SC H3352 | 2009-2010 | 118th General Assembly

Status

Completed Legislative Action
Sponsorship: Bipartisan Bill
Status: Passed on July 21 2009 - 100% progression
Action: 2009-07-21 - Act No. 86

Summary

A JOINT RESOLUTION TO ALLOW LOCAL SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND SPECIAL SCHOOLS TO TRANSFER CERTAIN FUNDS AMONG APPROPRIATED REVENUES, EDUCATION IMPROVEMENT ACT FUNDS, EDUCATION LOTTERY ACT FUNDS, AND FUNDS RECEIVED FROM THE CHILDREN'S EDUCATION ENDOWMENT FUND IN ORDER TO ENSURE THE DELIVERY OF ACADEMIC AND ARTS INSTRUCTION DURING THE 2008-2009 AND 2009-2010 FISCAL YEARS, AND TO PROVIDE THAT A SCHOOL DISTRICT MAY NOT TRANSFER FUNDS REQUIRED FOR DEBT SERVICE OR BONDED INDEBTEDNESS; TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR FISCAL YEARS 2008-2009 AND 2009-2010 TO SUSPEND CERTAIN PROFESSIONAL STAFFING RATIOS AND EXPENDITURE REGULATIONS, TO DELAY THE DATE THAT TEACHER CONTRACTS ARE ISSUED, TO NEGOTIATE SALARIES FOR CERTAIN RETIRED TEACHERS BELOW THE SCHOOL DISTRICT SALARY SCHEDULE, AND TO FURLOUGH TEACHERS FOR UP TO FIVE NONINSTRUCTIONAL DAYS, PROVIDED THAT DISTRICT ADMINISTRATORS ARE FURLOUGHED FOR TWICE THE NUMBER OF DAYS; TO PROVIDE FURTHER MEASURES SCHOOL DISTRICTS AND EDUCATION-RELATED ENTITIES ARE ENCOURAGED TO TAKE TO MAXIMIZE RESOURCES; TO PROVIDE DISTRICT REPORTING REQUIREMENTS FOR COST-SAVING MEASURES UNDERTAKEN BY THE DISTRICT; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PROVIDE TO PUBLIC CHARTER SCHOOLS PUPIL ALLOCATION FOR EACH CATEGORICAL PROGRAM BEFORE IMPLEMENTING THESE FLEXIBILITY PROVISIONS; TO SUSPEND CERTAIN FORMATIVE ASSESSMENTS, TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO SUSPEND TEXTBOOK ADOPTIONS, AND TO ALLOW SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PURCHASE THE MOST ECONOMICAL TYPE OF BUS FUEL FOR THE 2008-2009 AND 2009-2010 FISCAL YEARS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE 2009-2010 FISCAL YEAR TO UTILIZE AT LEAST SIXTY-FIVE PERCENT OF ITS PER PUPIL EXPENDITURES WITHIN PROVIDED CATEGORIES OF INSTRUCTION WITH CERTAIN CONDITIONS, AND TO PROVIDE REPORTING REQUIREMENTS; TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS FOR THE 2009-2010 FISCAL YEAR TO MAINTAIN A TRANSACTION REGISTER THAT RECORDS CERTAIN EXPENDED FUNDS, TO PROVIDE WHAT THE REGISTER MUST INCLUDE, TO REQUIRE SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO PUBLISH THEIR CREDIT CARD STATEMENTS ON THEIR WEBSITES, AND TO REQUIRE THE COMPTROLLER GENERAL TO PUBLISH ON ITS WEBSITE CREDIT CARD INFORMATION OF SCHOOL DISTRICTS THAT DO NOT MAINTAIN THEIR OWN WEBSITES; AND TO SUSPEND SECTION 59-21-1030 OF THE 1976 CODE FOR THE 2008-2009 AND 2009-2010 FISCAL YEARS. - ratified title

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Title

Allow Local School Districts And Special Schools To Transfer Certain Funds Among Appropriated Revenues, Education Improvement Act Funds, Education Lottery Act Funds, And Funds Received From The Children's Education Endowment Fund In Order To Ensure The Delivery Of Academic And Arts Instruction During The 2008-2009 And 2009-2010 Fiscal Years, And To Provide That A School District May Not Transfer Funds Required For Debt Service Or Bonded Indebtedness; To Allow School Districts For Fiscal Years 2008-2009 And 2009-2010 To Suspend Certain Professional Staffing Ratios And Expenditure Regulations, To Delay The Date That Teacher Contracts Are Issued, To Negotiate Salaries For Certain Retired Teachers Below The School District Salary Schedule, And To Furlough Teachers For Up To Five Noninstructional Days, Provided That District Administrators Are Furloughed For Twice The Number Of Days; To Provide Further Measures School Districts And Education-related Entities Are Encouraged To Take To Maximize Resources; To Provide District Reporting Requirements For Cost-saving Measures Undertaken By The District; To Require School Districts To Provide To Public Charter Schools Pupil Allocation For Each Categorical Program Before Implementing These Flexibility Provisions; To Suspend Certain Formative Assessments, To Allow School Districts To Suspend Textbook Adoptions, And To Allow School Districts To Purchase The Most Economical Type Of Bus Fuel For The 2008-2009 And 2009-2010 Fiscal Years; To Require School Districts For The 2009-2010 Fiscal Year To Utilize At Least Sixty-five Percent Of Its Per Pupil Expenditures Within Provided Categories Of Instruction With Certain Conditions, And To Provide Reporting Requirements; To Require School Districts For The 2009-2010 Fiscal Year To Maintain A Transaction Register That Records Certain Expended Funds, To Provide What The Register Must Include, To Require School Districts To Publish Their Credit Card Statements On Their Websites, And To Require The Comptroller General To Publish On Its Website Credit Card Information Of School Districts That Do Not Maintain Their Own Websites; And To Suspend Section 59-21-1030 Of The 1976 Code For The 2008-2009 And 2009-2010 Fiscal Years. - Ratified Title

