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HJ 780 Study; granting fiscal autonomy to elected school boards.

Introduced by: Robert Tata | all patrons    ...    notes | add to my profiles

SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED:

Study; Implications of granting fiscal autonomy to elected school boards. Directs the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to study, as a component of its examination of elementary and secondary education funding, the implications of granting fiscal autonomy to elected school boards in the Commonwealth. This resolution provides some of the background concerning elected school boards in Virginia, e.g., local referenda on direct citizen election of school boards were just authorized in 1992 and approximately two-thirds of the Commonwealth's school boards are elected at this time. Because Virginia's constitution vests supervision of schools in school boards and fiscal responsibility in local governing bodies, differences between school boards and local governing bodies often relate to funding. The resolution requires the Joint Legislative Audit and Review Commission to examine school board fiscal autonomy issues in its current study of education funding and requires the Commission to look at these issues vis-a-vis the funding implications for the Commonwealth and its local governments, equity in educational funding, the composite index, budgets, local tax bases, tax rates, the collection of taxes, and debt for school construction.


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