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From the ECS State Policy Database
2000 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2000. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

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State Status/Date Level Summary
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Cheating
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Core Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Geography Education
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts
+ Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
+ Curriculum--Multicultural
+ Curriculum--Physical Education
+ Curriculum--Science
+ Curriculum--Sex Education
+ Curriculum--Social Studies/History
+ Data-Driven Improvement
+ Demographics--Enrollments
+ Desegregation
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ Equity
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
+ Finance--Equity
+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
+ Finance--Private Giving
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
+ Health
+ Health--Mental Health
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Teen Pregnancy
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ High School--Exit Exams
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Official English
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--District Superintendent
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure
+ Middle School
+ Minority/Diversity Issues
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--African American
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
- P-3
NJSigned into law 11/2000P-12Eligibility of Low-Income Pupils, Effective Programs
S.B. 838
Relates to State aid for school districts with concentrations of low-income pupils; establishes minimum period of school district eligibilit...

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NJSigned into law 11/2000P-12Office of Early Childhood Education
A.B. 2123
Establishes a Division of Early Childhood Education in the Department of Education; states the division shall be responsible for program sta...

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NJSigned into law 11/2000P-12Commission on Early Childhood Education
A.B. 2122
Establishes the Commission on Early Childhood Education in but not of the Department of Education; provides for its membership and appointme...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12Child Care Program
S.B. 1703
Appropriates a sum to the State Department of Education for specified child care purposes. Declares appropriations for these purposes to be ...

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CASigned into law 09/2000P-12Day Care Facilities
A.B. 2778
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to contract with a nonprofit organization that has staff with expertise in financing and c...

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NJSigned into law 09/2000P-12Facility Safety
S.B. 982
Exempts child care centers operated by a non-profit organization in a public school building from radon testing and certain other requiremen...

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CAVetoed 08/2000P-12Higher Standards for Public Child Care
A.B. 1986
Revises and recasts the indicators of quality child care and development programs. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to deve...

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CASigned into law 08/2000P-12
S.B. 541
Relates to existing law which states the intent of the Legislature to establish a comprehensive, continuous, community-linked, and school-ba...

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FLSigned into law 06/2000P-12Student Records
S.B. 2250
Relates to public records; provides access to student records by school readiness coalitions and the Florida Partnership for School Readine...

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FLSigned into law 06/2000P-12Blind Babies Program
S.B. 924
, Relates to children; creates a Blind Babies Program; provides for early-intervention education for certain children who are blind or visua...

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FLSigned into law 06/2000P-12Teacher Education and Compensation Helps Scholarship
S.B. 212
Establishes the Teacher Education and Compensation Helps scholarship program to help low-wage early childhood staff obtain further training;...

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ILSigned into law 06/2000P-12Preschool special education programs
H.B. 2940
Public Act No. 91-765; Amends the School Code; exempts all persons holding a special certificate with a special education endorsement from p...

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ILSigned into law 06/2000P-12Retaining Teachers for Child Care
H.B. 4021
Public Act No. 91-831; Provides that beginning October 1, 2000, the Department of Human Services shall operate a Great Start (Strategy to At...

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NYSigned into law 06/2000P-12Payments to Medical Centers for Serving Preschool Students with Handicaps
S.B. 6735
Authorizes medical assistance payments to certain clinics or diagnostic and treatment centers for services they render to preschool children...

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OKVetoed 06/2000P-12Partnership for School Readiness
S.B. 1597
Creates the Partnership for School Readiness Act to facilitate community collaboration of efforts and services that will prepare children to...

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ALSigned into law 05/2000P-12Office of School Readiness and Pre-Kindergarten Program
S.B. 132
Creates the Office of School Readiness within the Department of Children's Affairs; provides for the operation and management of a voluntary...

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FLSigned into law 05/2000P-12Composition of School Readiness Partnership
S.B. 2088
Relates to school readiness; provides sovereign immunity for school readiness coalitions; revises funding for prekindergarten early interven...

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MDVetoed 05/2000P-12Early Child Care and Education Centers Grant Program
S.B. 793
Establishes the Judith P. Hoyer Early Care and Education Centers and Education Enhancement Grant Program for the development of collaborativ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2000P-12Blue Ribbon Commission
S.B. 869
Creates the Judith P. Hoyer Blue Ribbon Commission on the Financing of Early Child Care and Education; provides for the purpose, duties, and...

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MNSigned by governor 05/2000P-12Early Childhood Education Aid
H.B. 3800
Extends the fiscal year 2000 increase in early childhood family education aid to fiscal year 2001. The additional aid amount is equal to $2....

