ECS
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
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+ Background Checks
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+ Business Involvement
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+ 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
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+ Curriculum--Mathematics
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+ Governance
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+ Governance--School Boards
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+ Health
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+ High School
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+ Middle School
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+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
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+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
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+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
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+ P-3 Kindergarten
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+ Postsecondary
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+ Postsecondary Faculty
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+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
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+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
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+ Private Schools
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+ Promising Practices
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+ Reading/Literacy
+ Religion
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
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+ 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
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+ 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
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+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
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+ 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
ALSigned into law 05/2000P-12Relates to the assessment of student achievement in the public schools; removes the requirement that the board implement a nationally normed test in specified grades; requires that the board implement an assessment program in specified grades and assessment and remediation program in specified grades to prepare for the graduation examination.
Title: S.B. 551
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

MDSigned into law 05/2000P-12Defines "Academic Intervention Programs" as those taking place before or after school, or on weekends, during holidays, vacations or summer break. Provides grants to county boards for programs meeting certain criteria. Requires evaluation of the status and success on an individual program and statewide basis.
Title: S.B. 810
Source: Lexis-Nexis

AZSigned into law 04/2000P-12Requires the Department of Education to establish an AIMS Intervention and Dropout Prevention Program; requires Department of Education to establish an Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards Intervention and Program and to develop the Program's procedure and guidelines; establishes requirements for the service providers to receive monies for participation in the program.
Title: H.B. 2405
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

KYSigned into law 04/2000P-12
Postsec.
Directs the Education, Assessment, and Accountability Review Subcommittee to study the issues of adequate preparation of students for promotion to higher grades, the establishment of appropriate educational criteria for entrance into higher grades, and remediation rates of entering postsecondary students.
Title: H.C.R. 88
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

VABecame law without governor's signature 04/2000P-12Relates to the Innovative Remedial Education Pilot Program; changes the date for which the first awards must be made to approved pilot programs to 01/01/2001; and makes technical changes.
Title: H.B. 1355
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

KYSigned into law 03/2000P-12
Postsec.
Establishes the Kentucky Early Mathematics Testing Program, located at a public university, to provide information to high school sophomores and juniors regarding their level of mathematics knowledge in relation to college standards in order to encourage students to take additional high school mathematics courses and reduce the number of students needing mathematics remediation in college.
Title: H.B. 178
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

UTSigned into law 03/2000P-12Establishes the presumption that public school students will pay the fees associated with courses they are repeating or remediation; provides alternatives to waiving the fees in cases of financial hardship; provides for a partial or full waiver in cases of extreme hardship.
Title: S.B. 146
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Clarifies that educational remediation programs shall be evaluated on the basis of the pass rate on the Standards of Learning assessments; requires that the Board of Education promulgate regulations establishing standards for remediation programs.
Title: H.B. 975
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Re-arranges paragraphs of the Standards of Quality pertaining to remediation programs and requirements in order to provide consistency, clarity, and readability; clarifies that any student who does not pass literacy tests or any of the Standards of Learning assessments in grades 3, 5, or 8 must be required to attend a summer school program or to participate in another form of remediation and that any student who passes one or more, but not all, may attend a remediation program.
Title: H.B. 1353
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

NMSigned into law 02/2000P-12Relates to educational standards; provides for remediation and academic improvement programs; restricts promotions; provides for parental involvement.
Title: H.B. 78
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

SCSigned into law 01/2000P-12Pursuant to S.C. Code Ann. §59-18-500 (Supp. 1999), beginning in the 1998–99 school year and annually thereafter, schools must begin developing Academic Plans for Students for those students lacking the skills to perform at current grade levels. The school must notify the parent(s), surrogate parent(s), or the legal guardian(s) of students in grades three through eight of the need for a conference if the student lacks the skills to perform at his or her current grade level.
Title: S.C. Code Ann. §59-18-500
Source: http://www.sde.state.sc.us/

+ 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