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].
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 AR | Adopted 07/2012 | pre-K-12 | Authorizes the State Board of Education (BOE) to establish a statewide system of not more than fifteen multicounty education service cooperatives of school districts to be intermediate service units in the state's elementary and secondary education system and as such shall be eligible to receive and expend funds from state and federal governments, school districts, and other public or private sources.
Outlines rules surrounding membership including: each education service cooperative shall be governed by a board of directors consisting of one representative appointed by each school district board of directors within the boundary of the education service cooperative.
Outlines responsibilities of the board of directors of each established education service cooperative including: receipt and expenditure of funds needed to provide programs and services in the area and implementation of policies established by the state board for the operation of education service cooperatives.
Directs the BOE establish tentative boundaries for the system of education service cooperatives, and provides rules for those boundaries.
Provides that education service cooperatives shall be established when 75% of the school districts in a proposed education service cooperative area request such action by formal resolutions filed by the school district boards of directors with the Commissioner of Education.
Requires that each education service cooperative must establish a teacher center which will provide, consistent with funds available, curriculum development assistance, educational materials, and staff development services to teachers within the school districts in the service area, and provides rules for these centers.
Directs the Commissioner of Education to name a person to serve as liaison between the department and the education service cooperatives.
Requires each education service cooperative to conduct annual surveys and needs assessments to assist the education service cooperative in its first priority of helping school districts improve their educational programs and practices.
Provides that the programs and services of each education service cooperative must be based upon the needs of the school districts included in its service area and upon the educational priorities of the state.
Requires that the state provide funds to support the basic structure of the education service cooperatives including: (1) salaries and fringe benefits for a director, a teacher center coordinator, and support staff, (2) costs such as travel, utilities, rent, equipment, and supplies, (3) funds to support staff and curriculum development activities, and (4) funds in an annual amount not to exceed twenty-five thousand dollars ($25,000) for the travel expenses of itinerant personnel employed by the education service cooperative to serve the part-time needs of local school districts.
Outlines procedures for filing required documents with the BOE by August 31 of each year.
Requires each education service cooperative to be evaluated during the 2012-2013 school year, and at least once within each five-year period, on a schedule established by the Commissioner of Education, all active education service cooperatives must be visited by an evaluation committee of not more than nine persons.
Authorizes the BOE to dissolve any education service cooperative upon the request of a majority of its school district boards of directors or upon the recommendation of the evaluation committee.
Provides for the BOE, if funding is available and a majority vote is reached, to establish the following: (1) a technology training center and employ a technology coordinator, and (2) a mathematics and science center.
Defines education service cooperatives as local education agencies, and defines "fiscal distress" qualifications, plans and actions for education service cooperatives.
http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.01.12-003F-13038.pdf
Title: AR ADC 005.01.24-1.00 to AR ADC 005.01.24-31.00
Source: http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/rules_and_regs/
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | New Article XV-G authorizes open campus initiatives between school districts. Defines as a cooperative agreement between districts which allows students to participate in courses not currently available in their resident district. Courses offered can be delivered outside of a regular school building in whole or in part using technology such as the Internet, video conferencing or other electronic means. Requires the cooperative agreement establishing an open campus initiative to outline the following policies: 1) grading; 2) credit; 3) promotion; 4) participation; 5) participation by students from nonparticipating school entities, including a fee schedule for determining tuition charges for those students; 6) use and distribution of tuition revenue; 7) discipline; 8) attribution of student data; 9) sharing of costs; 10) adding or removing courses.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1901&pn=3885
Title: H.B. 1901 - Sections 1501-G through 1508-G
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Establishes a five-year pilot project to allow groups of school districts to collaborate in providing innovative education programs and activities and sharing district resources.
Directs groups of two or more interested school districts to collaborate with school staff and receive formal school board approval to form a partnership. Sets requirements for partnership formation, plans and how to apply.
Directs the commissioner to convene an advisory panel to advise the commissioner on applicants' qualifications, and select between three and six qualified applicants by April 1, 2013.
