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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Learnfare |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--College Entrance Exams |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--Legal Issues |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Brain Research |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Innovation Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers--Privately Funded |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Civic Knowledge and Literacy |
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| Civic Education--Curriculum/Standards |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Curriculum--Alignment |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Home Economics |
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| Curriculum--International Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Multicultural |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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| Demographics--Enrollments |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Expresses legislative intent to provide emergency apportionment assistance to the Inglewood Unified School District. Requires the state superintendent to assume all the rights, duties, and powers of the governing board of the Inglewood Unified School District and to appoint, in consultation with the Los Angeles County Superintendent of Schools, a state administrator to act on behalf of the state superintendent in exercising the state superintendent's authority over the school district. Continues the authority of the state superintendent and the state administrator over the Inglewood Unified School District
until certain enumerated conditions are met, including the completion of assessment and improvement plans for the district.
Requires the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team (FCMAT) to provide specified assistance relating to the development of a multi-year financial recovery plan, the preparation of budget reports, and the recommendation of activities that could enhance revenue or achieve cost savings.
Requires the Inglewood Unified School District to bear 100% of the costs associated with implementing the provisions relating to the administration of the emergency apportionment assistance and the activities of the FCMAT, thereby imposing a state-mandated local program. Appropriates up to $29,000,000 from the General Fund to the state superintendent for apportionment as an emergency loan to the Inglewood Unified School District, and specifies procedures for repayment of the loan unless the loan has been refinanced. Authorizes the district to augment the emergency apportionment or loan with an additional $26,000,000 of bank financing. Authorizes the district to sell district-owned property from September 1, 2012, to June 30, 2015, and use the proceeds from the sale to reduce or retire the emergency loan. Prohibits the district from being eligible for financial hardship assistance under the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act of 1998 from June 1, 2012, to June 30, 2015.
Makes legislative findings and declarations that the unique circumstances of the Inglewood Unified School District warrant the enactment of a special statute. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_533_bill_20120914_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 533
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires, until January 1, 2016, the department of education, and any other state agency that administers a grant or allocation of federal funds to a district, to allow an indirect cost rate that is not less than the indirect cost rate established by the department for each district, unless federal law requires a lower indirect cost rate for districts receiving federal funds. Imposes similar requirements on the department with respect to grants or allocations of state funds. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2401-2450/ab_2435_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2435
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | Amends conditions under which a trustee and necessary staff appointed to a district receiving an emergency apportionment must serve (a trustee must be appointed to a district by the superintendent of public instruction if the district board requests an emergency apportionment after determining during a fiscal year that its revenues are less than the amount needed to meet its current year expenditure obligations). New provisions require trustee to serve until the district has adequate fiscal systems and controls in place, the superintendent of public instruction determines that the district's future compliance with an approved fiscal plan is probable, and the superintendent of public instruction decides to terminate the trustee's appointment, but in no event, for less than 3 years.
Authorizes the county superintendent of schools who has jurisdiction over the district, after the trustee's period of service and until the loan is repaid, to stay or rescind an action of the district board that, in his/her judgment, may affect the district's financial condition. Requires the county superintendent of schools to notify the superintendent of public instruction within 5 business days of staying or rescinding an action of the district board. If the superintendent of public instruction receives this notice from the county superintendent of schools, requires the superintendent of public instruction to report to the legislature, on or before December 30 of every year, whether the district is complying with the fiscal plan approved for the district.
Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction, within 5 years after an appointed trustee is removed or the emergency apportionment is repaid, whichever occurs later, to reassume, either directly or through an
administrator, all of the legal rights, duties, and powers of the district board if the district violates any provision of specified recovery plans approved by the superintendent of public instruction. Authorizes a qualifying district's governing board, after one complete fiscal year has elapsed following the qualifying district's acceptance of an emergency apportionment, to conduct an annual advisory evaluation of the administrator appointed by the superintendent of public instruction. Requires the evaluation criteria to be agreed upon by the district board and the administrator. Requires the advisory evaluation of the administrator to be submitted to the governor, legislature,superintendent of public instruction, and the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team.
Incorporates additional changes in Section 41326 of the Education Code, proposed by AB 2662 (http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2662_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf), to be operative only if AB 2662 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective January 1, 2013, and this bill is chaptered last.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2251-2300/ab_2279_bill_20120921_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2279
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to reassume the rights, duties, and powers of a district receiving an emergency apportionment during the period of the trustee's appointment and when specified improvement plans are violated (existing law allowed for superintendent to reassume rights, duties, and powers if the district violates a provision of the recovery plans within 5 years after the trustee is removed.) http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2662_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2662 - State Superintendent Reassuming Rights, Duties, Powers of Insolvent District
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Permits a county superintendent of schools to change a district's certification (that it can meet its financial obligations for the remainder of the fiscal year and for the subsequent fiscal year) from qualified to negative if it is determined that district should have filed a negative certification (previously county superintendent authorized to change only a positive certification to negative or qualified). http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2651-2700/ab_2662_bill_20120926_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2662 - Authority of a County Superintendent to Change a District's Fiscal Certification
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Allows greater flexibility for recently consolidated districts when setting their local tax rate in the four years after consolidation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-1022.pdf
Title: S.B. 3252
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| NJ | Signed into law 08/2012 | P-12 | Provides supplemental appropriation of $4.141 million from Property Tax Relief Fund to the Department of Education for aid to school districts with significant enrollment growth.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2012/Bills/AL12/37_.PDF
Title: S 1792
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Authorizes the governing board of a qualifying district, after one complete fiscal year has elapsed following the district's acceptance of an emergency apportionment, to conduct an annual advisory evaluation of the administrator appointed by the superintendent. Requires (A) an advisory evaluation to focus on the administrator's effectiveness in leading the district toward fiscal recovery and improved academic achievement, (B) advisory evaluation criteria to be agreed upon by the district governing board of the and the administrator before the advisory evaluation, and (C) the advisory evaluation to include, among other things, commendations in the areas of the administrator's strengths and achievements. Also requires that the advisory evaluation of the administrator be submitted to the governor, the legislature, the state superintendent, and the county office fiscal crisis and management assistance team. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_2251-2300/ab_2278_bill_20120723_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2278
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2012 | P-12 | This section adds new article VI-A converning school district financial recovery in all school districts other than Philadelphia. Requires the state department to develop and implement an early warning system plus guidelines to compile and analyze information on the financial condition of district to determine whether a district should be place in financial watch status. Sets parameters for when the Secretary of Education must issue a declaration of school district financial recovery status. No more than 9 districts may be under a declaration of financial recovery or in receivership at any time. Establishes other expectations and processes. Establishes a Financial Recovery Transitional Loan Program in the Department of Education and sets processes, procedures. Also requires the Department to annually prepare a report on the finances of Intermediate Units (IUs), including funds received and contracts and agreements executed.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1307&pn=3771
Title: H.B. 1307 - Multiple Provisions
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district to retain funds for emergency expenditures or to reduce the tax rate. Makes changes to the definition and enrollment requirements for regional vocational education centers in the Manchester school district and provides that the Manchester school district shall bear the costs associated with such changes.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2012/SB0373.html
Title: S.B. 373
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Amends provisions related to department development of standards for determining each district, community school, and STEM school's annual operating expenditures for classroom instructional purposes and for nonclassroom purposes. Requires the department to align the expenditure categories required for reporting under the standards with the categories required for reporting to the U.S. Department of Education under federal law. Directs the state board to adopt a final set of such standards. Requires districts, community schools, and STEM schools to begin reporting data in accordance with these standards by July 2013.
Amends public reporting requirements based on these expenditure standards. New provision requires the department to report each district in the 20% of all joint vocational school districts (JVSD) statewide with the highest report card scores under new section 3302.033 (pages 53-54 of S.B. 316) (former provision required reporting of top 20% of all JVSD with the highest performance measures required for career-technical education under federal law). Repeals provision requiring the department to rank all districts, community schools, and STEM schools according to federally-required performance measures required for career-technical education. Adds provision requiring the department to rank all districts, community schools, and STEM schools according to current operating expenditures per pupil as determined under the aforementioned state board-approved standards. Pages 59-65 of 592: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_SB_316_EN_Y.pdf
Title: S.B. 316 - District Expenditure Reporting
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Gives districts the authority to reopen their budget due to changes in federal or state allocations. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=DOC&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1901&pn=3885
Title: H.B. 1901 - Section 616
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Section 1704-B continues provisions of the Empowerment Act that were scheduled to expire June 30, 2012. A Commonwealth Partnership School District is authorized to: 1) cancel or renegotiate any contract, other than collective bargaining agreements, for the purpose of making necessary economies in the operation of schools; 2) reassign, transfer, or suspend administrators, mainly principals, based on an unsatisfactory review and evaluation without considering seniority or providing for a hearing; and 3) dispose of unused and unnecessary lands and buildings in excess of 25 years in age by negotiated sale, provided experts verify the value is equal to or greater than what could be received by sealed bid or by entering into agreements with an urban redevelopment authority. A Commonwealth Partnership School District is defined as a district that the Secretary of Education determined on or after July 22, 2006, and not later than September 9, 2006 to have met the following criteria: (1) a decline of 15% or more in enrollment during the preceding five years; (2) a loss in revenue during the immediately preceding three years due to the statutory removal of one or more sources of revenue; and (3) a 2004-2005 equalized millage rate greater than 27. The School District of Pittsburgh is the only district designated as such.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=DOC&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=1901&pn=3885
Title: H.B. 1901 - Sec. 1704-B
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2012 | P-12 | Budget Bill. Includes amendments that require districts to use a uniform system of accounting that includes a standardized budget process to ensure districts can annually assess investment priorities and incorporate long range planning. Require that, upon completion of the implementation of the uniform chart of accounts, all the school districts, regional school districts, state schools, and/or charter schools, shall implement a regents-approved budget model, and use best practices established by the department of education for long range planning, budget development, and budget administration and reporting. Requires the department of elementary and secondary education in consultation with the division of municipal finance, to conduct periodic reviews and analysis of school revenues and expenses. The department is to also review and monitor compliance with the approved budget model and best practices -- identifying those local education agencies considered to be at risk of a year-end deficit or a structural deficit that could impact future years. Such potential deficits are to be identified based on the periodic reviews, which may also include on-site visits and reporting. Requires potential deficits to be reported to the office of municipal finance, office of auditor general, superintendent, chairman of the school committee, mayor or town manager, and the president of the town council, of the applicable school district, regional school district, or state school, and/or for a charter school, to the board of trustees or directors, as applicable.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext12/housetext12/h7323a01.htm
Title: H.B. 7323A
Source:
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Provides each K-12 public classroom teacher $300 annually from the Education Trust Fund. Defines "classroom supplies." Authorizes the state superintendent of education to promulgate rules regarding implementation of these provisions, including a simple and minimal paperwork method for teachers to account for expenditure of such funds.
Title: S.B. 257
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Expands exemptions from competitive bidding requirements by local boards of education to include exemptions from additional cooperative purchasing programs.
Title: H.B. 504
Source: Westlaw/StateNet
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Allows for refunding bonds at the district level and sets parameters. Adjusts dates by which districts must certify budgets and the state legislature must certify state aid (to May 1 for FY 2012-13, then to March 1 of subsequent years.
http://nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB633.pdf
Title: L.B. 633
Source: http://nebraskalegislature.gov
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Provides school districts may pursue and receive federal or private grants for educational purposes. Finds that local school boards must approve the expenditure if the grant requires matching funds.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/107/Bill/SB3044.pdf
Title: S.B. 3044
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TX | Adopted 05/2012 | P-12 | Defines "financial exigency." As required by 2011 S.B. 8, establishes minimum standards concerning school district financial conditions that must exist for declaration of a financial exigency by the district board of trustees. Requires the board to notify the commissioner of adoption of resolution or extension declaring financial exigency within 20 calendar days of adoption.
Pages 2-6 of 32: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0511/0511adop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.2001
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2012 | P-12 | Provides fiscal incentives for supervisory unions that decide to merge and for regional districts and district mergers.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2012/Acts/ACT156.pdf
Title: S.B. 113 - Mergers Section
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | From bill summary: Requires the Auditor General to notify each member of the governing body of a district board, charter school, or charter technical career center of certain fund balance deficits. Removes a condition under which local governmental entities, charter schools, charter technical career centers, and district boards are subject to certain review and oversight by the governor, the charter school sponsor, the charter technical career center sponsor, or the commissioner of education. Requires a district board to provide requested information within a specified period of time. Authorizes a financial emergency board for a district board to consult with other governmental entities for the consolidation of administrative direction and support services. Authorizes the governor or commissioner of education to require a district board to include provisions implementing the consolidation, sourcing or discontinuance of all administrative direction and support services in certain plans. Provides that the members of a district board who fail to resolve a state of financial emergency are subject to suspension or removal from office. http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_s0368er.DOCX&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0368&Session=2012
Title: S.B. 368
Source: www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12
Postsec. | Directs the Auditor General to notify the legislative auditing committee of any financial or operational audit report that indicates that a state university or Florida College System institution has failed to take full corrective action in response to a recommendation included in the two preceding financial or operational audit reports. Provides that if an audit (including of a school district) contains a significant finding, the district school board, Florida College System institution board of trustees, or the university board of trustees must conduct an audit overview during a public meeting.
Bill text (pages 7-8 and 66): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h5201er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=5201&Session=2012
Final bill analysis (page 2): http://myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=h5201z.HEAS.DOCX&DocumentType=Analysis&BillNumber=5201&Session=2012
Title: H.B. 5201 - Audits (Including of School Districts and Postsecondary Institutions)
Source: myfloridahouse.gov
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires local boards, local or regional superintendents, directors of accredited nonpublic schools, etc. to report any disciplinary action for school employee misconduct to the board of educational examiners. Conduct to be reported includes the following: (a) Soliciting, encouraging, or consummating a romantic or otherwise inappropriate relationship with a student. (b) Falsifying student grades, test scores, or other official information or material. (c) Converting public property or funds to the personal use of the school employee.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=84&hbill=HF2383
Title: H.F. 2383
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Requires a county to apply to the board for a waiver from the Maintenance of Effort requirement if it cannot be funded and establishes penalties if a waiver is not applied for. http://mlis.state.md.us/2012rs/chapters_noln/Ch_6_sb0848T.pdf
Title: S.B. 848
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| MN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Provides that the resident district of a a shared time pupil taking classes in a charter school must grant the charter school permission to claim the pupil for state aid purposes.Requires state aid be paid to the charter school, and if the resident district agrees, the charter may bill the resident district for unreimbursed education costs. Provides that an agreement between the resident district and charter may be created to have the resident district pay particular transportation costs. [Article 1, Sec. 26, Subd. 2]
Provides that the provision which requires charter schools not be used as a method for providing education or generating revenue for home-schooled students not apply to shared time aid. [Article 1, Sec. 20, Subd. 8] https://www.revisor.mn.gov/data/revisor/law/2012/0/2012-239.pdf
Title: H.F. 2949
Source: https://www.revisor.mn.gov/
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| MN | Vetoed 04/2012 | P-12 | Increases the school district aid payment shift percentage from 64.3 to 70.2 in fiscal year 2012 and adjusts appropriation accordingly.
http://wdoc.house.leg.state.mn.us/leg/LS87/HF2083.3.pdf
Title: H.F. 2083
Source: http://www.house.leg.state.mn.us/
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | Extends the repealer from July 1, 2012, to July 1, 2015, on the provision requiring school districts with a low ending balance of school maintenance funds to submit plans of cost reductions to the state department of education.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2012/pdf/HB/0900-0999/HB0909SG.pdf
Title: H.B. 909
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/
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| TN | Signed into law 04/2012 | P-12 | 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/Bills/107/Bill/SB2982.pdf
Title: S.B. 2982
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| AZ | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Allows State Board of Education (SBE) to appoint a fiscal crisis team, in addition to a receiver, for a school district that the SBE determines is insolvent or has grossly mismanaged its finances. http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/50leg/2r/bills/hb2270h.pdf
Title: H.B. 2270
Source: azleg.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Permits two or more school corporations to publish notices, hold public hearings, and take final action for the adoption of property tax levies, property tax rates, and a budget for the reorganized school corporation after the voters approve a plan of reorganization in a general election. Provides that a conversion charter school must publish its estimated annual budget for the ensuing year. http://www.in.gov/apps/lsa/session/billwatch/billinfo?year=2012&session=1&request=getBill&doctype=HB&docno=1058
Title: H.B. 1058
Source: www.in.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Part A, Section 1: Requires a school district, to be eligible for an apportionment of general support for public schools from the funds appropriated for the 2012-13 school year in excess of the amount apportioned to the district in the base year, to submit documentation, approved by the commissioner of education, demonstrating a plan adopted by the local governing board, and full implementation of new standards and procedures, for conducting annual performance reviews of classroom teachers and principals, including (1) state assessments and other comparable measures comprise 20% or 25% of the evaluation; (2) locally selected measures of student achievement comprise 20% or 15% of the evaluation; (3) subjective measures that meet certain criteria comprise 60% of the evaluation; and (4) a four-tiered scoring rubric. Provides that if such deduction for the 2012-13 school year is greater than the sum of the amounts available for such deductions, the remainder of the deduction must be withheld from payments scheduled to be made to the district for the 2013-14 school year. For New York City, additionally makes receipt of 2012-13 funds in excess of base amount contingent upon submission of documentation, approved by the commissioner of education by January 17, 2013, demonstrating adoption of an expeditious appeals process for teacher and principal annual performance reviews that is consistent with the 2012 amendments to the education law.
Chapter 57: http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=A09057&term=&Summary=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y#jump_to_Text
Title: A.B. 9057 - Portion of State Funding Contingent on Adoption of Teacher and Principal Evaluation Process
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | 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 one-time appropriation for classroom supplies. Varies the amount teachers must receive, depending on grade level taught and where teacher is on salary schedule, with largest payments to teachers of grades K-6 or preschool handicapped who are on salary schedule steps 1-3, smaller appropriations to teachers of grades 7-12 and/or teaching early grades on salary schedule steps 4 and higher. Provides that if the appropriation is not sufficient to provide to each teacher the full amount specified in legislation, teachers on salary schedule steps 1-3 must receive the full amount allowed, with the remaining money apportioned to all other teachers. Defines "classroom teacher" for purposes of this legislation. http://le.utah.gov/~2012/bills/sbillenr/sb0002.pdf
Title: S.B. 2
Source: le.utah.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requires each local school board to report annually to the Board of Education the percentage of its annual operating budget allocated to instructional costs. The Board of Education shall include this information in the annual School Performance Report Card for each school division, as well as annually report the same to the House Committees on Appropriations and Education and to the Senate Committees on Finance and Health and Education. This bill incorporates HB 78.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?121+ful+HB250ER+pdf
Title: H.B. 250
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us/
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| WA | Signed into law 03/2012 | P-12 | Requires the superintendent of public instruction to convene a financial oversight committee to review the financial condition of a financially insolvent school district.http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202012/2617-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2617
Source: apps.leg.wa.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | 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 when the pledge is made. Further provides that a school district or ISD operating under an emergency financial manager pursuant to the Local Government and School District Fiscal Responsibility Act may enter into an agreement with the Michigan Finance Authority (MFA) providing for the direct payment (or, intercept) of the pledged school aid payments to be used solely for the purpose of paying debt service requirements of any notes issued under Section 1225. PA 1-112 http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/billanalysis/House/pdf/2011-HLA-5194-1.pdf
Title: H.B. 5194
Source: www.legislature.mi.gov
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| NM | Signed into law 02/2012 | P-12 | The legislature finds that districts need flexibility to meet state fiscal solvency requirements. For the 2012-2013 school year, the secretary may waive requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to individual class load, teaching load, length of school day, staffing patterns, subject areas and purchases of instructional materials.
http://www.nmlegis.gov/Sessions/12%20Regular/bills/senate/SB0209.pdf
Title: S.B. 209
Source: http://www.nmlegis.gov/
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| AR | Adopted 01/2012 | P-12 | Repeals rules and regulations governing expenditure requirements by Arkansas school districts for teacher salaries, special education, vocational education, alternative education, and gifted and talented programs.
http://170.94.37.152/REGS/005.04.11-004F-12809.pdf
Title: AR ADC 005.04.6-1.00 to AR ADC 005.04.6-8.00
Source: http://www.sos.arkansas.gov/rules_and_regs/
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| RI | Signed into law 01/2012 | P-12 | Authorizes Budget Commission established under Title 45 of the Rhode Island General Laws to certify to the Rhode Island Department of Revenue the need to advance payments of the state's basic education program.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext12/housetext12/h7052.htm
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext12/senatetext12/s2016.pdf
Title: H.B. 7052 and S.B. 2016
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| PA | Signed into law 11/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | 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 price quotes from at least three contractors or suppliers for contracts over $4,000 but not more than $10,000. This increases those limits to $10,000 and $18,500, respectively. Increases point at which a district must advertise for bidders in a newspaper to $18,500. For projects costing $10,000 or less, districts could use their own maintenance staff. Provides that all these limits in the future increase based on the Consumer Price Index for All Urban Consumers, with an annual cap of 3 percent. Applies to all publc school entities, the Thaddeus Stevens College of Technology, and the universitites of the Pennsylvania State Sytstem of Higher Education.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2011&sessInd=0&billBody=S&billTyp=B&billNbr=0296&pn=1597
Title: S.B. 296
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2011 | P-12 | 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 or county office of education adopts a budget. Also requires the governing board to identify the program or programs to be closed before the public hearing.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_189_bill_20111008_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 189 - Hearing Before Adoption of Local Budget
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Encourages each regional superintendent of schools to offer districts the opportunity to share in joint educational or operational programs, and to urge school districts to participate in such programs when the
school district determines that such participation is fiscally prudent. Permits a regional superintendent of schools to present to a district possible services and functions that multiple schools may share or consolidate. Permits regional superintendents to share best practices with districts exploring new methods to become more financially efficient.
Directs each school district to annually complete a report, to be published on the state board Web site and district Web site, summarizing district attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services
or outsourcing in the prior fiscal year. Requires that the report include the incidence of numerous specified shared service options related to both operations and instruction, and a list of potential shared services or outsourcing the district may consider or investigate for the next fiscal year, along with any anticipated barriers to implementation. Based on data supplied by districts, requires regional superintendents to annually publish a regional report summarizing district attempts to improve fiscal efficiency through shared services or outsourcing within the educational service region. Requires that this report include a list of all joint purchasing initiatives, joint agreements between districts, attempts to reduce or eliminate duplication of services and duplicative expenditures, and identification of any overlapping regional service delivery systems. Provides that for school districts required to develop and submit a deficit reduction plan to the state board, the regional superintendent of schools and the school district must jointly prepare a shared services and outsourcing plan that considers actions that may improve the district's fiscal efficiency and how future savings associated with shared services or outsourcing are to be utilized. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0357.pdf
Title: S.B. 2134
Source: /www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2011 | P-12 | Requires that if an Annual Financial Report resulting from a mandated audit reflects a deficit, the district must, within 30 days after acceptance of such audit report, submit a deficit reduction plan.
Makes legislative findings relative to the need for financial oversight panels. Creates the Financial Oversight Panel Law of the School Code. Allows a school district (other than the Chicago school district) to petition the state board of education for the establishment of a Financial Oversight Panel for the district, and allows the state board to establish a Financial Oversight Panel without a petition from a district. Requires the Financial Oversight Panel, the school board and the district superintendent or chief executive officer to develop goals and objectives to help the district obtain financial stability. Contains provisions concerning duties of the district; members and meetings of a Panel; powers of a Panel; deposits and investments; and cash and bank accounts. Permits a Panel to employ a chief executive officer, a chief educational officer, a chief fiscal officer, a superintendent (who must be under the direction of the Panel or the chief executive officer employed by the Panel and must have all of the statutorily-assigned powers and duties of a school district superintendent and such other duties as may be assigned by the Panel), and a chief school business official. Permits a Panel, in its discretion, to remove the local board-appointed or -elected treasurer and appoint a new treasurer. Authorizes a Panel to negotiate collective bargaining agreements with the district's employees. Upon a Panel's direction, requires a district to reorganize the district's financial accounts, management, and budgetary systems in a manner consistent with state board rules to remedy the conditions that led the Panel to be created, to achieve greater financial responsibility and to reduce financial inefficiency. Permits a Panel to prepare and file a proposal for emergency financial assistance for the school district and for the Panel's operations budget. Permits a district to receive both a loan and a grant. Provides that if a district is unable after 3 attempts to secure short-term financing, a Panel, with state superintendent approval, must have the same power as a district to issue tax anticipation warrants, issue tax anticipation notes, issue revenue anticipation certificates or notes, issue general state aid anticipation certificates, and establish and utilize lines of credit. Authorizes certain actions if a Panel is unable to secure short-term borrowing. Requires a Panel to annually submit to the state superintendent a report that includes the audited financial statement for the preceding fiscal year, an approved financial plan and a statement of the major steps necessary to accomplish the objectives of the financial plan. Authorizes the state superintendent to require a separate audit of the Panel. Specifies that a district must render such services to and permit the use of its facilities and resources by the Panel at no charge, and permits any state agency or district to render such services to the Panel as may be requested by the Panel. Requires a Panel to be abolished 10 years after its creation. Permits the state board to abolish a panel at any time after 3 years if no obligations of the Panel are outstanding and the financial need for the Panel no longer exists. Establishes provisions for return of power to local board if financial need for the Panel no longer exists but the Panel has outstanding financial obligations.
Creates special provisions for districts subject to the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel in terms of tax levy procedures. Makes certain employees of a Financial Oversight Panel who are not superintendents or certified school business officials participants in the Illinois Municipal Retirement Fund. Provides that if the Financial Oversight Panel is unable to pay the required employer contributions to the fund, then the school districts served must make payment of required contributions. Permits monies from the School District Emergency Financial Assistance Fund to be used to provide technical assistance or consultation to Financial Oversight Panels that petition for emergency financial assistance grants. Establishes provisions related to payment of emergency state financial assistance loans by Financial Oversight Panels. Provides an emergency financial assistance loan to the Panel or district must not be considered part of the calculation of a district's debt for purposes of limitation.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/97/PDF/097-0429.pdf
Title: S.B. 2149
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Clarifies that for purposes of state board allocation of federal funds to districts, "districts" are defined to include school districts, county offices of education, and other educational agencies or entities deemed eligible pursuant to state and federal law. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/11-12/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_169_bill_20110725_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 169
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes a district board of trustees to implement a furlough program and reduce the number of days of service otherwise required by law by not more than 6 days of service during a school year if the commissioner certifies that the district will be provided with less state and local funding for that year than was provided to the district for the 2010-2011 school year. Authorizes the board of trustees to reduce the salary of a furloughed employee in proportion to the number of days by which service is reduced. Sets out conditions and restrictions applicable to a furlough program, including among other provisions that (1) a furlough program must subject all contract personnel to the same number of furlough days, (2) an educator may not use personal, sick or any other paid leave while on furlough, and (3) implementation of a furlough program may not result in an increase in the number of required teacher workdays. Establishes the required process for the development of a furlough program or other salary reduction proposal. In developing a furlough program, requires a district to use a process that includes the involvement of the district's professional staff, and provides employees with the opportunity to express opinions on the furlough program or salary reduction proposal at a public meeting. Pages 12-14 of 19: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf#navpanes=0
Title: S.B. 8 - District Furloughs
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 07/2011 | P-12 | From bill summary: Authorizes a school district board of trustees to adopt a resolution declaring a financial exigency for the district, limited to the fiscal year during which the declaration is made unless the board adopts a resolution declaring a continuation of the exigency for the following year. The bill requires the board to notify the commissioner each time the board adopts a resolution and requires the commissioner by rule to prescribe the time and manner in which notice must be given and to adopt minimum standards concerning school district financial conditions that must exist for declaration of a financial exigency.
Bill text (pages 16-17): http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/821/billtext/pdf/SB00008F.pdf#navpanes=0
Bill summary: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/BillLookup/BillSummary.aspx?LegSess=821&Bill=SB8
Title: S.B. 8 - District Financial Exigency
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Removes the requirement that the commissioner of education review the budgets for school districts and Florida College System institutions. Removes the requirement that the state department of education approve school board budgets. Requires school districts to post certain budget information on their websites. Revises the gift ban law for school board members and relatives.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h1255er.docx&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=1255&Session=2011
Title: H.B. 1255 - Sec. 6, 29
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Requires the budget of each school district (and other city and county entities) to be posted on the district's website. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-144.pdf
Title: S.B. 224
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| NC | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2011 | P-12 | Directs the state board to establish a school calendar pilot program in the Wilkes County Schools, the Montgomery County Schools, and the Stanly County Schools, to determine whether and to what extent a local school administrative unit can save money by consolidating the school calendar. Provides that the school calendar for the 2011-2012 calendar year for the pilot school systems must include a minimum of 185 days or 1,025 hours of instruction covering at least 9 calendar months; permits a participating school system to meet minimum 185 days of instruction by adding instructional hours to previously scheduled days. Directs the state board to report to the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee by March 15, 2012, on the administration of the pilot program, cost savings realized, and its impact on student achievement. Provides that if the state board finds that it will enhance student performance to do so, the state board may grant a pilot school system a waiver to use up to 5 instructional days or an equivalent number of instructional hours as teacher workdays. Bill text (page 53 of 342): http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2011/Bills/House/PDF/H200v9.pdf
State board report: http://www.ncleg.net/documentsites/committees/JLEOC/Reports%20Received/2012%20Reports%20Received/School%20Calendar%20Pilot%20Program.pdf
Title: H.B. 200 - School Calendar Pilot Program
Source: www.ncleg.net
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district to call a special meeting to address changes in the amount of education funding to be received from the state. The authorization is repealed effective July 1, 2012.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2011/HB0650.html
Title: H.B. 650
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| NV | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Ensures sufficient funding for K-12 public education for the 2011-2013 biennium; apportioning the State Distributive School Account in the State General Fund for the 2011-2013 biennium; authorizing certain expenditures; making appropriations for purposes relating to basic support, class-size reduction and other educational purposes; temporarily diverting the money from the State Supplemental School Support Fund to the State Distributive School Account for use in funding operating costs and other expenditures of school districts; revising provisions governing local funds available for certain school districts for the 2011-2013 biennium.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB546_EN.pdf
Title: A.B. 579
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/Session/76th2011/Bills/AB/AB579_EN.pdf
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Provides an exception to the provision that districts must reimburse the school district solvency assistance fund no later than the end of the second fiscal year following the fiscal year in which the solvency assistance payment was made. Permits the fund to be reimbursed no later than the tenth fiscal year after the fiscal year in which the solvency assistance payment was made, with the approval of the director of budget and management and the superintendent of public instruction. Page 242: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part2.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - School District Solvency Assistance Fund
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | 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/BillText129/129_HB_153_EN_part3.pdf
Title: H.B. 153 - Local Property Tax or Income Tax Levy
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| PA | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | Section 615 gives school districts the authority to reopen their budget fue to changes in federal and state allocations. http://www.legis.state.pa.us/WU01/LI/BI/FN/2011/0/HB1352P2227.pdf
Title: H.B. 1352
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2011 | P-12 | 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 state licensed residential mental health facilities on a prorated daily basis for the student's length of stay, provided certain criteria have been met.
http://state.tn.us/sos/acts/107/pub/pc0426.pdf
Title: S.B. 1707
Source: http://state.tn.us/
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires, beginning October 1, 2011, the Chief Financial Officer to conduct workshops with state agencies, local governments, educational entities, and entities of higher education to gather information pertaining to uniform reporting requirements. Requires the Chief Financial Officer to accept comments from state agencies, local governments, educational entities, entities of higher education, and interested parties regarding proposed charts of account by a certain date. Requires, by January 15, 2014, the CFO to will present a report to the Governor, President of the Senate, and the Speaker of the House of Representatives recommending a uniform chart of accounts, which requires specific enterprise-wide information related to revenues and expenditures of state agencies, local governments, educational entities, and entities of higher education. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-044.pdf
Title: S.B. 1292
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires charter schools and charter technical career centers to post their financial information on the Transparency Florida website. Requires the Auditor General to annually submit to the Legislature a list of any school districts, charter schools, charter technical career centers, colleges, state universities, and water management districts that have failed to comply with the transparency requirements. Requires the Chief Financial Officer to make a state contract management system publically available that includes information and documentation relating to contracts procured by state governmental entities. http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2011-049.pdf
Title: S.B. 2096
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Enacts the uniform reporting system for receipts and expenditures for school districts. Requires the state board of education to develop and maintain the system. The system would include budgetary and proprietary accounts; allow districts to record any information required by state or federal law; provide records by fund, accounts, and other pertinent classifications; the amount appropriated, revenue estimates, actual reenues or receipts; amounts available for expenditure, total expenditures, unliquidated obligations, actual balances; and unencumbered balances of allotments or appropriations for each school district. The bill requires the department of education to annually publish a copy of school district budget form 150 for each school district, the estimated legal maximum gneeral fund budget, or any successor document containing the same information. The department of education also would be required to annually publish the following expenditures for each school district on a per pupil basis: (1) total In addition, the system must allow for data to be searched and compared on a district by district basis. The board also would be required to revise the system, direct school districts on the use of records and fiscal procedures, prescribe on Allows any school district having authority for ancillary school facilities weighting, cost of living weighting, or declining enrollment weighting to spend the motor vehicle-related revenue derived as a result of these weightings. Existing law allowed a school district to receive the revenue, but not spend the revenue.
http://www.kslegislature.org/li/b2011_12/year1/measures/documents/sb21_02_0000.pdf
Title: S.B. 21
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | 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 and by 0.63% in FY 2013. The bill eliminates the 0.76% growth factor on school block grants after FY 2011 and retains oil and natural gas production taxes at the state level for school districts whose tax allocation exceeds 150% of the district's maximum or adopted general fund budget. SB 329 will create increased revenue in the state general fund of $11.3 million in FY 2012 and $1.1 million in FY 2013. Section 3 of the bill allows school districts to enter into multidistrict agreements to perform any services, activities, and undertakings of the participating districts. This section also authorizes each participating district to transfer funds into the interlocal cooperative fund from the general fund or any other budgeted fund of the district. Under SB 329, there is no limit on the amount that can be transferred from budgeted funds other than the school district general fund which is limited to the amount of the district's direct state aid (DSA).
Section 5(2), requires the OPI to develop publicly available district educational profiles that include include school district contact information, state criterion-referenced testing results, programs and course offerings, student enrollment and demographic information by grade level, and graduation rates. Section 5(3) requires each school district to annually report to the OPI the number and type of employee positions; compensation paid to each employee; the certification held by the employee and required by the position, student-teacher ratios by grade; the amount spent by the district for operation and maintenance and for debt service; district expenditures per pupil; the total budget for all funds; the total number of students enrolled and average daily attendance; the total amount spent by the district on extracurricular activities and the number of students who participated; and the number of students who entered 9th grade but did not graduate. Requires each district to post on its website copies of collective bargaining agreements and the district costs associated with employee union representation, collective bargaining, union grievance procedures, and litigation resulting from union employee grievances. Requires oil and natural gas production taxes allocated to a district to be distributed to the district in accordance with section 7 of SB 329. Effective July 1, 2012, establishes a state school oil and natural gas impact account to help counties and school districts that are not receiving oil and natural gas production taxes, but are impacted by oil and natural gas production, defray costs associated with increased school enrollments, teacher shortages, and infrastructure. The balance in the account may not exceed $7.5 million. Any amount in excess of $7.5 million must be deposited in the state general fund.
Fiscal note: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011/FNPDF/SB0329.pdf
Full text: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011/billpdf/SB0329.pdf
Title: S.B. 329
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2011
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | The measure allows federal grant money applied for on behalf of a school district to be disbursed directly to an interlocal cooperative with the consent of the school districts in the cooperative.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/SB/SB275%20ENR.DOC
Title: S.B. 275
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Changes the cap on school district expenditures. School districts with more than 1,500 average daily attendance must not spend more than 5% of total expenditures on administration. Districts with more than 500 but less than 1,500 average daily attendance are capped at 7%. Districts with 500 or fewer average daily attendance are capped at 8%. The measure also allows districts to count up to 40% of a superintendent's salary to nonadministrative functions if the superintendent spends part of the time performing exempted nonadministrative services such as teaching or serving as principal, counselor or library media specialist. Requires the total amount a superintendent makes for administrative and nonadministrative services to be recorded under the code for superintendent salary in the Oklahoma Cost Accounting System.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/SB/SB664%20ENR.DOC
Title: S.B. 664
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | The measure creates the Public School Classroom Support Revolving Fund to be used for grants to public classroom teachers. The State Board of Education will award the grants and establish the criteria for and application process for the grants. Teachers must use grants for supplies, materials or equipment for classrooms or classes taught by the teachers. Taxpayers and corporations wishing to contribute to the fund may designate the contribution on the appropriate income tax or corporate tax form after December 31, 2011. The contribution may be made by reducing the income tax refund of the taxpayer.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB1852%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 1852
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2011 | P-12 | Allows expenditure from School Consolidation Assistance Fund to school districts that have entered into a mutual contract for a superintendent; establishes amount of assistance, including maximum. Total assistance paid over three years from the School Consolidation Assistance Fund to districts entering into a contract to share superintendents must not exceed $150,000 and no school district will be eligible to receive assistance for more than three years. Boards of education must notify the State Board of Education on or before June 30 of the year preceding the school year the mutual contract will become effective. Allows the State Board of Education to make payments of less than $400,000 to school districts from the fund and if monies in the fund are insufficient to make allocations to qualified districts, the State Board of Education will determine allocations with preference given to school district consolidation and annexation.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB2115%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 2115
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | The Students Come First legislation relates to public school modernization and reform. The legislature has a duty to ensure that state's schools are on firm financial ground. To ensure the state can educate more students at a higher level with limited resources, the state must reform and modernize the educational system. Students Come First legislation reprioritizes statutory requirements to strategically invest in Idaho's educators and technology and increases transparency for the state's public school system.
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2011/S1184.pdf
Title: S.B. 1184
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires the superintendent of public instruction to develop detailed procedures for school districts (and others) to follow if there is any risk of defaulting on a fiscal oblication. Adds districts as entities that are bound by notification procedures established by law (i.e., must notify the superintendent of public instruction of potential defaults and to request payment under this section; and procedures for the state to expedite payments to prevent defaults).
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/62-2011/documents/11-8216-02000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1428
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Modifies definition of administrative services for expenditure limits. In defining "administrative services," staff for the superintendent were included. This amendment adds the staff of any elementary superintendent or any assistant superintendent to the administrative services calculations.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/cf/2011-12%20ENR/hB/HB1372%20ENR.DOC
Title: H.B. 1372
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to prepare school district fiscal notes on proposed legislation
that increases or decreases school district revenues or expenditures in a manner that uniquely affects school districts.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1703.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1703
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2011 | P-12 | Section 1: Relates to addressing financial insolvency of school districts; and creating new sections. Superintendent of public instruction is to convene educational service districts to analyze options and make recommendations for a clear legal framework and process for dissolution of a school district on the basis of financial insolvency. The analysis must include, but is not limited to: (a) a definition of financial insolvency; (b) a timeframe, criteria and process for initiating a dissolution of an insolvent school district; (c) roles and responsibilities of the office of the superintendent of public instruction, educational service districts and regional committees on school district organization; and (d) recommendations for how to address such issues as: (1) limiting a school board's ability to incur additional debt during the dissolution process; (2) terminating staff contracts expeditiously; (3) liquidation of liabilities; (4) waiving requirements of the school accounting manual; (5) clarifying effective dates of transfers of property for taxation purposes; (6) dealing with bonded indebtedness; and (7) circumstances that require approval of voters in either the annexing school district or the dissolving school district, or both. Educational service districts must consult with individuals with legal and financial expertise while conducting the analysis. As part of the report, the educational service districts may recommend a financial early warning system for consistent, early identification of school districts with potential fiscal difficulties. The superintendent of public instruction must submit a final report and recommendations to the governor and the education and fiscal committees of the legislature by January 5, 2012. The recommendations must specifically address amendments to current law as well as propose new laws as necessary. Section 2: If specific funding for the purpose of this act, referencing this act by bill or chapter number, is not provided by June 30, 2011, in this omnibus appropriations act, this act is null and void.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2011-12/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202011/1431-S.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1431
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | 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 manager was in place under the Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act, the Superintendent of Public Instruction could not place that school under the supervision of the State School Reform/Redesign Officer.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/htm/2011-PA-0008.htm
Title: S.B. 157
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Repeals the "Local Government Fiscal Responsibility Act", and creates the "Local Government and School District Fiscal Accountability Act", which similarly would provide for the review, management, and control of the financial and other operations of a local government (a municipal government or a school district). http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2011-2012/publicact/htm/2011-PA-0004.htm
Title: H.B. 4214
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| OH | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Permits the state superintendent to issue waivers from certain financial reporting standards for districts and educational service centers, and certain state board standards for the operation of K-12 programs defined in divisions (B)(2) and (D) of Section 3301.07. Directs the state board to adopt standards for the approval or disapproval of such waivers. Provides a waiver may not exceed five years, but that a district board may apply to renew a waiver. Permits the state board to revoke the charter of any school district that fails to meet the operating standards established under division (D)(3) of section 3301.07.
Pages 6-7 of 41: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText129/129_HB_30_EN_N.pdf
Full text of repealed divisions (B)(2) and (D) of Section 3301.07 on page 980 and ff. of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 30 - Financial Reporting and Certain Standards for Operation of K-12 Programs
Source:
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2011 | P-12 | Extend for two years the period of time in which school districts may expend capital outlay funds for certain transportation, insurance, energy, and utility costs.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2011/Bills/SB111ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 111
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| TX | Adopted 01/2011 | P-12 | From the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: The sections establish provisions that detail the ratings, types of ratings, criteria, reporting and sanctions for the financial accountability rating system. Amendments update the School Financial Integrity Rating System of Texas (School FIRST) by specifying new provisions for implementation beginning with fiscal year 2010-11, including the deletion of one non-critical school district indicator and the addition of 18 open-enrollment charter school indicators, along with new rating worksheets and calculations that reflect these changes. The amendments to the rating system better align School FIRST for the two types of entities and clarify certain aspects of the School FIRST calculations. Additionally, the adopted amendments establish a process for lowering a financial accountability rating after initial assignment if determined necessary by the commissioner.
109.1002: Financial Accountability Ratings. Adopted as published on pp 12-13 of the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0128/0128adop.pdf
109.1003: Types of Financial Accountability Ratings. Adopted as published on pp. 18-19 of the October 22, 2010 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1022/1022prop.pdf
109.1004: Criteria for Financial Accountability Ratings. Adopted as published on p. 19 of the October 22, 2010 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1022/1022prop.pdf
109.1005: Reporting. Adopted as published on pp 13-14 of the January 28, 2011 Texas Register: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0128/0128adop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| TX | Adopted 12/2010 | P-12 | Establishes new s.109.1101, concerning financial solvency. Per the mandate in Section 39.0822 as established in 2009 H.B. 3, creates a financial solvency review process for the Texas Education Agency (TEA) to use in assessing the future financial solvency of districts and open-enrollment charter schools, to alert districts and charter schools to circumstances that could lead to financial insolvency. Identifies types of data that must be reviewed in the process. Specifies that the TEA must notify the district or charter school if the financial solvency review shows (A) a student-to-staff ratio that is significantly outside the norm; (B) a rapid depletion of the general fund balance; or (C) a significant discrepancy between submitted budget figures and projected revenues and expenditures.
