HB 267 – This act provides local boards of education the authority to identify a designee to bind the school district in a settlement agreement reached during the resolution session of a special education due process hearing. This act is identical to SB 140 (2007).
MICHAEL RUFF
SA 1: CURRENT LAW PROVIDES THAT QUESTIONS OF CHANGES TO THE BOUNDARIES OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT THE NEXT GENERAL MUNICIPAL ELECTION. THIS PROVIDES THAT SUCH QUESTIONS SHALL BE SUBMITTED AT THE NEXT ELECTION. THIS ACT ALSO REQUIRES THE BOARD TO APPROVE THE PROPOSED BOUNDARY LINE CHANGE AT ISSUE IF THE SCHOOL DISTRICTS IN QUESTION RECEIVED CERTAIN SCORES ON THEIR MOST RECENT ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REPORTS.
SA 2: THIS AMENDMENT GRANTS THE STATE AUDITOR THE POWER TO AUDIT ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT WITHIN THE STATE IN THE SAME MANNER AS THE AUDITOR MAY AUDIT ANY STATE AGENCY.
SA 3: THIS AMENDMENT MODIFIES SECTION 163.011(16) BY INCLUDING IN THE SPECIAL EDUCATION PUPIL COUNT NONPUBLIC STUDENTS SERVED THROUGH THE FEDERAL IDEA BY THE DISTRICT IN WHICH THE NONPUBLIC SCHOOL IS LOCATED.
SA 4: THE STATE BOARD OF EDUCATION IS REQUIRED TO STUDY WITHIN NINETY DAYS ALL PERTINENT AND CURRENT DATA WHENEVER ANY SCHOOL DISTRICT ATTAINS A SCORE OR DISPLAYS CRITERIA FOR CLASSIFICATION OF THE DISTRICT ON ITS ANNUAL PERFORMANCE REVIEW CONSISTENT WITH "UNACCREDITED."