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Bills · 2015-2016 Regular Session

SB 234

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Relating to: the school district budget summary, annual audit, and annual report.

Data processing Public instruction, department of School — Finance

  1. Introduced, stopped here
  2. Passes Senate, not reached
  3. Passes Assembly, not reached
  4. Governor signs, not reached
  5. Law, not reached

Unfamiliar terms? Glossary

What this bill does

Plain-language analysis by the nonpartisan Legislative Reference Bureau

This bill requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to create a budget

summary form for use by school districts in the preparation of the districts' annual

budgets and requires each school district to post certain annual reports on the

district's Internet sites.

Current law requires each school district to annually prepare a budget and a

summary of that budget and to include certain information in the summary. Under

the bill, the school district may use DPI's form when it prepares its budget summary.

Current law requires each school district to annually employ a licensed

accountant to audit the school district accounts and certify the audit. Current law

also requires each school district to annually prepare a report containing detailed

information about the school district, including the number of pupils enrolled in the

district and financial information about the district. This bill requires each school

district to annually post these reports on Internet sites maintained by the school

district.

Sponsors

Introduced by: Harsdorf (R) , Stroebel (R)

9 cosponsors

Ballweg (R) , Brandtjen (R) , Jarchow (R) , Knudson (R) , Macco (R) , Murphy (R) , R. Brooks (R) , Rodriguez (R) , Steffen (R)

Full history

  1. Aug 20, 2015 · Senate

    Introduced by Senators Harsdorf and Stroebel; cosponsored by Representatives Jarchow, Ballweg, Brandtjen, Knudson, Macco, Murphy, Rodriguez, Steffen and R. Brooks

  2. Aug 20, 2015 · Senate

    Read first time and referred to Committee on Education

  3. Sep 29, 2015 · Senate

    Public hearing held

  4. Apr 13, 2016 · Senate

    Failed to pass pursuant to Senate Joint Resolution 1