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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 Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures CA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Appropriations and Reappropriations S.B. 1016 - Appropriations and Reappropriations From section 56 of bill summary: Reduces by various amounts appropriations made for supplemental school counseling, special education, partn... More... LA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Postsec. Elimination of Certain Special Funds in the State Treasury S.B. 590 Eliminates various special funds in the state treasury, including the School and District Accountability Rewards Fund and the Teacher Educat... 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... ID Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Full Time Equivalent Positions S.B. 1398 Limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 23.75 and provides guidance for employee compensation and benefits. http://legislatur... 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... CA Vetoed 09/2011 P-12 Postsec. Budget Issues S.B. 6 From bill summary: Requires the director of finance to meet specified requirements if he/she proposes to reduce an item of appropriation pur... More... CA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Funds for Special Education Instruction A.B. 108 - Special Education Funding From bill summary: Amends the Budget Act of 2011 by reducing the amount of moneys appropriated from the general fund to the state department... More... CT Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Study Cost of State-Mandated Special Education Requirements H.B. 6103 Requires the Commissioner of Education to conduct a review of the cost of state-mandated special education requirements including, but not l... More... ME Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Act To Restore Equity in Education Funding S.P. 395 Amends several provisions of the Essential Programs and Services Funding Act to more equitably allocate state funds that are appropriated fo... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Certifying Decreases in State and Local Funding S.B. 8 - Certifying Decreases in State and Local Funding From bill summary: Requires the commissioner, not later than July 1 of each year, to determine for each school district whether the estimate... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Welfare Transition Trust Fund S.B. 2162 Creates the Welfare Transition Trust Fund within the Department of Education (this trust fund is needed in order to implement the transfer o... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Earmark Accountability H.B. 153 - Earmark Accountability Provides that at the request of the superintendent of public instruction, any entity that receives a budget earmark under the department of ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Uniform Reporting Requirements S.B. 1292 Requires, beginning October 1, 2011, the Chief Financial Officer to conduct workshops with state agencies, local governments, educational en... More... GA Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Expenditure Controls H.B. 192 - Expenditure Controls Extends for 2013-14 and 2014-15 schools years a provision waiving expenditure controls relating to direct instructional costs, media center ... More... NV Vetoed 05/2011 P-12 Finance A.B. 568 AN ACT relating to education; ensuring sufficient funding for K-12 public education for the 2011-2013 biennium; apportioning the State Distr... More... NM Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Suspension of Specified Assessments S.B. 360 Due to financial crisis, temporarily suspends requirements for districts to administer specified assessments for 2011-12. In addition, a stu... More... OR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 School finance S.B. 5552 Relating to state financial administration; appropriating money; and declaring an emergency. Effective 07/01/2011. http://www.leg.state.or.u... More... OR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 School Finance S.B. 5553 Relating to state financial administration; appropriating money; declaring an emergency; and providing for transfer of moneys from the Educa... More... CA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Shortening School Year by 5 Days S.B. 70 - Sec. 46201.2 Extends through 2014-15 school year the provision allowing a school district, county office of education or charter school to shorten its in... More... CA Signed into law 03/2011 Community College Postsec. Community College Finance S.B. 70 - Sec. 84043 Extends through the 2014-15 fiscal year a provision authorizing a community college district to use funds apportioned to the district for sp... More... NC Became law without governor's signature 03/2011 P-12 Eliminates Statewide Standardized Testing Unless Required By the Feds H.B. 48 Eliminates statewide standardized testing in the public schools, except as required by federal law or as a condition of a federal grant. htt... 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... CA Signed into law 10/2010 P-12 Deferring Payments to Districts A.B. 1624 Allows the state to defer up to $3.2 billion in payments to school districts until additional funding can be found. http://www.leginfo.ca.go... More... MI Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Online Education Programs Required Report S.B. 1154 - Sec. 903 Requires the state department of education to work with districts that operate as a school of excellence cyber school and districts that ope... More... TX Adopted 06/2010 P-12 Adult Basic and Secondary Education 19 TAC 89.21, 22, 23, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35 Primarily from Texas Register: Amends provisions to accommodate the 2009 General Appropriations Act (SB 1), which requires that a new fundi... 