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Allowing school districts to use the district management levy for cybersecurity costs
Where it is now
- Done: IntroducedJanuary 11, 2024
- Stopped: SubcommitteeDied when the General Assembly ended
- Next: House committee
- Next: Passes the House
- Next: Senate committee
- Next: Passes the Senate
- Next: To the Governor
- Next: Signed into law
Died when the session ended The 2024 session adjourned on April 19, 2024, the General Assembly’s last regular session. Bills that didn’t pass both chambers died. What’s a funnel?
What’s in it
AI summary School districts currently use a specific tax to pay for things like insurance, legal costs, and retirement benefits. This bill would allow those same tax funds to be used for cybersecurity equipment and services.1
Read the official explanation
Each school district is allowed to certify for levy a district management levy. The levy may only be used to make payments for certain purposes including unemployment benefits, liability insurance, judgments and settlements, insurance agreements, interest on judgments and settlements, early retirement benefits, mediation and arbitration, and legal costs associated with mediation and arbitration. This bill allows the moneys received from the district management levy to also be used for cybersecurity functions and equipment.