Report Title:

Education Omnibus Reform

 

Description:

Provides greater autonomy to DOE in budget and personnel management. Decentralizes certain administrative functions of DOE. Requires a percentage of GET revenues to be deposited into special fund for DOE's operating budget.

THE SENATE

S.B. NO.

2928

TWENTY-FIRST LEGISLATURE, 2002

 

STATE OF HAWAII

 


 

A BILL FOR AN ACT

 

relating to education.

 

BE IT ENACTED BY THE LEGISLATURE OF THE STATE OF HAWAII:

PART I. FINANCIAL MANAGEMENT

SECTION 1. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding three new sections to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§302A-   Area incentive programs. Area administrative units shall create and develop financial and other incentives for schools within their respective complexes. These incentives shall be designed to encourage greater performance and achievements in various academic areas.

§302A-   Reduction of red tape. Any law to the contrary notwithstanding, the superintendent may waive the application of any department rule upon the request of an area administrative unit or a school principal in order to reduce unnecessary or redundant paperwork or to increase efficiency by bypassing specific departmental policies or routines. The application for a waiver shall be made as required by the superintendent.

§302A-   Educational, office, and custodial supplies; debit card system. (a) The department shall provide each public school with a designated amount of funds to be used at the discretion of the school principal to purchase educational, office, and custodial supplies. Funds shall be allocated to schools based on each school's student population, with adjustments for each school's unique needs.

(b) Funds shall be placed in separate accounts for each public school and shall be made available to school principals through a debit card system. Under this system, the department shall make a debit card available to each principal or principal's designee to purchase educational, office, and custodial supplies from commercial vendors at the discretion of the principal."

SECTION 2. Section 37-34, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§37-34 Appropriations available for allotment; estimate of expenses. (a) No appropriation to which the allotment system is applicable shall become available to any department or establishment for expenditure during any allotment period until the department or establishment submits an estimate to the director of finance, at whatever time prior to the beginning of the allotment period and in whatever form as the director may prescribe, of the amount required to carry on the work of the department or establishment during that period and until the estimate is approved, increased, or decreased by the director and funds are allotted pursuant to section 37-35.

(b) Before appropriations for the University of Hawaii become available to the university, the university shall advise the governor and the director of finance of the amount necessary for payments for financing agreements under chapter 37D, the governor, with the assistance of the director of finance, as may be necessary, shall establish allotment ceilings for each source of funding of all of the appropriations of the University of Hawaii for each allotment period and shall advise the university of these determinations.

(c) Before appropriations for the department of education become available to the department, the department shall advise the governor and the director of finance of the amount necessary for payments for financing agreements under chapter 37D. The governor, with the assistance of the director of finance, as may be necessary, shall establish allotment ceilings for each source of funding of all of the appropriations of the department of education for each allotment period and shall advise the department of education of these determinations.

[(c)] (d) Any other law to the contrary notwithstanding, general fund appropriations for the operating expenses of public health facilities shall be made available to the public health facilities for expenditure during any allotment period."

SECTION 3. Section 37-35, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§37-35 Estimated expenditures; approval. (a) The director of finance shall review all estimates submitted under section 37-34 and, having due regard for:

(1) The probable further needs of the department or establishment for the remainder of the term for which the appropriation was made;

(2) The terms and purposes of the appropriation, the progress of collection of revenues, and condition of the treasury; and

(3) The probable receipts and total cash requirements for the ensuing quarter, shall approve, increase, or reduce the amount of the estimate[;

provided that the].

(b) The director of finance shall approve [the] estimates submitted by the University of Hawaii and the department of education when:

(1) The sum of the estimates for each funding source does not exceed the applicable allotment ceilings established by the governor under section 37-34;

(2) The progress of collection of revenues, the condition of the treasury, and the probable receipts and total cash requirements for the ensuing quarter permit; and

(3) All other legal requirements are satisfied.

(c) The director shall act promptly upon all estimates and notify each department or establishment of its allotment, and shall notify the comptroller."