Directs participating districts to submit project data to the commissioner for the commissioner to analyze districts' progress and best practices and submit a final report to the legislature by February 1, 2018, recommending whether or not to continue or expand the pilot project.
https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php
Title: S.F. 946
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Defines an education collaborative as a written agreement to provide shared programs and services, including instructional, administrative, facility, community or any other services entered into by two or more school committees of cities, towns and regional school districts or boards of trustees of charter schools; provided that a primary purpose of such programs and services shall be to complement the educational programs of member school committees and charter schools in a cost-effective manner. Outlines the requirements of such written agreement.
Requires that education collaboratives be managed by a board of directors comprised of 1 person appointed annually by each member school committee or member charter school board. All appointed persons must be either a school committee member, the superintendent of schools or a member of the charter school board.
Requires the board to establish and manage a fund, appoint a treasurer who will receive and disburse all money belonging to the collaborative and may make appropriate investments of the money of the collaborative consistent with section 55B of chapter 44.
Allows for the board of directors of an education collaborative to borrow money, enter into long-term or short-term loan agreements or mortgages and apply for state, federal or corporate grants or contracts to obtain funds necessary to carry out the purpose for which such collaborative is established; provided, however, that the board of directors has determined that any borrowing, loan or mortgage is cost-effective and in the best interest of the collaborative and its member municipalities and charter schools.
Requires that an education collaborative adopt and maintain a financial accounting system, annually prepare financial statements, annually cause an independent audit and make information from the audits publicly available.
Requires the executive director of each education collaborative to annually present an annual report and its budget to each member school committee in a school committee meeting or charter school board of trustees, and accept questions.
States that the board of directors of the education collaborative shall be considered to be a public employer and may employ personnel, including teachers, to carry out the purposes and functions of the education collaborative.
Provides guidance on other regulations and privileges pertaining to education collaboratives.
http://www.malegislature.gov/Bills/187/Senate/S02105
Title: S.B. 2105
Source: http://www.malegislature.gov/
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| IA | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Amends regional academies. Intead of serving 9-12th grade student, such academies are allowed to serve 7th-12-grade students. Authorizes a district establishing a regional academy to collaborate and partner with, enter into an agreement or contract with one or more school districts, area education agencies, community colleges, accredited public and private postsecondary institutions, accredited nonpublic schools, businesses, and private agencies located within or outside of the state. Clarifies that the purpose of a regional academy is to build a culture of innovation for students and community, to diversify educational and economic opportunities by engaging in learning experiences that involve students in complex, real-world projects, and to develop regional or global innovation networks. If a plan is submitted to the department for approval that demonstrates how the regional acadeny will increase and assess student achievement or increase and assess competency-based learning opportunities for students, the department may waive or modify any statutory or regulatory provision applicable to school districts except those specifically refrenced. Authorizes a regional academy to include in its curriculum virtual or internet-based coursework and courses delivered via the Iowa communications network, career and technical courses, core curriculum coursework, other specified required courses and asynchronous learning networks. The school districts participating in are required to enter into an agreement on how the funding generated by the supplementary weighting received shalI be used and shall submit the agreement to the department for approval. Requires regional academies to included advanced level courses.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/84/external/govbills/HF645.pdf
Title: H.F. 645 - Multiple Sections
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes an educational service center's governing board to task an executive committee of the governing board with performing specified actions. Provides that the appointed members of an educational service center governing board may be representative of the client school districts of the service center. Establishes that if all of the local school districts that make up the territory of an educational service center have severed from the territory of that service center, the service center is dissolved and the governing board is abolished. Provides procedures relative to the dissolution of a service center.
Directs districts with an average daily student membership of 16,000 or less to enter into an agreement with the governing board of an educational service center to provide services. Permits districts with an average daily student membership of more than 16,000 to enter into such agreements. Specifies that contracts may be entered into for any services the district board and service center governing board agree can be better provided by the service center and that are not provided under an agreement established through 3313.845 http://codes.ohio.gov/orc/3313.845. Establishes parameters for a district to terminate an agreement for an educational service center's services. Permits the governing board of an educational service center to enter into a contract to provide services to any political subdivision as defined in section
2744.01 of the Revised Code, not including school districts, community schools, or STEM schools,
Pages 87-90 and 162-165 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Educational Service Centers
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Permits community schools to enter into agreements for joint or cooperative establishment and operation of any educational program. Provides that except as otherwise provided in 3321.01(H), no fees or tuition may be charged for students participating in the program. Page 162 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Cooperative Educational Programs at Community Schools
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Permits a city and a special school district with coterminous boundaries to specify by contract that city funding for the district shall be used half for district operations and half for issuance of bonds and, upon agreement of the city legislative body and the school board at the time that the bonds are issued, proceeds of any such bond issue shall be used for maintenance and construction at schools existing at the time the bonds are issued.
http://state.tn.us/sos/acts/107/pub/pc0347.pdf
Title: S.B. 1602
Source: http://state.tn.us
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Requires the board of trustees of each school district in this state to assess the feasibility of sharing services, functions and
personnel with other school districts of this state.This bill also authorizes a school district to join in the contract of another
school district with which it has entered into an agreement for the sharing of services, functions or personnel. This bill further
requires the Committee on Local Government Finance to adopt regulations to assist the boards of trustees in consolidating or sharing services, functions or personnel.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB551_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 551
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Allows expenditure from School Consolidation Assistance Fund to school districts that have entered into a mutual contract for a superintendent; establishes amount of assistance, including maximum. Total assistance paid over three years from the School Consolidation Assistance Fund to districts entering into a contract to share superintendents must not exceed $150,000 and no school district will be eligible to receive assistance for more than three years. Boards of education must notify the State Board of Education on or before June 30 of the year preceding the school year the mutual contract will become effective. Allows the State Board of Education to make payments of less than $400,000 to school districts from the fund and if monies in the fund are insufficient to make allocations to qualified districts, the State Board of Education will determine allocations with preference given to school district consolidation and annexation.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB2115%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 2115
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Excerpts from the fiscal note: SB 329, as amended, increases the basic and per-ANB entitlements for K-12 public schools by 1.1% in FY 2012 and by 0.63% in FY 2013. The bill eliminates the 0.76% growth factor on school block grants after FY 2011 and retains oil and natural gas production taxes at the state level for school districts whose tax allocation exceeds 150% of the district's maximum or adopted general fund budget. SB 329 will create increased revenue in the state general fund of $11.3 million in FY 2012 and $1.1 million in FY 2013. Section 3 of the bill allows school districts to enter into multidistrict agreements to perform any services, activities, and undertakings of the participating districts. This section also authorizes each participating district to transfer funds into the interlocal cooperative fund from the general fund or any other budgeted fund of the district. Under SB 329, there is no limit on the amount that can be transferred from budgeted funds other than the school district general fund which is limited to the amount of the district's direct state aid (DSA).
Section 5(2), requires the OPI to develop publicly available district educational profiles that include include school district contact information, state criterion-referenced testing results, programs and course offerings, student enrollment and demographic information by grade level, and graduation rates. Section 5(3) requires each school district to annually report to the OPI the number and type of employee positions; compensation paid to each employee; the certification held by the employee and required by the position, student-teacher ratios by grade; the amount spent by the district for operation and maintenance and for debt service; district expenditures per pupil; the total budget for all funds; the total number of students enrolled and average daily attendance; the total amount spent by the district on extracurricular activities and the number of students who participated; and the number of students who entered 9th grade but did not graduate. Requires each district to post on its website copies of collective bargaining agreements and the district costs associated with employee union representation, collective bargaining, union grievance procedures, and litigation resulting from union employee grievances. Requires oil and natural gas production taxes allocated to a district to be distributed to the district in accordance with section 7 of SB 329. Effective July 1, 2012, establishes a state school oil and natural gas impact account to help counties and school districts that are not receiving oil and natural gas production taxes, but are impacted by oil and natural gas production, defray costs associated with increased school enrollments, teacher shortages, and infrastructure. The balance in the account may not exceed $7.5 million. Any amount in excess of $7.5 million must be deposited in the state general fund.
