Taken directly from bill summary] Assigned PA 0322 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billconcurred/Senate/pdf/2011-SCB-0691.pdf Title: S.B. 691 Source: legislature.mi.gov AK Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 An Act amending the funding for statewide residential educational programs; relating to funding for high school vocational and technical instruction as a component of funding for public schools; allows taxpayers a credit against the tax due for cash contributions to include: (1) a facility or an annual intercollegiate sports tournament; (2) Alaska Native cultural or heritage programs including mentoring and tutoring; (3) for education, research, rehabilitation and facilities by an institution located in the state that qualifies as a coastal ecosystem learning center; creating a pilot project in the Iditarod Area School District; providing for an effective date by amending the effective date in sec. 57, ch. 92, SLA 2010. Effective 07/01/2011. MANIFEST ERRORS ON BILL. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=SB0084Z&session=27 Title: S.B. 84 Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 (a) Directs the education commissioner to convene a 12-member advisory task force to develop recommendations for repurposing integration revenue funds to create and sustain opportunities for students to achieve improved educational outcomes. Requires the task force to consider how to effectively narrow and close the academic achievement gap and foster students' academic success, among other things. (b) Suggests that the funding allocation for the new program ensure funding stability for districts receiving revenue under the current integration program. Requires revenue under the new program to be used for purposes recommended by the task force and approved by the legislature. (c) Includes on the task force six members appointed by the education commissioner, three members appointed by the house speaker, and three members appointed by the senate. Directs the commissioner to convene the first task force meeting and to provide assistance upon request. Directs task force members to seek input from experts and to develop recommendations to improve students' academic achievement. (d) Requires the commissioner to submit a task force report to the legislature by February 15, 2012, recommending how best to allocate funds previously allocated as integration revenue funds in order to achieve improved educational outcomes for students. (e) Establishes the base appropriation for the new program in fiscal years 2014 and 2015. (f) For taxes payable in 2013, allows districts to certify a levy in an amount equal to the district's certified levy for taxes payable in 2012.(Article 13, Sec 49) http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/1/HF0026.0.pdf Title: H.F. 26 Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ PA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Section 907-A requires the posting of financial and contract information for Intermediate Units. Section 921-A brings the intermediate units in line with other education agencies with regard to posting of financial reports. 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 NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 Permits local school administrative units to transfer funds for school building administration for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the state board's ABC transfer policy, by submitting an ABC Transfer Form to the department of public instruction. For funds related to principal positions, requires that the salary transferred be based on the first step of the principal III salary schedule. Requires that, for funds related to assistant principal months of employment, the salary transferred must be based on the first step of the assistant principal salary schedule. Prohibits a local school administrative unit from converting certified position allotments to dollars in order to hire the same type of position. Page 52 of 342: http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf Title: H.B. 200 - Transferring Funds for School Building Administration Source: www.ncleg.net WA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Modifies provisions relating to the student achievement program general fund allocation. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1131.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 1131 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov AL To governor 06/2011 P-12 Requires the Department of Finance to produce monthly reports on the condition of the Education Trust Fund. Provides legislative intent that such reports increase the transparency of state finances and, when conditions emerge that make budget proration likely, provide advance notice to the affected agencies of government so that they can prepare as much as possible for its impact on their operations. Title: H.B. 25 Source: Westlaw/StateNet MN Vetoed 06/2011 P-12 Omnibus Education Policy Bill https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H1381.5.html&session=ls87 Title: H.F. 1381 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Establishes the Oregon Education Investment Board to oversee a unified public education system that begins with early childhood services and continues K-20. Identifies the duties of the board, including: (1) Ensuring that early childhood services are streamlined and connected to K-12 education; (2) Recommend strategic investments to ensure the public education budget is integrated and targeted to achieving education outcomes; and (3) Providing an integrated, statewide, student-based data system that monitors expenditures and outcomes to determine return on statewide education investments. Directs the Oregon Education Investment Board to appoint a chief education officer to serve at the pleasure of the board. Establishes the Oregon Education Investment Fund. Directs the board to submit a report to the interim legislative committees on education by December 15, 2011 to describe legislative measures to provide for any of 6 specified approaches. Establishes the Early Learning Council to assist the board in overseeing a unified system of early childhood services, including the funding and administration of those services. Directs the board to conduct an analysis of plans to merge, redesign or improve the coordination of early childhood services and to align early childhood services with child-centered outcomes. Directs the council to establish a plan to implement early childhood services that could be implemented by June 30, 2012 to achieve specified goals. Repeals these provisions effective March 15, 2016. Describes processes for the transfer on that date of records and property of the Chief Education Officer and Early Learning Council to the Chancellor of the Oregon University System and Superintendent of Public Instruction, respectively. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/sb0900.dir/sb0909.en.html Title: S.B. 909 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us OR Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or otherrevenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/sb5500.dir/sb5545.a.html Title: S.B. 5545 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us MN Vetoed 05/2011 P-12 Contains conference committee recommendations for the funding of K-12 education in Minnesota. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php Title: H.F. 934 Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/ MN Vetoed 05/2011 P-12 Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0934.4.html&session=ls87 Title: H.F. 934 Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov OK Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Each month the State Department of Education is required to transfer the monies apportioned to the Teachers' Retirement System Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to be used by the System, for the benefit of that system. The revolving fund is to be administered by the State Department of Education http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2011-12bills/HB/HB1007_ENR.RTF Title: H.B. 1007 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Establishes the 13-member Joint Legislative Study Committee on Outcome-Based Education Funding (Committee). Instructs the Committee to develop legislation to transition public school funding from a system based on instructional hours to a system based on student achievement and specifies the legislation must include the following considerations: (1) How the current voter-approved revenue sources and spending requirements will interact with the new proposed system, and (2) the entities that will be responsible for determining the appropriate student outcomes on which the new proposed system will be based. Committee is to submit a report of its activities and recommendations for legislative action to the governor, president of the senate and speaker of the house, and provide a copy to the secretary of state by December 31, 2011. Chapter 80 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/1r/bills/hb2710h.pdf Title: H.B. 2710 Source: http://www.azleg.gov MS Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Authorizes the Mississippi Department of Education to develop and promulgate policies and procedures regarding financial reimbursements to the sponsoring school district from school districts that have students of record or compulsory-school-age residing in said districts placed in a youth detention center. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/SB/2300-2399/SB2388SG.pdf Title: S.B. 2388 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Creates a new section which will provide provisions in the event of an unanticipated public charter school closure. The provisions require school districts or public charter schools to report students newly enrolled who were enrolled from a public charter that has closed during that school year. The state department of education will use the reported enrollment information to calculate funding that the district or public charter schoolwould have received had the enrollees been enrolled in such districts for the entire school year. Such funding shall be prorated based on the number of days left in the school year and will be included in the next scheduled payment to the district or public charter school. http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1149.pdf Title: S.B. 1149 Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Requires school district board members to obtain professional development concerning audit procedures. Defines scope and content of training and when a school board member must undergo training. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act1213.pdf Title: H.B. 1708 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Provides oversight of and accountability for state desegregation funding received and expended by the Pulaski County School Districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act701.pdf Title: H.B. 1878 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us KS Adopted 03/2011 P-12 Resolution would create a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to clarify that it is the Kansas Legislation that has the authority to "make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state in an equitable manner in in such amounts as may be determined by the legislature." Resolution would change the wording in the exp[lanatory statement printed on the ballot to: "A vote against this amendment would retain the current provision of the Kansas Constitution which has been interpreted by the Kansas Supreme Court as requiring the Kansas Supreme Court as requiring the Kansas Legislature to provide funding for public schools in amounts that may be directed by the Court." To amend section 6 of article 6 of the constitution of the state of Kansas relating to school finance. http://kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/documents/hcr5010_02_0000.pdf Title: H.C.R. 5010 Source: http://kslegislature.org AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Clarifies the definition of revenue receipts of a school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1296.pdf Title: H.B. 1296 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Deletes references to educational programs that have not been funded and do not exist and updates language in other sections to conform to current practice. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0216+pdf Title: H.B. 1885 Source: http://lis.virginia.gov VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Codifies in the Standards of Quality the flexibility to use funds provided in the appropriation act and provided to local school divisions for certain staffing standards related to instructional staff in mathematics, limited English proficiency, reading, technology, and assistant principals. Additionally, amends the definition of ''support services." http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0055+pdf Title: H.B. 1792/S.B. 1270 Source: http://lis.virginia.gov/ MS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Authorizes local school boards to purchase easements for access to 16th section lands. Prohibits the use of eminent domain by any local school board or governing authority to acquire easement access to 16th section lands or lieu lands. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/HB/1100-1199/HB1126SG.pdf Title: H.B. 1126 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us MS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Authorizes local school boards to disburse funds to a nonprofit foundation that exists to enhance the public educational experience and quailty of instruction for studnets in that district. Defines conditions that must be met prior to disbursement of furnds. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2011/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1227SG.pdf Title: H.B. 1227 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ DE Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Allows services for children with disabilities to be funded based on identified individual needs rather than on their classification or placement. The "needs-based" funding system provides more flexibility to districts and charter schools in the provision of special education services and is intended to be more equitable in ensuring that resources are distributed based on the specific needs of students receiving special education services. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis146.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+1/$file/legis.html?open Title: H.B. 1 Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/ CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 From bill analysis: Requires the state board of education to include school districts, county offices of education, charter schools and other agencies deemed eligible pursuant to state and federal law, in any application for federal aid to education, in any allocation of federal funds made pursuant to law, and in any rules and regulations adopted governing the allocation of those funds. Bil text: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1651-1700/ab_1683_bill_20100830_enrolled.pdf Governor's veto message: http://dl5.activatedirect.com/fs/distribution:letterFile/yvcee9xanplikz_files/z64toun9texiy7?&_c=d|yvcee9xanplikz|z651jtjl0g7yaz&_ce=1286209518.ef82a5a73803871303f72f0746c9c7d3 Title: A.B. 1683 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov NJ Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Clarifies that a school district is eligible to receive and use chapter 193 State funding to provide special education evaluation services to nonpublic school pupils who are not residents of the State. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/AL10/71_.HTM Title: A.B. 2300 Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us IL Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Provides that no public school district or private school is obligated to comply with any new unfunded mandate adopted by the legislature or state board of education. Provides that if the amount appropriated to fund a new mandate does not fully fund the mandated activity, the district or private school may choose to discontinue or modify the activity to ensure that the costs of compliance do not exceed the funding received. Provides that before discontinuing or modifying the mandate, a district must petition its regional superintendent of schools on or before February 15 of each year to request to be exempt from implementing the mandate in a school or schools in the next school year. Sets forth provisions concerning what the petition must contain, review of the petition and a public hearing, granting an exemption, state board of education notification, and appealing the regional superintendent's decision. Provides that these provisions do not apply to: (1) Any new statutory or regulatory mandates related to revised learning standards developed through the Common Core State Standards Initiative and assessments developed to align with those standards or actions specified in the state's Phase 2 Race to the Top Grant application if it is approved by the U.S. Department of Education (2) New statutory or regulatory mandates imposed on school districts designated as being in the lowest performing 5% of schools within the Race to the Top Grant application. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4711lv.pdf Title: H.B. 4711 Source: www.ilga.gov GA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Amends language related to the Georgia Education Authority (Schools). Reduces authority membership from 7 to 5 members; replaces existing members with 3 gubernatorial appointees, one appointee of the lieutenant governor, and one appointee of the speaker of the house. Reassigns the commission from the department of administrative services to the Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission. Provides for the assignment of staff from the department of education or Georgia State Financing and Investment Commission to carry out the authority's duties. Authorizes the authority to sell federal bonds. For purposes of federal law, permits the authorioty to act as the state education agency and to issue qualified zone academy bonds, qualified school construction bonds, or build america bonds or, at its discretion, permit other authorized governmental bodies to issue such bonds. Provides that in participating in any federal program, the authority may apply for and receive funds, make certifications and designations, and do all other things necessary or convenient to participate in or obtain the benefits of federal programs, including programs of bond finance provided under federal law. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb936.pdf Title: H.B. 936 - Section 2 and 3 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us GA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Amends "Transparency in Government Act" to include in the definition of "agency" all departments (including the department of education), any regional education service agency and local boards of education. Existing provisions require information on financials of all agencies to be posted to the searchable Web site; new provision requires that Web site include an indexed listing of all agencies and end users receiving any federal pass-through moneys and an itemized enumeration of the expenditure of such moneys. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sb389.pdf Title: S.B. 389 Source: www.legis.state.ga.us SC Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Provides that a local school district may pay teachers based on the years of experience the teacher possessed in fiscal year 2009-2010 without negative impact to their experience credit; Provides that school districts may not pay district or school administrators more than they received in fiscal year 2009-2010; Requires districts to pay teachers and school and district administrators for changes in their education level. http://www.scstatehouse.gov/sess118_2009-2010/bills/4838.htm Title: H.J.R. 4838 Source: http://www.scstatehouse.gov AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Establishes the Statewide E-Rate Program Fund to be administered by the Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) and consisting of the following: (1) Monies received pursuant to the E-Rate Program under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 or other grants to assist Arizona in improving broadband internet and telecommunications assess for public schools and libraries; (2) monies received as a result of an intergovernmental agreement between the GITA and other political subdivisions of Arizona; and (3) monies received for private grants or donations if designated by the Fund by the grantor or donor. Requires that the monies in the Fund be used to assist public school districts, charter schools and libraries to submit applications for funding and to fulfill the terms of an intergovernmental agreement of private contract. Specifies that the GITA must establish policies and procedures for E-Rate application, including providing technical assistance. Allows GITA to enter into contracts with private organizations and intergovernmental agreements with other state agencies and political subdivisions to administer the statewide program. Allows all school districts and charter schools that are eligible for E-Rate Priority 1 funding to apply for funding by submitting applications with assistance from GITA. Requires all school districts and charter schools that receive E-rate funding to establish a fund and monies in the fund may be used to reimburse the school district or charter school for broadband interest and teleommunications costs. Chapter 332 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2725s.pdf Title: H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions Source: http://www.azleg.gov CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Requires the state department of education to, within available appropriations, provide grants to local/regional school districts to begin implementation of the new high school graduation requirements (see section 16 of this bill). http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/PA/2010PA-00111-R00SB-00438-PA.htm Title: S.B. 438 - Sec. 18 Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Requires the school board of a school district having a certain ending fund balance in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 fiscal years to submit a plan for budget cuts to the State Department of Education; authorizes the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regulations specifying the required contents of the plan; requires the Department to approve or return the plan to the school district with instructions. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/pdf/HB/1100-1199/HB1170SG.pdf Title: H.B. 1170 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us SD Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Revises property tax levies for the general fund of a school district; relates to agricultural property and single-family dwellings. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2010/Bills/SB67ENR.pdf Title: S.B. 67 Source: http://legis.state.sd.us MS Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Creates the School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act to assist districts that suffer revenue losses due to the economic downturn. Provides that a district that receives a loan shall pledge to repayment any part of the homestead exemption annual tax loss reimbursement to which it may be entitled; authorizes state bonds for moneys for the loan program; grants to the state department of education certain powers and duties with regard to this act. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2010/pdf/HB/1100-1199/HB1170SG.pdf Title: H.B. 1349 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us IN Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Adds a new chapter to the code, Chapter 8.5--Reading Deficiency Remediation Plan. Requires the state superintendent and the state board to develop a plan to improve reading skills of students and implement appropriate remediation techniques for students. In addition to appropriate consultation with parents or guardians, the plan must include the following: (1) Reading skills standards for grade 1 through grade 3; (2) emphasis on the method for making determinant evaluations by grade 3 that might require remedial action for the student, including retention as a last resort, after other methods of remediation have been evaluated or used, or both, if reading skills are below the standard; (3) fiscal impact of each component of the plan must be taken into account. For any component of the plan that has a fiscal impact, the state superintendent must present those components of the plan to the general assembly. The state board is to adopt rules to carry out this chapter. Adds a new chapter to the code, Chapter 16—School Fund Transfers. Allows the governing board of a school corporation to adopt a resolution to transfer money during the 2010-2011 school year from its capital projects fund if no employees of the school corporation will receive a compensation increase for the 2010-2011 school year, excluding certain incidental or automatic increases, certain reimbursement to teachers for completion of professional education development courses, and a compensation increase paid to a teacher as a result of the teacher receiving an advanced higher education degree. Provides that the maximum amount that may be transferred from a school corporation's capital projects fund is equal to 10% of the sum of: (1) the balance in the school corporation's capital projects fund on December 31, 2009; plus (2) the amount of the school corporation's property tax levy for its capital projects fund for taxes first due and payable in 2010. Provides that the governing body of a school corporation and an exclusive representative may mutually agree to forego any salary or compensation increases that would otherwise be required for the 2010-2011 school year under the statutes concerning minimum teacher pay. Requires school corporations to adopt a plan to take the actions necessary and desirable to preserve and protect institutional programs. Provides that the plan must address class sizes, curriculum or program offerings, certificated employee positions and teaching assistants, allocation of resources to students who are deficient in reading skills and limitations on employee and administrative salaries and other compensation. Public Law 109 http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2010/HE/HE1367.1.html Title: H.B. 1367 Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative WA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Changes school levy provisions; modifies the maximum levy percentage for specified calendar years; modifies provisions concerning the allocation of state matching funds to eligible districts. Chapter 237 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2893-S.PL.pdf Title: H.B. 2893 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/ VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Eliminates the requirement that every three years a census of all school-age persons residing within each school division take place; eliminates all related requirements regarding appointment and compensation of persons taking census, agents, and census results. Amends the procedure regarding sales and use tax distribution to localities so that distribution is based on the average daily membership of the school division rather han the school-age population of a school division. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+ful+HB669ER+pdf Title: H.B. 669/S.B. 413 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us WY Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Relates to school finance; excludes district revenues derived from any tuition assessed by a district for the provision of distance education programs to participating nonresident students from local resource computations used in computing foundation program amounts; provides for an effective date. Chapter 24 http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2010/Introduced/HB0012.pdf Title: H.B. 41 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us NV Vetoed 02/2010 P-12 Provides for a temporary reduction in salary in lieu of furlough leave for state employees who are exempt from taking unpaid furlough leave; require the approval of a plan for additional overtime to be approved before the overtime is worked; provides for a temporary reduction in compensation for employees of the Senate and Assembly; provides for the closing of state offices on certain days and the revision of the workweek of state employees with certain exceptions; authorizes school districts to require furloughs. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/26th2010Special/Bills/SB/SB3_EN.pdf Title: S.B. 3B Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us NV Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Provides a temporary waiver for the biennium to each school district, charter school and university school for profoundly gifted pupils from the minimum expenditure requirements for textbooks, instructional supplies, instructional software and instructional hardware. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/26th2010Special/Bills/AB/AB5_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 5B Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ VT Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Puts forth challenge to policy makers, administrators, service providers, and school administrators to design outcome-driven changes in service and performance, to implement these changes with reduced state funding, and to maintain accountability for meeting goals through clear measures of outcome achievement. Education addressed in Section 6. See full text excerpts included here. Act 68 http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2010/Acts/ACT068.pdf Also see: http://www.leg.state.vt.us/JFO/CFC%20Progress%20Report.pdf and http://cto.vermont.gov/blog/scorecard Title: S.B. 286 Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us ID Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Relates to unclaimed property; allows the administrator of the Unclaimed Property Act a period of five years prior to turning property over to the Public School Endowment Fund; requires holders reporting ten or more properties to report in a format required by the administrator; allows the administrator discretion to sell abandoned property within three years; allows the administrator to waive penalties and interest in certain cases Chapter 15 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/. Title: H.B. 385 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/ CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Expresses legislative findings and declarations regarding the state's school funding system. Requires a working group to be convened to make findings and recommendations to the legislature and the governor by December 2010 regarding restructuring the state's school finance system. Requires the findings to include alternative structures for funding public schools, the policy and fiscal implementations of such structure or structures, and an evaluation mechanism to facilitate continuous improvement, maximum transparency, and accountability. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_8_bill_20090916_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/ab_8_vt_20091011.html Title: A.B. 8 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Conditions the reduction of the revenue limit or general purpose entitlement for school districts upon certification by the superintendent of public instruction that an equivalent amount of additional federal or state funds that may be used by a district or chartering authority for revenue limit or general purposes uses have been made available to the district or authority. Requires a report on the amount of reductions that will not be eligible for restoration using federal funding. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_84_bill_20090915_enrolled.pdf Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_84_vt_20091011.html Title: S.B. 84 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2009 P-12 States legislative intent that the state of California generate sufficient funds for, and allocate sufficient funds to education, so as to bring per-pupil spending up to or beyond the national average, and to a level that accounts for the actual cost of educating California's diverse pupil population. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/acr_54_bill_20090916_chaptered.pdf Title: A.C.R. 54 Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov NY Vetoed 09/2009 P-12 Outlines the tuition rate that school districts or private schools may charge for out-of-district students for the 2010-11 school year. Provides the tuition amount is to be paid by the student's home district. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08245&sh=t Title: A.B. 8245 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NC Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Requires credit education for all students; provides that each student receive personal financial literacy instruction that includes the true cost of credit, choosing and managing a credit card, borrowing money for an automobile or other large purchase, home mortgages, credit scoring and credit reports, and other relevant financial literacy issues; requires the State Board of Education to determine into which courses and grade levels the curriculum shall be integrated. http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2009/Bills/House/PDF/H1474v5.pdf Title: H.B. 1474 Source: http://www.ncleg.net AZ Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Concerns criminal justice budget reconciliation; relates to juvenile probation, probation surcharges, probation officers, community punishment programs, emancipation of minors, the drug treatment and education fund, the lengthy trial fund, the child support and domestic relations committees, court diversion fees, public employee retirement benefits, inmate medical services, state traffic photo enforcement system, the state crime laboratory, highway patrolling costs, and specified related funds. Chapter 6 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/3s/bills/hb2010h.pdf Title: H.B. 2010C Source: http://www.azleg.gov/ NH Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Requires that pupils attending an approved chartered public school be counted in the average daily membership in residence. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0169.html Title: H.B. 169 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/ IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Amends provisions specifying which programs may receive funds realized from fines for violating special speed limit in school zone. Adds the Safe Routes to School Program and safety programs within the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Program to these programs http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0075lv.pdf. Title: S.B. 75 Source: www.ilga.gov OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Requires school districts that owe tuition for a regular education student housed in a residential facility to pay an amount determined by a formula approved by ODE, if the student (1) resides in a facility that is not a foster home or a facility maintained by the DYS and (2) receives educational services at the facility from a school district under contract with the facility to provide those services. Requires that the formula be designed to calculate a per diem cost for the educational services provided to the child and to reflect the actual costs incurred in providing the services. Pages 1183-1194 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf DOE summary document: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635 Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3313.64 Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Section 3306.29: Establishes the Ohio school funding advisory council. Directs the council, by December 1, 2010 and every other year thereafter, to provide recommendations to the state board, the general assembly and the public for revisions to the adequacy components of the evidence-based school funding model . Requires that the recommendations be based on current, high quality research, information provided by school districts, and best practices in operational efficiencies. Requires that the December 2010 recommendations include analysis of the funding model's adequacy in financing for special education, gifted education services, career-technical education, arts education, services for limited English proficient students, and early college high schools. Also requires the 2010 report to include: (1) Recommendations for a student-centered evidence-based model that uses a per-pupil level of funding to follow a student to the school that best meets the student's individual learning needs (2) A study of the extent to which current funding for joint vocational school districts and compact and comprehensive career-technical schools is responsive to state, regional and local business and industry needs, and recommendations for revisions to career-technical education programming and funding (3) A study of the extent to which the current educational service center system supports school districts in academic achievement, teacher quality, shared educational services, and the purchasing of educational services and commodities, and recommendations for a new regional service delivery system, the educational service system governance structure, and accountability metrics for educational service centers (4) A study of existing teacher compensation and retirement benefits structures, and recommendations for changes to the systems of teacher compensation and retirement benefits to improve the connections between teacher compensation, teaching excellence and higher levels of student learning (5) A consideration of whether community schools (charter schools) and STEM schools should be subject to the expenditure and reporting standards and accountability requirements that apply to school districts (6) An analysis of the effects of open enrollment on students and districts, and recommendations for ensuring that open enrollment policies and financing are equitable for students and districts. Authorizes the council's analyses and recommendations for 2010 or subsequent biennia to address (but not be limited to): (1) Strategies and incentives to promote cost-saving measures and efficiencies (2) Options for adding learning time to the learning year, such as moving educator professional development to summer, adding learning time for children with greater educational needs, accounting for learning time by hours instead of days, and appropriate compensation to districts and staff for providing additional learning time (3) The adequacy of the model's accounting for and financing of operational costs, including district-level administration and administrative and transportation challenges experienced by low-density and low-wealth school districts, and the effect of those costs on student achievement (4) The accuacy of the calculation of each component of the funding model, and the model as a whole, in light of current educational needs and practices, and best practices (5) Options to encourage districts and schools already attaining "excellent" ratings under the state accountability system to go beyond state standards and aspire to higher international norms. Section 3306.291: Establishes a subcommittee of the Ohio school funding advisory council to study and make recommendations to foster collaboration between school districts and community schools. Directs the subcommittee to recommend fiscal strategies, including changes to the evidence-based funding model, that will provide incentives and compensation for districts and community schools to enter into collaborative agreements resulting in creative and innovative academic programming, and academic and fiscal efficiency. Directs the subcommittee to report its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by September 2010, and periodically thereafter at the direction of the state superintendent. Section 3306.292: Permits the Ohio school funding advisory council to establish additional subcommittees. Leaves the membership and duties of the additional subcommittees to the discretion of the advisory council. Provides that up to one-half of the members of each additional subcommittee may be individuals who are not members of the council. Pages 1103-1106 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3306.29, 3306.291 and 3306.292 Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us AZ Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Relates to k-12 education budget reconciliation; provides for calculating equalization assistance for charter schools; provides that a school district or charter school is ineligible to receive basic state aid for certain children readmitted to kindergarten; provides a method of calculating a district's transportation support level. Chapter 2 Title: H.B. 2002C Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NC Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes a Financial Literacy Council to coordinate and expand the statewide delivery of financial education for all North Carolinians; the council will consider and make recommendations to address (among other things) the current personal financial literacy programs in the public schools and how to integrate financial education in K-12; the council will consult with the public schools, community colleges, and public and private university systems to further its mission. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2009/Bills/Senate/PDF/S1019v5.pdf Title: S.B. 1019 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us DE Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Takes several steps targeted at allowing local schools and districts to make better decisions at the local level to educate students. Its provisions include permitting local districts substantially more discretion with respect to expenditure of state education funds than they have under existing law. However, the bill also establishes a number of safeguards to ensure that those funds are spent in a responsible manner that enhances student achievement, including state approval of local district budgets. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+119/$file/legis.html?open Title: H.B. 119 Source: http://legis.delaware.gov OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Oregon Health Licensing Agency; declares emergency, effective July 1, 2009. Chapter 650 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb5500.dir/sb5525.en.pdf Title: S.B. 5525 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/ WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Permits a school board or cooperative educational service agency, in conjunction with a tribal education authority, to apply to the state department of education for a grant to support innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages. Directs the department to promulgate rules to implement and administer this program. Page 468 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf Title: A.B. 75 Source: www.legis.state.wi.us DE Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Creates a pilot Academic Achievement Awards program, which would use federal stimulus funds to make financial awards to schools that significantly close the achievement gap and schools that exceed their adequate yearly progress for two or more consecutive years. The awards are focused on schools that have high percentages of economically disadvantaged students. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+151/$file/legis.html?open Title: S.B. 151 Source: http://legis.delaware.gov TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Extends the high school innovation grant initiative to middle and junior high schools. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02263F.pdf Title: H.B. 2263 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Section 69: Adds new section 45.0531. Authorizes the state board by rule to establish a percentage of the cost value of the permanent school fund to be reserved from use in guaranteeing bonds. Section 70: Requires districts seeking state guarantee of eligible bonds to use a form adopted by the commissioner for this purpose. Section 71: Adds reference to credit enhancement. Section 72: Authorizes the commissioner to order a district to set an ad valorem tax rate capable of producing an amount of revenue sufficient to allow the district to provide reimbursement to the permanent school fund and pay the principal of and interest on district bonds as the principal and interest become due. Provides that if a district fails to comply with the commissioner's order, the commissioner may impose any sanctions ennumerated in "Accreditation Sanctions," Subchapter G, Chapter 39, including appointment of a board of managers or annexation to another district, regardless of the district's accreditation status or the duration of a particular accreditation status. Pages 69-72 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf Title: H.B. 3646 - Sections 69-72 Source: www.legis.state.tx.us NJ Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Establishes pilot program in Department of Education to provide instruction in personal finance to high school seniors. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A2000/1943_I1.HTM Title: A.B. 1943 Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Ensures sufficient funding for K-12 public education for the 2009-2011 biennium; makes appropriations for class size reduction; authorizes school district bonds for purchase of school buses. Chapter 389 http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB563_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 563 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us NV Senate sustained governor's veto 05/2009 P-12 Revises various provisions relating to funding for public education; creates the K-12 Public Education Stabilization Account; repeals the provisions applying certain tax abatements to taxes imposed for public education and authorizing certain tax credits against taxes imposed for public education; exempts certain taxes imposed for public education from the reallocation of property taxes levied on property in a redevelopment area. http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB458_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 458 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Provides for the reversion of certain money in the Account for Programs for Innovation and the Prevention of Remediation created to provide grants of money to public schools and consortiums of public schools for programs designed for the achievement of pupils that are linked to the plan to improve the achievement of pubils or for innovative programs, or both, to the State General Fund. Chapter 241 http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB530_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 530 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us OR Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Allows the Superintendent of Public Instruction to specify an alternative date for making a distribution or apportionment of funds payable to education service districts or school district from the State School Fund if a human-created or natural disaster affects the ability of the Department of Education to make the distribution by a specified date and to specify an alternative date to provide an estimate or revised estimate if a disaster affects the ability of the Department to provide the estimate. Chapter 184 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0001.dir/sb0065.en.pdf Title: S.B. 65 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us WA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Relates to reducing costs in state elementary and secondary education programs; relates to funding for the leadership academy, math, science, and technology programs, civics, parental involvement, teacher development and school safety. Chapter 578 Title: S.B. 6168 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Authorizes a pilot project to map state expenditures on children for providing health, safety, stability, growth, development, and education in the state. Requires a study on the collection and reporting of summary data relating to decisions that affect a child's status within the juvenile justice system. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0702.2.html&session=ls86 Title: H.B. 702 Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Authorizes a school district that closes a school facility to receive the greater of its sparsity revenue computed under current law or the amount of sparsity revenue it received in the previous year. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0002.5.html&session=ls86 Title: H.F. 2 Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us ID Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Amends and repeals existing law relating to education; revises provisions relating to severance payments; revises provisions relating to the determination of allowances; revises provisions relating to certain incentives; revises provisions relating to employing retired teachers and administrators; declares that school districts and public charter schools will receive reduced funding; encourages the districts and public charter schools to accommodate such reductions. Chapter 285 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0262.htm Title: H.B. 262 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0262.htm WA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Modifies provisions relating to county auditors; modifies county auditor provisions; repeals county auditor duties regarding school district warrants and state fund accounts; relates to payments to a credit union, payments of charter counties, special purpose districts and liability of auditors. Chapter 337 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1583-S.PL.pdf Title: H.B. 1583 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1583-S.PL.pdf WA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Regards financial education; changes the name of the financial literacy public-private partnership to the financial education public-private partnership; and modifies its duties; authorizes the partnership and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction to implement demonstration projects if funds are provided. Chapter 443 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1347-S.PL.pdf Title: H.B. 1347 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Appropriates moneys to the Superintendent of Public Instruction/State Department of Education for fiscal year 2010; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions; expresses legislative intent with regard to the longitudinal data system; provides legislative intent for personnel costs; directs salary reductions. Chapter 233 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0312.htm Title: H.B. 312 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Amends and adds to existing law relating to school district financial emergencies; provides for notice requirements in the event a financial emergency has been declared; provides an exception to the issuance of certain contracts; clarifies language; provides for an informal review under certain circumstances; provides for a due process hearing and procedure under certain circumstances; provides that a due process hearing is not required under certain circumstances; provides time requirement for a budget. Chapter 171 http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0252.pdf Title: H.B. 252 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Provides fiscal accountability for education service cooperatives; provides that such cooperatives may submit a complete listing of all employees of the cooperative and each employee's position, salary, and benefits to the Department of Education, in lieu of a salary schedule; revises the requirements for policies and rules of such cooperatives; revises the provisions governing the certain financial reporting requirements of such cooperatives; adds procedures to determine fiscally distressed cooperatives. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1289.pdf Title: H.B. 1606 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Requires the Department of Education to provide a detailed report of national school lunch student categorical fund expenditures, transfers from the school lunch categorical funds to other funds and results from programs funded by national school lunch student categorical funds. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1369.pdf Title: S.B. 889 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Provides that the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee may refer an audit report of a school district to the Department of Education if the audit report of the school district identifies a substantial issue of noncompliance with state or federal financial reporting requirements or other state or federal law or regulation and the same issue is identified in 2 consecutive audit reports. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1370.pdf Title: S.B. 904 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Relates to fiscal affairs of school districts; relates to state school bond guarantees; relates to fiscal solvency of school districts; provides that school districts may seek credit enhancement; relates to debt service payment and the public school endowment fund for purchasing specified notes. http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/S1154.pdf Title: S.B. 1154 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Clarifies student growth funding for public school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1501.pdf Title: H.B. 1555 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us IA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Deletes several requirements for reporting (i.e., simply the number of graduates, rather than specifying that the number has to be calculated according to the NGA definition; and the number of students who graduated in past five years but were not proficient in core content areas). Deletes the requirement that diagnostic assessment results be reported to parents when students are performing below expected levels. Adds a provision that an area education agency director, officer, or teacher cannot act as an agent for textbook or athletic or similar sales in the local district or areas districts. Requires hearing dates and times for the school budget review committee located within the departmetn of education to be posted on the state departement Web site. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=HF687 Title: H.B. 687 Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/ AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Allows a superintendent's employment contract with a school district to be terminated for cause and without the district having any further financial obligation to the superintendent if the district has been placed on fiscal distress by the Department of Education because of commitments made by the superintendent of which the board of directors had no knowledge or a misrepresentation made by the superintendent concerning district finances that the board relied upon to the detriment of the district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1203.pdf Title: S.B. 345 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Relates to Agriculture in the Classroom license plates; amends existing law relating to the state Agriculture in the Classroom program to provide that the Transportation Department shall transfer certain moneys directly to the Agriculture in the Classroom program and to provide for the use of moneys so transferred. http://www.legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2009/H0124PrinterFriendly.htm Title: H.B. 124 Source: http://www.legislature.idaho.gov WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Concerns school impact fees; requires such fees must be expended or encumbered for a permissible use within ten years of receipt, unless there exists reasons for hold the fees longer; requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop criteria for extending the use of school impact fees from six to ten years; provides that this extension must require an evaluation for each respective school board of the appropriateness of the extension. Chapter 263 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5580.PL.pdf Title: S.B. 5580 Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov KS Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Concerns a school district; in Atchison; relates to the number of pupils in the custody of the juvenile justice system and enrolled in school district 409. Chapter 2009-76 http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/2001.pdf Title: H.B. 2001 Source: http://www.kslegislature.org AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Provides intervention and professional consultation upon early indicators of the fiscal or facilities distress of a public school district; requires the Department of Education to report to the superintendent of a school district regarding nonmaterial indicators of fiscal distress that could jeopardize the fiscal integrity of the school district if not addressed; requires specified reporting by a district superintendent if the condition of an academic facility raises a significant health or safety issue. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB2170.pdf Title: H.B. 2170 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Prohibits public school students in 7th-12th grades who fail to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 from participating in extracurricular activities. Authorizes and directs the state board to define failing schools and school districts under certain standards. Requires districts to develop and public certain annual reports prescribed by the state board. Authorizes the state board to request the governor to declare a state of emergency in a school district which meets the definition of a failing school district for two consecutive years. Establishes a recovery school district within the department of education under the direction of the superintendent to provide management and oversight for all districts that are subject to state conservator ship and to hear certain appeals from those districts. Provides for the annual audit of public school districts under the direction of the state auditor. Prescribes training requirements for school board members and superintendents in failing school districts. Requires districts receiving accreditation assistance from the department of education to implement programs specified by state superintendent. Directs the state auditor to conduct a review of the finances of any district determined to be in a serious financial condition and make an immediate report thereon. Clarifies that education employment procedures do not apply to any category of employee in a school district subject to a state conservatorship. Require districts with schools determined to be failing to establish community-based education councils that are accountable to the community. Provides for the removal of appointed or elected school superintendents of underperforming school districts under certain circumstances. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2628SG.pdf Title: S.B. 2628 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us VA Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Requires local governing bodies and local school divisions to publish the estimated required local match in the publication of the annual school budget; provides that local governing bodies and school divisions must, by law, publish the annual school budget for public inspection and comment; requires that the publication shall include the estimated required local match for school funding purposes. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+CHAP0280 Title: S.B. 1285 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us OR Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Adjusts appropriations and expenditures for various agencies and programs; decreases amounts allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund (ASEDF) to various funds, departments and the Office of Governor; reduces amounts allocated from the ASEDF for distribution to counties but increases amounts allocated to the Sports Lottery Account and Department of Education; appropriates moneys to the School Day Restoration Fund; repeals funding for additional troopers for the State Police. Chapter 22 http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb5500.dir/sb5552.en.pdf Title: S.B. 5552 Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Requires a searchable internet website for the posting and access of certain public records and financial information of the state, municipalities, counties, school districts and other political subdivisions. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB143ENR.pdf Title: S.B. 143 Source: http://legis.state.sd.us MS Vetoed 03/2009 P-12 Authorizes the State Board of Education to contract with and provide funds to regional educational service agencies for any education-related services. (Vetoed as it's identical to S.B. 2315.) http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB0590SG.pdf Title: H.B. 590 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Repeals the provision that requires cooperatives to set aside a portion of the net proceeds as an education fund. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB136ENR.pdf Title: S.B. 136 Source: http://legis.state.sd.us/ WY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Relates to public funds; provides for minimum balances in specified education accounts; provides for distribution of revenues between accounts and to the common school permanent land fund; provides that any unencumbered funds remaining the the school foundation program account in excess of a specified amount as of a specified date shall be deposited to the school capital construction account. Chapter 98 http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2009/Enroll/SF0124.pdf Title: S.B. 124 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Requires the annual report of expenditures provided by the school board to the appropriate governing body to also be made available to the public in sufficient detail for citizens to readily identify how appropriated funds have been spent. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2269ER Title: H.B. 2269 Source: http://leg1.state.va.us AR Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Requires a review of the recommendations for educational adequacy for all public school students before each fiscal session; relates to funding. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1250.pdf Title: H.B. 1250 Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ WY Adopted 01/2009 P-12 Amends rules to require promulgation of rules and regulations governing Food Service Operations in districts and provide financial assistance to districts operating food service programs having deficit balances. Amends rules to promulgate rules mandating an annual report from districts applying for those funds. http://soswy.state.wy.us/Rules/RULES/7296.pdf Title: Chapter 4 Source: http://soswy.state.wy.us CA Vetoed 01/2009 P-12 Postsec. Relates to sufficient textbook requirements, county superintendent revenue limits, school district building maintenance funding, funding for school and community college districts, pupil retention block grants, charter school block grants, pupil oral health assessments, local agency program improvement under the No Child Left Behind program, the High Priority Schools Grant Program, funding for regional occupational centers and programs, school transportation funds, and local education agency budgets. Title: A.B. 4A Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Amends existing law that requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to apportion to each school district a per pupil amount of funds for providing intensive instruction and services to pupils who have not met the high school exit examination requirement and have failed one or both parts of that examination by the end of grade 12, and sets forth the calculation to determine funding. Makes a technical correction in the manner in which that calculation is described and other technical changes. http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm Title: A.B. 359 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Relates to the After School Education and Safety Program Act. Authorizes the administrators of a before- or after-school program to operate during weekends. Provides that costs associated with providing after school activities on weekends would be paid from a program's maximum or supplemental grant. Requires a program participant that contracts with another agency to provide some or all of the program's services to ensure that it includes funds for reasonable indirect and administrative costs. Title: S.B. 1674 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Requires that a regional occupational center or program established and maintained by school districts or joint powers agencies pursuant to a joint powers agreement receive, in annual operating funds, an amount per unit of average daily attendance equal to the revenue limit received by each of the participating school districts directly from the county office of education in which it is located. Chapter 519 http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_1151-1200/sb_1197_bill_20080928_chaptered.pdf Title: S.B. 1197 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to compute an amount of funding for each pupil concurrently enrolled in regular secondary school classes and classes operating pursuant to a joint powers agreement that became effective prior to a certain date. Authorizes the Center for Advanced Research and Technology to receive general-purpose funding for certain years for a total average daily attendance. Provides for the computation of the average daily attendance of a regional occupational center. Chapter 762 http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm Title: A.B. 2246 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov CA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Relates to notification of Superintendent of Public Instruction when the county board of education approves proceeding with the issuance of certificates of participation or revenue bonds or to entering into an agreement for financing pursuant the School Finance Authority Act. Requires these notices to be made no later than a specified time period before the approval of the debt in the case of certificates of participation. Imposes this requirement on other debt instruments. Chapter 128. http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm Title: A.B. 2197 Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov AZ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Relates to financing of postsecondary education and public and charter schools, calculating actual utility costs and the actual revenue control limit for a school district, teacher performance pay and career ladders, creation of the University Capital Improvement Lease-to-Own Fund, student financial aid, college savings plans, and school district tax levies. Chapter 287 http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/2r/bills/hb2211o.asp Title: H.B. 2211 Source: http://www.azleg.gov/ RI Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 (Joint Resolution) Requests the Department of Education to create a task force on youth financial literacy in order to develop a statewide strategy, action plan, and marketing plan for increasing middle and high school students' knowledge of personal financial literacy. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/hofrep.html Title: H.B. 8332 Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us DE To Governor 06/2008 P-12 Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Education and the Controller General to provide the Governor and the General Assembly with recommendations for a fair and equitable reassessment of all real property for the purpose of ad valorem taxation by county governments and school districts. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HJR+22/$file/legis.html?open Title: H.J.R. 22 Source: http://legis.delaware.gov NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Relates to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid; determines the per pupil cost of the opportunity for an adequate education which includes differentiated aid distributed to schools based on number of pupils receiving special education services, eligible for a free or reduced price lunch or English learners; establishes a joint committee; provides a fiscal disparity aid based on municipality's equalized valuation and to state approved chartered schools. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2008/SB0539.html Title: S.B. 539 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us FL Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Deletes salary supplements for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification from definition of compensation under the Retirement System; excludes charter school Merit Award Program funds from administrative fees; revises funding for dual enrollment instruction; authorizes transfer of funds for academic classroom instruction; provides for allocation of research-based reading instruction; authorizes a school district to redirect millage amounts. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5083er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5083&Session=2008 Title: H.B. 5083 Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/ OK Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Bill expands eligibility for Oklahoma Arts Council incentive grants to organizations, as well as school districts, for establishment of visual arts programs in schools. The bill also expands the sources of funds with which the council may match state appropriations for the program to include funding raised by the Council, school districts, for-profit or nonprofit organizations, foundations, corporations, or individuals. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/HB/hb2699_enr.rtf Title: H.B. 2699 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us AZ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Increases base level (per-pupil funding) for all public schools by two percent from $3,226.88 to $3,291.42 for FY2008-09; increased additional assistance formula amount for cherter schools in FY2008-09 by two percent to $1,474.16 for K-8 grades and $1,718.10 for grades 9-12; increases the transportation support level per route mile formula amount by two percent for FY2008-09; suspends rapid decline funding for school districts in FY2008-09; specifies the K-12 Qualified Tax Rate for tax year 2007-08 and correspondingly FY2008-09 adjusted for truth in taxation and business property tax changes, is $1.4622 for elementary and union school districts and $2.9244 for unified school districts. Bill also discusses joint technological education districts and technology assisted instruction, school facilities and new school construction, and utilities cost funding. Chapter 287 http://www.azleg.gov.legtext/48leg/24/bills/hb2211o.asp Title: H.B. 2211 Source: http://www.azleg.gov/ MN Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 Relates to school district development screening aide, teacher and administrator licensure, district teacher compensation aide, district debt service equalization aid, non-resident student enrollment, an advisory council on early childhood education and care, adult basic education aid, general education revenue, district land or building leasing, safe schools levies, district borrowing, district repayment defaults, district tax abatement adjustments, testing and reports, and school breakfast programs. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0006.5.html&session=ls85 Title: H.B. 6 Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us DE Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Community College Directs the General Assembly and the Governor to comprehensively address the current the state's financial situation. Provides for the use of a strategy to include but not be limited to base budget cuts revenue enhancements and program re-engineering. Limits reductions to Public Education. http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HJR+14/$file/legis.html?open Title: H.J.R. 14 Source: http://legis.delaware.gov MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Relates to low performing schools and school districts. Changes the designation of priority schools to schools at risk. Modifies and expands the definition of an at risk school. Commits the Legislature to the appropriation of adequate funds for the support of providing assistance to low-performing schools and districts. Directs the state board to adopt regulations that require districts that receive allocations of adequate education program at-risk funds to specifically target the expenditure of those funds to implement effective programs to serve at-risk students, and that provide the methods by which districts will be held accountable for the expenditure of at-risk funds. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/pdf/SB/2600-2699/SB2666SG.pdf Title: S.B. 2666 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us WI Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Directs the department of public instruction to determine the average percentage of work time of school nurses, social workers, psychologists and counselors that is spent providing services to students with disabilities. The department must issue rules establishing that the percentage of time determined to be for special education services is the proportional amount that the state will reimburse. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act221.pdf Title: A.B. 906 Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us ID Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Provides state funding from the Public Education Stabilization Fund to temporarily mitigate the impact on certain school districts for loss of Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Depreciation Act federal funds; provides that if the Superintendent of Public Instruction determines that the federal government has reauthorized the Secure Rural Schools and Self- Determination Act, the funds will not be distributed. Chapter 384 http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/H0532.html Title: H.B. 532 Source: http://www3.idaho.gov MS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Provides that the bonded indebtedness limit for school districts in which the total number of students enrolled at any one time during the school has increased a certain average shall have a certain assessed value of the taxable property in the district. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/pdf/SB/2900-2999/SB2995SG.pdf Title: S.B. 2995 Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us WV Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Makes major changes to the funding formula by eliminating adjusted enrollment and other waiver provisions and focuses new calculations on student density factors. For more detail see fiscal note:http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordview1.cfm?RecordID=2005298. Copy of bill: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB4588%20enr%20SUB.htm Title: H.B. 4588 Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us WY Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Bill establishes school district financial assistance for specified purposes outside of and in addition to the education resource block grant school finance funding model; modifies the career vocational education grant program; establishes a statewide career technical education steering committee; funds school district distance education programs; eliminates distance learning incentive payments; and, imposes duties and reporting requirements upon the Department of Education. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2008/Enroll/SF0070.pdf Title: S.B. 70 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us IN Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Allows for the transfer of congressional township school funds held by counties to the treasurer of state. The transfers may take place over a number of years. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2008/PDF/HE/HE1244.1.pdf Title: H.B. 1244 Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Revises the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008 regarding appropriations to the Department of Executive Management, the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Education, the Board of Regents, the Department of Human Services, the Department of Environment and Natural Resources, and the Unified Judicial System. http://legis.state.sd.us Title: H.B. 1087 Source: http://legis.state.sd.us SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Provides state aid to education to certain school districts for students who currently attend a high school primarily focused on career and technical education that is operated by an eligible school district and who, immediately prior to attending the high school primarily focused on career and technical education, was enrolled in a school district other than the eligible school district http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx. Title: S.B. 155 Source: http://legis.state.sd.us NJ Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 Enacts the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 to creates a fair, equitable and predictable funding formula based on student characteristics; relates to the base per pupil amounts used to determine a district's base cost, the calculation of a district's adequacy budget, at-risk students proportionment, special education costs, vocational education, early childhood programs, transportation aid, the funding of charter school students, and a district's tax levy growth. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A0500/500_I2.PDF Title: A.B. 500 Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/ CA To governor 08/2007 P-12 Provides funding for education under the State Budget Act for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. http://www.senate.ca.gov/ Title: S.B. 80 Source: http://www.senate.ca.gov/ MA Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Relates to streamlining the regional school budget process, capital outlay expenses and a city or town's apportioned share for expenditures. Title: H.B. 586 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NJ Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Amends rules establishing a grant program to fund the State share of the final eligible costs of school facilities projects undertaken by school districts whose district aid percentage is less than 55% and which elect not to have the Corporation construct the school facilities project. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us Title: NJAC 19:32-1 thru -4 Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Sets forth the substantive educational content of an adequate education, requires the establishment of criteria to identify schools with greater educational challenges for the provision of additional education aid and establishes a joint legislative oversight committee on costing education. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB0927.html Title: H.B. 927 Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Modifies the law pertaining to the resolution of disputes between the state board of education and the board of county commissioners regarding school funding. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1519v0.html Title: H.B. 1519 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us AZ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Relates to fingerprinting of applicants for a new or renewed teaching certificate in a school district or charter school; relates to calculating equalization assistance for charter schools; establishes the American Competitiveness Project Fund to provide technical assistance to schools and local educational agencies that provide specified curricula; relates to educational assessment; relates to the mathematics or science achievement grant; relates to the Instructional Technology Systems Pilot Program. Chapter No. 264 http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/h.hb2790_06-18-07_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm Title: H.B. 2790 Source: http://www.azleg.gov NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recalculate the basic support guarantee for Fiscal Year 2008-09 based upon a salary increase of 4.375 percent rather than 4 percent if the projected revenues from the local school support tax exceed a certain threshold. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB563_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 563 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Revises provisions governing the review of school districts based upon financial management principles. Revises provisions governing the preliminary report of the review and requires the consultant to submit the preliminary report to the superintendent of the school district or the superintendent's designee for preparation of a written response of the school district. Also makes the preliminary report confidential until the final report has been submitted. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB244_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 244 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 If a municipality proposes to issue or incur general obligation bonds, the proposal must be submitted to the electors at an election. Provides that such a question may authorize the transfer of any excess revenue generated to the fund for capital projects of the school district for the payment of capital projects which can lawfully be paid from that fund. Increases the amount of the guarantee of each school district outstanding at any one time to $40,000,000. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/AB/AB615_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 615 Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/ OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Creates to continue until December 31, 2007, the School Funding Formula Task Force. The task force is to review the statutorily created formula for funding the public schools of this state and make recommendations regarding the following: 1. Modernization of the formula; 2. The ability to determine how categorical funds are expended; 3. Issues raised by recent school finance litigation; and 4. Any other modifications to the formula that would enhance the state's ability to provide every child with quality instruction. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/SB925_ENR.RTF Title: S.B. 925 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Revises provisions governing the inclusion of certain information in the biennial budget request for the state distributive school account for submission to the department of administration based upon the annual budgets submitted by the school districts. Creates the Grant Fund for Incentives for licensed educational personnel and requires the board of trustees of each school district to establish a program of incentive pay for certain employees of the school district. Individuals eligible for grant: (1) Licensed teachers, school psychologists, school librarians, school counselors and administrators employed at the school level who have been employed in that category of position for at least 5 years in the state or another state and who are employed in schools which are at-risk; and (2) Teachers who hold an endorsement in the field of mathematics, science, special education, English as a second language or other area of need within the school district, as determined by the state superintendent. http://www.leg.state.nv.us/23rdSpecial/Bills/AB/AB1_EN.pdf Title: A.B. 1A Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Relates to the guaranteed yield of school district enrichment taxes to fund the maintenance and operations of public schools. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB00828F.pdf Title: H.B. 828 Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Establishes the school finance reform task force. Task force goals include: (1) creating a standard and index to ensure that the formula remains adequate over time; (2) simplifying the remaining school formulas; (3) analyzing categorical funding formulas, including but not limited to pupil transportation, compensatory revenue, and limited English proficiency revenue; (4) establishing a schedule for implementation of the other new formulas; and (5) examining the role of the regional delivery structure including the functions performed by intermediate school districts, service cooperatives, education districts, and other cooperative organizations. Defines membership and duties. http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us/bin/unoff_eng.php?session=ls85&version=latest&session_number=0&session_year=2007&number=hf2245 Title: H.F. 2245 [School Finance] Source: http://www.senate.leg.state.mn.us NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Relates to school breakfast funding. Changes the basis for the state reimbursement of the school breakfast program from the current year to the second preceding year. The current reimbursement amount of $.05 per school breakfast served is retained. Current law allowing the appropriation to be pro-rated if sufficient funds are not appropriated is repealed. http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB73.pdf Title: L.A. 73 Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Relates to educational service units and school funding, incuding distance education. Changes provisions relating to: election of board members for educational service units; distance education, unit boundaries and board membership; and the Early Childhood Education Grant Program. Provides: a formula and changes provisions relating to core services and technology infrastructure funding; for election districts; a duty for the Auditor of Public Accounts. http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB603.pdf Title: L.B. 603 Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/ NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Changes procedure relating to elections to exceed the property tax levy limit. Specifies that the method of voting at the meeting will protect the secrecy of the ballot. http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB289.pdf Title: L.B. 289 Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov WA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 The legislature declares its intent to clarify the law authorizing investment of the Permanent Common School Fund in equities when the investment is in the best interest of the state and the Permanent Common School Fund. The legislative findings and declarations of intent also describe the reasoning of the Attorney General's Opinion and the need for more growth in the Permanent Common School Fund, given the gap between the Permanent Common School Fund's income and actual expenditures on school construction. The WSIB has the authority to invest the Permanent Common School Fund to achieve a balance of long-term growth and current income. Statutes governing the Permanent Fund and the WSIB's investment authority are amended to reflect this change. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202007/2396.SL.pdf Title: H.B. 2396 Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov MT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Provides full-time Average Number Belonging funding for school districts that enroll students in full-time kindergarten. Provides start-up funding for districts transitioning from half-day to full-day programs. A kindergarten program must meet the state minimum aggregate hour requirements. A kindergarten program that is designated as a full-time program must allow a parent, guardian or other person who is responsible for the enrollment of a child in school to enroll the child half-time. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/specsess/0507/billhtml/SB0002.htm Title: S.B. 2A (Kindergarten) Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov MT Issued 04/2007 P-12 Requests that the legislative council designate an appropriate interim or statutory committee, or direct sufficient staff resources to: (1) (a) examine future demographics of property taxpayers, school age children, retirees and other factors relating to the viability of property taxes to fund education; and (b) examine the distribution or maldistribution of classes of taxable property in counties and school districts; (2) study the feasibility of a statewide school equalization district with property tax levies against particular classes of property and other sources of statewide revenue; and (3) study the use of a sales tax and use tax for funding to replace property taxes and provide tax relief for homes, commercial properties, and agricultural and forest lands. Further resolves that: (1) all aspects of the study be concluded prior to September 15, 2008; and (2) the final results of the study, including any findings, conclusions, comments, or recommendations of the appropriate committee, be reported to the 61st Legislature. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SJ0031.htm Title: S.J.R. 31 Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov/ AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Relates to the income tax review schedule; deletes certain sections for review; provides for 2012 review of sections regarding charitable organizations, school tuition organizations, public school fees and contributions and donation of school sites. (Chapter No. 7) Title: H.B. 2079 Source: http://www.azleg.gov AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Relates to charter schools, fingerprinting and a civil penalty if a charter school fails to comply with fingerprinting requirements. New provision provides that penalties shall be assessed by reducing the amount of state aid that the charter school would otherwise receive. (Chapter No. 6) http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/bills/hb2041o.asp Title: H.B. 2041 Source: http://www.azleg.gov/ MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Authorizes that in years when the legislature meets in regular session or in a special session that affects school funding, the trustees may order the election on a date other than the regular school election day in order for the electors to consider a proposition requesting additional funding. http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0225.htm Title: S.B. 225 Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Establishes a home school student activities program unit. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1098.pdf Title: S.B. 1098 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Relates to school finance, makes cash balance credits proportional to the size of the excess cash balance. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0159.pdf Title: S.B. 159 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Raises the allowable limit on cash balances a school district may keep. Changes the basis for calculating excess cash balances by referring to the "unrestricted, unreserved cash balance and emergency reserve" rather than the "allowable limit". http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0059.pdf Title: H.B. 59 Source: http://legis.state.nm.us AL Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Makes a supplemental appropriation from the Education Trust Fund in the State Treasury to the State Department of Education, for Enterprise High School to cover repairs to facilities damaged in tornado. (Act 2007-133) http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACTIONViewFrame.asp?TYPE=Instrument&INST=HB141&DOCPATH=searchableinstruments/2007RS/Printfiles/&PHYDOCPATH=//alisdb/acas/searchableinstruments/2007RS/PrintFiles/&DOCNAMES=HB141-int.pdf,HB141-eng.pdf,HB141-enr.pdf Title: H.B. 141 Source: http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Amends existing law to require that property from an estate with no heirs or other claimants be paid to the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund; provides for distribution of funds received as unclaimed dividends and interest paid by Idaho corporations to the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund; provides for recapture from the Public School Earnings Reserve Fund if certain circumstances occur. Session Law Chapter 97 http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1098.html Title: S.B. 1098 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Relates to public school finances; requires local share to be calculated assuming properties are being assessed at sixty percent of market value; increases the limit on revenue generated by the regular school board levy; amends "growth county" definition and clarifies what new property values to include for the purposes of the Growth County School Facilities Act; increases state aid to counties by reducing the percentage used to calculate levies for general current expense purposes subject to exception; provides for a refundable property tax credit for real property taxes paid in excess of a certain percent of income; requires that a library funding obligation created by special act be paid from certain funds; limits a library funding obligation; allows, under certain conditions, a transfer of the library funding obligation so that the obligation is paid from excess levy revenues; voids the library funding obligation under certain conditions; and provides extraordinary sustained increased enrollment impact supplement. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB541%20SUB2%20enr.htm Title: S.B. 541 Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/ WY Vetoed 03/2007 P-12 Requires federal mineral royalties above $200 million to be deposited to the common school account within the permanent land fund after the required deposit into another account has been made. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0278.pdf Title: H.B. 278 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm AL Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Reallocates to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants an appropriation from the Education Trust Fund to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Community Services Grants. Title: S.J.R. 3A Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Requires the state superintendent of public instruction to review at-risk program strategies funded under the block grant model, specifically including alternative schools and imposes a moratorium on new alternative schools recognized under the model during the review period; continues the summer school & extended day programs during school year 2007-2008; also requires the state superintendent to study and develop recommendations on distance education programs and to establish a task force for this purpose. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0115.pdf Title: H.B. 115 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Authorizes the participating school boards of a joint school, including academic year Governor's Schools operated by two or more school divisions, to select the fiscal agent for the joint school from among the treasurers of the participating localities; requires that the participating school boards must agree and the respective local governing bodies must approve any such selection. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB2371ER Title: H.B. 2371 Source: http://legis.state.va.us/ NE Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 Relates to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act. Changes provisions relating to cost growth factor. http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB21.pdf Title: L.B. 21 Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/ MT Rule Adoption 12/2006 P-12 Adopts and amends rules relating to quality educator payments, at-risk student payments - general fund, Indian education for all payments, American Indian achievement gap payments - general fund and school finance. http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/legaldivision/10-7-115pro-arm.pdf Title: ARM 10.7.106, .106A, .113 through .115,10.10.301 to .315, 10.15.101, 10.16.3804, .3811, .3812, .3816, 10.20.102 to 10.30.415 Source: http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/legaldivision/10-7-115pro-arm.pdf AL Approved by voters 11/2006 P-12 Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require at least 10 mills of property tax are levied for every school district in the state. http://www.sos.state.al.us/downloads/dl3.cfm?trgturl=election/2006/general/statecert-constitutionalamendments-2006-08-31.pdf&trgtfile=statecert-constitutionalamendments-2006-08-31.pdf Title: Statewide Amendment Number Two Source: http://www.sos.state.al.us NV Approved by voters 11/2006 P-12 Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require the legislature to fund the operation of the public schools for K-12th grades before any other part of the state budget for the next biennium. http://www.sos.state.nv.us/nvelection/2004_bq/bq1.htm Title: Ballot Question # 1 Source: http://www.sos.state.nv.us/ WY Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2006 P-12 Establishes emergency rules regarding the criteria and standards for the School Foundation Program, which provides a guaranteed level of funding that is essentially a block grant to every public school district based on a number of factors--the most important of which is the number of students enrolled in the district in the prior year. http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6384.pdf Title: Chapter 8 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Establishes the Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer the program. Permits a specified percentage of schools in the state to participate in the program at any one time. Requires the Superintendent to ensure a balance of elementary, middle, and high schools and urban, suburban and rural schools among participating schools. Requires the governing board of a district to adopt a participation agreement containing specified provisions. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0751-0800/ab_756_bill_20060914_enrolled.pdf Title: A.B. 756 Source: California Legislature MS Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Establishes an emergency aid grants program for local governments, including public school districts. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20061E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0005SG.htm Title: H.B. 5A Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/ MI Rejected by voters 08/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Would require the state to provide annual funding increases equal to the rate of inflation for public schools, intermediate school districts, community colleges and higher education. Would require state to fund any deficiencies in the school aid fund from the general fund. Relates to base funding for school districts with declining enrollment. Reduces and caps retirement fund contributions (Ballot Number 06-5) . http://www.michigan.gov/documents/Statewide_Bal_Prop_Status_145801_7.pdf Title: V. 6 (Prop. 5) Source: http://www.michigan.gov/ NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Recodifies provisions of the executive budget act and the capital improvement planning act into a state budget act that revises and clarifies the procedures for preparing, enacting and administering the state buget. Requires all state agencies and non-state entities expending any state funds to expend them in accordance this policy. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H914v4.html Title: H.B. 914 Source: http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/ NY Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Provides protection to any employee of a school district board of cooperative educational services or charter school who having reasonable cause to suspect that the fiscal practices or actions of an employee or officer of a school district, board of cooperative educational services, or charter school violates law, reports such information. Title: A.B. 8925 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet RI Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Directs the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, working with the Department of Administration, to establish a statewide purchasing system for products and services pertaining to public schools, which would include telecommunications, wireless services, general insurance products and services, and school transportation for children with special needs. Public Law No. 298 http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText06/HouseText06/H6853.pdf http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/BillText/BillText06/HouseText06/H6853A.pdf Title: H.B. 6853; S.B. 2531 Source: Rhode Island Legislature CA Rejected by voters 07/2006 P-12 (1189. SA2005RF0126) Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide public school funding by imposing a tax on real property that exempts certain senior homeowners, to provide for class size reduction, textbooks, school safety and violence prevention, academic success facility grants, and a data system to evaluate educational programs effectiveness. Provides facility grants exempt districts from current bond measure moneys unless that measure provides for such eligibility. Title: V. 14 (Prop. 88) Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OK Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Changes the process school districts use to claim federal program funds. Implements an electronic reimbursement program which will allow school districts the ability to access their federal funds using a draw-down method. http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register/Volume-23_Issue-24.htm Title: OAC 210-25-3-7 Source: http://www.oar.state.ok.us/ DE Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Implements enhanced financial accountability provisions for public school districts and charter schools; relates to district and charter school financial responsibility. Chapter Number 264 http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis143.