SECTION 4. Section 37-36, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (a) to read as follows:

"(a) The director of finance may modify or amend any previous allotment upon notice to the department or establishment concerned; provided that:

(1) For the University of Hawaii[,] or the department of education, the director of finance may modify or amend any previous allotment only upon application of or notice to the university[,] or department of education, as applicable, and upon public declaration, which shall be made ten days prior to the modification or amendment taking effect;

(2) The modification or amendment shall be made only to avoid an illegal result or in anticipation of a revenue shortfall;

(3) No deficit or undue reduction of funds to meet future needs of the department or establishment will result from the modification or amendment; and

(4) No modification or amendment shall reduce an allotment below the amount required to meet valid obligations or commitments previously incurred against the allotted funds."

SECTION 5. Section 37-37, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by amending subsection (b) to read as follows:

"(b) For the University of Hawaii[,] or the department of education, when the director of finance determines at any time that the probable receipts from taxes or any other sources for any appropriation will be less than was anticipated, and that consequently the amount available for the remainder of the term of the appropriation or for any allotment period will be less than the amount estimated or allotted therefor, the director shall advise the governor of the situation, and the governor shall redetermine the allotment ceiling for the affected source or sources of funding pursuant to section 37-34, and shall advise the university or department of education, as applicable, and make a public declaration ten days prior to the effective date of the redetermination. The university[,] or department of education, as applicable, not more than twenty days after the governor's notification, shall submit revised estimates consistent with the governor's redetermination to the director of finance. Otherwise, the director of finance shall modify, amend, or reduce any allotment of the university or the department of education to comply with the governor's redetermination; provided that no reduction shall reduce any allotted amount below the amount required to meet valid obligations or commitments previously incurred against the allotted funds."

SECTION 6. Section 37-53, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§37-53 Transfer of special funds. At any time during a fiscal year, notwithstanding any other law to the contrary, any department may, with the approval of the governor or the director of finance if so delegated by the governor, transfer from any special fund relating to such department to the general revenues of the State all or any portion of moneys determined to be in excess of fiscal year requirements for such special fund, except for special funds under the control of the department of transportation relating to highways, airports, transportation use, and harbors activities, special funds under the control of the Hawaii health systems corporation, special funds under the control of the department of education, and special funds of the University of Hawaii. At any time the department of transportation, with the approval of the governor or the director of finance if so delegated by the governor, may transfer from any special fund under the control of the department of transportation, or from any account within any such special fund, to the general revenues of the State or to any other special fund under the control of the department of transportation all or any portion of moneys determined to be in excess of requirements for the ensuing twelve months determined as prescribed by rules adopted pursuant to chapter 91; provided that no such transfer shall be made which would cause a violation of federal law or federal grant agreements."

SECTION 7. Section 302A-1102, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1102[]] Department of education; statewide and regional administrative services. (a) The department shall serve as the central regulatory and support system responsible for the overall [administration] execution of statewide educational policy, including the interpretation[,] and [development] implementation of standards for compliance with state and federal laws, and [coordination and] preparation of a [systemwide] statewide budget for the public [schools.] school system.

(b) The department [may] shall establish [regional] area administrative units consisting of school complexes to [provide administrative support to the schools for] deliver personnel, fiscal, and procurement services. The department shall transfer personnel, as needed, to the area administrative units, which shall be physically located at the various school complexes. The area administrative units shall be responsible, in collaboration with school community-based management councils, and with the assistance of district business and fiscal officers, for implementing repair and maintenance projects. The [regional] area administrative units may also be assigned responsibility for the delivery of instructional support services, including curriculum development, student assessment, staff development, and the administration [and operation] of special education programs and special schools."

SECTION 8. Section 302A-1124, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1124[]] [Mandate to initiate school/community-based] School/community-based management system[.]; councils; powers and responsibilities. [The department, through the board and its superintendent, shall formulate policies, including criteria and procedures to determine which schools and learning support centers shall participate in the system, to initiate a school/community-based management system in the public schools.] (a) There is established within the department a school/community-based management system. The system shall consist of councils comprising of parents and other community stakeholders and employees of the department. There shall be one school/community-based management council for each school complex in the State. The superintendent shall determine the composition of the councils; provided that parents and stakeholders shall comprise the majority on each council. The superintendent shall assign departmental personnel to the councils as necessary to facilitate the duties of the councils as specified in this section.

