HB 656 (2025)
Adjust how local school districts accept federal grants
This bill is still active.
Requires that all funds disbursed from a federal government unit to a school district be deemed "unanticipated money" for the purposes of school budgeting. Under existing state law, a school board must hold a public hearing before taking action on unanticipated funds over $20,000. This bill also requires the notice for that public hearing to include a summary of any obligations incurred by accepting the funds.
The House rewrote the bill. The amended bill requires the annual report from each school board to summarizes funds anticipated from state and federal governments, including any obligations incurred by accepting the funds. Any funds not disclosed in the annual report would be designated "unanticipated money," with related hearing requirements.
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