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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 Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues NH Adopted 12/2012 P-12 Education Tax Credit Program NH ADC Rev 3201.01-08; 3202.01-.03; 3203.01-.03; NH ADC Rev 3204.01, 02; NH ADC Rev 3205.01; NH ADC Rev 3206.01, 02 Chapter Rev 3200 sets forth the Department's proposed rules for the application procedure for a scholarship organization applying to accept ... More... NH Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2012 P-12 EducationTax Credit H.B. 1607/S.B. 372 Establishes an education tax credit against the business profits tax and/or the business enterprise tax for business organizations and busin... More... PA Passed 06/2012 P-12 Select Committee to Study District and Local Government Sources of Revenue H.R. 774 Resolution establishing a select committee to investigate and review the interrelationship between all current sources of school district an... More... NE Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Appraised Value of School Lands L.B. 800 Changes provisions relating to appraised value of school lands. Specifies that appraised value is to be determined by the Board of Education... More... NH Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Tax Adjustments Tied to Local Education Grants H.B. 622 Allows for the adjustment in the method of calculating the partial payment of taxes related to an increase or decrease in local education ta... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy H.B. 153 - Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy Establishes the procedure for a district to levy a property tax or income tax. Pages 752-757 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/Bil... More... CO Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Public Education Fund Tax Contribution S.B. 109 Creates a voluntary contribution designation benefiting the Public Education Fund to appear on the state individual tax return forms. Allows... More... KS Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Finance H.B. 2015 Continues the statewide tax levy for funding public schools.... More... MT Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Revenues, Shared Services, Reporting S.B. 329 Excerpts from the fiscal note: SB 329, as amended, increases the basic and per-ANB entitlements for K-12 public schools by 1.1% in FY 2012 a... 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... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Taxation S.B. 1263--Overrides Increases the amount of local override funding that school districts would receive in FY 2012 and FY 2013 relative to current law by basing ... More... GA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Amendment to Transparency in Government Act H.B. 1013 Requires local boards of education to submit specified information on tax revenues to the department of audits and accounts for posting on a... More... RI SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2010 P-12 "Race to the Top" Round Two H.J.R. 8175 Joint resolution supporting the Federal "Race to the Top" grant program and urging the governor and the Rhode Island Department of Elementar... 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... AZ Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Finance H.B. 2386 Relates to school district override elections; amends a notification date; relates to a special program for children with disabilities in pr... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Property Tax Revenue H.B. 295 Amends provisions in the Minimum School Program Act related to certain uses of school district property tax revenue. Allows local school boa... More... NE Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Potential Revenue Source L.B. 235 Provides the Board of Educational Lands and Funds with the power to issue leases relating to solar and wind energy and enter into contracts ... More... IA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 School Budget Review Committee H.B. 2030 Modifies membership and duties of the School Budget Review Committee. Duties modify relate to review of a school district's unexpended fund ... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 Creation of Education Finance Districts A.B. 267 Authorizes school districts to create an education finance district that may impose a qualified special tax that applies uniformly to all ta... More... PA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Educational Improvement Tax Credit Program H.B. 1531 Makes amendments to the Tax Reform Code. These amendments include provision that makes changes to the Educational Improvement Tax Credit (EI... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Calculation of a District's Spending/Taxation Cap S.B. 2051 Provides that, with respect to equalized assessed valuation data, if a school district has approved or does not approve an increase in its l... More... OH Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Tangible Personal Property Phase-Out Impacted Districts H.B. 1 - Section 3318.011 Excludes tangible personal property phase-out impacted districts from the definition of "average taxable value". Defines "tangible personal ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School District Operating Levies H.B. 1 - Section 5705.219, 5705.2110, 5705.211 Makes changes to the methods by which school district operating levies are approved. Pages 2449-2455 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.o... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Conversion Levies H.B. 1 - Section 5705.219 From the DOE summary of H.B. 1: --Authorizes school districts levying current expense taxes with an aggregate effective tax rate exceeding... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Revenues H.B. 2014 Requires a state agency or state official that issues a permit for structural improvements to collect construction taxes imposed by a school... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Bonds H.B. 3646 - Sections 69-72 Section 69: Adds new section 45.0531. Authorizes the state board by rule to establish a percentage of the cost value of the permanent school... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 District Finance H.B. 3646 - Sections 66-68 and 86 Section 66: Establishes provisions allowing a school district to adopt a budget after the district adopts a tax rate for the tax year in whi... More... VT Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Reduces Property Tax Rates H.B. 12 Decreases the educational property tax base rates to $ 1.35 for nonresidential property and $ 0.86 for homestead property. http://www.leg.st... More... AL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 County Education Tax Elections H.B. 253 (Constitutional Amendment) Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide that special county education taxes taxes may be levied by a... More... NE Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Research Tax Credits L.B. 555 Allows any business firm which makes expenditures in research and experimental activities as defined in section 174 of the Internal Revenue ... More... IN Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Tax Distribution H.B. 1432 Relates to county auditor tax distributions; requires the county auditor to distribute the part of the certified distribution that constitut... More... TX Adopted 04/2009 P-12 State Aid for Ad Valorem Tax Credits 19 TAC 2.61.AA.61.1019 Establishes rules concerning additional state aid for ad valorem tax credits under the Texas Economic Development Act. Allows the commission... More... ID Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 1091 Relates to Urban Renewal Districts; revises application for school levies for supplemental maintenance and operation for calculating the tax... More... NV Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance I.P. 1 Imposes an additional tax on the gross receipts from the rental of transient lodging in certain counties to be deposited into the state Supp... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 property tax S.B. 149 Revises the annual property tax levies for the general fund of a school district; provides that any adjustment to the levy for agricultural ... 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... CO Rejected by voters 09/2008 P-12 Funding for Pre-K to 12 Education Amendment 59 Proposes an amendment to the Constitution concerning the manner in which the state funds public education from preschool to 12th grade; requ... 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... AZ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Charters tax-exempt H.B. 2330 Provides that property and buildings, including land, improvements, furniture, and equipment, that are owned by a nonprofit organization tha... More... AL Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Taxes S.B. 556 Amends policies relating to the creation of a tax increment district.... More... IA Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 Revenue for School Infrastructure H.F. 2663 Repeals the local option sales and services tax for school infrastructure purposes by using the revenues from the increase in the state sale... More... FL Rejected by voters 04/2008 Community College Postsec. Local Tax for Community Colleges Amend. 8 Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to require that the Legislature authorize counties to levy a local option sales tax to supplement ... More... FL Removed from Ballot 04/2008 P-12 Property Taxes for Schools Amend. V. 5 2008 Ballot., (BALLOT MEASURE NO. 5) Replaces state required school property taxes with state revenues generating an equivalent hold harmles... More... ID Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Finance H.B. 418 Amends existing law relating to cooperative service agencies to provide that approval of a facility levy requires a sixty-six and two-thirds... More... ID Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Virtual schools H.B. 567 Amends existing law to provide that the Idaho Digital Learning Academy is an educational institution for sales and use tax exemption purpose... More... TN Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Sales Tax Holiday S.B. 2730 Alters the dates of the 2008 school sales tax holiday for sales tax on certain clothing, school supplies, school art supplies, and computers... 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... 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... MD Enacted 11/2007 P-12 Video Lottery Funding for Education H.B. 4A Adds a new article to the State Constitution to authorize video lottery terminal gaming in the State for the primary purpose of providing fu... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 P-12 School Facility Occupation Tax S.B. 835 Creates the "school facility occupation tax". This tax for up to 1% of the cost of business transactionsmust be voted on in a county wide r... More... NJ Rejected by voters 09/2007 P-12 Property Tax Relief V. 5 Public Question 1 Property tax. Dedicated annual revenue of an amount equal to a tax rate of 1% under the state sales tax for property tax reform FAILED 47-5... More... HI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School Impact Fees H.B. 19 Creates new section regarding school impact fees. Requires new residential developments to contribute toward the construction of new or expa... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Construction Taxes S.B. 1036 Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes; authorizes school districts to impose construction taxes; dedicates re... 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... VT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Controlling Costs While Maintaining Quality H.B. 526 Provides for a slight rollback in property tax assessments for this year and would place a cap on property evaluations in the future. In add... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Elections to Exceed Property Tax Limit L.B. 289 Changes procedure relating to elections to exceed the property tax levy limit. Specifies that the method of voting at the meeting will prote... More... VT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Statewide Education Property Tax Rate Adjustment H.B. 88 Reduces the statewide education property tax rates from the statutory rates of $ 1.10 homestead and $ 1.59 nonresidential to new rates, for ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 High Tax Aid S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 16-a Creates new section 3602 in the education code. Establishes $99.99 million two-tier High Tax Aid providing funding to eligible districts sta... More... UT Sent to Governor 03/2007 P-12 New School District Property Tax Amendments H.B. 58 Prohibits certain new school districts from levying a property tax prior to the year in which the district assumes responsibility for studen... 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... WY Vetoed 03/2007 P-12 Federal Mineral Royalties Deposits H.B. 278 Requires federal mineral royalties above $200 million to be deposited to the common school account within the permanent land fund after the ... More... TX Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Need for Lower Property Taxes S.C.R. 20 Based on the premise that the legislature finds that the existing need for lower school district property taxes constitutes an emergency for... More... AL Approved by voters 11/2006 P-12 Minimum 10 Mills Property Tax Statewide Amendment Number Two Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require at least 10 mills of property tax are levied for every school district in the sta... More... ID Rejected by voters 11/2006 P-12 Sales Tax and Local Public Schools Investment Fund Proposition 1 Relates to K-12 public school funding. Adds 1% sales tax rate, revenue stream for this component of K-12 local public school funding; creat... More... ID Approved by voters 11/2006 P-12 Property Tax Ballot Initiative Advisory Vote Submits an advisory vote to the electors regarding whether the state keep the property tax relief adopted in August 2006, reducing property ... More... OH Rejected by Voters. 11/2006 Postsec. Revenues to partially fund college scholarships V. 3 (STATE ISSUE 3; Initiative Petition) Proposes a Constitutional amendment to permit up to 31,500 slot machines at seven horse racing tracks a... More... SD Unofficially approved by Voters. 11/2006 P-12 Revenue for "Education Enhancement" V. 5 (INITIATED MEASURE 2) Increases the tax on cigarettes and tobacco products; dedicates revenue for tobacco prevention and cessation program, ... More... UT Adopted 11/2006 P-12 Funding for Reading Improvement Programs R277-422 Allows a school district to budget an increased amount of ad valorem property tax revenue in addition to revenue from new growth without th... More... WY Approved by voters 11/2006 P-12 Postsec. Limits Property Tax Revenue Redistribution to School Districts V. 2 Proposes an amendment (amendment B) to the Constitution to repeal the current limitation on the amount of property tax revenues that may be ... More... PA Vetoed 10/2006 P-12 Local Ability to Levy Tax S.B. 157 Amends the Local Tax Enabling Act of 1965. Authorizes political subdivisions and school districts, including independent school districts, ... More... MI Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Forest Property School District Tax Exemption S.B. 912 Provides a local school district property tax exemption for a qualified forest property; requires a filed affidavit or certificate; allows a... More... MI Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Forest Property School District Operating Mill Levy Exemption S.B. 914 Exempts qualified forest property from school district operating mills levied for school operating purposes. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/d... More... ID Signed into law 08/2006 P-12 Property Tax Relief Act H.B. 1A Creates the Property Tax Relief Act. Eliminates the education maintenance and operation levy on real property, which will reduce property ta... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2006 P-12 School Impact Fee Working Group S.B. 2708 Requires the school impact fee working group to submit supplemental findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the... More... NJ Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Revenue For School Facilities Projects Debt A.B. 4705 Raises the cigarette tax rate 17 1/2 cents per pack and changes tobacco products wholesale sales tax on moist snuff to a weight-based tax; p... More... NY Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Private Schools Eligible for Tax Abatements A.B. 11797 Includes private elementary or secondary school as eligible premises for purposes of tax abatements in New York city.... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Sharing Property Taxes H.B. 2764 Authorizes a school district to share its portion of incremental property taxes with a contiguous school district. http://coolice.legis.stat... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Property Taxation Interim Study Committee H.B. 2792 - Section 48 Requests the legislative council to establish an equity in property taxation interim study committee to review the provisions of chapter 257... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 District Financial Reports S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15 Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Parishwide School District of the Parish of Cameron S.B. 32 Recognizes that the parish of Cameron has suffered wide-spread devastation and crippling disruption from the effects of Hurricane Rita prohi... 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... 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 Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 05/2006 P-12 Education Finance Simplification H.B. 880 Relates to education finance simplification; entitles a homestead owner to an additional property tax adjustment amount equal to one percent... More... AL Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Sales Tax Exemption H.B. 564 Exempts any athletic event conducted by a public or nonpublic primary or secondary school under the auspices of the Alabama High School Athl... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2006 P-12 Maximum Tax Rate for School Districts S.B. 1206 Establishes a maximum tax rate that school districts can impose on taxpayers. Prohibits school boardsto fix, levy or assess a primary proper... More... ID Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Exemption from Property Tax H.B. 778 Allows a partial exemption from property tax if property is used for nonprofit school or educational purposes. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis... More... VA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Sales Tax Exemptions for School supplies S.B. 571 Provides a sales and use tax exemption, beginning in 2006, for certain school-related items purchased during a specific three-day period dur... More... UT Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Creates an Education Fund H.B. 294 Creates an Education Fund to receive all revenues from taxes on intangible property or from a tax on income; and makes technical corrections... More... VA Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 H.B. 532 Provides a sales and use tax exemption, beginning in 2006, for certain school supplies, clothing and footwear purchased during a three-day p... 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... 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... WI Signed into law 01/2006 P-12 Drug Crime Revenue for School Fund A.B. 40 (Act No. 91) Relates to the forfeiture of money derived from a drug crime; provides that forfeiture expenses includes all expenses of the proceedings for... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2005 P-12 Postsec. Impact Fees S.B. 1814 Authorizes the department of education to assess and collect impact fees as fair share contributions of developers for state public school f... More... TX SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005 P-12 Community College Career Centers H.B. 1253 From bill analysis: This bill amends the Development Corporation Act of 1979 (the Act) to allow industrial development corporations to under... More... TX SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. H.B. 1765 From fiscal note: The bill creates the Texas Emerging Technology Fund as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. Requires that 50 p... 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... 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... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Election Code H.B. 2468 Amends sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to school elections. Specifies that the annual school election may concern only issues autho... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Education Funding Study S.B. 2404 Directs a study of education funding by the legislative council. 1. The legislative council shall study enhanced funding for elementary an... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Individual Income Tax Contributions for Education H.B. 7 Repeals language designating certain individual income tax contributions to higher education because the contributions failed to generate $3... More... WI Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Community College Postsec. School District Revenue Limits A.B. 58 Relates to school district revenue limits and levy limits for cities, villages, towns, counties, and technical college districts. Generally,... More... VT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Education Property Tax Rates H.B. 61 Reduces education property tax rates for fiscal year 2006. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT001.HTM... More... ME Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 Education Costs and Property Taxes H.P. 6 Increases the State share of education costs; provides for reduction in property taxes; reduces government spending at all levels; provides ... More... MI Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Special Education and ISDs H.B. 5839 Clarifies and limits duration of intermediate school district millages to fund special education and vocational education; relates to the li... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Special Interest License Plates S.B. 1213 Increases the amount of the fees imposed for issuance and renewal of specified special interest license plates approved by the DMV in consul... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Controller: Financial Reports S.B. 1791 Requires the Controller to collect data regarding the total assessed valuation of all taxable property in each school district and compile t... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Property Tax Revenue Shifts S.B. 1909 Requires the auditor of a qualified county to increase the amount of ad valorem property tax revenue allocated to that county by the county ... More... ME On November 2004 Ballot 09/2004 P-12 Limits on Real and Property Taxes Ballot Initiative TITLE: An Act to Impose Limits on Real and Personal Property Taxes QUESTION: "Do you want to limit property taxes to 1% of the assessed valu... 