HB0223 Summary

• Eliminates requirement for school boards to publish detailed annual summaries of financial statements in newspapers, including listings of payments over $2,500 and named personnel by salary category.

• Requires school boards to publish a notice stating that the annual statement of affairs is available on the State Board of Education's website and in the district's main administrative office.

• Maintains requirement that school boards submit the complete statement of affairs to the State Board of Education for posting on its website by December 1 annually.

• Allows the State Board of Education to discontinue payment processing for districts not in compliance with publication requirements, with compliance deadline of December 15.

• Takes effect immediately upon enactment.