Senate Bill 154 High-Risk Student Alternative Education Campus Designation.  Sponsored by Senator Sandoval. 
SB 154 expands the definition of "high-risk student" for purposes of receiving a designation as an 'alternate education campus' with 95% of high-risk students to include children with disabilities, migrant children, homeless children, children with a documented history of serious psychiatric or behavioral disorders, and children who are 2 or more years behind grade level as determined by statewide assessments or by other assessments approved by the department of education for this purpose. State fiscal impact: State Expenditures: General Fund FY10-11 $5,800, FY11-12 $5,800/0.1 FTE for FY's 10-11 and 11-12.  Introduced in House and assigned to Education 3/4/10.

House Bill 1343 Standards for Charter School Governance.  Sponsored by Representative T. Carroll. 
HB 1343 requires the State Board of Education to adopt quality standards for charter school operations, finance, and governance by 1/1/11, based on nationally recognized industry standards (National Association of Charter School Authorizers), that will then be adopted by each school district that has authorized a charter school and the charter school institute. Areas to be included will be: approval, renewal, oversight accreditation, excess benefits, executive compensation, nepotism, conflicts of interest. It changes the term 'chartering local board of education' to 'charter authorizer'.  State fiscal impact: State Expenditures: General Fund FY10-11 $5,800, FY11-12 $5,800 / 0.1 FTE for FY's 10-11 and 11-12 . House Education Laid Over 3/8/10.

House Bill 1344  Standards for Chartering Authorities.  Sponsored by Representative T. Carroll. 
HB 1344 defines and describes specific quality standards to which school district boards of education and the state charter school institute must adhere to on or before 1/1/11. It changes the term 'school district authorizing a charter school' to 'authorizer'. In order to maintain chartering authority, a school district and the institute must certify to the sate board that it meets the following criteria: a) approaching authorization of charter schools deliberately and thoughtfully, with the the intent to improve teh quality of public school options; b) supporting and advancing the purpose of the charter school laws including being a catalyst for development to satisfy unmet educational needs of the district; c)striving for clarity consistency, and transparency in developing and implementing charter authorizing policies; d) being a source of accurate, intelligible, performance-based information about the charters it has authorized; e) holding charter schools authorized accountable for their performance; f) using objective and verifiable measures of student achievement as the primary measure of charter school quality; g) helping parents and students make decisions and be informed about the quality of education provided in charter schools; h) making the well-being of students the fundamental value informing all of its decision-making and actions; i) taking into account in all decision making, the size, mission, and any special populations serviced by a charter school and making all decisions commensurate with these features of the school. By 1/1/11, The State Board shall adopt standards for quality charter school authorizing that meet the described areas; by 1/1/11, each authorizer is required to meet or exceed those standards.  State fiscal impact: State Expenditures: General Fund FY10-11 $43,194 0.5FTE. House Education Laid Over 3/8/10.

House Bill 1345  Emergency Powers During Emergency Situations at Charter Schools.  Sponsored by Representative T. Carroll. 
HB 1345 grants a school district board of education or the CSI the ability to request from the Commissioner of Education the power for an external entity to have control over a charter school that is considered to be in an emergency situation. Authority may include a temporary order, preliminary order, an order of reorganization, or an order authorizing a petition for bankruptcy. Emergency situation is defined as a threat to health or safety, threat to property rights, substantial diversion of moneys including excessive benefits. It grants civil immunity to any fiduciary and the commissioner if acting in good faith.  State fiscal impact TBD. House Education Laid Over 3/8/10.

Senate Bill 111 Schools Authorized by State Charter Institute.  Sponsored by Representative Massey and Senator K. King. 
SB 111 allows an institute charter school to participate as a member of a BOCES. It clarifies that a BOCES may contract with an institute charter school to provide buildings, maintenance, or educational or other services. SB 111 directs the institute to study the feasibility and effect of having institute charter schools be their own local education agency. It creates a separate account within the institute for funds receives as a result of the institute being a school food authority. It also expands the length of time the institute board has to rule on an application from 60 to 75 days. SB 111 repeals the requirement that the institute collect and provide to school districts certain information about students enrolled in institute charter schools. State fiscal impact None. Introduced in House and assigned to Education 3/2/10.

