From the ECS State Policy Database School/District Structure/Operations

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 AR Adopted 09/2012 P-12 Rules Governing the Closure of Isolated Schools AR ADC 005.01.8-1.00 to AR ADC 005.01.8-5.00 Provides that any isolated school within a resulting or receiving district shall remain open unless the school board of directors of the res... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 District Public Project Bidding Procedures A.B. 1565 From bill summary: For contracts awarded on and after January 1, 2014, and until January 1, 2019, requires the governing board of the distri... More... AR Adopted 07/2012 pre-K-12 Rules Governing Education Service Cooperatives AR ADC 005.01.24-1.00 to AR ADC 005.01.24-31.00 Authorizes the State Board of Education (BOE) to establish a statewide system of not more than fifteen multicounty education service coopera... More... PA Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Elementary Schools Section H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions This section allows a district to satisfy the requirement that it operate an elementary school by operating such a school, converting a buil... More... AR Adopted 05/2012 P-12 School District Requirements for Personnel Policies and Documents Posted to District Websites AR ADC 005.01.25-1.00 to AR ADC 005.01.25-9.00 Outlines requirements for publishing school district classified and licensed personnel policies, salary schedules, establishing minimum sala... More... IA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 School Administration Manager S.F. 2284 - Division VI Permits the authorization of individuals that successfully complete a training program to meet Board of Educational Examiners standards to a... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Municipal School Districts S.B. 2908 Removes prohibition on creation of municipal school districts. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB2908.pdf... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Education Reporting Efficiency H.B. 500 Directs the state board to determine how reporting requirements may be modified or eliminated to reduce the time district and charter school... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Fiscal Efficiency and Shared Services S.B. 2134 Encourages each regional superintendent of schools to offer districts the opportunity to share in joint educational or operational programs,... More... CA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Allocation of Federal Funds to Districts A.B. 169 Clarifies that for purposes of state board allocation of federal funds to districts, "districts" are defined to include school districts, co... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Public Information Requests S.B. 8 - Public Information Requests From bill summary: Authorizes a district to require a person who requests public information provided by the district to pay the estimated c... More... IN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Operational Efficiency S.B. 1 - Operational Efficiency Reviews Requires the state department to develop a program to provide training and evaluations for school corporations in operational efficiency. Au... More... ME Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Creates Innovative Public School Zones and Innovative Public School Districts S.P. 466 Provides for the creation, submission, review and approval of innovation plans to establish innovative public school zones and innovative pu... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Powers of Political Subdivisions H.B. 153 - Powers of Political Subdivisions Section 9.482: Authorizes a political subdivision (including a school district), when authorized by their respective legislative authorities... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Local Government Innovation Program H.B. 153 - Local Government Innovation Program Creates new sections 189.01 through 189.09. Creates the local government innovation program to provide loans and grants for local government... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Minimum Operating Standards for School Districts H.B. 153 - Minimum Operating Standards for School Districts Makes permissive rather than mandatory certain minimum operating standards for school districts established by 2009 H.B. 1, and found in Sec... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Educational Service Centers H.B. 153 - Educational Service Centers Authorizes an educational service center's governing board to task an executive committee of the governing board with performing specified a... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Classroom Placement for Multiple Birth Siblings S.B. 726 Allows the parent of multiple birth siblings who are assigned to the same grade level and school to request a consultative meeting with the ... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Office of Regional Educational Services S.B. 250 Allows certain school districts of an education service district to withdraw from the education service district. Requires the education ser... More... NC Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Permits Local Boards of Education to Jointly Establish Regional Schools S.B. 125 Authorizes local boards of education to jointly establish a regional school to serve enrolled students in two or more local school districts... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 District Employees and Charitable Contributions H.B. 1682 Prohibits district boards or employees from requiring or coercing any employee to make a contribution to a charitable organization or in res... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Prohibition of District Operation of a Hotel S.B. 764 Prohibits the board of trustees of an independent school district from using district funds, property, employees or other resources, or acqu... More... ME Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Process for Energy Service Companies Contracting with Maine Schools H.P. 583 Removes provisions of law that allow school administrative units to use a process other than a competitive bid process in selecting energy s... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Task Force on Creating Administrative Efficiencies S.B. 536 Creates the Task Force on Creating Administrative Efficiencies until November 30, 2011. The seven-member task force must examine ways to red... More... ME Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 School Closures/Annual Student Counts/Private Schools Annual Audit H.P. 959 Exempts certain reformulated school administrative districts that did not operate a K-12 program from the requirement to maintain such a pro... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Ethics H.B. 2002 Prohibits school districts from paying for membership in an association that attempts to influence the outcome of an election. http://www.az... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Training on Audit Procedures H.B. 1708 Requires school district board members to obtain professional development concerning audit procedures. Defines scope and content of training... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Districts with Fewer than 350 Students S.B. 383 Requires the Department of Education to annually publish a List of all school districts with fewer than three hundred 350 students according... More... OH Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs H.B. 30 - Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs Permits the state superintendent to issue waivers from certain financial reporting standards for districts and educational service centers, ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Regional Service Centers H.B. 92 From bill summary: Allows and encourages local school boards to enter into an interlocal agreement to create a regional service center to pr... More... UT Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Schools, Districts Prohibited from Hiring Lobbyist S.B. 123 Amends the definition of "agency" to include a school, a school district or a charter school. Prohibits a school, a school district or a cha... More... ID Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School closure S.B. 1066 Specifies provisions for school discontinuation. Amends existing law relating to discontinuing a school to specify procedures and to provide... More... ID Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Records H.B. 21 Amends existing law relating to education to provide that accurate records or minutes of certain proceedings shall be kept, and shall be ava... More... NM Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School Enrollment for Children of Military Personnel H.B. 14 Allows priority school enrollment within the attendance area to students whose parents are active duty military personnel in New Mexico. htt... More... PA Signed into law 11/2010 P-12 Tuitioning for Students from Districts Under Fiscal Distress S.B. 441 - Amending Section 1607 Not a traditional voucher, but does provide tuition for students to attend school in another district under a tuition arrangement. From the ... More... NY Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 School District Finance Security Task Force S.B. 7323 Creates the school district finance security task force to develop guidelines for school districts to protect sensitive banking and other in... More... NY Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Paperwork Reduction A.B. 11566 - Section 1 Authorizes the commissioner of education to receive all information required to be reported by statute or regulation through electronic mean... More... NY Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Boards of Cooperative Educational Services (BOCES) A.B. 11566 - Section 6 and 7 Requires that boards of cooperative educational services (BOCES) include special education and career education program plans in their long ... More... DC Adopted 07/2010 P-12 School Environments and School Gardens LB 18-564 - School Environments and School Gardens Establishes an environmental programs office in the Office of Public Education Facilities Modernization that would establish comprehensive r... More... CA Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 School Recycling A.C.R. 128 Encourages school districts to engage in recycling programs and to promote awareness of available state resources that schools may utilize t... More... IL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 School District Intergovernmental Cooperation Renewable Energy Act H.B. 6419 Authorizes any two or more school districts to form an agency, by establishment of an intergovernmental agreement, to acquire and construct ... More... NH Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Appointement of Deputy Treasurer H.B. 1157 Authorizes school district treasurers to appoint a deputy treasurer subject to approval by the school board. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us... More... WI Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Objections to Race-Based Nicknames, Logos, etc. S.B. 25 Under the Act (Act No. 250), a school district resident may object to the use of a race-based nickname, logo, mascot, or team name by a scho... More... OK Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Reducing Paperwork and Reporting Requirements H.B. 1479 Relates to a study by the State Board of Education concerning ways to eliminate or reduce reports, data, and other information required of s... More... NH Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 School Administrative Units H.B. 615 This bill makes various changes to the section on organization of, reorganization of, and withdrawal from a school administrative unit. http... More... IA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Community College H.B. 823 Requires public schools, community colleges, institutions under the control of the State Board of Regents, and state agencies to comply with... More... NY Vetoed 03/2010 P-12 "Other Specified Personnel" when BOCES Takes Over Program S.B. 6154 Relates to teachers' rights; adds other specified personnel to teachers and teaching assistants when a board of cooperative educational serv... More... OR Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 School Reform S.B. 988A Provides school district resident qualification for certain exchange students; provides for adjustments to distributions to school districts... More... KY Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Determination of District Boundaries for School Board Elections S.B. 35 Establishes a deadline of January 1, 2011 for cities and school boards to submit to the county clerk a list of properties and boundaries and... More... NE Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 School Systems L.B. 711 Excerpts from the Fiscal Note: LB 711 changes provisions for the withdrawal of districts from a unified school system or the dissolution of ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Reporting Requirements H.B. 208 Relates to local school divisions; reduces certain reporting requirements of local schools. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?101+... More... DE Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 School District Elections H.B. 244 Amends the notice requirements for school districts conducting elections; provides a deadline for a district to return voter affidavits if g... More... IL Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Professional Development for Department of Human Services Staff; 1st Grade Start Age for Certain Students H.B. 806 Requires the department of human services to operate a comprehensive professional development system called the Gateways to Opportunity prog... More... MA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Education Collaboratives S.B. 2247; (NEW BILL) Authorizes two or more school committees of cities, towns and regional school districts and boards of trustees of charter schools to enter i... More... IL Signed into law 11/2009 P-12 Streamlining Illinois' Educational Delivery Systems Task Force S.B. 1882 Establishes a Streamlining Illinois' Educational Delivery Systems Task Force. Directs the task force to explore and examine the duties of th... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 School District Organization A.B. 174 Revises and clarifies the definition of an action to reorganize a school district. Authorizes a county committee to approve a petition to fo... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Joint Agreements to Provide Special Education Services S.B. 611 - Joint Agreements to Provide Special Education Services Amends the Local Government Property Transfer Act to include in the definition of "transferee municipality" two or more districts operating ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Community College Wind and Solar Power Generation S.B. 1570 Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Program to fund wind and solar generation projects for school and community college districts. ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Regional Office of Education Advisory Boards H.B. 1108 Makes changes with respect to the establishment and purpose of a regional office of education advisory board by providing that, beginning Oc... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Asbestos Abatement S.B. 2145 Amends the Asbestos Abatement Act. Deletes a provision requiring the department of public health to require local educational agencies to su... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Application of Lawn Care Products S.B. 1769 Requires school districts to adopt a procedure to comply with the Lawn Care Products Application and Notice Act and the Structural Pest Cont... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Transportation of Special Needs Students H.B. 2362 Adds contracts providing for the transportation of pupils with special needs or disabilities to the list of exceptions to the requirement th... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 City-Wide Council on High Schools A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on High Schools Creates the City-Wide Council on High Schools for New York City. Provides the council has the power to: (1) Advise and comment on any educa... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 City-Wide Council on Special Education A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on Special Education Makes technical changes to eligibility requirements of parent and high school senior members of the city-wide council on special education i... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 City-Wide Council on English Language Learners A.B. 8903 - City-Wide Council on English Language Learners Creates a [New York City] City-Wide Council on English Language Learners. Provides the council has the power to: (1) Advise and comment on ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 School Breakfast Program S.B. 1957 Makes changes concerning the the breakfast incentive program. Adds subsection making grants available to school boards and welfare centers t... More... CA Vetoed 08/2009 P-12 Definition of "School District" for Receipt of Federal Funds A.B. 339 Existing law requires the state board of education to direct the allocation and apportionment of federal funds to school districts. Proposed... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School Business Official Endorsement S.B. 187 Allows for a chief school business official endorsement to an administrative certificate if, among other conditions, the certificate holder ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Educator Standards Board H.B. 1 - Section 3319.60, 3319.61 Amends the membership of the educator standards board (ESB). Specifies that board membership must reflect the diversity of the state in term... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Education Standards Board Subcommittees H.B. 1 - Section 3319.611, 3319.612, and 3319.63 3319.611: Establishes the subcommittee on standards for superintendents of the education standards board (ESB). Establishes subcommittee mem... More... HI Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009 P-12 Environmentally-Sensitive Cleaning and Maintenance Products H.B. 1538 Requires public school facilities to give first preference to the purchase of environmentally-sensitive cleaning and maintenance products. D... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Funding Adjustments for School Safety Plans, School Nurses, Transportation, and Energy Efficiency A.B. 75 Adds 121.91 (4) (L). Defines "local law enforcement agency". Provides additional funding if a local board and local law enforcement agency (... More... IL Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Lines of Credit H.B. 999 Allows a school district, entity such as a special education cooperative or other joint agreement, or regional superintendent to establish a... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School district elections S.B. 1074 Makes school district election law amendments; relates to write-in candidates for a community college board office, a permanent early voter ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Auditing Procedures H.B. 2549 Amends auditing procedures for and authority of county education departments in counties with a population of 3 million or more. http://www.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 District Reporting Requirements H.B. 3041 Directs the state education agency to develop and maintain a comprehensive schedule that addresses all district reporting requirements (incl... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Regional Education Service Center Plans H.B. 3 - Section 4 Modifies content of improvement plans regional education service centers must annually develop to describe services to be provided schools i... More... HI Adopted 06/2009 P-12 Consolidation of Public Schools HAR 8-38 Amends rules on consolidation of two or more public schools. Repeals provision requiring establishment of a task force to study whether a sc... More... TX Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Employee Grievances H.B. 2512 Requires districts to allow an employee reporting a grievance to make an audio recording of any meeting in which the grievance is investigat... More... ME Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Regional Education Cooperatives H.B. 724 Provides for the formation of regional education cooperatives. School administrative units in existence as of July 1, 2009 may join a region... More... NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Licensure A.B. 425 Authorizing the Superintendent of Public Instruction to issue an additional license to teach elementary education, middle school or junior h... More... NE Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 K-12 Technical Bill for 2009 L.B. 549 Statement of intent: Legislative Bill 549 is the K-12 education technical bill for 2009. Substantive changes would include reducing the time... More... TX Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Personal and Sick Leave S.B. 522 Bars district policies from the order in which an employee may use certain types of personal and sick leave. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tl... More... ID Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Employee Benefits H.B. 323 Appropriates funds to the Educational Support Program, Division of Administrators; provides legislative intent that public school employee b... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Consolidation S.B. 1169 Establishes a formula for awarding educational building grants to school districts that have struggled to maintain quality educational faci... More... HI Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 District Business and Fiscal Officers S.B. 163 Repeals the district business and fiscal officer positions within the department of education. In lieu of these positions, the legislature h... More... NV Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 School Employees A.B. 542 Amends existing law which requires the board of trustees of each school district to notify the postprobationary and probationary employees w... More... NH Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 High School Members of School Board H.B. 74 Permits a school board to vote to add one or more high school students as members of the board and, when there is more than one high school ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Required Publically Available Information H.B. 1940 Includes in the information which a school district must make available on its website, or the website of the school district's education se... More... MT Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Sharing Superintendents and Principals S.B. 173 Clarifies the ability of school districts to share superintendents and principals.... More... NM Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Regional Education Cooperatives H.B. 197 Allows regional education cooperatives to provide education-related services to nonmembers; allows cooperatives to apply for and receive gov... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 School Districts H.B. 193 Amends existing law relating to school districts to remove a mandatory duty of the State Board of Education and to provide certain discretio... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 School District Accreditation Levels S.B. 2308 Relates to school district accreditation levels; revises accreditation terminology. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/SB/2... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 School Board Elections H.B. 877 Relates to school boards; requires elected members to be elected by majority vote and hold runoffs three weeks later. http://billstatus.ls.s... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 school districts S.B. 38 Requires school districts to keep contiguous boundaries when reorganizing; permits exceptions. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/... More... MI Signed into law 01/2009 P-12 School and District Contracting H.B. 5639 Provides for Michigan-based business preference in bid process for school contracting except for food purchasing; provides that the policy m... More... NY Adopted 12/2008 P-12 Public Librarian Professional Development Title 8 NYCRR 90.7 Amends rules to require holders of public librarian professional certificates issued after a certain date to complete professional developme... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2008 P-12 Pension Fund Investment S.B. 1605 Permits board of trustees of school district pension fund in counties of the first class to invest 10 percent of funds in capital stocks or ... More... GA Adopted 10/2008 P-12 Public School Construction GAC 160-5-4-.15 Amends rule to address processing of plans and specifications for public school construction for the board. Specifies that rule must apply t... 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 Signed into law 10/2008 P-12 Lowest Responsible Bidder S.B. 2293 Revises laws requiring contracts involving an expenditure in excess of a specified amount or lower to be awarded to the lowest responsible b... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 School/district employee files A.B. 2167 Prohibits a statement or document that is false or unsubstantiated from being placed in the personnel records of a classified employee of a ... More... CO Rule Adoption 09/2008 P-12 Regional Service Areas 1 CCR 301-76 Relates to the development, expansion, implementation, and management of regional service areas. On or before December 1, 2008, the State Bo... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Conversion and Formation of School Districts S.B. 2487 Makes modifications to district consolidations and the establishment of collaborative high schools. Makes adjustments to how revenues are es... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Wind Generation Turbine Farms H.B. 4646 Provides that a county, municipality, school district, community college district or other unit of local government may either individually ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Recycled Paper, Paper Products and Solid Waste Management H.B. 4159 Requires each school district to periodically review its procurement procedures on the purchase of products and supplies. Requires the schoo... More... HI Vetoed 07/2008 P-12 Facilities Alignment Commission H.B. 2972 Creates the facilities alignment commission to establish criteria for the selection of public schools to be consolidated or closed, and to r... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Classroom Placement of Multiples H.B. 1247 Permits a parent of more than one child born at the same birth event to request that such children initially be placed in the same classroom... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 School Bus Warranty Repair Work H.B. 197 Authorizes school bus warranty repair work to be performed by repair facilities, authorized by the manufacturer or distributor, that are not... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Community College Energy Conservation A.B. 844 Allows local boards of education and county colleges to enter into contracts for a specified number of years for energy conservation or prov... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Teacher Paperwork H.B. 657 Provides that no school employee can be required by any local public school board, the state board of elementary and secondary education, or... More... TN Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Annual Personnel Reports S.B. 3409 Requires each local education agencies' director of schools to submit an annual personnel report to the department. http://www.legislature.s... More... OK Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Use of District Building Space for Foundations H.B. 2935 Allows school districts to provide space in a school district building or on school district property to school foundations for office or bu... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Treasurer of School Funds H.B. 305 Removes exception for Orleans Parish relative to requirements that a local public school superintendent serve as the treasurer of certain sc... More... KS Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 School Finance S.B. 531 Provides that a student enrolled in a district and attending both a non-virtual school and a virtual school must be counted as that proporti... 