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... MI Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Casino Gaming Tax H.B. 4612 Increases the wagering tax imposed on the adjusted gross receipts of an authorized casino gaming licensee; provides an increase in the taxat... More... FL Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Books, Clothing and School Supplies Sales FAC 12AER04-5 Implements the provisions of the law specifying a period during which the sale of certain books, clothing, and school supplies are exempt fr... More... NY Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Emergency Appropriations for Support of Government A.B. 11761 Enacts provisions of law necessary to implement emergency appropriations for the support of government; amends the property tax law relating... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 P-12 Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act H.B. 8318 Adds a new chapter: the Education Equity and Property Tax Relief Act; creates a joint legislative committee to establish a permanent educati... 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... AZ Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 License Plates for Character Education H.B. 2206 Requires the Arizona Department of Transportation (ADOT) to issue character education special license plates if the Department of Education ... More... OK Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund S.B. 912 Relates to Ad Valorem Reimbursement Fund to reimburse counties for school districts that claim a loss of revenues due to a tax exemption gra... More... TN Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Tax Deductions for Charitable School Organizations H.B. 1302 Creates tax credit for qualified contributions for qualified public school support organizations; provides that seventy-five percent of the ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Sales Tax Holiday H.B. 237 Specifies the period each year during which sales of clothing, books and school supplies are exempt from sales tax; provides definitions and... More... GA Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Sales Tax Exemption H.B. 1184 Renewed the exemptions from state sales and use tax, so as to provide for an exemption with respect to the sale of certain school supplies, ... More... IA Vetoed 05/2004 P-12 Tax Credits S.F. 2295 Allows individual income tax credits for contributions made to certain school tuition organizations and including an applicability date prov... 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... MI Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Education Tax Collection H.B. 5545 Revises reimbursement for collection of State Education Tax to certain cities and counties; provides that the cities and counties may keep $... 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... VT Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Rutland H.B. 774 Authorizes the Rutland school commissioners to adopt annual general fund budgets without voter approval provided that the actual homestead t... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School Finance H.B. 163 Amends KRS 160.615 to require payments and returns to be submitted to the Revenue Cabinet rather than the school districts. Creates new sec... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Local Taxation H.B. 458 Amend KRS 67.750 to revise the definitions of "employee," "gross receipts," and "internal revenue code"; define "sales revenue" and add scho... More... WI Vetoed 04/2004 Community College Revenue Bonds to Finance Services S.B. 384 From Legislative Reference Bureau: This bill authorizes a technical college district board, with the approval of the state Technical College... More... CT Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Authorization of Bonds S.B. 30 Concerns an authorization of bonds of the state for higher education capital improvements and other purposes; implements the Governors budge... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Tax Amnesty Program H.B. 1100 Creates a State Tax Penalty and Interest Amnesty Program for taxpayers who make a voluntary payment of State taxes during the period of July... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Ad Valorem Property Tax H.B. 1162 Increases the uniform rate of ad valorem property tax by three mills subject to the approval of the voters in this state to be used solely f... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 School Tax Rate Constitutional Amendment S.B. 73 Amends the procedures to implement Amendment 74 (SB 36) to the State Constitution relating to whether or not a school district is currently ... More... AR Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 02/2004 P-12 Revenue for Education H.B. 1030 Provides additional revenue to fund the education system; increases sales and wholesale vending tax; imposes sales tax on certain services; ... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 School Tax Rate Constitutional Amendment S.B. 36 Proposes a constitutional amendment; relates to the approval of school tax rates; amends provisions regarding sale of bonds; known as the Am... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Sales Tax and Instructional Materials H.B. 1028 Clarifies the exemption of sales tax to the sale of textbooks and instructional materials to state school districts and state public schools... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 School District and Assessed Property S.B. 21 Clarifies the computation of the value of assessed property within a school district and a redevelopment district; amends state funding to t... More... PA Signed into law 12/2003 P-12 Background Checks and Educational Improvement Tax Credit S.B. 80 Amends the Public School Code. Amends provisions related to background checks of prospective employees, tax levy and limitations, per capita... More... FL Signed into law 11/2003 P-12 Florida Education Finance Program S.B. 22 Increases funding for the Florida Education Finance Program through partial reduction of tax credits for contributions to nonprofit scholars... 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 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... AL Amendment did not pass - bill became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 09/2003 P-12 Excellence Initiative Fund Statewide Amendment No. 1 (H.B. 1) Proposing an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama of 1901, establishing the Alabama Excellence Initiative Fund which may be used to fund... More... CA Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Local Government Finance A.B. 1766 Decreases, for the fiscal adjustment period, the amount of ad valorem property tax revenue allocated to a county's Educational Revenue Augme... More... NC Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 State Fund for Certain Moneys S.B. 965 An Act to amend the North Carolina Constitution to provide that the General Assembly may place clear proceeds of civil penalties, civil forf... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 School District Additional or Supplemental Budgets H.B. 3101 Provides if a school district adopts, in a fiscal year, an additional or supplemental budget as a result of the voters in the school distric... More... AL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Income Tax Revenue H.B. 19 Relates to individual and corporate income tax to provide for funding for the public education; distribution of revenue to Education Trust F... More... GA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Sales Tax Holiday H.B. 43 Section 12 provides a 4-day sales tax holiday for school supplies, clothing, eye wear and certain technology items. http://www.legis.state.g... More... IL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Riverboat Gambling Act S.B. 1606 Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Increases the admission tax and the wagering tax. Provides that the additional wagering tax revenues shal... More... IL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Riverboat Gambling Act S.B. 1607 Amends the Riverboat Gambling Act. Provides intent to assist economic development and increase revenue to support education. http://www.legi... More... IL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act S.B. 969 Creates the Tax Delinquency Amnesty Act for the payment of certain taxes due to the state. Provides that interest and penalties for taxes pa... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School District Property Values S.B. 671 Relates to the determination of school district property values and the accountability of appraisal district operations. This bill provides... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Fund Composition and Transfers S.B. 206 Relates to the composition of the Permanent School Fund and the Available School Fund and to procedures governing transfers from the Permane... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Sale and Lease of Public School Land H.B. 2249 Relates to sale and lease of public school land. Currently, the School Land Board (SLB) does not have the authority to use brokers to marke... More... VT Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. Higher Education Investment Plan H.B. 141 Relates to the state higher education investment plan income tax credit; provides that contributions to such account shall be eligible for a... More... WA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 State Property Taxes S.B. 6058 Modifies the distribution of state property taxes. For the 2005-2006 school year, requires that an amount equal to three hundred dollars pe... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Nonstate Aid School Districts H.B. 2126 Allow a "non-state aid" school district to increase its property tax rate in order to fund anticipated enrollment growth, subject to certain... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Property Tax Assessment and Levy Increases S.B. 1331 Prohibits a community college district, county, city, or town from levying or assessing primary property tax rates higher than the prior yea... More... GA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Assessment, Maximum Class size, Instruction, Revenue S.B. 249 Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test quest... More... ID Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Unsafe and Unhealthy Schools H.B. 403 Establishes a safe school facilities levy; establishes criteria under which the levy may be imposed and allows for judicial confirmation whe... More... IL Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Impact fees H.B. 528 -- Public Act 93-330 Adds a new authorization to the Counties Code and Municipal Code for purposes of implementing ordinances regarding developer donations or im... More... NE GOVERNOR'S veto overridden by LEGISLATURE. 05/2003 P-12 Community College School Levies and State Aid L.B. 540 Amends provisions relating to state aid, allowable growth for school district budgets, school levies. Provides for a statutory computation ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Bond Equalization Levy H.B. 319 Relates to the school bond levy equalization support program to change the time limitations which govern certain bond and bond levy amounts;... More... ID Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Charter School Property Tax Exemption H.B. 255 Amends existing law to provide that property used primarily for charter school purposes is exempt from property taxation; and to provide fo... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Job Mentorship Tax Credit H.B. 572 Creates the job mentorship tax credit; providing income tax and corporate income tax credits for employment of youth participating in career... 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 Timber Disposal on Highways to Benefit Education Enhancment Fund S.B. 2102 Allows the Mississippi Transportation Commission to enter into an agreement with the state forestry commission for the general supervision a... More... SD Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Property Taxes H.B. 1064 Revises the property taxes of the general fund of a school district (rates for personal dwellings, agricultural, etc.) All levies are to be... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Education Support License Plates S.B. 176 Modifies the Motor Vehicles Code by adding a Public Education Support special group license plate to provide financial support to the state ... More... WY Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Amendment for Public Schools Constitutional Amendment A (S.J.R. 6) Proposes a Constitutional amendment. The adoption of this amendment eliminates a maximum on the amount of revenues rebated from school dist... More... AR Signed by Governor 02/2003 Postsec. Community College County Tax for Community Colleges H.B. 1019 Requires a county sales tax levied for maintenance and operation of any technical college, two-year college, community college or satellite ... 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... AZ Approved by voters 11/2002 P-12 State School Trust Land Revenues Proposition 300 Directs earnings above the 2000-2001 level to be deposited in the classroom site fund for class size reduction, teacher raises, and other sp... More... AZ Approved by voters 11/2002 P-12 Indian Gaming Preservation and Self-Reliance Act Proposition 202 Directs governor to approve new tribal gaming compacts. 1% to 8% of tribes' gross income goes to the state to fund school district programs... More... GA Approved by voters 11/2002 P-12 Change school tax homestead exemption for those 62 or older STATEWIDE REFERENDUM A (2001, HB 299) Relates to homestead exemptions from school district ad valorem taxation for educational purposes for residents who are 62 ye... More... MO Rejected by voters 11/2002 P-12 Additional tobacco tax for early childhood and other programs Proposition A Imposes an additional tax per cigarette and other tobacco products, with the new revenues placed into a Healthy Families Trust Fund to be us... More... UT Rejected by voters 11/2002 P-12 Revenue for Education Citizen's Initiative 1 Initiative 1 changes Utah's regulatory and tax framework affecting the disposal and storage of radioactive waste. It provides stricter regul... More... NY Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Property Taxes S.B. 6221 Creates a special equalization formula for counties to apply to towns when determining county and school district tax apportionment which ba... More... NY Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Property Tax Relief - Senior Citizens S.B. 7532 Authorizes the legislative body of any county which is a special assessing unit to grant partial abatement of the general county tax upon re... 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... OR Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Task Force H.B. 4063C Creates a Revenue Options, School Funding and Accountability Task Force and a an Advisory Council; directs the task force and council to stu... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Tobacco Tax for Education S.B. 856 Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricte... More... AZ Became law without governor's signature 06/2002 P-12 Tax Change Resulting from Creation of Joint Education Districts Omnibus--H.B. 2710 Specifies that when districts that wish to form a joint technological education district submit question to electors of each school district... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Finance Bill - Funding Component H.B. 1349 Amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to comply with section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, requires the general assembl... More... IL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Cigarette Tax and School Infrastructure Fund H.B. 539 Amends the Cigarette Tax and the Cigarette Use Tax; increases the tax from 58 cents per pack of cigarettes to 98 cents per pack; provides fo... More... LA Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Income Tax Credits for Child Care and Educational Costs H.B. 238 Revises the individual income tax credit for child care expenses and educational costs.... More... MO Signed by governor 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill: School Funding Portion H.B. 1711 Adds a definition of "district equalized assessed valuation" to the definitions that are used in interpreting the state school funding formu... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Schools of the Future Fund S.B. 1248 Additional revenue from miscellaneous tax revenues (e.g. unclaimed, abandoned and seized money and property) will go to the Schools of the F... 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... TN Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2002 P-12 Property Tax Abatements H.B. 2672 Directs the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study the overall effect on local public education when property taxes or ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Other Finance Changes S.B. 20E In funds for student transportation, shifts rule authority from commissioner to state board (see bill section 660, page 1239, line 8 ff); pe... More... IA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Two percent growth S.B. 2328 Provides for the establishment of the state 2 percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program.... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Commission on State Fiscal Structure H.B. 1 Establishes a Commission on State's Fiscal Structure; requires the Commission to review and evaluate the State's budget and tax structure; r... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Tax to Support Prince George's County Programs H.B. 949 Establishes sales and use tax on telecommunications service in Prince George's County. Net proceeds from the revenue must be used only as s... 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... AL Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Barbour County Tax Levy H.B. 645 Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama; levies additional taxes, either an additional ad valorem tax or an additional ad valor... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Postsec. Iowa School Taxes H.B. 2116 Updates the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code, repealing an adjustment to net income for capital gains from installment sale... More... ME Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Tax Credits H.B. 1655 Establishes a tax credit for individuals or corporations that provide a contribution that promotes the postsecondary educational attainment ... More... MI Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Bond Authority to Fund Deficits H.B. 5415 Amends a section of the Revised School Code relating to a school district's bond authority to fund a deficit.... More... AL Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 City of Cullman Tax Levy H.B. 440 Authorizes the governing body of the City of Cullman to increase the rate at which there is levied and collected by the city, on all taxable... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Sales Taxes May Refund Some School Bonds S.B. 1424 Amends existing law to authorize the pledge of state sales tax moneys for payment of refunding school bonds issued on and after March 1, 199... More... ID Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 H.B. 680 Provides that for school districts, beginning 1/1/02, only the portion of property tax replacement received to replace property exempt from ... More... MI Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 H.B. 5412 Makes a technical amendment to the Revised School Code relating to a school district's annual estimates for taxes needed for such district's... More... MI Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Expenditure of Tax Monies H.B. 5410 Makes a technical amendment to the provision of law relating to the expenditure of tax monies by schools under the Revised School Code.... More... MI Public Act No. 03/2002 P-12 H.B. 5417 Amends a section of the Revised School Code relating to the money raised from taxes by a school district to pay for discharging the principa... More... MS Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Oil and Gas Severance Taxes S.B. 2389 Relates to oil and gas severance taxes; clarify deposit of state's share of revenues into the Budget Contingency Fund and the Minimum Educat... More... WA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Local Effort Assistance Program H.B. 3011 Modifies and studies the local effort assistance program; provides that the purpose of the funds is to mitigate the effect that above averag... More... AL Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Tax Levy for Public Schools H.B. 339 Authorizes the governing body of the City of Athens to increase the rate at which there is levied and collected, on all taxable property sit... More... SD Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Excess Tax Levys S.B. 89 Allows school board to initiate a vote relating to the imposition of an excess tax levy; declares an emergency.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Excess Tax Levy Votes H.B. 1112 Allows school boards to initiate a vote relating to the imposition of an excess tax levy with the use of a resolution.... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Support for Literacy Volunteers A.B. 2545 Establishes the Literacy Volunteers of America - New Jersey Fund; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax retu... More... WA Approved by voters 11/2001 P-12 Property Tax Limitation Initiative 747 Initiative Measure No. 747 concerns limiting property tax increases. This measure would require state and local governments to limit propert... More... WA Approved by voters 11/2001 P-12 Property Tax Limitation Initiative 747 Initiative 747, which limits property tax levy increases to 1% per year, (unless a greater increase is approved by voters), passed with 826,... More... NH Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001 P-12 Property Tax H.B. 170 Relates to State fees, funds, revenues and expenditures; part of the bill decreases the rate of the education property tax.... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 State Tax Calculations H.B. 1262 Requires office of State Planning and Budgeting to calculate amount of State income tax revenues that must be diverted to State Education Fu... More... FL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Additional School Taxes S.B. 1872 Allows a school district that is operating under a Seal of Best Financial Management to levy, by local referendum, additional district schoo... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Tax Credits for Employer-Paid Scholarships H.B. 2521 Requires the Student Assistance Commission to develop and adopt rules that provide the minimum criteria that an employer must meet in order ... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 06/2001 P-12 Tax Incentives H.B. 1200 Authorizes certain ad valorem tax incentives for economic development; authorizes school districts to provide tax relief for certain corpora... 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... OK Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Tax Deductions for Oklahoma College Savings Plan Accounts H.B. 1896 Authorizes deduction for contributions to Oklahoma College Savings Plan Accounts. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001, there... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Deductions for Oregon Qualified Tuition Savings Plan H.B. 3080 1999 SB 756 established the Oregon Qualified Tuition Savings Plan. Beginning 2001, annual contributions up to $2,000 to a qualified account ... More... AL Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Property Taxes for Education S.B. 363 Levies a special ad valorem tax for public school purposes at the rate of 12 mills on each one dollar on the value of property in Mobile Cou... 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... WV Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Locally Raised Revenues S.B. 237 Establishes that tax revenues raised by counties, school districts or municipalities are not revenues of the state.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School District Millage Rollback H.B. 2098 Amends School District Millage Rollback compensation appropriation for the 2001-2003 biennium.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Expanding Bonded Indebtedness H.B. 2240 Authorizes an increase in school district bond debt to 35% of the assessed value of real and personal property in the district in cases of u... 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... ND Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Tax Structure Study S.B. 2428 The legislative council shall consider studying the state and local tax structure for funding of elementary and secondary education to deter... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Tax Deductions for Contributions H.B. 281 Relates to an individual income tax deduction for contributions for education to allow for contributions made to applied technology centers ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Timing: Adjusting Property Tax Levies H.B. 1187 Revises the time period for adjusting property tax levies for the purpose of maintaining the state's percentage of aid to general and specia... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Tax Refunds as School Contributions H.B. 2583 Permits individuals to designate that a specified amount of their income tax refunds, or additional amounts, be contributed to local school ... More... AL Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Changes in State Property Tax Provisions V. 6 PROPOSED AMENDMENT NUMBER 4 (ACT NO. 2000-242) Amends the State Constitution; repeals the provision that no district school ad valorem tax s... More... AZ Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Community College Sales Tax for Education Proposition 301 (S.B. 1007E) Provides for an increase to the transaction privilege tax rate from 5.0% to 5.6% to provide greater funding for teacher salarie... More... CA Unofficially approved by Voters 11/2000 P-12 Community College Changing Bond Approval from 75% to 55% V. 29 PROPOSITION 39 Authorizes bonds for construction, reconstruction, rehabilitation or replacement of school facilities if approved by 55% vote... More... GA Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Tax Exemption for Military Widow/Widower V. 10 QUESTION C (HB 446-2000) Provides that any person who is a citizen and resident of Georgia and who is an unremarried surviving spouse of a m... More... OK Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 State Question 690 V. 5 STATE QUESTION 690 (HJR 1019-2000) Amends the State Constitution concerning ad valorem tax levies; provides procedure for making certain ad ... More... WA Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Property Tax Limitation Ballot Initiative 722 Initiative 722 asked, "Shall certain 1999 tax and fee increases be nullified, vehicles exempted from property taxes, and property tax increa... More... WA Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Property Tax Limitation Initiative 722 This measure would declare null and void tax and fee increases adopted without voter approval by state and local governments between July 2,... More... NJ Vetoed 10/2000 P-12 Senior Citizen Stabilization Aid S.B. 110 Revises eligibility criteria of school districts for senior citizen stabilization aid; increases per pupil aid amount; states additional sup... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Petitions for Charters and Passage of School Bonds A.B. 2659 Requires the State Board of Education to develop criteria for the review and approval of charter school petitions. Makes technical revision... More... NY Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Property Tax Revisions S.B. 7774 Relates to the apportionment of school taxes; provides that where determined that a city or town has implemented a reassessment at full valu... More... NY Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 School District Taxes S.B. 8115 Establishes special equalization rates in assessing units having an electric generating facility for the purposes of apportioning school dis... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 State Tax Limitation Issues A.B. 2880 Chapter No. 76; Relates to existing law which requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction, for the 2000-01 fiscal year, to certify to ... More... CA Re-referred to Senate Committee on Local Government 06/2000 P-12 Tax Distribution Issues A.B. 822 Applies existing law which requires the county auditor, in each fiscal year, to allocate property tax revenue to local jurisdictions in acco... More... CA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Teacher Tax Credit A.B. 2879 Allows a credit for each taxable year beginning on or after 01/01/2000, to credentialed teachers in an amount equal to specified amounts dep... More... CO Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Defining "School" for Property Tax Exemptions H.B. 1268 Concerns the assessment of property for tax purposes; specifies that the definition of "school" for property tax purposes includes a license... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Tax Exempt School Property S.B. 290 Relates to ad valorem taxation; delays the year of implementation of provisions which require that, in connection with renewal of specified ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Tax-Equivalent Grants H.B. 3406 Public Act No. 91-723; When state institution is located in a district in which the state owns 45% or more of the total land area, the distr... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Prepaid Tuition Program S.B. 1537 Amends the Prepaid Tuition Act and the Probate Act of 1975; provides that the Section exempting the assets and income of the Prepaid Tuition... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Changes provisions for certification of tax levy H.B. 3435 Amends the School Code; changes when a school board may amend a certificate of tax levy to when a change in the assessed valuation resulting... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Commercial Tax Abatements H.B. 494 Authorizes a class 6 city, with respect to commercial property, for a period of up to 15 years, to abate all or any part of the portion of m... More... CO Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Tax Credits for Contributions H.B. 1052 Concerns an income tax credit for monetary contributions to the Colorado Institute for Telecommunication Education.... 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... AL Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Ad Valorem Taxes H.B. 123 Proposes an amendment to the Constitution; repeals the provision that no school district district ad valorem tax shall be voted upon or coll... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Tax-Free Week H.B. 170, S.B. 103 Designates the week of August 11, 2000, through August 17, 2000, as a tax-free week during which various sales and use tax exemptions will a... More... NE Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 School Finance L.B. 968 Relates to revenue and taxation; changes provisions relating to the Nebraska Budget Act, tax levies, joint public agencies, taxation of publ... 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... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Property Tax H.B. 1403 Relates to the allotment of homeowner tax relief funds to counties and local school districts; changes the manner in which ad valorem tax cr... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Property Tax S.B. 199 This bill reduces the maximum tax rates that a school district may levy starting in the year 2001. The rates are reduced in the following m... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Revises Property Tax Levies H.B. 1139 Revises the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Special Tax Districts S.B. 483 Authorizes establishment of special tax districts within counties containing town operating a school district; provides for calculation and ... 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... 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... WI Vetoed 11/1999 P-12 Property Tax Changes A.B. 1A Relates to creating a tax rebate for individuals, repealing the school property tax rent credit, reducing the amount that is available under... More... LA Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Authorizes Sales Tax S.B. 986 Authorizes a sales tax of 5% for parishes, school boards, and school districts.... More... LA Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Levy of Sales and Use Taxes H.B. 2077 Relates to the levy of sales and use taxes by school boards; authorizes certain school boards, subject to voter approval, to levy and collec... More... AL Signed by governor 06/1999 P-12 Ad Valorem Taxation and Tax Distributions for Education H.B. 254 Relates to the ad valorem taxation of all taxable property in Mobile County; provides for tax distributions for education.... More... LA Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Authorizes Levy and Collection of Sales and Use Taxes H.B. 2113 Relates to the levy of sales and use taxes by school boards; authorizes certain school boards, subject to voter approval, to levy and collec... More... LA Signed by governor 06/1999 P-12 Authorizes Levy and Collection of Sales and Use Tax H.B. 1176 Authorizes the Vermilion Parish School Board to levy and collect an additional sales and use tax.... More... NH Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Provides for Phased-In Collection of Education Property Tax H.B. 745 Provides for phased-in collection of education property tax in certain municipalities; authorizes the town of Ashland to call a special meet... More... VT Signed into law 06/1999 P-12 Limits to Special Education Aid and Property Tax Sources H.B. 548 Relates to limits to aid for special education and the granting thereof; provides for average daily attendance funding; provides for payment... More... DE Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Exemptions of Real Estate from Taxation H.B. 114 Provides that effective January 1, 1998, each county may exercise the authority to exempt real estate from county taxation without exempting... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Education Funding and Uniform Tax Rate S.B. 755 Provides for an act to amend various sections of Title 6 and Title 26 of the Arkansas code relative to funding of public education and the d... 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... NJ Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 New Jersey School Assessment Valuation Exemption Relief and Homestead Property Tax Rebate Act S.B. 12 Establishes the New Jersey School Assessment Valuation Exemption Relief and Homestead Property Tax Rebate Act; provides direct property tax ... More... SD Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Revises Property Tax Levies H.B. 1151 Revises the property tax levies for the general fund of a school district.... More... NH Signed into law 01/1999 P-12 Establishes Uniform Education Property Tax and Utility Property Tax H.B. 117 Establishes a uniform education property tax and utility property tax; increases the business profit tax and real estate transfer taxes; inc... More... MT Signed by governor 12/1998 P-12 School Finance H.B. 90 Authorizes a school district to anticipate the amount of certain nonlevy revenue for computation of the general fund levy requirement; clari... More... DE Died 10/1998 P-12 Tax Credit for Elderly H.B. 339 Creates a tax credit for persons over age 65 or the widowed spouses of such persons, requires the school district, by way of the county, to ... More... VT Signed into law 09/1998 P-12 Sets Formula for Education Property Tax H.B. 771 Property Taxes Sets formula for statewide education property tax for fiscal year 2000.... More... CT Died 07/1998 P-12 Financing Public Education H.B. 5129, H.B. 5133, H.B. 5144 & H.B. 5152 Concerns an increase in the state share of local public education expenditures; reduce the reliance on the property tax to finance public ed... More... MI Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 S.B. 590 Excepts casinos from renaissance zone status in the Commercial Redevelopment Act; relates to the commercial facilities tax; relates to prope... More... LA Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 S.B. 162 Provides relative to the implementation of Act 721 of 1997 Regular Session which authorized slot machine gaming at certain live horse racing... More... KY Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 207 Establishes a trust and revolving account consisting of one percent of the excise tax and wholesale tax imposed on malt beverages; requires ... More... ID Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 1535 Property Tax/Sales Tax Relates to property tax replacement in school funding; strikes reference to sales tax receipts; provides that appropriations shall be made f... More... SD Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 233 Reduces tax levies for general funds of a school district for the purpose of maintaining the relationship between state aid to general educa... More... VT Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 577 Proposes to make technical corrections and clarify policy provision in the Equal Educational Opportunity Act pertaining to property taxes; a... More... OH Signed into law 02/1998 P-12 H.B. 697 Levies an additional 1% sales and use tax, the proceeds of which must be used for schools and to provide property tax relief; authorizes tax... More... TX Passed 08/1997 P-12 TX V. 1 (New Bill) On 08/09/97 Ballot., PROPOSITION NUMBER 1 (H.J.R. 4-1997) Amends the Constitution by increasing the school property tax residence homestead ... More... VT Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 527 Major Additional Studies and Reports Legislative Oversight Committee on Restructuring Education, to be composed of ten members of the General Assembly, to oversee the implementa... More... AK Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 13 Increase of Excise Tax on Cigarettes and Tobacco Products Increases the excise tax on cigarettes and tobacco products; specifies the use of the proceeds for state support of elementary and secondary... More... CO Died 01/1997 P-12 H.B. 1004 Tax Credit for High Technology Property for Educational Institution Creates a corporate income tax credit for high technology property donated by a corporate taxpayer to an educational instutution (a school d... More... GA Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 H.R. 728 Finances Amends to the State Constitution Authorizes the boards of education of county school district and independent school districts to impose, le... 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... AL Died 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 71 Tax Credit for Technology Provides a tax credit for taxpayers who donate high technology equipment to public schools.... 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... 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