Senate Bill 161 Charter School Collaboratives and Contracting Agreements.  Sponsored by Representative Massey and Senator K. King. 
SB 161 authorizes a charter school to contract with a board of cooperative services or another charter school for buildings and services. It authorizes the concept of "charter school collaboratives" made up of two or more charter schools to perform any function appropriately performed by a charter school, including applying for state or federal grants. If the charter school collaborative was formed with the consent of the authorizers of the member charter schools, the collaborative may serve as a local education agency or administrative unit. State fiscal impact: Expanding the options for charter schools to collaborate and contract, both for facilities and in applying for grant programs, may result in savings. Introduced in the Senate and assigned to Education 2/4/10.

Senate Bill 054 Educational Services for Juveniles Charged as Adults.  Sponsored by Representative Levy and Senator Hudak. 
SB 054 requires a school district where a county jail is located to serve juveniles who are charged as adults and and are held in county jails pending trial. The school district may either; 1) count the student in its pupil count for funding purposes; 2) seek reimbursement from CDE if the student was not included in the pupil count; 3) the district may also seek excess costs from the juvenile's district of residence if the student is receiving special education services.  State fiscal impact : State Expenditures: FY10-11 $113,378, 0.1FTE. Senate Judiciary referred amended to Appropriations 1/27/10.

Senate Bill 152  Information Regarding Child Abuse to Mandatory Reporters.  Sponsored by Representative Gagliardi and Senator Newell. 
SB 152 requires a county department of social services to provide information to a mandatory reporter concerning the mandatory reporter's report to the county department of suspected child abuse or neglect. It requires the county department to provide certain information to the mandatory reporter, including but not limited to the name of persons who may pose safety risk to the victim, whether the victim has been returned to his or her home, whether the case has been closed, and contact information for the caseworker investigating the report. SB 152 authorizes a county department to provide this information only to certain mandatory reporters, including but not limited to hospitals, physicians, nurses, school employees and officials, and mental health professionals.  State fiscal impact: Local Government Impact: The bill increases workload and costs to counties by requiring follow-up information be provided to mandatory reporters. Introduced in House and assigned to Health and Human Services 3/4/10.

House Bill  1171 Education Related Data Reporting Requirements.  Representative Benefield and Senator Steadman. 
HB 1171 repeals the requirement that a districts have to report students who obtain a high school diploma after reaching 21 and the specific definition of dropout for those students. It repeals some of the reporting requirements under CBLA for school districts. It also repeals the requirement for districts to submit their annual budgets to CDE. It clarifies whether EDAC can declare a data reporting request as mandatory, required to receive a benefit, or voluntary. HB 1171 directs EDAC to review the processes and timing for collecting student demographic data and recommend efficient updates to the state board. It repeals reporting on physically, morally and mentally defective students, data from in-home or in-school suspenstion grant program, and data from the pilot schools for expelled students. HB 1171 requires higher education institutions to report individual student remediation to school districts data as soon as the institutions begin using the unique student identifier.  State fiscal impact: None. Senate Education referred amended to Senate floor 3/10/10.

House Bill  1028 Universal Application for Early Childhood Programs.   Representative Benefield and Senator Hodge. 
HB 1028 establishes an early childhood universal application subcommittee to the government data advisory board created in the office of information technology. The subcommittee will report to the CIO and the advisory board. It stipulates that the CIO will prepare a report on a universal application to be used by all state agencies, school districts, and federally funded early childhood programs and will combine the report into the annual report the CIO submits to the general assembly. The subcommittee is repealed July 1, 2013. State fiscal impact: none; within existing state appropriations. Passed Senate second reading 3/12/10.

Senate Bill 005 Continuity of Services to Kindergarten.  Sponsored by Representative Benefield and Senator Hudak. 
Contingent upon the receipt and allocation of certain federal moneys or upon receipt of gifts, grants, and donations SB 005 authorizes CDE to distribute moneys to public schools through a grant program to provide continuity in the nature and quality of services that children in kindergarten receive after they have transitioned from the Colorado preschool program or a head start program to kindergarten. Public schools receiving grant money shall determine appropriate services to provide to students consistent with provisions of the grant program. State fiscal impact: Conditional upon receipt of gifts, grants and donations. State Revenue Cash Funds FY10-11 $139,423 / State Expenditures Cash Funds FY10-11 $134,441 / FTE FY10-11 0.3. Senate Education referred to Appropriations 2/11/10.

