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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--Common Core/National Tests Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency 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--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 Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Computer Science 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 Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Economic/Workforce Development--Value of an Education Education Research Equity Federal Finance OR Signed into law 07/2013 P-12 Data Collection of Class Size and Licensed Teachers H.B. 2644 Requires public education programs to collect and submit data to the department of education on the number of K-12 students in their classes and the number of licenced or registered teachers assigned to students. Collected data will then be made available to ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2013 P-12 Postsec. Education Task Force S.B. 169 Creates the Education Task Force. Establishes membership of legislative leaders). Directs the task force to review and make recommendations on public education and higher education issues, including: (1) Long-term education policies to help job creation and ... More... CT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Charter School Approval and Funding S.B. 458 (Sec. 29-31) Starting in FY 14, allows the SBE (starting in 2014), within available appropriations, to approve (1) operating grants of up to $ 3,000 per student and (2) grants of up to $ 500,000 as startup costs to establish local charter schools on or after J... More... MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Revenue from Students Graduating Early H.F. 2949 Repeals the provision that required general education revenues for a student graduating early to be paid as though the student was in attendence for the entire year. Also repeals a provision that exempted these requirements for student participation in the two... More... MI Signed into law 12/2011 P-12 State School Aid Act S.B. 691 Amends Section 25 of the State School Aid Act, which provides for adjustments in foundation allowance funding for pupils enrolled in alternative education programs or strict discipline academies, when those pupils are enrolled after the count date after having... More... AK Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Finance S.B. 84 An Act amending the funding for statewide residential educational programs; relating to funding for high school vocational and technical instruction as a component of funding for public schools; allows taxpayers a credit against the tax due for cash contributi... More... MN Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Integration Revenue Replacement Advisory Task Force H.F. 26 (a) Directs the education commissioner to convene a 12-member advisory task force to develop recommendations for repurposing integration revenue funds to create and sustain opportunities for students to achieve improved educational outcomes. Requires the task ... More... AL To governor 06/2011 P-12 Monthly Reporting on Education Trust Fund H.B. 25 Requires the Department of Finance to produce monthly reports on the condition of the Education Trust Fund. Provides legislative intent that such reports increase the transparency of state finances and, when conditions emerge that make budget proration likely,... More... MN Vetoed 06/2011 P-12 Omnibus Education Policy Bill H.F. 1381 Omnibus Education Policy Bill https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H1381.5.html&session=ls87... More... NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 Transferring Funds for School Building Administration H.B. 200 - Transferring Funds for School Building Administration Permits local school administrative units to transfer funds for school building administration for any purpose not otherwise prohibited by the state board's ABC transfer policy, by submitting an ABC Transfer Form to the department of public instruction. For fu... More... OR Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Oregon Education Investment Board and Early Learning Council S.B. 909 Establishes the Oregon Education Investment Board to oversee a unified public education system that begins with early childhood services and continues K-20. Identifies the duties of the board, including: (1) Ensuring that early childhood services are streamlin... More... PA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Multiple Sections - Intermediate Unit Transparency H.B. 1352 Section 907-A requires the posting of financial and contract information for Intermediate Units. Section 921-A brings the intermediate units in line with other education agencies with regard to posting of financial reports. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI... More... WA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Finance H.B. 1131 Modifies provisions relating to the student achievement program general fund allocation. http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1131.SL.pdf... More... MN Vetoed 05/2011 P-12 Omnibus School Finance Bill H.F. 934 Omnibus K-12 Finance Bill https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H0934.4.html&session=ls87... More... MN Vetoed 05/2011 P-12 Omnibus Education Finance Bill H.F. 934 Contains conference committee recommendations for the funding of K-12 education in Minnesota. https://www.revisor.mn.gov/bin/showPDF.php... More... OR Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Finance S.B. 5545 Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or otherrevenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Teacher Standards and Practices Commission. http://www.leg.state.or.us/11reg/measures/sb... More... AR Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Training on Audit Procedures H.B. 1708 Requires school district board members to obtain professional development concerning audit procedures. Defines scope and content of training and when a school board member must undergo training. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act1213.pd... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Outcomes Based Funding H.B. 2710 Establishes the 13-member Joint Legislative Study Committee on Outcome-Based Education Funding (Committee). Instructs the Committee to develop legislation to transition public school funding from a system based on instructional hours to a system based on stude... More... ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Charter School Closure S.B. 1149 Creates a new section which will provide provisions in the event of an unanticipated public charter school closure. The provisions require school districts or public charter schools to report students newly enrolled who were enrolled from a public charter that... More... MS Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 District Finance for Students In Corrections Facility S.B. 2388 Authorizes the Mississippi Department of Education to develop and promulgate policies and procedures regarding financial reimbursements to the sponsoring school district from school districts that have students of record or compulsory-school-age residing in sa... More... OK Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Pension Funding Accountability Act of 2011 H.B. 1007 Each month the State Department of Education is required to transfer the monies apportioned to the Teachers' Retirement System Dedicated Revenue Revolving Fund to the Teachers' Retirement System of Oklahoma to be used by the System, for the benefit of that sys... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Revenue Receipts H.B. 1296 Clarifies the definition of revenue receipts of a school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Bills/HB1296.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Oversight of Desegregation Funds H.B. 1878 Provides oversight of and accountability for state desegregation funding received and expended by the Pulaski County School Districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2011/2011R/Acts/Act701.pdf... More... KS Adopted 03/2011 P-12 School Finance H.C.R. 5010 Resolution would create a statewide vote on a constitutional amendment to clarify that it is the Kansas Legislation that has the authority to "make suitable provision for finance of the educational interests of the state in an equitable manner in in such amoun... More... MS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Funds to Nonprofit Foundations H.B. 1227 Authorizes local school boards to disburse funds to a nonprofit foundation that exists to enhance the public educational experience and quailty of instruction for studnets in that district. Defines conditions that must be met prior to disbursement of furnds. h... More... MS Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Purchase of Easements H.B. 1126 Authorizes local school boards to purchase easements for access to 16th section lands. Prohibits the use of eminent domain by any local school board or governing authority to acquire easement access to 16th section lands or lieu lands. http://billstatus.ls.sta... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Standards of Quality H.B. 1792/S.B. 1270 Codifies in the Standards of Quality the flexibility to use funds provided in the appropriation act and provided to local school divisions for certain staffing standards related to instructional staff in mathematics, limited English proficiency, reading, techn... More... VA Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Unfunded Programs H.B. 1885 Deletes references to educational programs that have not been funded and do not exist and updates language in other sections to conform to current practice. http://lis.virginia.gov/cgi-bin/legp604.exe?111+ful+CHAP0216+pdf... More... DE Signed into law 02/2011 P-12 Needs-Based Funding H.B. 1 Allows services for children with disabilities to be funded based on identified individual needs rather than on their classification or placement. The "needs-based" funding system provides more flexibility to districts and charter schools in the provision of s... More... CA Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 Eligibility of Entities for Federal Funding A.B. 1683 From bill analysis: Requires the state board of education to include school districts, county offices of education, charter schools and other agencies deemed eligible pursuant to state and federal law, in any application for federal aid to education, in any al... More... NJ Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 State Funding for Special Education Services A.B. 2300 Clarifies that a school district is eligible to receive and use chapter 193 State funding to provide special education evaluation services to nonpublic school pupils who are not residents of the State. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2010/Bills/AL10/71_.HTM... More... IL Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Unfunded Mandates Prohibited H.B. 4711 Provides that no public school district or private school is obligated to comply with any new unfunded mandate adopted by the legislature or state board of education. Provides that if the amount appropriated to fund a new mandate does not fully fund the mandat... More... GA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Georgia Education Authority H.B. 936 - Section 2 and 3 Amends language related to the Georgia Education Authority (Schools). Reduces authority membership from 7 to 5 members; replaces existing members with 3 gubernatorial appointees, one appointee of the lieutenant governor, and one appointee of the speaker of the... More... GA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Amendments to Transparency in Government Act S.B. 389 Amends "Transparency in Government Act" to include in the definition of "agency" all departments (including the department of education), any regional education service agency and local boards of education. Existing provisions require information on financials... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Statewide E-Rate Program Fund H.B. 2725--Multiple Provisions Establishes the Statewide E-Rate Program Fund to be administered by the Government Information Technology Agency (GITA) and consisting of the following: (1) Monies received pursuant to the E-Rate Program under the Telecommunications Act of 1996 or other grants... More... CT Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Grants to Assist with Implementation of New Grad Requirements S.B. 438 - Sec. 18 Requires the state department of education to, within available appropriations, provide grants to local/regional school districts to begin implementation of the new high school graduation requirements (see section 16 of this bill). http://www.cga.ct.gov/2010/A... More... SC Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Teacher and Administrator Salaries H.J.R. 4838 Provides that a local school district may pay teachers based on the years of experience the teacher possessed in fiscal year 2009-2010 without negative impact to their experience credit; Provides that school districts may not pay district or school administrat... 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 for budget cuts to the State Department of Education; authorizes the State Board of Education to adopt rules and regula... More... IN Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Funding Remedial Programs and School Fund Transfers H.B. 1367 Adds a new chapter to the code, Chapter 8.5--Reading Deficiency Remediation Plan. Requires the state superintendent and the state board to develop a plan to improve reading skills of students and implement appropriate remediation techniques for students. ... 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 that a district that receives a loan shall pledge to repayment any part of the homestead exemption annual tax loss reimb... More... SD Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Finance S.B. 67 Revises property tax levies for the general fund of a school district; relates to agricultural property and single-family dwellings. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2010/Bills/SB67ENR.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Change in Sales Tax Disbursal H.B. 669/S.B. 413 Eliminates the requirement that every three years a census of all school-age persons residing within each school division take place; eliminates all related requirements regarding appointment and compensation of persons taking census, agents, and census result... More... WA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Finance H.B. 2893 Changes school levy provisions; modifies the maximum levy percentage for specified calendar years; modifies provisions concerning the allocation of state matching funds to eligible districts. Chapter 237 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bi... More... WY Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Interdistrict Distance Education H.B. 41 Relates to school finance; excludes district revenues derived from any tuition assessed by a district for the provision of distance education programs to participating nonresident students from local resource computations used in computing foundation program a... More... ID Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Unclaimed Property Act H.B. 385 Relates to unclaimed property; allows the administrator of the Unclaimed Property Act a period of five years prior to turning property over to the Public School Endowment Fund; requires holders reporting ten or more properties to report in a format required by... More... NV Vetoed 02/2010 P-12 Unpaid Furlough Leave S.B. 3B Provides for a temporary reduction in salary in lieu of furlough leave for state employees who are exempt from taking unpaid furlough leave; require the approval of a plan for additional overtime to be approved before the overtime is worked; provides for a tem... More... NV Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 Finance A.B. 5B Provides a temporary waiver for the biennium to each school district, charter school and university school for profoundly gifted pupils from the minimum expenditure requirements for textbooks, instructional supplies, instructional software and instructional ha... More... VT Signed into law 02/2010 P-12 An Act Relating to Challenges for Change S.B. 286 Puts forth challenge to policy makers, administrators, service providers, and school administrators to design outcome-driven changes in service and performance, to implement these changes with reduced state funding, and to maintain accountability for meeting g... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 School Finance Working Group A.B. 8 Expresses legislative findings and declarations regarding the state's school funding system. Requires a working group to be convened to make findings and recommendations to the legislature and the governor by December 2010 regarding restructuring the state's s... More... CA Vetoed 10/2009 P-12 School Finance S.B. 84 Conditions the reduction of the revenue limit or general purpose entitlement for school districts upon certification by the superintendent of public instruction that an equivalent amount of additional federal or state funds that may be used by a district or ch... 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 bring per-pupil spending up to or beyond the national average, and to a level that accounts for the actual cost of educat... More... NY Vetoed 09/2009 P-12 Tuition Rates for Out-of-District Students A.B. 8245 Outlines the tuition rate that school districts or private schools may charge for out-of-district students for the 2010-11 school year. Provides the tuition amount is to be paid by the student's home district. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08245&sh=t... More... AZ Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2010C Concerns criminal justice budget reconciliation; relates to juvenile probation, probation surcharges, probation officers, community punishment programs, emancipation of minors, the drug treatment and education fund, the lengthy trial fund, the child support an... More... NC Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Personal Financial Literacy Education Required H.B. 1474 Requires credit education for all students; provides that each student receive personal financial literacy instruction that includes the true cost of credit, choosing and managing a credit card, borrowing money for an automobile or other large purchase, home m... More... NH Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Charter School Average Daily Membership H.B. 169 Requires that pupils attending an approved chartered public school be counted in the average daily membership in residence. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0169.html... More... AZ Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2002C Relates to k-12 education budget reconciliation; provides for calculating equalization assistance for charter schools; provides that a school district or charter school is ineligible to receive basic state aid for certain children readmitted to kindergarten; p... More... IL Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Speeding Fine Funds S.B. 75 Amends provisions specifying which programs may receive funds realized from fines for violating special speed limit in school zone. Adds the Safe Routes to School Program and safety programs within the School Safety and Educational Improvement Block Grant Prog... More... NC Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Financial Literacy Council S.B. 1019 Establishes a Financial Literacy Council to coordinate and expand the statewide delivery of financial education for all North Carolinians; the council will consider and make recommendations to address (among other things) the current personal financial literac... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Reimbursement for Students in Residential Facilities H.B. 1 - Section 3313.64 From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Requires school districts that owe tuition for a regular education student housed in a residential facility to pay an amount determined by a formula approved by ODE, if the student (1) resides in a facility that is not a foster hom... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 School Funding Advisory Council H.B. 1 - Section 3306.29, 3306.291 and 3306.292 Section 3306.29: Establishes the Ohio school funding advisory council. Directs the council, by December 1, 2010 and every other year thereafter, to provide recommendations to the state board, the general assembly and the public for revisions to the adequacy co... More... DE Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Local Control of State Education Funds H.B. 119 Takes several steps targeted at allowing local schools and districts to make better decisions at the local level to educate students. Its provisions include permitting local districts substantially more discretion with respect to expenditure of state education... More... DE Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Pilot Academic Achievement Awards program S.B. 151 Creates a pilot Academic Achievement Awards program, which would use federal stimulus funds to make financial awards to schools that significantly close the achievement gap and schools that exceed their adequate yearly progress for two or more consecutive year... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Financial Literary Pilot A.B. 1943 Establishes pilot program in Department of Education to provide instruction in personal finance to high school seniors. http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/A2000/1943_I1.HTM... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 5525 Limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding lottery funds and federal funds, collected or received by Oregon Health Licensing Agency; declares emergency, effective July 1, 2009. Chapter 650 ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 High School Innovation Grant Initiative H.B. 2263 Extends the high school innovation grant initiative to middle and junior high schools. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02263F.pdf... 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 fund to be reserved from use in guaranteeing bonds. Section 70: Requires districts seeking state guarantee of eligible ... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Tribal Language Revitalization Grants A.B. 75 Permits a school board or cooperative educational service agency, in conjunction with a tribal education authority, to apply to the state department of education for a grant to support innovative, effective instruction in one or more American Indian languages.... More... ID Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 262 Amends and repeals existing law relating to education; revises provisions relating to severance payments; revises provisions relating to the determination of allowances; revises provisions relating to certain incentives; revises provisions relating to employin... 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 in the state. Requires a study on the collection and reporting of summary data relating to decisions that affect a chil... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Sparsity Revenue H.F. 2 Authorizes a school district that closes a school facility to receive the greater of its sparsity revenue computed under current law or the amount of sparsity revenue it received in the previous year. https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=H... More... NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Remediation A.B. 530 Provides for the reversion of certain money in the Account for Programs for Innovation and the Prevention of Remediation created to provide grants of money to public schools and consortiums of public schools for programs designed for the achievement of pupils ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Finance A.B. 563 Ensures sufficient funding for K-12 public education for the 2009-2011 biennium; makes appropriations for class size reduction; authorizes school district bonds for purchase of school buses. Chapter 389 http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB563_EN.pdf... More... NV Senate sustained governor's veto 05/2009 P-12 Finance A.B. 458 Revises various provisions relating to funding for public education; creates the K-12 Public Education Stabilization Account; repeals the provisions applying certain tax abatements to taxes imposed for public education and authorizing certain tax credits again... More... OR Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 65 Allows the Superintendent of Public Instruction to specify an alternative date for making a distribution or apportionment of funds payable to education service districts or school district from the State School Fund if a human-created or natural disaster affec... More... WA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Financial Literacy H.B. 1347 Regards financial education; changes the name of the financial literacy public-private partnership to the financial education public-private partnership; and modifies its duties; authorizes the partnership and the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruc... More... WA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 1583 Modifies provisions relating to county auditors; modifies county auditor provisions; repeals county auditor duties regarding school district warrants and state fund accounts; relates to payments to a credit union, payments of charter counties, special purpose ... More... WA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 6168 Relates to reducing costs in state elementary and secondary education programs; relates to funding for the leadership academy, math, science, and technology programs, civics, parental involvement, teacher development and school safety. Chapter 578... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Reporting of Fiscal or Facilities Distress H.B. 2170 Provides intervention and professional consultation upon early indicators of the fiscal or facilities distress of a public school district; requires the Department of Education to report to the superintendent of a school district regarding nonmaterial indicato... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Student Growth Funding H.B. 1555 Clarifies student growth funding for public school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1501.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Dismissal of Superintendent For Cause S.B. 345 Allows a superintendent's employment contract with a school district to be terminated for cause and without the district having any further financial obligation to the superintendent if the district has been placed on fiscal distress by the Department of Educa... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Fiscal Accountability for Education Service Cooperative H.B. 1606 Provides fiscal accountability for education service cooperatives; provides that such cooperatives may submit a complete listing of all employees of the cooperative and each employee's position, salary, and benefits to the Department of Education, in lieu of a... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Reporting of National School Lunch Student Categorical Fund Expenditures S.B. 889 Requires the Department of Education to provide a detailed report of national school lunch student categorical fund expenditures, transfers from the school lunch categorical funds to other funds and results from programs funded by national school lunch student... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Auditing of Noncompliant Districts S.B. 904 Provides that the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee may refer an audit report of a school district to the Department of Education if the audit report of the school district identifies a substantial issue of noncompliance with state or federal financial repo... More... IA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Changes to Miscellaneous Provisions H.B. 687 Deletes several requirements for reporting (i.e., simply the number of graduates, rather than specifying that the number has to be calculated according to the NGA definition; and the number of students who graduated in past five years but were not proficient i... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Agriculture in the Classroom H.B. 124 Relates to Agriculture in the Classroom license plates; amends existing law relating to the state Agriculture in the Classroom program to provide that the Transportation Department shall transfer certain moneys directly to the Agriculture in the Classroom prog... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Financial Emergency H.B. 252 Amends and adds to existing law relating to school district financial emergencies; provides for notice requirements in the event a financial emergency has been declared; provides an exception to the issuance of certain contracts; clarifies language; provides f... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Fiscal Solvency of School Districts S.B. 1154 Relates to fiscal affairs of school districts; relates to state school bond guarantees; relates to fiscal solvency of school districts; provides that school districts may seek credit enhancement; relates to debt service payment and the public school endowment ... 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 full-time equivalent positions; expresses legislative intent with regard to the longitudinal data system; provides legislat... More... KS Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Corrections Education H.B. 2001 Concerns a school district; in Atchison; relates to the number of pupils in the custody of the juvenile justice system and enrolled in school district 409. Chapter 2009-76 http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/2001.pdf... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 5580 Concerns school impact fees; requires such fees must be expended or encumbered for a permissible use within ten years of receipt, unless there exists reasons for hold the fees longer; requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to develop c... More... MS Vetoed 03/2009 P-12 State Board Authority H.B. 590 Authorizes the State Board of Education to contract with and provide funds to regional educational service agencies for any education-related services. (Vetoed as it's identical to S.B. 2315.) http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2009/pdf/HB/0500-0599/HB... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Children First Act of 2009 S.B. 2628 Prohibits public school students in 7th-12th grades who fail to maintain a cumulative GPA of 2.0 from participating in extracurricular activities. Authorizes and directs the state board to define failing schools and school districts under certain standards. Re... More... OR Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 5552 Adjusts appropriations and expenditures for various agencies and programs; decreases amounts allocated from the Administrative Services Economic Development Fund (ASEDF) to various funds, departments and the Office of Governor; reduces amounts allocated from t... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 136 Repeals the provision that requires cooperatives to set aside a portion of the net proceeds as an education fund. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB136ENR.pdf... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 public record S.B. 143 Requires a searchable internet website for the posting and access of certain public records and financial information of the state, municipalities, counties, school districts and other political subdivisions. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB143E... More... VA Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 School Budget Reporting S.B. 1285 Requires local governing bodies and local school divisions to publish the estimated required local match in the publication of the annual school budget; provides that local governing bodies and school divisions must, by law, publish the annual school budget fo... More... WY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 finance S.B. 124 Relates to public funds; provides for minimum balances in specified education accounts; provides for distribution of revenues between accounts and to the common school permanent land fund; provides that any unencumbered funds remaining the the school foundatio... More... AR Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Recommendations for Educational Adequacy H.B. 1250 Requires a review of the recommendations for educational adequacy for all public school students before each fiscal session; relates to funding. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Bills/HB1250.pdf... More... VA Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Annual Report of Expenditures H.B. 2269 Requires the annual report of expenditures provided by the school board to the appropriate governing body to also be made available to the public in sufficient detail for citizens to readily identify how appropriated funds have been spent. http://leg1.state.va... More... CA Vetoed 01/2009 P-12 Postsec. Finance and Facilities A.B. 4A Relates to sufficient textbook requirements, county superintendent revenue limits, school district building maintenance funding, funding for school and community college districts, pupil retention block grants, charter school block grants, pupil oral health as... More... WY Adopted 01/2009 P-12 FOOD SERVICE PROGRAMS Chapter 4 Amends rules to require promulgation of rules and regulations governing Food Service Operations in districts and provide financial assistance to districts operating food service programs having deficit balances. Amends rules to promulgate rules mandating an an... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 Community College Community College finance A.B. 1821 Provides for the integration of reports by the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges that relate to pupils enrolled in summer session courses and full-time equivalent students. Requests the University of California and requires the California State U... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Finance A.B. 2246 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to compute an amount of funding for each pupil concurrently enrolled in regular secondary school classes and classes operating pursuant to a joint powers agreement that became effective prior to a certain date.... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 remediation finance A.B. 359 Amends existing law that requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to apportion to each school district a per pupil amount of funds for providing intensive instruction and services to pupils who have not met the high school exit examination requirement... More... CA Vetoed 09/2008 P-12 after school programs S.B. 1674 Relates to the After School Education and Safety Program Act. Authorizes the administrators of a before- or after-school program to operate during weekends. Provides that costs associated with providing after school activities on weekends would be paid from a ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2008 P-12 Finance S.B. 1197 Requires that a regional occupational center or program established and maintained by school districts or joint powers agencies pursuant to a joint powers agreement receive, in annual operating funds, an amount per unit of average daily attendance equal to the... More... IL Signed into law 08/2008 Postsec. Community College Police Association License Plates H.B. 5607 Provides for the issuance of Police Association License Plates. Provides that certain amounts of the license plate issuance and renewal fees must be deposited into the police association fund. Creates the police association fund; provides that all funds in the... More... CA Vetoed 07/2008 Community College Postsec. Finance Performance Audit A.B. 125 Authorizes the performance audit of a school or community college district to ensure that bond funds have been expended only on the specific projects authorized, to include reviews of the compliance of the district with its bond ballot language and certain cos... More... CA Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Finance A.B. 2197 Relates to notification of Superintendent of Public Instruction when the county board of education approves proceeding with the issuance of certificates of participation or revenue bonds or to entering into an agreement for financing pursuant the School Financ... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Finance H.B. 2211 Relates to financing of postsecondary education and public and charter schools, calculating actual utility costs and the actual revenue control limit for a school district, teacher performance pay and career ladders, creation of the University Capital Improvem... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Postsec. Basic State Aid H.B. 2211 Increases base level (per-pupil funding) for all public schools by two percent from $3,226.88 to $3,291.42 for FY2008-09; increased additional assistance formula amount for cherter schools in FY2008-09 by two percent to $1,474.16 for K-8 grades and $1,718.10 f... More... DE To Governor 06/2008 P-12 Ad Valorem Taxation H.J.R. 22 Directs the Director of the Office of Management and Budget, the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Education and the Controller General to provide the Governor and the General Assembly with recommendations for a fair and equitable reassessment of all real... More... FL Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Education Program Funding H.B. 5083 Deletes salary supplements for National Board for Professional Teaching Standards (NBPTS) certification from definition of compensation under the Retirement System; excludes charter school Merit Award Program funds from administrative fees; revises funding for... More... NH Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Cost of an Adequate Education S.B. 539 Relates to the cost of an adequate education and provision of fiscal capacity disparity aid; determines the per pupil cost of the opportunity for an adequate education which includes differentiated aid distributed to schools based on number of pupils receiving... More... OK Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Oklahoma Arts Council Grants H.B. 2699 Bill expands eligibility for Oklahoma Arts Council incentive grants to organizations, as well as school districts, for establishment of visual arts programs in schools. The bill also expands the sources of funds with which the council may match state appropria... More... RI Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Financial literacy H.B. 8332 (Joint Resolution) Requests the Department of Education to create a task force on youth financial literacy in order to develop a statewide strategy, action plan, and marketing plan for increasing middle and high school students' knowledge of personal financial... More... MN Vetoed 05/2008 P-12 Omnibus prek-12 Education Finance Bill H.B. 6 Relates to school district development screening aide, teacher and administrator licensure, district teacher compensation aide, district debt service equalization aid, non-resident student enrollment, an advisory council on early childhood education and care, ... 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 of a strategy to include but not be limited to base budget cuts revenue enhancements and program re-engineering. Limits r... More... ID Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Finance H.B. 532 Provides state funding from the Public Education Stabilization Fund to temporarily mitigate the impact on certain school districts for loss of Secure Rural Schools and Community Self-Depreciation Act federal funds; provides that if the Superintendent of Public... More... MS Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 Low-Performing Schools S.B. 2666 Relates to low performing schools and school districts. Changes the designation of priority schools to schools at risk. Modifies and expands the definition of an at risk school. Commits the Legislature to the appropriation of adequate funds for the support of ... More... WI Signed into law 04/2008 P-12 State Reimbursement for Special Educational Services by Certain Employees A.B. 906 Directs the department of public instruction to determine the average percentage of work time of school nurses, social workers, psychologists and counselors that is spent providing services to students with disabilities. The department must issue rules establi... More... IN Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Congressional Township School Funds H.B. 1244 Allows for the transfer of congressional township school funds held by counties to the treasurer of state. The transfers may take place over a number of years. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2008/PDF/HE/HE1244.1.pdf... More... MS Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Bonded Indebtedness S.B. 2995 Provides that the bonded indebtedness limit for school districts in which the total number of students enrolled at any one time during the school has increased a certain average shall have a certain assessed value of the taxable property in the district. http:... More... WV Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Student Density Funding Formula H.B. 4588 Makes major changes to the funding formula by eliminating adjusted enrollment and other waiver provisions and focuses new calculations on student density factors. For more detail see fiscal note:http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Fiscalnotes/FN(2)/fnsubmit_recordvie... 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 grant school finance funding model; modifies the career vocational education grant program; establishes a statewide career t... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 finance--career and technical education S.B. 155 Provides state aid to education to certain school districts for students who currently attend a high school primarily focused on career and technical education that is operated by an eligible school district and who, immediately prior to attending the high sch... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Finance H.B. 1087 Revises the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2008 regarding appropriations to the Department of Executive Management, the Department of Game, Fish and Parks, the Department of Transportation, the Department of Education, the Board of Regents, the Dep... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2008 P-12 Funding Reform Act of 2008 A.B. 500 Enacts the School Funding Reform Act of 2008 to creates a fair, equitable and predictable funding formula based on student characteristics; relates to the base per pupil amounts used to determine a district's base cost, the calculation of a district's adequacy... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 Community College Postsec. community college A.B. 668 Enacts the Community College Student Federal and State Financial Aid Opportunity Act. Expresses various findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the use of the Pell Grant program by students of Community Colleges. Requires the Community College... More... WV Signed into law 09/2007 Postsec. Community College Higher Education Policy Commission S.B. 2005B Relates to higher education generally; authorizes conveyance of property, the Higher Education Policy Commission, election of officers, meetings, salary increases, community colleges and technical college education. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/... More... CA To governor 08/2007 P-12 Appropriation S.B. 80 Provides funding for education under the State Budget Act for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. http://www.senate.ca.gov/... More... MA Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Regional School Budget Process H.B. 586 Relates to streamlining the regional school budget process, capital outlay expenses and a city or town's apportioned share for expenditures.... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. Community College Fiscal Efficiencies H.B. 749 Implements fiscal efficiencies within the university system and state government as recommended by the University of North Carolina President's Advisory Committee on Efficiency and Effectiveness (PACE). http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTM... More... NJ Adopted 07/2007 P-12 SCHOOL FACILITIES PROJECTS NJAC 19:32-1 thru -4 Amends rules establishing a grant program to fund the State share of the final eligible costs of school facilities projects undertaken by school districts whose district aid percentage is less than 55% and which elect not to have the Corporation construct the ... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Charter school finance H.B. 2790 Relates to fingerprinting of applicants for a new or renewed teaching certificate in a school district or charter school; relates to calculating equalization assistance for charter schools; establishes the American Competitiveness Project Fund to provide techn... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Resolution of Disputes H.B. 1519 Modifies the law pertaining to the resolution of disputes between the state board of education and the board of county commissioners regarding school funding. http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H1519v0.html... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Adequate Education H.B. 927 Sets forth the substantive educational content of an adequate education, requires the establishment of criteria to identify schools with greater educational challenges for the provision of additional education aid and establishes a joint legislative oversight ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 District Budget Reporting, Grant Fund for Licensed Education Personnel A.B. 1A Revises provisions governing the inclusion of certain information in the biennial budget request for the state distributive school account for submission to the department of administration based upon the annual budgets submitted by the school districts. Creat... 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 increase of 4.375 percent rather than 4 percent if the projected revenues from the local school support tax exceed a certai... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Review of School Districts Based on Financial Management Principles A.B. 244 Revises provisions governing the review of school districts based upon financial management principles. Revises provisions governing the preliminary report of the review and requires the consultant to submit the preliminary report to the superintendent of the ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Financial Administration A.B. 615 If a municipality proposes to issue or incur general obligation bonds, the proposal must be submitted to the electors at an election. Provides that such a question may authorize the transfer of any excess revenue generated to the fund for capital projects of t... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Funding Formula Task Force S.B. 925 Creates to continue until December 31, 2007, the School Funding Formula Task Force. The task force is to review the statutorily created formula for funding the public schools of this state and make recommendations regarding the following: 1. Modernization of... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Finance- Guaranteed Yield H.B. 828 Relates to the guaranteed yield of school district enrichment taxes to fund the maintenance and operations of public schools. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB00828F.pdf... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School Finance Reform Task Force H.F. 2245 [School Finance] Establishes the school finance reform task force. Task force goals include: (1) creating a standard and index to ensure that the formula remains adequate over time; (2) simplifying the remaining school formulas; (3) analyzing categorical funding formulas, incl... More... MT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Kindergarten Average Number Belonging Funding S.B. 2A (Kindergarten) Provides full-time Average Number Belonging funding for school districts that enroll students in full-time kindergarten. Provides start-up funding for districts transitioning from half-day to full-day programs. A kindergarten program must meet the state minimu... 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 protect the secrecy of the ballot. http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB289.pdf... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School Breakfast Funding L.A. 73 Relates to school breakfast funding. Changes the basis for the state reimbursement of the school breakfast program from the current year to the second preceding year. The current reimbursement amount of $.05 per school breakfast served is retained. Current law... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Educational Service Units and Early Childhood Education Grants L.B. 603 Relates to educational service units and school funding, incuding distance education. Changes provisions relating to: election of board members for educational service units; distance education, unit boundaries and board membership; and the Early Childhood Edu... More... WA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Investment of Permanent Common School Fund H.B. 2396 The legislature declares its intent to clarify the law authorizing investment of the Permanent Common School Fund in equities when the investment is in the best interest of the state and the Permanent Common School Fund. The legislative findings and declaratio... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Postsec. Finance, tuition/fees H.B. 2079 Relates to the income tax review schedule; deletes certain sections for review; provides for 2012 review of sections regarding charitable organizations, school tuition organizations, public school fees and contributions and donation of school sites. (Chapter N... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 Community College Postsec. Community College Finance H.B. 2193 Concerns provisional community college districts and aid; provides for continuation. (Chapter No. 13) Removes wording eliminating the districts as of July 1, 2009 ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter schools, background checks H.B. 2041 Relates to charter schools, fingerprinting and a civil penalty if a charter school fails to comply with fingerprinting requirements. New provision provides that penalties shall be assessed by reducing the amount of state aid that the charter school would other... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Elections Regarding School Funding S.B. 225 Authorizes that in years when the legislature meets in regular session or in a special session that affects school funding, the trustees may order the election on a date other than the regular school election day in order for the electors to consider a proposi... More... MT Issued 04/2007 P-12 Interim Study of Taxation and School Funding S.J.R. 31 Requests that the legislative council designate an appropriate interim or statutory committee, or direct sufficient staff resources to: (1) (a) examine future demographics of property taxpayers, school age children, retirees and other factors relating to the v... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Home School Student Activities Program Unit S.B. 1098 Establishes a home school student activities program unit. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1098.pdf... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Public School Cash Balance Credits S.B. 159 Relates to school finance, makes cash balance credits proportional to the size of the excess cash balance. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0159.pdf... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Allowable Limit on Cash Balances H.B. 59 Raises the allowable limit on cash balances a school district may keep. Changes the basis for calculating excess cash balances by referring to the "unrestricted, unreserved cash balance and emergency reserve" rather than the "allowable limit". http://legis.sta... More... AL Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Finance S.J.R. 3A Reallocates to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants an appropriation from the Education Trust Fund to the Joint Legislative Oversight Committee on Community Services Grants.... More... AL Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Tornado Damage Repair H.B. 141 Makes a supplemental appropriation from the Education Trust Fund in the State Treasury to the State Department of Education, for Enterprise High School to cover repairs to facilities damaged in tornado. (Act 2007-133) http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public School Permanent Endowment Fund S.B. 1098 Amends existing law to require that property from an estate with no heirs or other claimants be paid to the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund; provides for distribution of funds received as unclaimed dividends and interest paid by Idaho corporations to th... 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 value; increases the limit on revenue generated by the regular school board levy; amends "growth county" definition and c... 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 required deposit into another account has been made. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0278.pdf ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Selection of Joint School Fiscal Agent H.B. 2371 Authorizes the participating school boards of a joint school, including academic year Governor's Schools operated by two or more school divisions, to select the fiscal agent for the joint school from among the treasurers of the participating localities; requir... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Extended Day & Summer School Programs, Distance Learning/Virtual University & Finance - Alternative Education Updates H.B. 115 Requires the state superintendent of public instruction to review at-risk program strategies funded under the block grant model, specifically including alternative schools and imposes a moratorium on new alternative schools recognized under the model during th... More... NE Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act L.B. 21 Relates to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act. Changes provisions relating to cost growth factor. http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB21.pdf... More... MT Rule Adoption 12/2006 P-12 Quality Educator, At Risk Students and Indian Payments ARM 10.7.106, .106A, .113 through .115,10.10.301 to .315, 10.15.101, 10.16.3804, .3811, .3812, .3816, 10.20.102 to 10.30.415 Adopts and amends rules relating to quality educator payments, at-risk student payments - general fund, Indian education for all payments, American Indian achievement gap payments - general fund and school finance. http://www.opi.mt.gov/pdf/legaldivision/10-7... 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 state. http://www.sos.state.al.us/downloads/dl3.cfm?trgturl=election/2006/general/statecert-constitutionalamendments-2006-0... 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 before any other part of the state budget for the next biennium. http://www.sos.state.nv.us/nvelection/2004_bq/bq1.htm... More... WY Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2006 P-12 School Foundation Program Rules Chapter 8 Establishes emergency rules regarding the criteria and standards for the School Foundation Program, which provides a guaranteed level of funding that is essentially a block grant to every public school district based on a number of factors--the most important ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program A.B. 756 Establishes the Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer the program. Permits a specified percentage of schools in the state to participate in the program at any one time. Requires the Supe... More... MS Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Emergency Aid Grants H.B. 5A Establishes an emergency aid grants program for local governments, including public school districts. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/20061E/html/HB/0001-0099/HB0005SG.htm... More... MI Rejected by voters 08/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Educational Funding Guarantee V. 6 (Prop. 5) Would require the state to provide annual funding increases equal to the rate of inflation for public schools, intermediate school districts, community colleges and higher education. Would require state to fund any deficiencies in the school aid fund from the ... 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 exempts certain senior homeowners, to provide for class size reduction, textbooks, school safety and violence prevention, ac... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College State Budget Act' H.B. 914 Recodifies provisions of the executive budget act and the capital improvement planning act into a state budget act that revises and clarifies the procedures for preparing, enacting and administering the state buget. Requires all state agencies and non-state en... More... NY Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Reporting Illegal or Inappropriate Financial Practices A.B. 8925 Provides protection to any employee of a school district board of cooperative educational services or charter school who having reasonable cause to suspect that the fiscal practices or actions of an employee or officer of a school district, board of cooperativ... More... RI Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Statewide Purchasing System for Education Services and Products H.B. 6853; S.B. 2531 Directs the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, working with the Department of Administration, to establish a statewide purchasing system for products and services pertaining to public schools, which would include telecommunications, wireless ser... More... DE Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Financial Accountability for Districts and Charters S.B. 308 Implements enhanced financial accountability provisions for public school districts and charter schools; relates to district and charter school financial responsibility. Chapter Number 264 http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis143.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+308/$file/... More... OK Adopted 05/2006 P-12 Claiming Federal Program Funds OAC 210-25-3-7 Changes the process school districts use to claim federal program funds. Implements an electronic reimbursement program which will allow school districts the ability to access their federal funds using a draw-down method. http://www.oar.state.ok.us/register/Vo... More... TX Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Financial Accountability H.B. 1 C (Sections 2.05; 2.09) Requires the commissioner, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop and implement a financial accountability rating system for school districts in this state that: (1) distinguishes among school districts based on levels of financial performance; and (... More... AR Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Financial Impact Statements H.B. 1016A Requires detailed financial impact statements for administrative rules promulgated by the state board. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2006S1/public/HB1016.pdf... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Instructional Materials Fund S.B. 657 Existing law establishes the State Instructional Materials Fund and continuously appropriates the money in the fund to the State Department of Education. This bill would extend the operation of these provisions to January 1, 2008, and would require the state b... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Community College Donation of Political Subdivisions' Surplus Computer Equipment S.B. 218 Requires political subdivisions to establish procedures to give first priority for donation of their surplus computer equipment to public elementary and secondary schools in the state and community and technical colleges under the management and control of the... More... LA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Financially At Risk Districts S.B. 307 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1351(A) and (B), 1352, 1353, and 1354, and to enact R.S. 17:10.1(C). Requires the state board to define "financially at risk" as a status of any city, parish, or other local school board the unresolved finding of which subje... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Seized Motor Vehicles H.B. 2828 Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb2828.pdf... More... GA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Education Grants H.B. 27 Repealed the following provision and related provisions: The General Assembly, being mindful of the primary obligation of the state to provide an adequate education for the citizens of this state under Article VIII, Section I, Paragraph I of the Constitution o... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Technology and Remediation Support S.B. 1223 Appropriates $283,113,100 for the Educational Support Program/Division of Operations for fiscal year 2006; provides for expenditures for certain technology and remediation programs; appropriates moneys for property tax replacement; provides an estimate of disc... 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) Conduct continuous and on-going monitoring of the implementation and operation of the school district finance and quality per... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 School District Audit Team H.B. 2247 (section 4-5) Creates a school district audit team within the division of post audit. Requires the school district audit team to conduct performance audits and monitor school district funding and other oversight issues through audit work as directed by the 2010 commission. ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Mississippi Adequate Education Program S.B. 2731 Creates a Commission on Restructuring the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) to revise certain components and creates a commission to study the effectiveness and efficiency of the administration of college tuition assistance programs administered by... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS H.B. 63 AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS; ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LEASE PERSONAL PROPERTY; EXPANDING THE USES FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL DISTRICT FUNDS; CHANGING A BUDGET DEADLINE FOR JOINT DISTRICTS; INCREASING THE ENTITLEMENTS FOR PUBLIC SCHOOLS FOR SCHOOL... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Department of Public Instruction Appropriations H.B. 1013 AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of public instruction, the school for the deaf, North Dakota vision services - school for the blind, and the state library; to provide an appropriation to the division of independe... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Teacher' Professional Growth Fund H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6) Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge in reading and classroom-based screening, diagnostic, assessment and intervention strategies. States that the fund may ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Mathematics Achievement Fund H.B. 93 (Section 3) Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students, primary through grade 12, to help them reach proficiency in mathematics on the state assessments and in compliance with... 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 high school tuition levy. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAIC0200.pdf... More... NE Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School State Aid Payment Adjustments L.B. 198 Relates to schools. Provides for payment adjustments to reflect transfers of property as prescribed. (1) State aid payments shall be adjusted to reflect transfers of property due to annexation, to any dissolution of a Class I school district, and to any reorg... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Annual Reporting of the Use of Student Fees H.B. 1816 Adds new section: § 23-2.3. Annual reporting of the use of student fees. Requires each public two- and four-year institution of higher education to publish annually a descriptive report detailing the (i) amount and distribution of student activity fees assesse... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Penalties S.F. 73 Unless otherwise provided by law, all civil or administrative fines or penalties collected under this article are to be paid over to the state treasurer to be credited to the public school fund of the county in which the violation for which the fine or penalty... 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 a formula for adjustment of levy calculation; creates the Maine Budget Stabilization Fund; provides for transfers from a... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 Schools Cooperative Purchasing Program H.B. 5913 Provides for the creation and operation of a cooperative bulk purchasing program for school districts, public school academies, nonpublic schools, and intermediate school districts on a fee basis to reduce the costs of purchasing goods and services by the Depa... More... MI Signed into law 12/2004 P-12 School District Purchasing Requirements H.B. 5875 Provides for inapplicability of school district requirements to obtain competitive bids for purchasing if the school district makes purchase through the cooperative bulk purchasing program through the Department of Management and Budget. http://www.michiganle... More... MI Signed into law 11/2004 P-12 Intermediate School District Audits H.B. 5457 Requires the Department of Treasury to conduct random financial audits of intermediate school districts. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg.asp?page=getObject&objName=2004-HB-5457... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 School Districts: Reorganizations A.B. 2841 Permits a county committee on school district organization to abolish a common governing board of an elementary school district and a high school district upon a vote of the electors of the school districts. Provides that an election relating to a school distr... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Teachers A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions) SEC. 1: Existing law requires the county superintendent of schools to report to the Superintendent of Public Instruction on the financial condition of a school district if the county superintendent determines a school district may be unable to meet its financi... More... MI Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 2005 School Aid Budget S.B. 1069 Provides school aid zero budget for fiscal year 2005. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-PA-0351.pdf... 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/2004-PA-0346.pdf... More... NY Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 School District Funding S.B. 2917 Provides for the funding of certain approved non- public special education programs and special act public school districts including making changes in the reimbursement methodology for tuition and maintenance and makes an appropriation therefor; allows such d... 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 General Fund. For the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004, there is appropriated for the public schools of this state and ... More... MT Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 School Finance and Transportation ARM 10.7.101,.109 thru .111,.115,.118;10.10.202,.309,.316, .320, .611, .614; 10.15.101; 10.20.102, .106; 10.21.101B thru .102E (non-seq),10.22.102 thru .30.403 (non-seq) Establishes rules relating to school finance and transportation. MONTANA REG 4551 (SN)... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Impact Aid Bonds H.B. 2010 Removes the restriction on accommodation school districts located on a military base from issuing impact aid revenue bonds.  The district may hold an election to raise impact aid revenue bonds but may not issue the bonds until after the Federal Base Relocation... More... HI Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Federal Impact Aid H.B. 1908 Sets aside funds in federal impact aid for the establishment of a military liaison position within the department of education and to provide funding for the Joint Venture Education Program to facilitate interaction between the military community and the depar... More... IL Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 State Aide to Schools S.B. 1553 Amends the School Code. Relates to the basis for apportionment of general State financial aid and supplemental State aid to the common schools; provides for school district claims. Provides that some school districts are not required to exert a minimum Operati... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Motor Vehicle License Plates H.B. 246 Creates the Louisiana State University National Champions and Southern University Black College National Champions prestige license plates. Each license issued shall be assessed a one-time $25 royalty fee, which monies must be used solely for academic or finan... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Education Excellence Fund H.B. 666 Provides relative to Education Excellence Fund amounts and related investment earnings credited to ineligible entities. Provides that fund amounts and related investment earnings credited for a recipient entity shall revert to the fund whenever the entity no ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Impact Aid for Teacher Housing H.B. 2475 Allows school districts to use Impact Aid for teacher housing. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0209.htm... More... FL Became law without governor's signature 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Funding H.B. 1867 Relates to education funding; requires school districts to establish certain policies and procedures regarding lottery fund enhancements; provides tax credit cap for contributions to nonprofit scholarship-funding organizations; prohibits use of funds for lab s... More... KS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Motor Vehicle License Plates H.B. 2947 Requires a person or organization sponsoring a distinctive license plate to submit to the Division of Vehicles a nonrefundable amount not to exceed $10,000 to defray the division's cost for developing the distinctive license plate; discontinues issuance of dis... 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 programs and services, must be 55%. It also establishes a local cost share expectation for property tax years beginning on o... More... MN To governor 05/2004 P-12 Education Finance H.F. 1793 Relates to education finance; provides for K-12 education; amends provisions regarding school safety patrol apparel, capital expenditures, pupil transportation, vocational instruction, special education, essential personnel, parents residing separately, proper... 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://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/HB/1600-1699/HB1696SG.pdf... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Adequate Education Program H.B. 741 Relates to Adequate Education Program; deletes repealer on high growth school district formula. If during the year for which adequate education program funds are appropriated, any school district experiences a three percent (3%) or greater increase in avera... More... KS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Motor Vehicle License Plates H.B. 2143 Regulates distinctive license plates; requires an organization sponsoring a distinctive license plate to submit a nonrefundable fee; creates the distinctive license plate fund to deposit the distinctive license plate application fees; discontinues issuance of ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Education Fiscal Accountability and Oversight Act S.B. 894 Requires the Superintendent and the Department of Education to monitor the financial status of each county board of education and report to the Governor and General Assembly on a biannual basis; requires local superintendents or chief executive officers of loc... More... MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School District Purchases H.B. 667 Clarifies that all school districts – not just those school districts within a county – can make joint purchases of maintenance, operational and scholastic services, supplies, materials, and equipment. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2004/pdf/HB/06... More... MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 State Auditor H.B. 1251 Provides the State Auditor with authority to establish effective and efficient policies and procedures for auditing student attendance and data in local school districts. In particular, the State Auditor will have more flexibility regarding on-site audits and ... More... MI To HOUSE Committee on EDUCATION. 03/2004 P-12 School Aid Requirements H.B. 4724 Makes school aid requirements subject to a waiver under an educational flexibility and empowerment contract. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4724.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Audit Reports of School Districts H.B. 1114 Requires audit reports of school districts not conducted by legislative audit to be filed with the Department of Education by December 31 following the end of each fiscal year.http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1114.pdf... More... MA Rule Adoption 01/2004 P-12 School Finance Regulations 603 CMR 10.00 Amends rules relating to school finance regulations. Implements changes in the formula used to calculate special education reimbursements in the so-called circuit breaker program. Clarifies that payments and reimbursements for approved private school summer pr... More... MI Signed into law 12/2003 P-12 Supplemental School Aid S.B. 556 Provides for multisection school aid supplemental appropriations.... More... AR Rule Adoption 11/2003 P-12 Arkansas Fiscal Assessment & Accountability Program ADE 158 Establishes rules identifying and governing the Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20158%20fiscal%20assessment.pdf... More... NY November 2003 11/2003 P-12 Limits Entities Subject to Debt Limitation Constitutional Amendment # 2 Constitution Amendment: Asks voters to eliminate school districts that are coterminous with, or partly within, or wholly within a city having less than one hundred twenty-five thousand inhabitants, from the entities subject to a general constitutional debt lim... More... OH Did Not Pass 11/2003 Postsec. Bonds from Infrastructure State Issue 1 Constitutional Amendment that authorizes state and local governments to issue bonds and provide other financial assistance to support "science and technology based research and development purposes," including biomedical and other research, new product develop... More... MI Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 State School Aid Reports S.B. 365 Provides for school districts to be able to submit all reports required by state directly to one state agency; provides that the state budget director shall appoint an advisory committee; relates to the school budget; Makes provisions for circumstances when th... More... NM Approved by voters 09/2003 P-12 Finance Constitutional Amendment 2 (SJR6-2003) Proposed amendment to the Constitution to provide for a limited additional distribution from the permanent funds to provide more money for the Public Schools to implement and maintain Educational Reforms and for other permanent fund recipients. http://www.sos.... More... CT Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Special Education Funding and Evaluation or Consent; Regional Education Center Funding H.B. 6806 Concerns the general budget and revenue implementation; makes provisions regarding funding for children requiring special education; amends provisions regarding re-evaluation or withdrawal of consent in special education cases; makes grants to regional educati... 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 adjustments to avoid a deficit to be apportioned equally between the appropriations to the board of regents and the state board... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Termination of Trust Funds S.B. 818 Relates to the termination of trust funds; terminates specified trust funds within the Education Department; provides for disposition of balances in and revenues of such trust funds; prescribes procedures for termination of such trust funds; declares findings ... More... FL Signed into law 06/2003 Postsec. University Concurrency Trust Fund S.B. 816 Creates the University Concurrency Trust Fund within the Education Department; provides for sources of funds and purposes; exempts the trust fund from service charges; provides for annual carry forward of funds; provides for future legislative review and termi... More... LA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Charitable Gambling H.B. 162 Repeals provision allowing only one parent-teacher association or booster club for each school. http://www.legis.state.la.us/bills/byinst.asp?sessionid=03RS&billid=HB162&doctype=BT... More... OH Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Appropriations Bill H.B. 95 Funding Formula: Eliminates the requirement that the General Assembly recalculate the base funding amount every six years. Eliminates school districts ability to calculate their student enrollment on a three year rolling basis. Requires the Department to de... More... MD Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Paper Gaming to Pay for Specified School Costs H.B. 1000 Establishes in Allegany County a licensing procedure for specified for-profit businesses and qualified organizations to sell paper gaming devices and for persons to sell paper gaming devices to licensees; authorizes the board of county commissioners to impose ... More... NE Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Student Fees, Choice & Participation L.B. 249 The Public Elementary and Secondary Student Fee Authorization Act does not limit the ability of a governing body to request donations of money, materials, equipment, or attire to defray costs if the request is made in such a way that it is clear that the requ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Public School Permanent Endowment Fund H.B. 322 Increases the amount of money the Endowment Fund Investment Board shall make available from the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund for purposes of purchasing notes; provides that the amount of debt guaranteed by the credit enhancement program shall not be ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Education Board S.B. 1084 Amends existing law to authorize the State Board of Education to set up and regulate deferred compensation programs for certain eligible employees; and to provide rulemaking authority. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1084.html#billtext... More... SC Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Student Fees H.B. 3274 Revises the manner in which matriculation and incidental fees may be charged by school districts including provisions to exempts students eligible for free lunches from these fees. http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess115_2003-2004/prever/3274_20030325.htm... 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 and management of timber on selected portions of the rights-of-way of the interstate highway system and those completed s... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Consumer Sales and Service Tax S.B. 107 Creates exemption for purchases of back-to-school clothing and school supplies by consumers during three-day period in August 2003. http://129.71.164.29/Bill_Text_HTML/2003_SESSIONS/Regular_Session/Senate/S_BILLS/SB100-199/RS_2003_SB100Frm.htm... More... WY Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 Sales Tax School Fundraiser Events H.B. 161 Provides a sales tax exemption for school fundraising activities.... More... MT Rejected by voters 11/2002 P-12 Investment of School Trust Funds Constitutional Amendment 39 To allow the investment of public funds, including school trust funds, in private corporate capital stock in accordance with recognized standards of financial management. (http://sos.state.mt.us/css/ELB/Ballot_Measures.asp)... More... NJ To ASSEMBLY Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT. 11/2002 P-12 Postsec. Automated Bids and Purchasing A.B. 3009 Directs the State Treasurer to establish an automated bid access and purchasing information to be known as the Vendor Information Program to allow bidders to acces information related to bidding on contracts awarded by the State and its political subdivisions ... More... UT Approved by voters 11/2002 P-12 Resolution on Investment of State School Fund and Uniform School Fund Constitutional Amendment 1 Constitutional amendment to: (1) eliminate a requirement that a portion of the interest earnings of the State School Funs be retained in the Fund as a protection against the effects of inflation; and (2) provide that the dividends from the investment of the St... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Auditing Local Education Agencies A.B. 2834 Requires the Comptroller to review and monitor audits of local education agencies by independent auditors. Requires local education agencies to use certified public accountants for their audits from a directory approved by the Comptroller and to be in good sta... More... GA Adopted 09/2002 P-12 Withholding of Funds GAC 160-5-2-.02 Clarifies rules regarding the withholding of funds from local units of administration.... More... NE Signed by governor 08/2002 P-12 Committee Eliminations L.B. 41B As part of the state's budget cuts, eliminates the School Finance Review Committee and the Education Roundtable (saves approximately $20,000)... More... ID Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Alternative summer school programs H.B. 687 Creates mechanism and funding for alternative summer school programs.... More... CT Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Postsec. United We Stand Tuition and Fee Waivers S.B. 102 Requires the issuance of United We Stand commemorative number plates, most funds from which are to go to the commemorative account. Establishes "United We Stand commemorative account, 50% of which is to pay tuition and fees waivers at the University of Connect... More... OR Rejected by Voters. 06/2002 P-12 Change in Fund Name V. 3 (Ballot Measure No. 13) Proposes a Constitutional Amendment to change the name of the Education Endowment Fund to the Education Stability Fund; specifies conditions under which moneys may be appropriated from principal of fund.... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Various Modifications S.B. 2259 Allows nonresident pupil's participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to a court-ordered decree or order of custody. Modifies tuition reimbursement payment by school districts under the postsecondary enrollment options act. Includes nonpublic schools... More... AL Act No. 03/2002 P-12 Bonding Authority S.B. 517 Authorizes Public School and College Authority to sell and issue aggregate principal amount of Bonds, in addition to all other bonds previously issued by the Authority; provides funds to pay the cost of workforce development, education and training and the acq... More... AL Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 The Use of Bond Proceeds H.B. 6C Relates to Alabama Public School and College Authority bonds; provides that local boards of education may use bond proceeds for the purchase and repair of equipment and building and other capital outlay projects and for the retirement of indebtedness, and to c... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Elections for School Bonds S.B. 975 Public Act No. 92-06., Amends the Election Code and the School Code; provides that notice of a referendum concerning the issuance of certain school bonds may be given by publication in at least one newspaper published in and having general circulation in the d... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Funding and Textbook Issues H.B. 1272 Increases state funding to schools for the 2001-02 school year; requires school districts to adopt a plan for use of such monies; specifies that when schools receive new textbooks, allocated funds should be used first for new textbooks in certain subjects; cha... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Carry Over of School District Budgets S.B. 524 Public Law No. 127., (LD 1647)Permits school boards to carry forward general operating fund balances at the end of a school administrative unit's fiscal year to meet the needs of the school administrative unit for up to 3 years to reduce the State and local al... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Use of Impact Aid by Districts S.B. 457 Authorizes a school district to use a portion of its impact aid funds for repayment of bonds.... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Adjustments to Finance H.B. 2879 Senate analysis states that current state policy regarding public education provides that the public school finance system of Texas is required to adhere to a standard of neutrality that provides for substantially equal access to similar revenue per student at... More... ME Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use of Impact Fees H.B. 268 Public Law No. 38., 39 (LD 346) Clarifies that communities that are part of a school administrative district or other single or multicommunity school district may deposit the proceeds of school impact fees in a trust fund to be used to pay their proportionate ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Standards for Teachers, Administrators H.B. 1045 Relates to elementary and secondary education provisions addressed in the creation of North Dakota Century Code; relates to administration, boards, teacher licenses; school guidance and counseling services; special education; vocational and technology educatio... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Audits H.B. 87 Relates to public money; provides for stratified or statistical pre- and post-audits; requires quarterly reports from local public bodies, school districts and certain institutions or higher education.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Technical Changes in School Financing S.B. 603 This bill makes several technical changes to school financing in the areas of: bonding, high cost transportation and isolated school funding.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Education License Plate S.B. 213 Provides for the issuance of special Committed to Education motor vehicle license plates.... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Land Exchange Program H.B. 348 Provides for an exchange of certain endowment lands, managed by the Board of Land Commissioners, which are adjacent to the Idaho State University/University of Idaho Center for Higher Education, with lands of equivalent market value owned by the Board of Educa... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Advanced Payments to Charters H.B. 278 Authorizes advance payment of a portion of a charter school's estimated annual apportionment under specified conditions.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Interest Earnings S.B. 11 Of the revenue deposited into the common school account within the permanent land fund from revenues available under the negotiated easement agreement with the Express Pipeline Partnership in 1996, five million dollars ($5,000,000.00) shall be accounted for ... More... OK Rejected by voters 11/2000 P-12 Postsec. State Question 684 V. 1 STATE QUESTION 684 (SJR 2-2000) Amends the State Constitution; removes restrictions on the Permanent School Fund relative to common schools and universities and colleges; removes the requirement that certain monies be held as trust funds; allows the Commission... More... SD Unofficially approved on the ballot 11/2000 P-12 Investments of School Funds V. 5 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT E (SJR-1-2000); permits the investment of the Permanent School Funds in certain stocks, bonds, mutual funds, and other financial instruments and the use of a certain portion of the interest and income to increase the principal in the F... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Energy Conservation S.B. 1299 Chapter No.536, Extends the operation of the State Energy Conservation Assistance Account to January 1, 2011. Requires the State Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission to enter into agreement with the Regents of the University of California, ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Financing Gifted and Talented Education A.B. 2313 Revises the method of apportioning funds for the gifted and talented program so that each participating school district receives a per-pupil amount based on average daily attendance, determined as specified. Removes certain restrictions on the use of funds for... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 P-12 Study of K-12 Financing Plans A.B. 2831 Establishes, until 01/01/2002, the California Commission on Restructuring School Finance for Kindergarten and Grades 1 to 12, inclusive, and requires the Commission to, among other things, develop a proposed method for the reduction or elimination of mandated ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 State Financing Regulations A.B. 2586 Limits the authorization of the California School Finance Authority to make or purchase secured or unsecured loans or to purchase the rights and possibilities to those loans and rights and possibilities regarding the state's share of funding, for of school fac... More... OK On 11/07/2000 ballot 07/2000 P-12 Postsec. School Land Trust V. 1, SB 1348 STATE QUESTION 684 (SJR 2-2000) Amends the State Constitution; removes restrictions on the Permanent School Fund relative to common schools and universities and colleges; removes the requirement that certain monies be held as trust funds; allows the Commission... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2000 P-12 Bonds S.B. 3067 Relates to municipal public building authorities; provides that in calculating the limitations of revenue bonds, there shall not be included in the calculation 50% of the outstanding principal amount of any bond issued for projects for which the authority or m... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Tobacco Settlement H.B. 583 Provides for the distribution of money received from the Tobacco Master Settlement Agreement; establishes the Rural Development Fund, the Early Childhood Development Fund, and the Kentucky Health Care Improvement Fund; creates the Lung Cancer Research Fund adm... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Annual Audits H.B. 689 Requires the Auditor of Public Accounts to be responsible for an annual audit of the funds in each school district cooperative, school district consortium, school district corporation, and any other entity formed by school districts; provides the auditor may 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 public property, and school finance; changes the operative date of changes made by Laws 1999; provides operative dates; repe... More... NE Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 L.B. 1401 Changes provisions relating to budgets, beginner grade entrance document requirements, the enrollment option program, reorganization plan hearings, report filing dates, warrants, expenditure limitations, state aid, temporary mitigation funds, the Hardship Fund... More... VT Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Purchasing H.B. 620 This act amends the public bids section of law to make clear that school boards may resort to the state purchasing system without having to undergo any further public bidding and it clearly authorizes, in the context of school nutrition programs, use of any fe... More... NE Signed into law 07/1999 P-12 Creates the Hardship Fund L.B. 314 Creates the Hardship Fund, which allows districts in certain circumstances of financial distress to borrow money from the fund. Fund consists of money appropriated, repayments, and interest paid. Qualifying occurrences are: One or more new special education ... More... IA Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Joint Issuance of School District or Fire District Bonds S.B. 393 Provides for the joint construction or acquisition, furnishing, operation, and maintenance of public buildings by counties, cities, fire districts, and school districts and providing for joint issuance of school district or fire district bonds.... More... IL Signed into law 05/1999 P-12 Charter School Finance S.B. 291 Removes required report projecting secondary special education exit numbers; changes computation for reimbursement for gifted children and transportation so valuation for school district is computed in same manner as for apportionment of general state financia... More... AZ Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 School Equipment Usage S.B. 1027 Permits school district governing boards to establish damage deposits for use of school equipment and to charge fees for art supplies; requires school districts to return the full amount of the deposit if the items are returned on time and in reasonably good c... More... AZ Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Implementing Budgeting Measures S.B. 1006A Relates to the education omnibus budget reconciliation; makes changes to both permanent and session law to implement budgeting measures relating to education.... More... IA Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Establishes Early Intervention Block Grant Program H.B. 743 Establishes an Iowa early intervention block grant program; provides goal of class reduction; provides direction and resources for success, especially in reading including enabling parents to improve their child's reading; includes phonemic awareness training;... More... NH Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 Establishes Voluntary School Contribution Program H.B. 734 Establishes a voluntary school contribution program for the purpose of supporting local school districts; provides that municipalities may send a taxpayer information notice to all of its taxpayers showing the amount of the individual taxpayer's school tax ass... 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... UT Signed into law 03/1999 P-12 Creates School Land Trust Program H.B. 350 Creates a school land trust program for each public school; provides that the interest on the state school Fund shall be used to fund the program; provides that funds shall go to each public school to enhance academic performance and improve educational excell... More... IA Signed into law 02/1999 P-12 Funding for Districts with Changing Enrollments H.B. 147 Provides additional funding for certain school districts that have either decreasing or increasing enrollments.... More... ID Signed into law 02/1999 P-12 Requires Accounting of Moneys Districts Receive from Vending Machine Sales S.B. 1075 Requires that the board of trustees of a school district maintain an account of receipts and expenditures of moneys received from vending machine sales on school property.... More... ID Signed into law 02/1999 P-12 Creates Idaho Youth License Plate H.B. 218 Adds to existing law to authorize the issuance of an Idaho Youth license plate; provides that a portion of the fee be used in providing prevention and early intervention programs for at-risk youth.... More... ND Died 02/1999 P-12 Requires Study of Enhanced Funding for Districts H.C.R. 3064 Provides a concurrent resolution directing the Legislative Council to study enhanced funding for school districts for quality education and methods of reducing reliance on property taxes for school district funding.... More... CA Signed into law 11/1998 P-12 Allocates Unexpended Class Size Reduction Funds A.B. 1746 Allocates the estimated $90 million in unexpended class size reduction dollars to 1) districts with 40% of their students in a year-round schedule, have more than 200 students per acre, and have implemented three grades of class size reduction, and 2) "Catch-2... 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 inform the taxpayer annually concerning the amount of the difference which may be taken as a credit.... More... NC Signed into law 10/1998 P-12 Public School Capital Outlay S.B. 1150 Amends local sales tax; delays the sunset requirement that counties use part of the 2 half-cent local sales tax proceeds only for public school capital outlay purposes.... 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... VT Signed into law 09/1998 P-12 Funding for Capital Construction H.B. 761 Provides funds for existing capital construction obligations and various specific projects.... More... VT Signed into law 09/1998 P-12 Education Appropriations Bill H.B. 755 Provides support for the Vermont Department of Education, appropriates funds for school districts. Requires the Commissioner of Education to report on state and regional partnerships, provides funds for citizenship education and capital construction.... More... NC Signed into law 08/1998 P-12 Extends Tax-Exempt Financing to Elementary and Secondary Schools S.B. 1556 Extends tax-exempt financing under the Higher Education Facilities Finance Act to private elementary and secondary school facilities.... More... NY Signed into law 08/1998 P-12 School Tax Relief Eligibility S.B. 7058 Provides that a person otherwise eligible for the School Tax Relief (STAR) property tax exemption will not be denied the exemption if such person becomes 65 after the appropriate taxable status date and before December 31st of the same year.... More... AZ Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 Establishes Centralized Capital Finance System S.B. 1001 Establishes a centralized state school capital finance system with limited bonding for all school districts; institutes school building adequacy requirements; makes an appropriation.... More... CA Died 07/1998 P-12 V 7 Prohibits school districts from spending more than 5% of funds from all sources for costs of general administration, instructional resources supervision, and supervision of instruction, beginning fiscal year 1999-2000. Requires the State Board of Education to ... 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 education.... More... DE Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 H.J.R. 28 Education Finance Reform Committee Establishes an Education Finance Reform Committee to conduct a comprehensive examination of Delaware's system of school finance and school governance and to make recommendations for changes that increase the State contribution and provide property tax relief.... 