(b) The school/community-based management councils shall be responsible for establishing policies for their respective school complexes. The policies shall be implemented by school principals. The councils shall limit their policymaking to issues of specific importance to each complex, and shall not address issues of statewide importance. The councils shall also help to expedite the needs of schools within each complex, including but not limited to:

(1) Procurement of supplies;

(2) Textbook supply and replacement;

(3) Classroom cleaning; and

(4) Beautification efforts.

School/community-based management councils shall also be responsible for reviewing and submitting initial proposals for repair and maintenance and capital improvement projects for schools within their respective complexes.

(c) Parent and stakeholder members of the school/community-based management councils shall be provided with training by the department to enhance their ability to serve on the council."

SECTION 9. Section 302A-1301, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1301[]] School system financial accountability. (a) Beginning with the 1995-1997 fiscal biennium, the department's administrative expenditures shall not exceed 6.5 per cent of the total department operating budget unless approved by the legislature.

(b) The department [shall not] may transfer any funds appropriated [under the school-based budgeting program EDN 100 of the state budget, except for unforeseeable circumstances that pose a threat to the health and safety of personnel and students, and subject to approval by the governor and] under one EDN program I.D. to another EDN program I.D. after notification to the legislature[.] and board of education; provided that the department may not exceed allotment ceilings established under section 37-34."

SECTION 10. Section 302A-1104, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

["[§302A-1104] Learning support centers. Beginning with the 1995-1996 school year and until June 30, 1999, school-level support for curriculum and instruction shall be provided through learning support centers to be governed by schools within each complex. The centers shall assist school personnel in the delivery of instructional services by providing support through curriculum development, student assessment, staff development, and resource allocation. The types of services offered and the manner in which these services are provided by the centers, as well as the prioritization and allocation of available resources, shall be determined by policies established by each complex. Any regional administrative units established by the department shall be assigned all administrative functions and provide administrative support to the learning support centers."]

SECTION 11. Section 302A-1303, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

["[§302A-1303] School budget, general fund. The salaries of the superintendent, teachers, office force, and all other employees of the department, and all items of general expense, including books, materials, supplies, and equipment, shall be included in the departmental estimate in such form and detail as the director of finance shall require, together with such statistical and supporting data as the director may request."]

SECTION 12. Section 302A-1304, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

["[§302A-1304] Department of education storeroom; revolving fund. There shall be a storeroom established by the department to provide schools a source for commonly used educational, office, and custodial supplies. There is established a revolving fund to be known as the "storeroom revolving fund", into which shall be deposited the receipts from charges made to schools for the supplies and cost of issuing the supplies from the storeroom and transfers from other accounts or funds. Receipts and transfers deposited into the storeroom revolving fund may be expended to purchase educational, office, and custodial supplies, and equipment and services needed to operate the storeroom. Balances in excess of $400,000 at the end of each fiscal year shall lapse into the general fund."]

SECTION 13. Section 302A-1306, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

["[§302A-1306] School priority program; established. (a) There is established within the department a school priority program to augment regular instruction and other educational services at the discretion of the individual public schools. Further, it is the intent of the legislature that the school priority program promote the equitable distribution of educational resources statewide, strengthen the scope of decisionmaking, increase flexibility in resource allocation at the school level, and provide a systematic method of conforming resource allocation to the unique needs and priorities of individual schools.

(b) All moneys to carry out the purposes of the school priority program under this section to section 302A-1309 shall be allocated by the legislature through appropriations out of the state general fund.

(c) The department shall include in its budgetary request for each upcoming fiscal period, the amounts necessary to effectuate the purposes of this section to section 302A-1309."]

SECTION 14. Section 302A-1307, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

["[§302A-1307] Distribution of resources. The superintendent shall allot the moneys of the school priority program to the school districts based on enrollment. In the allotment of positions to the districts, the superintendent shall calculate each district's entitlement based on enrollment and may deploy one instructional resource augmentation position for each two hundred fifty students enrolled in each school; provided that all positions shall be deployed."]