House Bill 1030 Creation of the Early Childhood Educator Development Program.  Sponsored by Senator Steadman and Representative Peniston. 
Subject to the receipt of sufficient federal moneys or gifts, grants, or donations HB 1030 creates the early childhood educator development scholarship program  in CDE. The program will provide scholarships to persons who are employed in early childhood development who are pursuing an associate of arts degree in early childhood education. State fiscal impact: TBD. Senate Appropriations refer unamended to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/12/10.

Senate Bill 050 Contract Renewal for K-12 Teachers.  Sponsored by Senator Spence. 
SB 050 increases the required length of continuous employment that a probationary teacher shall have before being classified as a non-probationary teacher from 3 to 5 years. Contracts would then be renewed every 5 years upon satisfactory evaluation. If the board of education is not going to renew the non-probationary teacher's contract, the board will provide written notes with reasons why the contract is not being renewed. State fiscal impact: This bill will impact school districts differently, depending on their current review process. Introduced in the Senate and assigned to Education 1/13/10.

House Bill  1036 Online Public Access to Public School Financial Information.  Sponsored by Senator Romer and Representative Scanlon and Massey. 
HB 1036 enacts the "Public School Financial Transparency Act", which requires school districts, district charter schools, boards of cooperative education, the state charter school institute, and institute charter schools to post financial information on-line, in a downloadable format, for free public access.  July 1, 2010, adopted budgets, annual audited financial statemenst, at least quarterly financials, and salary schedules or policies are required to be posted. July 1, 2011, check registers, credit/debit/purchase card statements are required to be posted. July 1, 2012, investment performance reports or statements must be posted. The FPP committee is charged with developing templates for voluntary use by entities subject to this requirement. State fiscal impact: none; local district expenses coming from existing resources. Senate Education referred to Senate floor consent calendar 3/11/10.

SCR 001 Fiscal Policy Constitutional Commission. Sponsored by Senator Heath and Representative Ferrandino. 
Senate Concurrent Resolution 001 creates the Fiscal Policy Constitutional Commission consisting of 19 members appointed by various state officials (officials from the legislative, executive and judicial branches) for purposes of reviewing fiscal policy in the state constitution. The Commission will submit to voters in 2012 one or more measures to amend fiscal policy. Each measure submitted is permitted to include more than one subject.State fiscal impact TBD. Introduced in the Senate and assigned to State Veterans and Military Affairs 1/13/10.

House Bill  1131 Colorado Kids Outdoors Grant Program.  Sponsored by Senator Gibbs and Representative Scanlan. 
HB 1131 creates the Colorado kids outdoors grant program in the department of natural resources to provide grants for programs that allow Colorado youth to participate in outdoor activities in the state. The executive director of the department of natural resources will adopt rules to implement the grant program, including criteria for selecting grant recipients. An advisory council will assist the executive director. Directs CDE, in consultation with the department of natural resources, to create and the state board of education to adopt a state plan for environmental education.  State fiscal impact: Contingent on support from public or private gifts, grants, and donations. State Revenue and Expenditures: Colorado Kids Outdoors Grant Program Fund FY10-11 $101,725, State Environmental Education Fund FY10-11 $11,777. 0.1FTE. Introduced in Senate and assigned to Education 3/9/10.

House Bill  1335 BOCES School Food Program.  Sponsored by Representative Massey. 
HB 1335 authorizes each board of cooperative services (BOCES) to maintain, equip, and operate a food-service facility as a school food authority. It creates the BOCES healthy food grant program in CDE to: (1) make grants available to BOCES that maintain, equip, and operate food-service facilities as school food authorities; and (2) require each BOCES that receives a grant from the program to procure and distribute to schools of its constituent school districts only food and beverages that satisfy certain nutritional standards. It also sets forth an application process for the program and permissible uses of grant moneys.  State fiscal impact: State Revenue: BOCES Healthy Foods Grant Program FY10-11 $250,000, FY11-12 $250,000 / State Expenditures: BOCES Healthy Foods Grant Program FY10-11 $246,430, FY11-12 $246,430 / 1.3 FTE annually. House appropriations referred to House floor 3/12/10.

Senate Bill 056 Developing Standardized Immunization Information to Provide to Parents.  Sponsored by Representative Riesberg and Senator Boyd. 
SB 056 requires the state charter school institute and each school district board of education to adopt and implement a policy requiring each school to annually provide parents and legal guardians with a paper or email copy of a standardized immunization document developed and updated, as instructed, by the department of public health and environment. State fiscal impact None. Senate considered House amendments and repassed 3/9/10.

