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MS SB2411
Bill
AI Summary
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Amends Section 37-61-9 of Mississippi Code to revise the administrative spending cap for school districts to $150,000 plus 4% of each school district's expenditures annually.
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Applies the cap to central administration costs including salaries and fringe benefits from non-federal revenue sources across ten specified expenditure functions (general administration, board services, executive administration, business services, fiscal services, purchasing, warehousing, printing, and other support services).
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Allows school districts to exclude costs that generate net savings offsetting other budget expenditures, subject to approval by the State Department of Education's Office of Educational Accountability.
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Exempts districts with five or fewer full-time administrative employees and those that achieved comparable reductions in administrative costs during the five-year period prior to school year 1993-1994, with additional exemptions available if application would jeopardize fiscal integrity or educational service delivery.
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Limits mandatory annual expenditure reductions to 25% per year for districts required to comply with the spending cap.
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Takes effect July 1, 2017.
Legislative Description
School district cap on budget expenditures for administrative costs; revise.
Last Action
Died In Committee
1/31/2017