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From the ECS State Policy Database 1994-2013

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The following summary includes policies ECS has tracked in this database since 1994. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--College Entrance Exams Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Legal Issues Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Brain Research Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Home Economics Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Curriculum--Speech Education Data-Driven Improvement Demographics Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Aid to Private Schools Finance--Bonds Finance--District MT to governor 02/2013 P-12 Investment of Extracurricular Funds Cash S.B. 32 Allows trustees to receive and expend extracurricular money collected, invest any excess money in the extracurricular fund and for pupil ex... More... VA To governor 02/2013 P-12 Assignment of District Staff H.B. 2066/S.B. 1172 Permits districts that employ a sufficient number of librarians, guidance counselors, and school-based clerical personnel to meet the staffi... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Inglewood Unified School District Takeover and Emergency Loan S.B. 533 From bill summary: Expresses legislative intent to provide emergency apportionment assistance to the Inglewood Unified School District. Requ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Indirect Cost Rates A.B. 2435 From bill summary: Requires, until January 1, 2016, the department of education, and any other state agency that administers a grant or allo... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Districts Receiving Emergency Apportionments A.B. 2279 Amends conditions under which a trustee and necessary staff appointed to a district receiving an emergency apportionment must serve (a trust... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 State Superintendent Reassuming Rights, Duties, Powers of Insolvent District A.B. 2662 - State Superintendent Reassuming Rights, Duties, Powers of Insolvent District From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to reassume the rights, duties, and powers of a district receiving an... More... CA Signed into law 09/2012 P-12 Authority of a County Superintendent to Change a District's Fiscal Certification A.B. 2662 - Authority of a County Superintendent to Change a District's Fiscal Certification From bill summary: Permits a county superintendent of schools to change a district's certification (that it can meet its financial obligatio... More... IL Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Local Tax Rates for Recently Consolidated Districts S.B. 3252 Allows greater flexibility for recently consolidated districts when setting their local tax rate in the four years after consolidation. htt... More... NJ Signed into law 08/2012 P-12 Aid to Districts with High Enrollment Growth S 1792 Provides supplemental appropriation of $4.141 million from Property Tax Relief Fund to the Department of Education for aid to school distric... More... CA Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Evaluation of Appointed Administrator for Emergency Apportionment District A.B. 2278 From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a qualifying district, after one complete fiscal year has elapsed following the distric... More... PA Signed into law 07/2012 P-12 Financially Distressed School Districts H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions This section adds new article VI-A converning school district financial recovery in all school districts other than Philadelphia. Requires t... More... NH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Emergency Expenditures S.B. 373 Authorizes a school district to retain funds for emergency expenditures or to reduce the tax rate. Makes changes to the definition and enrol... More... OH Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 District Expenditure Reporting S.B. 316 - District Expenditure Reporting Amends provisions related to department development of standards for determining each district, community school, and STEM school's annual o... More... PA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Authority to Reopen Budgets H.B. 1901 - Section 616 Gives districts the authority to reopen their budget due to changes in federal or state allocations. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Leg... More... PA Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 Authority of a Commonwealth Partnership School District H.B. 1901 - Sec. 1704-B Section 1704-B continues provisions of the Empowerment Act that were scheduled to expire June 30, 2012. A Commonwealth Partnership School Di... More... RI Signed into law 06/2012 P-12 District Budgets, Accounting H.B. 7323A Budget Bill. Includes amendments that require districts to use a uniform system of accounting that includes a standardized budget process to... More... AL Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Classroom Supplies S.B. 257 Provides each K-12 public classroom teacher $300 annually from the Education Trust Fund. Defines "classroom supplies." Authorizes the state ... More... AL Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Exemptions from Competitive Bidding Requirements Expanded H.B. 504 Expands exemptions from competitive bidding requirements by local boards of education to include exemptions from additional cooperative purc... More... NE Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Local Budget Certifications and Bonding L.B. 633 Allows for refunding bonds at the district level and sets parameters. Adjusts dates by which districts must certify budgets and the state le... More... TN Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 District Funding S.B. 3044 Provides school districts may pursue and receive federal or private grants for educational purposes. Finds that local school boards must app... More... TX Adopted 05/2012 P-12 Financial Exigency 19 TAC 109.2001 Defines "financial exigency." As required by 2011 S.B. 8, establishes minimum standards concerning school district financial conditions that... More... VT Signed into law 05/2012 P-12 Incentives for Mergers of Supervisory Unions and District Mergers S.B. 113 - Mergers Section Provides fiscal incentives for supervisory unions that decide to merge and for regional districts and district mergers. http://www.leg.state... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Financial Emergencies S.B. 368 From bill summary: Requires the Auditor General to notify each member of the governing body of a district board, charter school, or charter ... More... FL Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Postsec. Audits (Including of School Districts and Postsecondary Institutions) H.B. 5201 - Audits (Including of School Districts and Postsecondary Institutions) Directs the Auditor General to notify the legislative auditing committee of any financial or operational audit report that indicates that a ... More... IA Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 A bill for an act relating to mandatory reporting of school employee misconduct to the board of educational examiners. H.F. 2383 Requires local boards, local or regional superintendents, directors of accredited nonpublic schools, etc. to report any disciplinary action ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Finance - Maintenance of Effort S.B. 848 Requires a county to apply to the board for a waiver from the Maintenance of Effort requirement if it cannot be funded and establishes penal... More... MN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Shared Time Aid H.F. 2949 Provides that the resident district of a a shared time pupil taking classes in a charter school must grant the charter school permission to ... More... MN Vetoed 04/2012 P-12 Omnibus K-12 bill H.F. 2083 Increases the school district aid payment shift percentage from 64.3 to 70.2 in fiscal year 2012 and adjusts appropriation accordingly. htt... More... MS Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 Extends Repealer on Requirement that Districts with File Budget Cuts Plan H.B. 909 Extends the repealer from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2015, on the provision requiring school districts with a low ending balance of school mai... More... TN Signed into law 04/2012 P-12 School Personnel S.B. 2982 Provides that an LEA may, at its discretion, choose to hire a building manager in lieu of an assistant principal. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Fiscal Crisis Team H.B. 2270 Allows State Board of Education (SBE) to appoint a fiscal crisis team, in addition to a receiver, for a school district that the SBE determi... More... IL Adopted 03/2012 P-12 Equal Funding for All Chicago Students H.R. 843 Urges the administration of the Chicago Public School District to allocate equal funding for each student, regardless of where that student ... More... IN Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Adoption of Budget for Reorganized School. H.B. 1058 Permits two or more school corporations to publish notices, hold public hearings, and take final action for the adoption of property tax lev... More... NY Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process A.B. 9057 - Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process Part A, Section 1: Requires a school district, to be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds appr... More... UT Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 One-Time Appropriation for Classroom Supplies S.B. 2 Section 4: Directs the state board to provide teachers in districts, the Utah Schools for the Deaf and the Blind, and charter schools with a... More... VA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 Expenditures and Reports on Instructional Spending H.B. 250 Requires each local school board to report annually to the Board of Education the percentage of its annual operating budget allocated to ins... More... WA Signed into law 03/2012 P-12 School District Financial Insolvency. H.B. 2617 Requires the superintendent of public instruction to convene a financial oversight committee to review the financial condition of a financia... More... MI Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 School Aid H.B. 5194 Amends code to provide that the pledge of state aid by a school district or ISD for the payment of notes is valid and binding from the time ... More... NM Signed into law 02/2012 P-12 School District Financial Flexiblity S.B. 209 The legislature finds that districts need flexibility to meet state fiscal solvency requirements. For the 2012-2013 school year, the secreta... More... AR Adopted 01/2012 P-12 Expenditure Requirements by Arkansas School Districts AR ADC 005.04.6-1.00 to AR ADC 005.04.6-8.00 Repeals rules and regulations governing expenditure requirements by Arkansas school districts for teacher salaries, special education, vocat... More... RI Signed into law 01/2012 P-12 Budget Commission to Certify Payments to Districts H.B. 7052 and S.B. 2016 Authorizes Budget Commission established under Title 45 of the Rhode Island General Laws to certify to the Rhode Island Department of Revenu... More... PA Signed into law 11/2011 P-12 Postsec. Thresholds for Contracts Put Out for Bid S.B. 296 Increases the maximum amount of a contract before it must be put out for bids. Under current law, a district must seek written or phone pric... More... CA Signed into law 10/2011 P-12 Hearing Before Adoption of Local Budget A.B. 189 - Hearing Before Adoption of Local Budget From bill summary: Requires a public hearing to be held prior to and independent of a meeting where the governing board of a school district... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Fiscal Efficiency and Shared Services S.B. 2134 Encourages each regional superintendent of schools to offer districts the opportunity to share in joint educational or operational programs,... More... IL Signed into law 08/2011 P-12 Financial Oversight Panels S.B. 2149 Requires that if an Annual Financial Report resulting from a mandated audit reflects a deficit, the district must, within 30 days after acce... More... CA Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 Allocation of Federal Funds to Districts A.B. 169 Clarifies that for purposes of state board allocation of federal funds to districts, "districts" are defined to include school districts, co... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 District Furloughs S.B. 8 - District Furloughs Authorizes a district board of trustees to implement a furlough program and reduce the number of days of service otherwise required by law b... More... TX Signed into law 07/2011 P-12 District Financial Exigency S.B. 8 - District Financial Exigency From bill summary: Authorizes a school district board of trustees to adopt a resolution declaring a financial exigency for the district, lim... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Postsec. Budget Review/Gift Ban for School Board Members H.B. 1255 - Sec. 6, 29 Removes the requirement that the commissioner of education review the budgets for school districts and Florida College System institutions. ... More... FL Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Posting of District Budget on School Website S.B. 224 Requires the budget of each school district (and other city and county entities) to be posted on the district's website. http://laws.flrules... More... NC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 P-12 School Calendar Pilot Program H.B. 200 - School Calendar Pilot Program Directs the state board to establish a school calendar pilot program in the Wilkes County Schools, the Montgomery County Schools, and the St... More... NH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Authorization for Special Board Meetings to Discuss Changes in Funding H.B. 650 Authorizes a school district to call a special meeting to address changes in the amount of education funding to be received from the state. ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Finance A.B. 579 Ensures sufficient funding for K-12 public education for the 2011-2013 biennium; apportioning the State Distributive School Account in the S... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 School District Solvency Assistance Fund H.B. 153 - School District Solvency Assistance Fund Provides an exception to the provision that districts must reimburse the school district solvency assistance fund no later than the end of t... More... OH Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy H.B. 153 - Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy Establishes the procedure for a district to levy a property tax or income tax. Pages 752-757 of 1000: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/Bil... More... PA Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Multiple Sections - School Budgets H.B. 1352 Section 615 gives school districts the authority to reopen their budget fue to changes in federal and state allocations. http://www.legis.st... More... TN Signed into law 06/2011 P-12 Students Served in Residential Mental Health S.B. 1707 Requires a local board of education to allocate funding in an amount equal to the per pupil state and local funds received by the LEA to sta... More... FL Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Uniform Reporting Requirements S.B. 1292 Requires, beginning October 1, 2011, the Chief Financial Officer to conduct workshops with state agencies, local governments, educational en... More... FL Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Postsec. Transparency Requirements S.B. 2096 Requires charter schools and charter technical career centers to post their financial information on the Transparency Florida website. Requi... More... KS Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Uniform Reporting System S.B. 21 Enacts the uniform reporting system for receipts and expenditures for school districts. Requires the state board of education to develop and... More... MT Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Revenues, Shared Services, Reporting S.B. 329 Excerpts from the fiscal note: SB 329, as amended, increases the basic and per-ANB entitlements for K-12 public schools by 1.1% in FY 2012 a... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Federal Grant Money Can Be Disbursed to Cooperative S.B. 275 The measure allows federal grant money applied for on behalf of a school district to be disbursed directly to an interlocal cooperative with... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Cap on District Expenditures on Administration S.B. 664 Changes the cap on school district expenditures. School districts with more than 1,500 average daily attendance must not spend more than 5% ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund H.B. 1852 The measure creates the Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund to be used for grants to public classroom teachers. The State Board o... More... OK Signed into law 05/2011 P-12 School Consolidation Assistance Fund H.B. 2115 Allows expenditure from School Consolidation Assistance Fund to school districts that have entered into a mutual contract for a superintende... More... ID Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Students Come First S.B. 1184 The Students Come First legislation relates to public school modernization and reform. The legislature has a duty to ensure that state's sch... More... ND Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Authority to Withhold School District State Aid H.B. 1428 Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop detailed procedures for school districts (and others) to follow if there is any... More... OK Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 H.B. 1372 Modifies definition of administrative services for expenditure limits. In defining "administrative services," staff for the superintendent w... More... WA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Fiscal Impact H.B. 1703 Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to prepare school district fiscal notes on proposed legislation that increa... More... WA Signed into law 04/2011 P-12 Fiscal bankruptcy H.B. 1431 Section 1: Relates to addressing financial insolvency of school districts; and creating new sections. Superintendent of public instruction i... More... MI Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Supervision of Lowest-achieving Schools S.B. 157 Provides that if a school included on the list of lowest-achieving 5% of public schools was operated by a district in which an emergency man... More... MI Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act H.B. 4214 Repeals the "Local Government Fiscal Responsibility Act", and creates the "Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act", ... More... OH Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs H.B. 30 - Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs Permits the state superintendent to issue waivers from certain financial reporting standards for districts and educational service centers, ... More... SD Signed into law 03/2011 P-12 Capital Outlay S.B. 111 Extend for two years the period of time in which school districts may expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation, insurance, ene... More... TX Adopted 01/2011 P-12 Financial Accountability Rating System 19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005 From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting a... More... TX Adopted 12/2010 P-12 Financial Solvency Review 19 TAC 109.1101 Establishes new s.109.1101, concerning financial solvency. Per the mandate in Section 39.0822 as established in 2009 H.B. 3, creates a finan... More... PA Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 P-12 Omnibus Bill: Annual Financial Reports Section H.B. 101 Section 218 requires annual financial reports for districts, charter schools, cyber charter schools, area vocation-technical schools and int... More... AL Signed into law 09/2010 P-12 Expenditures of Public School Funds H.B. 724 Authorizes local boards of education, during FY 2011 only, to expend public school funds on any operating expense (according to SREB report,... More... NY Vetoed 09/2010 P-12 School District Finance Security Task Force S.B. 7323 Creates the school district finance security task force to develop guidelines for school districts to protect sensitive banking and other in... More... IL Signed into law 08/2010 P-12 Districts That Are Likely to Fail to Meet Payroll or Debt Payments S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/1A-8 Adds that one of the circumstances under which (1) the state superintendent may require a district to share financial information relevant t... More... MO Signed into law 07/2010 P-12 School Property H.B. 1831 This substitute allows a school district, after 10 years, to return donated real property to the original donor or to sell it as surplus. ht... More... GA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Donations and Gifts for Educational Purposes H.B. 1200 Authorizes local boards of education to solicit and accept donations, contributions and gifts from any source for purposes of field trips an... More... GA Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Amendment to Transparency in Government Act H.B. 1013 Requires local boards of education to submit specified information on tax revenues to the department of audits and accounts for posting on a... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 School District Transparency Act S.B. 1633 Creates the school district transparency act; requires school district expenditure information be made available on state department of educ... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Temporary Suspension of Professional Development Requirements H.B. 3029 For the fiscal years ending June 30, 2011, and June 30, 2012, a school district board of education may elect not to adopt and offer a profes... More... OK Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Approval of School Auditors S.B. 2034 Provides for approval of school auditors by state auditor and inspector (instead of the state board of education). Sets certain requirements... More... RI Signed into law 06/2010 P-12 Statewide Purchasing System and Programs H.B. 7397, Article 13, Section 5 Authorizes the department of elementary and secondary education, with the department of administration, to implement a statewide purchasing ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2010 P-12 Community College Postsec. Online Access to Financial Data H.B. 2282 Relates to a comprehensive database of receipts and expenditures of state monies; relates to an official internet website that is electronic... More... TX Adopted 05/2010 P-12 Commissioner's Rules Concerning Financial Accountability Rating System 19 TAC 109.1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005 Updates the financial accountability rating system by specifying new provisions that will be implemented beginning with ratings based on dat... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Finance H.B. 2386 Relates to school district override elections; amends a notification date; relates to a special program for children with disabilities in pr... More... ID Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Finance H.B. 682 Amends the School Bond Guaranty Act; provides that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make reports of school district solvency; ... More... NE Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 School-Based Health Centers L.B. 1106 From the fiscal note: Allows school-based health centers to be Medicaid providers. School-based health services may include medical health, ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Requires Districts to Comply with State Student Record System Requirements S.B. 2211 Requires any school district that is not in compliance with the standards and requirements established by the State Board of Education relat... More... WI Signed into law 04/2010 P-12 Act 215 - Misc. Provisions S.B. 437 Requires boards annually to prepare budgets for each school in the district. Requires boards to collaborate with nonprofits and government a... More... CO Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Public School Financial Transparency Act H.B. 1036 Enacts the Public School Financial Transparency Act, which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative educat... More... IA Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Standards for School Business Officials H.B. 2461 Directs the state board to set standards and procedures for the approval of training programs for individuals who seek an authorization issu... More... NM Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 School District Budget Flexibility S.B. 97 Provides flexibility to school districts to meet state fiscal solvency requirements; provides that the Secretary of Education may waive requ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 School/Charter Finance and Audit Committees H.B. 227 Requires local school boards and governing authorities of charter schools to establish finance subcommittees and audit committees. The finan... More... UT Signed into law 03/2010 P-12 Public Hearings on Proposed District Budgets S.B. 57 Modifies requirements regarding notice of a public hearing on a proposed school district budget. Requires a local school board to post a pro... More... IA Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 School Budget Review Committee H.B. 2030 Modifies membership and duties of the School Budget Review Committee. Duties modify relate to review of a school district's unexpended fund ... More... MI Signed into law 01/2010 P-12 Access to Basic Instructional Supplies H.B. 926 - Sec. 166c Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Requires district boards of education to ensure that all teachers and principals working in ... More... UT Adopted 09/2009 P-12 Local Board Assurances R277-108-5 Requires each local school board and charter school governing board to provide written assurance assurances that the board has: (1) Impleme... More... CA Vetoed 08/2009 P-12 Definition of "School District" for Receipt of Federal Funds A.B. 339 Existing law requires the state board of education to direct the allocation and apportionment of federal funds to school districts. Proposed... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Leadership of Districts in Financial Trouble H.B. 2674 Authorizes a district under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel to appoint a district superintendent with a specified certification... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Certain School Treasurers H.B. 325 Allows, with respect to a school board of an elementary school, high school or unit school district that forms a part of a Class II county s... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Chicago School Finance Authority S.B. 235 Provides that upon the abolition of the Chicago School Finance Authority, all of its rights and property shall pass to and be vested in the ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Districts in Financial Difficulty H.B. 944 Provides that no school district may be certified by the state board of education to be in financial difficulty solely by reasons arising as... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Traffic Fines in School Zones S.B. 2024 Provides that $50 of the additional fine charged for (1) speeding in a school zone or (2) failure to yield to a pedestrian in a school zone ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Community College Wind and Solar Power Generation S.B. 1570 Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Program to fund wind and solar generation projects for school and community college districts. ... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 New York City Board A.B. 8903 - New York City Board Powers and Duties Substantially amends powers and duties of New York City board, authorizing the board to: (1) Approve all regulations proposed by the chance... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 New York City Comptroller Audits and Budget Office Reports A.B. 8903 - New York City Comptroller Audits and Budget Office Reports Creates new section 2590-t. Provides the New York City Comptroller has the authority to conduct operational and programmatic audits, in addi... More... NY Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 School Based Budgeting and Expenditure Reporting A.B. 8903 - School Based Budgeting and Expenditure Reporting Amends section 2590-r, relating to school based budgeting and expenditure reporting in New York City. Existing law directs principals to dev... More... AZ Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2332 Requires that a school district retain the savings achieved by a guaranteed energy cost savings contract and use the savings for project imp... More... CA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 King City Joint Union High School District S.B. 130 Expresses the intent of the Legislature to provide emergency apportionment assistance to the King City Joint Union High School District and ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Minimum Instructional Day and Year A.B. 2D - Section 21 From legislative analysis: Existing law prescribes the minimum length of time for the instructional school year and the minimum number of in... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Financial Reporting and Minimum Standards H.B. 1 - Section 3301.07 Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:Modifies the current requirement for the state board to develop a standard for reporting financial ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Accountability Compliance Commission H.B. 1 - Section 3306.34 Provides that a separate accountability compliance commission must be established for each school district for which the state superintenden... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Failure to Comply with Finance Provisions H.B. 1 - Section 3306.33 By July 2011, directs the department of education to provide technical assistance to that either has failed to comply with any applicable ex... More... RI Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Grants, Gifts and Donations S.B. 944 Allows school districts, school departments and school committees to accept grants, gifts and donations from individuals, entities and gover... More... VT Became law without governor's signature 07/2009 P-12 H.B. 427 Among other things, this act: · Simplifies the statutory divided vote ballot language and requires that the ballot include an explanation o... More... IL Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Lines of Credit H.B. 999 Allows a school district, entity such as a special education cooperative or other joint agreement, or regional superintendent to establish a... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Auditing Procedures H.B. 2549 Amends auditing procedures for and authority of county education departments in counties with a population of 3 million or more. http://www.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 District Finance H.B. 3646 - Sections 66-68 and 86 Section 66: Establishes provisions allowing a school district to adopt a budget after the district adopts a tax rate for the tax year in whi... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Financial Accountability H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part III Former law called for the creation of a single financial accountability rating system. New enactment directs the commissioner, in consultati... More... AL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Expenditure of Local Reserve Funds S.B. 165 Allows local boards of education to expend their reserve funds if (1) the governor declares proration in the Education Trust Fund or (2) tot... More... HI Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Air Conditioner Electricity and Maintenance Costs H.B. 179 Repeals certain provisions regarding the cost of electricity and maintenance for air conditioners in schools that were not installed by the ... More... KS Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Consolidation and Disorganization S.B. 41 Relates to certain school districts involved in consolidation and disorganization. Concerns powers and duties. In situations where a school ... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Summer School Support H.B. 1400 - Summer School Section Summer school courses and programs eligible for payment from the state: 1. a. Remedial mathematics provided to students enrolled in any grad... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Special Audits and Surety Bonds H.B. 1592 In addition to any special audit conducted by the State Auditor and Inspector, requires the State Auditor and Inspector shall, contingent up... 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 calculate... More... IA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Tax Credits for Small Wind Innovation H.B. 810 Provides for the establishment of small wind innovation zones; provides for the applicability of tax credits; relates to a political subdivi... More... NY Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 District Reserve Funds A.B. 157 - Part A, Section 40 Directs the comptroller at the end of the 2011-12 school year to examine school districts' employee benefit accrued liability reserve funds,... More... OH Adopted 04/2009 P-12 Education Management Information System OAC 3301-19-03 Amends rules regarding operation of the education management information system. Requires the state superintendent to make available reports... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance--districts S.B. 91 Allows certain school districts, for a period of years, to expend capital outlay funds for certain motor fuel transportation costs; includes... More... SD Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 88 Rescinds the repeal on funding for certain sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions... More... CA Vetoed 01/2009 P-12 Postsec. Finance and Facilities A.B. 4A Relates to sufficient textbook requirements, county superintendent revenue limits, school district building maintenance funding, funding for... More... KY Adopted 01/2009 P-12 Fidelity Bond 702 KAR 3:080 State law already requires each local board of education treasurer to be bonded in accordance with Kentucky Board of Education administrativ... More... IL Signed into law 10/2008 P-12 Lowest Responsible Bidder S.B. 2293 Revises laws requiring contracts involving an expenditure in excess of a specified amount or lower to be awarded to the lowest responsible b... More... RI Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Audits H.B. 7283 Provides that in the event of an audit of a school department, the auditor general will select the auditor if the audit is not performed by ... More... RI Signed into law 07/2008 P-12 Accounting System Same for Regional Collaboratives S.B. 2128 Provides that the accounts of regional education collaboratives be subject to the same system of accounting as other school districts in the... More... LA Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Treasurer of School Funds H.B. 305 Removes exception for Orleans Parish relative to requirements that a local public school superintendent serve as the treasurer of certain sc... More... TN Signed into law 06/2008 P-12 Study of Local Funding Policies S.J.R. 1180 Directs the Basic Education Program (BEP) Review Committee to study funding policies implemented by local governments in light of the increa... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2008 P-12 school district finance S.B. 1443 Concerns the School District Redistricting Commission; relates to rules and procedures regarding an election to approve or reject the unific... More... ID Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Finance S.B. 1428 Establishes a penalty for local school districts being non-responsive to audit inquiries from the Department of Education on results of thei... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Publishing School Budgets H.B. 140 Requires local governing bodies and local school boards to annually publish their approved budgets online. If there is no local government w... More... VA Signed into law 03/2008 P-12 Publishing of Approved Budgets S.B. 376 Requires local school divisions to publish their annual budget on the local school division website. If there is no local school division we... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Finance S.B. 22 Revises provisions related to the payment of additional funds to consolidated school districts for average daily membership; declares an eme... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 finance--district H.B. 1143 Repeals requirements related to school district employee retirement benefits. http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx... More... SD Signed into law 02/2008 P-12 Finance--district, H.B. 1288 Allows any school district that qualifies for both the declining enrollment allowance and the growing enrollment payment in the same fiscal ... More... DE Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Standardized Financial Reporting 14 DAC 735 Requires all school districts and charter schools to post the summary of their financial documentation on their respective website. http://... More... IA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 On-Site Fiscal Review H.F. 317 Relates to an on-site fiscal review to be conducted under phase II of the accreditation process upon recommendation by the school budget rev... More... MI Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 School District Shared Services H.B. 4592 Relates to a study by a school district concerning opportunities for sharing services with other providers of similar services, such as an i... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Renewable Energy Source Grants H.B. 285 Subject to appropriation, authorizes the department of commerce and economic opportunity to establish and operate a renewable energy grant p... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Funding for Affordable Multifamily Housing Units S.B. 220 Provides schools districts with funding for each affordable multifamily housing unit located in their district. The additional funding equat... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Community College Wind Generation Turbine Farms S.B. 843 Allows school districts and community college districts to own and operate wind generation turbine farms that directly or indirectly reduce ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 District Fiscal Audits S.B. 800 Requires an accountant who performs a school district audit to make determinations regarding a district's accounting systems and compliance ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School Improvement Fund Grants S.B. 318 Changes student achievement activities for which a school district or program may use a School Improvement Fund grant; includes education se... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 District overexpenditures and receivership H.B. 2612 Requires school districts that overexpended their budgets in FY 2004-05 and 2005-06 plus any overexpendture in FY 2006-07 to correct these o... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act S.B. 2054 States that the general assembly recognizes the importance of school support organizations in providing financial support to help carry out ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Allocation of Expenditures to Student Instruction S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Article 42.5 Creates new article in the education code, "Allocation of Expenditures to Student Instruction." Chapter 1. Purposes and General Provisions ... More... KS Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School Finance S.B. 68 (Section 1-3) Amends the method for determining the nonproficient pupil weighting of each district. Amends procedures for a district to adopt a local opti... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Impact Fees for Independent Districts S.B. 883 Relates to the imposition of impact fees on the property of a school district; establishes that a school district is not required to pay imp... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Finance, property tax H.B. 2078 Relates to the property tax oversight commission providing oversight of the budgeting and taxation process of counties, municipalities, scho... More... DE Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School District and Charter School Budget Reports H.B. 21 Requires the Department of Education to develop a standardized format for the reporting of the local school district or charter school budge... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Waivers from Certain Staffing Requirements S.F. 277 (Section 5 and 8) Section 5: Strikes and rewrites section 256.11A. Authorizes the board of directors of a school district to file a request by August 1, 2007 ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Hardship Bus Runs S.B. 1236 (Section 10) Clarifies uniquely difficult geographic circumstances under which a district may be reimbursed by the state board for transportation costs a... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School Budget Law Revision H.B. 363 Revises school budget laws. Would allow districts to increase their budgets beyond the capped amount without approval from the voters. Would... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School District Fiscal Accountability A.B. 5; S.B 4 Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in com... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School District Fiscal Accountability A.B. 5 Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in com... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 Chief Fiscal Officer H.B. 671 Requires local boards to appoint a treasurer, who serves as the chief fiscal officer of the school district. The treasurer is to be appointe... More... OH Signed into law 12/2006 P-12 District Deficits H.B. 276 -- Sec. 3315.20 Sec. 3315.20. A school district may have a deficit in any special fund of the district only if both of the following conditions are satisfie... More... CO Rejected by voters 11/2006 P-12 District Budget Requirements (65%) as Statute Referendum J (REFERENDUM J; HB 06-1283) Creates the State Public School Expenditures Accountability Act. If approved, would amend state statutes to requi... More... ID Rejected by voters 11/2006 P-12 Sales Tax and Local Public Schools Investment Fund Proposition 1 Relates to K-12 public school funding. Adds 1% sales tax rate, revenue stream for this component of K-12 local public school funding; creat... More... LA Approved by voters 09/2006 P-12 Prohibiting Legislative Mandates on Local Boards Amendment 9 Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that no law, unless enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house of the legisla... More... DE Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 School District Fiscal Accountability S.B. 374 Implements enhanced public education financial accountability provisions. Includes vocational- technical school districts and charter school... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2006 P-12 School Impact Fee Working Group S.B. 2708 Requires the school impact fee working group to submit supplemental findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the... More... MI Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 School District Bond Issuance H.B. 6069 Allows boards of local or intermediate school districts to borrow money by issuing notes to secure funds for school operations or to pay pre... More... IA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 District Financial Reports S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15 Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 District Financial Reporting S.B. 2829 - District Financial Reporting Revises provisions related to districts' public reporting of finances. Specifies content that must be included in annual statement of affai... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Parishwide School District of the Parish of Cameron S.B. 32 Recognizes that the parish of Cameron has suffered wide-spread devastation and crippling disruption from the effects of Hurricane Rita prohi... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Business Mangers/Chief Financial Officers S.B. 539 Requires school systems to employ or share by agreement school board business managers or chief financial officers who meet qualifications e... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School Accreditation and Resource Allocation S.B. 549 - Section 1 Provides that whenever the state board determines that a school has failed either to meet the accreditation requirements or standards adopte... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 District Expenditure Reporting S.B. 549 - Section 2 Requires districts to report expenditures in the manner required by the state board in order to achieve uniform reporting of expenditures in... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 District Needs Assessment S.B. 549 - Section 26 Directs every district to conduct an assessment of each attendance center's educational needs. Directs the board to use information obtained... More... KS Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 Bilingual Weighting Funds S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27 Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk ed... More... AR Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Uniform Reporting Requirements H.B. 1018, S.B. 7 Concerns uniform reporting requirements for school district fund balances. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2006S1/public/HB1018.... More... GA Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 65% Rule S.B. 390 Concerns the Classroom First for Georgia Act. Defines "direct classroom expenditures" and "total operating expenditures." Beginning with fi... More... MS Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 District Audits H.B. 1119 Revises requirements relating to district financial audits and reporting. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/1100-1199/... More... IN Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 District and School Financial Management, Analysis and Reporting H.B. 1006 - Section 4 Requires the department to develop a plan to upgrade the financial management, analysis, and reporting system for school corporations (distr... More... WY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Flexibility in Operating Balances S.B. 88 Chapter No. 83 povides flexibility to school districts in accounting for revenues received from settlements of protested amounts attributabl... More... MS Signed into law 02/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Borrowing funds from federal government to cover loss of revenue as result of Hurricane Katrina S.B. 2701 Authorizes school districts, universities and community colleges to borrow funds from federal government to cover loss of revenue as result ... More... DE Signed into law 01/2006 P-12 School "Energy Fund" Appropriations S.B. 242 The legislature appropriated $5,000,000 to the Department of Education for an "Energy Fund". These funds will help reorganized school distri... More... WI Vetoed 01/2006 P-12 Referendum Authorizing Borrowing S.B. 171 Under current law, with certain exceptions, if a school board wishes to borrow money or exceed the revenue limit otherwise applicable to th... More... WI Signed into law 01/2006 P-12 District Funds Held in Trust A.B. 167 (Act No. 99) Restricts the manner in which a school district may invest its funds and to whom it may delegate its investment authority. Expands the inves... More... WI Signed into law 01/2006 P-12 Disclosure of District Investments A.B. 167 -- Act 99 Relates to the investment by school districts of funds held in trust to provide post-employments benefits; relates to deferred compensation ... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Financial advisor for districts affected by Hurrican Katrina S.B. 2013 Authorizes the state superintendent to appoint a financial advisor for school districts where the state auditor has expressed concern over f... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Money borrowed by districts H.B. 39 If the amount of revenue collected or estimated to be collected from local sources, on behalf of a school district during a fiscal year, is ... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Hurricane Katrina - Extreme emergency financial situation S.B. 2014 Upon written request of a local school board, the State Board of Education may certify that a public school district is in an extreme emerge... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Site Based Decisionmaking Pilot Program S.B. 1053 Establishes the Local Improvement Program as a pilot program, with up to 5% of all public schools and up to 15 school districts participatin... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Bids for Construction Work A.B. 490 An act to amend Section 20112 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. Requires notice for bids for district projects to b... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Replacing or Reconditioning Older School Buses A.B. 1107 An act to amend Section 42291 of the Education Code. Establishes a priority for allocations to small school districts to replace or recondit... More... IL Amendatory veto 08/2005 P-12 Expenditure and Revenue Disclosure H.B. 3480 Provides that the annual budget of a school district under 500,000 inhabitants shall separately identify cash on hand from taxes and cash on... More... TX Issued 08/2005 P-12 Comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system Executive Order RP47 Directs the commissioner of education to create and implement a comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system to ensure transp... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance Authority S.B. 1853 Amends the Downstate School Finance Authority Law of the School Code. Provides that the purpose of an Authority's power to appoint a chief e... More... KS Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 3 Makes changes to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, other school funding legislation, and enact policies relating to t... More... AK Passed 06/2005 P-12 School Finance Task Force H.R. 10 Establishes a seven-member task force on school district cost factors and foundation formula to evaluate proposals that are based on availab... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Group Purchasing for School Libraries S.B. 483 Relating to allowing designated public school libraries to participate in group purchasing agreements with the TexShare Library Consortium.... More... VT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 159 Authorizes the voters to eliminate the office of auditor and to employ instead a public accountant annually to audit the financial statement... More... AL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Common Purchases and Student Materials Spending H.B. 258 Includes "common purchases" as element that may be funded as classroom instructional support. States that any funds allocated by the legisla... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Proposed Budgets Posted on the Department Web Site H.B. 2349 (section 3) Allows school districts the option to post their proposed budget or summary of proposed budget on a website maintained by the department of ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Unreimbursed Costs of Textbooks for Low-Income Students H.B. 1001 (Section 183-184) Requires each district's debt service fund to pay all unreimbursed costs of textbooks for the district's students who were eligible for free... 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 ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Training for District Employees S.B. 668 A new section requires several district-level finance positions to receive training in state school finance laws. Amended section adds a req... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Fund Balances H.B. 1262 Amends Section 49-3-352. Allows any fund balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year in the general fund of the local public ed... More... WA to governor 05/2005 P-12 Bidding Requirements H.B. 1719 Regarding School District Bidding Requirements - Increases the bid limit requirements for school districts. ... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Bidding and Purchasing of Buses H.B. 1485 Revises the state bidding and purchasing process for school buses. Requires SPI to solicit competitive price quotes for base buses and optio... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Buildings and Facilities H.B. 1448 Amends Arkansas code 6-20-402. Allows a district to terminate a long-term lease agreement at the end of any fiscal year for the district. Re... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Energy Savings Contracts S.B. 1095 Concerns energy savings contracts for school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1095.pdf... More... KS Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2005 P-12 School Records H.B. 2247 (section 1-2) Requires districts to report expenditures by categories as directed by the department of education and requires the department to verify cos... 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 audit... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts H.B. 624 Relates to holding school districts harmless for disequalized budget status. "A school district that adopted a general fund budget over i... 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 D... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School District State Aid H.B. 1311 Provides an appropriation for eligible school districts receiving reduced amounts of state aid. The superintendent of public instruction sh... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 P-12 Public School H.B. 873 Changes public school budget requests due date.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Carryover Amounts S.B. 531 Relates to the state aid Formula; modifies allowable general fund carryover amounts; requires districts to exceed limits for two consecutive... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting H.B. 1568 Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial repor... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Audit Requirements H.B. 1185 Clarifies audit requirements for schools, municipalities and counties. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1185.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 County School Fund Distribution H.B. 1373 To amend sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to distributions of county's school fund. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Define Instructional Materials H.B. 2099 Expands list of "instructional materials" that may be exempt from sales tax when purchased by schools, to include sheet music, electronic so... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Financial Statements H.B. 2449 Provides a regulatory basis of financial statement presentation for schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2449.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Efficiency and Effectiveness Review H.B. 267 Provision of budget bill. Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct an inventory and assessment of indicators that may be us... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Finance Report S.B. 2083 Requires the state superintendent to submit an annual report on the financial condition of school districts to the governor, legislative cou... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Business Manager H.B. 1228 Allows the board of a school district to adopt policies governing the disbursement of school district moneys by the business manager. The po... More... WY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Facilities Land Disposition S.F. 131 Requires school facility commission review of school district land sales. The commission will review any proposed sale of existing land owne... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School District Budget Filing H.B. 1154 Extends from September 1 to September 15 the deadline for school districts to file a budget and expenditures report with the department of e... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill: < establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and opera... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School District Audits H.B. 70 After March 31 of any school year, the state superintendent may not adjust any district's entitlement or fiscal information used to compute ... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School Finance S.F. 47 Continues assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs ($5 million) and the summer school grant program ($4.5 million);... More... ME FILED. 01/2005 P-12 School Sports Programs L.R. 1668 Requires schools and school districts to line item sports programs for municipal veto.... More... MT Rule Adoption 12/2004 P-12 Postsec. Out Of State Attendance Agreements ARM 10.10.301C Relates to out-of-state attendance agreements. The superintendent of public instruction shall provide payment of the amount calculated in (4... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Education Finance: Average Daily Attendance S.B. 76 Authorizes the governing board of a school district to request approval from the State Board of Education in order to claim apportionments f... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Controller: Financial Reports S.B. 1791 Requires the Controller to collect data regarding the total assessed valuation of all taxable property in each school district and compile t... More... CA 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 co... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Review of Audit Exceptions S.B. 550 (multiple provisions) SEC. 13: Requires the county superintendent of schools to include in the review of audit exceptions those audit exceptions related to use of... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Surplus School Property: Use of Proceeds: Santa Clara S.B. 1906 Authorizes the Santa Clara Unified School District to use the proceeds from the sale of surplus real and personal property to deposit the pr... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 School Finance: Emergency Apportionments and Leases A.B. 1554 Relates to emergency apportionments to school districts experiencing financial problems or that become insolvent. Makes those payments avail... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 State Aid Formula Local Resources Exclusion S.B. 2362 Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, provides that calculation of Available Local Resources shall exclude tax amnest... More... CA Vetoed 07/2004 P-12 Public Contracts: School Districts A.B. 2614 Relates to school district contracts. Provides for a standardized questionnaire and financial statement in a form specified by the school di... More... CA Vetoed 07/2004 P-12 School Districts: Four-Day School Week S.B. 1142 Deletes the reduction in base revenue limit funding that results to certain school districts for offering less than 180 days of instruction.... More... IL Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Military Dependents Tuition S.B. 2444 Provides that if, at the time of enrollment, dependents of United States military personnel are housed in temporary housing located outside ... More... NJ Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 School District Budget Caps S.B. 1701 Revises calculation of budget caps and reduces allowable surplus for public school districts.... More... PA Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 Finance H.B. 564 Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Makes provisions regarding school budgets, limitations on balances, auxiliary services, cost of tuiti... More... RI Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 School Committees S.B. 2423 Allows Rhode Island school committees (school boards) to enter into agreement with any school committee or group of school committees (e.g.,... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 School District Budgets H.B. 2074 Allows a school district to include in the budget balance carry-forward up to 50% of any unspent K-3 override monies. http://www.azleg.state... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Unified School District Budgets H.B. 2396 Amends provisions relating to unified school districts; provides for school board membership; provides for use of student counts from common... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Excess Utility Funding Plan for Schools H.B. 2104 Requires school district governing boards that budget for excess utilities to annually review the costs associated with the direct operation... More... CA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 School District Administration: Budget and Finance A.B. 2756 Relates to the revisions of standards and criteria for the development and management of local educational agency annual budgets and emergen... More... CO Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 School District Pilot Efficiency Reviews S.B. 144 Concerns reviews of school districts, and, in connection therewith, requiring pilot efficiency reviews of a limited number of school distric... More... NH Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Cooperative School District Taxes H.B. 1281 Relates to the determination of the amount of taxes to be raised to support a cooperative school district; permits an alternative cost appor... More... VT Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Rutland H.B. 774 Authorizes the Rutland school commissioners to adopt annual general fund budgets without voter approval provided that the actual homestead t... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 School District or Charter School Procurement H.B. 2105 Concerns school district and charter school procurement; concerns contracts for materials and services the governing board may authorize for... More... GA Adopted 04/2004 P-12 Regular Advance and Low-Wealth Funding GAC 160-5-4-.05 Adds rules regarding the provisions under which school systems can receive low-wealth funding. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legal... 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 ... More... MI Vetoed 04/2004 P-12 School District Purchasing H.B. 4722 Provides a school district, intermediate school district or public school academy is not required to obtain competitive bids for items purch... More... CA Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 Audits of K-12 Local Education Agencies Title 5 CCR 19810 thru 19831 Establishes rules to provide guidance to auditors in the conduct of required annual audits of local education agencies (LEAs). Provides defi... More... NM Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Cash Balance of Charter Schools and Districts H.B. 158 Concerns public school finance; changes the basis for calculating the amount of excess cash balance of school districts and charter schools.... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Reorganized School Districts H.B. 1157 Allows all consolidated, annexed, or otherwise reorganized school districts to enjoy the benefit of fund balances accrued by the affected sc... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Fiscal Officer Criminal Background Check H.B. 1140 Requires criminal background checks for fraudulent acts by fiscal officers of public school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot... More... AR Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 School District Administrative Consolidation H.B. 1161 Provides administrative consolidation assistance to school districts that administratively consolidate. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproo... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Funding Interschool Athletics and Scholastic Activities H.B. 1008 Track the amount of state funds that may be used to support interschool athletic programs in public schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/f... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 School Districts in Fiscal Distress H.B. 1087 Requires school districts in fiscal distress to complete and file an annual audit with the Department of Education within 6 months following... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act H.B. 1094 Creates the Educational Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004; provides that the board of directors of each school district shall annually pr... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Public School Funding Act of 2003 S.B. 42 Relates to the Public School Funding Act of 2003; provides equitable funding to public schools; provides a system for monitoring public scho... 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 fo... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Finance S.B. 33 § 9 Adds Ark. Code 6-15-2001. The state department of education and the Division of Legislative Audit of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committe... 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%201... More... IL Bill dead - amendatory veto 11/2003 P-12 Special Educational Funding H.B. 1180 Amends the School Code. Relates to provisions concerning the special educational services block grant for a school district having a populat... More... IL Amendatory veto by Governor - Bill Dead 11/2003 P-12 School Improvement and Student Achievement S.B. 207 Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to implement and administer a student achievement improvement grant program to... More... IL Amendatory Veto - Overridden by Legislature 11/2003 P-12 Funding for Specific Types of Students S.B. 1333 Amends the School Code with respect to reimbursement to school districts for certain costs relating to children from orphanages, foster fami... More... CA Signed into law 10/2003 P-12 Instructional Materials S.B. 469 Authorizes a school district to use its allowance from the Materials Funding Realignment Program to purchase adopted instructional materials... More... CA Vetoed 10/2003 P-12 Education Finance S.B. 588 Authorizes a school district to sell, lease or leaseback certain surplus real and personal property and to deposit the proceeds into the gen... More... CA Signed into law 09/2003 P-12 Public School Employers: Unlawful Acts A.B. 109 Defines the prohibition on the refusal or failure to meet and negotiate in good faith to include the knowing provisions by a public school e... More... NV Adopted 09/2003 P-12 Calculating Basic Support NAC 387.345 Revises the number of courses certain pupils must be enrolled in for the purpose of calculating basic support. NEVADA REG 3129 (SN)... More... UT Rule Adoption 09/2003 P-12 Pupil Accounting R277-419 Amends rules to allow school districts to count in membership students participating in released time for appropriate individual learning ac... More... IL Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Chicago School Finance Authority S.B. 1368 Amends the School Finance Authority Act of the School Code. Provides that the powers and responsibilities granted to or imposed upon the Chi... More... OR Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Collection of Amounts Owed by Students H.B. 3044 Allows a school district to seek payment of an amount of money owed by a student from parent or guardian of student; directs school district... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 School District Additional or Supplemental Budgets H.B. 3101 Provides if a school district adopts, in a fiscal year, an additional or supplemental budget as a result of the voters in the school distric... More... NH Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 School Administrative Unit Budget H.B. 336 This bill sets forth the procedure for an alternative method of adopting the school administrative unit budget and requires that the school ... More... AL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Foundation Program and Instructional and Support Staff S.B. 1 To establish the Foundation Program funding divisors for the state allocation of teacher units and to express intent that adequate instructi... More... AL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Public Schools Financial Practices S.B. 24 Relates to public schools; provides for the School Fiscal Management and Responsibility Act; requires the State Superintendent of Education ... More... AR Rule Adoption 06/2003 P-12 School Districts in Fiscal Distress Uncodified Establishes rules and regulations for how the department of education and the state board will evaluate, assess, identify, classify and addr... More... CO Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Loans to School Districts H.B. 1274 Concerns modifications to the program under which the State Treasurer makes loans to school districts with general fund cash deficits; autho... More... FL Vetoed 06/2003 P-12 K-12 Public Education Instructional Materials S.B. 1838 Changes date by which school superintendents must notify Department of Education regarding certain instructional materials;requires publishe... More... ME Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School Budget Referendum Language H.P. 77 (LD 69) Requires school budget referendum language to provide voters with a simple definition for "foundation allocation," "debt service" and "addit... More... OK Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 School District Finance H.B. 1767 (Fiscal Components) Deals with various fiscal issues related to school districts' financial struggles. Among other items, this bill: Authorizes the State Board ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Reimbursing Classroom Teachers H.B. 1844 Relates to reimbursing classroom teachers for personal funds expended on classroom supplies. ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Nonstate Aid School Districts H.B. 2126 Allow a "non-state aid" school district to increase its property tax rate in order to fund anticipated enrollment growth, subject to certain... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Shool District Budget Correction Procedures H.B. 2175 Requires school districts that miscalculated the school district's budget during FY 2001-2002 to correct the errors over a five-year period ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Classroom Site Funds Administrative Use H.B. 2462 Stipulates that monies distributed from the Classroom Site Fund for class size reduction, Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) int... More... CA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Oakland Unified School District: Emergency Loan S.B. 39 Appropriates funds to provide the Oakland Unified School District with an emergency loan. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Assessment, Maximum Class size, Instruction, Revenue S.B. 249 Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test quest... More... IL Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Impact fees H.B. 528 -- Public Act 93-330 Adds a new authorization to the Counties Code and Municipal Code for purposes of implementing ordinances regarding developer donations or im... More... ND Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Funds Carryover S.B. 2421 (Fourth of Four New Sections) The board of a school district may carryover moneys to the ensuing fiscal year to meet the cash requirements of all funds or purposes to whi... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Group Insurance S.B. 28 Provides that certain money set aside for group insurance for officers and employees of school districts must not be used for other purposes... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 District Funds H.B. 1572 Authorizes school districts which receive gifts, grants, or donations of monies for noncapital expenditures to place the monies in the gene... More... OK Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 School Sales Tax Exemption H.B. 1002 Deletes the sales tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property by accredited public and private schools to allow for the sale of ri... More... OR Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Amount to be Accrued H.B. 2650 Modifies the method of calculating the amount allowed to be accrued as revenues on budget and financial statements by school district or and... More... TN Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Local Education Agencies Purchases S.B. 878 Under present law, any municipality, county, utility district or other local government unit of the state may, upon request, purchase suppli... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Financial Management Systems Applications S.B. 845 Requires public schools educational cooperatives to use certain financial management software systems applications of the Arkansas Public Sc... More... AR Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Quality Education Act of 2003 - Districts in Fiscal Distress H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill) Adds §§ 6-20-1901- 6-15-1911. Creates the Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program; to establish and implement a program at the... More... AZ Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 P-12 School Financial Audits H.B. 2276 Requires annual and biennial financial statement audits of school districts that are not required to comply with the federal Single Audit Ac... More... CO Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School District's Bond Redemption Fund S.B. 237 Requires a school district board of education to select a third party trustee to administer the school district's bond redemption fund, unle... More... CO Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Sale of School District Property S.B. 158 Concerns the sale of property of a school district related to fiscal shortfall. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_166.h... More... CO Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School District Accounting Practices S.B. 149 Requires the board of education of a school district to use the modified accrual basis as its basis of budgetary accounting and to use gener... More... IA Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 School Health Insurance Reform Team Study and Recommendations S.F. 386 Requires the insurance division of the department of commerce to establish a school health insurance reform team study and to make recommend... More... KS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Capital Outlay Fund S.B. 83 Concerns school districts; relates to the capital outlay fund. Allows districts greater freedom when attempting to win voter approval of a m... More... MS Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Payments to School Districts H.B. 742 Allows the department to pay districts from the common school fund and the adequate education fund on a date earlier than December 15 if it ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 Acceptable Cash Balances H.B. 745 Relates to public school finance; limits school districts and charter school cash balances. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Funds School Districts Give Teachers for Supplies H.B. 1619 Increases the amount that school districts must give to teachers for the purchase of classroom supplies. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpro... More... AR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School Districts S.B. 764 Clarifies the signatures required for disbursements by school districts.http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB764.pdf... More... CO Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Interest Free Loan Program H.B. 1032 Concerns a school district education board's oversight of a school district's participation in the interest-free loan program.http://www.leg... More... ND Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Student Fees S.B. 2169 A school board may not charge a fee for textbooks or other items necessary for completion of a specific course required for grade advancemen... More... SC Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 District Personnel Furlough S.B. 375 (Joint Resolution) Provides that the school districts of this state may furlough district personnel to the extent necessary to avoid a year ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 School Funding H.B. 2151 Codifies and broadens existing budget language to direct the Department of Education to collect annually necessary data to make calculations... More... NY Pocket veto by governor 02/2003 P-12 Board of Education Surplus Funds S.B. 6520 Increases the allowable amount of unexpended surplus funds which may be retained by a board of education.... More... MI Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Reimbursement of School District S.B. 1417 Modifies state reimbursement to intermediate school districts in renaissance zones. http://www.mileg.org/documents/2001-2002/publicact/pdf/2... More... NJ Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 Development/Redevelopment S.B. 1878 Amends Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act to clarify that the legislation relates to any municipality or school district whi... More... TX Adopted 12/2002 P-12 Budgeting, Accounting, and Auditing 27 TEXREG 10274 19 TAC 109.41 Amends rules concerning the 'Financial Accountability System Resource Guide'. Describes rules for financial accounting such as financial rep... 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... More... FL Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Personnel Policy S.B. 20E Removes provision mandating that school boards fully fund a 5% reserve for all instructional and administrative staff. See bill section 697,... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Tobacco Tax for Education S.B. 856 Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricte... More... AZ Signed by governor 06/2002 P-12 Districts providing budgets for each school building. S.B. 1118 Adjust some of the requirements that distircts provide detailed budgets for each school.... More... IL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Financial Oversight Panel H.B. 5734 Allows the Chicago Board of Education to levy a capital improvement tax; allows a Financial Oversight Panel, whose purposes are to exercise ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Permitted Expenditures from Special Funds S.B. 1180 Permits governing board to spend surplus monies in the civic center school fund and/or community school program fund for maintenance and ope... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Funds for Operation of Schools S.B. 20E According to legislative summary, requires that local boards "determine the percentage of the base student allocation or other funds to be s... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Code Re-Write: State and Local Budget Systems, K-12 and Postsecondary S.B. 20E Requires state board to submit a K-20 legislative budget request annually to the governor and general assembly; requires a state board-appro... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education Code Re-Write: Other Finance Changes S.B. 20E In funds for student transportation, shifts rule authority from commissioner to state board (see bill section 660, page 1239, line 8 ff); pe... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Finance Overhaul S.B. 856 Requires that county board financial audit results be reported to state superintendent, county fiscal authority, and specified house and sen... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards H.B. 853 Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi... More... CO Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Streamlining of Grant Application Process H.B. 1053 Directs the Department of Education to standardize the applications for statutorily created education grant programs and utilize existing da... More... IA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Postsec. Iowa School Taxes H.B. 2116 Updates the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code, repealing an adjustment to net income for capital gains from installment sale... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Loans to Parish Districts S.B. 110A Authorizes the Zacary and Baker school boards to borrow money sufficient to meet its budget and expenditures for FY 2002-2003. http://www.le... More... NE Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Cash Reserves L.B. 460 LB 460 repeals current law that restricts the annual growth rate of allowable cash reserves of school districts to 2% of the total general f... More... VA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Contingency Reserves S.B. 604 Establishes contingency reserves as a major classification of school funds.... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Finance Reporting for certain districts A.B. 139 Requires the superintendent of schools of each county to annually present a report regarding fiscal solvency of any district with a disappro... More... PA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 School Districts in Distress S.B. 640 Amends the Public School Code. Relates to distress in school districts. Authorizes a school reform commission to assume control of a distric... More... IL Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Reporting District Finance Information On the Web S.B. 898 Public Act No. 92-438., Requires a school district to post its current annual budget, itemized by receipts and expenditures, on the district... More... ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Cost-Sharing Agreements Between Districts H.B. 977 Public Law No. 373., (LD 1301) Provides an option for municipal members of a school district to design a cost-sharing formula; requires a co... 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 u... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Audits H.B. 1601 Authorizes the Office of State Finance to conduct audits of certain school districts; allows request of performance audits; provides for pay... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Financial Accounting Rating System S.B. 218 Requires the commissioner to, in consultation with the comptroller, develop and implement a financial accountability rating system for schoo... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Fiscal Audits/Inspections H.B. 2225 §18-9B-13. Eliminates the requirement that audits of school boards be conducted once every three years by the office of chief inspector. T... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Energy Conservation Programs S.B. 1178 Specifies that school districts are ineligible to adjust budget limit for energy reduction purposes if the school district did not participa... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School District Investments S.B. 1111 Relates to county treasurers; provides definitions for agency pool participant, and collecting entity; relates to duties of a school distric... More... NE Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Taxing Authority L.B. 240 LB 240 allows school districts that are in an empowerment zone or enterprise community or which have at least 35% of their students eligible... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Superintendent's Budget H.B. 376 Appropriates funds to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Department of Education for fiscal year 2002; limits the number of full time... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Supplies & Materials H.B. 42 Appropriates a specified amount from the Uniform School Fund to the State Board of Education for distribution to public school teachers for ... More... ID Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Idaho Public School Permanent Endowment Fund V. 1 CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (HJR 1, 2000) Amends the State Constitution of Idaho relating to the Public School Fund; changes the name of the Pu... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Flexibility in School Finance A.B. 615 Establishes the Pilot Project for Categorical Education Program Flexibility under which a school district would have flexibility in the expe... More... CO On 11/07/2000 ballot 07/2000 P-12 Trying to Over-ride Spending Restrictions V. 6; (NEW BILL) (Referendum F SB 4); Asks the question shall the state of Colorado be permitted to annually retain up to a specified amount of the state rev... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Carring Forward Funds From the District Review Trust Fund S.B. 602 82., Recreates Florida School District Review Trust Fund within legislative branch without modification and placing it on the standard revie... More... HI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Department of Education Budget Rules H.B. 1873 Authorizes the Department of Education (DOE) to retain and expend a portion of all indirect overhead reimbursements for discretionary grants... More... HI Vetoed 06/2000 Postsec. University Budget Carry-over H.B. 2062 Allows University of Hawaii to carry over funds from one year to the next.... More... ID Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Budget Hearings S.B. 1452 Provides that if no budget hearing is required by law, the county clerk shall be so notified; provides consequences if a nonschool district ... More... ME Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Optional New Budget Cost Center Format H.B. 949 Public Law No. 710., (LD 1346) Establishes an optional new school budget cost center format and budget approval process; authorizes school b... More... KY *****To GOVERNOR 03/2000 P-12 Finance Officer H.B. 668 Requires the local school superintendent to appoint a finance officer who shall be responsible financial management for that district; requi... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Technology Office, Referenda, Finance H.B. 1257 Enhances learning in public schools; reimburses nationally certified teachers; establishes an Office of Education Technology; studies the pu... More... HI Vetoed 05/1999 P-12 Implements School-Based Budgeting S.B. 46 Facilitates implementation of school-based budgeting.... More... AR Signed into law 04/1999 P-12 School District Audits S.B. 837 Places school districts with late audits in fiscal distress and refers questionable audits to the State Board of Public Accountancy.... 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... 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... 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;... 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 p... More... Finance--Does Money Matter? 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