Pages 34-37 of 197: http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/1217/1217adop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.1101
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| PA | Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 11/2010 | P-12 | Section 218 requires annual financial reports for districts, charter schools, cyber charter schools, area vocation-technical schools and intermediate units. By December 31st of each year, the chief administrator and board secretary must certify that financial reports have been properly audited and that the information was materially consisted with the audited financial statements. Failure to submit results in a fine of $300 per day for the first violation and $500 per day for the second or subsequent violation.
http://www.legis.state.pa.us/CFDOCS/Legis/PN/Public/btCheck.cfm?txtType=PDF&sessYr=2009&sessInd=0&billBody=H&billTyp=B&billNbr=0101&pn=4389
Title: H.B. 101
Source: http://www.legis.state.pa.us
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| AL | Signed into law 09/2010 | P-12 | Authorizes local boards of education, during FY 2011 only, to expend public school funds on any operating expense (according to SREB report, http://publications.sreb.org/2010/10S07_2010_Final_Leg_Rep.pdf, districts were previously "required to spend the funds only within the designated categories where appropriations were made.")
Title: H.B. 724
Source:
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| NY | Vetoed 09/2010 | P-12 | Creates the school district finance security task force to develop guidelines for school districts to protect sensitive banking and other information related to school district funds, from theft and other adverse consequences related to financial transactions, and to make recommendations for legislation. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?default_fld=&bn=S07323&Summary=Y&Actions=Y&Memo=Y&Text=Y
Title: S.B. 7323
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2010 | P-12 | Adds that one of the circumstances under which (1) the state superintendent may require a district to share financial information relevant to a proper investigation of the district's financials and the delivery of appropriate state services to the district and/or (2) the state board may certify that a district is in financial difficulty, is if the district is likely to fail to fully meet any regularly scheduled, payroll-period obligations when due and/or any debt service payments when due. Pages 1-5 of 51: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB3681lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 3681 - Section 105 ILCS 5/1A-8
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 07/2010 | P-12 | This substitute allows a school district, after 10 years, to return donated real property to the original donor or to sell it as surplus.
http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills101/biltxt/truly/HB1831T.HTM
Title: H.B. 1831
Source: http://www.house.mo.gov/
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Authorizes local boards of education to solicit and accept donations, contributions and gifts from any source for purposes of field trips and other educational purposes. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb1200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1200
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| GA | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Requires local boards of education to submit specified information on tax revenues to the department of audits and accounts for posting on a searchable Web site accessible by the public. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb1013.pdf
Title: H.B. 1013
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Creates the school district transparency act; requires school district expenditure information be made available on state department of education website. Requires the Department to make the data available on its website within 120 days of transmission of the expenditures to the Department by the school district.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB1633_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 1633
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | 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 professional development program for certified and licensed teachers and administrators of the district. If a school district elects not to adopt and offer a professional development program, the district may expend any monies allocated for professional development for any purpose related to the support and maintenance of the school district as determined by the board of education of the school district. Also suspends (for this time period) sanctions against districts for failing to meet the media materials and equipment standards and media program expenditure standards as set forth in the accreditation standards adopted by the Board.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HB3029_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 3029
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Provides for approval of school auditors by state auditor and inspector (instead of the state board of education). Sets certain requirements for auditors, including experience in auditing public entities and completion of a minimum of 8 clock hours of continuing education credit in school district accounting and auditing as defined by the Governmental Accounting Standards Board (GASB) and the Office of the Comptroller General during the prior year.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB2034_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 2034
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| RI | Signed into law 06/2010 | P-12 | Authorizes the department of elementary and secondary education, with the department of administration, to implement a statewide purchasing system for all public schools, for the purchase of goods, supplies and services, including:
(1) General school supplies such as paper goods, office supplies, textbooks and cleaning products
(2) Telecommunications, wireless services, computer equipment, hardware and software needed to support curriculum objectives
(3) General non-medical and dental insurance products and services; provided however, that the statewide purchasing system must permit districts to establish their own benefit and coverage levels.
Authorizes the department of elementary and secondary education and local and regional school districts to participate in purchasing collaboratives, consisting of two or more states, subject to prior approval of the
chief purchasing officer and rules and regulations promulgated by the department. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law10/law10023-13.htm
Title: H.B. 7397, Article 13, Section 5
Source: www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2010 | P-12
Community College
Postsec. | Relates to a comprehensive database of receipts and expenditures of state monies; relates to an official internet website that is electronically searchable by the public at no cost; provides for cross-linked expenditures associated with contracts or subcontracts to the actual language of the contract or subcontract; includes local governments, community college districts and school districts. Chapter 288
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2282c.pdf
Title: H.B. 2282
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| TX | Adopted 05/2010 | P-12 | Updates the financial accountability rating system by specifying new provisions that will be implemented beginning with ratings based on data from fiscal year 2008-09, including a new worksheet and calculations. Also incorporates open-enrollment charter schools into the School FIRST system. Adopted as proposed in the March 26, 2010 Register (pages 93-97 of 151): http://www.sos.state.tx.us/texreg/pdf/backview/0326/0326prop.pdf
Title: 19 TAC 109.1001, 1002, 1003, 1004, 1005
Source: www.sos.state.tx.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Relates to school district override elections; amends a notification date; relates to a special program for children with disabilities in preschool programs; relates to budget balance carryforwards; limits special budget overrides that were previously approved to a percent of the revenue control limit attributable to the weighted student count in preschool programs for children with disabilities, kindergarten programs and grades one through eight. Chapter 179
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/49leg/2r/bills/hb2386s.pdf
Title: H.B. 2386
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Amends the School Bond Guaranty Act; provides that the Superintendent of Public Instruction shall make reports of school district solvency; authorizes the Treasurer to establish procedures for providing notice where a debt service payment may be delinquent and a process to make such payments; removes references to state sales tax account and the tax commission; provides for payment of guaranteed school bond debt service payments and repayment of borrowed funds for sales tax receipts. Chapter 295
http://legislature.idaho.gov/legislation/2010/H0682.pdf
Title: H.B. 682
Source: http://legislature.idaho.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | From the fiscal note: Allows school-based health centers to be Medicaid providers. School-based health services may include medical health, behavioral and mental health, preventative health and oral health. A service provided through a school-based center would not require
prior consultation or referral by the patient's primary care physician to be covered by Medicaid. The bill also requires the Department of
Health and Human Services to seek a state plan amendment in the Children's Health Insurance Program and Medicaid to cover legal
non-residents, as authorized in Public Law 111-3. The bill as amended requires school-based health clinics sponsored by a federally
qualified health clinic to be reimbursed at their clinic rate.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB1106.pdf
Title: L.B. 1106
Source: http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Requires any school district that is not in compliance with the standards and requirements established by the State Board of Education related to the state student record system as provided in Section 3-160 to forfeit its state aid for the time of noncompliance.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB2211_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 2211
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| WI | Signed into law 04/2010 | P-12 | Requires boards annually to prepare budgets for each school in the district. Requires boards to collaborate with nonprofits and government agencies to provide comprehensive social services and educational support. Requires boards to provide alternative methods of attaining a high school diploma for those pupils who are unlikely to graduate, including a prpogram allowing a pupil or former pupil to retake a course in which he/she was not initially successful. Requires boards to conduct an annual survey of parents to develop of modify parent involvement and school improvement plans. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act215.pdf
Title: S.B. 437
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Enacts the Public School Financial Transparency Act, which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative education, the state charter school institute, and institute charter schools to post financial information on-line, in a downloadable format, for free public access.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2010a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/F10BD6CCC8325304872576A80026B22A?open&file=1036_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1036
Source: http://www.leg.state.co.us/
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| IA | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Directs the state board to set standards and procedures for the approval of training programs for individuals who seek an authorization issued by the Board of Educational Examiners for employment as school business officials responsible for the financial operations of school districts; requires the Board of Educational Examiners to adopt rules for the issuance of a school business official authorization to an individual who successfully completes a program that meets the board's standards.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/linc/HF2461_Enrolled.pdf
Title: H.B. 2461
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Provides flexibility to school districts to meet state fiscal solvency requirements; provides that the Secretary of Education may waive requirements of the Public School Code and rules promulgated in accordance with that code pertaining to individual class load, teaching load, length of school day, staffing patterns, subject areas and purchases of instructional materials.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/SB0097.pdf
Title: S.B. 97
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Requires local school boards and governing authorities of charter schools to establish finance subcommittees and audit committees. The finance subcommittee shall: (1) make recommendations to the local school board in the following areas: (a) financial planning, including reviews of the school district's revenue and expenditure projections; (b) review of financial statements and periodic monitoring of revenues and expenses; (c) annual budget preparation and oversight; and (d) procurement; and (2) serve as an external monitoring committee on budget and other financial matters.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/10%20Regular/final/HB0227.pdf
Title: H.B. 227
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2010 | P-12 | Modifies requirements regarding notice of a public hearing on a proposed school district budget. Requires a local school board to post a proposed budget on the district's Web site 10 days prior to a public hearing on the proposed budget. http://le.utah.gov/~2010/bills/sbillenr/sb0057.pdf
Title: S.B. 57
Source: le.utah.gov
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| IA | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Modifies membership and duties of the School Budget Review Committee. Duties modify relate to review of a school district's unexpended fund balance upon a school district's request for supplemental aid due to an unusual financial circumstance; requires that a school district use those unexpended funds prior to levying additional property taxes.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=Billbook&ga=83&hbill=HF2030
Title: H.B. 2030
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| MI | Signed into law 01/2010 | P-12 | Part of Michigan's Race to the Top Legislation. Requires district boards of education to ensure that all teachers and principals working in its schools and instructional programs have adequate access to basic instructional supplies. Requires the state department of education (DOE) to develop and publish on its website a definition of what constitutes basic instructional supplies. The DOE must establish and publicize on its website both a telephone line and an online system for principals and teachers to file a claim that the district failed to provide adequate access to basic instructional supplies.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2009-2010/publicact/htm/2009-PA-0203.htm
Title: H.B. 926 - Sec. 166c
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov
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| UT | Adopted 09/2009 | P-12 | Requires each local school board and charter school governing board to provide written assurance assurances that the board has:
(1) Implemented an electronic device (cell phones and pagers) policy consistent with state board rule
(2) Posted collective bargaining agreement(s) on the school district or charter school Web site within 10 days of the ratification or modification of any collective bargaining agreement
(3) By May 15, 2010, posted certain public financial information on the school district or charter school Web site consistent with state statute. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publicat/bulletin/2009/20090701/32729.htm
Title: R277-108-5
Source: www.rules.utah.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 08/2009 | P-12 | Existing law requires the state board of education to direct the allocation and apportionment of federal funds to school districts. Proposed provision includes county offices of education and other agencies within the definition of school district for purposes of these provisions. Bill: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_339_bill_20090713_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0301-0350/ab_339_vt_20090805.html
Title: A.B. 339
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Authorizes a district under the authority of a Financial Oversight Panel to appoint a district superintendent with a specified certification or a chief executive officer upon expiration of the current superintendent's contract. Requires the superintendent or chief executive officer to undergo approval by the Financial Oversight Panel.
Provides that, in lieu of a Financial Oversight Panel Financial Administrator, a district may appoint a chief fiscal officer who shall have the powers and duties of the district's chief school business official and any other duties assigned by the school board or Financial Oversight Panel. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2674lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2674
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | 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 school unit that was under the jurisdiction and authority of the township treasurer and trustees of schools of a township at the time those offices were abolished in that township, the school treasurer to also be a member of the school board. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0325lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 325
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | 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 Chicago Board of Education. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB0235lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 235
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Provides that no school district may be certified by the state board of education to be in financial difficulty solely by reasons arising as a result of the state's failure to make timely payments of general state aid or any of the mandated categoricals. Relates to financial profiles by the state board. Provides for adjustments in such profiles to reflect the financial effects of events concerning state reimbursement. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0944lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 944
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | 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 must be disbursed for school safety purposes to the school district or districts in which the offense occurred. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB2024lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2024
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Community College | Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Program to fund wind and solar generation projects for school and community college districts. Provides for the award of full or partial low-interest loans for engineering studies, feasibility studies, research studies and construction costs for wind and solar generation projects. Creates the School Wind and Solar Generation Revolving Loan Fund as a special fund in the state treasury. Revises provisions concerning the renewable energy grant program. Expands the allowable use of such grants for school and community college districts. Allows districts to own solar generation turbine farms. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1570lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1570
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Substantially amends powers and duties of New York City board, authorizing the board to:
(1) Approve all regulations proposed by the chancellor or city board
(2) Approve the educational facilities capital plan, following any applicable hearings conducted by the community district education councils
(3) Approve annual estimates of the sum the board deems necessary for district operations and the capital budget
(4) Approve allocations to community districts and approve community district budgets, with a proposed budget for the city board and chancellor's administrative and operational expenditures, following a public hearing
(5) Approve a city district procurement policy
(6) Approve proposals for all school closures or significant changes in school utilization, including phase-outs, grade reconfigurations, re-sitings or co-locations of two schools, following any hearing
(7) Adopt a policy proposed by the chancellor, promoting the recruitment and retention of staff, that considers the diversity of students attending schools in the city district. Directs the city board to review at a regular public meeting an annual report issued by the chancellor outlining the initiatives taken to enhance diversity and equity in recruitment and retention, and the impacts of such initiatives to the workforce at the city district, community district and school level
(8) Approve all franchises, revokable consents and concessions awarded by the city district or community districts
(9) Approve city board by-laws
(10) Respond at a regular public meeting to the recommendations made in annual reports issued by the city-wide council on special education, the city-wide council on English language learners and the city-wide council on high schools
(11) Conduct an annual survey to allow parents, teachers and school personnel to evaluate the performance of the city board and chancellor as regards city district resources, oversight and curriculum. Requires the results of such survey to be made publicly available, including on the city board Web site.
(12) Provide information, data, estimates and statistics as requested by the director of the city's independent budget office or the city comptroller, in a timely fashion.
Eliminates provision directing the board to approve contracts that would significantly impact the provision of educational services or programming in the district. Replaces with provision directing the board to approve city district or community district contracts that meet any of certain criteria. Requires all items requiring city board approval to be by a public vote at a regular board meeting. Prior to approval of any item listed in 1-6 above, requires the city board to undertake a review process to allow the public to submit comments on the proposed item. Requires notice of the proposed item to be circulated to all community superintendents, community district education councils, community boards and school based management teams at least 45 days before a city board vote. Specifies contents that said notice must contain. Also requires a revised public notice to be provided in the event a proposed item listed in 1-6 above is substantially revised, and specifies elements the revised public notice must include. Provides that following the public review process but prior to voting, the city board must make publicly available an assessment of all public comments concerning the item under consideration. Specifies elements the assessment must contain. Allows for emergency adoption of proposed items under certain circumstances. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - New York City Board Powers and Duties
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Creates new section 2590-t. Provides the New York City Comptroller has the authority to conduct operational and programmatic audits, in addition to financial audits, of the city district to the same extent that the comptroller has such authority for New York City agencies.
Creates new section 2590-u. Authorizes the New York City independent budget office to provide analysis and issue public reports on financial and educational matters of the city district, to enhance official and public understanding of such matters, including: (1) student graduation and dropout data; (2) student enrollment projections; (3) school utilization, class sizes and student-teacher ratios; (4) student assessment data; (5) delivery of services to students in bilingual or English as a second language programs; (6) delivery of services to students with disabilities; (7) utilization of Title I funds directed at parental involvement; (8) matters relating to city district finances. Directs the city of New York to appropriate a specified amount to the independent budget office to carry out these duties. Requires the director of the New York City independent budget office to ensure that his/her office uses up-to-date and professionally accepted methodologies in producing annual data reports related to the city district, and that methodologies used are identified in such reports. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - New York City Comptroller Audits and Budget Office Reports
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| NY | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12 | Amends section 2590-r, relating to school based budgeting and expenditure reporting in New York City. Existing law directs principals to develop school based budgets. New provision requires the chancellor to inform each principal of that school's preliminary budget allocation, subsequent to the New York City mayor's release of the executive budget, before principals develop school based budgets. Also requires principals to consult with the school based management team before developing the school based budget. Provides that for schools under the jurisdiction of a community superintendent, (1) the principal must provide written justification to demonstrate that the school-based budget proposal is aligned with the school's comprehensive educational plan, (2) the school based management team must submit comments regarding such justification, and (3) the chancellor must certify that the school based budget is sufficiently aligned with the school's comprehensive educational plan after reviewing the principal's justification and the management team's comments. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08903&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8903 - School Based Budgeting and Expenditure Reporting
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Requires that a school district retain the savings achieved by a guaranteed energy cost savings contract and use the savings for project implementation; prohibits a district from using excess utility monies for implementation; modifies energy audit requirements; provides for third-party institution financing and procurement of water conservation and renewable energy devices; exempts energy efficient building components from appraisal values; specifies efficiency standards for spas and pool pumps. Chapter 101
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49leg/1r/summary/s.2332ed.doc.htm
Title: H.B. 2332
Source: http://www.azleg.gov/
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Expresses the intent of the Legislature to provide emergency apportionment assistance to the King City Joint Union High School District and makes an appropriation for an emergency loan to the district. Requires the state superintendent of public instruction to assume all rights, duties and powers of the governing board of the King City Joint Union High School District and to appoint a state administrator to exercise the superintendent's authority over that district. Provides the authority of the superintendent of public instruction and the state administrator must continue until all of specified conditions are met. Provides the superintendent of public instruction may return power for any of the areas of financial, pupil, personnel, facilities management or community relations if performance under the recovery plan for that area has been demonstrated to the satisfaction of the superintendent of public instruction. Directs the superintendent of public instruction to assist the district in specified tasks. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0101-0150/sb_130_bill_20090722_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 130
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | From legislative analysis: Existing law prescribes the minimum length of time for the instructional school year and the minimum number of instructional minutes per schoolday. Existing law imposes fiscal penalties on school districts and county offices of education that fail to maintain those minimum instructional times per school year or schoolday.
Effective 2009–10 through the 2012–13 school years, would authorize a school district, county office of education, and charter school to reduce the equivalent of up to 5 days of instruction or the equivalent number of instructional minutes without incurring the fiscal penalties.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/abx4_2_bill_20090728_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 2D - Section 21
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov/
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1:Modifies the current requirement for the state board to develop a standard for reporting financial information to the public. Requires districts and educational service center boards to report revenues and expenditures by school building, including expenditures for salaries, and with expenditures for classroom teachers, other certified staff, and all other employees reported separately, as well as per-pupil expenditures per building.
Provides that the state board's existing minimum standards for all public schools must require instructional materials and equipment, including library materials, to be aligned with the academic content standards. Directs the state board to adopt minimum operating standards for school districts, which districts must comply with unless they receive a waiver from the state superintendent. According to DOE summary, the operating standards override any conflicting provisions of a collective bargaining agreement. Provides the operating standards must include:
(1) Standards for the effective and efficient organization, administration and supervision of districts (full text of this provision in "full text" field below)
(2) Standards for the establishment of business advisory councils and family and civic engagement teams by school districts
(3) Standards incorporating the classifications for the components of the adequacy amount under Chapter 3306 of the Revised Code into core academic strategy components and academic improvement components, as specified in rules adopted under section 3306.25 of the Revised Code
(4) Standards for school district organizational units, as defined in sections 3306.02 and 3306.04 of the Revised Code, that require:
(i) The effective and efficient organization, administration and supervision of each school district organizational unit so that it becomes a thinking and learning organization according to principles of systems design and collaborative professional learning communities research as defined by the state superintendent, including a focus on the personalized and individualized needs of each student; a shared responsibility among organizational unit administrators, faculty and staff to develop a common vision, mission and set of guiding principles; a shared responsibility among organizational unit administrators, faculty and staff to engage in a process of collective inquiry, action orientation and experimentation to ensure the academic success of all students; commitment to job-embedded professional development and professional mentoring and coaching; established periods of time for teachers to pursue planning time for the development of lesson plans, professional development, and shared learning; commitment to effective management strategies that allow administrators reasonable access to classrooms for observation and professional development experiences; commitment to teaching and learning strategies that utilize technological tools and emphasize inter-disciplinary, real-world, project-based, and technology-oriented learning experiences to meet the individual needs of every student; commitment to high expectations for every student and commitment to closing the achievement gap so that all students achieve core knowledge and skills in accordance with the statewide academic standards adopted under section 3301.079 of the Revised Code; commitment to the
use of assessments to diagnose the needs of each student; effective connections and relationships with families and others that support student success; commitment to the use of positive behavior intervention supports throughout the organizational unit to ensure a safe and secure learning environment for all students
(ii) A school organizational unit leadership team to coordinate positive behavior intervention supports, family and civic engagement services, learning environments, thinking and learning systems, collaborative planning, planning time, student academic interventions, student extended learning opportunities, and other activities identified by the team and approved by the district board of education. Provides that the team must include the building principal, representatives from each collective bargaining unit, the building lead teacher, parents, business representatives and others that support student success.
Eliminates requirement that state board develop a state plan for technology to encourage the use of technology in educational settings.
DOE summary document: http://www.education.ohio.gov/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Bill text (pages 979-984 of 3120): http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3301.07
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Provides that a separate accountability compliance commission must be established for each school district for which the state superintendent opts to establish a commission due to noncompliance with financial budgeting or reporting requirements per section 3306.33. Establishes protocols for accountability compliance commissions. Provides the commission may do any of the following:
(1) Prepare and submit the school district's spending plan required under section 3306.30 and, if applicable, section 3306.31
(2) Appoint school building administrators and reassign administrative personnel
(3) Terminate the contracts of administrators or administrative personnel
(4) Contract with a private entity to perform school or district management functions
(5) Establish a district budget and approve district appropriations and expenditures, unless a financial planning and supervision commission has been established for the district
(6) Exercise the powers, duties and functions with respect to the district as are granted to a financial planning and supervision commission, unless a financial planning and supervision commission has been established for the district.