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 property taxes and school taxes.... More... MO Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 H.B. 1265 Changes the school building revolving fund; redirects the proceeds of forfeitures distributed for education to the school building revolving fund; narrow the use of revolving fund moneys from loans and grants to lease purchase only; requires a lease purchase t... More... RI Signed into law 07/1998 P-12 Urban Education Act. H.B. 7787 Creates the Rhode Island Urban Education Act; appropriates funds to the cities based on the total number of students in each community.... More... AL Died 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 609 Education Revision Act of 1997 Provides the "Education Revision Act of 1997", establishes the Alabama K-12 Education Funding Study Council; and establishes the Alabama K-12 Education Facilities Study Committee.... More... AZ Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 1114 School District Construction Fees Revises prohibition on school district construction fees.... More... CO Died 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 91 H.B. 1190 & H.B. 1174 Capital Construction S.B. 91 Designates the state's "excess revenues" as the source for a loan program to school districts undertaking capital construction projects. H.B. 1190 allows school districts to request funding for emergency capital construction projects on facilities that... More... IN Died 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 17 Requires the department of education to fully reimburse school corporations and accredited nonpublic schools for costs of furnishing free school textbooks, supplies, and other required class fees to students meeting financial eligibility standards; apppropriat... More... LA Died 06/1998 P-12 H.C.R. 245 Provides for Legislative approval of the minimum foundation program (MFP) formula adopted by the Board of Elementary Education on June 13, 1997.... More... NJ Died 06/1998 P-12 S.B. 2289 Funding for Public School Construction Establishes grant and loan funds in the New Jersey Educational Facilities Authority to provide funds for public school construction and renovation.... More... SC Signed into law 06/1998 P-12 H.B. 4801 Relates to exemptions from the state sales tax; clarifies the types of school materials which qualify for the exemption; deletes the requirement that festivals must be officially recognized as special events before concessions sold there are exempt.... More... AL Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 664 Authorizes the county commission to levy an additional ad valorem tax in the amount of 10 mills on each dollar of taxable property to be used for capital improvements for public education; provides that the increase in the tax is subject to approval of a major... More... AL Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 148 Authorizes governmental units to enter into guaranteed energy costs savings contracts; provides for bid proposal procedures; establishes standards and procedures for awarding guaranteed energy cost savings contracts; reiterates present law requiring that educa... More... CO Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 1231 Concerns an assistance program for school district capital construction.... More... FL Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 Community College H.B. 3799 Authorizes community colleges to bond capital improvement fees financing or refinancing equipment, renovation, or remodeling of educational facilities; limits terms; provides additional allowable uses; authorizes community college Boards of Trustees to issue r... More... FL Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 3599 BECAME LAW WITHOUT GOVERNOR'S SIGNATURE . Authorizes boards to rent or lease certain buildings or space within buildings for conversion to use as educational facilities; provides for funding; requires school board adoption of resolution certifying that specif... 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 tracks; provides a definition of "taxable net slot machine proceeds", provides for the dedication of a fixed percentage... More... MD Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 541 Authorizes the Maryland Health Educational Facilities Authority to make its financing programs available to, and issue bonds for, capital projects of nonprofit elementary and secondary schools in the State that have received a certificate of approval from the ... More... MS Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 230 Includes a percentage of certain local tax revenues generated by gaming in the definition of "other local revenue sources" used to compute grants under the minimum education program.... More... NM Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 29 Authorizes the issuance of severence tax bonds for public school critical capital outlay projects pursuant to the public school capital outlay act. Makes an appropriation and declares an emergency.... More... TN Signed into law 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2988 Adds language to recognize full funding of Basic Education Programs in 1997-1998 fiscal year; deletes provisions of Tennessee Education Finance Act of 1977.... More... WA Died 05/1998 P-12 H.B. 2682 Medical Reimbursement Relates to medical reimbursement payments to school districts.... More... GA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.R. 529 Education Appropriation NOTE: NOT PASSED BY VOTERS AS OF 9/98 Relates to Education Appropriation: proposes and amendment to the Constitution so as to specify the educational purposes and programs for which lottery proceeds may be appropriated and expended; provides for submission of ... More... GA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.R. 467 Creates a Blue Ribbon Study Committee on Funding of the "Quality Basic Education Act".... More... GA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1520 Sales Tax Relates to sales tax for educational purposes; provides for the enactment of a distribution formula by local Act.... More... IA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 2282 Authorizes the imposition of a local option sales and service tax and use of certain federal funds for school infrastructure projects and the issuance of bonds; provides for the State Department of Education to adopt rules to comply with the requirements of th... 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 that the moneys be paid on a matching basis to the Malt Beverage Educational Fund to combat underage drinking; requires ... More... ME Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1622 Provides for the implementation of recommendations from the Governor's Commission on School Facilities which establishes a debt service factor to help cover the cost of school construction or renovation; establishes the School Facilities Finance Program within... More... ME Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 1457 Provides a homestead exemption of funds applied to the portion of the property tax assessment attributable to education costs; requires the State to fund 51% of the costs of essential education services as defined by the Legislature.... More... NE Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 L.B. 1134 Relates to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act; changes provision relating to school district reorganization incentives; harmonizes provisions; repeals the original section.... More... NE Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/1998 P-12 L.B. 1110 Relates to educational service units; provides for funding of core services; states intent; harmonizes provisions; repeals the original sections; appropriates funds from the General Fund. Note: Governor's veto overridden by LEGISLATURE. ... More... NE Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 L.B. 989 Revenues and Taxation Relates to revenue and taxation; changes budget limitation provisions for political subdivisions and school districts as prescribed; provides an operative date; repeals the original sections; declares an emergency; relates to qualified sinking funds for capita... More... VA Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 H.B. 918 Provides specific authority for school boards to apply for Literary Funds loans for the construction of a school building on leased property under certain circumstances; requires school board to submit evidence that both parties are fully apprises of the const... More... WV Signed into law 04/1998 P-12 S.B. 533 Relates to funding plan for continuing public school construction.... More... ID Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 1420 Technology in Learning Relates to the State Council for Technology in Learning; increases the council's membership from 15 to 18 and specifies the method of nominations.... 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 for property tax replacement; strikes distribution of sales tax receipts for the purpose of property tax relief.... More... NH Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 Implements Advancing Better Classrooms Program H.B. 1075 Implements the Advancing Better Classrooms Program to provide a constitutionally adequate public education to all the children of New Hampshire; establishes the criteria necessary for an adequate education.... More... NM Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 10 Authorizes the issuance and sale of capital projects general obligation bonds to make capital expenditures for senior citizen facility improvements and acquisitions, for public educational capital improvements and acquisitions and for public library acquisitio... 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 education and local effort; provides for a 5% reduction in property taxes for certain types of property; provides reductions ... More... SD Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 183 Permits the issuance of economic development revenue bonds to finance primary, secondary, and postsecondary schools operated by nonprofit entities.... More... SD Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 173 Revises the calculation of state aid to education.... More... VA Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 H.B. 138 Provides that, in compliance with the provisions of the appropriation act relating to the maintenance supplement program and with such funds as are appropriated for such purpose, each school board must establish a program for ongoing school maintenance needs; ... More... VA Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 67 Concerns funding of capital school projects; provides that issuance of bonds by Public School Authority (VPSA) may be based on debt service payments payable from appropriations from the General Assembly; provides that the VSPA is not a political subdivision an... 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; amends the manner in which property tax exemptions, tax stabilization agreements and other incentives for economic develo... More... WY Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 16 Relates to school capital construction; establishes a program for school district building and facility maintenance as specified; defines terms; provides for maintenance and repair payments; imposes accounting and reporting requirements; provides for advance m... More... WY Signed into law 03/1998 P-12 S.B. 38 School Capital Construction Relates to school capital construction; modifies the mill levy supplement program for local district bonded indebtedness; imposes uniform statewide building standards for school building adequacy; prescribes a process for prioritization of statewide building n... More... NM Signed into law 02/1998 P-12 H.B. 60 Makes an appropriation from the general fund to the public school capital improvements fund; declares an emergency.... 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 taxpayers to claim a refundable income tax credit for a portion of their residential property tax payments; makes an approp... More... SD Signed into law 02/1998 P-12 S.B. 29 Revises the circumstances under which a school district may charge a fee for school bus transportation.... More... FL Signed into law 11/1997 P-12 Community College S.B. 20 Allows capital improvement fees to be bonded and specifies conditions; permits new construction of educational facilities as use for fee revenues; authorizes community college district boards of trustee to borrow funds and incur debt for new construction of ed... More... CA Signed into law 08/1997 P-12 A.B. 64 1998 Class Size Reduction Bond Act and the 2000 Class Size Reduction Bond Act Enacts the 1998 Class Size Reduction Bond Act and the 2000 Class Size Reduction Bond Act, each of which, upon approval of the voters, would provide $1 billion in general obligation bonds to provide aid to school districts in accordance with the Greene Act.... 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 tax exemption from $ 5,000 to $15,000. Authorizes the Legislature to limit all or part of the exemption to political sub... More... CA Signed into law 07/1997 P-12 A.B. 55 Bond Elections Changes the current two-thirds vote requirement for the passage of local school facilities bond measures to 58 percent of the votes cast.... More... CA Died 06/1997 P-12 A.C.A. 7 Bond Elections Places on the ballot a measure to lower the vote required for passage of local school bonds to a simple majority.... More... CO Vetoed 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 1007 Establishes School Construction and Renovation Fund Establishes a school construction and renovation fund to receive lottery moneys allocated to it by the state constitution; provides that moneys in the fund are to be used to make matching grants to school districts for capital construction projects.... More... LA Died 06/1997 P-12 S.B. 1275 Funding for the Improvement of School Facilities Relates to funding the improvement of elementary and secondary school facilities; creates and provides for the Elementary and Secondary School Building Fund; provides that two percent of the net porceeds from the State Lottery, the Video Poker Device Fund, Net... More... ME Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 1344 School Funding Formula Resolves to direct the State Board of Education to study the school funding formula.... More... NV Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 A.B. 353 Financing of School Facilities Revises provisions governing the review of plans for school facilities; authorizes school districts to enter into lease agreements for school facilities with an option to purchase the facilities; requires the board of trustees of school districts in certain co... More... OK Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 State Budget The legislature passed a state budget totaling $4.5 billion, an increase of 9.6 percent. Education budgets received the largest share of the new funding, 42.3 percent of the $395.3 million increase. Overall, education budgets will increase 7.3 percent to $2.5 ... More... OR Died 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 3555 Capital Construction Directs State Board of Education to establish statewide cost standards for capital construction of schools; establishes School Capital Construction Fund; directs Department of Education to distribute money from fund to school districts based on cost standards;... More... SC Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 1997-98 Budget The budget for 1997-98 will provide elementary and secondary schools with $1.4 billion in general funds, 5.1 percent more than was available in 1997. Finance formula funding will increase 5.5 percent to nearly $1.3 billion. Other funds to districts totaling $4... More... VT Signed into law 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 527 An Act Relating to Equal Educational Opportunity IMPROVES EQUALITY OF EDUCATIONAL OPPORTUNITY: Makes equal educational opportunity a fundamental right for all children. Develops standards for student performance as well as assessment methods. Establishes public school quality standards as biennial evaluation... More... WY Vetoed 06/1997 P-12 H.B. 1001 Relates to public schools; prescribes school reform in response to the supreme court decision in Campbell County School District, et al., v. State of Wyoming, et al., authorizes limited local option ad valorem tax levies; provides for appropriations; authorize... 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 education, an aggressive anti-tobacco campaign targeting children, and prosecution of illegal sellers or suppliers of t... More... AL Died 05/1997 P-12 H.B. 623/S.B. 475 Funding for Technology and Portable Classroom Removal Provies $125 million in technology and $310 million for removal of portable classrooms and other important construction needs.... More... FL Died 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 2084 Provides matching grants to certain school districts; specifies eligible facilities. Provides for allocation and use of matching grants from Florida Lottery School Construction Fund; authorizes school districts to pledge discretionary lottery funds designated ... More... FL Died 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 1864 School Infrastructure Trust Fund Creates School Infrastructure Trust Fund with Department of Education; provides for sources of moneys & purposes, annual carryover of funds; provides for future review & termination or re-creation of trust fund.... More... IN Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 375 Relates to tax credits for computer donations. Removes a requirement that educational service centers pay to the Revenue Department an amount for state tax credits issued by the service center to taxpayers for donations of qualified computer equipment. Removes... More... KS Signed into law 05/1997 P-12 S.B. 36 Concerns school districts; authorizes the adoption of local option budgets; provides a procedure for authorization to increase such budgets; revises the definition of local effort.... More... CA Died 04/1997 P-12 A.B. 110 School Bond Measure Proposes to allocate 90 percent of $4 billion in bond proceeds on a per ADA basis while requiring a 50/50 local match.... More... CO Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 1015 Small Attendance Center Grant Fund Establishes the Small Attendance Center Grant Fund in the State Treasury. For the 1997-98 budget year, and each budget year thereafter, school districts would be eligible to seek grants from the program if they meet certain criteria, including: district enroll... More... CO Died 04/1997 P-12 H.C.R. 1001 Funding of State Lottery Revenues This House Concurrent Resolution would submit a measure to Colorado voters at the November 1998 general election to amend the State Constitution relating to the distribution of lottery proceeds. The concurrent resolution would require that annually $32 million... More... MS Passed 04/1997 P-12 H.C.R. 159 Financing Adequate Educataion Program Suspends deadlines for further consideration of S 2649, providing Mississippi Adequate Educataion program.... More... MT Died 04/1997 P-12 H.B. 145 Allocation of Money for Technology Purchases Authorizes the issuance of K-12 education license plates; authorizes the collection of donations for educational technology acquisition in addition to regular license plate fees; authorizes the distribution of donations to public elementary and secondary schoo... More... AZ Signed into law 03/1997 P-12 H.B. 2009 & S.B. 1009 "ABC" School Finance Act of 1997 Amend the self-repeal date of the Legislature's "ABC" school finance act of 1997 to extend the date to a date six months after the court ruling; forbids the state Board of School Capital Facilities entering after the ruling into any obligation not related to a... More... MS Died 03/1997 P-12 Community College S.B. 2058 Creation of Construction Education Fund Provedes for revenues derived from an additional license fee for general contractors be used for creation of Construction Education Fund; provides for fund distribution; applies to institutes for higher learning and community colleges; specifies fund usage for... More... NM Died 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 483 State Lottery Revenues Relates to state lottery revenues; changes the disposition of net lottery revenues to earmark sixty percent for public school, middle school and junior high school extracurricular activities; creates a fund; makes an appropriation; amends an enacting session o... More... RI Signed into law 02/1997 P-12 S.B. 85 Financing School Facilities Authorizes the city of Newport to finance the construction, equipping and furnishing of a new middle school in the city.... More... WY Died 02/1997 P-12 H.B. 262 School Finance Relates to school finance; modifies distributions of local school district revenues by allocating revenues directly to the foundation account, to be distributed to local districts through foundation program payments as specified; accordingly modifies related p... More... NM Died 01/1997 P-12 S.B. 316 Finance for Teachers for Instructional and Educational Activities Relates to education; enacts the Classroom Piggy Bank Act; provides money for teachers for instructional and educational activities; and makes an appropriation.... More... AZ Signed into law 07/1996 P-12 H.B. 2001 c Funding Capital Facility Projects SAME AS S.B. 1001c Provides that the State Board for Capital Facilities may issue bonds payable from the Permanent Common School Fund; provides that final maturity date must be no later than fiscal year 2015-16; provides that such bonds are tax-free legal investments, but not an... More... AZ Died 07/1996 P-12 S.B. 1013 School Capital Financing Provides for reformation of the school capital financing mechanism by the end of 1997 by means of constitutional amendment in accordance with 4 principles; requests substantial equalization satisfying the State Constitution; requests same assessment ratio on a... More... CA Signed into law 07/1996 P-12 S.B. 1789 Class Size Reduction Facilities Funding Program Establishes the Class Size Reduction Facilities Funding Program for the purpose of assisting school districts with the facilities-related costs associated with reducing class size in kindergarten and grades 1 to 3, inclusive, pursuant to a specified Class Size... More... NC Died 07/1996 P-12 H.B. 60 & S.B. 28 State Lottery to Provide Funds for Educational Purposes Establishes a State Lottery to provide funds for educational purposes, subject to statewide referendum; creates State Lottery Commisssiom; provides for membership and duties; restricts games to be offered, specifies ticket criterica; requires independent audit... More... SC Signed into law 07/1996 P-12 H.B. 4547/S.B. 1117 Public School Facilities Assistance Act Enacts the "Public School Facilities Assistance Act", makes funds available to construct and renovate public school facilities, authorizes the issuance of school revenue bonds.... More... NC Died 06/1996 P-12 S.B. 1136 Usage of Local Sales Tax for Public School Buildings Makes permanent the requirement that counties use part of the two half-cent local sales tax proceeds only for public school buildings.... More... NC Died 06/1996 P-12 H.B. 1104 & S.B. 1133 School Facilities Establishes the School Facilities Trust Fund to provide funds for grants to counties for public school capital outlay projects to promote equity in local school facilities and reduces the pressure on the local property tax.... More... CO Died 05/1996 P-12 H.B. 1195 School Finance Per Pupil Funding Provides for a 1% inflation increase in statewide base per pupil funding for the 1996-97 budget. Creates a program for incentive funding to school districts that increase the amount of teacher pupil instruction time offered during a year or that enhance profes... More... GA Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 S.B. 46 Finance Lotteries Relates to definitions applicable to the "Georgia Lottery for Education Act"; changes the definition of the term "educational purposes and programs"; authorizes appropriations from the Lottery for Education Account for the purpose of providing teachers and per... 