From the ECS State Policy Database Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest

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 LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Education Requirements for Retirement System Board of Trustees Members S.B. 16 Amends education requirements for members of retirement system boards of trustees. Makes continuing education requirements also applicable t... More... LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Ethics Education for Statewide Candidates for Elected Office H.B. 365 Requires a candidate for statewide elective office or state legislator to obtain at least one hour of ethics education and training in the s... More... MS Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Establish Administrative Due Process for Licensure Violations H.B. 1144 Establishes an office within the State Department of Education to respond to and conduct hearings regarding educator and administrator licen... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Hiring the Superintendent's Spouse H.B. 366 Allows a superintendent's spouse who has at least 8 years of service in school systems to be an employee in the district in which the superi... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Gifts to Board Members and Employees of Public Employees' Retirement System and State Teachers' Retirement System S.B. 439 From bill summary: Prohibits any member of the board of, and any designated employee of, the Public Employees' Retirement System (PERS) or S... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Campaign Finance Reports for School Board Trustees and Candidates H.B. 336 From fiscal analysis: Requires school districts located either wholly or partly in a city with a population of 500,000 or more, and with a s... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Professional Standards Commission H.B. 285 Directs the Professional Standards Commission to revise its certification renewal rules to require, effective July 2015, demonstration of th... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Enforcement of Ethics Violations H.B. 1952 Replaces prior policy on reporting of ethics violations for educators. Defines ethics violations, reporting requirements and disciplinary ac... More... NY Vetoed 08/2010 Postsec. SUNY and CUNY Trustees S.B. 1736 Relates to qualifications for certain appointed positions with the board of trustees for the state university and CUNY. Prohibits specified ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 School Board Business, Conflicts of Interest S.B. 3515 Allows a school treasurer to pay recurring bills upon certification by the clerk or secretary of the school board (instead of requiring an o... More... TX Adopted 06/2010 P-12 Code of Ethics for Texas Permanent School Fund 19 TAC 33.5 Amends s.33.5, concerning the code of ethics policy for managing and investing the Texas Permanent School Fund. Section 33.5 establishes pro... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Local Board Members and Local Superintendents S.B. 84 Requires local board member who moves out of local board jurisdiction to notify the local board secretary within 10 days of such move. Allow... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 188 Expands the membership of the state board of education by including a member of the state charter school board as a nonvoting member. Remove... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Financial Disclosures/Conflicts of Interest H.B. 270 Requires candidates for governor, lieutenant governor, state auditor, state treasurer, attorney general, state legislator, or state board of... More... IL Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Competitive Bids and Electronic Processes H.B. 613 In provisions requiring certain contracts to be awarded by competitive bid, provides that the acceptance of bids sealed by a bidder and the ... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Auxiliary Organizations S.B. 218 The California Public Records Act requires state and local agencies to make their records available for public inspection and to make copies... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 Community College Electronic H.B. 862 Provides that electronic bid submissions to community colleges must be considered a sealed document for competitive bid requests if they are... More... OR Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Sexual misconduct H.B. 2476 Creates a sentencing enhancement for sexual abuse in the second degree when the offender is a specified age or older and is a minor victim's... More... HI Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009 P-12 Campaign/Finance Laws H.B. 128 Organizes, clarifies, updates and recodifies campaign finance laws. Restricts limitations on contributions by contractors with the state to ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 Postsec. Bacterial Meningitis and Postsecondary Compliance Programs H.B. 4189 Creates new Section 51.9192. Applies to first-time students enrolling in public, private and independent institutions of higher education on... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Electronic Textbooks and Instructional Materials H.B. 4294 Relates to instructional materials and technological equipment in public schools. Adds Section 31.0231, "Electronic Textbook and Instruction... More... GA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Anti-Nepotism Provisions H.B. 251 Section 2 Defines immediate family member. Effective with local board members elected or appointed after July 2009, bars an individual who has an imme... More... GA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Nepotism H.B. 251- Section Affecting Superintendent Selection This section of H.B. 251 prohibits any person from being eligible to be appointed, employed, or to serve as superintendent of schools of any... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Sexual Misconduct H.B. 1385 Modifies provisions relating to sexual misconduct by school employees; protects registered school students from sexual misconduct by school ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Ethics H.B. 1319 Prohibits school district employees from using public assets for private gain; prohibits a school district employee from employing or using ... More... NY Signed into law 10/2008 P-12 Lawyers and Compensation, Health Insurance and Other Benefits S.B. 8699 Creates new part III (sections 2050 through 2054) of article 41 of the education code. Provides that a lawyer may not simultaneously be an i... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 08/2008 Community College Postsec. Community College Districts H.B. 4189 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt res... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Job-Related Felony H.B. 4700 Provides that the State's Attorney must notify the board of trustees for the retirement system or pension fund if an employee is convicted o... More... NY Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 License Revocation for Conviction for Defrauding the Government S.B. 8554 Requires the commissioner of education to revoke and annul the certificates of school administrators or supervisors for the conviction of fe... More... HI Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2008 Postsec. Postsecondary Governance Transparency S.B. 2263 Requires the board of regents of the University of Hawaii to disclose, in open meetings for the purpose of public comment, proposed compensa... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 Postsec. Alumni Association Financial Statements H.B. 1184 Provides that any alumni association, alumni foundation, or other private, nonprofit alumni organization that supports a public institution ... More... AZ Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 Ethics S.B. 1341 Provides that the State Board of Education will recommend to each School District or Charter School a code of conduct for certified and nonc... More... AL Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Competitive Bidding on Contracts H.B. 442 Relates to competitive bidding on contracts of certain state and local agencies. Increases the minimum amount of contracts subject to compet... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Transparency in Government Act S.B. 300 Provides for audits and the examination of books and records. Provides for the creation and maintenance of a searchable Web site that provid... More... TN Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Boards Establish Their Own Ethical Standards S.B. 3024 Considers all county, municipal and special school districts in the state to be separate governmental entities. Allows the school boards of ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Board Members Selling School Supplies H.B. 602 Provides an exception to provision prohibiting a school board member from selling school supplies or equipment to the county board. http://w... More... LA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Ethics Education H.B. 33A Establishes qualification and education requirements for persons designated by state agencies to provide ethics education and information to... More... LA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Ethnics Education H.B. 6A Requires each public servant to receive a certain amount of ethics education and training during each year of his term of office or employme... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Ethics H.B. 1138 Prohibits the use of a false academic degree or a degree that is not completed to obtain employment, a promotion, admission to postsecondary... More... LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Business Manager and Constitution Day LAC 28:CXV.503, 2305 Amends sections of Bulletin 741 - Handbook for School Administrators. 503: Adds business manager to the list of certified personnel a dist... More... IL Vetoed 08/2007 Community College Postsec. State Officials and Employees Ethics Act H.B. 3504 Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt res... More... NY Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 New York City Community School District S.B. 1666 Amends the Education Law in relation to the effect of certain regulations and by-laws on community council members, community superintendent... More... HI Vetoed 07/2007 Postsec. Administrative Positions in the University of Hawaii System S.B. 46 Provides that for administrative positions in the University of Hawaii system filled by excluded employees, proposed compensation or change ... More... LA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Code of Governmental Ethics H.B. 493 Provides that the state board of ethics must, on a regular basis, offer training on its computerized data management system, as well as educ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. Scholarship Prohibitions for Relatives of Board Members S.B. 1325 Prohibits relatives of public college and university board members from receiving certain scholarships from the institution or system whose ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. Community College Contract Between Postsecondary Institution and a Business S.B. 130 Relates to employee interest in contracts between a public postsecondary education institution and a business; permits a governing board of ... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School Contracts & Services Conflict-of-Interest Prohibition H.B. 3094 Prohibits county and district school officers, secretaries of boards of education, school supervisors or superintendents, and teachers from ... More... NJ Adopted 09/2006 Postsec. Community College Higher Education Institution Code of Ethics NJAC 9A:3 Amends rules concerning the Higher Education Commission's Institutional Code of Ethics to require every public institution of higher educati... More... LA Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Exception to Nepotism Policy H.B. 675 Allows an immediate family member of a school board member or of a superintendent in a parish with a population of 26,000 or less to be prom... More... ID Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Watchers at School District Elections H.B. 671 Amends existing law relating to school district elections to allow the candidate to authorize a watcher to observe the conduct of the electi... More... IL Adopted 02/2006 P-12 CODE OF REGULATIONS 74 IAC 420.130, 140, 310, 320, 410, 420, 430, 630, 640, 710, 720 Provides standards for the conduct of financial audits of regional offices of education and certain educational service centers. http://www.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts' Employment of Board Members' Relatives H.B. 1867 An act to restrict school districts from employing relatives of board members. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB186... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Auditors H.B. 2700 Requires school district auditors to comply with the requirements and prohibitions of the federal Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. http://www.ark... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Open Meetings and Open Records Information H.B. 77 Requires the attorney general to distribute Open Meetings and Open Records Act information to local government officials, superintendents of... More... PA Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 School Districts Prohibited Transactions H.B. 561 Amends the Pennsylvania Securities Act of 1972. Further defines "institutional investor." Adds a definition. Further provides for prohibited... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 Postsec. Ethnics Course for Postsecondary Board Members A.B. 1969 Requires the Trustees of California State University, and urges the Regents of the University of California, to offer, on at least a semiann... More... LA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Retirement Systems H.B. 1215 Requires persons who have or who are seeking to obtain a contractual or other relationship with a state or statewide public retirement syste... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Legislative Auditor H.B. 490 Notwithstanding any provision of present law to the contrary, any entity which establishes scholastic rules which are the basis for the stat... More... GA Vetoed 05/2004 P-12 Criminal Checks and Code of Ethics H.B. 198 Requires local school boards to adopt a code of ethics; requires local units of administration to request a criminal check of teachers, prin... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Board Members May Not Coerce Decisions H.B. 1905 Prohibits a school board member from acting in an individual capacity without the authorization of the school board to use his authority of ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Exception from Ethics Code for Former School Board Members S.B. 221 Provides for an exception from the Ethics Code to allow former city/parish school board members to contract with, be employed by, or be appo... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Ethical guidelines for educational administrators, employees and board members. S.B. 817 Provides to set forth certain ethical guidelines and prohibitions for educational administrators, employees and board members.... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - School Board Anti-Nepotism Policies H.B. 1187 Local boards of education may not employ or promote any person who is a member of the immediate family of any board member, unless a public,... More...