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... HI Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Restoring Instructional Days for 2010-11 School Year S.B. 2124 Appropriates Hawaii hurricane relief fund moneys to make funds available to restore instructional days for the 2010-11 school year if an agr... More... VT Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2010 P-12 Implementing Results of "Challenges for Change" H.B. 792 Proposes to implement results of the earlier "Challenges for Change" legislation. Education-related provisions (beginning page 141) include ... More... AL Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Bonds to Support Public Education H.B. 743 The state of Alabama issued $66.5 million in bonds dedicated toward public education. These bonds were paid for through dedicated state exci... More... MD Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Waiver of Maintenance of Effort Penalty for Public Ed. H.B. 223 Waives the fiscal 2010 county maintenance of effort (MOE) penalty for public education; Directs the Senate Budget and Taxation Committee and... More... MS Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Plans for District Budget Cuts H.B. 1170 Requires the school board of a school district having a certain ending fund balance in the 2010, 2011 and 2012 fiscal years to submit a plan... More... MS Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act H.B. 1349 Creates the School District Emergency Bridge Loan Act to assist districts that suffer revenue losses due to the economic downturn. Provides ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 School District Budget Flexibility S.B. 97 Provides flexibility to school districts to meet state fiscal solvency requirements; provides that the Secretary of Education may waive requ... More... OH Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Distinction between Online AP Courses and Clearinghouse of Distance Learning Courses S.B. 155 - Section 6 Amends 371.50.90 of Am. Sub. H.B. 1 of the 128th General Assembly (enacted July 2009). Clarifies that from an appropriation item in 2009 H.B... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Postsec. Money-Saving Measures H.B. 166 Section 1: Directs the state board, by December 31, 2010, to review mandates provided for in administrative rule, to determine whether some ... 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... IA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Delay in Allowable Growth, School Foundation Program S.B. 2045 Delays establishing the state percent of growth, also known as allowable growth, for the budget year beginning July 1, 2011, from the 2010 L... More... IL Adopted 12/2009 P-12 Federal Funding of School Districts 23 IAC 100.120, .130, .Table C Adapted from Illinois Register: Amends rules to provide for uniformity in accounting for the federal funds that school districts receive und... 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... AZ Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2011C Provides for K-12 budget reconciliation; relates to intergovernmental agreements and contracts, the Early Graduation Scholarship Program, ch... More... AZ Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2648 Relates to the implementation of the FY 2009-10 budget for K-12 education, basic state aid, K-12 rollover, online instruction, teacher perfo... More... AZ Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 1187 Relates to charter schools and financing; makes appropriations; relates to kindergarten through grade twelve education budget reconciliation... More... CA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 After School Education and Safety Program A.B. 2 - Section 8 The purpose of the After School Education and Safety Program is to create incentives for establishing before- and after-school enrichment pr... More... CA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. No Automatic Increases A.B. 12D - Section 6 Provides that no automatic increases will be provided to the University of California, California State University or to state agency operat... More... OH Adopted 07/2009 P-12 State Health Care Fund OAC 3307:1-11-12 Establishes the "Health Care Fund" as a separate account within the Employers' Trust Fund. Provides that fund assets may be used only for th... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Waivers from Financial Requirements H.B. 1 - Section 3306.40 Authorizes local boards to apply to the state superintendent for waivers from financial provisions established in Chapter 3306, including an... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Formula Accountability and Transparency Form H.B. 1 - Section 3306.35 Applies only to school districts, and not to community schools or STEM schools. Directs the department of education to develop a form, to be... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Flexibility to Meet ARRA Requirements H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.53 and 265.50.55 Section 265.50.53: In fiscal years 2010 and 2011, allows the state superintendent to recommend the reallocation of unexpended and unincumber... 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 District Spending Plans H.B. 1 - Section 3306.30 Requires local boards to annually submit to the department of education a plan describing how the district will spend the funds received und... More... TN Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Reporting of Total Funds Received - ARRA H.B. 1988 Requires the state school bond authority to report the total funds received under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009... More... MO Vetoed 06/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2 Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Sec... More... NV Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Consultants A.B. 463 Requires the Interim Finance Committee to approve the employment of a consultant by a department, agency, or local governmental entity; requ... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 5520 Appropriates moneys from the General Fund and the Rainy Day Fund to the Department of Education for the State School Fund; creates a formula... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Budgets H.B. 2012 Requires the transfer of the lottery ending balance after the end of each biennium to the school capital matching subaccount created within ... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 5554 Relates to state financial administration; transfers the balance of the Education Stability Fund to the State School Fund; establishes the m... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 SEA Funds H.B. 3646 - Sections 40 and 41 Section 40: Specifies that the state education agency is to use funds appropriated for such purposes to develop (1) summer study guides to h... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 ARRA Funds S.B. 232 Act No. 23. STATE SCHOOL AID; JUNE 2009. In the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect, in addition... More... GA Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 Expenditure Controls S.B. 178 Sections 8 and 9 Adds new subsections to Code Section 20-2-167 and 20-2-184.1. Provides that for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years, the expenditure contro... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Mapping State Expenditures on Children H.B. 702 Authorizes a pilot project to map state expenditures on children for providing health, safety, stability, growth, development, and education... More... MT Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Additional Uses for Stimulus Funds H.B. 645 Implements receipt of and appropriates federal stimulus funds to include the hospital bed tax allocation, school district employee retiremen... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Stabilization Fund Dollars H.B. 1400 - Stabilization Fund Dollars Requires the superintendent of public instruction to notify the superintendent and board of each school district in the state, by certified ... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 State School Aid H.B. 1400 and H.B. 1013 - Appropriations From the fiscal note: The total funding increases addressed in the bill is $198,544,337. It is made up of $102,800,000 general fund, 10,100,... More... NE Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Amends Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act L.B. 545 Changes the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; amends prov... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Education Stabilization Funding S.B. 69 Authorizes the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to expend from the Education Stabilization component of the American Recovery and... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Appropriations S.B. 219 Appropriations bill -- state department of education. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB219_ENR.RTF... More... WA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Salaries H.B. 2363 Suspends temporarily any cost-of-living salary increases for educational employees; provides for additional cost-of-living allocations in su... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Special Schools S.B. 1210 Appropriates funds to the State School for the Deaf and the Blind; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions; provides legislative... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 312 Appropriates moneys to the Superintendent of Public Instruction/State Department of Education for fiscal year 2010; limits the number of ful... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 314 Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Independent Councils for fiscal year 2010; provides that the State Contr... More... NV Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Finance A.B. 533 Makes a supplemental appropriation to the State Distributive School Account for unanticipated shortfalls in Fiscal Year 2008-2009 in certain... More... UT Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Minimum School Year Program S.B. 4 Modifies revenues appropriated for the Minimum School Program and school building programs; establishes a ceiling for the state contribution... More... WI Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Postsec. Act 2 - Finances and Appropriations S.B. 62 Provides a total of $2,630,000 in grant moneys to certain organizations in the building trades to provide job training and retraining progra... More... NV Signed into law 12/2008 P-12 Finance A.B. 2A Revises provisions governing state financial administration; authorizes the State Treasurer to establish a line of credit on behalf of the s... More... AL Approved by voters 11/2008 P-12 Reestablishing the Education Trust Fund Rain Day Account V. 1 (AMENDMENT 1; ACT 2008-508) Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to reestablish the Education Trust Fund Rain Day Account within the st... More... UT Approved by voters 11/2008 P-12 State Subscription to Stocks or Bonds V. 5 (CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT E; HJR 12 - 2008 GENERAL SESSION) Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to authorize the state to subscribe to... More... AL Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Education Trust Fund H.B. 63A Allows for 75%, up from 20%, of unexpended education funds to be appropriated to the Education Trust Fund.... More... NY Adopted 06/2008 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,... More... TN Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Study of Local Funding Policies S.J.R. 1180 Directs the Basic Education Program (BEP) Review Committee to study funding policies implemented by local governments in light of the increa... More... TN Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Requires Resource Mapping S.B. 4012 Concerns Commission on Children and Youth; requires the commission to design and oversee a resource mapping of all federal and state funding... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Appropriations H.F. 2679 Selected provisions: • Creates the Senior Year Plus Program to increase access of high school students to college credit and advanced placem... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Appropriations: Teacher Quality-Related Section H.B. 2679 Governor and General Assembly by January 15, 2009. (Page 10, Line 20) DIVISION IV – STUDENT ACHIEVEMENT AND TEACHER QUALITY PROGRAM • Requir... More... DE Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Community College State Budget In Response to State's Financial Situation H.J.R. 14 Directs the General Assembly and the Governor to comprehensively address the current the state's financial situation. Provides for the use o... More... WY Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 School Finance Amendments S.B. 70 Bill establishes school district financial assistance for specified purposes outside of and in addition to the education resource block gran... 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... NY Adopted 01/2008 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 The board of regents has readopted, by emergency action effective January 22, 2008, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Reg... More... NY Emergency Rule Extension 11/2007 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Readopts, by emergency action effective November 25, 2007, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Regents meeting that added a... More... NY Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Contracts for Excellence Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12 Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,... More... TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Accounting Modifications H.B. 2365 From fiscal note: The bill would allow the state and political subdivisions of the state to follow state statutory modified accrual standard... More... TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School Land Board's Authority H.B. 3699 House Bill 3699 amends the Natural Resources Code and the Education Code to broaden the School Land Board's (SLB) authority to manage and co... 