Section 16-6-4

Reports to Legislature.

The commission is authorized and directed to report to the Legislature at each regular session with respect to the following:

(1) An analysis and evaluation of current educational programs and policies and recommendations for changes and improvements therein;

(2) The financial needs for public education in the state, for each two-year period, subdivided and classified with such detail as may be found practicable. The report shall include estimates of revenue from existing sources and recommended increases or decreases, separately divided or classified as to each school district or unit and for each county, and for the state as a whole to the extent practicable, together with a summary of the basis for any changes recommended with reference to sources of revenue. The report shall include estimated requirements separately with respect to primary schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher learning and other educational facilities and institutions, whether existing or proposed;

(3) The commission's recommendations and findings as to the responsibility of the state to provide revenue and appropriations with respect to primary schools, secondary schools, institutions of higher learning and other educational facilities and institutions, properly classified as to each;

(4) The commission's recommendations concerning the responsibility of local support for primary and secondary schools within the separate counties, the effort currently being made at such local level, and the extent of local effort which should be provided in each such county or school system;

(5) Estimated requirements for capital outlay with respect to each classification of schools for buildings and other facilities; and

(6) Recommendations as to the methods of financing of capital and operating requirements as to each type of educational institution and the division of public funds for educational purposes between the various types of educational institutions.

(Acts 1969, Ex. Sess., No. 15, p. 35, §4.)