Directs each commission to seek local board input on means to improve district operations and compliance with state requirements, but clarifies that any decision of the commission related to any authority granted the commission by statute is final. Provides that if any board of a district for which an accountability compliance commission has been established renews any collective bargaining agreement, the board cannot enter into any agreement that would render any decision of the commission unenforceable. Provides that an accountability compliance commission will cease to exist at the beginning of the first year that none of the circumstances described in division (A) of section 3306.33 apply to the district. Pages 1111-1113 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3306.34
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | By July 2011, directs the department of education to provide technical assistance to that either has failed to comply with any applicable expenditure or reporting standard prescribed by rule adopted under section 3306.25, or that fails to submit a spending plan under section 3306.30 and, if applicable, section 3306.31, in order to bring the district into compliance with expenditure and reporting standards. Also requires such a district to develop and submit to the department a three-year operations improvement plan; notify all parents of students of the standards or requirements that were not met, the actions being taken to meet the standards or requirements and any progress to date toward meeting requirements; and present the plan, and take public testimony with respect to it, in a public hearing before the board. Provides that if one of the triggers applies a second consecutive year, the department must provide technical assistance and the district must perform the aforementioned actions, plus the department must establish a state intervention team to evaluate all aspects of the district's operations, including management, instructional methods, resource allocation and scheduling, and make recommendations on methods for bringing the district into compliance with the applicable standards. Provides that if one of the triggers applies a third consecutive year, whether it is the same or different trigger as in preceding years, the state superintendent must establish an accountability compliance commission or appoint a trustee to manage the district in place of the local board until the beginning of the first year that neither of the triggers applies to the district. Provides that if either trigger applies for a fourth consecutive year, the state board must take action to revoke the district's charter.
Pages 1109-1111 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3306.33
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12 | Allows school districts, school departments and school committees to accept grants, gifts and donations from individuals, entities and governmental subdivisions for purposes as specified by the donor and to keep such funds in a restricted receipt account interest bearing account until expended.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law09/law09174.htm
Title: S.B. 944
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| VT | Became law without governor's signature 07/2009 | P-12 | Among other things, this act:
· Simplifies the statutory divided vote ballot language and requires that the ballot include an explanation of the reasons the vote is divided. (Secs. 6-7)
· Permits the electorate of a school district to vote at a special meeting to provide notice of the availability of information (currently permitted only at annual meeting; municipalities may vote to do so at either). (Secs. 8-9)
· Restores the ability of joint contract schools to access consolidation funds until July 1, 2010. (Sec. 12)
· Permits a parent to request a final determination by the commissioner of education regarding payment of elementary school tuition when there is a geographical barrier to attending the district's school. (Sec. 13)
· Allows parents to notify (rather than request) the school board to pay tuition to an approved independent elementary school but limits the tuition paid by the district to the least of three amounts. (Sec. 13)
· Permits the electorate to authorize a district that does not maintain a public school to designate a public school as the high school for the district; continues to allow parents to request an alternative school but limits the tuition paid by the district to the least of three amounts. (Sec. 13)
· Amends the definition of state-placed student to provide greater educational continuity for the student. (Secs. 14-15)
· Excludes certain actions from the determination of whether a school budget must be presented by a divided vote.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/2010/Acts/ACT044.pdf
Title: H.B. 427
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Allows a school district, entity such as a special education cooperative or other joint agreement, or regional superintendent to establish a line of credit with a bank or other financial institution. Provides that the line of credit must not exceed a specified percent of the amount of property taxes most recently levied for specified purposes. Specifies that borrowed moneys may be used for educational, operations and maintenance, transportation, or other tax levy purposes or any combination thereof. Allows a school board to anticipate revenues due in the current or next fiscal year, to issue bonds, and to establish a line of credit in a specified amount under certain conditions. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB0999lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 999
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Amends auditing procedures for and authority of county education departments in counties with a population of 3 million or more. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02549F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2549
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Section 66: Establishes provisions allowing a school district to adopt a budget after the district adopts a tax rate for the tax year in which the fiscal year covered by the budget begins. Section 86 makes a conforming change in the Tax Code.
Section 67: Adds section 44.908. Requires school districts to adopt policies governing the expenditure of local funds from vending machines, rentals, gate receipts or other local sources of revenue over which the district has direct control. Requires discretionary expenditures of local funds to be related to the district's educational purpose and provide a commensurate benefit to the district or its students and to meet the standards of Section 52, Article III, Texas Constitution, regarding expenditure of public funds.
Section 68: Specifies that the guarantee of district bonds remains in effect until the date those bonds mature or are defeased in accordance with state law.
Pages 67-68 and 96 of 108: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03646F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3646 - Sections 66-68 and 86
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12 | Former law called for the creation of a single financial accountability rating system. New enactment directs the commissioner, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop separate financial accountability rating systems for districts and charter schools that distinguish among districts and charter schools based on financial performance. Provides the system may not include an indicator or performance measure that requires a district to spend at least 65% of district operating funds or any other specified percentage for instructional purposes, or that lowers a district's financial management performance rating for failure to spend at least 65% or any other specified percentage of district operating funds for instructional purposes.
Creates new Section 39.0821, "Comptroller Review of Resource Allocation". Directs the comptroller to identify districts and campuses that use resource allocation practices that contribute to high academic achievement and cost-effective operations. Identifies process for the comptroller to evaluate relative performance of districts and campuses and identify potential areas for district and campus improvement. In reviewing district and campus resource allocation practices, directs the comptroller to ensure resources are being used for instruction by evaluating operating costs for students and programs, and the staffing cost for each student.
Adds new Section 39.0822, "Financial Solvency Review Required." Directs the state education agency to develop a review process to anticipate the future financial solvency of each school district. Provides the review process must analyze expeditures and revenues for the previous year, and projected expenditures and revenues for the current and following two school years. Identifies areas of expenditure that the review process must consider for the previous year, and for future years as appropriate. Directs the agency to develop an electronic-based program for districts to use in submitting information for purposes of the review process. Directs the commissioner to adopt rules to allow a district to enter estimates of critical data into the program before the district adopts its budget. Specifies capacities the program must contain, including the capacity to provide alerts for a student-to-staff ratio significantly outside the norm, a rapid depletion of the district general fund balance and a significant discrepancy between actual budget figures and projected revenues and expenditures. Such alerts must be developed to notify the agency immediately on occurence of one of the aforementioned conditions. After the agency is alerted, requires the agency to immediately notify the affected district regarding the condition triggering the alert. Also amends Section 39.083, to require each district's annual financial management report to include a description of the data submitted using the electronic-based program.
Adds new Section 39.0823, "Projected Deficit". Provides that if the review process under Section 39.0822 indicates a projected deficit for a school district general fund within the following three school years, the
district must provide the agency interim financial reports, supplemented by staff and student count data, as needed, to evaluate the district's current budget status. Provides that if the interim financial data substantiates the projected deficit, the district must develop a financial plan to submit to the agency for approval. Provides the agency may approve the plan only if the agency determines the plan will permit the district to avoid the projected insolvency. Requires the commissioner to assign a district an "accredited-warned" status if the district fails to submit a financial plan to the agency, fails to obtain agency approval for a plan, fails to comply with an agency-approved plan, or the agency determines in a subsequent school year, based on financial data submitted by the district, that the approved plan for the district is no longer sufficient or is not appropriately implemented.
Adds new Section 39.084, "Posting of Adopted Budget". Directs a district, upon the board of trustee's final approval of the budget, to post a copy of the adopted budget to the district Web site. Requires the district Web site to prominently display the link to the adopted budget. Requires the link to the adopted budget to remain on the district Web site until the third anniversary of the date the budget was adopted.
Pages 89-96 of 180: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3 - Section 59 - Part III
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Allows local boards of education to expend their reserve funds if (1) the governor declares proration in the Education Trust Fund or (2) total state funds appropriated by the legislature to the local boards of education are less than the same appropriation for the preceding fiscal year.
Title: S.B. 165
Source: www.lexis.com
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Repeals certain provisions regarding the cost of electricity and maintenance for air conditioners in schools that were not installed by the Department of Accounting and General Services and the cost for repair and maintenance of donated fixtures and equipment. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/HB179_SD2_.HTM
Title: H.B. 179
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Relates to certain school districts involved in consolidation and disorganization. Concerns powers and duties. In situations where a school district disorganizes and the territory of the disorganized disrict is attached to more than one district, the state financial aid of the disorganized district is allocated to the districts to which the territory of the former district is attached. The state financial aid would be allocated on the same proportional basis that the assessed valuation of the territory attached to each district bears to the assessed valuation of the entire disorganized district. Chapter 2009-130
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/41.pdf
Title: S.B. 41
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | Summer school courses and programs eligible for payment from the state: 1. a. Remedial mathematics provided to students enrolled in any grade from kindergarten
through eight; b. Remedial reading provided to students enrolled in any grade from kindergarten through eight; c. Beginning after the conclusion of the 2009-10 school calendar, mathematics provided to students enrolled in any grade from five through eight; d. Beginning after the conclusion of the 2009-10 school calendar, reading provided to students enrolled in any grade from five through eight; e. Beginning after the conclusion of the 2009-10 school calendar, science provided to students enrolled in any grade from five through eight; and
f. Beginning after the conclusion of the 2009-10 school calendar, social studies provided to students enrolled in any grade from five through eight; and 2. Any other high school summer courses that satisfy requirements for graduation, comprise at least as many clock-hours as courses offered during the regular school term, and comply with rules adopted by the superintendent of public instruction.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Summer School Section
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12 | In addition to any special audit conducted by the State Auditor and Inspector, requires the State Auditor and Inspector shall, contingent upon the availability of funding, to perform a special audit, without notice, on not more than four common school districts with an average daily membership (ADM) of less than one thousand (1,000) each year. The special audit shall be in a form as determined by the State Auditor and Inspector. Other amendments address lease-purchase agreements and revenues, surety bond requirements for superintendents and chief financial officers, etc.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/HB/HB1592_ENR.RTF
Title: H.B. 1592
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | 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 in core content areas). Deletes the requirement that diagnostic assessment results be reported to parents when students are performing below expected levels. Adds a provision that an area education agency director, officer, or teacher cannot act as an agent for textbook or athletic or similar sales in the local district or areas districts. Requires hearing dates and times for the school budget review committee located within the departmetn of education to be posted on the state departement Web site.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=HF687
Title: H.B. 687
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Provides for the establishment of small wind innovation zones; provides for the applicability of tax credits; relates to a political subdivision of this state, including but not limited to a city, county, township, school district, community college, area education agency, institution under the control of the state board of regents, or any other local commission, association, or tribal council which adopts, or is encompassed within a local government which adopts, the model ordinance.
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=Billbook&ga=83&menu=text&hbill=HF810
Title: H.B. 810
Source: http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12 | Directs the comptroller at the end of the 2011-12 school year to examine school districts' employee benefit accrued liability reserve funds, to determine the amount in the reserve fund, the liability against such fund, and whether there are funds in the reserve fund in excess of of the total liabilities of the fund. Directs the comptroller to notify the district if such excess funds exist. Directs the comptroller to prepare a report on the districts with excess funds in their employee benefit accrued liability reserve fund and the amount of excess funding for each district. Requires the report to be submitted to the director of the budget, commissioner of education and specified legislative leaders by July 2012. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00157&sh=t
Title: A.B. 157 - Part A, Section 40
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| OH | Adopted 04/2009 | P-12 | Amends rules regarding operation of the education management information system. Requires the state superintendent to make available reports that summarize district and statewide expenditures by function area, total expenditure data, per pupil expenditure data, and the functional expenditures as a percentage of all expenditures. Provides that at the state superintendent's discretion, reports may be distributed that summarize expenditure data by any other useful categorization to provide meaningful measures of district operational efficiencies. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3301/0/19/3301-19-03_PH_FF_A_RU_20090415_0808.pdf
Title: OAC 3301-19-03
Source: www.registerofohio.state.oh.us
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Allows certain school districts, for a period of years, to expend capital outlay funds for certain motor fuel transportation costs; includes the purchase of property and casualty insurance, energy costs and for utilities costs; restricts use of outlay funds.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB91ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 91
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us/
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12 | Rescinds the repeal on funding for certain sparse school districts that will take effect on June 30, 2009.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB88ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 88
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us/
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| CA | Vetoed 01/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | 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 assessments, local agency program improvement under the No Child Left Behind program, the High Priority Schools Grant Program, funding for regional occupational centers and programs, school transportation funds, and local education agency budgets.
Title: A.B. 4A
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Adopted 01/2009 | P-12 | State law already requires each local board of education treasurer to be bonded in accordance with Kentucky Board of Education administrative regulations. This administrative regulation establishes a penal sum for the bond of treasurer and requires the bonding of other school employees such as the finance officer and others holding similar positions who are responsible for district funds or who receive and expend funds on behalf of the school district. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/702/003/080.htm
Title: 702 KAR 3:080
Source: www.lrc.ky.gov
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| IL | Signed into law 10/2008 | P-12 | Revises laws requiring contracts involving an expenditure in excess of a specified amount or lower to be awarded to the lowest responsible bidder. Relates to repair, maintenance, remodeling, renovation, or construction of a single project. Removes an exception to the requirement that the Chicago School District let certain contracts by competitive bidding for the preparation and delivery of food and ancillary services. Includes community colleges and student transportation. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2293lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2293
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | 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 the office of the auditor general.
http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/billtext08/housetext08/h7283aaa.pdf
Title: H.B. 7283
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2008 | P-12 | Provides that the accounts of regional education collaboratives be subject to the same system of accounting as other school districts in the state; expands certain financial reporting requirements of these collaboratives. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law08/law08192.htm
Title: S.B. 2128
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Removes exception for Orleans Parish relative to requirements that a local public school superintendent serve as the treasurer of certain school funds and perform specified duties. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=495037
Title: H.B. 305
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2008 | P-12 | Directs the Basic Education Program (BEP) Review Committee to study funding policies implemented by local governments in light of the increased state funding by BEP 2.0 and report to the General Assembly by November 1, 2008, as part of its annual report.
Title: S.J.R. 1180
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2008 | P-12 | Concerns the School District Redistricting Commission; relates to rules and procedures regarding an election to approve or reject the unification of a school district; provides a method for calculating financing and budget limitations for a unified district which formerly qualified for the small school adjustment; relates to funding a new unified school district using a levy on the primary property taxes within said district. Chapter 200 http://www.azleg.gov/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=SB1443
Title: S.B. 1443
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Establishes a penalty for local school districts being non-responsive to audit inquiries from the Department of Education on results of their required annual
outside audit. This bill gives the Department the ability to withhold funds from non-responsive school districts. It inserts an appeal process to the State Board of Education for resolution of conflict. Also, the gives districts 26 additional days to submit the required report. Chapter 160
http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/S1428.html
Title: S.B. 1428
Source: http://www3.idaho.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires local governing bodies and local school boards to annually publish their approved budgets online. If there is no local government website or local school board website, then budgets must be available in hard copy to citizens for inspection.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+HB140ER
Title: H.B. 140
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2008 | P-12 | Requires local school divisions to publish their annual budget on the local school division website. If there is no local school division website, the budget must be available in hard copy. This bill has a delayed effective date of January 1, 2009.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+CHAP0404
Title: S.B. 376
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2008 | P-12 | Revises provisions related to the payment of additional funds to consolidated school districts for average daily membership; declares an emergency.
http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx
Title: S.B. 22
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2008 | P-12 | Repeals requirements related to school district employee retirement benefits.
http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx
Title: H.B. 1143
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us/
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| SD | Signed into law 02/2008 | P-12 | Allows any school district that qualifies for both the declining enrollment allowance and the growing enrollment payment in the same fiscal year to only benefit from the one that provides the most additional funding to the district; relates to average daily membership of resident and nonresident students who are in the care and custody of the Department of Social Services, the Unified Judicial System, the Department of Corrections or other state agencies.
http://legis.state.sd.us/index.aspx
Title: H.B. 1288
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us
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| DE | Adopted 11/2007 | P-12 | Requires all school districts and charter schools to post the summary of their financial documentation on their respective website.
http://regulations.delaware.gov/register/november2007/proposed/11%20DE%20Reg%20602%2011-01-07.htm
Title: 14 DAC 735
Source: http://regulations.delaware.gov
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| IA | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Relates to an on-site fiscal review to be conducted under phase II of the accreditation process upon recommendation by the school budget review committee; provides that if a school district exceeds its authorized budget or carries a negative unspent balance for two or more consecutive years, the committee may recommend that the department implement a phase II on-site visit to conduct a fiscal review. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=BillInfo&Service=Billbook&ga=82&hbill=HF317
Title: H.F. 317
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 09/2007 | P-12 | Relates to a study by a school district concerning opportunities for sharing services with other providers of similar services, such as an intermediate school district, other school districts, units of local government and other programs to achieve cost savings; requires a report of costs per pupil; provides for purchasing of local school busing, contracts and human resources through intermediate school districts; includes pupil transportation, procurement, technology and child nutrition.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2007-PA-0063.pdf
Title: H.B. 4592
Source: Michigan Legislature
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Subject to appropriation, authorizes the department of commerce and economic opportunity to establish and operate a renewable energy grant program to assist school districts in the installation, acquisition, construction, and improvement of renewable energy sources in the public schools, including solar, geothermal and wind energy.
Requires the grant to cover 50% of the cost for which the grant is sought, up to a maximum grant of $1,000,000.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0285lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 285
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12 | Provides schools districts with funding for each affordable multifamily housing unit located in their district. The additional funding equates to $1,123 for a two bedroom unit and $562 for each additional bedroom that the unit has. This payment is designed to reimburse districts for the additional cost associated with students from affordable housing. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0220lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 220
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | P-12
Community College | Allows school districts and community college districts to own and operate wind generation turbine farms that directly or indirectly reduce energy or other operating costs. Provides that the school district or the community college district may ask for the assistance of any state agency in obtaining financing options for a wind generation turbine farm. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0843lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 843
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Requires an accountant who performs a school district audit to make determinations regarding a district's accounting systems and compliance with legal financial requirements; requires a school board to determine measures needed to correct any deficiencies disclosed in the audit report and to adopt a resolution proposing corrective measures; requires the Secretary of State and the Department of Education to accept the plan to correct deficiencies or to notify the board of deficiencies requiring correction.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0800.dir/sb0800.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 800
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12 | Changes student achievement activities for which a school district or program may use a School Improvement Fund grant; includes education service districts as recipients of School Improvement Fund grants and establishes a formula for the amount of grants; requires the state department to distribute a percentage of moneys in the School Improvement Fund to education service districts; requires an education service district board to expend 100 percent of moneys received on approved services or programs.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0300.dir/sb0318.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 318
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | Requires school districts that overexpended their budgets in FY 2004-05 and 2005-06 plus any overexpendture in FY 2006-07 to correct these overexpenditures over a five year period under certain conditions, plus accred interest paid to a rate as determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction. Any school district that utilizes these provisions must be immediately placed into receivership by the State Board of Education. Finallly, the Department of Education must submit an annual report by December 15 to the Governor and the Legislature listing each school district that overexpended its budget in the prior fiscal year and the amount of the overexpenditure by funding source.
Chapter No. 238
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/48leg/1r/bills/hb2612s.htm
Title: H.B. 2612
Source: www.azleg.govt
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2007 | P-12 | States that the general assembly recognizes the importance of school support organizations in providing financial support to help carry out academic, arts, athletic, and social programs to further educational opportunities for the children of Tennessee. The general assembly also recognizes concerns that parents and other persons who support these organizations have in ensuring that money raised by these organizations is safeguarded by them and used to further the activities for which such money is raised. It is, therefore, the intent of the
general assembly to ensure the continued support of academic, arts, athletic and social programs, which help to educate the children of Tennessee, while also ensuring fiscal accountability of school support organizations. Defines terms such as "School support organization" and sets guidelines. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0326.pdf
Title: S.B. 2054
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Creates new article in the education code, "Allocation of Expenditures to Student Instruction."
Chapter 1. Purposes and General Provisions
Chapter 2. Authority to Allocate Expenditures to Student Instruction and Learning
Authorizes school corporations to take specific actions to reduce noninstructional expenditures and allocate the resulting savings to student instruction and learning. Authorized actions include:
(1) Creating insurance pools with other school corporations.
(2) Aggregating purchases of natural gas commodity supply.
(3) Consolidating specified purchases with other school corporations or units of government.
Authorizes school corporations to use shared services arrangements with other school corporations and units of government to provide instructional and noninstructional services.
Authorizes school corporations to collaborate with contiguous school corporations to explore the use of cooperatives among school corporations, commonly managed school corporations, or the consolidation of school corporations to provide effective and efficient management of the school corporations or functions within.
Directs educational service centers to support and facilitate actions by school corporations to pool resources, including by the use of an educational service center's existing cooperative agreements. Directs educational service centers to annually report to the state board the results of the efforts of the educational service centers during the preceding school year to help school corporations pool resources.
Chapter 3. State Board Action
Directs the state board to explore methods to reduce the expense to school corporations for the purchase of textbooks, technology, school buses and other vehicles, and other areas of expenses as determined by the state board. Directs the state board to annually survey school corporations to determine actions taken to allocate resources to student instruction and learning. Directs the state board to issue an annual report of actions taken to each school corporation, the public and the general assembly. Additionally requires the state board to report annually to the state superintendent, the governor, and the general assembly on:
(1) Consolidated purchasing arrangements used by multiple school corporations, through educational service centers, and throughout Indiana.