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, levy, and collect a one percent sales and use tax for educational purposes.... More... MN Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 S.B. 2886 Education Budget (Effective: 04/11/96) Raises budget reserve amount to $270 million; reduces the property tax recognition shift for school districts; adopts 1997 property tax recognition shift adjustment; appropriates $180,000,000 to the Commissioner of Children, Families, and... More... MS Passed 04/1996 P-12 Requiring School Districts to Spend No Less Than 80% on Annual Title 1 Budgets (Effective: 05/03/96) Requires school districts to spend no less than 80% on annual Title 1 budgets at participating school sites, in order to improve school environments to enable children to succeed. Provides children greater opportunities for success, by di... 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, maximum levy for school districts decreases to $1.00 per $100 of taxable valuation. Includes some exceptions. Different limit... More... NE Signed into law 04/1996 P-12 LB 1050 School Finance Revisions School Finance revisions Caps the amount of income tax rebate given back to schools districts; makes revisions to accomodate option students (open enrollment); includes in the equalization formula insurance tax funds that districts receive; clarifies that the goal of the state providi... 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 Educational Lands and Funds to develop a plan for the sale of certain educational lands; harmonizes provisions; provides s... 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 board votes in the affirmative. Generally, the district may not increase its general fund budget more than the allowable... More... AZ Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 2009 Creation of School Capital Equity Fund for School Capital Facilities Creates a state School Capital Equity Fund and a state Board for School Capital Facilities to provide an avenue for construction funding for school districts meeting at least 1 of these criteria: 1. Bonding capacity per pupil of less than $4500 (elementary) or... More... AZ Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 Community College H.B. 2004a SAME AS: S 1004a Education Budget (Effective: 03/21/96) Provides "omnibus budget reconciliation" relating to education. Includes reduction in state aid for community college operations and construction after 2 years of declining enrollment, $174 per student state aid for charter school transpo... More... IN Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 1132 Budget Year (Effective: 03/21/96) Changes a school corporation's budget year from a calendar year to a school year, effective in 1999. Requires a school corporation to establish its budget before February 1 for the ensuing school year beginning July 1. Provides for a scho... More... KY Passed 03/1996 P-12 702 KAR 3:246 School Council Allocation Formula: KETS District Administrative System Chart of Accounts (Effective: 02/12/96) Relates to the school council allocation formula: KETS district administrative system chart of accounts; mandates that the Board of Education adopt a formula by administrative regulation which guides the way in which in which school distr... More... NM Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 45 Increase Property Tax Rate Allows an increase of a property tax rate authorized for capital improvements to public schools.... More... UT Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 56 Money to Schools (Effective: 03/04/96) Relates to Public Schools; Provides for a modified centennial schools program; Provides for elected school directors; Provides for exemptions from state and local board rules and policies to meet performance goals; Provides for the flow t... More... UT Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 405 Minimum School Program Act Provides for State and local funding of the Minimum School Program Act. Establishes a ceiling for the State contribution to the maintenance and operation portion of the Act of $1,341,699,431. Establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $1,739. Establis... More... UT Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 S.B. 46 Captal Outlay Programs (Effective: 03/19/96) Relates to public education; establishing capital outlay foundation and capital outlay loan programs for school districts to provide revenues for capital outlay bonding, construction, renovation, and debt service; providing for qualificat... More... WY Signed into law 03/1996 P-12 H.B. 107 State Land Leases (Effective: 03/15/96) Authorizes the board to lease lands to school districts for physical facilities at specified fee.... More... ID Signed into law 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 707 Citizens May Sue Over Adequacy of Public Education Adds to existing law to provide the "Constitutionally Based Educational Claims A" to provide a procedure where the citizens of Idaho may sue over the adequacy of public education.... More... ID Died 02/1996 P-12 Reading Recovery Program S.B. 1399 Adds to existing law to establish a reading recovery program and to provide the method for determining the allocation of funds.... More... SD Signed into law 02/1996 P-12 H.B. 1118 Budgeting Process (Effective: 02/14/96) Allows school boards to start the budgeting process at an earlier date.... More... HI Repealed 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 3074 & H.B. 3075 Establishment of Not-For-Profit School Enterprises H.B. 3074 establishes in the Department of Education a corporation to allow not-for-profit businesses in schools. Supports enterprising efforts such as creation of products, establishment of prices, hiring staff and paying expenses. Profits retained by the cor... More... MN Died 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 2495 Levies for Crime Related Costs Allows school districts to levy up to $3.00 (now $1.00) per person in the district for crime related costs and adds programs for a gang resistance education training curriculum, to be developed by the Bureau of Criminal Apprehension as a pilot program to train... 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 eliminate references to the Board of Educational Lands and Funds.... More... VA Signed into law 01/1996 P-12 H.B. 1525 Funding Mechanism and Drop Out Rate Provides that from such funds as may be appropriated, sufficient funds shall be provided to hold all school division harmless by providing certain drop out prevention conditions; requires that the Board of Education develop and implement by July 1, 1996, a fun... More... ID Died 12/1995 P-12 H.B. 397 School District Growth Fund Amends and adds to existing law to create a School District Growth Fund as a mechanism for a school district to utilize a levy to build additional buildings.... More... MI Signed into law 11/1995 P-12 S.B. 320--Public Act 195 Establishes and provides funding for a school aid budget stabilization reserve account s Establishes and provides funding for a school aid budget stabilization reserve account.... More... CA Signed into law 10/1995 P-12 A.B. 481 Funding for School Facilities Construction Authorizes a school district to enter into a joint venture relationship for the purposes of school facilities construction; authorizes a school district to apply to the State Allocation Board for funding for the school facilities portion of the cost of constri... More... MS Passed 09/1995 P-12 Reallocation Procedure for Federal Compensatory Education Funds (Effective: 10/20/95) Concerns reallocation procedure for Federal Compensatory Education Funds.... 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 increases the statewide average basic support per pupil by approximately 11%, from the current $3,323 to $3,497 per pupil the f... More... AL Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 H.B. 468/S.B. 379 Public School Funding Implements a foundation funding program for the annual funding of the public schools of Alabama, including allowances for salary, fringe benefits, classroom instructional support, and other current expense; provides for state funding for school transportation ... More... AR Passed 07/1995 P-12 Funding Levels for At Risk Programs (Effective: 07/21/95) Establishes funding levels for the various At Risk Programs, to establish funding formulas for the At Risk Programs and to prescribe program requirements for these programs.... More... ME Signed into law 07/1995 P-12 H.B. 658 Allowing schools to use Medicaid funds for students without reduction in state aid Permits schools to receive Medicaid funds to provide health and human services to students without reduction in general purpose aid by the State provided that the school expends at least 70% of the savings for students; provides for a General Fund appropriatio... More... NE Passed 07/1995 P-12 Spending Lid The new spending lid limits school districts to a 3% to 5.5% increase in budgets, 1% lower than the current lid. The lower spending lid, a priority piece of legislation offered by Gov. Nelson, was promoted as an "efficiency measure" to reduce local spending an... More... AK 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $587.1 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 0.03 percent Comments: Because of a fiscal crisis provoked by a sharp drop in petroleum prices, the Governor proposed no new education programs this year.... More... AL 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $2.1 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 7.7 percent Comments: In both its regular session and a special session, the legislature failed to pass either substantive education-reform measures or changes in the school-finance s... More... CA 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $14.76 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 0.1 percent Comments: For the third straight year, the budget provides $4,217 per student, forcing school districts to once again pay for any increases, even those needed to keep up... More... CO 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.5 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 7.9 percent Comments: Legislature enacted a new school finance formula. Minimum per-pupil funding will increase, and districts will be eligible for additional aid based on their size ... More... CT 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.44 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 3.5 percent Comments: The 1995 budget, a revision of the second year of a biennial budget, has not been signed by Governor, but he is expected to do so. Original budget was increased... More... DE 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $496 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 7.5 percent Comments: Budget includes $900,000 for an early-childhood program for at-risk 4-year-olds. Also included is $3.6 million to set up school-safety and violence intervention ... More... FL 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $6.99 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 6.5 percent Comments: Legislature passed Governor's $120 million package to protect schools and prevent student crime, including after-school programs for middle school students. Bud... More... HI 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $743 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 0.70 percent Comments: Voters in November will consider a constitutional amendment to alter the state school board's powers and structure. A slight increase in school funding is due m... More... IA 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.27 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 3.3 percent Comments: Legislature enacted a law creating a system to help districts share information on students who have been suspended or expelled or have assaulted school employe... More... ID 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $620.5 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 17.5 percent Comments: Although fiscal 1995 K-12 appropriation approved by legislature is $15 million less than the Governor requested, the $92.5 million hike in school spending, ma... More... IL 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $4.78 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 8.4 percent Comments: The budget added nearly $8 million in funding for staff development, while nearly doubling the state's teacher-certification fund. The legislature appropriated ... More... IN 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $2.59 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 2 percent Comments: Tight budget year forced lawmakers to scramble to find funding to hold school spending steady. This year begins six-year period in which state will phase in... More... KS 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.655 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 7.1 percent Comments: Legislature approved a pilot program that will allow as many as 15 state-regulated charter schools to open across the state. State will pay 90 percent of the s... More... KY 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $2.26 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 5.3 percent Comments: The two-year budget will increase K-12 funding by 4 percent more in fiscal 1996, to $2.35 billion. Lawmakers met education department requests for assessment, p... More... LA 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.83 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 2.2 percent Comments: While the Governor has signed the budget, it must still be approved by a state revenue-estimating panel. The panel's action should not affect education funding.... More... MA 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $2.06 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 12 percent Comments: Budget increases funding for 1993 education reforms, such as the state's "foundation aid" formula, charter schools, and a statewide public-school-choice program.... More... MD 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $2.1 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 4.9 percent Comments: Legislature approved a $81 million increase in fudning for public education, including a $22 million hike in pension benefits for teachers. Budget also includes ... More... ME 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $501.7 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 0.08 percent Comments: Legislature established a panel to review the state's school-funding formula and evaluate state and local governance policies. Legislature also passed a bill ... More... MI 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $6.7 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 139 percent Comments: The K-12 budget total reflects passage of a new school-finance program that reduces local property taxes and replaces the local funds with state aid, much of whi... More... MN 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $2.75 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 4.2 percent Comments: The state board of education and the state education department are moving toward adoption of performance-based graduation standards after the legislature scrap... More... MO 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.99 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 12.1 percent Comments: Legislature approved establishment of a riverboat-gambling system, stipulating that a portion of the profits will be used to finance school construction projec... More... MS 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.535 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 60 percent Comments: Fiscal 1995 appropriations provided raises for teachers and fully funded health insurance for teachers and other school employees. Legislature approved $36.9 mi... More... NC 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $3.96 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 9.1 percent Comments: The legislature approved raises of 5 percent to 7 percent for teachers and 5 percent to 9.6 percent for other school staff members. Funding was approved for a t... More... NE 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $538.7 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 5.9 percent Comments: Figures for fiscal 1995 reflect changes made by the legislature in the second year of a biennial budget, plus funds appropriated for the first year. Legislatur... More... NH 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $47.4 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: -21 percent Comments: The state education budget was essentially level-funded; the decrease resulted from a one-time, $10 million addition in fiscal 1994. The Governor vetoed a measu... More... NJ 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $4.03 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: -0.05 percent Comments: Budget shifts $28.5 million from wealthier to poor districts. Also cuts state income taxes as much as 10 percent, and requires teachers and other state employ... More... NM 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.22 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 8.9 percent Comments: The 1995 budget includes a pay raise for teachers of about 6 percent. Legislature set a minimum salary of $22,000 a year for teachers and $6 and hour for suppor... More... NY 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $9.7 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 6.6 percent Comments: Legislature appropriated $62 million for the repair of rundown school buildings, particularly in New York City. Legislature approved Governor's proposed "Excelsi... More... OK 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.41 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 3.7 percent Comments: The legislature appropriated the fifth and final