HRS §302A-1301
Limits on school system spending and principal control
This law sets spending limits for the Department of Education. Administrative costs cannot go over a set percentage of the budget unless lawmakers approve. Also, most of the budget must be spent by school principals, not central office.
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The statute, as written — School system financial accountability
(a) Beginning with the 1995-1997 fiscal biennium, the department's administrative expenditures shall not exceed 6.5 per cent of the total department operating budget, excluding expenditures for agencies administratively attached to the department, unless approved by the legislature. (b) Not less than seventy per cent of appropriations for the total budget of the department, excluding debt service and capital improvement programs and appropriations for agencies administratively attached to the department, shall be expended by principals.
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