(2) Shared services arrangements used by multiple school corporations, through educational service centers, and in Indiana as a whole.
(3) The efforts of school corporations to explore cooperatives, common management, or consolidations.
Directs the state board to analyze each school corporation's expenses for the 2004-2005 and 2005-2006 school years to determine how much each school corporation spent on student academic achievement expenditures, student instructional support expenditures, overhead and operational expenditures, and nonoperational expenditures. By June 30, 2007, requires the state board to report the results of the analysis to the state superintendent, the governor, and the general assembly.
Provides that, for each school year using the 2005-2006 school year as a baseline:
(1) the office of management and budget must report to the state board, the governor, and the general assembly on the progress or lack thereof of each school corporation, of all school corporations in each educational service center's area, and in Indiana as a whole in improving the ratio of student instructional expenditures to all other expenditures for the previous school year;
(2) the state board must publicly recognize each school corporation and educational service center that has an improved ratio of student instructional expenditures to all other expenditures during the previous school year;
(3) the office of management and budget and the division of finance of the department must be available to consult with and provide technical assistance to each school corporation that did not have an improved ratio of student instructional expenditures to all other expenditures during the previous school year; and
(4) each school corporation must report to the public in its annual performance report and to the members of the general assembly whose districts include the school corporation on specified expenditures.
Requires, beginning with the 2007-2008 school year, each governing body to establish goals for academic, instructional support, overhead/operational and nonoperational expenditures that will increase the school corporation's allocation of taxpayer resources directly to student instruction and learning. Directs the state board to recognize and reward the school corporations that meet their expenditure goals.
Title: S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Article 42.5
Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/SE/SE0526.1.html
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Amends the method for determining the nonproficient pupil weighting of each district. Amends procedures for a district to adopt a local option budget. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2008/68.pdf
Title: S.B. 68 (Section 1-3)
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12 | Relates to the imposition of impact fees on the property of a school district; establishes that a school district is not required to pay impact fees unless the board of trustees of the district consents to the payment of the fees by entering a contract with the political subdivision that imposes the fees.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB00883F.pdf
Title: S.B. 883
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Relates to the property tax oversight commission providing oversight of the budgeting and taxation process of counties, municipalities, school districts and community college districts; provides for sunset continuation. (Chapter No. 41)
Title: H.B. 2078
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Requires the Department of Education to develop a standardized format for the reporting of the local school district or charter school budget to the public.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis144.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+21/$file/0801440478.doc?open
Title: H.B. 21
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | 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 for a waiver from the following requirements for the 2007-2008 school year:
a. Apply for a one-year extension of a waiver granted for the previous school year that the district have a qualified teacher librarian.
b. That the school district have a qualified guidance counselor. The board of directors of the school district may, not later than August 1, 2008, for the 2008-2009 school year, apply for a one-year extension of the waiver.
c. That the school district have a school nurse. The board of directors of the school district may, not later than August 1, 2008, for the 2008-2009 school year, apply for a one-year extension of the waiver.
Provides that a request for a waiver must describe actions being taken by the district to meet the requirement for which the district has requested a waiver. Specifies that a school district cannot request a waiver of a requirement if it met certain requirements in the previous school year.
Section 8: Authorizes the school budget committee in the department of education to grant supplementary aid to a district to hire one or more guidance counselors, teacher librarians, and/or school nurses from any funds appropriated to the department for the use of the committee,
http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&ga=82&hbill=SF277
Title: S.F. 277 (Section 5 and 8)
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Clarifies uniquely difficult geographic circumstances under which a district may be reimbursed by the state board for transportation costs above the standard threshold. Session Law Chapter 352
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1236.html
Title: S.B. 1236 (Section 10)
Source: www3.state.id.us
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12 | Revises school budget laws. Would allow districts to increase their budgets beyond the capped amount without approval from the voters. Would still require voters to approve of any tax
increases.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/HB0363.htm
Title: H.B. 363
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov/
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| NJ | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in compliance with state law, the district receives an adverse, disclaimer or qualified opinion by its independent auditor; provides that such school district is required to return federal funds upon a finding of noncompliance; provides for a training program; requires a performance evaluation for employment contract renewal; provides for public budget inspection .
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/S0500/4_R1.PDF
Title: A.B. 5; S.B 4
Source: New Jersey Legislature
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| NJ | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12 | Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in compliance with state law, the district receives an adverse, disclaimer or qualified opinion by its independent auditor; provides that such school district is required to return federal funds upon a finding of noncompliance; provides for a training program; requires a performance evaluation for employment contract renewal; provides for public budget inspection .
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2006/Bills/A0500/5_R1.PDF
Title: A.B. 5
Source: New Jersey Legislature
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| OH | Signed into law 12/2006 | P-12 | Requires local boards to appoint a treasurer, who serves as the chief fiscal officer of the school district. The treasurer is to be appointed for a term not longer than five years beginning the first day of August and ending the thirty-first day of July. The board is required to execute a written contract of employment with the treasurer. At the expiration of a treasurer's current term of employment, the treasurer is deemed re-employed for a term of one year at the same salary plus any increments that the board may authorize, unless the board, on or before the first day of March of the year in which the contract of employment expires, either re-employs the treasurer for a succeeding term as provided in division (C) of this section or gives to the treasurer written notice of its intention not to re-employ the treasurer. Prohibits a treasurer from being transferred to any other position during the term of the treasurer's employment or re-employment except by mutual agreement by the treasurer and the board. If a vacancy occurs in the office of treasurer, the board is to appoint a treasurer for a term not to exceed five years from the preceding first day of August. A treasurer appointed under this section may not be a member of the board or otherwise regularly employed by the board. No board of education, other than the board of an island school district, shall elect appoint a person treasurer who does not hold a valid license issued under section 3301.074 of the Revised Code, unless the person is an otherwise qualified treasurer. If the treasurer fails to maintain that license, the treasurer is automatically disqualified from further service, unless the treasurer is an otherwise qualified treasurer. Makes other clarifications. http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_671
Title: H.B. 671
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 12/2006 | P-12 | 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 satisfied:
(A) The district has a request for payment pending with the state sufficient to cover the amount of the deficit and there is a reasonable likelihood that the payment will be made.
(B) The unspent and unencumbered balance in the district's general fund is greater than the aggregate of deficit amounts in all of the district's special funds.
http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/bills.cfm?ID=126_HB_276
Title: H.B. 276 -- Sec. 3315.20
Source: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| CO | Rejected by voters 11/2006 | P-12 | (REFERENDUM J; HB 06-1283) Creates the State Public School Expenditures Accountability Act. If approved, would amend state statutes to require districts to spend at least 65% of their operational expenditures on classroom instruction beginning in the 2007-08 school year. Districts spending less than 65% would be required to increase spending on the specified items by two percentage points each year until the threshold is met. Districts would be authorized to request a one-year waiver from the spending requirement. The legislature would be authorized to sanction any school district that failing to comply with the spending requirement. Districts would be required to adopt an annual budget report, in a standard format, for public inspection, and would be allowed to hold elections to exempt them from these requirements.
Requires school districts to adopt an annual budget report, in a standard format, for public inspection, and to spend a percentage of operational budgets on direct classroom expenditures; concerns capital construction, charter school transfers, mill levies, local bonds and bond redemption funds; allows a district to hold an election to determine voter preference to exempt the district from requirements.
Title: Referendum J
Source:
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| ID | Rejected by voters 11/2006 | P-12 | Relates to K-12 public school funding. Adds 1% sales tax rate, revenue stream for this component of K-12 local public school funding; creates the Local Public Schools Investment Fund which must be used for supporting students in the classroom and improving local schools; requires annual accountability reports from local school boards on use of increased revenues. http://www.idsos.state.id.us/elect/inits/06init00.htm
Title: Proposition 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Approved by voters 09/2006 | P-12 | Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that no law, unless enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house of the legislature, requiring increased expenditures for any purpose shall be applicable to a city, parish, or other local public school board except under certain circumstances; provides for exceptions to such prohibition; specifies an election for submission of the proposition to electors and provide a ballot proposition. http://www.sos.louisiana.gov:8090/cgibin/?rqstyp=elcms4&rqsdta=093006
Title: Amendment 9
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Implements enhanced public education financial accountability provisions. Includes vocational- technical school districts and charter school funds and authority.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis143.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+374/$file/legis.html?open
Title: S.B. 374
Source: Delaware Legislature
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| HI | Became law without governor's signature 07/2006 | P-12 | Requires the school impact fee working group to submit supplemental findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the legislature no less than 20 days before the convening of the 2007 session. Makes an appropriation for the operation of the school impact fee working group. Provides that the sum appropriated must be expended by the office of the auditor which shall oversee and administer any consultant contracts as may be executed on behalf of the working group. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb2708_cd1_.htm
Title: S.B. 2708
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet, www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| MI | Signed into law 07/2006 | P-12 | Allows boards of local or intermediate school districts to borrow money by issuing notes to secure funds for school operations or to pay previous loans obtained for school operations in the event of the unavailability or insufficiency of state school aid for any reason. Sets guidelines for issuing and repaying notes. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2006-PA-0285.pdf
Title: H.B. 6069
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.govt
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| IA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial report shall be to facilitate public access to a variety of information and statistics relating to the education funding received by the school district, enrollment and employment figures, and additional information.
Requires the financial report to contain, at a minimum, information on:
a. All property tax levies, income surtaxes, and local option sales taxes in place in the school district, listed by type of levy, rate, amount, duration, and notification of the maximum rate and amount limitations permitted by statute.
b. The amount of funding received on a per pupil basis through the operation of the school finance formula, and from any other state appropriation or state funding source.
c. Federal funding received per student or teacher population targeted to receive the funds, and any other federal grants or funding received by the district.
d. Teacher and administrator minimum, maximum, and average salary paid by the district, and the percentage and dollar increase under teacher and administrator salary and benefits settlement agreements.
e. Teacher and administrator health insurance and other alternative health benefit information, including the monthly premium, the percentage of the premium paid by the district, and the percentage of the premium paid by a teacher or administrator for single and family insurance.
f. Teacher and administrator employment statistics, including the annual number of licensed full-time and part-time teachers and administrators employed by the school district during the preceding five years, and including the number of teachers and administrators no longer employed by the district, and new hires.
g. Student enrollment levels during the preceding five years, including regular enrollment, special education enrollment, and enrollment adjustments made pursuant to supplementary weighting.
h. Such additional information as the school district may determine.
Requires copies of a district's financial report for the previous school year to be posted on the district Web site at the beginning of the school year. Provides that if the district does not maintain or develop a Web site, the school district must either distribute or post written copies of the financial report at specified locations throughout the school district.
Provides that, prior to certifying any levy by board approval, or submitting a levy for voter approval, local boards must facilitate public access to a complete listing of all outstanding levies within the school district by rate, amount, duration, and the applicable maximum levy limitations. Requires that the information on outstanding levies be posted on the district Web site at the beginning of the school year, and updated prior to board approval or submission for voter approval of any levy during the school year. Provides that if the district does not maintain or develop a Web site, the district must either distribute or post written copies of the listing at specified locations throughout the district. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=SF2272
Title: S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Revises provisions related to districts' public reporting of finances. Specifies content that must be included in annual statement of affairs summary. Tranfers from regional superintendents to state board control over processing of payments of districts not in compliance with financial reporting requirements.
Pages 27-32 of 49: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/94/SB/PDF/09400SB2829lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2829 - District Financial Reporting
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Recognizes that the parish of Cameron has suffered wide-spread devastation and crippling disruption from the effects of Hurricane Rita prohibiting normal recovery and restoration. Creates the Parishwide School District of the Parish of Cameron. Provides that the special district is to be administered by a board of directors composed of the president of the Cameron Parish School Board, the superintendent of the Cameron Parish School System, and three other directors selected by the school board of such parish, who themselves may be members of the school board. Authorizes the special district to levy only for the 2006 tax year a property tax not to exceed 10 mills for the purpose of giving additional support to public schools in the parish. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=403725
Title: S.B. 32
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2006 | P-12 | Requires school systems to employ or share by agreement school board business managers or chief financial officers who meet qualifications established by the state board. Gives any business manager or chief financial officer who does not meet the requirements established in state board rules seven years from the date the rules are published to meet the required qualifications. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=400970
Title: S.B. 539
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Provides that whenever the state board determines that a school has failed either to meet the accreditation requirements or standards adopted by the state board
or provide the curriculum required by state law, the state board must notify the district in which the school is located. Requires such notice to specify the accreditation requirements that the school has failed to meet and the curriculum that the school has failed to provide. Encourages the local board, upon receipt of
such notice, to reallocate the resources of the district to remedy all deficiencies identified by the state board. Directs the local board, when making such reallocation, to take into consideration the resource strategies of highly resource-efficient districts as identified in Phase III of the Kansas Education Resource Management Study conducted by Standard and Poor's (March 2006). http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/549.pdf
Title: S.B. 549 - Section 1
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Requires districts to report expenditures in the manner required by the state board in order to achieve uniform reporting of expenditures in school district budgets. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/549.pdf
Title: S.B. 549 - Section 2
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Directs every district to conduct an assessment of each attendance center's educational needs. Directs the board to use information obtained from such needs assessment when preparing the district budget. Also directs the board to prepare a summary of the budget for the school district. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/549.pdf
Title: S.B. 549 - Section 26
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KS | Signed into law 05/2006 | P-12 | Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk education programs and services. Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the preschool-aged at-risk weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk, bilingual and vocational education programs and services.
Requires every local board to annually submit to the state board a report on the preschool-aged at-risk program or assistance provided by the district. Requires this report to include information specifying the number of students who were served or provided assistance, the type of service provided, the research upon which the district relied in determining that a need for service or assistance existed, the results of providing such service or assistance and any other information required by the state board.
Requires every local board to submit to the state board a report on the bilingual education program and assistance provided by the district. Requires this report to include information specifying the number of pupils who were served or provided assistance, the type of service provided, the research upon which the district relied in determining that a need for service or assistance existed, the results of providing such service or assistance and any other information required by the state board.
Bill: http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2006/549.pdf
Conference Committee Report Brief: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2006/CCRB549.pdf
Title: S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Concerns uniform reporting requirements for school district fund balances.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2006S1/public/HB1018.pdf
Title: H.B. 1018, S.B. 7
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Concerns the Classroom First for Georgia Act. Defines "direct classroom expenditures" and "total operating expenditures." Beginning with fiscal year 2008, requires local schools to spend a minimum of 65% of total operating expenditures on direct classroom expenditures. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb390.pdf
Title: S.B. 390
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2006 | P-12 | Revises requirements relating to district financial audits and reporting.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1119SG.htm
Title: H.B. 1119
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/1100-1199/HB1119SG.htm
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Requires the department to develop a plan to upgrade the financial management, analysis, and reporting system for school corporations (districts) and schools.
Requires the plan to:
(1) Provide the use of generally accepted accounting principles based on the system of accounting used by school corporations and schools on June 30, 2006, and a unified income and expense statement and balance sheet;
(2) Provide school corporations and schools the ability to track expenditures individually and according to the expenditure category the program under which the expense was incurred, and the school building where the expense was incurred;
(3) Provide real time or other timely access to expenditures, and across functions, schools, and school corporations; and
(4) Enable periodic and annual analysis and reporting to the leadership of a school, the superintendent and governing body of a school corporation, the general public, the department, the state board, the governor, and the general assembly.
Directs the department and the state board to submit the plan to the governor and the general assembly by October 1, 2006.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2006/PDF/HE/HE1006.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1006 - Section 4
Source: www.in.gov
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2006 | P-12 | Chapter No. 83 povides flexibility to school districts in accounting for revenues received from settlements of protested amounts attributable to district property tax levies; Flexibility is provided by a deferral of these revenues from the 15% limit imposed upon operating balances and cash reserves in computing foundation program entitlements; The deferral is authorized for a period up to one year.
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2006/Enroll/SF0088.pdf
Title: S.B. 88
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| MS | Signed into law 02/2006 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes school districts, universities and community colleges to borrow funds from federal government to cover loss of revenue as result of Hurricane Katrina.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/pdf/SB/2700-2799/SB2701SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2701
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| DE | Signed into law 01/2006 | P-12 | The legislature appropriated $5,000,000 to the Department of Education for an "Energy Fund". These funds will help reorganized school districts, vocational-technical school districts and charter schools pay for energy cost increases resulting from, but not limited to, the increased cost of natural gas and electricity, limited refining capacity, and increased consumption.
http://www.legis.state.de.us/LIS/lis143.nsf/vwLegislation/SB+242/$file/legis.html?open
Title: S.B. 242
Source: Delaware Legislative Site
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| WI | Vetoed 01/2006 | P-12 | Under current law, with certain exceptions, if a school board wishes to borrow money or exceed the revenue limit otherwise applicable to the school district, it must obtain the approval of the school district's electors at a referendum. A referendum authorizing borrowing may be held at a special election called for that purpose or at the next regularly scheduled primary or election held not earlier than 45 days after adopting the borrowing resolution. Similarly, a referendum to exceed the district's revenue limit may be held at a special election or at the next succeeding spring primary or election or September primary or election held not earlier than 42 days after the resolution to exceed the limit is filed.
This bill prohibits a school board from calling a special election for either purpose described above.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05enSB0171.pdf
Title: S.B. 171
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WI | Signed into law 01/2006 | P-12 | Restricts the manner in which a school district may invest its funds and to whom it may delegate its investment authority.
Expands the investment authority and delegation of investment authority for all school districts with respect to funds that are held in trust, other than funds held in the Public Employee Trust Fund (ETF), solely to provide any of the following benefits: (1) post-employment health care benefits provided either separately or through a defined benefit pension plan; and (2) other post-employment benefits provided separately from a defined benefit pension plan. (Examples of the latter type are life insurance, long-term care, disability, and other benefits provided as compensation for services rendered.)
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act99.pdf
Title: A.B. 167 (Act No. 99)
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WI | Signed into law 01/2006 | P-12 | Relates to the investment by school districts of funds held in trust to provide post-employments benefits; relates to deferred compensation funds; provides that if a school board has established such trust, the required report shall state the amount in the trust, the investment return earned by the trust since the last annual meeting, the total of disbursements made from the trust since the last annual meeting and the names of the investment manager if investment authority has been delegated. http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2005/data/acts/05Act99.pdf
Title: A.B. 167 -- Act 99
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us
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| MS | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes the state superintendent to appoint a financial advisor for school districts where the state auditor has expressed concern over financial statements. If any concern expressed by such auditor(s) is a result of conditions caused by Hurricane Katrina 2005 and applies to fiscal years 2005 and/or 2006, then the Superintendent of Education may appoint a financial advisor, and may direct the school district to immediately cease all expenditures until a financial advisor is appointed.
http://index.ls.state.ms.us/isysnative/UzpcRG9jdW1lbnRzXDIwMDU1RVxwZGZcc2JcMjAwMS0yMDk5XHNiMjAxM3NnLnBkZg==/sb2013sg.pdf#xml=http://10.240.72.35/isysquery/irl2d7b/5/hilite
Title: S.B. 2013
Source: http://index.ls.state.ms.us/
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| MS | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | 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 less than the amount provided for in the duly adopted budget of the school district for the fiscal year as a result of Hurricane Katrina, then the school district may issue promissory notes in an amount and in the manner set forth in Section 27-39-333, not to exceed the estimated shortfall of revenue from local sources, but in no event to exceed fifty percent (50%) of its budget anticipated to be funded from the sources of the shortfall for the fiscal year. Any school district issuing promissory notes under this subsection may do so only if such school district receives prior approval by the State Superintendent of Education that the school district received damage from Hurricane Katrina. In order for a school district to issue notes under the provisions of this section, the superintendent of the local school district must recommend such action to the school board and the board must duly adopt and enter upon its official minutes a resolution setting forth specific findings as to how the district meets the requirements of this section.
Title: H.B. 39
Source: StateNet
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| MS | Signed into law 10/2005 | P-12 | Upon written request of a local school board, the State Board of Education may certify that a public school district is in an extreme emergency financial situation which jeopardizes the safety, security or educational interests of the students enrolled in the schools in that district, and such emergency financial situation is due to extraordinary damage caused by Hurricane Katrina. Upon declaration of an extreme emergency financial situation in a school district by the State Board of Education, the local school board may increase the time within which the money borrowed under this section shall be repaid to twenty-four (24) months after the date of such borrowing. http://www.state.ms.us/frameset.jsp?URL=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ls.state.ms.us
Title: S.B. 2014
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2005 | P-12 | Establishes the Local Improvement Program as a pilot program, with up to 5% of all public schools and up to 15 school districts participating. Requires participating districts to allocate instructional program funding to participating schools with maximum flexibility in the development and implementation of schoolsite funding in order to support and improve pupil learning.
Requires local board of each participating school district to develop and implement policies and procedures to increase site-level decisionmaking at participating schools. Decisionmaking must include specific powers, such as allowing parents, diverse community members, students, teachers and other school employees to set goals, objectives, and expenditure priorities for improving instruction at that school, and to participate in decisionmaking regarding policies and procedures. Policies in participating districts must also allow teachers and administrators to select and assign certified and noncertified personnel, make decisions on allocations for instructional materials, staff training, and personnel, and design coursework.
Within certain limitations, participating school districts may, on behalf of one or more participating schools, request to waive any provision of the Education Code, or any regulation enacted pursuant to authority granted by the Education Code, if such a waiver is necessary to facilitate the pilot program.
Requires district applications for program participation to demonstrate the manner in which parent education, information, and support will be provided for parents of all racial, ethnic, gender, or socioeconomic backgrounds to encourage their involvement in developing and implementing the program.
Provides for the state superintendent to evaluate the program's effectiveness and annually report on that evaluation.