Fiscal note: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011/FNPDF/SB0329.pdf
Full text: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011/billpdf/SB0329.pdf
Title: S.B. 329
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Rewrites approval requirements and core services requirements. Requires regional education association to offer coordination and facilitation of professional development activities for teachers and administrators; supplementation of technology support services; assistance with achieving school improvement goals identified by the state superintendent; assistance with the collection, analysis, and interpretation of student achievement data; and assistance with the expansion and enrichment of curricular offerings. Removes the list of administrative functions and student services that were statutorily required of a regional education association. Provides that each member of a regional association's governing board must be an individual currently serving on the board of a participating district or the designee of a participating district's board.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-0208-12000.pdf
Title: S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Allows two or more boards of education to jointly purchase health insurance for their employees. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/Pa/pdf/2010PA-00174-R00HB-05424-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 5424
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| CT | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12 | Establishes a grant in fiscal year 2012 to any municipality whose board of education makes a cooperative arrangement with at least one other board of education to provide school transportation that results in a savings in fiscal year 2011. The grant is in addition to the reimbursements for student transportation school districts receive under existing law; permits two or more boards of education to establish shared service agreements, in addition to cooperative arrangements that boards may enter under existing law. http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/ACT/Pa/pdf/2010PA-00167-R00HB-05336-PA.pdf
Title: H.B. 5336
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district to enter into leases and agreements relating to real property and buildings to be used jointly by the district and a local government agency. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1051-1100/ab_1080_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1080
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Establishes the Harmon Commission to designate, upon application, individual classrooms as creative learning environments. Provides that designation as a creative learning environment must be based on a determination that the classroom supports and emphasizes innovation in instruction methods and lesson plans and operates in accordance with state board-adopted guidelines. Directs the state board to adopt guidelines for the commission use in reviewing applications for creative learning environments. Requires the department to provide staff to assist the commission in carrying out its duties. Provides that, beginning in July 2010 (FY 2011) a school with a classroom designated a creative learning envirnment may qualify for a grant or subsidy awarded by the commission, to the extent the commission determines that sufficient funds are available, instead of providing for a fixed pilot subsidy. (The amendment does not provide state funding for the commission's operation or for payments to districts and schools for innovative classrooms.) Allows districts and community schools to submit an unlimited number of applications for first-time designation of individual classrooms from January to April 14, 2010, and to submit one application annually for first-time designation of an individual classroom during each subsequent fiscal year. Provides that a classroom's first-time designation as a creative learning environment is valid for one fiscal year. Allows a district or community school to apply for renewal of a designation, which must be granted for two fiscal years if the commission finds that the classroom continues to meet the state board-adopted guidelines. Establishes provisions for subsequent renewal or repeal of a classroom's designation as a create learning environment. Requires a district or community school with a classroom designated a creative learning environment to submit periodic progress reports on the operation and performance of the classroom to the department of education. Permits the department of education to accept gifts, devises or bequests of money, lands, or other properties for the Harmon Commission.
Specifies that for one or more community school classrooms to be designated a creative learning environment, a community school must enter into a memorandum of understanding, approved by the department of education, with one or more school districts that specifies a collaborative agreement to share programming and resources to promote successful academic achievement for students and academic and fiscal efficiencies.
Pages 1114-1117 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3306.50, 3306.51, 3306.52, 3306.53, 3306.54, 3306.55, 3306.56, 3306.57 and 3306.58
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes two or more school boards in a county with a population greater than 1,200,000 to create a regional student education district (special taxing district) to fund special education and behavioral health services for students and their immediate families.
Pages 1202-1205 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
DOE summary of H.B. 1: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3313.83
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Section 3306.21: Provides that nothing shall be construed to limit the authority of a district, charter school or STEM school to contract with an educational service center for the provision of any services calculated and paid for under the school funding formula.
Section 3306.22: Provides that nothing shall be construed to prohibit a district from using funds from the school funding formula to establish, operate or participate in an agreement with one or more other districts for joint or cooperative establishment and operation of any educational program, as permitted by Section 3313.842.
Page 1101 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3306.21 and 3306.22
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Provides for the formation of regional education cooperatives. School administrative units in existence as of July 1, 2009 may join a regional education cooperative of their choice, and each participating school administrative unit has a single representative to the cooperative board. Participation in regional education cooperatives is voluntary.
