From the ECS State Policy Database Finance--Private Giving

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 OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 The measure creates the Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund to be used for grants to public classroom teachers. The State Board of Education will award the grants and establish the criteria for and application process for the grants. Teachers must use grants for supplies, materials or equipment for classrooms or classes taught by the teachers. Taxpayers and corporations wishing to contribute to the fund may designate the contribution on the appropriate income tax or corporate tax form after December 31, 2011. The contribution may be made by reducing the income tax refund of the taxpayer. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB1852%20ENR.DOC Title: H.B. 1852 Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us IN Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Requires a school corporation, including a charter school, to expend a proportionate share of its state special education grant on providing special education services to parentally placed nonpublic school students with disabilities. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2011/HE/HE1341.1.html Title: H.B. 1341 Source: http://www.in.gov TN Signed into law 04/2011 Postsec. Authorizes the University of Tennessee (UT) to designate foundations that have been established to support the University to receive private gifts for university support. Authorizes UT to enter into fee-for-service agreements with these foundations to lease university employees to the foundations to carry out the foundations' mission. All leased employees will retain full benefits. Authorizes UT to enter into fee-forservice agreements to provide services to these foundations. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/HB0306.pdf Title: H.B. 306 Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov KS Signed into law 05/2010 Postsec. Clarifies current law regarding gifts and donations to universities, and provides guidelines on the acceptance of gifts by a foundation. Gifts to the university, other than gifts of real property, would be considered property of the university foundation, upon written approval of the chief executive officer of the institution, unless prohibited in writing by the donor. As in current law, the property of a foundation would not be considered to be public or state property. Foundations would have the ability to charge a reasonable administrative fee and may be reimbursed for actual expenses. Property could be administered, invested, reinvested and expended solely for the benefit of the foundation's university. Chapter 2010-138 http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/2446.pdf Title: H.B. 2446 Source: http://www.kslegislature.org UT Signed into law 03/2010 Postsec. Defines "foreign person" and "conditional gift". Requires any higher education institution to disclose to the board of regents receipt during any one-year period of any gift(s) totaling a certain amount from a foreign person (including a foreign government or corporation or other entity created under the laws of a foreign government or that has its principal place of business located outside the U.S.). Requires the board to report to the education interim committee and provide a summary of all gifts above a certain amount received by higher education institutions from foreign persons/governments during the prior fiscal year. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/hbillenr/hb0114.pdf Title: H.B. 114 Source: le.utah.gov TN Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. Makes confidential certain information relating to donors of gifts to public institutions of higher education or to certain related foundations. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/BILL/HB1961.pdf Title: S.B. 2080 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us NJ Adopted 07/2006 Postsec. Community College Establishes procedures for higher education institutions to apply for State matching funds under the Higher Education Incentive Funding Act, and delineates how and when the matching funds will be distributed to such institutions. Title: NJAC 17:26 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet TN Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Community College Requires university foundations to adopt codes of ethics and provides procedure for removal of foundation board members who violate such codes. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0879.pdf Title: H.B. 2853 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us TN Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Creates tax credit for qualified contributions for qualified public school support organizations; provides that seventy-five percent of the operating and implementation costs shall be satisfied from any increase in local sales tax revenues and twenty-five percent of such costs from increases in state sales tax revenues. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0835.pdf Title: H.B. 1302 Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.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 AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Relates to individual income tax credits for cash contributions to public schools; provides that site councils for schools that receive undesignated contributions may determine how the contributions are to be used at the school site. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2421 Title: H.B. 2421 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Requires every school tuition organization and public school that receives a contribution or fee, which can then be taken as an individual income tax credit, to report certain information to the Department of Revenue. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2396 Title: H.B. 2396 Source: Arizona Legislative Web site FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 In funds for student transportation, shifts rule authority from commissioner to state board (see bill section 660, page 1239, line 8 ff); permits local boards to establish resolution that can include a convenant to decrease the capital local school property tax levied (see bill section 664, page 1251, line 4 ff); establishes new section for Florida Academic Improvement Trust Fund, which institutes a public schools matching grants program (see section 670, page 1258, line 1 ff): http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf Title: S.B. 20E Source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Postsec. Changes the application of the Uniform Management of Educational Institutional Funds Act to "institutions" rather than "educational institutions." http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2002rs/bills/hb96.htm Title: H.B. 96 Source: alisdb.legislature.state.al.us AZ Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Exempts from the public records laws State university records such as intellectual property, donated historical materials and names and information concerning donors or potential donors to a university. Title: S.B. 1527 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet NH Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Relates to the expending of legacies or gifts and the transfer of funds by the regional community-technical colleges; allows the regional community-technical colleges to expend legacies and gifts without approval of the Governor or Council; allows for the transfer of funds between line items within and among any budgetary unit in the regional community-technical colleges. Title: S.B. 453 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet MD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Establishes the Public Education Partnership Fund; describes Fund's purposes; authorizes Fund to receive grants and private contributions; authorizes State Board of Education to use the Fund; requires the Treasurer to invest money from the Fund for the use of the Fund and to credit certain earnings to the Fund; specifies procedures for expenditures from the Fund; makes the Fund continuous and nonlapsing; states that Fund is subject to audit by the Legislative Auditor. Title: S.B. 107 Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet