State by state comparison of school finance transparency
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For a detailed explanation on how transparency and accountability are applied towards public school financing, please see State-by-state comparison of school bond and tax laws.
Explaining table of metrics
The following comparisons under the transparency category are
- Posts Checkbook Online-If a state requires to have school districts put their checkbooks online.
- Posts Contracts Online-If a state requires to have school districts put their contracts online.
- Stimulus Funding-If a state fully discloses which school districts received money from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 also known as the stimulus bill.
- Election Results-If a state requires school districts to report their election results to a government agency or a private agency monitors the results
State by-state comparison table
| State | Posts Checkbook Online | Posts Contracts Online | Stimulus Funding | Election Results |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Alabama | 
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 [1]
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| Arkansas |
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[2]
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| Arizona |
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[3]
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| Colorado | Pending Legislation | Pending Legislation | [4]
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| Connecticut |
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[5]
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[6]
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| Delaware |
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[7]
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[8] +
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| Florida |
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[9]
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| Georgia | [10] *
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[11]
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[12]
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| Illinois |
|
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[13]
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[14]
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| Indiana |
|
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[15]
|
[16].
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| Iowa |
|
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[17]
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[18]
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| Kansas | Pending Legislation |
|
[19]
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[20]
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| Kentucky |
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[21]
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| Louisiana |
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[22]
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[23]
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| Maine |
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[24].
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| Michigan | Pending Legislation | Pending Legislation | [25]
|
[26]
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| Minnesota | No
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No
|
[27]
|
[28]
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| Missouri |
|
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[29]
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[30]
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| North Carolina |
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[31]
|
[32]
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| New Jersey |
|
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[33]
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[34]
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| New Mexico |
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[35]
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[36]
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| New York State | [37]
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[38]
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[39]
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[40]
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| Nevada |
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[41]
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[42]
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| Ohio | Yes-Beginning April 15, 2010
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[43]
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[44]
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| Oklahoma |
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[45]
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| Oregon |
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[46]
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[47]
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| Pennsylvania |
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|
Yes-Search by County
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| South Carolina | [48]
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[49]
|
[50]
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[51]
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| South Dakota |
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[52]
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| Texas | Pending Legislation | Under Evaluation by State Comptroller | [53]
|
[54]
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| Utah | [55]
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[56]
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[57]
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| Virginia |
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| Washington State |
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[58]
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[59]
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| West Virginia |
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[60]
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| Wisconsin |
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[61]
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[62]
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| Wyoming |
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- * Only for School Board Members Travel Expenses
- + Delaware stopped posting school bond election results in 2002.
See also
References
- ↑ Alabama Office of Recovery Database
- ↑ State of Arizona Stimulus Map
- ↑ State of Arizona Stimulus Map
- ↑ [1]
- ↑ Connecticut Department of Recovery Database
- ↑ [2]
- ↑ Delaware Office of Recovery database
- ↑ Delaware Elections Commission database
- ↑ Florida Recovery Database
- ↑ Open Georgia
- ↑ Georgia Recovery Funding Map
- ↑ Georgia Secretary of State Database
- ↑ Illinois Recovery Database-Search via an Excel File
- ↑ Illinois State Board of Education database
- ↑ Indiana Recovery Website-Search by County
- ↑ Indiana Secretary of State-Official Election Database
- ↑ [3]
- ↑ Iowa Department of Education database
- ↑ Kansas Recovery Database
- ↑ [4]
- ↑ Kentucky At Work Database
- ↑ [5]
- ↑ Louisiana Secretary of State Bond Election Database
- ↑ Maine Office of Recovery
- ↑ Michigan Stimulus Funding Map-Click by County
- ↑ Michigan State Treasurer's School bond election database
- ↑ [State of Minnesota stimulus funding map
- ↑ Minnesota School Boards Association Database
- ↑ Missouri Accountability Portal
- ↑ Missouri State Auditor
- ↑ North Carolina Recovery-Access data via Excel file
- ↑ North Carolina Department of Education-School Building Clearinghouse
- ↑ State of New Jersey Stimulus Funding Map
- ↑ Ballotpedia link to New Jersey School Boards Association bond election database
- ↑ New Mexico Department of Recovery Database
- ↑ New Mexico Bond Database
- ↑ New York transparency requirement
- ↑ See Through New York
- ↑ [6]
- ↑ [7]
- ↑ Open Nevada Stimulus Funding Database
- ↑ Nevada Secretary of State-Search by County Database
- ↑ Yes-Click By County
- ↑ Ohio Department of Education Database
- ↑ Oklahoma Recovery Database
- ↑ Oregon Recovery Database
- ↑ Oregon School Boards Association Election Database
- ↑ [8]
- ↑ [9]
- ↑ South Carolina Recovery database
- ↑ South Carolina School Boards Association bond election history
- ↑ South Dakota Recovery Database
- ↑ Texas Office of Recovery database
- ↑ Texas Bond Review Board Database
- ↑ [10]
- ↑ [11]
- ↑ Utah Stimulus Funding Map
- ↑ Washington State Recovery Act Funding Map
- ↑ Washington Department of Public Instruction Election Database
- ↑ West Virginia Recovery Database
- ↑ Wisconsin Office of Recovery and Reinvestment Database
- ↑ Wisconsin Department of Public Instruction Bond Referenda Database
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