Rep. Daniel Didech

Filed: 3/4/2024

 

 


 

 


 
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AMENDMENT TO HOUSE BILL 4622

2    AMENDMENT NO. ______. Amend House Bill 4622 by replacing
3everything after the enacting clause with the following:
 
4    "Section 1. Short title. This Act may be cited as the Local
5School District Mandate Note Act.
 
6    Section 5. Local school district mandate note. Every bill
7that imposes or could impose a mandate on local school
8districts, upon the request of any member, shall have prepared
9for it, before second reading in the house of introduction, a
10brief explanatory statement or note that shall include a
11reliable estimate of the anticipated fiscal and operational
12impact of those mandates on local school districts.
 
13    Section 10. Preparation. The sponsor of each bill for
14which a request under Section 5 has been made shall present a
15copy of the bill with the request for a local school district

 

 

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1mandate note to the State Board of Education. The State Board
2of Education shall prepare and submit the note to the sponsor
3of the bill within 5 calendar days. After a request under
4Section 5 has been made and before the State Board of Education
5submits the note to the sponsor of the bill, local school
6districts may, through a website maintained by the State Board
7of Education, submit explanatory statements that may include a
8reliable estimate of the anticipated fiscal, operational, and
9other impacts of the proposed mandate on the local school
10district. The State Board of Education shall develop and
11maintain a website to accept submissions from local school
12districts under this Section. The note submitted to the
13sponsor of the bill under this Section shall only include the
14submissions from local school districts. Nothing in this
15Section shall impose any responsibility on the State Board of
16Education except to develop and maintain a website, accept
17submissions from local school districts, and submit a note to
18the sponsor of the bill containing the submissions from local
19school districts.
 
20    Section 15. Requisites and contents. The note shall be
21factual, brief, and concise and it shall include the immediate
22effect and, if determinable or reasonably foreseeable, the
23long term effect of the measure on local school districts. If,
24after careful investigation, it is determined that an effect
25is not ascertainable, the note shall contain a statement to

 

 

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1that effect, setting forth the reasons why no ascertainable
2effect can be given.
 
3    Section 20. Comment or opinion; technical or mechanical
4defects. No comment or opinion shall be included in the note
5with regard to the merits of the measure for which the note is
6prepared; however, technical or mechanical defects may be
7noted.
 
8    Section 25. Appearance of State officials and employees in
9support or opposition of measure. The fact that a local school
10district mandate note is prepared for any bill shall not
11preclude or restrict the appearance before any committee of
12the General Assembly of any official or authorized employee of
13the State Board of Education, or any other impacted State
14agency, who desires to be heard in support of or in opposition
15to the measure.".