Senate Bill 081 Creation of Farm-to-School Interagency Task Force.  Sponsored by Representative Solano and Senator Sandoval. 
SB 081 creates "Farm-to-School Healthy Kids Act", which establishes the interagency farm-to-school coordination task force. It sets future repeal date of December 31, 2013.  State fiscal impact: None. Passed House second reading with amendments 3/12/10.

Senate Bill 106  Food Systems Advisory Council.  Sponsored by Representative Looper and Senator Bacon. 
SB 106 creates a 17-member food systems advisory council. The executive directors or their designees from the departments of public health and environment, agriculture, human services, education, and local affairs are 5 members of the council. The remaining 12 members are appointed by the governor, the president of the senate, the speaker of the house of representatives, the minority leader of the senate, and the minority leader of the house of representatives. The purpose of the council includes identification of best practices, development of local food policies, development of recommendations regarding hunger and to provide advice on local food economies.  State fiscal impact: None. Senate Health and Human Services referred amended to Appropriations 2/17/10.

House Bill  1037 Continuation of Funding for Supplemental On-line Education Services.  Sponsored by Senator Spence and Representative Massey. 
HB 1037 continues the supplemental on-line education grant program and the funding of a contract for the provision of supplemental on-line education services. State fiscal impact: None. Senate third reading passed 3/9/10.

House Bill  1009 Pinnacol Assurance Board of Directors.  Sponsored by Senator Hodge and Representative Miklosi. 
HB 1009 requires 2 employee members of the board of directors of Pinnacol Assurance board to be nonmanagement employees. It adds 2 additional members to the board: injured worker and executive director of the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment. HB 1009 increases per diem for board members from $140 to $250. It requires the board to post date, time, and location of board meetings on Pinnacol Assurance web site at least 7 calendar days prior to meeting. It also requires the board to allow reasonable time for public comment at meetings. State fiscal impact: Although no state fiscal impact is anticipated, HB10-1009 is expected to increase expenditures for Pinnacol Assurance. Introduced in Senate and assigned to Judiciary 3/11/10.

House Bill  1064 Ineligible Student Arbitration Appeal.  Sponsored by Senator Spence and Representative S. Schafer. 
HB 1064 requires a student who is found by a school, school district, or any organization or association to be ineligible to participate in an extracurricular or interscholastic activity or who is otherwise sanctioned to complete an appeal process before filing a petition or complaint with a group of sitting or retired judges or other group of neutral arbitrators. State fiscal impact: None. Passed Senate third reading 3/12/10.

House Bill  1108 Independent Contracting Nonprofit Youth Sports Coach.  Sponsored by Senator Johnston and Representative McCann. 
HB 1008 establishes a written contract between a coach and nonprofit youth sports organization, declaring that the coach is an independent contractor and not an employee of the organization, is conclusive evidence of the independent contractor relationship between the coach and the organization.  State fiscal impact: None. Introduced in Senate and assigned to Business, Labor and Technology 2/19/10.

Senate Bill 018School Awards Program Fund.  Sponsored by Representative Merrifield and Senator K. King. 
SB 018 authorizes CDE to accept gifts, grants, and donations to the school awards program fund to pay for banners and trophies for schools that are identified as eligible to receive awards under the Colorado School Awards Program. State fiscal impact: $4,200 gifts, grants and donations. Passed House third reading 3/8/10.

Senate Bill 026Providing Public Information for Participation in Post Secondary Education.  Sponsored by Senator Romer. 
SB 026 transfers the College in Colorado (CiC) division from the CDHE to CDE and specifies in statute the duties of the College in Colorado division. Strike below to designate CDE student identifier numbers to CiC for data collection purposes, particularly individual career and academic plans.State fiscal impact: None. Passed Senate third reading 3/5/10.

House Bill 1034 Credentialing of School Speech Language Pathology Assistants.  Sponsored by Senator K. King and Representative Massey. 
HB 1034 allows CDE to issue an emergency authorization to a school speech-language pathology assistant who has not yet met the statutory requirements for a school SLP assistant authorization. State fiscal impact: TBD. Senate Education refer amended - consent calendar to Senate Committee of the Whole 3/11/10. 

