1E Relating to education policy including general education, education excellence, special programs, facilities and technology, and student transportation

ARTICLE 1 - GENERAL EDUCATION

Modifying certain permanent school fund calculation of income procedures; modifying certain definitions relating to aid to nonpublic students; establishing certain school district requirements relating to capital project levy referendums; amending certain definitions relating to special education excess cost aid; establishing certain requirements relating to sparsity revenue for school districts closing facilities; modifying procedures for calculating school district retired employee health benefits; repealing certain career and technical levy provisions

ARTICLE 2 - EDUCATION EXCELLENCE

Adjusting certain statewide testing procedures; modifying certain student performance data; specifying certain school accountability data release procedures; modifying the definition of a highly qualified teacher; modifying district eligibility for concurrent enrollment program aid; modifying certain provisions relating to charter schools

ARTICLE 3 - SPECIAL PROGRAMS

Modifying the definition of a child with a disability; modifying certain education and transportation aspects relating to the placement of children with and without a disability who have a short-term or temporary physical or emotional illness or disability; repealing the interagency office on transitional services

ARTICLE 4 - FACILITIES AND TECHNOLOGY

Modifying the process for capital expenditure health and safety revenue; requiring applications be accompanied by descriptions; establishing an appeals process; modifying the definition; modifying certain review and comment and school facility commissioning procedures; clarifying school district health and safety revenue application procedure

ARTICLE 5 - ACCOUNTING

Modifying process for reducing state aid for certain violations; requiring state education aid payments to be made directly to schools earning state aid revenues

ARTICLE 6 - STUDENT TRANSPORTATION

Exempting certain school districts contracting for transportation services from the standard cost allocation method for authorized and nonauthorized transportation categories under certain conditions
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