S78 - Cost to Comply/Federal Education Funds/PED Study. (SL 2017-142)

Overview: Section 1 of S.L. 2017-142 requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to study and report on the cost to local school administrative units in complying with federal education funding mandates. DPI must submit its report by January 18, 2018, to the Fiscal Research Division and the Program Evaluation Division of the General Assembly.

This section also requires the Joint Legislative Program Evaluation Oversight Committee (Committee) to consider including an evaluation of the cost of compliance with federal education funding mandates for K-12 education in the 2017-2018 Work Plan for the Program Evaluation Division. If this evaluation is included in the Work Plan, the Committee must report its findings and recommendations to the General Assembly at a date to be determined by the Committee.