House Bill  1013 Modification to School Finance  Sponsored by Senator Romer and Representative Middleton. 
HB 1013 requires school districts to provide funding for capital construction to each qualified charter school in the district by making a monthy payment to the qualifed charter school after the school district has received the monthly payment fom CDE. HB 1013 eliminates a local board of education's authority to negotiate business incentive agreements with a tax payer who establishes a new business facility in the school district. HB 1013 requires a district to notify the state board of education when it plans to seek voter approval to retain and spend additional property tax revenues and to submit a proposal of what the district will do with the additional revenue. HB 1013 eliminates the requirement that CDE reduce a school district's state share of total program funding by an amount equal to the payment that the district receives as impact assistance in lieu of taxes from the divison of wildlife.  HB 1013 requires the General Assembly to make an annual appropration for matching funds pursuant to the "National School Lunch Act". In 2008 the general assembly increased the charter school capital construction appropriation and required that a specific amount of the increase be distributed to a charter school for the deaf and blind for the 2008-09 budget year only. HB 1013 eliminates language that was necessary in connection with the distribution of these moneys.  State fiscal impact: State General Fund Expenditures FY10-11 $98,767. House Education referred to Appropriations 2/4/10.

House Bill  1183 Pilot for Alternative School Finance Funding Models.  Sponsored by  Representative Middleton. 
HB 1183 creates a pilot program to test other methods of funding by collecting data demonstrating the difference for school districts as if they had been funded under a different model while still receiving existing funding. Districts applying for participation must demonstrate what the model is based upon, incentives or outcomes of applying the model, how the effects of the model will be measured, benefits/obstacles to implementing the model statewide, and any waivers that would be necessary. It creates an 9-member advisory council to review applications and select participants. State fiscal impact: None. Introduced in Senate and assigned to Education 2/24/10.

House Bill  1318 Minimum State Aid to Schools.  Sponsored by  Representative Pommer and Senator Tapis. 
HB 1318 suspends the minimum state aid requirement for the 2010-11 through 2014-15 budget years. To off-set the direct and indirect administrative costs incurred by the department in implementing the provisions of the act to be taken off the top of school finance.  State fiscal impact: State Expenditures: General Fund FY09-10 $0, FY10-11 ($212,996), FY11-12 ($124,907). Sent to the Governor 3/12/10.

Senate Bill 008 Average Daily Membership for School Finance.  Sponsored by Senator Johnston and Representative Scanlon. 
Under current law, the pupil enrollment of a school district is determined based on the number of pupils enrolled on October 1 of the applicable budget year. SB 008 directs CDE to contract for a study to evaluate the feasibility, design, and impact of a system to determine pupil enrollment based on the average number of days that each pupil is enrolled in school during the school year (average daily membership) rather than based on a single count date; except that the department shall contract for the study only if: (1) the state receives, and makes available to the department, federal race to the top fund moneys; (2) the department is able to secure federal funding from another source in an amount necessary to cover the costs of the study; or (3) the department receives gifts, grants, or donations in an amount necessary to cover the cost of the study.State fiscal impact: $7,689 for study RFP in 10-11. In FY 2011-12, $50,000 to conduct the study and provided by gifts, grants, and donations. House Appropriations referred to House floor 3/12/10.

Senate Bill 062 Categorical Program Distribution.  Sponsored by Representative Peniston and Senator Steadman. 
SB 062 eliminates the requirement that categorical funding increases be addressed in the long bill and requires the general assembly to pass a separate bill establishing categorical increases to each categorical. It repeals the CO Comprehensive health education fund and credits any remaining money to the state public school fund. SB 062 requires CDE to increase the Tier A money for each administrative unit annually by the same percentage as the overall SPED categorical line item is increased. It replaces the term "student whose dominant language is not English" with "student with limited English proficiency".  State fiscal impact: State Expenditures: General Fund ($1,511), State Public School Fund $1,511 - These impacts result from the provisions that eliminate the Comprehensive Health Education Fund. Passed Senate third reading 3/9/10.

Senate Bill 150 Temporary Transfer of Public School Land Money.  Sponsored by Representative Pommer and Senator Tapia. 
SB 152 transfers to the state public school fund, instead of the permanent school fund, moneys not otherwise allocated from: interest or income earned on the investment of the moneys in the permanent school fund; proceeds received by the state for the sale of timber on public school lands, rental payments for the use and occupation of the surface of said lands, and rentals or lease payments for sand, gravel, clay, stone, coal, oil, gas, geothermal resources, gold, silver, or other minerals on said land; and royalties and other payments for the depletion or extraction of a natural resource on said lands. State fiscal impact: State Transfers or Diversions: Diversion from the Public School Fund to the State Public School Fund FY10-11 ($46.1 million) / State Expenditures: General Fund FY10-11 ($46.1 million), Cash Funds - State Public School Fund FY10-11 46.1 million. House appropriations referred to House floor 3/12/10.

