Legislative Requirement for Evaluation of Specific Programs or Line Items

The Legislature, by language in an appropriations act or other act, may require an evaluation of a specific program or line item. Such a provision may: (1) Specify that no more than a stated percentage of funds may be expended until the agency has submitted an evaluation plan meeting the standards of this chapter; (2) Require that an evaluation report be submitted by a certain date and that continuation, renewal, or expansion of funding in a subsequent fiscal year shall consider the findings; or (3) Identify any additional or different indicators or evaluation questions that are particularly important for the program in question. (Act 2026-575, §1.)