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/bills_124th/billpdfs/HP072401.pdf
Title: H.B. 724
Source: http://www.mainelegislature.
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Clarifies the ability of school districts to share superintendents and principals.
Title: S.B. 173
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Allows regional education cooperatives to provide education-related services to nonmembers; allows cooperatives to apply for and receive government and private funding for educational programs; changes accountability procedures.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/HB0197.pdf
Title: H.B. 197
Source: http://nmlegis.gov
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Allows school districts to enter into contractual agreements with school boards of other school districts to provide for the whole-grade sharing of students among participating districts.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB140ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 140
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us/
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| CO | Rule Adoption 09/2008 | P-12 | Relates to the development, expansion, implementation, and management of regional service areas. On or before December 1, 2008, the State Board, in consultation with the Department, school districts, and boards of cooperative services, shall divide the state into twelve regional service areas throughout the state. Each regional service area shall consist of at least two school districts and one or more boards of cooperative services. Each plan for a regional service area shall be administered by a locally appointed regional service council.
http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=2999&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-76%20RULES%20RELATED%20TO%20THE%20DEVELOPMENT%20EXPANSION%20IMPLEMENTATION%20AND%20MANAGEMENT%20OF%20THE%20REGIONAL%20SERVICE%20AREAS
Title: 1 CCR 301-76
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/
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| CO | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Concerns the creation of a system of Regional Service Cooperatives throughout the state to support economic efficiencies in the delivery of effective public education services. Expands existing regional services areas from 8 to 12, including representation by community colleges, teachnical colleges, higher education institutions, early childhood councils, and businesses. Also expands the types of services provided by cooperatives.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2008a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/35AFBA7E1B24C325872573680052EEB6?open&file=038_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 38
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Relates to a study by a school district concerning opportunities for sharing services with other providers of similar services, such as an intermediate school district, other school districts, units of local government and other programs to achieve cost savings; requires a report of costs per pupil; provides for purchasing of local school busing, contracts and human resources through intermediate school districts; includes pupil transportation, procurement, technology and child nutrition.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2007-PA-0063.pdf
Title: H.B. 4592
Source: Michigan Legislature
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Reinstates whole grade sharing incentives and reorganization incentives. Creates operational sharing incentives; Mandates a statewide study of efficiencies and sharing to be provided to the Legislature by January 2008. Provides additional weighting for districts that share one or more operational functions in the areas of superintendent management, business management, human resources, transportation, or operation and maintenance at least 20% of the school year. Provides that such additional funding is available to a district for a maximum of five years during the period from the 2008-2009 through the 2012-2013 budget years. Provides that supplementary funding after the first year is contingent upon the annual submission of information to the department documenting cost savings directly attributable to the shared operational functions. Directs the department to establish rules setting the criteria for determining the number of years for which supplementary weighting may be received, and for determining qualification of operational functions for supplementary weighting
Directs the department of management to annually set a weighting for each area education agency to generate the approved operational sharing expense using the area education agency's special education cost per pupil amount and foundation level. Provides that annual supplemental weighting is available to an area education agency for up to 5 years. Sets $50,000 and $200,000 as annual minimum and maximum of supplemental funding per area education agency.
Provides that supplementary funding after the first year is contingent upon the annual submission of information to the department documenting cost savings directly attributable to the shared operational functions.
Directs the department of education, by September 15, 2007, to, in consultation with the boards of directors of the area education agencies and other appropriate education stakeholders as necessary, develop a uniform process to facilitate discussion between district leaders to support rigorous and relevant student programming and efforts to increase student achievement through the sharing and efficiency of operations efforts with other school districts, educational partners, and governmental subdivisions. Specifies the process is intended to promote reductions in the costs of operations and create additional resource availability. Provides the process must provide a framework for a consistent regional plan for use by area education agencies. Specifies that processes to be developed must include district and area education agency services available to improve efficiencies, areas of potential sharing, and efficiency of operations. Provides other governmental subdivisions and private entities may be consulted for efficiency proposals. Directs districts involved in the processes to consider operational efficiencies, shared programming, transportation sharing, expansion of area education agency cooperatives, common schedules for school districts and community colleges, energy and insurance efficiencies, effective structure and delivery models that promote optimum student achievement, graduation requirements, and a rigorous, relevant curriculum.
