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.
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 IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Establishes the School District Realignment and Consolidation Commission. Provides the purpose of the commission is to make recommendations to the governor and general assembly on the number of school districts in the state, the optimal amount of enrollment for a school district, and where consolidation and realignment would be beneficial. Directs the commission, by July 2012, to vote its recommendations and file a report with the governor and the general assembly. Provides for legislative action if the report is ratified by at least 11 of the commission members. Repeals the section on January 31, 2013.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0503.pdf
Title: H.B. 1216
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Revise the criteria used to exempt certain school districts from the requirement to reorganize. Section amended to read:
After July 1, 2007, if the fall enrollment of any school district that is not sparse falls to 100 or below, the school district is to prepare a plan for reorganization within two years. If the district fails to prepare a plan for reorganization by the deadline, the Board of Education is to prepare a reorganization plan for the district. However, the provisions of this section do not apply to any school district that receives no foundation program state aid distributed pursuant to Chapter 13-13, and that is located at least 25 miles from the nearest high school in an adjoining school district in the state.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/Bills/HB1093ENR.pdf
Title: H.B. 1093
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Authorizes certain school districts to contract with qualified private alternative education programs to provide services to homeschooled children; directs the Board of Education to adopt formula for calculation of amount of funding to be received by programs from State School Fund distributions.
During the 2007-2009 biennium, requries the legislative interim committees on revenue to conduct a study of the adequacy of funding of small school districts and small education service districts. The committees are to examine: (a) The relationship between small school districts and education service districts; (b) Whether the additional amounts received by small school districts that are attributable to statutory provisions and if, when combined with other funding, are adequate to provide sufficient funding for those small school districts; (c) What types of small school districts are not being provided adequate funding; and (d) The long term effects of not providing small school districts and small education service districts with adequate funding. Requires the legislative interim committees on revenue to make recommendations.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2040.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2040
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Relates to public education; requires the State Board of Education to conduct a study and make a report on whether there should be an optimum size for school districts based on student population; provides a mechanism for the creation of a new school district; provides for the transfer of property to and the assumption of indebtedness by the new school district; provides for the election of board members.
Title: H.B. 22
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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