year of funding for the education-reform law known as House Bill 1017. The legislature passed a bill that puts ... More... PA 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $5.6 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 3.5 percent Comments: Poorer school districts will receive additional $123.2 million in state aid, guaranteeing that each district will have a minimum per-pupil foundation budget of $... More... RI 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $458.1 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 10 percent Comments: The "guaranteed student entitlement," a bill that would have increased school spending and provided property-tax relief, died in the legislature. It was drafted... More... SC 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.27 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 4 percent Comments: Budget includes $80 million for early-childhood, parenting, and dropout-prevention programs. Budget calls fro a 3.6 percent pay increase for teachers, financed la... More... SD 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $184.9 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 9.7 percent Comments: The $16.3 million hike in state aid to education, a result of increased sales-tax revenues, is the second largest increase in state history. Governor's proposa... More... TN 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.834 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 4.3 percent Comments: Budget figures do not include a 4 percent raise for state employees, including teachers, that was contingent on sufficient state revenues. The raise brings the... More... TN Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 H.J.R. 281 ADA Funding (Effective: 06/15/95) Request Joint Oversight Committee on Education to study desirability of changing funding of local education under TCA 499-03-0315 to average daily attendance (students enrolled) instead of the present average daily attendance (students wh... More... UT 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.09 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 7.4 percent Comments: Legislature approved a 4.5 percent pay raise for teachers. Budget includes $15.4 million to reduce overcrowding in kindergarten through the 3rd grade. Pilot pro... More... VA 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $2.7 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 12 percent Comments: The legislature approved a biennial budget, which includes $192.8 million in aid to local school districts and $113 million for salary increases for public school... More... VT 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $194.7 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 0.62 percent Comments: A plan that would have overhauled the state's system for financing education died when the legislature adjourned without reaching a consensus. The Senate had ... More... WA 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $3.96 billions Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 5 percent Comments: Legislature passed a juvenile violence law that tightens control of gun sales and pays for community networks to coordinate prevention programs. Another new law ... More... WA Signed into law 06/1995 P-12 S.B. 6010 New Allocation Formula (Effective: 06/19/95) Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop recommendations for a new allocation formula not later than the 1997-98 school year, based upon the initial implementation of the assessment system for reading, writing, communi... More... WI 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $5.9 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 4.7 percent Comments: Governor signed measure mandating a $1 billion, one-third decrease in the amount of school revenue derived from local property taxes by 1997. The measure freezes... More... WV 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $1.23 billion Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: 3.3 percent Comments: Teachers will receive a $500 annual salary raise, plus an additional $40 for each year of experience. Legislature passed measure banning corporal punishment. Bu... More... WY 06/1995 P-12 State Education Budgets/Legislation for FY 1994-1995 FY 1995 K-12 Budget: $314 million Percent Change in K-12 Budget from 1994: -8.9 percent Comments: Under the 1995 budget, 32 of the state's 49 school districts will see a decrease in classroom-unit funding, a figure based on enrollment and district facilities... More... GA Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 Budget Adjustments to Quality Basic Education (QBE) Finance Program $31.2 million has been provided for elementary and secondary schools so that each school in the state will receive $15,000 for classroom computers and technology. The university system will receive $85.8 million (in addition to its original appropriation of $3... More... KS Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 2152 School Finance Increased base state aid per pupil (BSAPP) from $3,600 to $3,626; added the new correlation weighting which, if phased in over a four year period as intended, will provide a 3.6121% enrollment adjustment for all school districts with full time enrollments of 1... More... KY Passed 05/1995 P-12 702 KAR 7:050 & 702 KAR 7:125 Average Daily Pupil Attendance (Effective: 05/01/95) Defines average daily attendance of pupils for funding purposes under the Support Educational Excellence in Kentucky Program; bases state funding upon average daily attendance; defines the minimum age for school attendance; defines attend... More... SD Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 1351 State Aid Formula Repealed the existing state aid formula and created a new state aid formula, which is driven by average daily membership rather than expenditures. The new formula will be phased in over a period of years.... More... TN Signed into law 05/1995 P-12 H.B. 1141/S.B. 1467 Finance Formula (Effective: 05/30/95) Requires allocation of state funds for local education agency to be calculated on basis of current year average daily membership, full time equivalent average daily membership, and identified and special education students minus 2% if enr... 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 more equitable. A second law that was signed sets a 10 percent income tax surcharge on taxpayers in districts where voters... More... AR Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 2145 - Statistics for Funding Equalization Requires the Education Department to develop "statistical" procedures that will ensure timely computations to help equalize funding for public schools.... More... CA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 S.B. 59 Financial Assistance to Children Who are At Risk of Dropping Out (Effective: 04/21/95) Requires the State Department of Education to provide additional information and financial assistance to schools in which 30% or more of the school enrollment consists of children who have applied and qualify for free and reduced-price me... More... GA Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 129 Quality Basic Education Formula (Effective: 04/18/95) Relates to the Quality Basic Education Formula, so as to change provisions relating to educational funding; provides for a construction reserve trust fund; provides for a change in the program weights allotted to state authorized instruct... More... KS Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 H.B. 2152 School District Finance (Effective: 04/16/95) Increases base state aid per pupil; affects the definition of state prescribed percentage for the purposes of local option budgets; relates to the ad valorem tax levy authority of certain districts for operation of new school facilities.... More... MT Signed into law 04/1995 P-12 S.B. 423 - School Finance Revises certain school finance laws; changes the status of school district general bonus payments in determining general fund balance operating reserve funds; allows rural school districts to negotiate for voluntary impact payments to the district building fun... More... NH Died 04/1995 P-12 S.B. 96 Finances for Public Kindergarten Designates certain taxes and revenue to fund public kindergarten.... More... KS Signed into law 03/1995 P-12 S.B. 191 Purchase Items for Students and Collect Fees (Effective: 03/31/95) Concerns school districts; relates to the authority of boards of education to purchase certain items for pupil use and to assess and collect fees for such use.... 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... SD Signed into law 02/1995 P-12 H.B. 1137 - Student Fees Permits school boards to charge a fee for the use of school parking facilities.... More... OK Signed into law 08/1994 P-12 H.B. 1017 (1990) During the 1994 legislative session, lawmakers provided an additional $53,576,432 for the H.B. 1017 reforms enacted in 1990. The total annual and cumulative appropriations for H.B. 1017 are illustrated in Chart 5. FY-95 represents the fifth and final year of i... More... OK Signed into law 08/1994 P-12 H.B. 2761 The needs of growing school districts were addressed in H.B. 2761 which appropriates $5.4 million from the Constitutional (Chart 6) Reserve Fund to the State Board of Education for the 1993-94 mid-term Statutory Minimum Salary for adjustment. This appropriated... More... VT Signed into law 08/1994 P-12 h.238 Vermont Postsecondary Review Entity (Effective: 05/16/94) This act designates the Vermont Higher Education Council as the Vermont postsecondary review entity for the purpose of reviewing the practices of institutions of higher education that receive certain federal funds, in order to ensure that... More... ID Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 1560 State Funding Litigation A group of school superintendents representaing districts involved in the state funding litigation proposed these amendments to the public school funding formula. The changes include the following: 1) The local school district contribution calculation is incre... More... ID Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 S.B. 1291 Constitutional Education System In response to the decision of the courts that the legislature is not providing a thorough system of schools as required by the constitution, this legislation defines the elements of a thorough system of public schools. Eight general basic assumptions are list... More... MN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 Funds for facility improvements Appropriations of $1.5 million in operating grants and $20 million in state bond funds for facility improvements are available for metropolitan wide voluntary desegregation and integration efforts. The funds will be used by Minneapolis and St. Paul and suburba... More... MN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 Property Tax Recognition Shift Despite all the discussion about reducing the property tax revenue recognition shift as far as possible, the shift was reduced to 37.4% with the $172 million that was available before the session started. The funding for additional shift reduction that was in ... More... MN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 Property Tax Relief Going into the 1994 session, school property taxes payable in 1995 were projected to increase by 10% over 1994 on a statewide average. Because of several property tax relief provisions that totaled about $44 million, the 1995 increases should be less than 8% s... More... MN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 Funding Staff Development The portion of the general education formula that school districts are required to spend for staff development programs is increased from 2% ($63 per pupil unit) in 1994-95 to 2.5% ($79 per pupil unit) in 1995-96. (Legislative Summary 1994)... More... MN Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 Desegregation Even though the concept of metropolitan wide desegregation was met with a lot of skepticism before the session started, it appears that the Legislature took the idea seriously. The education finance bill includes $2 million in several programs aimed at establi... 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 $49 million in new state funding for this biennium: All school districts will receive an additional $17.10 per pupil unit... More... NM Signed into law 06/1994 P-12 Public School Funding The New Mexico Legislature appropriated more than $1.2 billion for the funding of public education, an increase of more than $96.0 million (8.6%) over the 1993-94 appropriation. In adition, the Legislature appropriated $2.9 million for specific projects and $6... More... AL Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 H 193 (Act 94-470) Appropriation for Public Education (Effective: 05/28/94) Makes an appropriation for the support and development of public education in Alabama, for debt services and capital outlay for the fiscal year ending Sept 30, 1995. The legislature plans to convene in a second special session to develop ... More... AL Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 H 113 (Act 94-823) Adequate Support and Facilities (Effective: 05/17/94) Requires that all students in Alabama's public schools be provided adequate textbooks and instruction, general instructional support, and adequate facilities. (Legis. Link, First Special Legislative Session 1994)... More... CO Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 H.B. 1001 School Finance (Effective: 07/01/94) Adopts a new school finace act for the 94-95 budget year. As amended, establishes a statewide per pupil funding base of $3,390 which is adjusted by a cost of living factor and a size factor. Increases a district's base funding by an amoun... More... IA Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 Lawmakers reach accord on school budget issues The Iowa Legislature met its self imposed deadline and approved a 2.85% allowable growth rate for K-12 schools next year. Statewide, school districts will receive about $43.8 million more next year than the current year. Some 90 districts, however, are conspic... More... MD Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 Community College Legislative Session Spells Success for Schools The Fiscal Year 1995 budget contains not only a $131 million increase in State Assistance to local governments, but also a $104 million increase in State Aid for public school construction. The compromises preserved APEX at $3,300 and added grants for students... More... MN 05/1994 P-12 Governor spares K-12 bill veto pen Although Gov Carlson threatened to veto the K-12 bill, the bill was spared any line item vetos after a last minute cut of $9 million by the conference committee. The $9 million was slated for schools with poor students. The bottom line in the bill is $40 milli... More... NE Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 LB 1059 School Finance When Nebraska's school finance law (LB 1059) passed in 1990, a provision was included which required the Department of Revenue to do an independent assessment of the value of properties by school district. This information would by given to the Department of E... More... WI Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 Property Tax Freeze Governor Thompson has signed a measure designed to reduce the amount of school funding derived from property taxes. The measure freezes local school tax levies and calls for the amount raised through property taxes to drop by nearly $1 billion a year by 1997. ... More... WI Signed into law 05/1994 P-12 A.B. 1126 Budget Bill Gov. Thompson has signed A.B. 1126, the budget adjustment bill, setting the stage for a $1 billion increase in state aids over the next two years. A.B. 1126 includes a $177.5 million increase in state aid to school districts during fiscal year 1995 and establi... More... CO Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 Colorado Lawmakers Clear New Finance System (Effective: 06/30/94) The Colorado legislature has given final approval to a new school finance formula. The new formula is based on more traditional criteria - district enrollment, with adjustments for the local cost of living and the number of at risk studen... More... ID Passed 04/1994 P-12 Idaho Lawmakers Back Restructured Finance System More than 40 of Idaho's 113 districts have filed suit against the state, claiming that the finance system is unconstitutional because the state has failed to support a "uniform and thorough" system of public education as stipulated in its constitution. One gro... More... IL Passed 04/1994 P-12 H.B. 2638 Financial Difficulty for School Districts Revises conditions under which the State Board of Education may certify school districts to be in financial difficulty. Authorizes the State Board of Education to make block grants for school planning and school improvement purposes, subject to appropriation. ... More... OH Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 S.B. 19 Tax Abatements (Effective: 07/01/94) Revises Ohio's enterprise zone and other tax abatement programs, generally bars tax abatements above 75% in incorporated areas and 60% in unincorporated areas without approval of the board of the affected city, exempted village or local s... More... OH Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 H.B. 715 Budget Corrections Bill (Effective: 04/01/94) Budget corrections bill for the 1994-95 biennium. Eliminates the requirement that the State Department of Education approve local district curriculums, makes changes in the procedures for obtaining BCII background checks and delays the fi... More... VA Signed into law 04/1994 P-12 H.B. 191 Continuing Education Permits Virginia Tech to expend nongeneral funds from all its continuing education programs to pay for the University's share of the operating costs of the Commission and limits Virginia Tech in paying for such operating costs to only those continuing educatio... More... WI Passed 04/1994 P-12 Wisconsin Legislature Clears Property Tax Reductions Wisconsin legislators have agreed on a plan to increase state funding for education to provide property tax relief. The measure calls for a commission consisting of the governor, state superintendent, and legislative leaders to devise means of generating an ad... More... IN Signed into law 03/1994 P-12 S.B. 299 Use of Capital Funds to Pay for Certain Services Permits a school corporation, under certain circumstances, to use its capital projects fund to pay for services of certain employees, such as carpenters, electricians, plumbers, or other comparably skilled craft employees. Limits the number of employees that a... More... NH Passed 03/1994 P-12 Augenblick Bill The NH House has approved a bill that would more than double the amount of aid the state currently provides to school districts. Created in 1985 by John Augenblick in an attempt to ease fiscal disparities across district lines in a state where local property t... More... PA Passed 03/1994 P-12 H.B. 2187 Revenue for School Districts Amends the act to provide revenue for school districts of the first class A by imposing a temporary mercantile license tax on persons engaged in certain occupations and businesses therein. Further Provides for license fees. (Statenet 3/8/94)... More... PA Signed into law 03/1994 P-12 S.B. 375 Distance Learning Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Provides for use of funds by the State Public School Building Authority. Provides for financing for school building property and for leasing of telecommunications and distance learning equipment, for the center for Rural ... More... MI Signed into law 02/1994 P-12 S.B. 1, Proposal A (Effective: 05/01/94) Proposal A passed March 15 when 69% of Michigan voters said "yes" to a sales tax hike from 4 to 6 cents on a dollar to fund public education. Passage of Proposal A pushed property tax back to 6 mills on homesteads, 24 mills on non homeste... More... PA 02/1994 P-12 S.B. 1578 Merger of School Districts Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Provides for payments to school districts. Provides for the merger of school districts. (Statenet 2/14/94)... More... Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? 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