Ends pilot program effective June 30, 2010.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1051-1100/sb_1053_bill_20050922_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1053
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2005 | P-12 | An act to amend Section 20112 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. Requires notice for bids for district projects to be
mailed to all construction trade journals specified in Section 22036 for the county or counties in the attendance area of the district, provided the district will incur no publishing costs.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0451-0500/ab_490_bill_20050908_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 490
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2005 | P-12 | An act to amend Section 42291 of the Education Code. Establishes a priority for allocations to small school districts to replace or recondition schoolbuses owned by a school district or county office of education that were manufactured prior to 1987. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1101-1150/ab_1107_bill_20050907_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 1107
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| IL | Amendatory veto 08/2005 | P-12 | Provides that the annual budget of a school district under 500,000 inhabitants shall separately identify cash on hand from taxes and cash on hand from all other sources, including without limitation vending machines, at the beginning of the fiscal year. Requires the budget to include an estimate of the cash to be received from all other itemized sources, including without limitation vending machines, during such fiscal year. Also requires the budget to include expenditures from tax revenues, an estimate of the expenditures from revenues from all other itemized sources, including without limitation vending machines, contemplated for such fiscal year, and a statement of the estimated cash from all other itemized sources, including without limitation vending machines, expected to be on hand at the end of such year; and (v) a statement disclosing all school board-sanctioned contractual agreements and estimated revenue expected to be received as a result of these contracts.
Requires the local board to approve all contracts and agreements that pertain to goods and services and that are intended to generate $1,000 or more of additional revenue and other remunerations for a school district, including without limitation vending machine contracts, sports and other attire, class rings, and photographic services. Amends the State Mandates Act to require implementation without reimbursement. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3480enr&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19741&DocNum=3480&GAID=8&Session=
Veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09400HB3480gms&GA=94&SessionId=50&DocTypeId=HB&LegID=19741&DocNum=3480&GAID=8&Session=
Title: H.B. 3480
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/
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| TX | Issued 08/2005 | P-12 | Directs the commissioner of education to create and implement a comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system to ensure transparency and fiscal efficiency in school district operations. The financial accountability and reporting system must include an indicator establishing a requirement that 65% of school district funds be expended for instructional purposes as defined by the National Center for Education Statistics. The system will include indicators of school district efficiency, including the use of shared-services agreements and consolidation of administrative functions, as well as a requirement for clear and concise accounting of school district expenditures.
Investigations and Actions. The commissioner will conduct special accreditation investigations of school districts exhibiting poor financial management and may take appropriate action under Subchapter G, Chapter 39, Texas Education Code; or lower a school district's accreditation rating as deemed appropriate by the commissioner; or both.
http://www.governor.state.tx.us/divisions/press/exorders/rp47
Title: Executive Order RP47
Source: http://www.governor.state.tx.us
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Amends the Downstate School Finance Authority Law of the School Code. Provides that the purpose of an Authority's power to appoint a chief executive officer, chief fiscal officer, and chief educational officer is to administer and manage, under the director of the Authority, the operations and educational programs of the school district, in accordance with the School Code. Provides that an Authority shall have the power to take action on behalf of the school district as the Authority deems necessary and in accordance with the School Code, based on the recommendation of the chief executive officer, chief educational officer, or chief fiscal officer, and that the district shall be bound by such action in all respects as if the action had been approved by the district itself. Provides that a chief educational officer shall have authority to determine the agenda and order of business at school board meetings, as needed in order to carry forward and implement the objectives and priorities of the Authority in the administration and management of the district.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=094-0234
Title: S.B. 1853
Source: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation
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| KS | Signed into law 07/2005 | P-12 | Makes changes to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, other school funding legislation, and enact policies relating to the state department, the Courts, and the Legislature. The bill provides for increases in Base State Aid Per Pupil (BSAPP), reimposes correlation weighting, and establishes a Local Activities Budget of 2 percent of the school district general fund budget. The bill appropriates
funding totaling $119,000,000 in FY 2006 and $20,000,000 in FY 2007 for various state aid programs. The bill funds the Skills for Success
Program in FY 2007, and makes other policy changes, including, for example: School District Budget Deadline – For the 2005-06 school year
only, the school district budget deadline for filing the budget with county clerks would be delayed from August 25 to September 7. For the 2005-06 school year only, the cap on the school district contingency fund would be increased from 4 percent to 6 percent of the school district's general fund budget. Requires that at least 65 percent of the moneys appropriated, distributed, or otherwise provided by the state to school districts would be expended in the classroom or used for instructional purposes as defined by the National Center for Education Statistics. School District Administrative Reorganization Plan – Requires the state board to design an administrative reorganization plan for all
school districts. Provides that no money from a school district's general fund can be spent for attorney fees or other costs in support of litigation against the State of Kansas or any state officer, official, agent, or agency. No money from a school district's general fund can be used by a district for lobbying. Computer Reporting System – Adds a provision that the Kansas Department of Education is to have the new computer reporting system required by 2005 HB 2247 in use by December 31, 2005. Teacher Bonuses – Allows the preschool at-risk, atrisk,
bilingual, and vocational education funds to carry forward balances or be used for teacher bonuses when the teachers' efforts resulted in achievement of mastery of basic reading skills based on State Board guidelines (preschool at-risk and at-risk funds); in achievement of English for ESL students.
http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2005special/SN0003.pdf
Title: S.B. 3
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| AK | Passed 06/2005 | P-12 | Establishes a seven-member task force on school district cost factors and foundation formula to evaluate proposals that are based on available facts and conclusions pertaining to school district cost differentials. Requires the task force to provide a written report with recommendations to the House of Representatives and the Senate by January 20, 2006.
http://www.legis.state.ak.us/basis/get_bill_text.asp?hsid=HR0010Z&session=24
Title: H.R. 10
Source: www.legis.state.ak.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Relating to allowing designated public school libraries to participate in group purchasing agreements with the TexShare Library Consortium.
Title: S.B. 483
Source: StateNet
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| VT | Signed into law 06/2005 | P-12 | Authorizes the voters to eliminate the office of auditor and to employ instead a public accountant annually to audit the financial statements of the union school district. Adds tuition payments for technical education to the list of exclusions for calculating net cost per pupil. Deletes "adjusted education payment for each equalized pupil statewide" and replaces it with "statewide education spending." In fiscal year 2007, union and unified school districts are to not to receive funds under 16 V.S.A. § 4011(c) and must divide the amount that would otherwise be received under that section in the proportion which the union district's equalized pupil count from the associated municipality bears to the total number of the union district's equalized pupil count for that year. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT054.HTM
Title: S.B. 159
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Includes "common purchases" as element that may be funded as classroom instructional support. States that any funds allocated by the legislature for student materials must be given directly to each teacher as specified in the allocation for use directly in his or her classroom as determined exclusively by the teacher. States that funds provided per school for common purchases must be expended according to the decisions of the local school budget committee. States that the budget committee of a school may propose the expenditure of up to $100 from the student materials allotment of the school to supplement the common purchases funding appropriated by the legislature, subject to teacher approval. Provides for repeal of expenditure provision.
http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/searchableinstruments/2005rs/bills/hb258.htm
Title: H.B. 258
Source: alisdb.legislature.state.al.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Allows school districts the option to post their proposed budget or summary of proposed budget on a website maintained by the department of education. If the school district prefers to submit their proposed budget for posting on the department website, requires the cost to be a charge against the school district.
http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=2349
Title: H.B. 2349 (section 3)
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Requires each district's debt service fund to pay all unreimbursed costs of textbooks for the district's students who were eligible for free or reduced lunches in the previous school year. Authorizes the governing body to transfer the amount levied to cover unreimbursed costs of textbooks to the textbook rental fund or extracurricular account.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2005/HE/HE1001.1.html
Title: H.B. 1001 (Section 183-184)
Source: www.in.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | 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 subjects the school system and its board to specified statutory provisions regarding the judicial appointment of a fiscal administrator. Requires every local board to be notified on a regular basis by the department of education of its status related to the elements of the definition of financially at risk. Clarifies provisions relating to the determination that a political subdivision is to be appointed a fiscal administrator. Adds that in the case of a local school board, upon notification by the state superintendent of education, the attorney general must file a rule for a fiscal administrator to be appointed to the district when, the legislative auditor, the attorney general and the state treasurer unanimously determine that such local board is reasonably certain to fail to resolve its status as financially at risk as that status has been defined by rule by the state board for ensuring the fiscal soundness of all public school systems, pursuant to R.S. 17:10.1(C). Adds that a court must appoint a fiscal administrator to a political subdivision if the court finds from the facts and evidence deduced at the hearing of the rule that the political subdivision is reasonably certain to not have sufficient revenue to pay current expenditures, excluding civil judgments, or, in the case of a city, parish, or other local public school board, reasonably certain to fail to resolve its status as financially at risk as defined by the state board.
Adds that the fiscal administrator's report subsequent to his investigation may, rather than existing requirements regarding amendments to the political subdivision's comprehensive budget, include amendments that will insure having sufficient revenue to pay current expenditures, excluding civil judgments, or, in the case of a city, parish, or other local public school board, amendments that will insure resolving its status as financially at risk as defined by the state board. Adds that the fiscal administrator's report may, rather than existing requirements regarding estimates of the political subdivision's funding level needs, identify the funding level needed in order to have sufficient revenue to pay current expenditures, excluding civil judgments, or, in the case of a city, parish, or other local public school board, as is needed to resolve its status as financially at risk as defined by the state board.
Establishes additional requirements for such political subdivisions and districts.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=316582
Title: S.B. 307
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | A new section requires several district-level finance positions to receive training in state school finance laws. Amended section adds a requirement that any contract include the the following signed statement: "The undersigned (architect, contractor, supplier or engineer), of lawful age, being first duly sworn, on oath says that this contract is true and correct. Affiant further states that the (work, services or materials) will be (completed or supplied) in accordance with the plans, specifications, orders or requests furnished the affiant. Affiant further states that (s)he has made no payment directly or indirectly to any elected official, officer or employee of the State of Oklahoma, any county or local subdivision of the state, of money or any other thing of value to obtain or procure the contract or purchase order." http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06SB/sb668_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 668
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | 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 education system to be carried forward into the subsequent fiscal year. Such fund balance is to be available to offset shortfalls of budgeted revenues or to be available to meet unforeseen increases in operating expenses. Any accumulated fund balance in excess of three percent (3%) of the budgeted annual operating expenses for the current fiscal year may be budgeted and expended for any education purposes but must be recommended by the board of education prior to appropriation. http://tennessee.gov/sos/acts/104/pub/pc0223.pdf
Title: H.B. 1262
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| WA | to governor 05/2005 | P-12 | Regarding School District Bidding Requirements - Increases the bid limit requirements for school districts.
Title: H.B. 1719
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 05/2005 | P-12 | Revises the state bidding and purchasing process for school buses. Requires SPI to solicit competitive price quotes for base buses and optional features and to publish a list of accepted quotes. Permits school districts to buy directly from any dealer on the list and requires SPI to reimburse school districts and ESD's for buses purchased through either a lowest-bid competitive process or through the competitive price
quote process established by SPI, using reimbursement rates established for base buses.
Title: H.B. 1485
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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. Requires all school buildings or related facilities to comply with the requirements of the Arkansas School Facility Manual in effect at the time the lease became effective. Permits a district to sublease a school building or facility whenever that building or facility is not being used for educational purposes. Requires rent from a sublease to be placed in the district's general fund; allows rent to be used for any operational or capital purpose. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1448.pdf
Title: H.B. 1448
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Concerns energy savings contracts for school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1095.pdf
Title: S.B. 1095
Source: StateNet
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| KS | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2005 | P-12 | Requires districts to report expenditures by categories as directed by the department of education and requires the department to verify costs incurred by school districts providing programs required by law and the number of pupils enrolled in such programs. Requires the state board to implement a uniform, Web-based data reporting system for districts to allow any person to analyze and compare district financial and performance data.
Bill as enacted: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=38800
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=35742
Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=37465
Title: H.B. 2247 (section 1-2)
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| KS | Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 | P-12 | 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. States that the topics for school district performance audits may include:
(1) The accuracy of school expenditures, reports or other information;
(2) how school districts use the funding received from the state;
(3) the relationship between school funding levels and costs;
(4) the weights of various education program components or the level
of equity achieved by the funding system;
(5) whether funding levels for education programs or students are
keeping up with the actual costs school districts report;
(6) the basis for changes in school district costs;
(7) the reasonableness of the amount and type of actual or budgeted
expenditures compared with historical costs or with costs of other districts;
(8) options for modifying the school funding formula;
(9) other finance issues identified as needing further study;
(10) whether a school district has adequate operating or administrative
procedures and fiscal controls and whether it is efficiently managed;
(11) best practices or innovative procedures, practices or controls operating
within any school districts that could present opportunities for
other school districts to operate more efficiently; and
(12) any other topic as directed by the 2010 commission.
Bill as enacted: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=38800
Fiscal note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=35742
Supplemental note: http://www.kslegislature.org/legsrv-bills/showBill.do?id=37465
Title: H.B. 2247 (section 4-5)
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Relates to holding school districts harmless for disequalized budget status.
"A school district that adopted a general fund budget over its maximum general fund budget under any provision of subsection (3)(a) at any time between fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2005 may, for fiscal year 2006 and fiscal year 2007, adopt the greater of its maximum general fund budget or the highest actual budget adopted between fiscal year 2001 and fiscal year 2005."
http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0624.htm
Title: H.B. 624
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | 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 FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND SCHOOL FISCAL YEAR 2007; PROVIDING FOR 3-YEAR AVERAGING OF ANB FOR SCHOOL DISTRICTS WITH DECLINING ENROLLMENT FOR SCHOOL FISCAL YEAR 2006 AND SCHOOL FISCAL YEAR 2007; ALLOWING A SCHOOL DISTRICT TO PERMISSIVELY LEVY UP TO THE SAME OVER-BASE PROPERTY TAX REVENUE LEVIED IN THE PREVIOUS FISCAL YEAR; REVISING CERTAIN CALCULATIONS FOR GUARANTEED TAX BASE FUNDING; REVISING THE LIMITATIONS ON SCHOOL DISTRICT BONDED INDEBTEDNESS; CONFORMING CERTAIN STATUTES TO CURRENT LAW; REMOVING A REFERENCE TO A ONE-TIME-ONLY STATE PAYMENT TO SCHOOL DISTRICTS; TEMPORARILY EXTENDING SCHOOL ELECTION DEADLINES; PROVIDING FOR INTERDISTRICT AGREEMENTS FOR FUND TRANSFERS BY FEBRUARY 1 OF THE CURRENT FISCAL YEAR; AMENDING SECTIONS 20-5-323, 20-6-607, 20-7-102, 20-9-130, 20-9-131, 20-9-142, 20-9-151, 20-9-152, 20-9-306, 20-9-308, 20-9-311, 20-9-314, 20-9-321, 20-9-353, 20-9-366, 20-9-406, AND 20-9-443, MCA; REPEALING SECTION 20-9-375, MCA; AND PROVIDING EFFECTIVE DATES, APPLICABILITY DATES, AND TERMINATION DATES
Title: H.B. 63
Source: StateNet
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| ND | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Provides an appropriation for eligible school districts receiving reduced amounts of state aid.
The superintendent of public instruction shall use the first $119,190, or so much of that
amount as is necessary, for the purpose of reimbursing eligible school districts that
received reduced amounts of state aid. For the purposes of this subsection, an eligible
school district is one that received a reduction in state aid during the second year of the
2003-05 biennium because the district's general fund levy fell below one hundred forty
mills as the result of a reorganization or the dissolution of a contiguous district. The
following affected districts listed are entitled to receive reimbursements:
Velva 1 $24,355
TGU 60 93,514
Lewis and Clark 1,321
Title: H.B. 1311
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 | P-12 | Changes public school budget requests due date.
Title: H.B. 873
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 04/2005 | P-12 | Relates to the state aid Formula; modifies allowable general fund carryover amounts; requires districts to exceed limits for two consecutive years before penalty assessed. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06SB/sb531_enr.rtf
Title: S.B. 531
Source: http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial reporting procedures required of public school districts. Expands upon and clarifies initial and ongoing training requirements for district superintendents, educational service cooperative directors, open-enrollment charter school directors and district/open-enrollment charter school staff whose job responsibilities include preparing the budget or overall accounting responsibility. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1568.pdf
Title: H.B. 1568
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Clarifies audit requirements for schools, municipalities and counties. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1185.pdf
Title: H.B. 1185
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | To amend sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to distributions of county's school fund. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1373.pdf
Title: H.B. 1373
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Expands list of "instructional materials" that may be exempt from sales tax when purchased by schools, to include sheet music, electronic software, maps, globes, art supplies, workbooks, flash cards, educational blocks, educational models, manipulatives, charts, video tapes, DVDs, films, or cassettes containing instructional information designed to be presented to students as part of a course of study. Specifies that "instructional materials" does not include items purchased for use in interscholastic extracurricular activities, administration or maintenance of the school, or construction materials or supplies.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2099.pdf
Title: H.B. 2099
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Provides a regulatory basis of financial statement presentation for schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2449.pdf
Title: H.B. 2449
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Provision of budget bill. Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct an inventory and assessment of indicators that may be used to analyze financial, academic, and demographic data in order to evaluate school performance. The inventory and assessment are to be under the direction of the Eduation Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee. With approval of the Subcommittee and the Legislative Research Commission, funds may be used to contract for special expertise in the area of financial or performance reviews.
Title: H.B. 267
Source: Kentucky 2005 legislative summary
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Requires the state superintendent to submit an annual report on the financial condition of school districts to the governor, legislative council, and the secretary of state. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FQOT0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2083
Source: http://www.state.nd.us
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Allows the board of a school district to adopt policies governing the disbursement of school district moneys by the business manager. The policies adopted under subdivision a may include:
(1) The authorization, creation, and approval of negotiable instruments;
(2) The use of credit or debit cards;
(3) The payment of invoices;
(4) The use of petty cash;
(5) The use of electronic payments; and
(6) The use of facsimile signatures.
The policies adopted under subdivision a must include internal controls to safeguard school district moneys.Relates to the disbursement of moneys by a school district business manager.
http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-2005/bill-text/FAJU0200.pdf
Title: H.B. 1228
Source: http://www.state.nd.us
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2005 | P-12 | Requires school facility commission review of school district land sales. The commission will review any proposed sale of existing land
owned by a district, which land is within the scope of the district's five (5) year facility plan, and the impact of the land disposition upon that plan. The commission may disapprove any plans submitted to protect the financial interests of the state if the plans are not otherwise in the public interest. If the commission determines land disposition adversely impacts the cost-effectiveness of the district's five (5) year plan, the revenues resulting from land disposition shall be considered by the commission in any future building or facility remedy for that district. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/enroll/SF0131.pdf
Title: S.F. 131
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Extends from September 1 to September 15 the deadline for school districts to file a budget and expenditures report with the department of education. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1154.pdf
Title: H.B. 1154
Source: www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| UT | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill:
< establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operations portion of the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2005-06 of $1,783,631,186;
< establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,258;
< appropriates $27,288,900 to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2005-06 for school building aid programs for school districts;
< directs the state superintendent to include certain expenditure data in an annual report to the governor and the Legislature; and
< imposes a deadline for the authorization of a charter school in order to qualify for certain state funds. The superintendent's report must include (new requirements) a complete statement, by school district and charter school, of the amount of and percentage increase or decrease in expenditures from the previous year attributed to:
(A) wage increases, with expenditure data for base salary adjustments identified separately from step and lane expenditures;
(B) medical and dental premium cost adjustments; and
(C) adjustments in the number of teachers and other staff.
http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2005/bills/hbillenr/hb0003.pdf
Title: H.B. 3
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | After March 31 of any school year, the state superintendent may not adjust any district's entitlement or fiscal information used to
compute a district's entitlement for that school year, and the entitlement or fiscal information shall only be adjusted thereafter in accordance with audit review pursuant to W.S. 9-1-513. Provides an appropriation. Authorizes 4 full-time positions. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/enroll/hb0070.pdf
Title: H.B. 70
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2005 | P-12 | Continues assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs ($5 million) and the summer school grant program ($4.5 million); provides assistance to school districts for health insurance ($33,321,419). http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2005/enroll/SF0047.pdf
Title: S.F. 47
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| ME | FILED. 01/2005 | P-12 | Requires schools and school districts to line item sports programs for municipal veto.
Title: L.R. 1668
Source: StateNet
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| MT | Rule Adoption 12/2004 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to out-of-state attendance agreements. The superintendent of public instruction shall
provide payment of the amount calculated in (4)(a), but not
more than the amount of tuition paid by the district for
resident students who attended school out-of-state, in the
year the out-of-district attendance report is submitted,
provided it is submitted with documentation
of payment, to the superintendent of public instruction within
the school year following the year of attendance
Title: ARM 10.10.301C
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes the governing board of a school district to request approval from the State Board of Education in order to claim apportionments for the attendance of pupils attending a suspension classroom staffed by a noncertified school employee provided that a pupil attending such a classroom is allowed to complete for credit any assignments or tests that would otherwise by missed during the period of suspension, the apportionments are for no more than 5 pupils per day, a certified employee monitors the classroom at least 2 times per day, and apportionments for a particular pupil are for no more than 10 days per academic year. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_76_bill_20040828_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_76_veto.pdf
Title: S.B. 76
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2004 | P-12 | Requires the Controller to collect data regarding the total assessed valuation of all taxable property in each school district and compile the information on a county basis. Requires data to be made available on the Controller's web site. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1751-1800/sb_1791_bill_20040826_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/vetoes/SB_1791_veto.pdf
Title: S.B. 1791
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | 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 financial obligations for the current or 2 subsequent fiscal years or if a school district has a qualified or negative certification. Existing law requires the county superintendent to take at least one of certain actions and all actions that are necessary to ensure that the district meets its financial obligations.
