STATEMENT TO

[First Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1031

with Senate Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Senator GORMLEY)

ADOPTED: MAY 16, 1996

      These amendments further clarify the voting rights of the representatives of sending districts on the boards of education of receiving districts. The representatives could vote on the expenditures for the purchase, operation or maintenance of facilities, equipment or supplies to be used in the education of the pupils of the sending district and on teaching staff members who are on the receiving district's central administrative staff. In addition, the amendments require the State Board of Education to promulgate rules within 180 days, which will further specify the voting rights.