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... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Inclusion of Foreign Exchange Students for Receiving State Funds H.B. 160 Allows a school district or charter school to include, with certain exceptions, foreign exchange students in the district's or school's memb... More... NV Approved by voters 11/2006 P-12 Education First Initiative Petition Ballot Question # 1 Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require the legislature to fund the operation of the public schools for K-12th grades bef... More... CA Rejected by voters 07/2006 P-12 School Funding and Tax Increase V. 14 (Prop. 88) (1189. SA2005RF0126) Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide public school funding by imposing a tax on real property that exem... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Class Size and Other Block Grant Funds S.B. 2272 - Section 6 Extends repeal date of Iowa Early Intervention and School Improvement Technology Block Grant Programs to July 2007. (Includes funds for K-3 ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Additional State Aid for Cooperative High Schools H.B. 4365 Allows cooperative high schools to receive some of the same supplementary state aid that new districts receive; relates to multiple agreemen... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Quality Education Support Fund H.B. 591 Increases limit on appropriations to Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of Regents for administrative costs related t... 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... 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... AR Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Educational Adequacy Act of 2006 S.B. 27A Addresses issues raised by the state supreme court. Increases foundation funding provided by the state. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpro... 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 Veto overridden: Legislature has overridden Governor's veto 03/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Appropriations H.B. 272 Makes appropriations for the support, maintenance and development of public education in Alabama, for debt service, and for capital outlay f... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 School Transportation Block Grant A.B. 1110 An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 41580) to Chapter 3.2 of Part 24 of the Education Code. Would create the School Transportat... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 State Budget Review and Government Efficiency Commission H.B. 1001 (Section 255-256) Establishes legislative intent that the state budget be reviewed comprehensively before the budgetary process for the next biennium begins i... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Budget Bill H.B. 1020 (budget provisions) Budget bill funds public schools at $2.15 billion. Provided an increase of more than $145 million per year to boost teacher pay and benefits... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Budget Bill S.B. 604 The FY 06 Budget, passed in 2005, is $3.19 billion. A breakdown in approximate percentages goes as follows: Public Education = 51% at $1.6 b... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Appropriation of Funds S.B. 877 States the purposes and sources of funds for the Educational Facilities Partnership Fund Account and the Division of Public School Academic ... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 School Finance H.B. 2498 Provides restrictions on desegregation funds for districts that, as of June 30, 2005, were under desegregation orders or an administrative a... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Finance H.B. 2497 Replaces the biennial reporting requirements for desegregation districts with an annual report that lists specific items to be reported on a... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Federal Funding to the State Board S.B. 200 (Section 18) Requires the state board to annually report to the legislature the total amount of federal funds received by the state board in the prior fi... 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... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School District State Aid H.B. 1311 Provides an appropriation for eligible school districts receiving reduced amounts of state aid. The superintendent of public instruction sh... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Supplemental Payments to High Schools H.B. 1032 Relates to the formula for calculating supplemental payments to high school districts; relates to property taxes, transportation levy, and h... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 House Bill 1220 Appropriation Repeal S.B. 224 Repeals the appropriation of $3,006,960 from the state's General Fund to the Education Enhancement Trust Fund - contained in House Bill 1220... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Department Of Education H.B. 1073 Appropriates FY 2004-2005 emergency supplemental funds to department to disburse for grants and aid to state secondary vocational area cente... 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... MI Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 Multisection School Aid S.B. 1193 Relates to multisection school aid; provides the fiscal year 2004- 2005 year budget; amends appropriations from the state school aid fund an... More... IL Signed into law 10/2004 P-12 Funding Rapid Growth H.B. 766 Amends the Common School Fund Article of the School Code. Provides for a grant to be paid to a school district if there has been an increas... 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 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 Instructional Materials Program Funding S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) Deletes the date of repeal on the Instructional Materials Program and the contingency of program implementation funding on funding from the ... 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... MI Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 2005 Education Budget S.B. 1065 Provides Department of Education zero budget for fiscal year 2005. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/200... More... MI Signed into law 09/2004 Postsec. Community College 2005 Higher Education Budget S.B. 1067 Makes appropriations for the state institutions of higher education and certain state purposes related to education for the fiscal year endi... More... AL Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Governor's Commission on Education Spending Executive Order No. 02-2003 The governor issued Executive Order No. 02-2003 on January 30, 2003, creating the Governor's Commission of Education Spending. The Commissio... More... CA Signed into law, with line items vetoed 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Finance S.B. 1108 Relates to revenue limit calculation factors for school districts and county superintendents of schools for specified fiscal years. Relates ... 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... IL Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 State Aid Claim S.B. 2349 Amends the School Code. Relates to recomputing a general State aid claim. Provides for a qualifying reduction in equalized assessed valuatio... More... MI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 State General Fund Public School Funding S.B. 1194 Increases the amount of funding for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, appropriated for the public school of the state from the Gene... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 State Employee Retirement H.B. 58 Provides for early retirement for state employee retirement members with actuarial reduction of benefits; requires abolition of positions va... More... MO Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Fund Appropriation H.B. 1002 Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and the Department of Elementary and... More... OK Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Appropriations for Education H.B. 2012 Makes appropriations to the state board; transfers funds to the Teachers' Retirement System; provides funds for an Internet school, parent t... 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... LA Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 State First Fund S.B. 506 Relates to funds and funding; provides with respect to the Support Education in Louisiana First Fund. The monies in this fund shall be used... More... ME Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Educational Funding and Property Tax Relief S.P. 761 The bill provides that by fiscal year 2009-10 the state share of kindergarten to grade 12 education funding, as described by essential progr... More... MN To governor 05/2004 P-12 State Government H.F. 2867 Relates to state government; appropriates money for prekindergarten through grade 12 education, including general education, education excel... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Education Appropriations H.B. 1696 Relates to an appropriation for the State Department of Education General Programs, Education Reform Act and Vocational Education. http://b... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Community College Junior Colleges Administration S.B. 3121 Relates to Junior Colleges Administration appropriation.... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Community College Junior Colleges Support S.B. 3122 Relates to Junior Colleges support appropriation. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/html/SB/3100-3199/SB3122PS.htm... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Community College Institution of Higher Learning S.B. 3120 Relates to a Institution of Higher Learning general support appropriation.... More... TN Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Lottery Corporation Committee S.B. 2115 Adds the Select Committee on the Tennessee Education Lottery Corporation to education committees as committees reviewing governor's proposed... More... VT Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 School Districts Funding S.B. 315 This act establishes an equalized pupil count for union and unified union school districts, removes the system of assessing member districts... More... ID Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Education Appropriations H.B. 768 Appropriates funds to the State Board of Education and the Board of Regents of the University of Idaho; requires the state board of educatio... More... TN Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Basic Education Program Funding S.B. 3349 Basic Education Program (BEP) - Provides that 40 percent of growth funds under the BEP are to be distributed to eligible LEAs by January 1 w... 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... ID Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Public School Permanent Endowment Funds S.B. 1306 Relates to the investment of permanent endowment funds to clarify market value allocation between the permanent endowment funds and the earn... More... UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 State School Fund H.B. 78 Creates a restricted account for the deposit of the earnings derived from the investment of the permanent State School Fund.... More... WV Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Supplemental Appropriations S.B. 1014 Makes a supplementary appropriation of public moneys out of the treasury from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropriated balance i... More... WY Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Spending Policy Modifications H.B. 101 Relates to the investment of state funds; modifies spending policy amounts from investments of permanent Wyoming mineral trust funds and the... More... SD Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Postsec. Quality Education S.B. 150 Appropriations bill. Appropriates money to enhance the quality of education in the state; provides also for postsecondary education.... More... IL Veto Overridden: Restored Items Became Law. 11/2003 Postsec. Community College Appropriations for Postsecondary Education H.B. 2671 Amends appropriations to the Board of Higher Education, the Department of Public Health, for medical education scholarships, the Mathematics... More... IL Veto overridden: Restored items became law 11/2003 P-12 Appropriations for the State Board of Education H.B. 2663 Makes appropriations to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2004. Effective July 1, 2003. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/... More... ME November 2003 Ballot 11/2003 P-12 Education Funding Question 1B Competing Measure: Do you want to lower property taxes and avoid the need for a significant increase in state taxes by phasing in a 55% stat... More... ME November 2003 Ballot 11/2003 P-12 Education Funding Question 1A Citizen Initiative: Do you want the State to pay 55% of the cost of public education, which includes all special education costs, for the pu... More... ME November 2003 Ballot 11/2003 P-12 Education Funding Question 1C Allows voter to vote against both the Citizen Initiative (Question 1A) and the Competing Measure (Question 1B). http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec... More... CA Vetoed 10/2003 P-12 Supplemental Instruction A.B. 52 Repeals existing law requiring a school district to offer supplemental instruction to pupils in grades 2 to 9, inclusive, who are recommende... More... CA Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Finance A.B. 1754 Relates to reimburse rates under the Child Care and Development Services Act, revenue limits for school districts and county superintendents... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 State Budget Transfers H.B. 765 Amends the School Code concerning interfund transfers. Provides that certain limitations on transfers, one of which requires the transfer to... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 Postsec. Higher Education Appropriation Requirements H.B. 1543 Amends the State Finance Act. Requires appropriations for higher education to be by separate line items and not by lump sum. Provides that e... More... LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Postsec. Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund Reduction Limits H.B. 573 Requires total dollar amount of reductions to appropriations from the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund resulting from budget adjustm... More... CA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Targeted Instructional Improvement Grant Program S.B. 1040 Reduces the appropriation to the State Department of Education for local assistance for purposes of the Targeted Instructional Improvement G... More... CT Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Funding to Promote Children's Well-being S.B. 886 Requires the State Prevention Council to determine long-term goals, strategies and outcome measures to promote the health and well being of ... 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... OR Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Education Stability Fund H.B. 3642 Directs State Treasurer to transfer moneys from Education Stability Fund to State School Fund; makes finding that economic and revenue forec... More... CA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Postsec. Education Finance S.B. 28 Repeals the Teacher Recruitment Initiative Program, administered by the Sacramento County Office of Education, which awards competitive gran... More... CO Partial veto 05/2003 P-12 Financing of Public Schools S.B. 248 Concerns the procedures for the funding of public schools, including adjustments to the district size factor, minimum per pupil funding, at-... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Distributive School Account Appropriation A.B. 253 Makes supplemental appropriation to State Distributive School Account in State General Fund for unanticipated shortfall in Fiscal Year 2002-... More... MS Vetoed 04/2003 P-12 Education Contingency Fund H.B. 1036 Creates a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the 2004 Education Contingency Fund which shall be expended for public education... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 State Board Of Education H.B. 1247 Requires the legislature to fund common education at least 25 days in advance of the deadline for school districts to notify teachers of hir... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 P-12 Furloughs S.B. 320 Authorizes the adjutant generals office to furlough state-funded Full-time Equivalent Enrollments during fiscal year 2002-2003 under specifi... More... CO Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 General Fund Appropriation S.B. 195 Concerns the amount of general fund appropriation for the states share of districts total program funding required to be made to be in compl... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 State Classroom Supply Funds H.B. 663 Relates to state classroom supply funds; clarifies method of distribution and administration of. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/... More... OR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Use of the Education Stability Fund S.B. 855 The Legislative Assembly finds that the March 2003 quarterly economic and revenue forecast issued on February 28, 2003, by the Office of Eco... 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... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Budget Reserve Account Amendments H.B. 27 Establishes the General Fund Budget Reserve Account and sets processes and limits. According to the fiscal note, provisions of this bill re... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Fund Expiration of General Fund H.B. 102 Appropriates the state surplus for fiscal year 2003 -- part of which is appropriated to the Department of Education and the Arts. http://12... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Surplus to Supplement Existing Appropriations H.B. 104, H.B. 103 Relates to supplementing, amending, and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropr... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Supplemental Appropriation to Schools H.B. 101 An Act supplementing, amending, reducing and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the state fund, general revenue, from the ... More... OK Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 The Constitutional Reserve Fund H.B. 1240 Relates to the Constitutional Reserve Fund; makes an appropriation to the Department of Education; states purpose; provides an effective dat... More... AZ Approved by voters 11/2002 P-12 Postsec. Community College School and Community College District Expenditure Limitations Proposition 104 (HCR 2002 OF 2002) Proposes a Constitutional Amendment; Relates to school and community college district expenditure limitations. Exempts f... More... LA Approved by voters 11/2002 P-12 Exempts Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund from revenue reductions Amendment 3 (ACT 1236-200, HB 507) Amends the Constitution to authorize the legislature to establish procedures determining projected deficits and budge... More... MT Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Reducing the General Fund Shortfall H.B. 3 Reduces the General Fund shortfall in revenue by implementing pay and benefit adjustments for state employees for the fiscal year ending Jun... More... MT Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 School Technology Fund Revenues Temporarily Eliminated H.B. 4 Reduces the General Fund shortfall in revenue by temporarily eliminating the revenue dedicated to the School Technology Fund; includes incom... More... OR Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 State School Fund Transfers H.B. 4052C Changes Education Endowment Fund to Educational Stability Fund; allows state treasurer to divert funds from and reduce funds in accounts in ... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Legislative Intent That Specified Programs Be Funded S.B. 856 Establishes legislative intent that programs that received funding in the FY03 budget be funded in future state budgets. Programs are: Gift... More... SC SENATE override line item veto Nos. 2. 06/2002 P-12 Postsec. School Funding H.B. 4879 Requires funding equal to 1994-95 appropriation to be appropriated to the state department annually to offset any reduction suffered by dist... More... MA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Local Government Workforce Reduction H.B. 5007 Provides for local government workforce reduction through an early retirement incentive program for qualified employees, including school em... More... NE Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Student Fees L.B. 1172 LB 1172 is the Public Elementary and Secondary Student Fee Authorization Act. The act provides that a school or an educational service unit ... More... NE GOVERNOR'S veto overridden by LEGISLATURE. 04/2002 P-12 State Aid L.B. 898 LB 898's intent is to help address the budget shortfall facing Nebraska for the current biennium. LB 898 would increase the local effort rat... More... OR Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Constitutional Amendement Proposal H.B. 4032B, H.B. 4041B Set procedures for preparation of ballot title, financial estimate, and explanatory statement for House Joint Resolution of (2002 Special Se... More... OR Vetoed 03/2002 P-12 Use of Grant Funds H.B. 4036B Allows school districts and programs that receive grant funds to use funds for any educational purpose.... More... OR Vetoed 02/2002 P-12 Use of Grant Funds H.B. 4015A Allows school districts and programs that receive grant funds to use funds for any educational purpose.... More... AL To governor 12/2001 P-12 Reduction in State Education Spending S.B. 30D Reduces state appropriations from the Education Trust Fund by by 3.85 percent for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Finance Reporting for certain districts A.B. 139 Requires the superintendent of schools of each county to annually present a report regarding fiscal solvency of any district with a disappro... More... AL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 The Sale of $82 million in bonds S.B. 626 Authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority to sell and issue eighty-two million dollars aggregate principal amount of bonds,... More... AL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. State Education Budget H.B. 307 Appropriates for the support, maintenance and development of public education in Alabama, for debt service, and for capital outlay for the f... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Changes in Education Budgeting S.B. 82 Creates the State Education Fund and 2 accounts within the fund; provides for appropriation of moneys in the fund to comply with the mandato... 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 Funds for Education H.B. 41 Revises laws governing dedicated revenue and statutory appropriations; provides for the deposit of state school fund revenue in the state sp... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Impact Aid Revenue Bonds H.B. 2440 Requires an election authorizing the use by school districts of Impact Aid Revenue Bonds; specifies the dates such election may be held; all... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Budget Adjustments H.B. 2634 This bill creates a fund for extraordinary special education cost. Local district may apply to this fund if they face high special ed. cost... More... CO Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Mandated increase in State funding for public schools H.B. 1232 Concerns plans to use the constitutionally mandated increase in State funding for public schools to be used for specific and accountable pur... 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... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 State Audits of Educational Institutions H.B. 1009 Directs the State Auditor or the auditor's designee to conduct records management audits in all departments, institutions, and agencies of s... More... MS Governor's veto overridden by HOUSE 03/2001 P-12 Gas and Oil Taxes for Education S.B. 2680 Provides that until fiscal year 2006, all of the State share of oil and gas severance taxes shall be appropriated for the support of the min... More... CO Unofficially approved by Voters 11/2000 P-12 Increasing State Education Funding V. 10 AMENDMENT 23 Amends the State Constitution; concerns increased funding for preschool through 12th-grade public education; requires the state... More... CO Rejected by Voters 11/2000 P-12 State Science and Math Grants V. 6 REFERENDUM F (SB 4, 2000) Asks whether the State of Colorado shall be permitted to annually retain up to a specified amount of the state rev... More... ID Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Idaho Public School Permanent Endowment Fund V. 1 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (HJR 1, 2000) Amends the State Constitution of Idaho relating to the Public School Fund; changes the name of the Pu... More... UT Unofficially approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Revenues for Deposit to Uniform School Fund V. 2 Ballot Initiative Relates to forfeiture of assets and property; establishes uniform procedures for the forfeiture of property; forbids forfeiture against inno... More... CO On 11/07/2000 ballot 07/2000 P-12 Trying to Over-ride Spending Restrictions V. 6; (NEW BILL) (Referendum F SB 4); Asks the question shall the state of Colorado be permitted to annually retain up to a specified amount of the state rev... More... DE Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Creates a Library Fund S.B. 429 Establishes a Public Education School Library Fund.... More... CA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Community College Alternative Use of State Education Funds A.B. 1908 Chapter No. 44; Provides that, contingent upon the passage of the Smaller Classes, Safer Schools and Financial Accountability Act at the 11/... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Boards to provide Instructional Materials S.B. 850 Relates to instructional materials requirements and school boards; prescribes the duty of school boards to provide instructional materials;... More... HI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Department of Education Budget Rules H.B. 1873 Authorizes the Department of Education (DOE) to retain and expend a portion of all indirect overhead reimbursements for discretionary grants... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. State Board's Ability to Adjust Payments H.B. 2917 Amends the School Code; prohibits the State Board of Education from making audit adjustments to general state aid claims paid in fiscal year... More... FL Vetoed 05/2000 P-12 Local Impact Fees H.B. 2179 Relates to school district revenue; limits the ability of counties to levy school impact fees; provides for the distribution to school board... More... MT Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Increases State Aid to Districts H.B. 4A Reduces property taxes by increasing direct state aid to school districts; clarifies that the amount of motor vehicle disposition attributab... More... NE Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 Local Education Levies L.B. 1107 Relates to School Finance; changes the calculation of local effort rate; adjusts levy amounts.... More... CA Died 03/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Proposition 26 V. 15 PROPOSITION 26; Authorizes schools, community college districts, and county education offices that evaluate safety, class size, information ... More... CA Passed 03/2000 P-12 Lottery V. 2 PROPOSITION 20; Relates to the State Lottery.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Revenues from License Plates S.B. 413 Authorizes the issuance of special license plates with a design incorporating an apple, representing teachers and education; designates an a... More... AL Signed into law 11/1999 P-12 Change in Distribution of Revenue H.B. 2B Provides beginning January 1, 2001, for the distribution of revenue received from several taxes by depositing funds into the State General F... More... LA Approved by voters 11/1999 P-12 Tobacco Settlement V. 2 BALLOT NO. 2 (HB640-1999); Establishes the Millennium Trust and the Louisiana Fund in the State Treasury; provides that the source of monies... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Board of Educational Lands and Funds L.B. 779 Amends provisions for the Board of Educational Lands and Funds to administer school lands. Changes are based on findings and recommendation... More... AL Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Penny Trust Fund H.B. 256 Relates to the Penny Trust Fund; establishes a Board of Control; establishes duties and membership procedures; gives boards of education mor... More... NM Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Creates Tobacco Settlement Funds for Health and Educational Purposes H.B. 501 Creates the tobacco settlement permanent fund and the tobacco settlement income fund; provides for annual distributions from the tobacco set... More... LA Died 03/1999 P-12 Earnings from Tobacco Money S.B. 711 Provides for the use of earnings from dedicated tobacco money by school systems.... More... MT Signed into law 02/1999 P-12 Election Dates and General Fund Budgets S.B. 460 Establishes the first Tuesday after the first Monday in May as the general school election and trustee election date; limits a school distri... More... DE Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 S.B. 294 Land Permits school districts to lease land owned by a school district to individuals for use for agricultural purposes without requiring that su... More... NY Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 A.B. 8631 Authorizes the creation of state debt in the amount of two billion four hundred million dollars; enacts the school facility health and safet... More... UT Passed 06/1996 P-12 Special Use Leases R850-30-100 to 1200 Allows the school and Institutional Trust Lands Administration flexibility in setting sublease fees for telecommunication site leases. Allo... More... NE Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 Community College LB 1114 Property Tax Levy Limitations Establishes tax levy limits. Beginning FY1998-99 and ending after FY2000-01, $1.10 per $100 of taxable valuation. Beginning FY2001-02, maxim... More... NE Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 LB 1205 Educational Lands and Funds Relates to educational lands; amends sections 72-240.26, 72-258, and 72-259, reissues revised statutes of Nebraska; requires the board of Ed... More... NE Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 LB 299 Local Government Spending Limitations Amends Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act Beginning FY 97-98, a school district's general fund budget may not exceed the preceding school fiscal year budget unless 75% of the school ... More... CO Died 02/1996 P-12 S.B. 73 Technology Incentives Provides a 2% inflation increase in school funding. Sets procedure for development of technology utilization plan. Creates an education tech... More... NE Died 01/1996 P-12 LR 303 Management of Educational Lands Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that the management of educational lands be under the direction of the legislature and to eli... More... NV Signed into law 08/1995 P-12 A.B. 737 Chapter 639 Appropriations 1995 Appropriates $786 million over the biennium from the State General Fund to the state distributive school account. This appropriation increas... More... AR Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 Minimum Property Tax, Penalty Approved in Ark. Gov. Jim Guy Tucker signed legislation that mandates a minimum property tax as a partial response to a court order to make school funding mo... More... UT Signed into law 03/1995 P-12 H.B. 32 - School Impact Fees Defines the term "school impact fee." Prohibits a county, city, town, or school district from imposing or collecting a school impact fee.... More... MN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 School Legislation '94: A Scorecard The most surprising aspect of the 1994 education finance bill is the amount of funding for school districts that it contained - a total of $... More... 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