This bill requires those possible actions to include assigning the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to review district teacher hiring practices, teacher retention rate, percentage of provision of highly qualified teachers, and the extent of teacher misassignment and
also to provide the district with recommendations to streamline and improve the teacher hiring process, teacher retention rate, extent of
teacher misassignment, and provision of highly qualified teachers. The bill requires a school district that is assigned this review to follow the recommendations made unless it shows good cause for failure to do so. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_3001-3050/ab_3001_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 3001 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | SEC. 13: Requires the county superintendent of schools to include in the review of audit exceptions those audit exceptions related to use of instructional materials program funds, teacher misassignments, and information reported on the school accountability report card and to
determine whether the exceptions are either corrected or an acceptable plan of correction developed. Prohibits a local educational agency from being required to repay an apportionment based on a significant audit exception related to the verification of the sufficiency of textbooks and instructional materials, teacher misassignments, and the accuracy of the information reported on the school accountability report card if the county superintendent of schools certifies to the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the Controller that the audit exception was corrected or that an acceptable plan of correction was submitted to the county superintendent of schools. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_550_bill_20040929_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 550 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes the Santa Clara Unified School District to use the proceeds from the sale of surplus real and personal property to deposit the proceeds into the general fund of the school district or county office of education, and to use the proceeds from that transaction for any one-time general fund purpose. If the purchase of the property was made using the proceeds of a general obligation bond act or revenue derived from developer fees, the amount deposited into the general fund of the school district or county office of education is prohibited from exceeding the difference between the purchase price of the property and the proceeds of the transaction divided by the amount of the proceeds of the transaction. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1901-1950/sb_1906_bill_20040928_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 1906
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Relates to emergency apportionments to school districts experiencing financial problems or that become insolvent. Makes those payments available by the California Infrastructure and Economic Development Bank through lease financing. Requires a qualifying district to bear 100% of all costs associated with implementing the conditions associated with receiving an emergency apportionment, replacing the current requirement of the district bearing 60% of the costs and the county office of education bearing 40% of the cost. Contains provisions relating to specific school districts. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1551-1600/ab_1554_bill_20040823_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1554
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2004 | P-12 | Amends the School Code. In the State aid formula provisions, provides that calculation of Available Local Resources shall exclude tax amnesty funds received as a result of Public Act 93-26. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0875
Title: S.B. 2362
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 07/2004 | P-12 | Relates to school district contracts. Provides for a standardized questionnaire and financial statement in a form specified by the school district. Prohibits proposal forms from being accepted, if the completed questionnaire and financial statement for prequalification is not submitted at least 15 days prior to the date fixed for the public opening of the sealed bids. Requires the notice to include the web site or place where bids will be processed. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2601-2650/ab_2614_bill_20040621_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2614_Veto.pdf
Title: A.B. 2614
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 07/2004 | P-12 | Deletes the reduction in base revenue limit funding that results to certain school districts for offering less than 180 days of instruction. Conditions the entitlement to the same support from the State School Fund due to the average daily attendance on the districts operating under the provisions of law relating to the 180-day school year. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_1101-1150/sb_1142_bill_20040701_enrolled.html
Veto message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/SB1142Veto.pdf
Title: S.B. 1142
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Provides that if, at the time of enrollment, dependents of United States military personnel are housed in temporary housing located outside of a school district, but will be living within that school district within 60 days after the time of initial enrollment, the dependents shall be enrolled, upon a sufficient showing of proof, and shall not be charged non-resident tuition but may be counted in determining state aid. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0740
Title: S.B. 2444
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| NJ | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Revises calculation of budget caps and reduces allowable surplus for public school districts.
Title: S.B. 1701
Source: StateNet
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| PA | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Makes provisions regarding school budgets, limitations on balances, auxiliary services, cost of tuition for exceptional children in private schools, charter school tuition for the deaf and blind, Head Start supplemental assistance, school improvement grants, educational improvement tax credits, vocational curriculums, special education payments, and reimbursements for charter and cyber charter schools.
Title: H.B. 564
Source: StateNet
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| RI | Signed into law 07/2004 | P-12 | Allows Rhode Island school committees (school boards) to enter into agreement with any school committee or group of school committees (e.g., Rhode Island Association of School Committees) to purchase goods and services on a cooperative basis.
Title: S.B. 2423
Source: http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/gen_assembly
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | 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.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0315.htm
Title: H.B. 2074
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Amends provisions relating to unified school districts; provides for school board membership; provides for use of student counts from common school districts prior to unification for unified school district budget calculations; relates to bonded indebtedness and assessment of taxes; relates to secondary assessed valuation; provides for common school student count and authorization for override after consolidation. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0341.htm
Title: H.B. 2396
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| AZ | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Requires school district governing boards that budget for excess utilities to annually review the costs associated with the direct operational costs of utilities, establish financial goals to include excess utilities costs within the school district's Revenue Control Limit (RCL) by June 30, 2009 and to review progress toward compliance. Suspends school-by-school budgeting and reporting for two years, repeals some reports and allows the school district governing board to delegate purchasing authority to one or more employees. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0340.htm
Title: H.B. 2104
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the revisions of standards and criteria for the development and management of local educational agency annual budgets and emergency appropriations to insolvent school districts, county superintendent of school approval of a district's budget, the review of administrative and fiscal condition of a district or charter school, and local education agency employment contracting. Requires school districts to report all compensation received by the superintendent. ftp://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_2751-2800/ab_2756_bill_20040621_chaptered.html
Signing message: http://www.governor.ca.gov/govsite/pdf/press_release/AB_2756.pdf
Title: A.B. 2756
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Concerns reviews of school districts, and, in connection therewith, requiring pilot efficiency reviews of a limited number of school districts to identify administrative savings that can be gained through best practices. http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics2004a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/7559053176F837C087256E19005E1CFA?Open&file=144_enr.pdf
Title: S.B. 144
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the determination of the amount of taxes to be raised to support a cooperative school district; permits an alternative cost apportionment method in a cooperative school district; establishes a legislative oversight committee for the school administrative unit system; relates to notification of educational grant amounts to municipalities; permits a specific amount of the state education grant to be applied to operating costs of the cooperative school district. http://gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2004/HB1281.html
Title: H.B. 1281
Source: http://gencourt.state.nh.us
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| VT | Signed into law 05/2004 | P-12 | Authorizes the Rutland school commissioners to adopt annual general fund budgets without voter approval provided that the actual homestead tax rate in a year does not exceed the adjusted equalized homestead rate established by the state; authorizes the board of aldermen to assess upon the grand list of the city taxes necessary to meet the educational or school purposes of the city.
Title: H.B. 774
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | Concerns school district and charter school procurement; concerns contracts for materials and services the governing board may authorize for purchase which do not comply with requirements of procurement rules adopted by the State Board of Education; specifies criteria; applies to General Services Administration contracts. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/46leg/2r/laws/0050.htm
Title: H.B. 2105
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| GA | Adopted 04/2004 | P-12 | Adds rules regarding the provisions under which school systems can receive low-wealth funding. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-4-.05.pdf
Title: GAC 160-5-4-.05
Source: Georgia State Web site
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2004 | P-12 | 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 local school systems to file biannual reports and to make specified attestations; provides that if a local school system does not file a annual audit, the Superintendent is required to instruct the Comptroller to withhold 10% of state aid installments.
Title: S.B. 894
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Vetoed 04/2004 | P-12 | Provides a school district, intermediate school district or public school academy is not required to obtain competitive bids for items purchased through the cooperative bulk purchasing program operated by the Department of Management and Budget.
http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4722.pdf
Title: H.B. 4722
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2004 | P-12 | Establishes rules to provide guidance to auditors in the conduct of required annual audits of local education agencies (LEAs). Provides definitions of terms and prescribes procedures to be followed by accountants in the conduct of audits of California LEAs for agencies' fiscal year 2003-04 operations. Specifies qualifications, terms and standards for auditors. http://ccr.oal.ca.gov/cgi-bin/om_isapi.dll?clientID=93183&E22=title%205&E23=19810&E24=&infobase=ccr&querytemplate=%261.%20Go%20to%20a%20Specific%20Section&record={117CC}&softpage=Document42
Title: Title 5 CCR 19810 thru 19831
Source: California State Web site
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2004 | P-12 | Concerns public school finance; changes the basis for calculating the amount of excess cash balance of school districts and charter schools.
Title: H.B. 158
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Allows all consolidated, annexed, or otherwise reorganized school districts to enjoy the benefit of fund balances accrued by the affected school district prior to consolidation, annexation, or reorganization. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1157.pdf
Title: H.B. 1157
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Requires criminal background checks for fraudulent acts by fiscal officers of public school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1140.pdf
Title: H.B. 1140
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2004 | P-12 | Provides administrative consolidation assistance to school districts that administratively consolidate. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1161.pdf
Title: H.B. 1161
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Track the amount of state funds that may be used to support interschool athletic programs in public schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1008.pdf
Title: H.B. 1008
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Requires school districts in fiscal distress to complete and file an annual audit with the Department of Education within 6 months following the end of the fiscal year. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1087.pdf
Title: H.B. 1087
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Creates the Educational Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004; provides that the board of directors of each school district shall annually prepare a budget of expenditure and receipts to be filed by a specified date; amends provisions regarding distribution of all grants and aids from the state; provides conditions under which state aid may be withhold from any school district; provides for training of preparers. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/HB1094.pdf
Title: H.B. 1094
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Relates to the Public School Funding Act of 2003; provides equitable funding to public schools; provides a system for monitoring public school expenditures; increases minimum teacher salaries; establishes a knowledge and skills-based pay system for teachers; provides for school-based performance awards. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB42.pdf
Title: S.B. 42
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | 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
Title: H.B. 1114
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 01/2004 | P-12 | Adds Ark. Code 6-15-2001. The state department of education and the Division of Legislative Audit of the Legislative Joint Auditing Committee of the General Assembly are directed to develop a system for reviewing the financial management practices of school districts and identifies "best financial management code practices." School districts are evaluated and rated on compliance with best practices. Districts that don't conform to best practices are required to develop a plan for meeting best practices within two years. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003s2/public/SB33.pdf
Title: S.B. 33 § 9
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules identifying and governing the Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20158%20fiscal%20assessment.pdf
Title: ADE 158
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| IL | Bill dead - amendatory veto 11/2003 | P-12 | Amends the School Code. Relates to provisions concerning the special educational services block grant for a school district having a population exceeding 500,000 inhabitants. Removes the extraordinary and private tuition components of the special education program that the educational services block grant includes. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/BillStatus.asp?DocNum=1180&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegId=1762&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 1180
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Amendatory veto by Governor - Bill Dead 11/2003 | P-12 | Amends the School Code. Requires the State Board of Education to implement and administer a student achievement improvement grant program to provide 2- year grants to school districts on the academic watch list and other school districts that have the lowest achieving students. Requires a school district to establish an accountability program in order to receive a grant. Requires a grant to be automatically renewed when achievement goals are met. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=SB&DocNum=207
Title: S.B. 207
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Amendatory Veto - Overridden by Legislature 11/2003 | P-12 | Amends the School Code with respect to reimbursement to school districts for certain costs relating to children from orphanages, foster family homes, children's homes, and State housing units. Repeals provisions that provide that total reimbursement is limited to the amount appropriated for that purpose for the fiscal year. Provides for children with disabilities, in need of medical or mental health treatment, or protection. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1333&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4358&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1333
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district to use its allowance from the Materials Funding Realignment Program to purchase adopted instructional materials for the visual and performing arts, foreign language, health or any other curricular area if it certifies that it has provided each pupil with a standards-aligned textbook or basic instructional materials in reading/language arts, mathematics, history/social science, and science. This bill would incorporate additional changes in Section 60242 of the Education Code proposed by AB 1137, that would become operative only if AB 1137 and this bill are both chaptered and become effective January 1, 2004, and this bill is chaptered last. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0451-0500/sb_469_bill_20031012_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 469
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Vetoed 10/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes a school district to sell, lease or leaseback certain surplus real and personal property and to deposit the proceeds into the general fund of the school district or county office of education, and to use the proceeds from this transaction for any one-time general fund purpose. Provides for limitation on funds placed in the general fund when the purchase funds are from a general obligation bond act or revenue from developer fees. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0551-0600/sb_588_bill_20030911_enrolled.html
Title: S.B. 588
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Defines the prohibition on the refusal or failure to meet and negotiate in good faith to include the knowing provisions by a public school employee to an exclusive representative of inaccurate information regarding its financial resources, whether or not it is provided in response to a request for information. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0101-0150/ab_109_bill_20030904_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 109
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| NV | Adopted 09/2003 | P-12 | Revises the number of courses certain pupils must be enrolled in for the purpose of calculating basic support. NEVADA REG 3129 (SN)
Title: NAC 387.345
Source: StateNet
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| UT | Rule Adoption 09/2003 | P-12 | Amends rules to allow school districts to count in membership students participating in released time for appropriate individual learning activities. UTAH REG 26436 (SN)
Title: R277-419
Source: StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Amends the School Finance Authority Act of the School Code. Provides that the powers and responsibilities granted to or imposed upon the Chicago School Finance Authority and the Chicago Board of Education are suspended until December 31, 2010. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=1368&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=4413&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 1368
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| OR | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | 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 boards to adopt policies on collection of amounts that are $50 or more; directs such districts to withhold grade reports, diploma and records of the student owning a debt to the district until the debt is paid; allows the district board to adopt policies to waive all or a portion of said debt.
Title: H.B. 3044
Source: StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Provides if a school district adopts, in a fiscal year, an additional or supplemental budget as a result of the voters in the school district having voted in favor of an increase in the annual tax rate for educational or operations and maintenance purposes or both at an election held after the adoption of the annual school budget adopted in that fiscal year, the county clerk shall include, in the extension of taxes made during that fiscal year, the extension of taxes for the supplemental or additional budget adopted by the school district. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=&SessionId=3&GA=93&DocTypeId=HB&DocNum=3101
Title: H.B. 3101
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | This bill sets forth the procedure for an alternative method of adopting the school administrative unit budget and requires that the school administrative unit board shall prepare a preliminary budget for approval at a joint meeting of the school districts in the school administrative unit. http://gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2003/hb0336.html
Title: H.B. 336
Source: http://gencourt.state.nh.us
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| AL | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | To establish the Foundation Program funding divisors for the state allocation of teacher units and to express intent that adequate instructional support and classified staff be provided for the public schools, the Department of Youth Services School District and the Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2004. To also express intent that the Education Trust Fund Appropriations Act be enacted no later than September 30, 2003. http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp?SESSION=1027
Title: S.B. 1
Source: Alabama Legislative Web site
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| AL | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Relates to public schools; provides for the School Fiscal Management and Responsibility Act; requires the State Superintendent of Education to employ a chief education financial officer to oversee the financial integrity of schools; requires school boards to adopt fiscal management policies and receive certain monthly and annual reports; establishes requirement relating to financial audits of school funds.http://alisdb.legislature.state.al.us/acas/ACASLogin.asp?SESSION=1027
Title: S.B. 24
Source: Alabama Legislative Web site
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| AR | Rule Adoption 06/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules and regulations for how the department of education and the state board will evaluate, assess, identify, classify and
address school districts in fiscal distress. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/fiscal%20distress%20final%20draft.pdf
Title: Uncodified
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Concerns modifications to the program under which the State Treasurer makes loans to school districts with general fund cash deficits; authorizes the Treasurer to issue tax and revenue anticipation notes. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/AE38E74CA121215687256C91004C9E27?Open&file=1274_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1274
Source: Colorado Legislative Web site
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| FL | Vetoed 06/2003 | P-12 | Changes date by which school superintendents must notify Department of Education regarding certain instructional materials;requires publishers to provide and price adopted instructional materials on an individual basis for purchase by school districts; revises provisions relating to the issuance of purchase orders; provides that the authority in the bill must not be construed to set any future year's instructional materials allocation; makes the school district responsible for any financial commitment in purchase orders that exceeds the district's allocation for the next year.
http://www.leg.state.fl.us/house/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=1838&Chamber=Senate&Year=2003&Title=%2D%3EBill%2520Info%3AS%25201838%2D%3ESession%25202003
Title: S.B. 1838
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires school budget referendum language to provide voters with a simple definition for "foundation allocation," "debt service" and "additional local funds." http://www.mainelegislature.org/legis/bills/billdocs/LD006901.doc
Title: H.P. 77 (LD 69)
Source: www.mainelegislature.org
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Deals with various fiscal issues related to school districts' financial struggles. Among other items, this bill: Authorizes the State Board of Education to continue to waive penalties on class size violations if the violation is a result of economic hardship; creates a task force to study school district administration reorganization or consolidation. The bill redefines administrative services and puts penalties for excessive
expenditures on hold for two years; and grants school district superintendents new power to transfer up to 25 percent of the total appropriation among accounts, funds and program categories. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04HB/hb1767_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 1767 (Fiscal Components)
Source: Session Overview, June 6, 2003
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Relates to reimbursing classroom teachers for personal funds expended on classroom supplies.
Title: H.B. 1844
Source: StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Allow a "non-state aid" school district to increase its property tax rate in order to fund anticipated enrollment growth, subject to certain limitations. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2126
Title: H.B. 2126
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Requires school districts that miscalculated the school district's budget during FY 2001-2002 to correct the errors over a five-year period beginning in FY 2002-2003 if specified conditions exist and provides for accrued interest to be paid at a rate determined by the Superintendent of Public Instruction (SPI). http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2175
Title: H.B. 2175
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Stipulates that monies distributed from the Classroom Site Fund for class size reduction, Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards (AIMS) intervention programs and dropout programs must only be used for instructional purposes. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2462
Title: H.B. 2462
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Appropriates funds to provide the Oakland Unified School District with an emergency loan. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to appoint a trustee to oversee the operations of the district and to approve disbursements. Requires the district to develop a financial recovery plan. Authorizes the administrator to enter into agreements and to change existing policies. Provides that the school district is ineligible for hardship state funding during that time. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_39_bill_20030602_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 39
Source: California Legislative web site
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Revises provisions relating to payment of fees for advanced placement tests; revises provision relating to the release of certain test questions; deletes provision that students with alternate assessments shall not count for accountability purposes; changes provisions regarding expenditure controls for the 2003-2004 school year; changes provisions regarding maximum class size for the 2003-2004 school year and provides for automatic repeal; changes provisions regarding funding for additional days of instruction; provides that when certain sales taxes for educational purposes are imposed, each board of education expending proceeds of the tax undergo a performance audit or performance review of the expenditures and provides for performance audit or review contracts. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2003_04/sum/sb249.htm
Title: S.B. 249
Source: Georgia Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Adds a new authorization to the Counties Code and Municipal Code for purposes of implementing ordinances regarding developer donations or impact fees and only for the expenditures thereof. "Public grounds for schools" is defined as including land or site improvements which include school buildings or other infrastructure necessitated and specifically and uniquely attributable to the development or subdivision. Applies to all impact fees or developer donations paid into a district or held in a separate account or escrow fund by any district or county/municipality for a school.
Title: H.B. 528 -- Public Act 93-330
Source: Illinois legislative staff
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | 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 which the credit of the school district may be legally extended. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2003, and ending on December 31, 2007, the amount carried over by a school district may not exceed fifty percent of the current annual budget for all purposes other than debt retirement and amounts financed from bond sources plus twenty thousand dollars. For taxable years beginning after December 31, 2007, the amount carried over by a school district may not exceed forty-five percent of the current annual budget for all purposes
other than debt retirement and amounts financed from bond sources plus twenty thousand dollars. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session/bill_text/DBOP0500.pdf
Title: S.B. 2421 (Fourth of Four New Sections)
Source: http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/special-session/
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Provides that certain money set aside for group insurance for officers and employees of school districts must not be used for other purposes. (BDR 23-195)
Title: S.B. 28
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes school districts which receive gifts, grants, or donations of monies for noncapital expenditures to place the monies in the general fund, and such monies shall not be required to be used during the year in which the money was received but may accumulate from year to year and shall not be considered a part of the general fund collections when calculating the general fund carryover. http://www2.lsb.state.ok.us/2003-04HB/hb1572_enr.rtf
Title: H.B. 1572
Source: StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Deletes the sales tax exemption for sales of tangible personal property by accredited public and private schools to allow for the sale of rings, bracelets, necklaces and other similar items that exceed a certain cost under such exemption.
Title: H.B. 1002
Source: StateNet
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| OR | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Modifies the method of calculating the amount allowed to be accrued as revenues on budget and financial statements by school district or and education service district that uses an accrual basis method of accounting; modifies the method of calculating the amount allowed as negative ending fund balance for a school district or education service district that uses cash basis method of accounting.
