From the ECS State Policy Database Governance--Site-Based Management

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 MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School Board Guidance - Individualized Learning H.F. 2949 Provides that school boards may consider how to: (1) assist schools in adapting instruction to individual students needs/abilities and estab... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Secondary School Reform Act Delay/Teacher Evaluations/Tenure/Student Governance Councils/6th Grade Student Success Plan H.B. 6498 Secondary School Reform Act - Delays by two years the implementation of the secondary school reform requirements enacted in 2010 that: (1) I... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 District- and Campus-Level Planning and Decision-Making Committees S.B. 778 Includes professional staff who educate students with disabilities on district-level and campus-level planning and decision-making committee... More... NV Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Empowerment schools S.B. 196 Removes the restriction on the number of empowerment schools that may be established statewide and removes the prospective expiration of the... More... KY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Filling Principal and Personnel Vacancies S.B. 12 Directs the superintendent, when a principal is filling a personnel vacancy at the school, to provide additional applicants to the principal... More... WV Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 School-level Collaborative Teams S.B. 2006 Encourages teacher collaboration through the establishment of alternative school-level decision-making bodies; creates a process for schools... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 School Governance Council S.B. 438 - Sec. 21 Permits the local/regional board of education for a school that has been identified as in need of improvement pursuant or designated as a lo... More... KY Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Interventions for Persistently Low-Achieving Schools and Advanced Placement H.B. 176 Amends accountability provisions in KRS 160.346. Defines "persistently low-achieving school". Defines "school intervention" as a process cho... More... MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Innovation Schools S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) An Innovation School shall be a public school, operating within a public school district, that is established for the purpose of improving s... More... IL Signed into law 11/2009 P-12 Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force H.B. 363 Requires the establishment of a Chicago Educational Facilities Task Force in order to ensure that school facility-related decisions are made... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 New York City Board A.B. 8903 - New York City Board Powers and Duties Substantially amends powers and duties of New York City board, authorizing the board to: (1) Approve all regulations proposed by the chance... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Community Superintendents A.B. 8903 - Community Superintendents Amends provisions regarding community superintendents in New York City. Clarifies that a community superintendent's delegation of powers or ... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 School Based Management Team A.B. 8903 - School Based Management Team Amends section 2590-i regarding powers and duties of principals and schools in New York City. Clarifies that a school principal must carry o... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 School Based Budgeting and Expenditure Reporting A.B. 8903 - School Based Budgeting and Expenditure Reporting Amends section 2590-r, relating to school based budgeting and expenditure reporting in New York City. Existing law directs principals to dev... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Financial Reporting and Minimum Standards H.B. 1 - Section 3301.07 Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:Modifies the current requirement for the state board to develop a standard for reporting financial ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Site Governing Schools H.F. 2 Allows a school board to approve site-governed schools by requesting site-governing school proposals from groups of licensed professionals a... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Innovative Education H.F. 2 Establishes a nine-member advisory council to advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on site-governed schools, innovation in sc... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Innovative Education H.F. 2 Establishes a nine-member advisory council to advise and make recommendations to the commissioner on site-governed schools, innovation in sc... More... UT Adopted 05/2009 P-12 School Community Councils R277-491 Specifies that local boards and the state charter school board are responsible for school community council operations, plans, oversight and... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Local School Council Duties S.B. 1 Section 12 Requires each school council to adopt policies related to mandated analysis of its program review findings and determining how it will addre... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Transition in Writing Program S.B. 1 Section 16 Provides that whereas writing is an essential skill for all public school students to master; and whereas the 2009-10 and 2010-11 school yea... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Background Check for Parent Members of School Councils S.B. 148 Requires a criminal records check for parent members of school-based decision making councils. Allows members to serve prior to the report b... More... IL Signed into law 12/2008 P-12 School Council Members, Law Enforcement Drills S.B. 2688 Amends Chicago School District Article of School Code. Provides if the child of a parent school council member dies during term in office, t... More... UT Adopted 12/2008 P-12 School Community Councils R277-491 Proposes rule to provide direction to school districts and schools in establishing and maintaining school community councils. http://www.rul... More... KY Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Appointment of Principal Vacancies S.B. 86 Existing law requires the school council to fill principal vacancies by selecting the new principal from individuals recommended by the loca... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 School Community Council Communications Requirements H.B. 189 Requires a school community council to provide the following information to each household that has a student attending the school: (1) A sc... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Election of Members of School Community Councils H.B. 127 Modifies the Strategic Planning Act for Educational Excellence by amending provisions for the election of members of school community counci... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Empowerment Schools S.B. 238 Authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts to establish a program of empowerment schools for the public schools of the school dis... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Charter Systems Act S.B. 39 Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Membership of School Councils S.B. 72 (Section 1) Specifies that parents of students enrolled in the school must comprise a majority of school council members. Replaces prior requirement tha... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School Administrative Managers S.B. 72 (Section 2) Authorizes local districts to hire school administrative managers in lieu of or in addition to assistant principals. Provides that such scho... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Teacher Quality Committee S.F. 277 (Section 17) Strikes Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph c, which made a district eligible for student achievement and teaching quality monies if the ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 School Council Membership S.B. 49 Clarifies definitions for purposes of membership. "Parent or guardian member" means a parent or guardian of a student who is attending the s... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Site Based Decisionmaking Pilot Program S.B. 1053 Establishes the Local Improvement Program as a pilot program, with up to 5% of all public schools and up to 15 school districts participatin... More... MN Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Site based management team H.F. 141 - Multiple Components A school site decision-making team must include at east one parent of a pupil in the school. For purposes of formation of a new site, a sch... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 School Community Council's Responsibilities S.B. 1253 Clarifies a school community council's responsibilities. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1253_cd1_.htm... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Council Membership S.B. 1011 Provides that a parent or guardian who is employed by a school district may serve as a member of a school council if not employed at the sam... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Student Achievement Improvement H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions) Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Mathematics Achievement Fund H.B. 93 (Section 3) Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students,... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Roles of School Councils, Local Boards and Superintendents in Achieving State Education Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraphs 8-10) (8) School councils at all school levels are encouraged to identify and allocate resources to qualified teachers to become coaches or mentor... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Health and Nutrition in Schools S.B. 172 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the... 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... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Achievement Grant Program A.B. 2152 Establishes the Pupil Achievement Grant Program to consolidate funding and provide flexibility at the schoolsite in the use of funds from sp... More... HI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Education Reform H.B. 2002 The education reform in this Act shall be known as the "Reinventing Education Act of 2004." The provisions include (1) establishing a weight... More... TN Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Low Performing Schools and Districts H.B. 1175 Chapter No. 832. Renames low performing schools and school districts as high priority schools and school districts; allows the commissioner ... More... HI Veto override 05/2004 P-12 Reinventing Education Act of 2004 S.B. 3238 Establishes a weighted student formula; provides additional information technology; empowers principals through a Hawaii principals academy ... More... KS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Multiple Provisions S.B. 304 Concerns the computation of the amount of state financial aid received by school districts that consolidate; establishes the Center for Inno... More... GA Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Education Provisions H.B. 1190 Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School Councils S.B. 111 Requires a scholastic audit team, when auditing a school that for two successive accountability cycles has failed to meet its goal, to inclu... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Public Education S.B. 1024 Allows the Commissioner of Education to authorize up to 16 school systems to operate as alternative education programs which emphasize scho... More... KS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Johnson County Advisory Boards S.B. 82 Makes it optional rather than mandatory for each member district of Johnson County to have a five-member advisory board. Modifies membership... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Councils Membership S.B. 1228 Ensures individuals who are affected by the outcome of a decision at a school site share in the decision making process; establishes the com... More... NM Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Advisory School Councils H.B. 212 (Omnibus Bill) Adds Section 22-5-16. Requries each school to create an advisory school council, to reflect a balance of employees and parents and comunity... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School Council Member Training S.B. 134 Specifies that experienced school council members, who are already required to complete three clock hours of training in school-based decisi... More... MA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Parent Advisory Councils for Parents of English Language Learners H.B. 5010 Establishes in each district serving at least 50 students in English language learners program a parent advisory council comprised of parent... More... FL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School Advisory Council Bylaws H.B. 1661 Requires school advisory councils to adopt bylaws that are subject to approval by the district school board; requires that the bylaws includ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Principal Hiring by School Councils H.B. 55 Allows building principal applicants considered by school-based decision making councils until September 15 to provide evidence that they ar... More... UT Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 School Community Councils S.B. 167 Specifies the duties, powers, and membership of a school community council and establishes a process for the selection of council members. ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Local School Improvement Committee Membership S.B. 165 Beginning in 2004-05 school year, the makeup of any local school improvement committee is to be determined by IC 20-10.2... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Personnel Laws S.B. 227 Requires first-class permits for superintendents; provides that principals chair the process for interviewing prospective professional and p... More... RI Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 School Improvement Teams H.B. 7415 Establishes school improvement teams for each school in preparation and evaluation of the school improvement plan.... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 School-Based Decisionmaking S.B. 76 Deletes the requirement that teacher representatives on school-based decision making councils be Kentucky residents, allows a school distric... More... KY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 School Councils S.B. 265 Requires that a parent member on a school council not be an employee or a relative of an employee of the school in which the parent serves; ... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Local School Councils Component H.B. 1187 Mandates school councils at each school. The councils must be made up of the principal of the school, two parents, two teachers, and two bus... More...