STATEMENT TO

[Second Reprint]

SENATE, No. 1031

with Assembly Floor Amendments

(Proposed By Assemblymen BLEE and LeFEVRE)

ADOPTED: JUNE 24, 1996

      This amendment provides that representatives of a sending school district which sit on a receiving board of education may vote on the bill lists or contracts for the purchase, operation or maintenance of facilities and equipment and instructional materials to be used in the education of pupils of the sending district. The bill in its current form provides that the sending district representatives can vote on 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 The current language in the bill is problematic due to the fact that the board of education vote on a school district budget is not broken down by costs associated with individual schools, thus making it difficult to isolate expenditures which relate specifically to pupils of the sending district.

      The amendments also delete the requirement that the State Board of Education promulgate regulations concerning the role of sending district representatives on receiving boards of education.