Title: H.B. 2650
Source: StateNet
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Under present law, any municipality, county, utility district or other local government unit of the state may, upon request, purchase supplies, equipment and services for any other local government unit. Such purchases are made on the same terms and under the same rules and regulation as regular purchasers of the purchasing entity. The cost of the purchase is borne by the local government for which the purchase was made. Where the local government making the request is required to advertise and receive bids, it is sufficient that the purchasing entity only comply with its own purchasing requirements. Under this bill, a local education agency would be allowed to purchase equipment under the same terms of a legal bid initiated by any other LEA in the state. Any LEA would be allowed to purchase directly from a vendor the same equipment at the same price and under the same terms as provided in a contract for such equipment entered into by any other LEA. Any LEA which purchases equipment under the provisions of this bill would directly handle payment, refunds, returns, and any other communications or requirements involved in the purchase of the equipment without involving the LEA which originated the contract. The originating LEA would have no liability or responsibility for any purchases made by another LEA under a contract which the originating LEA negotiated and consummated.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Summary.asp?BillNumber=SB0878
Title: S.B. 878
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires public schools educational cooperatives to use certain financial management software systems applications of the Arkansas Public School Computer Network. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB845.pdf
Title: S.B. 845
Source: State legislative web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Adds §§ 6-20-1901- 6-15-1911. Creates the Arkansas Fiscal Assessment and Accountability Program; to establish and implement a program at the Department of Education to identify, assess and address school districts in fiscal distress. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2697.pdf
Title: H.B. 2697 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AZ | Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires annual and biennial financial statement audits of school districts that are not required to comply with the federal Single Audit Act of 1996 and that meet specified criteria. Requires audit contracts to include a systematic review of average daily membership (ADM) consistent with Auditor General guidelines, beginning in FY 2003-2004. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsForBill.asp?Bill_Number=HB2276
Title: H.B. 2276
Source: Arizona Legislative Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires a school district board of education to select a third party trustee to administer the school district's bond redemption fund, unless the county treasurer maintains the accounts and funds of the school district or the school district has given notice that it will not accept debt payments by the state treasurer. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_169.htm
Title: S.B. 237
Source: Colorado State Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | 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.htm
Title: S.B. 158
Source: Colorado State Web site
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires the board of education of a school district to use the modified accrual basis as its basis of budgetary accounting and to use generally accepted accounting principles in keeping its financial records; specifies that a school district budget shall not allow for expenditures in excess of available revenues and beginning fund balances. http://www.state.co.us/gov_dir/leg_dir/olls/sl2003a/sl_165.htm
Title: S.B. 149
Source: Colorado State Web site
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires the insurance division of the department of commerce to establish a school health insurance reform team study and to make recommendations to the general assembly; provides for review of affordable health insurance coverage for school district employees, continuity of coverage, premium rating systems, restrictions on premium rates and establishment of a school district health reinsurance program. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/80GA/Legislation/SF/00300/SF00386/Current.html
Title: S.F. 386
Source: www.legis.state.ia.us
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Concerns school districts; relates to the capital outlay fund. Allows districts greater freedom when attempting to win voter approval of a millage vote for capital cost. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/83.pdf
Title: S.B. 83
Source: www.kslegislature.org
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| MS | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | 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 is deemed in the best interest of the districts to do so. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/HB/0700-0799/HB0742SG.htm
Title: H.B. 742
Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Relates to public school finance; limits school districts and charter school cash balances. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/03%20Regular/FinalVersions/house/HB0745ECS.html
Title: H.B. 745
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Increases the amount that school districts must give to teachers for the purchase of classroom supplies. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB1619.pdf
Title: H.B. 1619
Source: State legislative web site
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Clarifies the signatures required for disbursements by school districts.http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB764.pdf
Title: S.B. 764
Source: State legislative web site
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Concerns a school district education board's oversight of a school district's participation in the interest-free loan program.http://www.leg.state.co.us/2003a/pubhome.nsf
Title: H.B. 1032
Source: State legislative web site
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| ND | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | A school board may not charge a fee for textbooks or other items necessary for completion of a specific course required for grade advancement or graduation. Does allow student fees for the use of musical instruments. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/58-2003/bill_index/BI2169.html
Title: S.B. 2169
Source: StateNet
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| SC | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | (Joint Resolution) Provides that the school districts of this state may furlough district personnel to the extent necessary to avoid a year end deficit and a reduction in force; provides the terms and conditions of a furlough pursuant to this provision.
Title: S.B. 375
Source: StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Codifies and broadens existing budget language to direct the Department of Education to collect annually necessary data to make calculations at the beginning and end of each school year to ensure that each school division has appropriated sufficient funds to support its estimated required local expenditure for providing an educational program meeting the prescribed Standards of Quality (SOQ). The end-of-year calculations shall be designed to verify whether the locality has provided the required expenditure, based on average daily membership as of March 31 of the relevant school year. Where boards have refused or failed to allocate necessary funding, the board must notify the Attorney General of such failure or refusal in writing signed by the president of the board. Upon receipt of such notification, it shall be the duty of the Attorney General to file in the circuit court for the county, city or town a petition for a writ of mandamus directing and requiring such governing body to make forthwith such appropriation as is required by law. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?031+ful+CHAP0948
Title: H.B. 2151
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| NY | Pocket veto by governor 02/2003 | P-12 | Increases the allowable amount of unexpended surplus funds which may be retained by a board of education.
Title: S.B. 6520
Source: StateNet
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2002 | P-12 | Modifies state reimbursement to intermediate school districts in renaissance zones. http://www.mileg.org/documents/2001-2002/publicact/pdf/2002-PA-0745.pdf
Title: S.B. 1417
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2002 | P-12 | Amends Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act to clarify that the legislation relates to any municipality or school district which falls under its criteria and who has financial and governance challenges regarding assurances moneys are spent as required for development and redevelopment and the necessary coordination has been made with respect to moneys supporting schools and educational efforts.
Title: S.B. 1878
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Adopted 12/2002 | P-12 | Amends rules concerning the 'Financial Accountability System Resource Guide'. Describes rules for financial accounting such as financial reporting, budgeting, purchasing, auditing, site-based decision making, data collection and reporting, management, and state conpensatory education. TEXAS REG 84393 (SN)
Title: 19 TAC 109.41
Source: StateNet
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| NJ | To ASSEMBLY Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT. 11/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | 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 including, school districts and authorities.
Title: A.B. 3009
Source: StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 08/2002 | P-12 | Removes provision mandating that school boards fully fund a 5% reserve for all instructional and administrative staff. See bill section 697, page 1298, line 28, ff. Also bars local board member from hiring or appointing a relative to work under his or her direct supervision. See bill section 698, page 1303, line 6 ff. According to state legislative summary, "[Clarifies] that teaching experience applies to in-state and out-of-state public school teaching experience. If employees with unsatisfactory evaluations request transfer, requires superintendent to annually report to department on employees transferred, where transferred and what remediation" was undertaken. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf
Title: S.B. 20E
Source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us
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| MD | Signed into law 07/2002 | P-12 | Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricted grants to districts; 2) assist local lead agencies and Baltimore City under the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program; and 3) provide funding for adult education and literacy services. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/sb/sb0856e.rtf
Title: S.B. 856
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| AZ | Signed by governor 06/2002 | P-12 | Adjust some of the requirements that distircts provide detailed budgets for each school.
Title: S.B. 1118
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 06/2002 | P-12 | Allows the Chicago Board of Education to levy a capital improvement tax; allows a Financial Oversight Panel, whose purposes are to exercise financial control over the district and to furnish financial assistance so that the district can provide public education within the district's jurisdiction while permitting the district to meet its obligations to its creditors and the holders of its debt. Includes the power to negotiate collective bargaining agreements, issue bonds, and levy taxes. States that a sound financial structure is essential to the continued operation of any school system and that public school systems must have effective access to the private market to borrow short and long term funds. To promote the financial integrity of districts, it is necessary to provide for the creation of school finance authorities with the powers necessary to promote sound financial management and to ensure the continued operation of the public schools. http://www.legis.state.il.us/publicacts/pubact92/acts/92-0547.html
Title: H.B. 5734
Source: http://www.legis.state.il.us
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| AZ | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Permits governing board to spend surplus monies in the civic center school fund and/or community school program fund for maintenance and operations or unrestricted capital outlay, if specified requirements are met. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/legtext/45leg/2r/laws/0316.htm
Title: S.B. 1180
Source: www.azleg.state.az.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | According to legislative summary, requires that local boards "determine the percentage of the base student allocation or other funds to be spent for in-service training conforming this to current legislative policy; deletes unnecessary itemization of school district expenditure of funds for in-service personnel training; ... authorizes [local] boards for the 2002-03 fiscal year to exercise flexibility in the use of categorical funds for academic classroom instruction with accountability provisions; ... deletes the requirement that beginning with the 2002-03 school year school districts shall document average daily attendance for FEFP funding." See bill section 655, page 1209, line 4 ff: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf
Title: S.B. 20E
Source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Requires state board to submit a K-20 legislative budget request annually to the governor and general assembly; requires a state board-approved budget system to exist in every district, community college and university; and for every district board, community college and university to annually submit to the commissioner an annual operating budget that is in keeping with provisions of law and state board-approved rules. See bill section 601, page 1146, line 26 ff: http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf
Title: S.B. 20E
Source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | In funds for student transportation, shifts rule authority from commissioner to state board (see bill section 660, page 1239, line 8 ff); permits local boards to establish resolution that can include a convenant to decrease the capital local school property tax levied (see bill section 664, page 1251, line 4 ff); establishes new section for Florida Academic Improvement Trust Fund, which institutes a public schools matching grants program (see section 670, page 1258, line 1 ff): http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf
Title: S.B. 20E
Source: http://www.leg.state.fl.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Requires that county board financial audit results be reported to state superintendent, county fiscal authority, and specified house and senate committees. Requries Management Oversight Panel to monitor implementation of audits' recommendations and coordination office to support Management Oversight Panel until the state superintendent determines that all the audits' recommendations have been addressed. Modifies the basic current expense formula to create a new foundation program for state education funding; creates a compensatory education funding program; creates a funding program for students with limited English; creates a special education funding program; establishes guaranteed tax base program. Extends funding for public school construction projects in Prince George's County and Baltimore City from 2003 to 2004. Establishes Task Force to Study Public School Facilities; requires task force to study specified issues in the realms of school construction. Terminates task force on December 31, 2002. Provides unrestricted grants of specified amounts in FY 03 to county boards. Requires Prince George's County Board to develop and submit comprehensive master plan and Superintendent to approve master plan before it receives its unrestricted grant. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/sb/sb0856e.rtf
Title: S.B. 856
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| MD | Signed into law 05/2002 | P-12 | Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Require Baltimore board and CEO to ensure increased community involvement and outreach in support of the city's public schools. Deletes 1997 section requiring adoption and implementation of transition plan. Replaces with requirement that by June 1, 2002, Baltimore district CEO submit 5-year comprehensive master plan to board for review and approval by August 30, 2002 and subsequent review and approval by state board and superintendent. Requires CEO or designee to consult with specified others, including teachers, students and parents during the development of the master plan. Requires master plan to be updated and submitted for state board and superintendent review and approval on annual basis. Establishes areas which master plan must address. Requires department and Baltimore school system to jointly develop a principal development initiative pairing distinguished principals from outside the system and action support teams with principals in training in Baltimore. Addresses minimum appropriations to Baltimore Public School System. Requires consultant to evaluate the Baltimore City-State Partnership and the reform initiatives of the Baltimore City Public School System by December 1, 2006, and the board of commissioners and the state board to report to the general assembly on a review of the evaluation by January 15, 2007. Requires chief officers of Baltimore Public Schools to meet on at least a quarterly basis with the Special Master assigned to the case, after 6 of which meetings the CEO and the state superintendent may adjust the communication schedule. Requires state and Baltimore agencies to communicate on at least a quarterly basis on facilities planning in the Baltimore Public Schools, including on capital improvement program issues. Requires transfer of certain real property assets from Baltimore City Public School System to Baltimore City Board of Commissioners. Through June 30, 2009, permits Board of Public Works to approve state funding for capital improvements to Baltimore public school buildings deeded to Baltimore board or mayor and city council of Baltimore. Requires city to continue cooperation with school system to eliminate environmental hazards in the school system. Permits funds appropriated for the Baltimore City-State Partnership to be used to support the principal development initiative. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb0853e.rtf
Title: H.B. 853
Source: mlis.state.md.us
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| CO | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Directs the Department of Education to standardize the applications for statutorily created education grant programs and utilize existing data to minimize requests for duplicative information in grant applications. http://www.leg.state.co.us/2002a/inetcbill.nsf/fsbillcont/BBDD8302DD22F90E87256B1800507435?Open&file=1053_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1053
Source: www.leg.state.co.us
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| IA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12
Postsec. | Updates the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code, repealing an adjustment to net income for capital gains from installment sales; relates to an adjustment to income for school district income surtax paid; provides that refunds from the federal rebate are not taxable; makes provisions regarding reciprocal agreements with other states; relates to basic research tax credits; makes provisions for innocent spouse.
Title: H.B. 2116
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Authorizes the Zacary and Baker school boards to borrow money sufficient to meet its budget and expenditures for FY 2002-2003. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/021ES/CVT1/OUT/0000JHZE.PDF
Title: S.B. 110A
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | LB 460 repeals current law that restricts the annual growth rate of allowable cash reserves of school districts to 2% of the total general
fund budget of expenditures. School districts must still adhere to the statutory cap that restricts allowable reserves to between 20% to
45% of the total general fund budget of expenditures based on the membership of the district. The repeal of the annual percentage increase in reserves may have a fiscal impact on the amount of property taxes levied and collected by some school districts. The state department indicates that only 27 of 263 Class II-VI school districts are at the maximum reserve percentage in 2001-02. It is unknown what budgetary decisions will be made by school districts that have the ability to levy additional property taxes for reserves. It is assumed that some districts, not currently at the levy limit, will increase reserves pursuant to the bill. This will have an unknown fiscal impact in terms of increased property taxes levied. http://www.unicam.state.ne.us/Legal/SLIP_LB460.pdf
Title: L.B. 460
Source: http://www.unicam.state.ne.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2002 | P-12 | Establishes contingency reserves as a major classification of school funds.
Title: S.B. 604
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2001 | P-12 | Requires the superintendent of schools of each county to annually present a report regarding fiscal solvency of any district with a disapproved budget, qualified interim certification or negative interim certification, or that has been determined at any time to be in a position of fiscal uncertainty. Authorizes a review or audit if the county superintendent has reason to believe that fraud or other illegal fiscal practices may have occurred.
Title: A.B. 139
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| PA | Signed into law 10/2001 | P-12 | Amends the Public School Code. Relates to distress in school districts. Authorizes a school reform commission to assume control of a district after declaration of a school district in distress. Makes provisions regarding school district taxes and non-tax revenue. Authorizes the commission to enter into agreements with non-profit organizations to operate on or more schools. Provides incentives for high school students to pursue medical, nursing and biomedical careers.
Title: S.B. 640
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2001 | P-12 | Public Act No. 92-438., Requires a school district to post its current annual budget, itemized by receipts and expenditures, on the district's Internet website, if the district has a web site; requires the school district to notify the parents or guardians of its students that the budget has been posted on the district's website and what the website address is.
Title: S.B. 898
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2001 | P-12 | Public Law No. 373., (LD 1301) Provides an option for municipal members of a school district to design a cost-sharing formula; requires a cost-sharing plan to be approved by a referendum of the voters in each municipality in the district; provides for professional facilitation services if local entities cannot agree on cost-sharing changes; requires the Department of Education to provide assistance on cost-sharing to districts and municipalities.
Title: H.B. 977
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | 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 allocations for the purpose of computing State subsidy.
Title: S.B. 524
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Authorizes the Office of State Finance to conduct audits of certain school districts; allows request of performance audits; provides for payment of cost of requested review; requires cost savings to be used for classroom expenditures.
Title: H.B. 1601
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | Requires the commissioner to, in consultation with the comptroller, develop and implement a financial accountability rating system for school districts. The system must include uniform indicators adopted by the commissioner by which to measure a district's financial management performance. Districts are required to issue reports and hold public hearings on those reports.
Title: S.B. 218
Source: http://www.senate.state.tx.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2001 | P-12 | §18-9B-13. Eliminates the requirement that audits of school boards be conducted once every three years by the office of chief inspector. The state board of school finance may assign authorized representatives to make inspections and examinations of the fiscal administration of a county school district. The inspection and examination may extend to any matter or practice subject to regulation by the state board. Expands the authority of county boards to have their annual examinations performed by a certified public accountant approved by the chief inspector.
Title: H.B. 2225
Source: Washington Legislative Web Site
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Specifies that school districts are ineligible to adjust budget limit for energy reduction purposes if the school district did not participate in energy conservation measures during FY 2001.
Title: S.B. 1178
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AZ | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | Relates to county treasurers; provides definitions for agency pool participant, and collecting entity; relates to duties of a school district finance officer; expands investments that may be made by the treasurer to include commercial paper rated P1, A1 or better and bonds, debentures and notes issued by corporations organized and doing business in the United States that are rated A or better.
Title: S.B. 1111
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2001 | P-12 | LB 240 allows school districts that are in an empowerment zone or enterprise community or which have at least 35% of their students eligible for free or reduced-cost lunches to levy a property tax for any qualified purpose. The term qualified purpose for an academy means: rehabilitation or repair of a facility; the provision of equipment; the development of course materials; and, the training of teachers and other personnel. Qualifying Class II, III, IV, V and VI districts will be able to levy a property tax of up to five and one-fifth
cents per $100 to pay off the bonds. Class I districts may not exceed levy limits of up to $.05 cents. The bill allows schools that qualify for the academy zone bonds to sell the bonds, without a vote of the people, after a public hearing is held. The interest free bonds are outside the $1.10 levy limit for schools but must adhere to the current $.052 cent levy limit established for the hazardous materials/ADA fund. The bill limits the total amount that may be financed by bonds with respect to a qualified zone academy to $7.5 million statewide per year. If the requests exceed $7.5 million, then the allocations are reduced proportionately and the amount of the reductions may be reallocated to requests from qualified zone academies that will not be financed with bonds.
Title: L.B. 240
Source: Nebraska Unicameral Web Site
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Appropriates funds to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Department of Education for fiscal year 2002; limits the number of full time equivalent positions; provides legislative intent that a specified amount may be used to assist in defraying expenses relating to the discharge of the Superintendent of Public Instruction's official duties.
Title: H.B. 376
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2001 | P-12 | Appropriates a specified amount from the Uniform School Fund to the State Board of Education for distribution to public school teachers for classroom supplies and materials.
Title: H.B. 42
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Approved by voters 11/2000 | P-12 | CONSTITUTIONAL AMENDMENT (HJR 1, 2000) Amends the State Constitution of Idaho relating to the Public School Fund; changes the name of the Public School Fund to the Public School Permanent Endowment Fund.
Title: V. 1
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2000 | P-12 | Establishes the Pilot Project for Categorical Education Program Flexibility under which a school district would have flexibility in the expenditure of categorical funds within 3 clusters: the school improvement and staff development cluster, the alternative and compensatory education cluster, and the school district improvement cluster.
Title: A.B. 615
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CO | On 11/07/2000 ballot 07/2000 | P-12 | (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 revenues in excess of the constitutional limitation on state fiscal year spending for the 1999-2000 fiscal year and for four succeeding fiscal years for the purpose of funding performance grants for school districts to improve academic performance, notwithstanding any restriction on spending, revenues, or appropriations.
Title: V. 6; (NEW BILL)
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12 | 82., Recreates Florida School District Review Trust Fund within legislative branch without modification and placing it on the standard review cycle; carries forward current balances and continues current sources and uses thereof.
Title: S.B. 602
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Signed into law 06/2000 | P-12
Postsec. | Authorizes the Department of Education (DOE) to retain and expend a portion of all indirect overhead reimbursements for discretionary grants; establishes a federal grants search and application revolving fund; provides the DOE with autonomy over the administration of its trust funds; prohibits federal impact aid received by the DOE from being returned to the general fund; allows excess federal impact aid to be spent by the DOE for the purposes of the school-based budgeting program.
Title: H.B. 1873
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Vetoed 06/2000 | Postsec. | Allows University of Hawaii to carry over funds from one year to the next.
Title: H.B. 2062
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Provides that if no budget hearing is required by law, the county clerk shall be so notified; provides consequences if a nonschool district does not comply with the statute regarding budget hearings; provides consequences if a school district does not comply with the statute regarding budget hearings.
Title: S.B. 1452
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 04/2000 | P-12 | Public Law No. 710., (LD 1346) Establishes an optional new school budget cost center format and budget approval process; authorizes school boards to transfer up to 5% of the school budget between cost centers without voter approval; allows district voters to add a 2nd step to the process for finalization of the school budget; directs the State Board of Education to develop a model school budget procedure.
Title: H.B. 949
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | *****To GOVERNOR 03/2000 | P-12 | Requires the local school superintendent to appoint a finance officer who shall be responsible financial management for that district; requires 42 hours of training and continuing education every two years from a provider approved by the Department of Education.
Title: H.B. 668
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2000 | P-12 | Enhances learning in public schools; reimburses nationally certified teachers; establishes an Office of Education Technology; studies the public education requirement workforce; increases the voting requirement for school district referenda; limits certain transfers of school funds.
Title: H.B. 1257
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| HI | Vetoed 05/1999 | P-12 | Facilitates implementation of school-based budgeting.
Title: S.B. 46
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 04/1999 | P-12 | Places school districts with late audits in fiscal distress and refers questionable audits to the State Board of Public Accountancy.
Title: S.B. 837
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| OK | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12 | 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 billion.
Title: State Budget
Source: SREB Legislative Report
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| SC | Signed into law 06/1997 | P-12 | 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 $40.9 million (up 80.7 percent) include $300,000 for ADEPT (described below) and $30.3 million to continue the expansion of full-day kindergarten (up from $14.1 million). In addition, $1.5 million is available for kindergarten teachers from Education Improvement Act (EIA) funds, which are from an earmarked 1-cent of sales tax. EIA funds will total $429.4 million, increasing spending 6.5 percent. This includes #21.9 million for 4-year old early childhood programs (up 3.2 percent) and $105.4 million for basic skills academic assistance (5.8 percent more). Both of these programs were part of the Early Childhood and Academic Assistance Act of 1993. Of the funds available for Act 135 programs, $800,000 will be used for Reading Recovery programs to provide students in early grades with additional reading assistance when needed.
Title: 1997-98 Budget
Source: SREB Legislative Report
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| KS | Signed into law 05/1997 | P-12 | 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.
Title: S.B. 36
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| NE | Passed 07/1995 | P-12 | 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 and provide property tax relief. (Nebraska Rural Action 7/95)
Title: Spending Lid
Source: Center for Rural Affairs
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