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MSSigned into law 05/2000P-12Early Childhood Teacher Licensure
H.B. 419
Authorizes the State Board of Education to issue a standard license to teach in public prekindergarten through kindergarten classrooms to pe...

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NHSigned into law 05/2000P-12Parents as Teachers Pilot Program
S.B. 170
Creates a Parents as Teachers Pilot Program to create a partnership between parents and early childhood development professionals; provides ...

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NYSigned into law 05/2000P-12Full-day Kindergarten, Universal Prekindergarten Reserve Fund
A.B. 9291
Relates to state aid for school districts; funds a workforce education program in New York City; creates the Universal Prekindergarten Reser...

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AZSigned into law 04/2000P-12Income Tax Credits for Preschool
H.B. 2226
Relates to individual income tax credits for tuition paid for preschool for children with disabilities; defines "handicapped" student as a ...

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GASigned into law 04/2000P-12Peachcare for Kids
H.B. 1214
Act No. 655., Creates the Peachcare for Kids Program (children's health insurance); changes the provisions relating to eligibility; provide...

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HISigned into law 04/2000P-12Good Beginnings Alliance
H.B. 536
Expands the life of the Good Beginnings Alliance to 2010; expands the membership of the Interdepartmental Council by 2 members; expands the ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2000P-12Office of Early Childhood Development
H.B. 240
Relates to reorganization; creates the Office of Early Childhood Development within the Office of the Governor....

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KYSigned into law 04/2000P-12Early Childhood Development Authority
H.B. 706
Establishes the Early Childhood Development Authority in the Office of the Governor to manage expenditures of the early childhood developmen...

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MDSigned into law 04/2000P-12Early Childhood Program
H.B. 1249, S.B. 1249
Establishes the Judith P. Hoyer Early Childhood Care and Education Program, a grant program for early child care and education centers and e...

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MDSigned into law 04/2000P-12Early Literacy
H.B. 1172, S.B. 750
Requires the State Board of Education to distribute grants to organizations that promote literacy at an early age during --- child health vi...

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MSSigned into law 04/2000P-12Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating Council
H.B. 418
Establishes an Early Childhood Services Interagency Coordinating Council; provides for the membership and organization of the Council; defin...

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ALSigned into law 03/2000P-12Accreditation of Preschool Programs
H.J.R. 96
Relates to preschool programs; requires preschools receiving funding under the early childhood block grant program to become accredited....

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AZSigned into law 03/2000P-12Preschool Accreditation
H.B. 2398
Relates to preschool programs; requires preschools receiving funding under the early childhood block grant program to become accredited....

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GASigned into law 03/2000P-12Omnibus Bill - Early Childhood Component
H.B. 1187
There is created an Early Intervention Program in kindergarten and a Primary Grades Early Intervention Program in grades 1-3. These programs...

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GASigned into law 03/2000P-12Omnibus Bill - Pre-enrollment of Two-Year Olds and Immunization Certification
H.B. 1187
There is created voluntary pre-enrollment of two-year-olds in local school systems. Parents must include a certification of immunization as ...

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IDSigned into law 03/2000P-12Parents as Teachers
S.B. 1538
Appropriates funds to the Executive Office of the Governor for fiscal year 2001; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions to 24; ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2000P-12Parent Rights
H.B. 102
The amendments to this act provide for increased "parents rights" in the realm of public education. The new law states that parents have th...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Preschool Compliance
S.B. 170
Provides that the guidelines for the at-risk four-year-old preschool program may be differentiated according to the agency delivering the se...

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WYSigned into law 03/2000P-12Preschool Programs
H.B. 185
Relates to preschool programs; provides a school district may establish a preschool program under certain conditions; provides for funding a...

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ILAdopted 01/2000P-12Early Childhood Care and Education
Position Statement
State Board of Education position statement, adopted January 20, 2000, committing to develop, deliver and support early childhood programs, ...

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+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Family Involvement
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Health and Mental Health
+ P-3 Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Participation--Outreach
+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Promising Practices
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Public Involvement
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Religion
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round
+ School Safety
+ School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution
+ School Safety--Code of Conduct
+ School Safety--Corporal Punishment
+ School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension
+ School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault
+ School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes
+ School/District Structure/Operations
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
+ Special Education
+ Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming)
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Special Populations--Gifted and Talented
+ Special Populations--Homeless Education
+ Standards
+ Standards--Implementation
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ State Policymaking--Politics
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining
+ Technology
+ Technology--Computer Skills
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Internet Safety
+ Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training
+ Textbooks and Open Source
+ Urban
+ Whole Child