Senate Bill 151 Repeal of Colorado Comprehensive Health Fund.  Sponsored by Representative Pommer and Senator White. 
SB 151 repeals the Colorado comprehensive health education fund and redirects funds to the State Public School Fund. State fiscal impact. State Expenditures: General Fund Cash Funds FY10-11 ($1,511), State Public School Fund FY10-11 $1,511. House Appropriations referred to House floor 3/12/10.

House Bill  1274 Out-of-Home Juvenile Transition to Public Schools.  Sponsored by  Representative Schafer and Senator Johnston. 
HB 1274 requires the department of human services (DHS) to provide written notification to a school district, charter school, or institute charter school 10 days prior to enrollment of a student who has been placed in out-of-home placement and is identified as potentially presenting a risk to himself or herself or the community. In a case where the student requires an emergency placement, the bill requires the department to provide written notification to the school 5 days prior to the student's enrollment. DHS and CDE are required to enter into a memorandum of understanding that includes a consistent method to share key information about such students and work collaboratively to create transition plans for such students, a plan for using existing state and federal data and existing information sharing activities, an appeals process if there is a disagreement between a school district, charter school, or institute charter school and the county department of social services regarding the enrollment of a student; and a plan for determining accountability concerning the use of the notification periods and the number of emergency placements that occur. State fiscal impact: This bill may create additional state expenditures for juveniles in the child welfare system who need to be placed in a school district in less than 10 or 5 days. House education referred amended to House floor 3/11/10.

House Bill  1273  Arts Education for Workforce Development.  Sponsored by Representative Merrifield and Senators Spence and Steadman. 
HB 1273 requires each public school in Colorado to provide visual arts and performing arts education. Demonstration of proficiency regarding the visual arts and performing arts standards will be a condition of high school graduation from public schools beginning with the ninth-grade class of 2010-11. It requires the State Board of Education to adopt rules for each individual and career academic plan to include the student's progress in visual arts and performing arts classes.  State fiscal impact: for some schools additional FTE and art education resources will be required. Introduced in Senate and assigned to Education 3/11/10.

House Bill  1002 Priority of TABOR Refund Methods.  Sponsored by Senator Sandoval and Representative Kefalas. 
HB 1002 increases the the threshold necessary to trigger a temporary income tax rate reduction as a method to provide a constitutionally required refund of excess state revenues so that the rate reduction does not occur unless there is also an earned income tax credit refund.  State fiscal impact: None. Passed Senate third reading 3/12/10.

Senate Bill  133  Creation of Income Tax Credit for Rehiring Employees.  Sponsored by Senators Heath and Rommer. 
SB 133 establishes an income tax credit to incentivize Colorado businesses to rehire laid-off workers sooner. The tax credit is available for the income tax year commencing January 1, 2011, only.  State fiscal impact: TBD. Senate Business, Labor and Technology referred amended to Appropriations 2/16/10.

House Bill  1147  Safer Streets for Non-Motorized Transport.  Sponsored by Representative Kefalas and Senator Bacon. 
HB 1147 requires CDOT and the departments of education and public safety to collaborate with local governments, school districts, and appropriate organizations to develop and make available to schools a comprehensive educational curriculum regarding the safe use of public streets and premises open to the public by users of non-motorized wheeled transportation. It requires an individual, with exemptions, 2 years of age or older but under 18 years of age to wear a helmet whenever the individual uses non-motorized wheeled transportation on a public street or premises. It also defines "nonmotorized wheeled transportation". State fiscal impact: State Highway Fund Revenue: FY10-11 $41,700 / State Highway Fund Expenditure: FY10-11 $111,645 ($41,700 of this amount relates to producing safety information cards and is contingent upon receiving gifts, grants, or donations). Passed House third reading 3/3/10.

House Bill  1232  School Bus Vehicle Definitions.  Sponsored by Representative Baumgardner. 
HB 1232 defines the term "school vehicle"; amends the definition of "school bus"; and amends certain statutory provisions that refer to "school vehicle" and "school bus" to clarify when each term applies.  State fiscal impact: State Revenue: Fines Collection Cash Fund <$ 5,000 annually. Introduced in Senate and assigned to Education 3/1/10.