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Bill Would Require State Board to Report Unfunded Financial Impact of Rules; Board Chair Says Process Already Seeks Stakeholder Input
Summary
Representative Rick Ladd proposed HB 718 to require the State Board of Education to report the unfunded financial impact on school districts when board rules exceed federal or state minimums. The Board chair said rulemaking currently seeks stakeholder input but said the department lacks in‑house capacity to produce quantified fiscal analyses for
Representative Rick Ladd presented HB 718, a bill that would require the State Board of Education to report the unfunded financial impact to school districts of any board rules that exceed state or federal minimum standards.
Ladd said the state law currently requires the board to report the existence of rules that exceed minimum standards and to explain the rationale for exceeding standards, but the bill would add a requirement to report the estimated unfunded cost to local districts. “What I've heard from a number of folks in the field ... when we adopt these rules, what is the corresponding cost to…
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