Plain English Breakdown
The official source states that reimbursement is conditional ('if' the Commission determines costs exist), so it cannot be guaranteed.
Training Requirement for School Board Members on Finance Laws
This law requires school board members and charter school leaders to take training courses about K–12 public education finance laws.
What This Bill Does
- Requires local educational agency officials to receive training in K–12 public education school finance laws.
- Sets specific timelines for when the training must be completed.
- Allows schools or groups of schools to offer or arrange the training methods.
- Directs the County Office Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistance Team to create a required curriculum on these topics.
- Requires local educational agencies to keep records showing that officials finished the training.
Who It Names or Affects
- Regular members of school district governing boards
- Members of county boards of education
- Regular members of charter school governing bodies
- Nonprofit public benefit corporations operating a charter school
Terms To Know
- Local educational agency official
- A regular member of a school district board, county board of education, or the leadership group of a charter school.
- K–12 public education school finance laws
- The rules and regulations that control how money is managed in public schools from kindergarten through 12th grade.
Limits and Unknowns
- Reimbursement to local agencies depends on a future decision by the Commission on State Mandates about whether costs exist.
- The specific dates for training completion are set by the bill but not listed in this summary text.