Directs each area education agency, by January 15, 2008, to submit a plan to the department that identifies the existing, new, or expanded opportunities for school district sharing or efficiency of operations determined as a result of completing the process. Provides the plan must provide for long-term measures that identify money or time saved as a result of the sharing or efficiency of operations efforts, list the cooperative partners in specific sharing or efficiency of operations efforts, describe effective structure and delivery models that promote optimum student achievement, and include provisions for making educational stakeholders aware of the sharing and efficiency in operations opportunities available in each area.
Directs the department of education to review the plans submitted, identify barriers to potential sharing and efficiency in operations efforts, recommend a timeline for implementation of sharing and efficiency of operations efforts and a reduction in funding related to penalties for noncompliance with the implementation of sharing and efficiency of operations efforts, and submit its findings and recommendations to the general assembly by March 15, 2008.
Makes an appropriation.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=82&hbill=SF447
Title: S.F. 447
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Directs the institute for tomorrow's workforce to develop an Iowa education efficiency and improvement plan, the goal of which is to establish a new educational delivery system. Directs the institute, in developing the plan, to address issues concerning the alignment of school districts, area education agencies, public postsecondary institutions, and the department of education, focusing on specific quantitative and qualitative indicators, management, governance, services, boundaries, infrastructure and efficiencies, and administrative efficiencies. Directs the institute to submit the plan and any recommendations for changes to state law and administrative rules to the general assembly, the governor, and the department of education by January 15, 2007. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=HF2792
Title: H.B. 2792 - Section 31
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Directs the institute for tomorrow's workforce to develop an Iowa education efficiency and improvement plan, the goal of which is to establish a new educational delivery system. Directs the institute, in developing the plan, to address issues concerning the alignment of school districts, area education agencies, public postsecondary institutions, and the department of education, focusing on specific quantitative and qualitative indicators, management, governance, services, boundaries, infrastructure and efficiencies, and administrative efficiencies. Directs the institute to submit the plan and any recommendations for changes to state law and administrative rules to the general assembly, the governor, and the department of education by January 15, 2007. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=HF2792
Title: H.B. 2792 - Section 31
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Authorizes local boards to make available school facilities and equipment for specified public purposes if such purposes appear, in the judgment of the board, to be in the best interests of the district and are an efficient, economical, and appropriate use of the facilities and equipment.
Authorizes local boards to enter into contracts with other school boards to provide joint programs, services, facilities, and professional or other staff. Does not permit the designation by a school district that does not maintain a secondary school of another school district's secondary school as the secondary school of the district. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT182.HTM
Title: H.B. 867 - Section 25
Source: www.leg.state.vt.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Provides that any local government or combination of governments within planning district 16 may enter into cooperative agreements with a local school division for the use of school vehicles for public transportation purposes during non-school hours. Such agreements may utilize public or private funds for addressing the costs of the program. An enactment clause provides that if no such agreements are entered into by July 1, 2010, the provisions of the act will expire on July 1, 2010.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?061+ful+CHAP0821
Title: H.B. 1582
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Relates to locally approved school administrative district cost-sharing agreements which were preempted by Public Law 2003, chapter 712, which first became effective for the 2005-06 school fiscal years and caused significant changes in the local financial obligations among the municipalities participating in those school districts. The bill reestablishes the cost-sharing agreement established in 1992 at a referendum election by the voters of Maine School Administrative District No. 40. Private and Special Law No. 38
http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/LD.asp?LD=1903
Title: H.B. 1344 (also HP 1344 and LD 1903)
Source: Maine Legislative Site
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | AN ACT ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PROVIDE EDUCATIONAL SERVICES AT AN OFFSITE INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING TO CHILDREN ATTENDING SCHOOL IN THE SCHOOL DISTRICT; REQUIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO ADOPT RULES; REVISING THE DEFINITION OF "AVERAGE NUMBER BELONGING" TO CLARIFY THE INCLUSION OF PUPILS EDUCATED OFFSITE; DEFINING "OFFSITE INSTRUCTIONAL SETTING"; AMENDING SECTION 20-1-101, MCA; AND PROVIDING AN EFFECTIVE DATE AND AN APPLICABILITY DATE
Title: S.B. 224
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | This subchapter is known as and may be cited as the "Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act." Determines the value of total assesed valuation of taxable real, personal and utility property in the school district.