Sponsors

Rep. Paul Agnew [D]Sen. Karl Allen [D]Rep. Merita Allison [R]Rep. Carl Anderson [D]
Rep. Jimmy Bales [D]Rep. Bruce Bannister [R]Rep. Liston Barfield [R]Rep. James Battle [D]
Rep. Eric Bedingfield [R]Rep. Kenneth Bingham [R]Rep. Robert Brown [D]Rep. Alan Clemmons [R]
Rep. William Clyburn [D]Rep. Gilda Cobb-Hunter [D]Rep. Daniel Cooper [R]Rep. Chandra Dillard [D]
Rep. Tracy Edge [R]Rep. Marion Frye [R]Rep. Laurie Funderburk [D]Rep. Wendell Gilliard [D]
Rep. Jerry Govan [D]Rep. Nelson Hardwick [R]Rep. Cathy Harvin [D]Rep. Jackie Hayes [D]
Rep. George Hearn [R]Rep. William Herbkersman [R]Rep. Jenny Horne [R]Rep. Anne Hutto [D]
Rep. Kenneth Kennedy [D]Rep. Herbert Kirsh [D]Rep. Patsy Knight [D]Rep. Harry Limehouse [R]
Rep. Lanny Littlejohn [R]Sen. Dwight Loftis [R]Rep. James Lucas [R]Rep. David Mack [D]
Rep. James Merrill [R]Rep. Vida Miller [D]Rep. Wendy Nanney [R]Rep. Joseph Neal [D]
Rep. Denny Neilson [D]Rep. Harry Ott [D]Rep. Phillip Owens [R]Rep. Steve Parker [R]
Rep. Lewis Pinson [R]Rep. Edward Pitts [R]Rep. Michael Pitts [R]Sen. Rex Rice [R]
Rep. Donald Smith [R]Rep. Garry Smith [R]Rep. James Smith [D]Rep. James Roland Smith [R]
Rep. Murrell Smith [R]Rep. Michael Sottile [R]Rep. Leonidas Stavrinakis [D]Rep. James Stewart [R]
Rep. Tommy Stringer [R]Rep. David Umphlett [R]Rep. Ted Vick [D]Rep. Jackson Whipper [D]
Rep. Brian White [R]Rep. William Whitmire [R]Rep. Robert Williams [D]Rep. Mark Willis [R]
Rep. William Wylie [R]Rep. Annette Young [R]Sen. Thomas Young [R]

History

DateChamberAction
2009-07-21 Act No. 86
2009-04-09 Effective date 04/07/09
2009-04-07 Signed By Governor
2009-04-02 Ratified R 14
2009-04-01 Concurred in Senate amendment and enrolled HJ-27
2009-03-31 Read third time and returned to House with amendments SJ-36
2009-03-27 Scrivener's error corrected
2009-03-26 Read second time SJ-27
2009-03-26 Amended SJ-27
2009-03-26 Scrivener's error corrected
2009-03-25 Special order, set for March 25, 2009 SJ-96
2009-03-25 Committee Amendment Amended and Adopted SJ-81
2009-03-24 Scrivener's error corrected
2009-03-19 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Finance SJ-3
2009-02-24 Referred to Committee on Finance SJ-10
2009-02-24 Introduced and read first time SJ-10
2009-02-19 Scrivener's error corrected
2009-02-19 Read third time and sent to Senate HJ-18
2009-02-18 Read second time HJ-24
2009-02-18 Debate interrupted HJ-22
2009-02-18 Amended HJ-16
2009-02-18 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bales, Umphlett
2009-02-17 Debate interrupted HJ-28
2009-02-17 Amended HJ-15
2009-02-17 Requests for debate-Rep(s). Crawford HJ-15
2009-02-17 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: J.E.Smith, Clemmons, Agnew, Bedingfield, Williams, Vick, Horne
2009-02-12 Scrivener's error corrected
2009-02-12 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Bannister, Dillard, Stringer, Allen, Nanney, Govan, Parker, Frye, Hardwick, Hearn
2009-02-11 Committee report: Favorable with amendment Ways and Means HJ-2
2009-02-11 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Cobb-Hunter, J.H.Neal, Clyburn, G.M.Smith, Kennedy, Herbkersman, Merrill, Bingham, Ott, J.R.Smith, A.D.Young, Kirsh, Lucas, Littlejohn, Edge, Limehouse, M.A.Pitts, Loftis, D.C.Smith, Pinson
2009-02-10 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: T.R.Young
2009-02-05 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Willis, Neilson
2009-02-04 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Hutto, G.R.Smith, Knight
2009-02-03 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: White, Stavrinakis, Miller, Anderson, Battle, Hayes, Gilliard, Sottile, Mack, Harvin, Whipper
2009-01-29 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Wylie, Allison, E.H.Pitts, R.L.Brown
2009-01-28 Member(s) request name added as sponsor: Funderburk, Rice
2009-01-27 Referred to Committee on Ways and Means HJ-19
2009-01-27 Introduced and read first time HJ-19

Same As/Similar To

S0379 (Similar To) 2009-02-04 - Referred to Subcommittee: Peeler (ch), Setzler, Matthews, Hayes

Code Citations

ChapterArticleSectionCitation TypeStatute Text
59211030(n/a)See Bill Text

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