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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." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. 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 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 WA Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Postsec. Ballot Initiative: Cost-of-Living Adjustments V. 27 INITIATIVE 732; Provides annual cost-of-living salary adjustments to school district employees, academic employees of community and technica... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Staffing S.B. 358 Prohibits the number of short-term employees in the classified service from exceeding 20% of the school district or community college distri... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges and Foster Care A.B. 2307 States the intent of the Legislature that preferential consideration be given to placement of children in foster care with a relative, and w... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Assisting Students in Transferring from Community Colleges S.B. 1898 Requires the Student Aid Commission in collaboration with the various segments of higher education, to develop and establish a pilot program... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges and Diversity A.B. 1922 Requires the Chancellor of the California Community Colleges to inform the Legislature of changes in the diversity makeup of the faculty and... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Joint Enrollment A.B. 2207 Requires the governing board of a school district that denies a request for special part-time or full-time enrollment at a community college... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges and Prison Education A.B. 2388 Recasts and reorganizes the statutes in the Education Code relating to community colleges. Authorizes apportionments to be made available fo... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Petitions for Charters and Passage of School Bonds A.B. 2659 Requires the State Board of Education to develop criteria for the review and approval of charter school petitions. Makes technical revision... More... CA Vetoed 09/2000 Postsec. Community College State Community Colleges and Articulation Agreements A.B. 1861 Requests the Regents of the University of California, and requires the Trustees of the California State University, to develop and maintain ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 Postsec. Community College Communtiy College Tenure Issues A.B. 1337 Chapter No. 124; Under existing law, if a case concerning the granting of tenure of community college faculty proceeds to arbitration with r... More... CA Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Community College Exempting Comm. College PSC's A.B. 1441 Chapter No. 36; Exempts transactions entered into by the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges (CCC) from the requirement ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges take charge of Adult Education H.B. 4266 Public Act No. 91-830; On July 1, 2001, transfers all State Board of Education powers and duties concerning adult education to the Illinoi... More... MI Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Dual Enrollment H.B. 5534 Provides a wider variety of options to high school pupils by encouraging and enabling students to enroll in career and technical preparation... More... MO Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Finance H.B. 1486 States that current law requires that community college districts provide 50% of the funding for maintenance and repair of facilities and gr... More... NH Signed into law 06/2000 Postsec. Community-Technical Education S.B. 470 Expands the duties of the Commission on the Status of Community-Technical Education to include studying the feasibility of allowing the Regi... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Students at 2-Year Institutions Deemed Graduates S.B. 356 Relates to viability and non-viability of programs of instruction as reviewed by the Alabama Commission on Higher Education; provides that s... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Community College Supplemental Funding for Choice and At-Risk Programs H.B. 2496 Provides supplementary weighting for funding and for determining enrollment in school districts involved in district-to-district or district... More... IA Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Governance H.B. 2433 Relates to community college governance; requires annual reports on workforce preparation.... More... MD Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Formula for Non-Resident Tuition H.B. 192 Alters the formula that determines the out-of-state fee and the out-of-county or out-of-region fee charges to nonresident students who atten... More... NH Signed into law 05/2000 Postsec. Resource Allocation S.B. 453 Relates to the expending of legacies or gifts and the transfer of funds by the regional community-technical colleges; allows the regional co... More... KS Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Community College Operating Grants for Community Colleges H.B. 2996 Concerns community colleges; affects determination of operating grants; authorizes boards of trustees to exempt certain community college pr... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Boards S.B. 259 Adds a staff member to the board of directors for community colleges; requires that the staff member must be classified or mid-management em... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College Boards S.B. 259 Adds a staff member to the board of directors for community colleges; requires that the staff member must be classified or mid-management em... More... LA Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Financial Support for Skill or Occupational Training S.B. 97A Permits recipients of the Tuition Opportunity Program, and Honors awards to pursue skill or occupational training, including a vocational or... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College Transfer Scholarship Program H.B. 476 Establishes the Community College Transfer Scholarship Program and provides for the award of scholarships under the Program; establishes qua... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Funding Formula for Community Colleges H.B. 311 Provides that certain unrestricted higher education grants shall be distributed to certain small community colleges in a certain fiscal year... More... MD Vetoed 04/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Funding for Community Colleges S.B. 89 Revises the State funding formula for community colleges by establishing a supplemental component, beginning in fiscal year 2003, that is eq... More... ME Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Access to State Technical College System S.B. 973 (LD 2519) Increases access to the State's Technical College System; provides funding to add additional students systemwide; addresses the St... More... VA Signed into law 04/2000 Postsec. Community College Trasnfer of Responsibility H.B. 1383 Transfers the administrative responsibility for the Economic and Employment Improvement Program for Disadvantaged Persons from the Governor'... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary Options H.B. 2365 Establishes the Joint Legislative Study Committee on dual enrollment in high school and community college.... More... IN Signed into law 03/2000 Postsec. Community College Community College/Economic Development S.B. 278 Allows Ivy Tech state college to promote economic development by providing certain assessment and training services through 2005; prohibits ... More... WA Signed into law 03/2000 Postsec. Sick Leave/Community Colleges S.B. 6811 Provides for sick leave and leave sharing for part-time academic employees at community and technical colleges; declares that part time acad... More... WY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College Funding H.B. 26 Relates to Joint Education Interim Committee; relates to community colleges; modifies budgeting process, distribution and use of funds for c... More... WY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Community College Postsec. Community College Governance S.B. 21 Amends powers and duties of the community college commission and of local community college boards; amends composition of the commission; pr... More... 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. 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