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MS SB2092

Bill

Status

Failed

1/30/2018

Primary Sponsor

Gray Tollison

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Origin

Senate

2018 Regular Session

AI Summary

  • Amends Section 37-61-9 of the Mississippi Code to revise the administrative expenditure limit for school districts to $150,000 plus 4% of each district's expenditures per year.

  • Defines "administration costs" as salaries and fringe benefits for central administration from non-federal revenue sources in specified expenditure functions including general administration, board services, executive administration, and business services.

  • Allows school districts to exclude costs that demonstrably result in net savings by reducing expenditures in non-administration functions, subject to approval by the Office of Educational Accountability.

  • Exempts districts with 5 or fewer full-time central administration employees and allows the State Board of Education to grant exemptions if the cap would jeopardize fiscal integrity or educational service delivery.

  • Takes effect July 1, 2018, with a requirement that districts reduce expenditures no more than 25% in any single year to comply with the mandate.

Legislative Description

School district cap on budget expenditures for administrative costs; revise.

Last Action

Died In Committee

1/30/2018

Committee Referrals

Education1/4/2018

Full Bill Text

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