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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. 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. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Curriculum--Speech Education Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas TX Adopted 10/2012 P-12 Calculating FTE Counts for Districts Serving a Significant Migrant Population 19 TAC 129.1021 From Texas Register: Adds provisions to reflect the agency's current practice for determining full-time-equivalent (FTE) counts for special ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 At-Risk Pupil Funding and Expenditures S.B. 754 From bill summary: Requires a district, as a condition of the receipt of at-risk pupil funding (i.e., economic impact aid funds, allocated b... More... CA Vetoed 09/2012 P-12 California Task Force on School Finance A.B. 18 From bill summary: Establishes a 21-member California Task Force on School Finance as of January 1, 2013, to review and analyze alternative ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Programs Eligible for Block Grant S.B. 1028 - Programs Eligible for Block Grant From bill summary: Under the California Constitution, whenever the legislature or a state agency mandates a new program or higher level of s... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Computing Average Daily Attendance for Students in Online Instruction A.B. 644 From bill summary: Commencing with the 2014–15 school year, authorizes, for purposes of computing average daily attendance, the inclusion of... More... HI Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Review of State Funding for ESL and Hawaiian Language Programs S.R. 43 Requests that the University of Hawaii, with the assistance of the department of education and other educational organizations as appropriat... More... LA Adopted 06/2012 P-12 Legislative Approval of the MFP Formula for FY 2012-13 as Adopted by BESE on 2-27-12 S.C.R. 99 Provides for legislative approval of the formula for the 2012-13 school year to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program (MFP) of ... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Schools Not Open Due to Law Enforcement Emergencies S.B. 316 - Schools Not Open Due to Law Enforcement Emergencies Waives from calculation of full-time equivalency/minimum school calendar requirements for traditional public schools and community schools a... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Average Daily Membership S.B. 1456 Limits the window during which the Arizona Department of Education (ADE) can conduct Average Daily Membership (ADM) audits to three years fr... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Low Performing Districts S.B. 458 (Sec. 34) Defines an alliance district as a town whose school district is among those with the lowest academic performance as measured by a ... More... ME Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Amending Laws Regarding Financial Audits, Construction, Summer School Tuition Rates H.P. 1284-Finance Part A amends and clarifies audit requirements in order for the State and school administrative units to be in compliance with federal regul... More... VT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Educational Opportunities Working Group S.B. 113 - Section on State Funding Creates a working group to review and evaluate how the state's current system allocates financial and other resources in a way that promotes... More... WA Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Task Force On Education Funding H.B. 2824 Establishes the joint task force on education funding to: (1) Develop a proposal for a reliable and dependable funding mechanism to support ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Charter School Administrative Fee H.B. 5101 - Charter School Administrative Fee From bill analysis: Reduces the 5% charter school administrative fee charged by school districts for schools that have an exceptional studen... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Delay of Class Size Penalty H.B. 5101 - Delay of Class Size Penalty From bill analysis: Delays the increased class size penalty (from 50% to the full amount of the base student allocation) until 2014-2015, in... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Funding for Juvenile Justice Education Programs H.B. 5101 - Funding for Juvenile Justice Education Programs Calcifies the amount of state and local funding to which juvenile justice education programs are entitled. Pages 18-20 of 41: http://myflori... More... GA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Funding for School Health Nurse Programs S.B. 403 Includes school nurses in state funding formula based on full-time equivalent student counts. Requires one nurse for every 750 full-time equ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 District in a County in Which a Disaster Has Been Declared H.B. 255 For the 2011-12 school year, directs the commissioner of education to waive up to 10 instructional days for a district in a county in which ... More... NY Issued 04/2012 P-12 Establishing the New NY Education Reform Commission E.O. No. 44 Establishes the New NY Education Reform Commission to provide guidance and advice to the governor on education policy, performance, and inno... More... CO Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 No School Pupil Enrollment Counts On Holidays H.B. 1090 Changes the language of the annual pupil count day from October 1 to Pupil Enrollment Count Day to provide flexibility in case Oct. 1 falls ... More... ID Became law without governor's signature 03/2012 P-12 School Funding Based on Average Daily Attendance Formula H.B. 603 Provides for 97% average daily attendance (ADA) funding protection for Idaho school districts. This is important because school districts mu... More... IN Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Nonpublic to Public Student Records Transfer, Charter Start-up Grants H.B. 1189 Requires an accredited nonpublic school to provide sufficient verbal information to permit a requesting school to which a child transfers to... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Local Discretionary Block Grant Program H.B. 156 - Local Discretionary Block Grant Program Repeals 53A-17a-123, which required the state board to distribute money appropriated for the Local Discretionary Block Grant Program to scho... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Repealing Certain School Funding Provisions H.B. 156 - Repealing Certain School Funding Provisions Repeals 53A-17a-131.9, which governed use of monies appropriated to or received by the State Board of Education to maintain Title 63M, Chapt... More... CA Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 Budget Act of 2011 S.B. 81 Requires the state to readjust how budget cuts impact district funding. District funding would be reduced by a rate of 9.57% instead of 8.92... More... NJ Issued 02/2012 P-12 Creates the New Jersey Education Funding Task Force E.O. 89 Creates the New Jersey Education Funding Task Force to examine the state's school funding formula and identify areas that may be susceptible... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Computation of Attendance for Certain Students and Classes S.B. 361 From bill summary: Existing law sets the minimum schoolday in a high school, except certain schools, including a regional occupational cente... More... CA Vetoed 10/2011 P-12 Reimbursable State Mandates A.B. 202 From bill summary: Expresses legislative intent that statutes creating a reimbursable state mandate on local educational agencies be periodi... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Early Childhood Block Grants; Chicago Educational Block Grants S.B. 1742 Requires a school district that receives an Early Childhood Block Grant to report to the state board of education on its use of the block gr... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Remote Educational Program Funding H.B. 3223 Amends the instructional time during which the remote educational program may be delivered (to disassociate from the traditional school cale... More... MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Literacy Incentive Aid H.F. 26 Establishes literacy incentive aid as the sum of proficiency aid and growth aid. Establishes the formula for a school's proficiency aid eq... More... NH Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Differentiated Aid and Education Grant Guidelines H.B. 337 1. Repeals the calculation and distribution of fiscal capacity disparity aid; 2. Sets the amount of differentiated aid at $1,725 for each pu... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 School Finance System Study S.B. 1 - School Finance System Study Requires the establishment of a joint legislative interim committee to conduct a comprehensive study of the public school finance system. Di... More... HI Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Committee on Weights S.B. 1281 Amends Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, to require the Committee on Weights (to develop a weighted student formula) to meet not less t... More... LA Adopted 06/2011 P-12 K-12 School Funding Formula H.C.R. 130 Provides for legislative approval of the formula to determine the cost of a minimum foundation program of education in all public elementary... More... NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 Funds for Gifted Children H.B. 200 - Funds for Gifted Children Directs the state board to allocate an additional $1,192.90 per academically or intellectually gifted child for fiscal year 2011-2012 and $1... More... TX Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Funding for Texas ChalleNGe Academy H.B. 2247 From bill analysis: Establishes the eligibility of the adjutant general's department to receive Foundation School Program funding for studen... More... WA Partial Veto 06/2011 P-12 Finance S.B. 5919 Modifies education funding provisions related to: (1) increased instructional hours in basic education; (2) funding formulas for per-student... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 State Education Finance Study Commission H.B. 192 - State Education Finance Study Commission Establishes the State Education Finance Study Commission to evaluate the Quality Basic Education (QBE) Formula and education funding for pub... More... KS Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Special Education Finance S.B. 111 Would change the starting date of the special education school finance formula that determines the minimum and maximum amount of special edu... 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... MT Passed 05/2011 P-12 Interim Study of Performance-Based Funding for K-12 S.J.R. 28 A Joint resolution requesting an interim study of performance-based funding for K-12 education, the development of a performance-based fundi... More... ND Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Funding Formula S.B. 2150 - Multiple Provisions Revises the funding formula: weighting factors related to English Language Learners, special education and isolated schools. Adds a middle s... More... NE Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Modifies Funding Formula L.B. 235 Changes the formula which provides state aid to schools pursuant to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act (TEEOSA). See d... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 State Aid for Students in Online Courses S.B. 141 The measure requires that state aid to districts for students in online courses be based upon the average daily membership of those students... More... TX Adopted 05/2011 P-12 Manual for Districts Subject to Wealth Equalization 19 TAC 62.1071 The Texas Education Agency (TEA) proposes the repeal of and new s.62.1071, concerning the equalized wealth level. The section establishes pr... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Finance S.B. 1256--ADM Calculation Suspends the July 1, 2011 implementation of Laws 2010, Chapter 318, Section 11 which modified the method of calculating average daily member... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Finance H.B. 2301 Removes the statutory restrictions on the use of Soft Capitol Allocation (SCA) monies. Allows, as session law, 50% of unemnumbered ECA credi... More... ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Finance S.B. 1184 -Finance Formula Creates a formula for funding dual credit courses for eligible students from the overall budget determined by the legislature. Creates a for... More... ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Revises Provisions Relating to Funding Determinations and Allocations, Dual Credits for Early Completers and Post Secondary Institutions' Operation of Public Charter Schools H.B. 345 This legislation makes amendments to SB 1184 – the third bill in the Students Come First plan. These changes are as follows: Additional rel... More... KS Adopted 03/2011 P-12 School Finance S.B. 11 Allows Fort leavenworth Unified School Distrit 207 t0 transport grades 10 through 12 students who reside at Forth Leavenworth to Leavenworth... More... NE Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Allocation Provisions Relating to the Education Innovation Fund L.B. 333 From the fiscal note: Repeals the section of statute requiring a student achievement coordinator at NDE. The general fund savings from elimi... More... NY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Free- and Reduced-Price Lunch Calculation S.B. 2808 - Part A, Sec. 25 Defines "three-year average free and reduced price lunch percent". Transitions calculation of lunch count to incorporate three-year average ... More... OH Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Evidence-Based Funding Model H.B. 30 - Evidence-Based Funding Model Repeals references to the evidence-based school funding model (sections 3306.18, 3306.25, 3306.30, 3306.31, 3306.33, 3306.34, 3306.35, 3306.... More... SD Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School finance S.B. 152 Revises certain provisions concerning state aid to education, to revise and provide for the adjustment of the per student allocation for the... More... WY Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 School Finance H.B. 127 Relates to school finance; implementing 2010 recalibration modifications to the Wyoming education resource block grant model; eliminating su... More... NE Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Formula to Distribute State Aid L.B. 18 Fiscal Note summary: LB 18 amends the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act (TEEOSA) which is the formula used to distribute ... More... UT Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 State At-Risk Funding S.B. 1 - Section 53A-17a-164 Changes the method for distributing state at-risk funding. Repeals references to the at-risk flow through program and the homeless and disad... More... UT Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Enhancement for Accelerated Students Program S.B. 1 - Section 53A-17a-165 Repeals references to the gifted and talented program and the Advanced Placement program; creates new Enhancement for Accelerated Students P... More... IL Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 Use of Bilingual Education Funds S.B. 3635 In provisions concerning the account of expenditures for transitional bilingual education programs, requires that at least 60% of state bili... More... HI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Defining and Lengthening School Year H.B. 2486 Defines "student instructional hours" as time during which students are engaged in learning activities, including regularly-scheduled instru... More... IL Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Grants for Preschool Educational Programs S.B. 2594 Deletes language providing that the state board of education must provide the primary source of funding through appropriations for the grant... More... MO Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Finance H.B. 1543--Multiple Provisions In fiscal years 2011 through 2013 the requirement for school districts to dedicate 1% of their formula funding to professional development a... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Calculating Funding for Online Instruction S.B. 2109 For state funding purposes, requires the state department to include the appropriate grade level weight and all category weights to which th... More... RI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Education Funding Formula H.B. 8094, S.B. 2770 From RILIN "2010 List of Legislative Accomplishments": Establishes the first statewide education funding formula the state has had in 15 yea... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Finance Formula S.B. 1284 Bill makes multiple technical changes to the state's school funding formula along with the following major revisions: (1) Clarifies calculat... More... GA Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Waivers to Reduce School Expenditures H.B. 908 From bill summary: Temporarily waives certain expenditure controls relating to funds earned for direct instructional costs, media center cos... More... IL Adopted 05/2010 P-12 Temporary Relocation Expenses 23 IAC 145.10, .20, .30, .50, .60 These proposed amendments make numerous changes to the way in which the Temporary Relocation Program operates that respond to various circum... More... CO Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 School Finance Study S.B. 8 Authorizes the state education department to contract with an organization to evaluate the feasibility of a system based on the average numb... More... CO Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Alternative Funding Models H.B. 1183 Creates the alternative school funding models pilot program to encourage school districts and charter schools to collect data that will be u... More... NE Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Postsec. Multiple Provisions L.B. 1071 Provides for the calculation of state aid for unified systems and makes changes related to the early childhood education programs to be incl... More... CA Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2010 P-12 Reducing Instructional Days without Incurring Penalties Title 5 CCR Sections 19824, 19851, 19854 Amends three sections of the audit guide to bring the regulations into conformance with legislation enacted effective July 28, 2009 (Assembl... More... RI Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Community Forums to Describe Education Funding Formula H.R. 7895 Urges the Commissioner of Elementary and Secondary Education to hold community forums throughout the state to describe the Rhode Island Depa... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Programs Funded At or Below $10,000 in a District H.B. 149 - Section 3 Adds Section 53A-17a-105.5. Defines "qualifying program" as (1) the at-risk flow through program; (2) the homeless and disadvantaged minorit... More... WA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Finance H.B. 2776 Adopts the technical details of a new k-12 funding distribution formula for the instructional program of basic education and authorizing a p... More... SD Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Finance S.B. 25 Repeals provisions related to tuition for students transferring from a resident district that does not receive state aid to education; repea... More... SD Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 School Finance H.B. 1108 Revises the definition of the general fund base percentage in the calculation of state aid to education. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2... More... UT Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Charter School Finance H.B. 1 Provides that if monies appropriated to charter schools to replace local property taxes are less than the amount prescribed by a statutory f... More... KY Adopted 01/2010 P-12 Recording Student Attendance 702 KAR 7:125 Adds section providing definitions of: "full day of attendance" (student in attendance at least 65% of regularly-scheduled school day), "tar... More... MI Signed into law 12/2009 P-12 Foster Care Student Enrollment H.B. 5299 Revises definition of membership for certain pupils placed in foster care by providing that a pupil enrolled in a district other than the pu... More... IL Adopted 11/2009 P-12 Public Schools Evaluation, Recognition and Supervision 23 IAC 1.20, .30, .100, .240, .420, .465, .480, .510, .737 Partially from "Notice of Adopted Amendments" in Illinois Register (changes from this rulemaking but not listed below are technical in natur... More... NE Signed into law 11/2009 P-12 State Aid to Schools L.B. 545A Appropriations bill (passed in special session). Changes and eliminates provisions relating to disbursement of income tax receipts, calculat... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Funding for REgional Occupational Centers A.B. 673 Requires, for the 2009-10 fiscal year, recalculation by the Superintendent of Public Instruction of the prior year average daily attendance ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Revenue Limit Adjustment A.B. 851 - Revenue Limit Adjustment From Legislative Counsel's Digest: Existing law provides a revenue limit adjustment for a school district or county office of education tha... More... CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Charter Schools Transportation S.B. 509 - Charter School Transportation Repeals provision that provides that charter schools are eligible for a transportation allowance to cover the costs of purchasing or renting... More... CA Signed into law 09/2009 P-12 Bringing Per-Pupil Spending to National Average A.C.R. 54 States legislative intent that the state of California generate sufficient funds for, and allocate sufficient funds to education, so as to b... More... IA Signed into law 09/2009 P-12 Categorical State Percentage of Growth S.B. 217 Provides for the establishment of the categorical state percentage of growth (2%) for purposes of the state school foundation program. http:... More... IA Signed into law 09/2009 P-12 2% Foundation Formula Growth for 2010 S.B. 218 Provides for the establishment of the state percentage of growth (2%) for purposes of the state school foundation program for 2010. http://c... More... UT Adopted 09/2009 P-12 School Land Trust Funds R277-477 Existing provision requires School Land Trust Funds to be focused on schools' critical academic needs. Amends definition of "critical academ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Education Block Grant S.B. 1412 Relates to the Early Childhood Education Block Grant. Replaces provision that 11% of grant to be used to fund programs for children age 0-3 ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Holidays, Inservice and Parent-Teacher Conference Days S.B. 1956 Amends provisions concerning average daily attendance under the state aid formula. Makes changes with respect to days that are used for an i... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Health Emergencies, Certification Requirements H.B. 2675 Provides that, if a district closes one or more (but not all) schools during a public health emergency, the district may claim a full day of... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Calculating Average Daily Attendance S.B. 1977 - Calculating Average Daily Attendance Provides that if a school district is precluded from offering the minimum hours of instruction for a full attendance day due to inclement we... More... LA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Reporting Requirements for School Funding H.B. 821 Requires districts to provide uniform data collection and reporting for how finance formula funds are spent on certain students and activiti... More... MO Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 291--Education Funding Modifies the elementary and secondary education funding formula. Beginning on July 1, 2010 moneys derived from the passage of Prposition A w... More... NY Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Swine Flu Closures A.B. 8710 Authorizes the Commissioner of Education to disregard any deficiency in the number of days of session for school closures related to the H1N... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Funding Formulas H.B. 1 - Section 3314.088, 3365.04, 3365.041, 3365.07, 3365.08, 3365.10 and 3365.12 Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Adjusts payments to community schools and STEM schools as well as other payments/transfers: --Sets... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 1 - Section 3317.03, 3321.01, 3321.05 and 265.70.70 3317.03: Requires each student enrolled in kindergarten to be counted as a full-time equivalent student regardless of whether or not the stu... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Distribution Formulas H.B. 1 - Section 265.40.80 Requires the department of education to report the following to the director of budget and management and the legislative service commission... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Earkmark Accountability H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.70 At the state superintendent's request, requires any entity that receives a budget earmark under the state department of education to submit ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School Finance Redesign H.B. 1 - Section 3306.01, 3306.011, 3306.012, 3306.02, 3306.051 New Chapter 3306.: As described in the bill analysis by the Ohio Legislative Service Commission (LSC), "The bill enacts a new R.C. Chapter 3... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Adequacy Amount and Instructional Services Support Component H.B. 1 - Section 3306.03, 3306.04, 3306.05 Section 3306.03: Establishes the method for determining each district's adequacy amount. Section 3306.04: Directs the department, in calcul... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Calculating Certain Components of State Funding H.B. 1 - Section 3306.06, 3306.07, 3306.08, 3306.09, 3306.091, 3306.10, 3306.11, 3306.12, 3306.13, 3306.18, 3306.19, 3306.191, 3306.192, Establishes the method of calculating the following components of each district's adequacy amount: Section 3306.06: "Additional services su... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Career-Technical Education H.B. 1 - Section 3306.052, 3306.02(C) Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: --Sets the payment for career-technical education services at 3/4 of 1% more than the previous ye... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School Funding Advisory Council H.B. 1 - Section 3306.29, 3306.291 and 3306.292 Section 3306.29: Establishes the Ohio school funding advisory council. Directs the council, by December 1, 2010 and every other year thereaf... More... OR Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 70 Modifies the method of calculating the amount received by the Department of Education from the State School Fund to educate children in hosp... More... UT Adopted 07/2009 P-12 Student Transportation Costs R277-600 Provides significant new and revised language throughout to reflect legislative audit findings and funding formula study committee recommend... More... UT Adopted 07/2009 P-12 Adult Education Programs R277-733 Changes the percentage and the criteria for which funds are allocated to local Adult Education programs consistent with findings from the st... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Applications for Certain Programs H.B. 3646 - Sections 17-19 Section 17: Directs the commissioner, in reviewing a funding application for an extended year program, to give priority to districts with hi... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Distribution of Foundation School Fund H.B. 3646 - Sections 60-61 Section 60: Provides that additional district allotment for students in average daily attendance in grades 9-12 must be paid at the same tim... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Virtual School and High School Allotments H.B. 3646 - Sections 56 and 57 Section 56: Creates new sections 42.159 and 42.160. Section 42.159 provides that for each student who completes a semester-long electronic c... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Changes to Funding Formula H.B. 3646 - Sections 49-51 and 53-55 Section 49: Creates new section 42.008. Caps any funding increase that might occur to $350 per student. Section 50: Amends basic allotment f... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Repeals H.B. 3646 - Section 105 Specifies that, among other sections repealed, Sections 30A.153, "Allocation of Funds for Students Enrolled in School Districts and Open-Enr... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Comprehensive Review of School Finance Weights, Allotments and Adjustments H.B. 3646 - Section 65 Adds new Subchapter I in Chapter 42 of Education Code. Establishes the Select Committee on Public School Finance Weights, Allotments, and Ad... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Distance Learning Studies H.B. 3646 - Sections 92 and 98 Section 92: Directs the state education agency to evaluate whether providers of different types of electronic courses offered through the st... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Disaster Relief H.B. 4102 Relates to the disaster contingency fund and relief for school districts located in a disaster area. Provides that a government entity that ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Financial Accountability H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part III Former law called for the creation of a single financial accountability rating system. New enactment directs the commissioner, in consultati... More... UT Adopted 06/2009 P-12 School Trust Lands Account Funds R277-477 Provides greater flexibility in local determinations of how school LAND Trust Program funds are spent. Requires that School LAND Trust Progr... More... WI Vetoed 06/2009 P-12 Open Enrollment Finance A.B. 75 Line-item veto: Provision would have provided a 10% bonus to districts that would be willing to take in students from outside of their distr... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Pupil Counts A.B. 75 Provides that the school district clerk of a first-class city school system must include in its annual financial report filed with the city ... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 School Consolidation Funding A.B. 75 Creates 121.91 (2m) (t) to provide exceptions to methods of determining the revenue limit of two or more districts that consolidate. Page 48... 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... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 District Spending Limits A.B. 75 Caps the amount that districts can raise/spend for the 2010-11, 2011-12 & 2012-13 school years. Provides that districts can increase their s... More... GA Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 Capital Outlay Funds S.B. 178 Sections 3-7 Sections 3-5: Adds sunset date of June 30, 2011 to subsections (h) and (j) of Code Section 20-2-260, relating to capital outlay funds genera... More... KS Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Funding Formula H.B. 2002 Change of funding formula meant to take into account the large number of children in military families in some districts. Chapter 2009-60 ht... More... NY Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Internet-Based Instructional Materials A.B. 157 - Part A, Section 6 Authorizes aid for computer software purchases to go toward any content-based instructional materials aligned with state standards and acces... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Definitions H.B. 2261--Section 1, Definitions Sections 1 and 2 express legislative intent to fulfill their obligation under Article IX of the State Constitution to establish a general an... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Basic education and funding H.B. 2261--Section 101-110, Funding Formula Sections 101 through 110 establish new definitions of basic education, address instructional programs and basic education funding, including... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 1254 Revises the funding of elementary and secondary education and to increase the required minimum size of a school district. Excludes any feder... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 106 Revises the index factor in the state aid to general education formula, sets a maximum per student allocation for school districts with an e... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 80 Revises the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB80ENR.pdf... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 132 Allows resident students that attend school out of state to be counted in the resident school district's average daily membership for the pu... More... TX Adopted 02/2009 P-12 Communities in Schools Program 19 TAC 2.89.EE.89.1501 -1503, .1505, .1507, .1509, .1511 Establishes definitions and an equitable funding formula for local Communities In Schools (CIS) Programs for youth dropout prevention.... More... CA Vetoed 01/2009 P-12 Postsec. Finance and Facilities A.B. 4A Relates to sufficient textbook requirements, county superintendent revenue limits, school district building maintenance funding, funding for... More... UT Adopted 11/2008 P-12 Highly Impacted Schools R277-464 Statute directs the state board to determine highly impacted schools based on the following criteria: (i) high student mobility rates within... More... UT Adopted 11/2008 P-12 School Land Trust Program R277-477 Provides more specific language for schools/school districts to follow when administering the School LAND Trust Program funds. http://www.ru... More... UT Adopted 11/2008 P-12 English Language Learner Family Literacy Centers R277-715 Provides a formula to allocate funds appropriated by the 2008 Legislature for school districts and charter schools to provide English Langua... More... WY Adopted 10/2008 P-12 School Foundation Program Chapter 8 These emergency rules amend the existing rules related to the school foundation program.  The emergency rules provide additional definitions... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Year-Round School Grant Program S.B. 658 Provides for the phase out of the Year-Round School Grant Program by reducing the grant amounts each fiscal year until a specified fiscal ye... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Class Size S.B. 1112 Extends the sunset date for the mitigation provisions in the Class Size Reduction Program, in which participating school districts are provi... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 finance S.B. 146 Relates to school finance. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to compute the average monthly enrollment of each elementary, h... More... IL Governor's line-item veto overridden by both houses 09/2008 P-12 Funding for School Libraries H.B. 4527 Amends the Library System Act. Increases the amount of grants from the state to public and school libraries. Provides that if moneys appropr... More... NY Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 Fuel Costs S.B. 7025 Excludes increased fuel costs over the prior school year from the calculation of total spending increases for the purposes of a school distr... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 P-12 Assorted Amendments to the School Code S.B. 2482 Repeals the Professional Development Block Grant. Amends requirements related to annual census for special education, such that census must ... More... AK Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 PreK Finance H.B. 332 Relates to elementary and pre-elementary schools; relates to counting pre-elementary students in a school's average daily membership in a pu... More... PA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Postsec. Budget Bill - H.B. 1067 Sets the school finance distribution formula based primarily on what it will take for students to meet the state's academic standards. The a... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Career and Technical Finance H.B. 2234 Prohibits a joint technological education district (JTED) from spending Class B bond proceeds to construct or renovate a facility located on... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Basic State Aid H.B. 2211 Increases base level (per-pupil funding) for all public schools by two percent from $3,226.88 to $3,291.42 for FY2008-09; increased addition... More... CO Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Revisions to School Finance Act H.B. 1388 Relates to school funding, funded pupil count, on- line pupil enrollment, preschool, supplemental and full day kindergarten, charter schools... 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... KS Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Virtual School S.B. 669 Establishes the virtual school act. Authorizes districts to operate virtual schools. Provides for requirements for virtual schools. Requires... More... OK Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Extends Funding Formula Task Force Work S.B. 1881 Relates to the School Funding Formula Task Force; extends the task force to November 30, 2008; continues service of members; authorizes repl... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2008 P-12 Finance-Technology H.B. 2220 Concerns property tax valuation for purposes of the State Equalization Assistance property tax for a joint technological education district ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Finance Formula H.B. 607 Amends existing law relating to public school funding; revises the basis for calculating pupil tuition equivalency allowances; deletes an al... More... NE Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Changes to Funding Formula L.B. 988 From the fiscal note: Basic Funding: The bill changes the computation of the needs component of the state aid formula beginning in 2008-09.... More... AK Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Funding formula H.B. 273 Relates to school funding, the base student allocation, district cost factors and the adjustments for intensive services and average daily m... More... OR Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Talented and Gifted Support S.B. 1066A Allows the Department of Education to expend moneys from the School Fund for support of talented and gifted education; allows department to ... More... SC Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Supplemental Funding for Districts Negatively Affected S.B. 1075 Supplements the school districts negatively affected by the lack of revision of the 2007 final index of taxpaying ability; provides that a s... More... WV Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Student Density Funding Formula H.B. 4588 Makes major changes to the funding formula by eliminating adjusted enrollment and other waiver provisions and focuses new calculations on st... More... IA Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Percent of Growth for Foundation Program H.F. 2140 Provides for the establishment of the state percent of growth (4%) for purposes of the State School Foundation Program; provides for computa... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Finance--district, H.B. 1288 Allows any school district that qualifies for both the declining enrollment allowance and the growing enrollment payment in the same fiscal ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Finance formula S.B. 187 Revises the General Education State Aid Formula for purposes of increasing teachers' salaries; revises provisions related to payments of add... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Finance H.B. 1120 Revises property tax levies for the general fund of a school district; provides maximum tax levies for agricultural property, an owner-occup... More... IL Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 Special Education Funding H.B. 4148 Guarantees that school districts will receive at least as much special education funding in the 2007-08 school year and each year thereafter... More... MD Enacted 11/2007 P-12 School Funding Formula and Revenues H.B. 1A Relates to funding for public and private elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and community colleges; relates to property ass... More... MI Enacted 11/2007 P-12 School Funding and Cost Estimates H.B. 4359 Provides appropriations for School Aid; provides for public schools and school districts; relates to cost estimates. http://www.legislature.... More... OH Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Amends Funding Provisions H.B. 119 -- School Funding Prescribes the per pupil base cost formula amount; increases by 3% each year the hourly rate that is used to calculate the based funding sup... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Calculation of a School Day H.B. 1910 Provides that for state aid purposes, if during a school day, a district has provided at least one clock hour of instruction but must dismis... More... NJ Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Financing Urban Districts - Revised Requirements NJAC 6A:10-1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, and NJAC 6A:10-2.10 Proposes to amend rules concerning Financing Foundational and Demonstrably Needed Programs and Services in Abbott School Districts. Suspends... More... PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Increases in Targeted Funding H.B. 842 -- Fiscal Assistance Section 24 (Section 2502.13) increases aid to small schools; aid to low income districts; and at-risk funding. Also establishes aid for dist... More... CO Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Enrollment Count for Military Children H.B. 1232 Concerns aid for school districts in which pupils who are the dependents of military personnel enroll after October 1. http://www.leg.state.... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Funding Formula Changes for Specific Districts H.B. 368 Adjusts the school funding formula to require the unorganized territories to pay their full and fair share of educating students from the un... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Basic Support Guarantee A.B. 563 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recalculate the basic support guarantee for Fiscal Year 2008-09 based upon a salary inc... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Funding H.B. 2293 Increases the states funding level to schools. The state will now provide 75%, instead of 65%, of the cost of instructional positions to sc... More... VT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Misc. Provisions S.B. 93 Amends provisions regarding joint contract school districts, genders and dates of birth of pupils, base contract amounts, K-12 tuition agree... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Postsec. Community College Funding for Students in Dual Enrollment and Early College High School Programs S.B. 526 (omnibus) - IC 20-43-4-8 A student who participates in:         (1) a postsecondary enrollment program under IC 21-43-4 is considered a student enrolled in the schoo... More... KS Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School Finance S.B. 68 (Section 1-3) Amends the method for determining the nonproficient pupil weighting of each district. Amends procedures for a district to adopt a local opti... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Finance H.B. 1726 Act to assist school districts with the transition between levels of categorical funding for the national school lunch students by providing... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 State Education Funding S.B. 1236 (Section 8) Increases state education funding to school districts, partially in order to create greater funding equity between school districts in the s... More... KS Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Additional Student Count H.B. 2159 Allows for an additional student count in February to determine if a school district has experienced an increased student enrollment due to ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 State Aid Provisions S.B. 2200 (finance provisions) Adds a new section that sets school district size weighting factors -- weighted student units. Another new section establishes minimum and m... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Funding Formulas S.B. 2103 and S.B. 2107 -- Funding Components Senate Bill 2107, and its companion bill SB 2103, made several major changes to the state's educational funding formula - these changes incl... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 K-12 Finance Formula Work Group S.B. 5627 Declares that this act is intended to make provision for some significant steps towards a new basic education funding system and establishes... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Finance H.B. 1632 Amends the public school funding act of 2003; ensures that every public school district in the state receives the full amount of foundation ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Enhanced Educational Funding H.B. 1633 Provides enhanced educational funding by supplementing the amount of per student foundation funding distributed to school districts for the ... 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... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Funding for Small School Districts S.B. 32 Revises provisions relating to the distribution of state aid funds to sparse school districts.Defines sparse school districts as having an a... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public School Finance S.B. 541 Relates to public school finances; requires local share to be calculated assuming properties are being assessed at sixty percent of market v... More... NE Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act L.B. 21 Relates to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act. Changes provisions relating to cost growth factor. http://uniweb.legisl... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Evaluation of State Department of Education Related to School Funding Reform S.J.R. 1 Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract with an independent entity to conduct an evaluation of the Department Of Education and its... More... UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Per Pupil Funding & Attendance/Completion Recordkeeping R277-419 Allows exceptions to the minimum number of instructional hours and schools days per year for individual students and schools; requires Local... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Postsec. S.B. 1133 Revises minimum state educational funding procedure for school districts and community college districts. Enacts the Quality Education Inves... More... WA Adopted 08/2006 P-12 Funds for Vocational Skills Centers WAC 392-121-465 Amends the formula for and distribution of state moneys for state incentive grants for increased enrollment in vocational skills centers pro... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Charter School and Technology Education Districts H.B. 2700 Concerns joint technology education districts; provides that if a pupil is enrolled in both a charter school and a joint technological educa... More... CO Rejected by voters 06/2006 P-12 65% of School Budgets for Instruction Amendment 39 (H.B. 1283) Proposes a constitutional amendment to require that in each state fiscal year a school district spend at least 65% of its operational expend... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Dropout Assistance and Dropout Prevention S.B. 2272 - Section 28 Beginning January 15, 2007, requires the department to submit an annual report to the legislature that includes the ways districts in the pr... 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... KS Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 At-Risk Pupil Weighting H.B. 2809 Directs the state board to determine the high density at-risk pupil weighting of each school district based on enrollment density and high-d... More... OK Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Charter School Funding S.B. 1493 Amends calculations for state aid for charter schools. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06bills/SB/SB1493_ENR.RTF... More... PA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 School Funding and Taxes H.B. 39A Provides for taxation by school districts, the state funds formula, tax relief in first class cities, school district choice, voter particip... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 At-Risk and Remediation Funding S.B. 549 - Section 3, 9, 15 Defines "nonproficient pupil" as a student who is not eligible for free lunches and who has scored less than proficient on the state math or... More... KS Repealed by H.B. 2809 05/2006 P-12 High Density At-Risk Weighting S.B. 549 - Section 5 Creates a new weighting called the "high density at-risk weighting" for districts with high percentages of students who receive free meals. ... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Bilingual Weighting Funds S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27 Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk ed... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten Funding S.B. 549 - Section 6, 14 Authorizes a district offering both half-day and full-day kindergarten to impose a fee for enrollment in full-day kindergarten, to cover tha... More... MO Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Calculation of State Aid S.B. 894 Pertains to aspects of calculation of state aid. Addresses changes in calculating a district's average daily attendance and local effort co... More... TX Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Finance Reform H.B. 1C Relates to public school finance, property tax relief, public school accountability and programs. Requires school districts to reduce their ... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Finance H.B. 867 - Section 20 (a) through (f) Directs the commissioner of education to work with education administrators to study the actual costs of providing services to elementary an... More... CO Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 School Funding Levels and Formula H.B. 1375 Concerns the financing of public schools; increases the statewide base per pupil funding to account for a higher inflation rate; provides th... More... AL Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Foundation Program H.B. 333 Increases the required school term from 175 to 180 full instructional days for use in the computation of Foundation Program allowances to lo... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Funding for High Growth Districts H.B. 563 Extends the repeal date on the provisions of the state Adequate Education Program which provide for additional funding in high growth school... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Funding Formula Revision S.B. 2604 Revises certain components of the State Adequate Education Program formula; revises the formula for computing the average daily attendance o... More... SD Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Definition of Enrolled Student H.B. 1079, H.B. 1176 Adds a new section. A student is enrolled if: (1) The student is less than twenty-one years of age on the first day of July or the student i... More... UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Cap, Charter Schools and Finance Modifications S.B. 5 Creates a cap on the number of charter schools that the State Charter School Board may authorize to begin operations in the 2007-08 school y... More... WA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Temporary Increase in Levy Base H.B. 2812 The temporary increase in the levy base authorized by the 2004 Legislature for calendar years 2005 through 2007 is continued for 2008 and th... More... WY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Resource Block Grant Model -- Recalibration H.B. 139 Relates to school finance; implements 2005 recalibration modifications to the state education resource block grant model; clarifies duties o... More... NH Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Formula for funding public education H.B. 100 Repeals the education property tax effective March 31, 2005; distributes state education assistance in the form of state education grants, w... More... ND Issued 01/2006 P-12 Commission on Education Improvement Executive Order 13 Executive Order 2006-01 Creates the Commission on Education Improvement to examine the current system of delivering and financing elementary... More... AL to governor 07/2005 P-12 Increasing Foundation Program S.B. 48 From the fiscal note: Increases the obligations of the Education Trust Fund for funding the calculated cost of the K-12 Foundation Program d... More... KS Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 3 Makes changes to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, other school funding legislation, and enact policies relating to t... More... AK Passed 06/2005 P-12 School Finance Task Force H.R. 10 Establishes a seven-member task force on school district cost factors and foundation formula to evaluate proposals that are based on availab... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Date for Counting Preschoolers and 3- and 4-Year-Olds with Disabilities S.B. 32 Makes an accomodation for counting preschoolers and 3- and 4-year olds with disabilities enrolled (for state funding purposes) by letting sc... More... FL Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Class Size Reduction S.B. 1678 States that, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, if the actual student membership in the October survey exceeds the student membership e... More... NE Signed by Governor 06/2005 P-12 Early Childhood programs, funding. L.B. 577 Changes provisions relating to early childhood education programs as prescribed; to define and redefine terms; to provide a weighting factor... More... OR Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Distribution of State Lands Funds H.B. 3183 Requires the Department of State Lands to transfer the balance of the Distributable Income Account of the Common School Fund to the Superint... More... VT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 159 Authorizes the voters to eliminate the office of auditor and to employ instead a public accountant annually to audit the financial statement... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Remediation Funding S.B. 1516 (Section 2) Replaces reference to "reimbursement" with reference to "certificate of supplemental instruction" for student attending a school designated ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Joint Technological Education District H.B. 2418 States that a student in a K-8 program who enrolls in courses offered by the joint technological education district is not to be included in... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Additional Revenues for Education H.B. 1350 From the fiscal note: This bill specifies that moneys in the General Fund Exempt Account shall be appropriated or transferred in the followi... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Funding Formula Revisions S.B. 35 - Funding Section One section changes program weights for funding purposes. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb35.pdf... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Academic Honors Diploma Awards H.B. 1001 (Section 201) Districts are eligible for the academic honors diploma awards according to the number of students who successfully completed an academic hon... More... MO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Education funding formula S.B. 287 Currently, the state's education formula is essentially an equalized tax-rate driven formula, meaning that the formula provides a certain am... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Learning Assistance Program H.B. 1066 Revises the funding formula for the Learning Assistance Program from one based equally on assessment results and family need to one based so... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 State Foundation Funding H.B. 1559 Increases state foundation funding to provide sufficient funds for teacher insurance. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/publi... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Interschool Athletic Programs H.B. 2916 Includes salaries or supplemental pay for staff for organized physical activity courses as provided under Act 660 of 2005 in the definitions... 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 Public School Finance S.B. 338 Updates various provisions of the Arkansas code related to public school finance. One provision changes policy from allowing to requiring an... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Procedures for Conducting the School Enrollment Census S.B. 1044 (section 18) Modifies procedures for conducting the school enrollment census. Requires school census to reflect students transferring into or out of the... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Funding Act of 2003 S.B. 939 Amends the public school funding act of 2003. Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules clarifying not only which alternativ... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 200 (Section 1-4) Increases the statewide base funding amount for at-risk students. Amends definition of "at-risk pupils" to include the number of district st... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten for Schools Rated "Unsatisfactory" S.B. 200 (Section 5-7) Revises certain language related to funding full-day kindergarten for students in a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating in the state... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 2010 Commission H.B. 2247 (section 7-9) Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to: (a) Condu... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 Special Education Funding H.B. 2247 (section 10-11) Creates a new formula for determining each district's special education allocation. Specifies that if the appropriation for special educatio... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 Funding Formulas H.B. 2247 (section 12-18) Amends pupil definitions and weighting. Repeals language referring to ''correlation weighting.'' Adds new language referring to ''cost of li... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 Funding Formulas, Bonds, Tax Levies and Mill Rates H.B. 2247 (section 19-29) Establishes procedures for local tax levies. Establishes in every district a fund called the teacher salary enhancement fund. Creates a form... More... MT To governor 04/2005 P-12 School Funding Formula Study S.B. 525 Creates a quality schools interim committee. The committee shall continue the work of the joint select committee on education funding establ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Learning Assistance Program Distribution Formula H.B. 1066 HB 1066 changes the school district distribution of Learning Assistance Program (LAP) funds from a distribution based 50% on assessment of s... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education and Higher Education Finance Study S.B. 5441 Section 2 creates the comprehensive education study steering committee. The director of the Office of Financial Management (OFM) is a member... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 County School Fund Distribution H.B. 1373 To amend sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to distributions of county's school fund. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Student Counts and Charter School Funding S.B. 1405 Increases charter school funding and makes changes in provisions for student counts for districts. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsFor... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Education Funding Formula S.B. 1406 Adds a provision to the education funding formula. Ddisqualifies districts from obtaining "growth funding" until the district attains the p... More... CT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Cost Sharing Distribution Technical Error H.B. 6489 Corrects a technical error in educational cost sharing distribution and enables the provision of existing funds to interdistrict magnet scho... More... ID Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Tuition Rate S.B. 1050 Amends existing law to authorize a school district board of trustees to apply for an exemption to any portion of a tuition rate for out of d... 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... NM Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Funding Formula Study Task Force S.B. 125 The "funding formula study task force" is created. The task force shall function from the date of its appointment until December 15, 2006. ... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 State Aid to Education Formula Student Allocation S.B. 157 Directs the state department to undertake a study of the allocation of state funds to the various public school districts (due by Dec. 1, 20... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program H.B. 382 Establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,280; establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operatio... More... IA Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 State Percent of Growth S.F. 36 Provides for the establishment of the state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program. http://coolice.legis.stat... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill: < establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and opera... More... IN Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 Funding Formula for K-3 Class Size Reduction H.B. 1001 (Section 181 and 233) Revises the funding formula for the K-3 class size reduction program. Effective retroactive to January 1, 2005. Makes other adjustments. ht... 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... 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... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Attendance: Precinct Board Membership A.B. 1944 Deems, for purposes of computing the average daily attendance generated by a pupil enrolled in a history or social science course required b... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 School Finance: Weighted Per Pupil Funding A.B. 2373 Requires the California Quality Education Commission to examine the advantages and disadvantages of allowing a school district to allocate f... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Task Force: Restructuring Funding Formula S.B. 1645 Establishes a task force to develop options for restructuring the funding formula for state aid. Authorizes the use of specified funds appro... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Education: Class Size S.B. 311 Requires the Controller to deduct from the next principal apportionment of a school district a specified amount based on the annual pupil en... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Adult Education: Funding S.B. 1309 Provides that the allocation of statewide authorized adult education average daily attendance would be modified pursuant to a specified form... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Achievement Grant Program A.B. 2152 Establishes the Pupil Achievement Grant Program to consolidate funding and provide flexibility at the schoolsite in the use of funds from sp... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Home-to-School Transportation A.B. 1253 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to examine home-to-school transportation funding formulas and determine how current formul... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Home-School Transportation A.B. 2462 Authorizes, commencing with the 2006-07 fiscal year, home-to-school transportation programs to receive a state funding increase in lieu of a... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Education Finance: Categorical Education Program Reform A.B. 825 Establishes block grants to be composed of funding for specified existing categorical education programs. Repeals dates of the Early Interve... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 State Mandates: Commission on State Mandates A.B. 2856 Revises the procedures for receiving claims and for hearings on claims from local governmental agencies, including school district, for reim... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Teacher Support and Development Act of 2005 A.B. 1650 Consolidates the funding for programs aimed at promoting the development of teachers in specific areas, and establishes the Teacher Support ... More... NY Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 School District Transportation Laws S.B. 4772 Provides that the transportation of pupils by a school district in child safety zones shall be considered regular aidable transportation; el... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Community College Education Finance S.B. 1101 Suspends the minimum funding obligation of school districts and community college districts. Requires the amount of money to be applied by t... More... CA Vetoed 08/2004 P-12 Quality Education Model: School Funding A.B. 2776 Requires the California Quality Education Commission to examine the advantages and disadvantages of apportioning funds to school districts o... More... GA Active 08/2004 P-12 The Quality Basic Education (QBE) Task Force N/A The governor announced "The Quality Basic Education (QBE) Task Force in February 2004. The task force will look at realigning the school fun... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 State Aid Formula Local Resources Exclusion S.B. 2362 Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, provides that calculation of Available Local Resources shall exclude tax amnest... More... CA Vetoed 07/2004 P-12 School Districts: Four-Day School Week S.B. 1142 Deletes the reduction in base revenue limit funding that results to certain school districts for offering less than 180 days of instruction.... More... IL Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Military Dependents Tuition S.B. 2444 Provides that if, at the time of enrollment, dependents of United States military personnel are housed in temporary housing located outside ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 State Aid Formula Foundation Support Level H.B. 4266 Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, increases the foundation level of support from $4,810 to $5,060. Effective July... More... IL Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Postsec. FY 2005 Budget Implementation (Education) Act S.B. 2205 Creates the FY2005 Budget Implementation (Education) Act. Creates several education related funds for receipt of federal moneys for educatio... More... PA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Finance H.B. 564 Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Makes provisions regarding school budgets, limitations on balances, auxiliary services, cost of tuiti... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act S.B. 3182 Creates the "Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act, " and would create a joint legislative committee of ten members to establish a pe... More... AK Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Public Education State Funding H.B. 233 Increases the base student allocation used in the formula for state funding of public education; and providing for an effective date." http:... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2004 P-12 Repeal of Act 1228 of 1995 ADE 171 Repeals rules regarding Act 2 of 1994 as amended by Act 1228 of 1995, relating to the determination of the amount of Minimum Foundation Prog... More... CO Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 School Finance; Enrollment Calculations; Charter School Contracts H.B. 1397 Concerns the financing of public schools; relates to calculations of pupil enrollment; relates to charter school contracts. http://www.leg.s... More... HI Veto override 05/2004 P-12 Reinventing Education Act of 2004 S.B. 3238 Establishes a weighted student formula; provides additional information technology; empowers principals through a Hawaii principals academy ... More... KS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Multiple Provisions S.B. 304 Concerns the computation of the amount of state financial aid received by school districts that consolidate; establishes the Center for Inno... More... TX Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Foundation School Program 19 TAC 105.A.105.1 Amends rules concerning the foundation school program. Relates to rules for the definition of tax and levy and tax collection. TEXAS REG 950... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Standards of Quality S.B. 479, H.B. 1014 Reorganizes the Standards of Quality and makes substantive amendments that would (i) increase from one half-time to one full-time principal ... More... IA Vetoed 03/2004 P-12 Education Funding S.F. 2124 Relates to education funding, providing for the establishment of the state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation pro... More... SD Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 State Aid to Education Formula S.B. 206 Increases the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula.... More... TX Adopted 03/2004 P-12 Commissioner's Rules on School Finance 61.AA Sets administrative ratios for funding purposes; addresses "gap funding" to meet equalization requirements.... More... WY Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Financial Assistance for Reading and Intervention; Funding Formula H.B. 93 Provides assistance to districts for reading assessment and intervention programs; implements the adjustment to the education resource block... More... UT Rule Adoption 02/2004 P-12 Professional Staff Cost Program R277-486 Establishes rules to provide a formula and procedures for funding for school districts that have certain percentages of licensed professiona... More... AR Signed into law 12/2003 P-12 Notification of State Aid Calculation to Public Schools H.B. 1019 Requires the department of education provide assistance to the Office of Economic and Tax Policy when requested to provide the office with a... More... IL Bill Dead - Amendatory Veto 11/2003 P-12 School Tax Equalized Assessed Valuation S.B. 1321 Amends the school code. States that in recomputing a general state aid claim that was originally calculated using an extension limitation eq... More... NV Adopted 09/2003 P-12 Calculating Basic Support NAC 387.345 Revises the number of courses certain pupils must be enrolled in for the purpose of calculating basic support. NEVADA REG 3129 (SN)... More... NV Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 State Financial Administration S.B. 8 - Sec. 164.50 Section 164.50, one section of this bill, relates to expenditures on instructional materials, educational retirement and class size. http:/... More... RI Became law without governor's signature 07/2003 P-12 Student Equity Investment Fund H.B. 6055 Allocates moneys from the student equity investment fund based on each district's proportion of resident children eligible for USDA reimburs... More... AK Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Transportation S.B. 202 Relates to school transportation; relates to the base student allocation used in the formula for state funding of public education. http://w... More... AL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Foundation Program and Instructional and Support Staff S.B. 1 To establish the Foundation Program funding divisors for the state allocation of teacher units and to express intent that adequate instructi... More... AL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Foundation Program S.B. 4 Foundation Program revised: minimum school days increased to 180 days by 2008, allocation for professional days and leave, additional instru... More... IL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Block Grant Program S.B. 201 Creates the Mathematics and Science Block Grant Program in order to provide greater flexibility and efficiency in the distribution and use o... More... IL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College FY2004 Budget Implementation (Education) Act S.B. 744 Creates the FY2004 Budget Implementation (Education) Act with the purpose of the Act to make changes relating to education that are necessar... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Minimum Foundation Pay Formula Resubmission S.B. 578 Specifies that before approving the minimum foundation program formula, the legislature, by majority vote in both chambers of the legislatur... More... ME Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Essential ProgramsSAME AS: 1623 S.P. 575 Implements school funding based on essential programs and services; targets increased State share percentage; provides for transition adjust... More... OH Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Appropriations Bill H.B. 95 Funding Formula: Eliminates the requirement that the General Assembly recalculate the base funding amount every six years. Eliminates scho... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Students with Dyslexia or a Related Disorder H.B. 1691 Under current law, a school district is entitled to compensatory education funding to provide services to students who are educationally dis... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Computation of Wealth Per Student H.B. 1619 Relates to computation of wealth per student for certain school districts; provides for adjusted property value for districts not offering a... More... VT Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Homeless and Migrant Children S.B. 185 This act clarifies that the state board of education is authorized to administer federal education funds available under the No Child Left B... More... WA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Teacher Cost of living Provisions S.B. 6059 Suspends teacher cost-of-living provisions for the 2003-04 and 2004-05 school years. Deletes the following provision: Beginning with the 2... More... MT Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 K-12 Public School Renewal Commission H.B. 736 Establishes a K-12 public school renewal commission to propose amendments and new provisions to components of K-12 education, including gove... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Young At-Risk Students S.B. 1975 Revises the criteria for determining at-risk children for pre-school and early learning programs from those "who live below the poverty line... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Equalization Funding H.B. 2511 Allows the states to further reduce education spending. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2511.pdf ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Reports to Superintendent of Schools H.B. 1166 Relates to reports made to the county superintendent of schools and the Superintendent of Public Instruction; regards students in average da... More... ND Vetoed 04/2003 P-12 School District Pupil Payments and Teacher Pay S.B. 2154 Concerns school district per student payments and weighting factors, supplemental payments and teacher compensation.... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Enrollment Growth Program Units S.B. 231 Changes the calculation for determining enrollment growth program units. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/senat... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Public School Finance H.B. 169 Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation for determining enrollment growth program units. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions... More... IA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 State School Foundation Program S.F. 211 Provides for an establishment of the State percent of growth for purpose of the State School Foundation Program for the school budget year b... More... ND Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Payment for English Language Learners H.B. 1383 Amends the funding formula for educating English language learners. Ratchets up the amount of funding as English skills improve, ranging fr... More... SD Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 State Aid S.B. 170 Increases the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 This act modifies the State System of Public Education Code by providing funding for the Minimum School Program and school building aid prog... More... OH Adopted 02/2003 P-12 School Funding Resolution N/A State board unanimously approved a school funding resolution expressing the board's commitment to work with the Governor and the Ohio Genera... More... OH Signed into law 01/2003 P-12 Community Schools; E-Schools; At-Risk Funding H.B. 364 Provides procedures for the expansion of sponsorship of community schools to certain school districts; creates a Community School Revolving ... More... MI Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Reimbursement of School District S.B. 1417 Modifies state reimbursement to intermediate school districts in renaissance zones. http://www.mileg.org/documents/2001-2002/publicact/pdf/2... More... GA Adopted 09/2002 P-12 Withholding of Funds GAC 160-5-2-.02 Clarifies rules regarding the withholding of funds from local units of administration.... More... OR Approved by voters 9/2002 09/2002 P-12 State Funding Amendment Measure 19 (HJR 80 - 2002) Amends the Constitution. Creates a "rainy day" reserve fund for public schools and colleges by converting the existing Educ... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 P-12 Per-Pupil Expenditure Disparities Among Districts Omnibus--H.B. 2710 Requires joint legislative budget committee staff to analyze school district cost data from FY 2000-01 before July 1, 2002 to find the avera... More... IL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 NAEP Testing, School Report Cards, Parental Notification of Child Placement in Bilingual Program, Supplemental Aid to Low-Income Districts S.B. 1983 Requires schools that are part of the sample drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics to administer the biennial State academic... 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 Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Omnibus--Identification of Dually Enrolled Students Omnibus--H.B. 2213 Mandates state board to identify students simultaneously enrolled in a course for both high school and college credit using student level da... More... CA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Intermediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program S.B. 508 Modifies 1999 Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (IIUSP), which formerly required that every participating school distri... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Finance Overhaul S.B. 856 Requires that county board financial audit results be reported to state superintendent, county fiscal authority, and specified house and sen... More... NH Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 At-Risk Funding S.B. 140 Modifies the formula for calculating the portion of the adequate education grant based on free and reduced-price lunches.... More... SC Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Revenue Transfers H.B. 4663 Authorizes school districts and special schools to transfer up to 20 percent of revenue between programs to any instructional program with t... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 LEP Student Weighting H.B. 2404 Provides for an additional weighting for students identified as limited English proficient of twenty- two hundredths.... More... ME Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Transition to New Funding Approach H.B. 1602 Establishes a timeline for a transition to a new school funding approach in order to provide all children with an equitable opportunity to a... More... MS Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2002 P-12 Adequate Education Program S.B. 2969 Prescribes the State cost of the State Adequate Education Program for purposes of determining allocation to school districts in fiscal year ... More... NE Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 State Aid L.B. 898 Changes the calculation of state aid to education for 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05. The bill establishes a temporary aid adjustment factor ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 At-Risk Index S.B. 61 Changes the calculation of the at-risk index used to determine additional program units, to assist students to reach their full academic pot... More... WY Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Education Resource Block Grant Model S.B. 51 Relates to school finance; modifies the education resource block grant model in response to the supreme court decision; implements recalibra... More... CA Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Changes in the School Finance Formula A.B. 441 Chapter No.155. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to compute an equalization adjustment for each school district so that no... More... CA Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Changes in Financing Special Education S.B. 982 Chapter No.203, Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to perform specified computations with respect to special education local ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Makes Changes In the State Funding Formula H.B. 3050 Amends the School Code; increases the foundation level of support, the average daily attendance figures utilized in the computation of gener... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Changes in The States Funding Formula H.B. 2255 Provides that for the purpose of calculating the grant index, school districts are grouped into categories to compute equalized assessed val... More... PA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Community College Multiple Amendments S.B. 485 Act No. 35 of 2001., Amends Public School Code. Provides for school districts, national assessment tests, school director relations with dis... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 State Education Fund S.B. 204 Creates the state education fund and specifies how the amount of revenues to be deposited in the fund is to be derived; defines the terms "c... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Base Funding Levels H.B. 121 Increases the total partial equivalence relation average number belonging and basic entitlements for public schools for school fiscal years ... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Revision of School District Budget Limitations H.B. 164 Under current law, if entitlements increase by more than 4% in a single fiscal year, school budgets not at the BASE might not be able to inc... More... NE Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Funding Changes L.B. 797--Two Components Section 16 changes the definition of general fund operating expenditures for purposes of the state aid formula (TEEOSA). The bill provides t... 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... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Education Finance Study H.B. 2169 Directs the State Board of Education to conduct a study of public education, its structure, financial needs, and funds needed for improvemen... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Small Schools Exemption in Finance Formulas H.B. 2183 Relates to small school districts exemption from the general budget limit.... More... CO Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Adjustments in the School Aid formula S.B. 129 This bill makes adjustments in the school aid formula including the addition of funding for pre-school programs. The full text of the bill ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Exempts Districts from Mill Levy Limitations S.B. 117 Exempts all school district levies from property tax mill levy limitations; increases the mill levy limit for adult education.... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Finance Formula Changes S.B. 390 Revises the school finance laws; clarifies the requirement that a school district operate for both the minimum number of pupil instruction d... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Revisions to Public School Fund S.B. 495 Revises school funding through the use of the Public School Fund; revises the structure of the Public School Fund; authorizes the Board of I... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Revision of Base Aid To Include Percentage of Special Education Allowance S.B. 94 Amends the definition of base aid to include a percentage of the special education allowable cost payment; amends definition of maximum gene... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Modifies Components of Funding Formula H.B. 1344 Relates to the amount set per student as part of the funding formula. Also, establishes school district employee compensation report. Requ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Enrollment Growth Calculation H.B. 23 Prior to the 1999-2000 school year, funding for schools was based upon current year membership, and a district that had a growth in membersh... More... MT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Multiyear accreditation of schools; accreditation of 7th and 8th grades funded at high school rates H.B. 103 Allows for multiyear accreditation of schools; requires compliance with teacher certification laws to receive multiyear accreditation; provi... More... NM Vetoed 03/2001 P-12 At-Risk Funding Index H.B. 49 Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation of the at-risk index to determine additional program units.... More... SD Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Distribution of State Aid H.B. 1258 Revises the distribution of state aid to education.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 State Support of Maintenance and Operations H.B. 3, S.B. 3 Modifies provisions relating to the state system of public education in the funding of the Minimum School Program. This act provides a ceili... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Growth in Student Population Account H.B. 273 Relates to the Education Protection Funding Program; creates the Growth in Student Population Restricted Account within the Uniform School F... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Foundation Funding H.B. 4 Relates to school finance; extends application of foundation program dollar per average daily membership amounts.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Completion of School Finance Model H.B. 197 Modifies the required dates for the undertaking and completing a reevaluation of the cost based school finance model.... More... NY Vetoed 11/2000 P-12 Aid Based on Assessed Valuation S.B. 7504 Veto No. 51 of 2000., Provides for State aid to an eligible school district based on the assessed valuation in said district.... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Adjustments in the State Finance Formula S.B. 376 Chapter No.581, Allows a school district that experiences a decline in units of ADA in excess of 5% to elect to receive adjustments to its A... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Study of K-12 Financing Plans A.B. 2831 Establishes, until 01/01/2002, the California Commission on Restructuring School Finance for Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and... More... NY Vetoed 07/2000 P-12 Special Aid for Certain Small City Districts A.B. 5795 Provides that certain city school districts shall be eligible for special service aid and computer administration aid not otherwise availabl... More... DE Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 State Payments for Vocational Education S.B. 385 Requires that a certain percentage of the Occupational-Vocational Division II - All Other Costs funds shall be allocated to the school that ... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Task Force For a New Education Funding Formula H.B. 701 Creates the Task Force on Public School Funding; specifies powers and duties; revises funding for exceptional student education programs; r... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Finance Formula S.B. 2252 Eliminates the future repeal of the school finance formula; provides for periodic legislative review.... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Community College Supplemental Funding for Choice and At-Risk Programs H.B. 2496 Provides supplementary weighting for funding and for determining enrollment in school districts involved in district-to-district or district... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Equalization Formula Component H.B. 1187 Changes equalization funding up to the 75th percentile instead of the 90th percentile. Equalization funding "may be adjusted" to allow for s... More... NM Vetoed 02/2000 P-12 At-Risk Funding H.B. 85 Changes the at-risk index for public school finance.... More... NJ Signed into law 12/1999 P-12 School Funding A.B. 2312 Adjusts prebudget year total on which stabilization aid growth limit will be applied to calculate a district's permissible increase in state... More... NH Signed into law 11/1999 P-12 State School Finance H.B. 999 Establishes a public education funding formula; establishes a uniform statewide education property tax; provides education property tax hard... More... NE Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/1999 P-12 Recalculation and Recertification of State Aid L.B. 149 Amends the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act by requiring the recertification of state aid to be paid in the 1999-2000 sc... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Requires Certification of Estimation Grid L.B. 715 Requires Department of Education to certify an estimation grid to each local system on or before December 1 of each year. Contains average ... More... CT Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Changes Formula for Allocating Grants to Certain School Districts S.B. 1330 Changes formula for allocating grants to priority school districts and transitional school districts.... More... NY Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Provides Aid Ratio Formula S.B. 5571 Provides an aid ratio formula for pupil transportation funding.... More... CO Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Calculating Total Program Funding for Certain School Districts H.B. 1367 Concerns the size factor used in calculating total program funding for certain small school districts that adopt plans of reorganization tha... More... KS Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 School District Finance S.B. 171 Concerns school district finance; relates to the counting of preschool-aged at-risk pupils; increases base state aid per pupil; affects dete... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Adds Definition for Student Loss Funding S.B. 759 Amends the school funding formula definition by adding a definition for student loss funding.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 School District Expenditure Base Limit S.B. 1240 Establishes new methods for determining a school district's expenditure base limit and establishes new procedures for proposed expenditures ... More... SD Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Clarifies Average Daily Membership S.B. 89 Clarifies average daily membership in the state aid to education formula.... More... UT Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Provides for Funding of Minimum School Program Act H.B. 3 Provides for state and local funding of the Minimum School Program Act; provides a ceiling for the state contribution of the maintenance and... More... IA Signed into law 02/1999 P-12 Funding for Districts with Changing Enrollments H.B. 147 Provides additional funding for certain school districts that have either decreasing or increasing enrollments.... More... CT Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 Funding Formula A new education equalization formula allows the state to avoid what would have been a mandated $300 million increase in state funding next y... More... SD Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 1351 State Aid Formula Repealed the existing state aid formula and created a new state aid formula, which is driven by average daily membership rather than expendi... More... TN Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 1141/S.B. 1467 Finance Formula (Effective: 05/30/95) Requires allocation of state funds for local education agency to be calculated on basis of current year average daily ... More... 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