SECTION 15. Section 302A-1308, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

["[§302A-1308] Use of resources by schools. School principals shall consult with teachers, parents, and students to solicit their advice on the use of moneys and positions. Prior to expending moneys and implementing position assignments, principals shall submit plans for the use of the moneys and positions to their district superintendents who shall review the plans for conformance with departmental policies and rules. Upon approval of the plans, moneys may be expended by the principals for supplies, textbooks, equipment, and services. Positions may be used to meet the unique needs of the schools."]

SECTION 16. Section 302A-1309, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is repealed.

["[§302A-1309] Departmental controls. The superintendent shall develop and implement appropriate planning procedures and follow-up accountability reports, without regard to chapter 91, to ensure sound planning, control, and accountability in the use of moneys allocated by the legislature to the school priority program. The procedures and reports, however, shall recognize the need for providing the schools latitude and discretion to determine their needs and priorities, and shall avoid imposing undue amounts of paperwork and administrative burdens on the schools.

The department shall submit an annual report to the legislature, which shall include but not be limited to an accounting of how funds were used by the schools."]

PART II. HUMAN RESOURCE MANAGEMENT

SECTION 17. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§302A-   Principals who opt out of collective bargaining; training and bonuses. (a) Any principal who chooses not to be included in bargaining unit (6), pursuant to section 89-6, shall negotiate any employment issues directly with the superintendent, and shall consent to participate in in-service administrative training, as required by the department. The department shall develop an administrative professional development training program for principals who choose to opt out of their bargaining unit.

(b) Principals who choose not to be included in a bargaining unit and who consent to participate in the administrative training program shall be given a one-time cash bonus by the department in the amount of $20,000."

SECTION 18. Section 89-2, Hawaii Revised Statutes is amended by amending the definition of "employer" to read:

""Employer" or "public employer" means the governor in the case of the State the respective mayors in the case of the counties, the chief justice of the supreme court in the case of the judiciary, the board of education in the case of the department of education, the board of regents in the case of the University of Hawaii, the Hawaii health systems corporation board in the case of the Hawaii health systems corporation, and any individual who represents one of these employers or acts in their interest in dealing with public employees. In the case of bargaining unit (5), as defined in section 89-6, the superintendent of education shall be the employer. In the case of the judiciary, the administrative director of the courts shall be the employer in lieu of the chief justice for purposes which the chief justice determines would be prudent or necessary to avoid conflict."

SECTION 19. Section 89-6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§89-6 Appropriate bargaining units. (a) All employees throughout the State within any of the following categories shall constitute an appropriate bargaining unit:

(1) Nonsupervisory employees in blue collar positions;

(2) Supervisory employees in blue collar positions;

(3) Nonsupervisory employees in white collar positions;

(4) Supervisory employees in white collar positions;

(5) Teachers and other personnel of the department of education under the same pay schedule, including part-time employees working less than twenty hours a week who are equal to one-half of a full-time equivalent;

(6) Educational officers and other personnel of the department of education under the same pay schedule;

(7) Faculty of the University of Hawaii and the community college system;

(8) Personnel of the University of Hawaii and the community college system, other than faculty;

(9) Registered professional nurses;

(10) Institutional, health, and correctional workers;

(11) Firefighters;

(12) Police officers; and

(13) Professional and scientific employees, who cannot be included in any of the other bargaining units.

(b) Because of the nature of work involved and the essentiality of certain occupations that require specialized training, supervisory employees who are eligible for inclusion in units (9) through (13) shall be included in units (9) through (13), respectively, instead of unit (2) or (4).

(c) School principals in bargaining unit (6) shall be allowed to remove themselves from that unit and bargain directly with the superintendent of education on an individual basis; provided that principals who choose to:

(1) Opt out of their bargaining unit shall participate in in-service training as required by the department of education;

(2) Opt out of bargaining unit (6) shall be paid a one-time salary bonus by the department of education as provided in section 302A-  ; and

(3) Opt out of their bargaining unit may not join their bargaining unit at a later time.

