Bill Number: H.B. 2250

                                                                                                               Ward Floor Amendment

                                                                                                    Reference to: ED amendment

                                                                               Amendment drafted by: Brandi Peplinski

 

 

• Returns the specified responsibilities of ESA administration from the Treasurer back to the Department of Education.

 

• Requires ADE to develop minimum criteria for the approval of purchases made with ESA monies and requires that a list of approved providers be prominently posted and updated once every month on ADE’s website.

 

• Changes the percentage that ADE is required to transfer from the ESA Fund to the Treasurer to two percent of the sum of the base support level and additional assistance for students.

 

• Requires the Auditor General to issue the detailed ESA report rather than the Treasurer.

Fifty-second Legislature                                                     Ward

First Regular Session                                                   H.B. 2250

 

WARD FLOOR AMENDMENT

 

SENATE AMENDMENTS TO H.B. 2250

 

(Reference to ED amendment)

 

 

Before line 1, insert:

Page 4, lines 44 and 45 strike “AND ONE-HALF”

Page 5, line 21 after “chapter” strike remainder of line

Strike lines 22 and 23

Line 24 strike “ARE MANAGED IN ACCORDANCE WITH THIS CHAPTER”

Between lines 1 and 2, insert:

Lines 11, 13, 35, and 36 strike “department TREASURER” insert “department”

Page 7, line 3, strike “A”

Line 4, strike “CONTRACT” insert “AN AWARD LETTER”

Line 18 strike “department TREASURER” insert “department”

Strike lines 3, 4 and 5, insert:

“K.  THE DEPARTMENT SHALL DEVELOP MINIMUM CRITERIA FOR THE APPROVAL OF PURCHASES PURSUANT TO SECTION 15-2402, SUBSECTION B, PARAGRAPH 4. THE DEPARTMENT SHALL PROMINENTLY POST AND UPDATE ONCE EVERY MONTH ON ITS WEBSITE A LIST OF APPROVED PROVIDERS BASED ON THE MINIMUM ADOPTED CRITERIA.”

Line 6, strike “TREASURER” insert “AUDITOR GENERAL”

Line 9, strike “TREASURER’S” insert “DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION’S”

Strike lines 15 through 19

Amend title to conform

 

 

 

 

3/26/15

10:42 AM

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