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+308/$file/legis.html?open Title: S.B. 308 Source: Delaware Legislature TX Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Requires the commissioner, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop and implement a financial accountability rating system for school districts in this state that: (1) distinguishes among school districts based on levels of financial performance; and (2) includes procedures to: (A) provide additional transparency to public education finance; and (B) enable the commissioner and school district administrators to provide meaningful financial oversight and improvement. The commissioner shall annually establish and publish the proposed expenditures for each school district as determined by the commissioner based on an evaluation of information relating to the best practices of campuses and districts. The commissioner shall consider unique characteristics of the district, including the district's size. The proposed expenditures must include amounts for: (1) instructional expenditures; (2) central administrative expenditures; (3) district operations; and (4) any other category designated by the commissioner. If the board of trustees of a school district intends to exceed the proposed expenditures established by the commissioner, the board must adopt and publish a resolution that includes an explanation justifying the board's actions. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/data/docmodel/793/billtext/pdf/HB00001F.PDF Title: H.B. 1 C (Sections 2.05; 2.09) Source: Texas Legislature AR Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Requires detailed financial impact statements for administrative rules promulgated by the state board. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2006S1/public/HB1016.pdf Title: H.B. 1016A Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Existing law establishes the State Instructional Materials Fund and continuously appropriates the money in the fund to the State Department of Education. This bill would extend the operation of these provisions to January 1, 2008, and would require the state board to annually solicit recommendations from school districts regarding the adoption of instructional materials. Title: S.B. 657 Source: StateNet LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Community College Requires political subdivisions to establish procedures to give first priority for donation of their surplus computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools in the state and community and technical colleges under the management and control of the Board of Supervisors of Louisiana Community and Technical Colleges. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=318391 Title: S.B. 218 Source: www.legis.state.la.us 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 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 GA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Repealed the following provision and related provisions: The General Assembly, being mindful of the primary obligation of the state to provide an adequate education for the citizens of this state under Article VIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution of Georgia, and being mindful of the authority vested in the General Assembly under Article VIII, Section VII of the Constitution of Georgia to discharge all obligations of the state to provide an adequate education for its citizens by providing for grants of state, county, or municipal funds to such citizens for educational purposes, and being further particularly mindful of the need for a literate and informed society in all events, declares it to be the purpose and intent of this article to encourage and aid the education of all children of this state by implementing Article VIII, Section VII of the Constitution of Georgia by making provision for payment of education grants from public funds to the extent and in the manner as provided in this article. . . . 20-2-642. Every child between the ages of six and 19 years residing in this state who has not finished or graduated from high school and who is otherwise eligible and qualified to attend the elementary and secondary public schools of the local school system wherein such child resides shall, in lieu of attending the public schools of such local school system, be eligible to receive an education grant to be expended for the purpose of paying or otherwise defraying the cost of tuition at a nonsectarian private school located in any state of the United States or a public school located outside this state but within some other state of the United States, in the amount and manner provided by and subject to this article. 20-2-643. The amount of each education grant that may be paid under this article per school year shall not exceed: (1) The actual amount expended or to be expended by parents in payment of the tuition cost of attendance of their child or ward at a school which by the terms of this article qualified such child to receive such grant; or (2) The average state cost per pupil in average daily attendance in the public schools of this state for the school year immediately preceding the school year for which the education grant is to be paid, to be determined by dividing the state-wide average daily attendance figure in the public schools of this state during the preceding school year into the total amount of state education funds allotted to all public school systems of this state for the preceding school year under Article 6 of this chapter excluding state allotments for capital outlay purposes, whichever of the two sums is the lesser. Only one education grant shall be paid on behalf of any school child eligible to receive a grant during any one school-year period as defined by law.http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/versions/hb27_HB_27_AP_8.htm Title: H.B. 27 Source: http://www.legis.state.ga.us ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of public instruction, the school for the deaf, North Dakota vision services - school for the blind, and the state library; to provide an appropriation to the division of independent study; to provide for the distribution of special education payments; to provide for a legislative council study; to provide a statement of legislative intent; to amend and reenact section 15.1-02-02 of the North Dakota Century Code, relating to the salary of the superintendent of public instruction; and to declare an emergency The legislative council shall study, during the 2005-06 interim, the state's elementary and secondary education system, including key measurements of student progress, programs that address the state's competitiveness with other states, costs incurred by the state relating to implementing the No Child Left Behind Act, and the most effective means of using taxpayer dollars at the state and local levels to ensure the best possible education for the children of this state. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQNG0500.pdf Title: H.B. 1013 Source: http://www.state.nd.us MS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Creates a Commission on Restructuring the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) to revise certain components and creates a commission to study the effectiveness and efficiency of the administration of college tuition assistance programs administered by the institutions of higher learning.  Title: S.B. 2731 Source: StateNet KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 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 performance act and other provisions of law relating to school finance and the quality performance accreditation system; (b) evaluate the school district finance and quality performance act and determine if there is a fair and equitable relationship between the costs of the weighted components and assigned weightings; (c) determine if existing weightings should be adjusted; (d) determine if additional school district operations should be weighted; (e) review the amount of base state aid per pupil and determine if the amount should be adjusted; (f) evaluate the reform and restructuring components of the act and assess the impact thereof; (g) evaluate the system of financial support, reform and restructuring of public education in Kansas and in other states to ensure that the Kansas system is efficient and effective; (h) conduct other studies, as directed by the legislative coordinating council, relating to the improving, reforming or restructuring of the educational system and the financing thereof; (i) conduct hearings and receive and consider suggestions from teachers, parents, the department of education, the state board of education, other governmental officers and agencies and the general public concerning suggested improvements in the educational system and the financing thereof; (j) appoint advisory committees when deemed necessary. Such advisory committees shall conduct hearings and seek a wide variety of input from individuals and groups affected by and concerned with the quality, efficiency and cost of public elementary and secondary education in Kansas. Such individuals and groups shall include, but not be limited to, teachers, parents, students, the department of education, the state board of education, other governmental officers and agencies, professional educational organizations and associations, the business community, institutions of higher education, other persons who have an interest in the quality and efficiency of elementary and secondary education in Kansas and members of the general public interested in the improvement in the state's educational system and the financing thereof. (k) make any recommendation it deems is necessary to guide the legislature to fulfill goals established by the legislature in meeting its constitutional duties of the legislature to: (A) Provide for intellectual, educational, vocational and scientific improvement in public schools established and maintained by the state; and (B) make suitable provision for the finance of the educational interests of the state; (l) examine the availability of revenues to ensure adequate funding of elementary and secondary education in the state; (m) examine school district efficiencies and whether districts are using best practices to deliver a high quality level of services and programs; (n) examine school district consolidation and impediments thereto; (o) examine voluntary activities, including extracurricular activities, which affect educational costs; (p) monitor and evaluate associations and organizations that promote or regulate voluntary or extracurricular activities including, but not limited to, the Kansas state high school activities association; (q) conduct other studies, as directed by the legislature, relating to the improving, reforming or restructuring of the educational system and the financing thereof; (r) make and submit annual reports to the legislature on the work of the commission concerning recommendations of the commission relating to the improving, reforming or restructuring of the educational system and the financing thereof and other topics of study directed to the commission by the legislative coordinating council. Such report also shall include recommendations for legislative changes and shall be submitted to the legislature on or before December 31 of each year. Shifts responsibility for matters or issues relating to school finance from the legislative educational planning committee. 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 7-9) Source: www.kslegislature.org 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 AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2828.pdf Title: H.B. 2828 Source: StateNet ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Appropriates $283,113,100 for the Educational Support Program/Division of Operations for fiscal year 2006; provides for expenditures for certain technology and remediation programs; appropriates moneys for property tax replacement; provides an estimate of discretionary funds per support unit; amends and repeals existing law to reduce minimum support guaranteed to a district. Title: S.B. 1223 Source: StateNet NE Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Relates to schools. Provides for payment adjustments to reflect transfers of property as prescribed. (1) State aid payments shall be adjusted to reflect transfers of property due to annexation, to any dissolution of a Class I school district, and to any reorganization involving one or more Class I school districts. Title: L.B. 198 Source: StateNet KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge in reading and classroom-based screening, diagnostic, assessment and intervention strategies. States that the fund may be used to provide grants to local school districts to support staff participation in specific, statewide initiatives for the professional development of teachers and administrators in specific content areas as established by the Kentucky Department of Education and the Kentucky Board of Education as established in this bill; to provide grants to colleges and universities to plan and develop statewide professional development institutes and other professional development services; and to provide grants to local school districts, to colleges and universities, or other entities to assist the Kentucky Department of Education in evaluating costs and the effectiveness of activities and initiatives established under the teachers' professional growth fund. Requires that professional development programs for which teachers may receive support from the fund provide training in the use of research-based and developmentally appropriate classroom-based screening, diagnostic, assessment, and intervention strategies. Requires that, beginning June 1, 2006, through the 2009-2010 school year, priority for the use of funds from the teachers' professional growth fund be to train and support teams of teachers from all school levels to be trained as reading coaches and mentors or as mathematics coaches and mentors in statewide institutes referenced in Sections 1 and 2 of this bill, and for selected teachers to be highly trained in providing diagnostic assessment and intervention services for students in the primary program struggling with mathematics. Requires the design of the statewide mathematics institutes to train mathematics coaches and mentors to be developed by the Committee for Mathematics Achievement. Requires the design of the professional development program to provide highly trained mathematics intervention teachers in the primary program to be developed by the Center for Mathematics in collaboration with public and private institutions of postsecondary education. Requires that the development of the statewide program to train reading coaches and mentors be coordinated by the Kentucky Department of Education with recommendations from the Collaborative Center for Literacy Development and the reading steering committee established in KRS 158.794. Mandates that the design of the program reflect a consensus of the agencies involved in the development of the program. Requires the training program for reading coaches and mentors to complement other statewide reading initiatives, funded with state and federal funds, and that the program give priority to teachers in grades 4-12. Requires that the program be implemented no later than June 1, 2006. Declares an emergency. http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB93.htm Fiscal note: http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB93/FN.doc Title: H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6) Source: lrc.ky.gov KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students, primary through grade 12, to help them reach proficiency in mathematics on the state assessments and in compliance with the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Specifies activities for which fund monies may be used. Specifies that the fund is to provide funding for the Center for Mathematics created in this bill, provide renewable, two-year local grants to school districts for specified purposes, and provide operational funding for the Mathematics Achievement Committee created in Section 2 of this bill. Specifies that if matching funds are required, the school council or, if none exists, the principal or the superintendent of schools, must allocate matching funds. Allows funding for professional development allocated to the school council under KRS 160.345 and for continuing education under KRS 158.070 to be used to provide a portion or all of a school's required match. Specifies responsibilities of the department of education relative to the fund program, including technical assistance to potential applicants and grant recipients. Declares an emergency. http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB93.htm Fiscal note: http://lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/05RS/HB93/FN.doc Title: H.B. 93 (Section 3) Source: lrc.ky.gov ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Relates to the formula for calculating supplemental payments to high school districts; relates to property taxes, transportation levy, and high school tuition levy. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAIC0200.pdf Title: H.B. 1032 Source: StateNet WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Unless otherwise provided by law, all civil or administrative fines or penalties collected under this article are to be paid over to the state treasurer to be credited to the public school fund of the county in which the violation for which the fine or penalty was imposed. Amends civil penalties that may be imposed by the Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission and provides for payment of penalties (ranges from $5,000-$10,000 for each violation and for each day a violation continues) into the public school fund. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/enroll/SF0073.pdf Title: S.F. 73 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us ME Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 Increases the State share of education costs; provides for reduction in property taxes; reduces government spending at all levels; provides a formula for adjustment of levy calculation; creates the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund; provides for transfers from and excess of General Fund revenues; concerns the Highway Fund; concerns calculation of long-term growth rate limitation; establishes limitation on municipal appropriations; concerns mill rates, special education costs. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsiteframe.asp?ID=280014321&LD=1&Type=1&SessionID=6 Title: H.P. 6 Source: StateNet MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Provides for the creation and operation of a cooperative bulk purchasing program for school districts, public school academies, nonpublic schools, and intermediate school districts on a fee basis to reduce the costs of purchasing goods and services by the Department of Management and Budget. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-HB-5913 Title: H.B. 5913 Source: StateNet MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Provides for inapplicability of school district requirements to obtain competitive bids for purchasing if the school district makes purchase through the cooperative bulk purchasing program through the Department of Management and Budget. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-HB-5875 Title: H.B. 5875 Source: StateNet MI Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Requires the Department of Treasury to conduct random financial audits of intermediate school districts. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-HB-5457 Title: H.B. 5457 Source: StateNet MI Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Provides school aid zero budget for fiscal year 2005. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-PA-0351.pdf Title: S.B. 1069 Source: StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 SEC. 1: Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools to report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction on the financial condition of a school district if the county superintendent determines a school district may be unable to meet its financial obligations for the current or 2 subsequent fiscal years or if a school district has a qualified or negative certification. Existing law requires the county superintendent to take at least one of certain actions and all actions that are necessary to ensure that the district meets its financial obligations. This bill requires those possible actions to include assigning the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to review district teacher hiring practices, teacher retention rate, percentage of provision of highly qualified teachers, and the extent of teacher misassignment and also to provide the district with recommendations to streamline and improve the teacher hiring process, teacher retention rate, extent of teacher misassignment, and provision of highly qualified teachers. The bill requires a school district that is assigned this review to follow the recommendations made unless it shows good cause for failure to do so. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_3001-3050/ab_3001_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf Title: A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions) Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov MI Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Provides Department of Education zero budget for fiscal year 2005. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-PA-0346.pdf Title: S.B. 1065 Source: StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Permits a county committee on school district organization to abolish a common governing board of an elementary school district and a high school district upon a vote of the electors of the school districts. Provides that an election relating to a school district reorganization may be held solely by mail, with certain requirements, and that an election may not be called for a petition to transfer uninhabited territory. Provides procedures for a charter school affected by reorganization. Relates to school district bonds. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2801-2850/ab_2841_bill_20040816_enrolled.html Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/AB_2841_veto.pdf Title: A.B. 2841 Source: California Legislative Web site NY Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Provides for the funding of certain approved non- public special education programs and special act public school districts including making changes in the reimbursement methodology for tuition and maintenance and makes an appropriation therefor; allows such districts to retain a portion of annual budget for unexpected expenditures; makes numerous other related provisions. Allows such districts to retain up to 2.5% of annual budget for unexpected expenditures and makes numerous other related provisions; also authorizes a surplus factor of not more than two percent. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=s2917 Title: S.B. 2917 Source: StateNet MT Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Establishes rules relating to school finance and transportation. MONTANA REG 4551 (SN) Title: ARM 10.7.101,.109 thru .111,.115,.118;10.10.202,.309,.316, .320, .611, .614; 10.15.101; 10.20.102, .106; 10.21.101B thru .102E (non-seq),10.22.102 thru .30.403 (non-seq) Source: WestLaw MI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Increases the amount of funding for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, appropriated for the public school of the state from the General Fund. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and certain other state purposes relating to education the sum of $10,962,387,100.00 from the state school aid fund established by section 11 of article IX of the state constitution of 1963 and the sum of $377,800,000.00 from the general fund. In addition, available federal funds are appropriated for each of those fiscal years. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-PA-0185.pdf Title: S.B. 1194 Source: StateNet IL Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Amends the School Code. Relates to the basis for apportionment of general State financial aid and supplemental State aid to the common schools; provides for school district claims. Provides that some school districts are not required to exert a minimum Operating Tax Rate in order to qualify for assistance. Relates to corporate personal property replacement taxes. Provides for children with disabilities below the age of six years. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0679 Title: S.B. 1553 Source: Illinois Legislative Web site HI Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Sets aside funds in federal impact aid for the establishment of a military liaison position within the department of education and to provide funding for the Joint Venture Education Program to facilitate interaction between the military community and the department of education. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2004/bills/hb1908_cd1_.htm Title: H.B. 1908 Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Provides relative to Education Excellence Fund amounts and related investment earnings credited to ineligible entities. Provides that fund amounts and related investment earnings credited for a recipient entity shall revert to the fund whenever the entity no longer meets the conditions required for it to be eligible for fund allocations; to provide for an effective date; and to provide for related matters. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT2/OUT/0000LUNG.PDF Title: H.B. 666 Source: StateNet AZ Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Removes the restriction on accommodation school districts located on a military base from issuing impact aid revenue bonds.  The district may hold an election to raise impact aid revenue bonds but may not issue the bonds until after the Federal Base Relocation and Closure Commission has affirmed that the base will remain open.  Additionally, the bill requires the Arizona Department of Education to put together a guidebook on the approved uses federal impact aid monies. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0313.htm Title: H.B. 2010 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site FL Became law without governor's signature 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Relates to education funding; requires school districts to establish certain policies and procedures regarding lottery fund enhancements; provides tax credit cap for contributions to nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations; prohibits use of funds for lab schools for certain overhead or indirect costs; redesignates specified community colleges as colleges; specifies maximum fee waiver percentage for school districts and community colleges; authorizes use of the Dale Hickam Excellent Teaching Program funds; requires reports regarding inmate education provided by community colleges; authorizes Florida State University to construct classroom building. http://www.flsenate.gov/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submenu=1&FT=D&File=hb1867er.html&Directory=session/2004/House/bills/billtext/html/ Title: H.B. 1867 Source: Florida Legislative Web site MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Relates to Adequate Education Program; deletes repealer on high growth school district formula. If during the year for which adequate education program funds are appropriated, any school district experiences a three percent (3%) or greater increase in average daily attendance during the second and third month over the preceding year's second and third month and the school district has requested a minimum increase of four percent (4%) in local ad valorem revenues over the previous year as authorized in Sections 37-57-104 and 37-57-105, an additional allocation of adequate education program funds calculated in the following manner shall be granted to that district, using any additional funds available to the Department of Education that exceed the amount of funds due to the school districts under the basic adequate education program distribution as provided for in this chapter: The State Department of Education shall study and develop a report to the Chairmen of the Senate and House Committees on Education by January 1, 2005, with options for legislative consideration that will insure that the Mississippi Adequate Education funds are distributed to school districts based on current year student attendance or enrollment. This subsection (4) shall stand repealed on July 1, 2006 Title: H.B. 741 Source: StateNet MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Relates to an appropriation for the State Department of Education General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/HB/1600-1699/HB1696SG.pdf Title: H.B. 1696 Source: StateNet MN To governor 05/2004 P-12 Relates to education finance; provides for K-12 education; amends provisions regarding school safety patrol apparel, capital expenditures, pupil transportation, vocational instruction, special education, essential personnel, parents residing separately, property tax levy, academic standards, graduation requirements, prescription nonsyringe injectors of epinephrine, immunity from liability, teachers, nonpublic schools and charter schools. http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c294.html Title: H.F. 1793 Source: StateNet KS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Requires a person or organization sponsoring a distinctive license plate to submit to the Division of Vehicles a nonrefundable amount not to exceed $10,000 to defray the division's cost for developing the distinctive license plate; discontinues issuance of distinctive license plates and educational institution license plates in quantities of fewer that 500 plates. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/2947.pdf and http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2004/SN2947.pdf and http://www.kslegislature.org/fiscalnotes/2004/2947.pdf Title: H.B. 2947 Source: StateNet ME Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 The bill provides that by fiscal year 2009-10 the state share of kindergarten to grade 12 education funding, as described by essential programs and services, must be 55%. It also establishes a local cost share expectation for property tax years beginning on or after April 1, 2005. The Commissioner of Education shall annually notify each school administrative unit of its expectation. This expectation must decline over the period from fiscal year 2005-06 to fiscal year 2009-10. The expectation may not exceed 9.0 mills in fiscal year 2005-06. It may not exceed 8.0 mills in fiscal year 2009-10. The legislative body of a school administrative unit may not adopt a property tax rate that exceeds its mill expectation unless, in a vote separate from its adoption of the school budget, it votes to increase the property tax rate. The bill also places transportation operating costs into the essential programs and services funding formula. It also states that special education costs will be included in essential programs and services starting in fiscal year 2005-06. Beginning in fiscal year 2004-05, the Department of Education will provide training in state-approved guidelines for identification of special education students. The bill also places early childhood education program costs and vocational education program costs into essential programs and services no later than fiscal year 2007-08. Note Sec. 16: Basis for funding costs of education from kindergarten to grade 12. Notwithstanding any other provision of law, beginning in fiscal year 2005-06, funding of the costs of education from kindergarten to grade 12 must be based on the cost of providing essential programs and services as described in the Maine Revised Statutes, Title 20-A, chapter 606-B. http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/ld_title.asp?ld=1924 Title: S.P. 761 Source: StateNet AZ Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Allows school districts to use Impact Aid for teacher housing. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0209.htm Title: H.B. 2475 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Clarifies that all school districts – not just those school districts within a county – can make joint purchases of maintenance, operational and scholastic services, supplies, materials, and equipment. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/HB/0600-0699/HB0667SG.pdf Title: H.B. 667 Source: StateNet MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Provides the State Auditor with authority to establish effective and efficient policies and procedures for auditing student attendance and data in local school districts. In particular, the State Auditor will have more flexibility regarding on-site audits and authority to establish specific policies and procedures to audit the processes, accuracy, validity and procedures used by local school districts to submit electronic student data and other data to the State Department of Education. Reviews and audits shall be conducted with advance notice, except that unannounced audits may be made upon determination of the State Auditor based on complaints or valid concerns. In addition, examiners shall make every effort to work with school districts in scheduling audits in consideration of instructional activities such as statewide testing. The State Board of Education shall include reporting standards for school districts as part of the accreditation process to include penalties within the accreditation system for adverse findings resulting from reviews or audits. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/HB/1200-1299/HB1251SG.pdf Title: H.B. 1251 Source: StateNet MD Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Requires the Superintendent and the Department of Education to monitor the financial status of each county board of education and report to the Governor and General Assembly on a biannual basis; requires local superintendents or chief executive officers of local school systems to file biannual reports and to make specified attestations; provides that if a local school system does not file a annual audit, the Superintendent is required to instruct the Comptroller to withhold 10% of state aid installments. Title: S.B. 894 Source: StateNet KS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Regulates distinctive license plates; requires an organization sponsoring a distinctive license plate to submit a nonrefundable fee; creates the distinctive license plate fund to deposit the distinctive license plate application fees; discontinues issuance of distinctive license plates in small quantities; provides for issuance of educational institution license plates, firefighter license plates and the helping schools license plate. Bill: http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/2143.pdf and supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2004/SN2143.pdf Title: H.B. 2143 Source: StateNet MI To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION. 03/2004 P-12 Makes school aid requirements subject to a waiver under an educational flexibility and empowerment contract. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4724.pdf Title: H.B. 4724 Source: http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4724.pdf AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Requires audit reports of school districts not conducted by legislative audit to be filed with the Department of Education by December 31 following the end of each fiscal year.http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1114.pdf Title: H.B. 1114 Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site MA Rule Adoption 01/2004 P-12 Amends rules relating to school finance regulations. Implements changes in the formula used to calculate special education reimbursements in the so-called circuit breaker program. Clarifies that payments and reimbursements for approved private school summer program placements will be made through the sending school district. MASSACHUSETTS REG 8229 (SN) Title: 603 CMR 10.00 Source: StateNet MI Signed into law 12/2003 P-12 Provides for multisection school aid supplemental appropriations. Title: S.B. 556 Source: http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2003-SB-0556 AR Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Establishes rules identifying and governing the Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20158%20fiscal%20assessment.pdf Title: ADE 158 Source: Arkansas State Web site NY November 2003 11/2003 P-12 Constitution Amendment: Asks voters to eliminate school districts that are coterminous with, or partly within, or wholly within a city having less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, from the entities subject to a general constitutional debt limitation. http://www.elections.state.ny.us/2003_statewide_ballot_questions.pdf Title: Constitutional Amendment # 2 Source: New York State Web site MI Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Provides for school districts to be able to submit all reports required by state directly to one state agency; provides that the state budget director shall appoint an advisory committee; relates to the school budget; Makes provisions for circumstances when the applicable intermediate district determines that a specified pupil count submitted using the single record student database cannot be audited by the intermediate district. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/senate/pdf/2003-SNB-0365.pdf Title: S.B. 365 Source: www.michiganlegislature.org NM Approved by voters 09/2003 P-12 Proposed amendment to the Constitution to provide for a limited additional distribution from the permanent funds to provide more money for the Public Schools to implement and maintain Educational Reforms and for other permanent fund recipients. http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Election/SpecSum.pdf and http://www.sos.state.nm.us/Election/CA2.pdf Title: Constitutional Amendment 2 (SJR6-2003) Source: New Mexico State Web site CT Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Concerns the general budget and revenue implementation; makes provisions regarding funding for children requiring special education; amends provisions regarding re-evaluation or withdrawal of consent in special education cases; makes grants to regional educational service centers. http://www.cga.state.ct.us/2003/act/Pa/2003PA-00006-R00HB-06806SS2-PA.htm Title: H.B. 6806 Source: Connecticut Legislative Web site LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Postsec. Requires total dollar amount of reductions to appropriations from the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund resulting from budget adjustments to avoid a deficit to be apportioned equally between the appropriations to the board of regents and the state board of elementary and secondary education. http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid=03RS&billid=HB573&doctype=BT Title: H.B. 573 Source: www.legis.state.la.us LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Repeals provision allowing only one parent-teacher association or booster club for each school. http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid=03RS&billid=HB162&doctype=BT Title: H.B. 162 Source: www.legis.state.la.us OH Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Funding Formula: Eliminates the requirement that the General Assembly recalculate the base funding amount every six years. Eliminates school districts ability to calculate their student enrollment on a three year rolling basis. Requires the Department to develop a new method for determining school district attendance rates. Decreases the annual inflation factor in the funding formula from 2.8% to 2.2%. Vouchers: Increases the amount of the Pilot Scholarship Program (Cleveland Vouchers) from $2,500 to $3,000. Allows for 9th and 10th graders to qualify for the Cleveland Vouchers and increases the amount of private tuition that parents can be required to pay in addition to the funds provided by the voucher. Charters: Requires the state to pay charter schools, instead of school districts, for each enrolled student. In addition states are to subtract funding for each student who leaves a district school to attend a charter school. Title: H.B. 95 Source: Digest of Enactments 2003 FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Relates to the termination of trust funds; terminates specified trust funds within the Education Department; provides for disposition of balances in and revenues of such trust funds; prescribes procedures for termination of such trust funds; declares findings of Legislature that specified trust funds within the said Department are exempt from termination requirements of certain provision of State Constitution. http://www.flsenate.gov/data/session/2003/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0818er.pdf Title: S.B. 818 Source: StateNet MD Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Establishes in Allegany County a licensing procedure for specified for-profit businesses and qualified organizations to sell paper gaming devices and for persons to sell paper gaming devices to licensees; authorizes the board of county commissioners to impose specified paper gaming taxes on licensees; establishes a special gaming fund, a continuing, nonlapsing fund that may be used only to benefit fire and rescue departments and to pay for specified school costs. http://mlis.state.md.us/2003rs/bills/hb/hb1000t.rtf Title: H.B. 1000 Source: mlis.state.md.us NE Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 The Public Elementary and Secondary Student Fee Authorization Act does not limit the ability of a governing body to request donations of money, materials, equipment, or attire to defray costs if the request is made in such a way that it is clear that the request is not a requirement. The act does not prohibit a governing body from permitting students to supply materials for course projects. A governing body may require students to furnish minor personal or minor consumable items for participation in extracurricular activities. Also, In in regard to extracurricular activities, the option student shall be treated similarly to other students who transfer into the school from another public, private, denominational, or parochial school. http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/Legal/SLIP_LB249.pdf Title: L.B. 249 Source: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us ID Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Amends existing law to authorize the State Board of Education to set up and regulate deferred compensation programs for certain eligible employees; and to provide rulemaking authority. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1084.html#billtext Title: S.B. 1084 Source: Idaho Legislative Web site SC Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Revises the manner in which matriculation and incidental fees may be charged by school districts including provisions to exempts students eligible for free lunches from these fees. http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess115_2003-2004/prever/3274_20030325.htm Title: H.B. 3274 Source: http://www.scstatehouse.net ID Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Increases the amount of money the Endowment Fund Investment Board shall make available from the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund for purposes of purchasing notes; provides that the amount of debt guaranteed by the credit enhancement program shall not be greater than 3 times the amount made available by the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/H0322.html#daily Title: H.B. 322 Source: Idaho Legislative Web site MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Allows the Mississippi Transportation Commission to enter into an agreement with the state forestry commission for the general supervision and management of timber on selected portions of the rights-of-way of the interstate highway system and those completed segments of four-lane highways in the state.  Seventy-five percent (75%) of any money collected from the sale of timber on rights-of-way, less any expenses associated therewith, must be deposited into the Education Enhancement Fund. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/SB/2100-2199/SB2102SG.htm Title: S.B. 2102 Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Creates exemption for purchases of back-to-school clothing and school supplies by consumers during three-day period in August 2003. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/Regular_Session/Senate/S_BILLS/SB100-199/RS_2003_SB100Frm.htm Title: S.B. 107 Source: West Virginia Legislature WY Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 Provides a sales tax exemption for school fundraising activities. Title: H.B. 161 Source: StateNet NJ To ASSEMBLY Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT. 11/2002 P-12 Postsec. Directs the State Treasurer to establish an automated bid access and purchasing information to be known as the Vendor Information Program to allow bidders to acces information related to bidding on contracts awarded by the State and its political subdivisions including, school districts and authorities. Title: A.B. 3009 Source: StateNet MT Rejected by voters 11/2002 P-12 To allow the investment of public funds, including school trust funds, in private corporate capital stock in accordance with recognized standards of financial management. (http://sos.state.mt.us/css/ELB/Ballot_Measures.asp) Title: Constitutional Amendment 39 Source: Montana Secretary of State UT Approved by voters 11/2002 P-12 Constitutional amendment to: (1) eliminate a requirement that a portion of the interest earnings of the State School Funs be retained in the Fund as a protection against the effects of inflation; and (2) provide that the dividends from the investment of the State School Fund may be spent to support the public education system. http://elections.utah.gov/GOV_election_pamphletWEB.pdf Title: Constitutional Amendment 1 Source: Utah Elections Office CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Requires the Comptroller to review and monitor audits of local education agencies by independent auditors. Requires local education agencies to use certified public accountants for their audits from a directory approved by the Comptroller and to be in good standing with the Board of Accountancy. Prohibits, except as specified, a public accounting firm from performing an audit of the same local education agency under certain circumstances. Title: A.B. 2834 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet GA Adopted 09/2002 P-12 Clarifies rules regarding the withholding of funds from local units of administration. Title: GAC 160-5-2-.02 Source: WestLaw NE Signed by governor 08/2002 P-12 As part of the state's budget cuts, eliminates the School Finance Review Committee and the Education Roundtable (saves approximately $20,000) Title: L.B. 41B Source: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us ID Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Creates mechanism and funding for alternative summer school programs. Title: H.B. 687 Source: Idaho State Board of Education Web site OR Rejected by Voters. 06/2002 P-12 (Ballot Measure No. 13) Proposes a Constitutional Amendment to change the name of the Education Endowment Fund to the Education Stability Fund; specifies conditions under which moneys may be appropriated from principal of fund. Title: V. 3 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CT Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Postsec. Requires the issuance of United We Stand commemorative number plates, most funds from which are to go to the commemorative account. Establishes "United We Stand commemorative account, 50% of which is to pay tuition and fees waivers at the University of Connecticut, Connecticut State University or the regional regional community-technical colleges to the dependent child or surving spouse of any state resident who was a terrorist victim of the September 11, 2001 attacks or died in the anthrax attacks September-December 31, 2001. Establishes September 11 of each year as Remembrance Day. Suitable exercises are to be held in the state capitol and elsewhere as the governor designates for the observance of the day. Title: S.B. 102 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Allows nonresident pupil's participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to a court-ordered decree or order of custody. Modifies tuition reimbursement payment by school districts under the postsecondary enrollment options act. Includes nonpublic schools in section allowing local boards to make an agreement with another school to to provide for the eligibility of its students in interscholastic activities at the partner school. Changes deadline for school infrastructure program calculations from July 1 to September 1. Modifies statute regarding phase I payment calculations. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/79GA/Legislation/SF/02200/SF02259/Current.html Title: S.B. 2259 Source: www.legis.state.ia.us AL Act No. 03/2002 P-12 Authorizes Public School and College Authority to sell and issue aggregate principal amount of Bonds, in addition to all other bonds previously issued by the Authority; provides funds to pay the cost of workforce development, education and training and the acquisition and construction of training facilities and equipment for the benefit of companies that engage in the business of manufacturing or assembling certain vehicles.http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2002rs/bills/sb517.htm Title: S.B. 517 Source: alisdb.legislature.state.al.us AL Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Relates to Alabama Public School and College Authority bonds; provides that local boards of education may use bond proceeds for the purchase and repair of equipment and building and other capital outlay projects and for the retirement of indebtedness, and to change the redemption option to ten years. Title: H.B. 6C Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Public Act No. 92-06., Amends the Election Code and the School Code; provides that notice of a referendum concerning the issuance of certain school bonds may be given by publication in at least one newspaper published in and having general circulation in the district; provides that notice provisions concerning bond issues apply only to consolidated primary elections at which not less than 60% of the voters voting on the bond proposition voted in favor of the bond proposition; makes other provisions. Title: S.B. 975 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Increases state funding to schools for the 2001-02 school year; requires school districts to adopt a plan for use of such monies; specifies that when schools receive new textbooks, allocated funds should be used first for new textbooks in certain subjects; charter schools are to follow similar funding provisions. Title: H.B. 1272 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Senate analysis states that current state policy regarding public education provides that the public school finance system of Texas is required to adhere to a standard of neutrality that provides for substantially equal access to similar revenue per student at a similar tax effort. C.S.H.B. 2879 increases the maximum amount of wealth per student a school district may have for the 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 school years, amends provisions regarding the funding of school districts that experience a decline in average daily attendance, and increases the maximum existing debt tax rate to $0.29 cents per $100 of valuation. Section 4 of the bill directs that the commissioner develop a rule to calculate educationally disadvantaged students in districts with no campuses participating in the federal free or reduced lunch program; as the provision increases the number of students who many be counted as being entitled to the compensatory education allotment, a cost to the Foundation School Program is created. The Texas Education Agency estimates that 1,796 students were identified as low-income by the 81 school districts and charter schools which do not participate in the free or reduced price lunch program. The estimated compensatory education allotment per student in the 81 districts in question is about $700, with an additional increase to weighted pupils created by the allotment generating $400 per student in tier II. It is estimated that based on the data above that the provision would cost approximately $4 million for the biennium. Title: H.B. 2879 Source: http://www.house.state.tx.us/ ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Public Law No. 127., (LD 1647)Permits school boards to carry forward general operating fund balances at the end of a school administrative unit's fiscal year to meet the needs of the school administrative unit for up to 3 years to reduce the State and local allocations for the purpose of computing State subsidy. Title: S.B. 524 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Authorizes a school district to use a portion of its impact aid funds for repayment of bonds. Title: S.B. 457 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Relates to elementary and secondary education provisions addressed in the creation of North Dakota Century Code; relates to administration, boards, teacher licenses; school guidance and counseling services; special education; vocational and technology education; school finance; transportation. Title: H.B. 1045 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ME Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Public Law No. 38., 39 (LD 346) Clarifies that communities that are part of a school administrative district or other single or multicommunity school district may deposit the proceeds of school impact fees in a trust fund to be used to pay their proportionate share of anticipate school capital costs. Title: H.B. 268 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Relates to public money; provides for stratified or statistical pre- and post-audits; requires quarterly reports from local public bodies, school districts and certain institutions or higher education. Title: H.B. 87 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 This bill makes several technical changes to school financing in the areas of: bonding, high cost transportation and isolated school funding. Title: S.B. 603 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Authorizes advance payment of a portion of a charter school's estimated annual apportionment under specified conditions. Title: H.B. 278 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Provides for the issuance of special Committed to Education motor vehicle license plates. Title: S.B. 213 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Provides for an exchange of certain endowment lands, managed by the Board of Land Commissioners, which are adjacent to the Idaho State University/University of Idaho Center for Higher Education, with lands of equivalent market value owned by the Board of Education. Title: H.B. 348 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Of the revenue deposited into the common school account within the permanent land fund from revenues available under the negotiated easement agreement with the Express Pipeline Partnership in 1996, five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) shall be accounted for separately and the interest earned thereon shall not be part of the distribution from the common school account under W.S. 21-13-301, and shall be deposited into the Wyoming trust fund within the trust and agency fund. Title: S.B. 11 Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2001 OK Rejected by voters 11/2000 P-12 Postsec. STATE QUESTION 684 (SJR 2-2000) Amends the State Constitution; removes restrictions on the Permanent School Fund relative to common schools and universities and colleges; removes the requirement that certain monies be held as trust funds; allows the Commissioners of the Land Office to add income from the school land funds to such funds and to decide what amount to send to the schools and universities each year; specifies the amount to be sent to the common schools. Title: V. 1 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet SD Unofficially approved on the ballot 11/2000 P-12 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT E (SJR-1-2000); permits the investment of the Permanent School Funds in certain stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other financial instruments and the use of a certain portion of the interest and income to increase the principal in the Fund. Title: V. 5 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Revises the method of apportioning funds for the gifted and talented program so that each participating school district receives a per-pupil amount based on average daily attendance, determined as specified. Removes certain restrictions on the use of funds for gifted and talented pupil programs. Title: A.B. 2313 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Establishes, until 01/01/2002, the California Commission on Restructuring School Finance for Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires the Commission to, among other things, develop a proposed method for the reduction or elimination of mandated categorical programs. Title: A.B. 2831 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Chapter No.536, Extends the operation of the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account to January 1, 2011. Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to enter into agreement with the Regents of the University of California, the Trustees of the California State University, the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and the State Department of Education to expend specified funds for purposes relating to energy conservation. Title: S.B. 1299 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Limits the authorization of the California School Finance Authority to make or purchase secured or unsecured loans or to purchase the rights and possibilities to those loans and rights and possibilities regarding the state's share of funding, for of school facilities provided under the Green Act. Title: A.B. 2586 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet OK On 11/07/2000 ballot 07/2000 P-12 Postsec. STATE QUESTION 684 (SJR 2-2000) Amends the State Constitution; removes restrictions on the Permanent School Fund relative to common schools and universities and colleges; removes the requirement that certain monies be held as trust funds; allows the Commissioners of the Land Office to add income from the school land funds to such funds and to decide what amount to send to the schools and universities each year; specifies the amount to be sent to the common schools. Title: V. 1, SB 1348 Source: 2000 Legislative Summary, Oklahoma RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2000 P-12 Relates to municipal public building authorities; provides that in calculating the limitations of revenue bonds, there shall not be included in the calculation 50% of the outstanding principal amount of any bond issued for projects for which the authority or municipality recieves school housing aid. Title: S.B. 3067 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Provides for the distribution of money received from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; establishes the Rural Development Fund, the Early Childhood Development Fund, and the Kentucky Health Care Improvement Fund; creates the Lung Cancer Research Fund administered through the University of Kentucky and the University of Louisville; provides that all interest income accrue to the funds; provides that the funds are non-lapsing. Title: H.B. 583 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to be responsible for an annual audit of the funds in each school district cooperative, school district consortium, school district corporation, and any other entity formed by school districts; provides the auditor may allow a certified public accountant to perform the audit but shall retain the right to receive the audit report and management letters. Title: H.B. 689 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NE Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 Changes provisions relating to budgets, beginner grade entrance document requirements, the enrollment option program, reorganization plan hearings, report filing dates, warrants, expenditure limitations, state aid, temporary mitigation funds, the Hardship Fund, certain site and building funds, special education, and private postsecondary career schools; changes and eliminates provisions relating to duties of the school Finance Review Committee. Title: L.B. 1401 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NE Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Relates to revenue and taxation; changes provisions relating to the Nebraska Budget Act, tax levies, joint public agencies, taxation of public property, and school finance; changes the operative date of changes made by Laws 1999; provides operative dates; repeals the original sections; declares an emergency. Title: L.B. 968 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet VT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 This act amends the public bids section of law to make clear that school boards may resort to the state purchasing system without having to undergo any further public bidding and it clearly authorizes, in the context of school nutrition programs, use of any federally-permitted bid or request for proposal process notwithstanding any Vermont public bid statute to the contrary. Title: H.B. 620 Source: http://www.state.vt.us/educ/legupdate.htm