[(c)] (d) The classification systems of each jurisdiction shall be the bases for differentiating blue collar from white collar employees, professional from institutional, health and correctional workers, supervisory from nonsupervisory employees, teachers from educational officers, and faculty from nonfaculty. In differentiating supervisory from nonsupervisory employees, class titles alone shall not be the basis for determination. The nature of the work, including whether a major portion of the working time of a supervisory employee is spent as part of a crew or team with nonsupervisory employees, shall be considered also.

[(d)] (e) For the purpose of negotiating a collective bargaining agreement, the public employer of an appropriate bargaining unit shall mean [the]:

(1) The governor together with the following employers:

[(1)] (A) For bargaining units (1), (2), (3), (4), (9), (10), and (13), the governor shall have six votes and the mayors, the chief justice, and the Hawaii health systems corporation board shall each have one vote if they have employees in the particular bargaining unit;

[(2)] (B) For bargaining units (11) and (12), the governor shall have four votes and the mayors shall each have one vote;

[(3)] (C) For bargaining [units (5) and] unit (6), the governor shall have three votes, the board of education shall have two votes, and the superintendent of education shall have one vote; and

[(4)] (D) For bargaining units (7) and (8), the governor shall have three votes, the board of regents of the University of Hawaii shall have two votes, and the president of the University of Hawaii shall have one vote[.]; or

(2) The superintendent of education or the superintendent's designated representative in the case of bargaining unit (5).

Any decision to be reached by the applicable employer group shall be on the basis of simple majority, except when a bargaining unit includes county employees from more than one county. In such case, the simple majority shall include at least one county.

[(e)] (f) In addition to a collective bargaining agreement under subsection [(d),] (e), each employer may negotiate, independently of one another, supplemental agreements that apply to their respective employees; provided that any supplemental agreement reached between the employer and the exclusive representative shall not extend beyond the term of the applicable collective bargaining agreement and shall not require ratification by employees in the bargaining unit.

[(f)] (g) The following individuals shall not be included in any appropriate bargaining unit or be entitled to coverage under this chapter:

(1) Elected or appointed official;

(2) Member of any board or commission;

(3) Top-level managerial and administrative personnel, including the department head, deputy or assistant to a department head, administrative officer, director, or chief of a state or county agency or major division, and legal counsel;

(4) Secretary to top-level managerial and administrative personnel under paragraph (3);

(5) Individual concerned with confidential matters affecting employee-employer relations;

(6) Part-time employee working less than twenty hours per week, except part-time employees included in unit (5);

(7) Temporary employee of three months' duration or less;

(8) Employee of the executive office of the governor or a household employee at Washington Place;

(9) Employee of the executive office of the lieutenant governor;

(10) Employee of the executive office of the mayor;

(11) Staff of the legislative branch of the State;

(12) Staff of the legislative branches of the counties, except employees of the clerks' offices of the counties;

(13) Any commissioned and enlisted personnel of the Hawaii national guard;

(14) Inmate, kokua, patient, ward or student of a state institution;

(15) Student help; or

(16) Staff of the Hawaii labor relations board.

[(g)] (h) Where any controversy arises under this section, the board shall, pursuant to chapter 91, make an investigation and, after a hearing upon due notice, make a final determination on the applicability of this section to specific individuals, employees, or positions."

SECTION 20. Section 89-10.6, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§89-10.6 School/community-based management waiver. A school [or a learning support center] participating in the school community-based management program may initiate a waiver from policies, rules, or procedures, including collective bargaining agreements, as provided for in section 302A-1126."

SECTION 21. Section 302A-1115, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1115[]] Reallocation of vacant positions. (a) [To promote decentralization and facilitate restructuring of the department, the department of education, without regard to the position variance requirements of the department of budget and finance,] Notwithstanding any law to the contrary, the department of education may:

(1) Reallocate existing vacant positions throughout the department;

(2) Directly authorize and implement internal reorganization actions;

(3) Reassign employee duties;

(4) Authorize position classifications; and

(5) Conduct recruitment;

provided that [any action taken pursuant to this section shall be to redirect resources from the state and district offices to the individual schools and learning support centers.] any action taken pursuant to this section shall be subject to applicable appropriation and allocation ceilings.

[(b) The governor, the department of human resources development, and the department of budget and finance shall facilitate, expedite, and assist the department of education in the implementation of its decentralization and staffing reallocation plan.

(c)] (b) The department of education shall submit an annual report of reallocations to the department of budget and finance by December 31 of each year."

SECTION 22. Section 302A-1116, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1116[]] Authority to create temporary and permanent positions. [The] Nothwithstanding any law to the contrary, the department may create temporary and permanent positions as it deems necessary[;] and shall not be subject to any rules or requirements set by the department of budget and finance or the department of human resource development relating to the creation of temporary and permanent positions; provided that:

(1) The department's expenditures shall not exceed [its allocated budget;] applicable allocation and appropriation ceilings; and

[(2)  The term of each position shall not exceed one year; and

(3)] (2) The department shall report the creation of temporary and permanent positions to the department of budget and finance."

SECTION 23. Section 302A-1126, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"[[]§302A-1126[]] Waiver of policy, rule, or procedures. Any state agency that may be required to act under state law on a matter affecting an individual school[,] or its school community[, or a learning support center] shall waive otherwise applicable policies, rules, or procedures when requested to do so by a school [or a learning support center] participating in the school/community-based management system unless the agency, within thirty days, can justify a denial to the appropriate authority. The board shall adopt procedures necessary to process waivers initiated by schools [or learning support centers] subject to the school/community-based management system. This section shall apply to collective bargaining agreements as provided for in all relevant collective bargaining agreements negotiated pursuant to chapter 89."

PART III. BUDGET; GENERAL EXCISE TAX

SECTION 24. Chapter 302A, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended by adding a new section to be appropriately designated and to read as follows:

"§302A-   Department of education operating budget special fund. (a) There is created in the treasury of the State, the department of education operating budget special fund, into which shall be deposited:

(1) A portion of all general excise tax revenues collected by the department of taxation, as specified under section 237-31;

(2) Appropriations by the legislature; and

(3) Any other revenues derived from department activities.

(b) The special fund shall be used to fund the annual operating budget of the department of education. The director of finance shall administer the special fund.

(c) Moneys in the special fund may be placed in interest bearing accounts or otherwise invested by the department. All interest accruing from the investment of these moneys shall be credited to the special fund."

SECTION 25. Section 237-31, Hawaii Revised Statutes, is amended to read as follows:

"§237-31 Remittances. All remittances of taxes imposed by this chapter shall be made by money, bank draft, check, cashier's check, money order, or certificate of deposit to the office of the department of taxation to which the return was transmitted. The department shall issue its receipts therefor to the taxpayer and shall pay the moneys into the state treasury as a state realization, to be kept and accounted for as provided by law; provided that:

(1) The sum from all general excise tax revenues realized by the State that represents the difference between $45,000,000 and the proceeds from the sale of any general obligation bonds authorized for that fiscal year for the purposes of the state educational facilities improvement special fund shall be deposited in the state treasury in each fiscal year to the credit of the state educational facilities improvement special fund;

(2) A sum, not to exceed $5,000,000, from all general excise tax revenues realized by the State shall be deposited in the state treasury in each fiscal year to the credit of the compound interest bond reserve fund; [and]

(3) A sum, not to exceed the amount necessary to meet the obligations of the integrated tax information management systems performance-based contract may be retained and deposited in the state treasury to the credit of the integrated tax information management systems special fund. The sum retained by the director of taxation for deposit to the integrated tax information [management] systems special fund for each fiscal year shall be limited to amounts appropriated by the legislature. This paragraph shall be repealed on July 1, 2004[.]; and

(4) A sum, equal to      per cent of all general excise tax revenues realized by the State to be deposited into the department of education operating budget special fund."

SECTION 26. Any funds remaining in the storeroom revolving fund pursuant to section 302A-1304, Hawaii Revised Statutes, as of July 1, 2002, shall be transferred to EDN300 to pay for encumbrances as of July 1, 2002.

SECTION 27. Upon the approval of this Act, any funds allocated to the school priority funds shall be reallocated by the superintendent to the school-based budgeting program EDN 100.

SECTION 28. This Act shall take effect on July 1, 2002.

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