Establishes the the Academic Facilities Immediate Repair Program to provide school districts with state financial participation for eligible repair projects based on the school district's academic facilities wealth index.
Establishes the Academic Equipment Program to support the purchase of eligible academic equipment based on the school district's academic facilities wealth index.
Establishes the Transitional Academic Facilities Program to provide state financial participation based on a school district's academic facilities wealth index in the form of reimbursement to a school district for eligible new construction projects for which debt is incurred or funds are spent after January 1, 2005, and on or before June 30, 2006. Under the transitional academic facilities program, a school district may proceed with new construction of an academic facility through the expenditure of local resources prior to the school district's eligibility for state financial participation and may apply the expenditure of local resources after January 1, 2005, and on or before June 30, 2006, toward meeting the school district's share of financial participation in the cost of the new construction project when, and if, the school district becomes eligible for state financial participation.
Establishes the Academic Facilities Partnership Program to provide state financial participation based on a school district's academic facilities wealth index in the form of cash payments to a school district for eligible new construction projects.
Establishes the Academic Facilities Catastrophic Program to award state financial participation to a school district based on a school district's academic facilities wealth index for eligible catastrophic repair and new construction projects for the purpose of supplementing insurance or other public or private emergency assistance received by or payable to the school district.
Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to establish formulas, to be updated annually, for determining the basic project cost per student for various types of new construction projects, including new academic facilities; additions to existing academic facilities; and major improvements to academic facilities that bring the state of condition or efficiency of the academic facility to a state of condition or efficiency better than the facility's original condition of completeness or efficiency.
Establishes legislative intent that school districts explore collaboration with other districts in pooling equipment, facilities and transportation.
Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation to develop a program to provide emergency loans to eligible high-growth school districts for assistance with excess debt service requirements.
Allows a school district to appeal any determination of the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation under the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act to the Commission on Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation.
Effective July 1, 2005, Arkansas Code Title 6, Chapter 20, Subchapter 24 is repealed.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2508.pdf
Title: H.B. 2508
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires the house interim committee on education and the senate interim committee to jointly conduct a study of education service cooperatives relative to instructional improvements and support services to the department of education and local school districts. Requires the committees to complete the study and make their findings and recommendations by October 31, 2006. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2645.pdf
Title: H.B. 2645
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Allows students in administratively consolidated school districts to attend classes and programs in other schools in the district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1177.pdf
Title: H.B. 1177
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Provides administrative consolidation assistance to school districts that administratively consolidate. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1161.pdf
Title: H.B. 1161
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Allows the boards of two or more school districts to contract with one superintendent to serve as superintendent of the school districts. Also allows boards of education of two or more school districts to enter into a mutual contract or separate contracts with a superintendent, administrator, or teacher or with a person to provide support services, to serve as superintendent, administrator, or teacher, as appropriately qualified, or to provide support services, for each contracting district upon such terms and conditions as the parties may agree. Allows a teacher to contract with more than one school district for the same school year. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04SB/sb216_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 216
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes the trustees of a school district to enter into an interlocal cooperative agreement with another K-12 accredited public institution to provide educational services to supplement the district's educational program; requires that credits received and classes be approved by the school district and meet graduation requirements; requires that credits must be reported to the district of residence; provides that the district of residence is not responsible for transportation costs.
Title: S.B. 394
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district to enter into a cooperative purchasing contract with one or more districts for the procurement of supplies and services; provides bidding and advertisement requirements for a cooperative purchasing contract; provides for rejection of all bids.
Title: H.B. 108
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Expands the Interlocal Cooperation Act to allow school districts to share teachers, specialists, or superintendents.
Title: S.B. 182
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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