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... CO Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Regional Service Cooperatives S.B. 38 Concerns the creation of a system of Regional Service Cooperatives throughout the state to support economic efficiencies in the delivery of ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Postsec. Teacher Compensation S.B. 2176 Increases and authorizes annual experience salary increments for teachers fore up to 35 years of experience for all certificate levels, to b... More... ME Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School District Reorganization Policies S.B. 931A Relates to school administrative unit reorganization; relates to school budgets, the election and terms of unit board members, the apportion... More... ME Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School District Reorganization H.B. 1658A Corrects the laws governing the reorganization of school administrative units; corrects the laws pertaining to the authority of school admin... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 school district elections S.B. 1172 Concerns voting by residents of unorganized territories in school district elections; provides procedures for cases in which the adjacent sc... More... ME Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 School District Consolidation - Collective Bargaining S.B. 738 Removes language from the regional school unit authorization laws requiring the merger of bargaining units on a regional school unit-wide ba... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 District Organization and Regional Committees H.B. 2635 Requires that, instead of being elected, members of regional committees (responsible for approving and disapproving proposals to change scho... More... UT Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Use of School Buildings as Civic Centers H.B. 332 Requires all public school buildings and grounds to be made available as civic centers to district residents for supervised recreational act... More... WA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 District Dissolution S.B. 6183 Adds first-class school districts to the provisions of existing law that allow the dissolution of a directors' school district, which requir... More... NM Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College and School District Elections H.B. 249 Relates to elections; allows community college elections to be held in conjunction with school district elections. http://legis.state.nm.us/... More... MI Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 School District Consolidation S.B. 703 (sec. 605) Specifies requirements and procedures for district consolidation with respect to types of schools, finances, special education students, app... More... NJ To governor 12/2007 P-12 County Vocational and Special Services Districts S.B. 460 Permits the consolidation of a county vocational school district and a county special services school district into a single school district... 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... MI Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 School District Shared Services H.B. 4592 Relates to a study by a school district concerning opportunities for sharing services with other providers of similar services, such as an i... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 School Library System Mergers S.B. 4476 Relates to state aid for school library systems; provides additional aid to school library systems affected by boards of cooperative educati... More... UT Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 New School District: Interlocal Agreements H.B. 1002 This bill modifies a provision relating to requirements imposed on interlocal agreement participants that enter into an interlocal agreement... More... UT Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Modifies Provisions for School District Creation H.B. 1004 Modifies 53A-2-118.1. This bill: lowers the population threshold for cities that are allowed to create a school district matching city bound... More... UT Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Creation of New School District H.B. 1001 Amends Section 53A-2-118. Relates to the creation of a new school district; adds an exception to the requirement that a proposed new school ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Community Organization Use of School Facilities During Non-School Hours S.B. 538 Encourages school boards to allow community organizations to use school facilities during non-school hours. Provides that if a school board ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Transfer of Educational Support Employees H.B. 1847 Regulates how the positions at school facilities being deactivated that are held by educational support personnel employees at the time of t... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Whistleblower Act H.B. 742 Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that an "employer" as defined in the act includes: (1) A political subdivision of the state (2) A uni... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Reassingment Appeals H.B. 488 Permits local boards of education to provide for an administrative initial screening of pupil reassignment appeals. http://www.ncga.state.nc... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Twins or Multiples Class Assignment S.B. 78 Allows a parent or guardian of twins or other multiples to request a classroom placement for the children. Provides that a parent or guardia... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Services to Homeschooled Children and Funding for Small Districts H.B. 2040 Authorizes certain school districts to contract with qualified private alternative education programs to provide services to homeschooled ch... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School Facility Planning S.B. 336 Defines large school district for purposes of provisions relating to school facility planning; modifies provisions regarding school facility... More... RI Passed 07/2007 P-12 Consolidation Study H.B. 5766 (Joint Resolution)Would create an eleven (11) member special legislative commission whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study ... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Cooperative School Districts H.B. 914 Establishes a special procedure for withdrawal from certain cooperative school districts. Establishes a commission to study the procedure fo... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Recovery School District Procurement of Services and Property S.B. 154 Grants the Recovery School District the same authority to procure services and property afforded to a city, parish, or other local public sc... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School District Consolidation H.B. 685 Allows a school administrative unit that is a municipality or school administrative district to combine with another school administrative d... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 redistricting S.B. 1164 Relates to the new school facilities fund; provides that a unified school district may be eligible under certain circumstances; provides tha... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School District Consolidation H.B. 685; LD 216 Allows a school administrative unit that is a municipality or school administrative district to combine with another school administrative d... More... OK Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Definition of "Public School District" H.B. 1556 Adds provision to Campus Security Act: "Public school district" means all free schools supported by public taxation and shall include K-12 ... More... NE Vetoed 05/2007 P-12 Creation of Class I School Districts L.B. 658 Provides for the creation of new Class I school districts. Class I districts may be created pursuant to a plan submitted by an individual or... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Division of a Learning Community into Separate Education Centers L.B. 641 Pertains to Class V school districts. (Omaha Public Schools is only class V district as of bill passage.) Provides for the division of a lea... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Budget H.B. 1001 From Center for Evaluation & Education Policy: Appropriates money for state agencies and makes other distributions. Specifies a school fundi... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Transfer of District Territory H.B. 744 Revises school district creation laws. Amends section of law pertaining to the transfer of land to or from one district to another. http://d... More... ME Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School District Reorganization H.B. 35 (Resolve) Provides for legislative review of portions of Chapter 28: Closing a School in the Unorganized Territory, a major substantive rule... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 District Consolidation S.B. 1067 Revises school district consolidation plan requirements; provides for payment of costs for feasibility studies and plans per school district... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 New School District Creation Amendments S.B. 30 Adds a vote to elect school district board members resulting from the creation of a new school district to the list of special elections tha... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Rural School Boards H.B. 1305 Relates to membership on rural school boards; for districts that have undergone reorganization, the reorganization plan may provide for scho... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 District Name Changes H.B. 1261 Amends the process for the naming of a school district. The proposed name change (to go before the voters) must include the phrase "school d... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Fiscal Incentives for District Reorganization H.B. 1178 Relates to the payment of school district reorganization bonuses; provides a formula for determining the amount of the bonus: (1) Fifty thou... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Funding Formula and Consolidation Incentives S.B. 157 Revises the state aid to education formula and sets funding amounts to reimburse districts that choose to consolidate. http://www.legis.stat... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Gang Violence Instruction A.B. 1650; S.B. 1749 Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill... More... NE Legislation Repealed by Voters 11/2006 P-12 District Consolidation L.B. 126 Gives voters the option of retaining or repealing legislation pertaining to certain dissolved school districts. http://www.unicam.state.ne.u... More... LA Approved by voters 09/2006 P-12 Central Community School System Amendment 8 Proposes a Constitutional amendment to grant to the Central Community School System in East Baton Rouge Parish the same authority granted pa... More... WY Rule Adoption 08/2006 P-12 Criteria for School Building & Facilities Improvement Priority Chapter 6 Establishes a process to identify and prioritize the relative importance of each school building and facility improvement need on a statewid... More... IL Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 School District Conversion and Formation S.B. 2795 Amends the School Code. Creates a new Article concerning the conversion and formation of school districts. Contains provisions concerning sc... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Business Mangers/Chief Financial Officers S.B. 539 Requires school systems to employ or share by agreement school board business managers or chief financial officers who meet qualifications e... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Additional State Aid for Cooperative High Schools H.B. 4365 Allows cooperative high schools to receive some of the same supplementary state aid that new districts receive; relates to multiple agreemen... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Civil Immunity H.B. 892 Provides for government immunity of the state and other political subdivisions during and in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 School Facilities Sales S.B. 308 Authorizes the Recovery School District to sell, exchange, or lease school property or buildings over which it has the rights of ownership t... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Central Community School System H.B. 815 Relates to deconsolidation. Creates Central Community School System and separate governing board as separate from East Baton Rouge Parish S... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School District Authority H.B. 867 - Section 25 Authorizes local boards to make available school facilities and equipment for specified public purposes if such purposes appear, in the judg... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 District Expenditure Reporting S.B. 549 - Section 2 Requires districts to report expenditures in the manner required by the state board in order to achieve uniform reporting of expenditures in... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 District Needs Assessment S.B. 549 - Section 26 Directs every district to conduct an assessment of each attendance center's educational needs. Directs the board to use information obtained... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Board Member District Boundaries H.B. 2585 Relates to school districts; relates to changing board member district boundaries; relates to assessed valuation of school districts. http:... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Consolidation Incentives S.B. 481 Concerns school districts; relates to consolidation, state aid and the assessed valuation of districts and the levying of school taxes; prov... More... CO Vetoed 05/2006 P-12 School Performance Ratings S.B. 69 Concerns school accountability; establishes that, if a school covers more than one school level, it shall be assigned one academic performan... More... FL Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Paperwork Reduction and Data Collection and Reporting Requirements H.B. 7087 (Section 11) Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year: (a) Each district school board must designate a classroom teacher to serve as the teacher represen... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School District Boundary Changes S.B. 1094 Concerns school district boundary changes; relates to financial impact; provides that during the period that a county school superintendent ... More... VT Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Supervisory Districts H.B. 710 Permits a school district with schools in grades K–8 and that was designated as a supervisory district prior to January 1, 2006 to remain a ... More... AR Rule Adoption 04/2006 P-12 Consolidation or Annexation of Public School Districts AAC 005.23.06 Sets rules governing consolidation or annexation of public school districts and boards of directors of local school districts. http://www.so... More... WV Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Regional Education Service Agencies S.B. 127 Rewrites §18-2-15a. Directs the state superintendent to conduct a comprehensive study of the programs, governance and administration of reg... More... MD Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Postsec. Open Meetings Laws H.B. 698; S.B. 623 Requires a public body that adjourns an open session to carry out an executive function in a meeting that is not open to the public to inclu... More... VA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Shared Vehicles H.B. 1582 Provides that any local government or combination of governments within planning district 16 may enter into cooperative agreements with a lo... More... ME Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 District Cost Sharing Agreements H.B. 1344 (also HP 1344 and LD 1903) Relates to locally approved school administrative district cost-sharing agreements which were preempted by Public Law 2003, chapter 712, whi... More... ID Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Levies for Cooperative Service Agency Facilities H.B. 705 Amends existing law relating to cooperative service agencies to provide that a cooperative service agency may request its member school dist... More... KY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Advancing Kindergarten-Age Students to First Grade S.B. 35 Clarifies that a school district may advance a child through the primary program if he or she is at least five but less than six years old; ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Digital Storage of Employee Records H.B. 434 Permits personnel files of all school board employees to be produced and maintained in digital or paper format. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-... More... UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Creation of a New School District H.B. 77 Modifies the procedures relating to the creation of a new school district; allows the governing body of certain cities to establish a school... More... OK Died 02/2006 P-12 Constitutional Amendment -- to Ballot S.J.R. 35 Directs the Secretary of State to refer to the people for their approval or rejection a proposed amendment to the Oklahoma Constitution; req... 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... SD Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Incentives for Consolidation H.B. 1243 Makes an $552,209 appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse school districts for consolidation incentives. http://legis.stat... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Transportation Costs for Special Education Students and Rural Schools H.B. 1110 An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 41580) to Chapter 3.2 of Part 24 of the Education Code, relating to school finance. - Schoo... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 School District Reorganization and Consolidation Requirements H.B. 1642 This bill specifies requirements and procedures that follow from school district reorganization and consolidation, including school board el... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Deactivation of an Elementary School Facility H.B. 1324 Allows for the deactivation of an elementary school facility in the same manner as the deactivation of a high school facility, when it is de... More... PA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Library Funding H.B. 1304 Amends funding formula for allocating library funds in 2005-2006. Includes a district center restoration amount. http://www2.legis.state.pa.... More... CA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 County Committees on School District Organization A.B. 835 Existing law authorizes a county committee on school district organization, except as specified, to establish, rearrange the boundaries of, ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Consolidation of Elementary and High School Districts S.B. 1493 Establishes procedures for 2 elementary districts in a Class II county school unit to join with a high school district provided specified re... More... CT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Students with Life-Threatening Allergies S.B. 1312 Requires the department to develop and make available guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requir... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Posting of Open Positions S.B. 387 From bill analysis: Requires school districts to allow employees an opportunity to apply for an open position by posting notice of job vacan... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Paperwork Reduction S.B. 493 From bill analysis: SB 493 states that at least once each even-numbered year the commissioner of education is required to review and, to the... More... FL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Summer Nutrition Programs H.B. 227 Requires each district school board to develop a plan to sponsor a summer nutrition program beginning in the summer of 2006. Provides criter... More... MO DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 05/2005 P-12 School district census requirements H.B. 258 This bill removes the requirement that school districts take an annual census of children up to age 21 with disabilities, removes obsolete p... More... HI Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 School Lunch Prices H.B. 843 Authorizes the department of education to set school lunch prices of up to 1/2, rather than 1/3, of the cost of preparing the lunches, to al... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Establishment of School Districts in Unorganized Territory S.B. 1199 States that if more than 150 students from a single unorganized territory are attending an adjacent district through open enrollment, the re... More... FL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Paper Reduction Task Force H.B. 281 Establishes the Paper Reduction Task Force for the purpose of recommending strategies to reduce the paperwork required of school districts a... More... WA to governor 05/2005 P-12 School Breakfast Programs H.B. 1771 Subject to funding, requires school districts, by the 2005-06 school year, to begin school breakfast programs in schools in which more than ... More... MT Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Allow off-site educational services S.B. 224 AN ACT ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT AN OFFSITE INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING TO CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE SC... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION; MT H.B. 681 AN ACT REVISING THE LAWS ON SCHOOL DISTRICT CONSOLIDATION AND ANNEXATION; ESTABLISHING A SINGLE PROCEDURE FOR THE ANNEXATION AND CONSOLIDATI... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Siting S.B. 1009 Requires the school facilities board to provide school districts with information every two years on improving and maintaining the environme... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts S.B. 1122 Requires school employees' administration of prescription or other medicine to a minor student to occur only on the parent's written request... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts S.B. 1068 Establishes the 13-member School District Redistricting Commission to design a proposal to unify school districts in Arizona based on certai... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Nutritional Standards H.B. 2544 By July 1, 2006, requires the department to develop minimum nutrition standards that at least meet federal guidelines for food and beverages... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Governing Boards H.B. 2368 Repeals provision granting a school district and its employees immunity from civil liability for the consequences of the good faith adoption... More... MS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School districts H.B. 1302 School districts; authorize to joint venture with private developers to maximize returns on school assets.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts S.B. 1028 Ensures the continuation of efforts to close the achievement gaps in school districts subject to reorganization or reclassification. Require... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Education S.B. 1044 (sections 1-10) Incorporates references to the state's Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Expands the definition of "cause" for purposes of waivin... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Consolidation Provisions S.B. 1044 (sections 21-27) Deletes definitions of "consolidated average daily membership," "consolidated national school lunch student total" and "national school lunc... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Local Education Agency Numbers S.B. 1044 (section 20) States that the department of education is the sole and official issuer of local education agency numbers to educational entities in the sta... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Incentives for Teacher Recruitment and Retention in High-Priority Districts S.B. 1044 (section 31) Includes guidance counselors and librarians in definition of "teacher" or "teachers" in provisions relating to incentives for teacher recrui... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Community College School District Contracts S.B. 48 (section 1-9) Sets forth parameters for contracts by local districts, board of trustees of a community college or the governing body of a technical colleg... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Historical Artifact Preservation H.B. 2732 Ensures the preservation of historical artifacts of school districts subject to consolidation, deconsolidation or reclassification as a conv... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School District Debt Relief H.B. 2734 Assists resulting school districts with debt relief resulting from a consolidation required by law. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bi... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Social Workers in Public Schools S.B. 1187 Increases the number and availability of social workers in the public schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb118... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Arkansas Supreme Court Decision H.B. 2646 Conforms the Arkansas Code to comply with the Arkansas Supreme Court decision in the Lake View case. Requires any school district that was a... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Buildings and Facilities H.B. 1448 Amends Arkansas code 6-20-402. Allows a district to terminate a long-term lease agreement at the end of any fiscal year for the district. Re... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts Activity S.B. 1006 Requires notification of affected school districts of all planning, development, or redevelopment activity within a municipality or county. ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Academic Facilities Funding H.B. 2508 This subchapter is known as and may be cited as the "Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act." Determines the value of total ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Buildings in Consolidated School Districts H.B. 2936 Establishes procedures for the preservation, sale and/or disposal of school buildings in school districts that have been consolidated. Allow... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 1223 Permits a school district to sell used equipment to a charter school before the school district attempts to sell or dispose of the equipment... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Study of Education Service Cooperatives H.B. 2645 Requires the house interim committee on education and the senate interim committee to jointly conduct a study of education service cooperati... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 P-12 School District S.B. 308 Relates to School District additions to other Districts. http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/_session.asp?chamber=S&type=++&number=308&year=05... 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 04/2005 P-12 Academic Oversight Committee S.B. 591 Creates the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee and the advisory committee on public school academic facilities. http://www.arkleg.state... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Closure of Isolated Schools H.B. 1289 Allows a school district to close an isolated school or part thereof following an annexation or consolidation. Specifies that the state boar... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities Program Act S.B. 593 Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Trans... More... ME Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Education in the Unorganized Territory H.P. 427 Requires the Department of Education to adopt major substantive rules to establish standards and practices to follow when proposing to close... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities and Transportation S.B. 590 Revises the duties and responsibilities of the division of public school academic facilities and transportation and creates the commission o... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Public-Public Partnerships S.B. 858 Defines "public-public partnership" as a contractual agreement between a school district and another governmental agency, political subdivis... More... MT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Enrollment S.B. 359 Revise statutes related to school district enrollment and calculation; provides for tuition to be paid for a nonresident public school stude... More... NM Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. School Districts H.B. 693 Relates to higher education; provides procedures for adding portions of school districts to existing technical and vocational institute dist... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Academic Progress of Students H.B. 1888 Provides for monitoring of the academic progress of specified subgroups of students from schools that were consolidated or annexed under act... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Education Service Cooperatives H.B. 1357 An act to allow education service cooperatives to purchase or construct buildings as may be required to provide authorized programs and serv... 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... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Comprehensive Financial Review of School Districts Prior to Annexation or Consolidation H.B. 2560 Requires a comprehensive financial review of school districts prior to consolidation, annexation, or otherwise reorganization. Requires any ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Election Code H.B. 2468 Amends sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to school elections. Specifies that the annual school election may concern only issues autho... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Coordinator and Executive Council S.B. 490 Permits any county that contains all or part of six or more districts to create an executive council and a school district coordinator. Esta... More... NE Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School State Aid Payment Adjustments L.B. 198 Relates to schools. Provides for payment adjustments to reflect transfers of property as prescribed. (1) State aid payments shall be adjust... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Personnel Policy Law H.B. 2000 Amends the personnel policy law for classified school employees to make it more consistent with the personnel policy law for certified schoo... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Employee Rights H.B. 2482 Clarifies a school employee's right to have a witness or representative present in a disciplinary or grievance matter. http://www.arkleg.sta... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 School Facilities Board S.B. 1394 Amends provisions relating to the school facilities board. Bars the school facilities board from entering into lease-to-own transactions as ... More... KS Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Enrollment in Districts with Armed Forces Bases H.B. 2059 Relates to enrollment. For this purpose, defines "pupils" as students who are dependents of a fulltime active duty member of the military se... More... MT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Governance for Certain School Districts H.B. 397 Clarifies governance for certain school districts. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0397.htm... 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... MS Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Accounts H.B. 758 School district accounts; superintendent may pay claims to be ratified by local school board. The local school board shall be authorized an... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting H.B. 1568 Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial repor... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Boards Reorganization S.B. 66 Provides certain options to school boards in reorganization. Boards may decide by resolution to reorganize or may accept or decide based on ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Audit Requirements H.B. 1185 Clarifies audit requirements for schools, municipalities and counties. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1185.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Continuity of School Boards Protection Act H.B. 1266 An act to protect the continuity of school boards by amending the procedure for election of school boards following annexation; allows certa... More... IL Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Childhood Hunger Relief Act H.B. 756 Relates to the Childhood Hunger Relief Act. Provides that every public school must have a free breakfast program. Strongly encourages all di... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Schools Cooperative Purchasing Program H.B. 5913 Provides for the creation and operation of a cooperative bulk purchasing program for school districts, public school academies, nonpublic sc... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 School District Purchasing Requirements H.B. 5875 Provides for inapplicability of school district requirements to obtain competitive bids for purchasing if the school district makes purchase... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Annexed School District Trustee H.B. 6242 Limits the school districts that operate grades kindergarten through 12 that are annexed by a community college that can elect a member of t... More... MT Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Postsec. Out Of State Attendance Agreements ARM 10.10.301C Relates to out-of-state attendance agreements. The superintendent of public instruction shall provide payment of the amount calculated in (4... More... MI Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Intermediate School District Database Requirements H.B. 5475 Requires Internet accessible database regarding Intermediate School District expenditures, including air travel, conference or training cost... More... MI Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Intermediate School District Audit Report H.B. 5627 Requires the annual audit of such school districts to contain the website address where the report can be accessed. http://www.michiganlegi... More... MI Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Intermediate School District Audits H.B. 5457 Requires the Department of Treasury to conduct random financial audits of intermediate school districts. http://www.michiganlegislature.org... More... MI Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Intermediate School District Board Membership H.B. 5921 Relates to a conflict of interest policy for intermediate school district officials and employees; requires and prohibits members of constit... More... NJ Signed into law 10/2004 P-12 School District Scholarship Foundation A.B. 2257 Permits a school district that terminates the operation of a separate school for special education pupils and returns all funds legally uwed... More... NY Signed into law 10/2004 P-12 Minority members of Special Act School Districts A.B. 11364 Requires special act school districts to have a certain minority of public members appointed by the Commissioner of Education; defines publi... More... NY Signed into law 10/2004 P-12 Special Act School Districts Board of Education A.B. 11670 Requires that boards of Education of special act school district include two public members, each serving a term of 4 years.... More... MI Signed into law 10/2004 P-12 Public School Officers H.B. 5121 Allows certain school districts to create a law enforcement agency under the Public Body Law Enforcement Agency Act. http://www.michiganleg... More... CA Vetoed--in Senate to unfinished business 10/2004 P-12 Grant Joint Union High School District S.B. 1271 The California Constitution requires the state to reimburse local agencies and school districts for costs mandated by the state and incurred... More... MI Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 2005 School Aid Budget S.B. 1069 Ensures a minimum level of funding to small, rural and Upper Peninsula or island districts that are not near other schools or accessible by ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Schools: Uniform Complaint Process A.B. 2727 Requires a school district to use its uniform complaint process to help identify and resolve any emergency or urgent facilities conditions t... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Preschool for All Program A.B. 712 Requires the California Children and Families Commission to complete and submit a cost study that provides an estimate of the cost of a volu... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Annual Report on Status of Low-Performing Schools S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) Requires the county superintendent to annually present a report to the governing board of each school district under his or her jurisdiction... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Applicants to High Priority Schools Grant Program S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) Requires schools initially applying to participate in the High Priority Schools Grant Program on or after the 2004–05 fiscal year to include... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 District Uniform Complaint Process S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) SEC. 12: Requires a school district to use its uniform complaint process to help identify and resolve any deficiencies related to instructio... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Facilities Inspection System S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) Existing law, the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase Law of 1976, the Leroy F. Greene State School Building Lease-Purchase... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 School Accountability Report Cards S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) SEC. 10: Requires the school accountability report card to include information regarding the availability of sufficient textbooks and other ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 School Facilities A.B. 736 Requires the State Allocation Board to adopt regulations to implement design standards for school facilities in accordance with guidelines e... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Public Contracts S.B. 1464 Amends existing law that requires a school district seeking to let a contract involving a minimum expenditure for purchase of equipment, mat... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 School Districts: Reorganizations A.B. 2841 Permits a county committee on school district organization to abolish a common governing board of an elementary school district and a high s... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Building Standards: Public Information A.B. 2638 Relates to the Field Act that requires the Department of General Services to supervise the design and construction of school buildings to en... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 School Districts: Reorganization A.B. 780 Establishes a program in the counties of Fresno, Humboldt, and Ventura to place the duties of approval and disapproval of petitions for the ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Schools: Environmental and Endangerment Assessment A.B. 2485 Relates to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998. Authorizes the governing board of a school district to make a written request ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Schools: Irradiated Foods A.B. 1988 Specifies that before school may serve irradiated foods, the district must: (1) Take formal action permitting the use of irradiated foods. (... More... NY Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 School District Funding S.B. 2917 Provides for the funding of certain approved non- public special education programs and special act public school districts including making... More... MI Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 School Reform Boards H.B. 4508 Revises the provisions governing the formation of first class school district boards; relates to procedures for the formation of school refo... More... NY Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Food Items from Farms S.B. 6024 Allows a school district to apply to the state commissioner of education to purchase school food items from an association of more than 10 o... More... MI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 School District Election Coordinators H.B. 5990 Relates to school district election coordinators; prohibits delegation of duties to the Secretary of School Board. http://www.michiganlegis... More... MI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Election of School Board Members H.B. 5992 Relates to election of a school board member; requires written acceptance of office and written affidavit of eligibility. http://www.michig... More... MI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Scheduling of Local Elections H.B. 5997 Provides general amendments regarding scheduling of local elections; includes school district elections. http://www.michiganlegislature.org... More... MI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Filling Vacancies on School Boards H.B. 6003 Relates to filling of vacancies in case of school board member; provides for filing a petition with the clerk of the county where the petiti... More... MI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Election of School Board Members H.B. 5993 Requires notification to school district election coordinators of a person appointed to fill a vacancy. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/... More... MI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Recall of School Board Member H.B. 5994 Provides procedures for recall of school board members.... More... MI To governor 07/2004 P-12 Board Election H.B. 4338 Requires election of board members for intermediate school districts. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Counselors Guidance H.B. 493 Includes guidance counselors holding appropriate ancillary certificates issued by the state department of education in definitions of person... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 School Employees H.B. 1163 Permits city, parish, or other local public or nonpublic school systems to contract with local law enforcement agencies to provide for schoo... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2004 P-12 School District Audits ADE 168 Establishes rules regarding school district audits not conducted by legislative audit. Establishes requirements for completion and filing of... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Adequate Education Program H.B. 741 Relates to Adequate Education Program; deletes repealer on high growth school district formula. If during the year for which adequate edu... 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... MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School District Purchases H.B. 667 Clarifies that all school districts – not just those school districts within a county – can make joint purchases of maintenance, operational... More... MD Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Education Fiscal Accountability and Oversight Act S.B. 894 Requires the Superintendent and the Department of Education to monitor the financial status of each county board of education and report to ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Educational Service Agencies S.B. 3016 Authorizes 12 or more school districts to enter into an agreement to establish an Educational Service Agency (ESA). The ESA would be managed... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Art, Music and Physical Education at the Elementary Level H.B. 1014 Requires local boards to incorporate art, music, and physical education as a part of the instructional program at the elementary school leve... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Substantial Amendments to the Standards of Learning H.B. 1014 Amends section 22.1-253.13:1 and 22.1-253.13:2 . Specifies that the Standards of Learning form the core of Virginia's educational program a... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Sick Leave for School Employees H.B. 309 Requires local school boards to award a minimum ten days sick leave during the school year to all full time employees; includes full time em... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School Division Consolidation H.B. 978 Relates to School division consolidation; provides for a process whereby school divisions may submit proposals for the consolidation of scho... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Smaller School Divisions S.B. 518 Creates a mechanism whereby any school board of a school division in which fewer than 350 students (Highland County) were included in averag... More... NE Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Incentives for Districts to Consolidate L.B. 1091 One part of this bill creates the School District Reorganization Fund. From the fiscal note: AM 3480 provides that the state will fund ince... More... KS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Consolidation of School Districts S.B. 373 Authorizes districts to discuss issues relating to consolidation of such districts. Specifies that such meetings may be held within the boun... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2004 P-12 Consolidation/Annexing/Public School Districts ADE 165 Establishes emergency rules regarding the administrative consolidation or annexation of public school districts. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/p... More... AR Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2004 P-12 Consolidation/Annexing/Public School Districts 005.01.04-001 Establishes emergency rules regarding the administrative consolidation or annexation of public school districts. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/p... More... KS Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 School District Territory Transfers H.B. 2592 Proscribes general guidelines the state board must adopt in establishing rules on the transfer of territory between districts through a medi... More... ID Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Workers Compensation/School District Employees H.B. 602 Amends existing law relating to school district employees to authorize the use of accrued sick leave to supplement worker's compensation pay... More... WA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 School Lunch Programs S.B. 6411 Provides school districts with school serving grades kindergarten through four where 25% of the students qualify for free or reduced price l... More... CO Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Activities At School H.B. 1363 Permits students to participate in activities in another district if activity is not offered within a student's school district. http://www.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Department of Education Consolidation Incentives S.B. 49 Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education to reimburse certain school districts for consolidation incentives.... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Administratively Consolidated School Districts H.B. 1177 Allows students in administratively consolidated school districts to attend classes and programs in other schools in the district. http://ww... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 School District Administrative Consolidation H.B. 1161 Provides administrative consolidation assistance to school districts that administratively consolidate. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproo... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Isolated School Districts H.B. 1018 Provides for the continued funding support of isolated school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1018.pd... More... AR Became law without governor's signature 01/2004 P-12 Public Education Reorganization H.B. 1109 Relates to the public education re-organization act; to ensure equal opportunities for an adequate education to all students; provides for a... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 School Districts Consolidation S.B. 35 Encourages larger school districts to voluntarily merge with smaller school districts; concerns the establishment of an interim board; provi... More... IL Total veto stands 11/2003 P-12 Accountability Council S.B. 564 Extends the repeal date of a Section requiring the establishment of the Chicago Schools Academic Accountability Council (from June 30, 2004 ... More... MT Rule Adoption 09/2003 P-12 Definition of Combined School District ARM 10.55.602 Establishes rules regarding the definition of combined school district. MONTANA REG 4387 (SN)... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 08/2003 P-12 School Districts H.B. 5458 Requires any collaborative established under this chapter to track expenditures and investments and file a report each year with the board o... More... LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 School Support Personnel--Extra Compensation H.B. 1858 Provides relative to extra compensation for noncertified school support personnel in the event such compensation is not included in the mini... More... LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Half Hour of Daily Physical Activity for Grades K-6 S.B. 398 Starting in the 2004-05 school year and thereafter, requires every public school serving students in grades K-6 to offer students at least 3... More... IL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Chicago School District Personnel Committee H.B. 1235 Amends the Chicago School District Article of the School Code. Changes the name of an attendance center's professional personnel advisory co... More... MO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Changing District Boundary Lines S.B. 686 (§ 162.431) Requires that, in determining whether it is necessary to change the boundary line between seven-director districts, the board of arbitration... More... MO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Educational Service Agencies S.B. 686 (§ 162.1180) States that any public school district or districts may designate an educational service agency for the purpose of developing, managing, and... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Bus Drivers S.B. 141 Requires a restriction which limits a person to operating only a school bus; provides that such restriction shall apply to a person who has ... More... AK Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Community Schools H.B. 165 Relates to Community Schools; encourages school districts to maintain school buildings and equipment. http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get... More... TN Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Mold Abatement H.B. 891 Creates task force to establish guidelines for mold abatement in public schools.... More... FL Vetoed 06/2003 P-12 K-12 Public Education Instructional Materials S.B. 1838 Changes date by which school superintendents must notify Department of Education regarding certain instructional materials;requires publishe... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Immorality Grounds for Dismissal of School Employees H.B. 778 Adds a charge of immorality as a cause for dismissal of a teacher, bus driver, or permanent employee; defines immorality as conviction of a ... More... OR Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Districts S.B. 11 Adds a new section. Repeals existence of county school districts. Requires county school districts that existed on the effective date of t... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Governance of School Districts S.B. 216 Allows the boards of two or more school districts to contract with one superintendent to serve as superintendent of the school districts. A... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Grading Policies H.J.R. 485 Requests the state board to study the issue of grading in Tennessee public schools with special emphasis on the area of numerical/letter gra... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Elections and School Personnel H.B. 2279 Prohibits a person acting on behalf of a school district from using school district or charter school personnel, equipment, buildings or oth... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Use of School Facilities S.B. 1250 States student political organizations may be granted the uncompensated use of school district property and may conduct lawful meetings on s... More... VT Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Education Law H.B. 477 This act assigns duties appropriately carried out by staff and which are currently assigned to a supervisory union board to the superintende... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Voluntary Consolidation H.B. 1153 Renames and updates the Oklahoma Voluntary Consolidation and Annexation Act and Fund. Provides various financial incentives for district co... More... TX Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Finality of a Grade H.B. 1949 Sec. 28.0212. FINALITY OF GRADE. (a) An examination or course grade issued by a classroom teacher is final and may not be changed unless ... More... VT Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Federal School Meals Programs H.B. 54 Requires that a school district participate in the federal school breakfast program, and that a district may vote every two years on whether... More... MD Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Use of Solar Energy S.B. 2 Relates to the pilot program to use solar energy in public school buildings. Extends program from solely newly constructed buildings to also... More... ND Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Changing from High School District to Elementary S.B. 2421 (Second of Four New Sections) Beginning July 2, 2003, a high school district may not become an elementary district. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-ses... More... ND Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Joint Powers Agreements S.B. 2421 (Third of Four New Sections) If school districts participating in joint powers agreements wish to receive reimbursement for expenses, as provided in section 19 of this A... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Public School Libraries A.B. 407 Authorizes school districts to open public school libraries to general public during times that are not regular school hours.... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Electronic Bidding H.B. 2376 Requires the State Board of Education (SBE) to adopt rules for the procurement of goods and information services by school districts and cha... More... IA Adopted 05/2003 P-12 Attendance Center Closure and Grade Realignment 281 IAC 19.1, 19.2, 19.3 Promulgates administrative rules regarding attendance centers. Specifies that local board of a school district has discretion as to the numb... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Retired Nonclassified Employees S.B. 663 Adds provision to allow certain nonclassified personnel who return to work after retirement to be paid without penalty to their retirement. ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Return of Library Resources H.B. 1333 Permits a board of education of a school district to require the replacement or return of library resources by withholding a student's diplo... More... CA Adopted 05/2003 P-12 Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 Title 2 CCR 1859.61, .105, .106, .141, .142, .145, .147, .148, .150.1, .151, .152, .153 Establishes emergency rules concerning Leroy F. Greene Facilities Act of 1998, specifying amending the audit requirements for the Critically... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Early Intervention Block Grant Program Repeal Date H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Changes repeal date from 2003 to 2004 on chapter establishing statewide early intervention block grant program. Components of this program i... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 District Reorganization H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Changes from March to December 1 the date by which a petition to reorganize districts must be filed with the affected area education agency ... More... IA Vetoed 05/2003 P-12 Removal of Contract Requirement for Part-Time and Substitute Bus Drivers H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Removes the contract requirement for substitute and part-time school bus drivers. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Session.1/HJournal/02... More... IA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 School Bus Drivers Who Are Insulin-Dependent Diabetics H.B. 549 (omnibus bill) Adds that school bus driver must be immediately suspended from duties, pending termination hearing by district board or authorities of nonpu... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 04/2003 P-12 School Building Renewal Funds H.B. 2096 Authorizes School Facilities Board to withhold building renewal monies until school districts comply with reporting requirements. http://www... More... IA Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Health Insurance Reform Team Study and Recommendations S.F. 386 Requires the insurance division of the department of commerce to establish a school health insurance reform team study and to make recommend... More... WA Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Appeals Process S.B. 5437 Authorizes a petitioner or school district to appeal a decision by the regional committee to the state board based on the claim that the reg... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Public Private Partnerships to School Districts H.B. 2272 Allows school districts to enter into public-private partnerships whereby the school district enters into lease-purchase agreements for scho... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Schools to Use the Arkansas Public School Computer H.B. 2459 Requires cooperative schools to use the Arkansas Public School Computer Network. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Policies for Public School Employees H.B. 2717 Requires written personnel policies for public school classified employees.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Academic Standards H.B. 2775 Requires the Department of Education to define and publish academic standards and expected outcomes for students in pre-kindergarten through... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Classified School Employees H.B. 2520 Provides for cost of living salary increases for classified school employees tied to the consumer price index. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Department of Education Website Requirements H.B. 2887 Requires certain data be made available on the Department of Education website; includes financial data reports for school districts, admini... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Interim Policies for Consolidated Districts H.B. 2842 Provides for an interim personnel policies committee in the event of consolidation of school districts.... More... MS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Method of Compensating Teachers and Other Employees H.B. 742 Allows any licensed employee to be credited with a professional leave allowance with pay for every day of absence caused by required attenda... More... KS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Kansas City Board Establishing Public Library and Branch Libraries S.B. 82 Allows Kansas City board to establish and maintain a public library and branch libraries, to be paid for from general, building and retireme... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Personnel Policy Committee Requirements H.B. 2802 Requires each school district to report compliance with personnel policy committee requirements. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Creation of a School District H.B. 2608 Amends the laws pertaining to creators of a school by detachment. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2608.pdf... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Board Contract and Certificate Actions H.B. 2051 Deletes requirement for school districts to have prior approval of Board of Education in order to contract with each other; adds Board to pr... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Schools Districts and Public School Choice S.B. 242 Requires all school districts to participate in public school choice. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB242.pdf... More... ID Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Bond Equalization Levy H.B. 319 Relates to the school bond levy equalization support program to change the time limitations which govern certain bond and bond levy amounts;... More... WV Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Property Leases S.B. 522 Relates to county boards of education to lease school property no longer needed.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Directors of Pupil Personnel in School Districts H.B. 224 Allows a local superintendent to waive the requirement that a director of pupil personnel in a district devote his or her entire time to the... More... MT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School District Territory Transfer S.B. 16 Revises the laws related to school boundary transfers; establishes criteria, a standard of proof and procedures for territory transfer heari... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Creation of New School Districts H.B. 169 Provides a process for creating new school districts. The act provides for the transfer of school property to the new school district, a tax... More... KY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Integration of Arts and Foreign Languages into Elementary School Curriculum S.B. 154 Requires the department to create a program to promote the integration of the arts and foreign languages into the elementary school program.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 School Districts H.B. 1040 Defines the consolidation of school districts. (1) "Joint district," a school district having territory in two or more adjoining counties. ... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2003 P-12 Mandatory District School Breakfast Program Participation S.B. 1498 Provides for mandatory participation in a school breakfast program for schools in a local or regional school district with a certain percent... More... MI Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 School Construction Liability S.B. 670 Clarifies liability for certain school construction projects; provides that the architect or engineer preparing the plans and specifications... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Library Materials Act A.B. 1781 Repeals certain provisions of the California Classroom Library Materials Act of 1999. Authorizes a school district to use funding from the I... More... KS Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 District Aid for Consolidated Districts S.B. 551 Concerns certain school districts and the computation of state financial aid; relates to powers and duties of schools and school districts; ... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 P-12 Temporary Prohibition on Forming or Entering Existing Joint Technological Education Districts Omnibus--H.B. 2710 Establishes moratorium from November 30, 2002 until June 30, 2004 on creation of new joint technological education districts unless specifie... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 P-12 Lease-to-Own Facility Finance Programs Omnibus--H.B. 2710 Creates new sections permitting 1) school facilities board to acquire school facilities to permit local districts to use through a lease-to-... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 P-12 Deficiencies Corrections Deadlines and State Schools for Deaf and Blind Omnibus--H.B. 2710 States that dates by which actions must be completed do not apply to the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind. Requires that sch... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 P-12 Duties of School Facilities Board Omnibus--H.B. 2710 Requires that school building inspection carried out by school facilities board every five years ensure compliance wtih routine preventative... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 P-12 Auditor General Omnibus--H.B. 2710 Eliminates provision in statute that requires school-wide audit team in the office of the auditor general to randomly audit each school dist... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 P-12 Minimum Adequate Gross Square Footage Requirements Omnibus--H.B. 2710 Makes addition to subsection forbidding local board to reduce pupil square footage when such action would cause the district to fall below m... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 P-12 Minimum School Facility Adequacy Requirements Omnibus--H.B. 2710 Estabishes specific circumstances under which excess square footage in new construction may not be included in the gross square footage. Als... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Criminal Background Checks H.B. 1459 Expands inquiry process at nonpublic schools from applicants to include employees of such schools. If nonpublic school employee is subject o... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School District Boundary Adjustments H.B. 2084 Allows the governing boards of a unified school district, adjacent common and union high school districts to authorize minor boundary adjust... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Minor District Boundary Adjustments H.B. 2084 Allows the governing boards of a unified school district, adjacent common and union high school districts to authorize minor boundary adjust... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School District Insurance H.B. 2198 Relates to school district insurance; permits public agencies to jointly purchase workers' compensation, property and liability insurance or... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School District Unification and Consolidation Commission S.B. 1180 Establishes state-level school district unification and consolidation commission; establishes required membership and duties. http://www.azl... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School Closure Community Meetings S.B. 1180 Requires thirty days' written notice to all parents of students at school board is considering closing prior to community meeting on closure... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Education Facility Survey S.B. 20E According to state legislative summary, "To ensure that educational facilities information used by the legislature is accurate, [section] is... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Personnel Nominations S.B. 20E Allows school boards more time to decide on personnel nominations when the Legislature adjourns before May 31.... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Proposed School Site on Contaminated Land Prohibited S.B. 20E New section forbids building of K-12 school on or adjacent to known contaminated site unless action has been taken to ascertain that student... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Community Education Coordinators Eliminated S.B. 20E Eliminates subsection allowing districts to employ community education coordinators to promote, coordinate, organize, and administer communi... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Code Re-Write: District, Community College, and University Uniform Records and Accounts S.B. 20E Requires state department rules re: accounts and financial records of districts, community colleges and universities to adhere to the requir... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Relocatable Classrooms S.B. 20E Eliminates date for purgation of certain relocatable classrooms and establishes system by which districts may obtain permission to continue ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Summer Food Programs for Low-Income Pupils S.B. 20E Creates new section mandating that districts report to the department by February 1, 2004 on their participation in federal summer food serv... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Education Code Re-Write: Small Schools S.B. 20E To reduce the anonymity of students in large schools, encourages local boards to adopt policies to encourage any school that does not meet t... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 District Purchasing of Goods or Commodities S.B. 480 Authorizes a county board to participate in contracts for goods or commodities awarded by other public agencies or intergovernmental purchas... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Bidding for Goods or Commodities H.B. 492 Authorizes a county board to participate in contracts for goods or commodities awarded by other public agencies or intergovernmental purchas... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School District Reapportionment and Consolidation and Reconstitution S.B. 2864 Establishes rules for district reapportionment or consolidation; addresses composition of governing boards of reconstituted districts. http:... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Montgomery County Redistricting H.B. 712 Redistricts the Board of Education districts of Montgomery County; alters compensation received by the president; does not apply to incumben... More... AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Pay Increases for Public Education Employees H.B. 340 Relating to the salaries of public education employees, to provide for a revision of the State Minimum Salary Schedule and to reflect pay in... More... HI Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Licensing of School Bus or Van Operators H.B. 2580 States that a school bus or van operator shall be properly licensed to operate the category of vehicles that the operator operates as a scho... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Probationary Period of Non-Teaching Employee S.B. 35A Reinstates provisions providing for the probationary period of a school employee who is promoted in a school system with a population of 425... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 District Consolidation S.B. 65A Allows parish governing authorities to consolidate certain precincts; relates to the redistricting and reapportionment of a parish, city, or... More... KS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Closure of School Buildings in Certain Districts S.B. 394 Allows any school district to close any of its school buildings at any time the district's board of education finds that the building should... More... IA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 District Reorganization S.B. 2260 Relates to the reception or dissolution of area education agencies.... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Funding for Border Districts S.B. 1363 Relates to public school students attending school in another state by deleting language which is in conflict with the border district allow... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Health Care Plans Available H.B. 2536 Gives the health care authority to publish and distribute to nonparticipating school districts and educational service districts by October ... More... ME Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 S.B. 733 Creates a study group to study school administrative unit organization; provides that the group shall study the history of formation of dist... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 School Abatement S.B. 1434 Amends existing law to clarify requirements for the abatement of unsafe or unhealthy conditions in school buildings; defines a serious safet... More... NM Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Postsec. Community College Learning Center Districts H.B. 307 A learning center district may be established in a school district or community college district upon adoption of a resolution by the local ... More... AL Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Redistricting According to 2000 Census S.B. 187 Divides the state into State Board of Education districts; specifies such districts based upon the 2000 federal census.... More... NM Vetoed 02/2002 P-12 Redistricting District Boundaries H.B. 153 A school district with membership that is greater than thirty-five thousand students is required to redistrict. The state board must adopt a... More... ID Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Elections on Proposed Closures of Secondary Schools S.B. 1485 Provides that in proposed closure of public secondary schools which are thirty miles or more distant from another public secondary attendanc... More... NJ Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Joint Services S.B. 986 Permits jointure commissions to provide services to school districts including, education of disabled pupils; states when 2 or more boards o... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Small Districts S.B. 519 Establishes the Small School District Supplement fund; requires the Department of Education to award grants to small school districts with o... More... UT Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Community College Postsec. Utah College of Applied Technology H.B. 1003A Creates the Utah College of Applied Technology and other regional applied technology colleges in Utah; establishes their governance structur... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Salary Supplement for Counselors Meeting National Certification Requirements S.B. 247 Provides for a salary supplement for certain school counselors who have met the requirements and acquired the National Board of Certified Co... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Appeals of Decisions by State High School Athletic Associations S.B. 220 Allows appeal of decisions made by organizations that administer interscholastic activities. Appeals go before the state board, which may h... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Salary Adjustments S.B. 346 States that Basic Education Program funds generated in salary components for non-licensed personnel may be used to increase salaries for cur... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Classes Held Off Campus S.B. 826 Senate Bill 826 amends the Education Code to authorize the board of trustees of a school district to operate a school or program or hold a c... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Paperwork Reduction S.B. 708 Eliminates unnecessary and duplicative paperwork in the public schools.... More... TX Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Paperwork Reduction H.B. 106 Requires trustees of each district to adopt a policy to limit redundant requests for information and the number and length of written report... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Employee's Payment Over 10 or 12 Months H.B. 1110 Public Law No. 156., (LD 1479) Amends current law to allow school year employees to receive their pay over a period of either 10 or 12 month... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Schools Outside District H.B. 2291 Allows the district school board to open a school outside of district with permission of the school district in which the school will be loc... More... KS Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Acquisition of Land H.B. 2068 Concerns townships; relates to the acquisition of property; allows townships to procure not to exceed 3 acres of land for the township, and ... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Risk Management for Schools S.B. 535 Requires the Department of Education to establish risk management and related programs for school administrators, teachers, and other school... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 State Retirement System Provisions S.B. 576 Public Law No. 192.,& 181 (LD 1754)Relates to the Maine State Retirement System; establishes the Consumer Price Index as the benchmark for t... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School District Sharing Agreements S.B. 394 Authorizes the trustees of a school district to enter into an interlocal cooperative agreement with another K-12 accredited public instituti... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Use of Impact Aid by Districts S.B. 457 Authorizes a school district to use a portion of its impact aid funds for repayment of bonds.... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School District Sharing Agreements H.B. 108 Authorizes a school district to enter into a cooperative purchasing contract with one or more districts for the procurement of supplies and ... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Start-Up Costs for School Breakfast Programs H.B. 353 Provides start-up costs for school districts to establish school breakfast programs.... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School District Consolidation Agreements H.B. 488 Allows school districts that consolidate to each retain their basic entitlement for 6 years; retains 100% of the entitlement for the 1st 3 y... More... NE Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 L.B. 797 Changes the definition of general fund operating expenditures for purposes of the state aid formula. General fund operating expenditures wil... More... VA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Age-Appropriate Education Programs S.B. 1144 Creates optional age-appropriate education programs for students in grades K-5 who require guidance, supervision and discipline in a structu... More... TN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Consolidation Authorization H.B. 465 Authorizes counties with metropolitan governments in which principal city is not county seat to adopt consolidation plan for school systems ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 District Web Pages H.B. 2503 Requires districts to establish web pages and then post relevant district information on that web page.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Creation of New School Districts H.B. 1882 Creates a procedure for the creation of a school district by detachment.... More... MD Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 School District Contract Requirements S.B. 438 Requires county board of education to draft specifications encouraging maximum competition in public school procurement contracts when adver... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Regional Education Cooperatives H.B. 139 Regional education cooperatives authorized by the state board may own, and have control and management over, buildings and land independent ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School District Budget Transfers S.B. 436 Revises school district operating expense and purchasing laws by allowing a district to make transfers between different funds or between th... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School District Sharing Agreements S.B. 182 Expands the Interlocal Cooperation Act to allow school districts to share teachers, specialists, or superintendents.... More... MT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Opening or Reopening of Elementary Schools, Including Isolated Schools H.B. 358 Revises the procedures for opening or reopening an elementary school; allows parents of at least two pupils to petition the trustees; lowers... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 The Disposition of Property by School Districts S.B. 819 AN ACT TO DIRECT THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION TO ESTABLISH RULES AND REGULATIONS REGARDING THE DISPOSITION OF PUBLIC PROPERTY BY PUBLIC EDUCA... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 District Boundaries H.B. 1123 Repeals that the requirement that school districts consist of adjoining territory.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Energy Contracts H.B. 1967 Allows any local governing body, school district or public institution of higher education to enter into energy performance-based contracts ... More... NE Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Bus Inspections L.B. 36 Changes provisions relating to inspection of pupil transportation vehicles.... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Management Assistance Team S.B. 1331 Requires the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to conduct a review, make recommendations, and provide technical ass... More... NY Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 School Building Safety A.B. 8370 Provides that plans and specifications for all school buildings in the State be submitted to local fire and law enforcement authorities.... More... RI Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Breakfast Programs S.B. 2387 Requires all public schools to make a breakfast program available to students attending the school.... More... NY Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Libraries A.B. 4885 Requires the Board of Regents to include in their annual report to the Governor and the Legislature on the schools of the state, information... More... NH Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 District Joint Maintenance Agreements S.B. 318 Outlines procedures for the adoption of joint maintenance agreements; authorizes school districts which have entered into joint maintenance ... More... SC Became law without governor's signature 06/2000 P-12 School Facilities H.B. 4970 Authorizes the Board of Education to acquire school buildings and other facilities relating to school district operations; allows this acqui... More... VT Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Environmental Clearinghouse H.B. 192 Provides for a school environmental health clearinghouse on the Department of Health's website; provides for the development of a model scho... More... MS Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Master Lease Purchase Program H.B. 1031 Authorizes the Department of Finance and Administration to develop a master lease purchase program for equipment use by school districts.... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Cost-of-Living Salary Adjustments H.B. 202 Provides an equivalent percent cost-of-living adjustment for certain public education employees with the beginning of the 2000-2001 fiscal y... More... MD Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Formula for Transportation Grants S.B. 106 Makes certain adjustments to the formula for transportation grants to county boards of education; adjusts the time period for calculating in... More... IA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Reorganization Study H.B. 2198 Directs the Department of Education to conduct a feasibility study of reorganization and sharing incentives for school districts.... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Annual Audits H.B. 689 Requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to be responsible for an annual audit of the funds in each school district cooperative, school distr... More... ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Continuance/Discontinuance of a School H.B. 520 Requires that a majority vote shall decide the election for continuance or discontinuance of school.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Unification of Districts H.B. 2264 States that unification of a common school district and a high school district is not authorized if any of the high school district faciliti... More... IN Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Budget Year S.B. 508 Repeals the requirement for school corporations to change to a July-June budget year; repeals the July-June budget year pilot project; chang... More... NM Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Community College Learning Center Districts S.B. 406 This act provides for the establishment of "Learning Centers". These learning centers will be set-up by local Learning Center Districts and... More... KY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Safe Transportation Systems H.J.R. 101 Directs the Department of Education to promote strategies to assist school districts in providing a safe transportation system; directs the ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Libraries H.B. 324 Requires each public elementary and secondary school to establish and maintain a school library media center that is staffed by a certified ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 School District Size H.B. 22 Relates to public education; requires the State Board of Education to conduct a study and make a report on whether there should be an optimu... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Community Use of School Facilities, Property H.B. 1212 Amends the statute authorizing schools boards to permit the use of school property, under such conditions as will not impair the efficiency ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Planning Time H.B. 1517 Requires local school boards to ensure that elementary school teachers in their employment have at least 3 hours during the students' school... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2000 P-12 School District Regionalization A.B. 3290 Provides regionalization incentive aid for K-12 school districts with an enrollment greater than 10,000 pupils.... More...