2006 House Bill 6004

Revise ISD election and disclosure requirements

Introduced in the House

April 26, 2006

Introduced by Rep. Brian Palmer (R-36)

To revise the procedures for the election of Intermediate School District boards. Most ISD boards are selected by the boards of the constituent school districts. The bill revises the timing of those votes, the procedures for contested and non-contested votes, and for when more than three members of a particular school board are selected (not more than three can serve prohibited). The bill also adds additional conflict of interest provisions for ISD administrators, and specified that required ISD financial disclosure reports must break out individual expenditures for public relations, polling and lobbying, rather than aggregating these in lump sums.

Referred to the Committee on Education

May 3, 2006

Reported without amendment

Without amendment and with the recommendation that the bill pass.

Sept. 14, 2006

Passed in the House 102 to 0 (details)

Received in the Senate

Sept. 19, 2006

Referred to the Committee on Education

Dec. 7, 2006

Reported without amendment

With the recommendation that the substitute (S-2) be adopted and that the bill then pass.

Dec. 13, 2006

Substitute offered

To replace the previous version of the bill with one that revises proposed ISD board election procedures, allows aggregate reporting of legal expenses (rather than by item), eases restrictions on lobbyists and others buying meals for ISD board members, and more. It also would require a school selling a vocational education facility that was mostly paid for by an ISD to get the ISD's permission to sell the facility.

The substitute passed by voice vote

Passed in the Senate 32 to 6 (details)

To revise the procedures for the election of Intermediate School District boards. Most ISD boards are selected by the boards of the constituent school districts. The bill revises the timing of those votes, the procedures for contested and non-contested votes, and for when more than three members of a particular school board are selected (not more than three can serve prohibited). The bill also adds additional conflict of interest provisions for ISD administrators, and specifies that required ISD financial disclosure reports must break out individual expenditures for public relations, polling and lobbying, rather than aggregating these in lump sums. It would also ease restrictions on lobbyists and others buying meals for ISD board members.

Received in the House

Dec. 14, 2006

To concur with the Senate-passed version of the bill, which among other things eases restrictions on lobbyists and others buying meals for ISD board members.

Passed in the House 58 to 49 (details)

Vetoed by Gov. Jennifer Granholm

Jan. 10, 2007