FINAL BILL REPORT

                   SB 5806

                          C 121 L 95

                      Synopsis as Enacted

Brief Description:  Allowing the superintendent of public instruction to delay the time at which school district budgets are made public if the state's operating budget is not finally approved before June 1st.

Sponsors:  Senators Johnson and McAuliffe.

Senate Committee on Education

House Committee on Education

Background:  School districts must follow a timeline provided in state law when preparing, adopting and filing the district's annual budget.  Each school district must prepare its budget for the upcoming fiscal year before July 10.  Second-class districts must submit their budgets to the educational service district by July 15 for review and comment.  First-class school districts must submit their budgets to the educational service district by July 20 for review and comment.

School districts' budgets are based on funds appropriated by the Legislature in the state's operating budget.  Sometimes the operating budget is not passed by the Legislature, and signed by the Governor until after June 1.

Summary: All school districts must submit their budgets to the appropriate educational service district by July 10 for review and comment.  If the state's operating budget is not approved until after June 1, the Superintendent of Public Instruction has the authority to delay the date when each district must submit its district budget to the educational service district.

Votes on Final Passage:

Senate    46 0

House     97 0

Effective:  April 20, 1995