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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
+ 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
NJConditional veto by governor 12/2000P-12Student Surveys
A.B. 2351
*****Returned to ASSEMBLY., provides that prior to a school district administering certain academic or nonacademic surveys, assessments, ana...

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CAVetoed 09/2000P-12Illegal Taping of Conversations
A.B. 697
Prohibits evidence obtained as a result of eavesdropping upon or recording a communication in a classroom in violation of that provision of ...

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CAVetoed 09/2000P-12Students Right to Request Hearing
S.B. 444
Extends to 4 schooldays the time that the pupil or his or her parents are granted to request a public hearing. Requires the Superintendent o...

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NYSigned into law 08/2000P-12
Postsec.
Social Security Numbers
S.B. 6237
Use of student social security numbers restricted. No public or private elementary or secondary school or college as defined in section two...

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NYSigned into law 07/2000P-12Project SAVE
S.B. 8236
Relates to project SAVE (Save Safe Schools Against Violence in Education); relates to students and student discipline; relates to improving ...

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COSigned into law 06/2000P-12Safe Schools
S.B. 133
Centers on a conduct and discipline code with identified violations to result in actions taken. Forms the basis for annual reporting to loc...

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FLSigned into law 06/2000P-12Changing the Rules for School Discipline
S.B. 852
Revises the definition of suspension; revises data used to determine school's performance grade category; revises information required to be...

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FLVetoed 06/2000P-12Changes in High School Grading Practices
S.B. 990
Relates to education; relates to annual public disclosure reports; encourages certain grading practices; authorizes school districts to aban...

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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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SCSigned into law 06/2000P-12Juvenile Records
H.B. 4003
Relates to the maintenance, release, and confidentiality of juvenile records pursuant to the juvenile justice code; authorizes release of in...

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TNSigned into law 06/2000P-12Student Names
S.B. 1882
Requires student to be enrolled in school under name that appears on certificate of birth and to use that throughout school career....

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COSigned into law 05/2000P-12Release of Student Education Records
H.B. 1202
A school district shall not release the education records of a student to any person, agency or organization without the prior written conse...

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IASigned into law 05/2000Postsec.
H.B. 2437
Relates to disclosure by a postsecondary education institution of information to the parent or guardian of a student; relates to personal in...

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MISigned into law 05/2000P-12Student Records
S.B. 588
Public Act 88., Relates to education; prohibits the release of student education records and teacher addresses and telephone numbers under c...

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MISigned into law 05/2000P-12School Locker Searches
H.B. 5233
Public Act 87; Relates to elementary and secondary education; provides for policies on school locker searches....

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MNSigned into law 05/2000P-12Records Sharing
H.B. 2833
, Relates to crime; authorizes certain behavioral data on students to be disclosed to the juvenile justice system; provides for data sharing...

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OKSigned into law 05/2000P-12Disclosure of Records
S.B. 1533
Authorizes school districts to request disciplinary and nondirectory educational records from districts in which a student was formerly enro...

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TNSigned into law 05/2000P-12Records Sharing
S.J.R. 620
Urges the Department of Education to prepare and provide to all public schools guides to legally permissible practices for disclosure and sh...

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WIVetoed 05/2000P-12Disclosure of Pupil Records
A.B. 663
Relates to disclosure of pupil records by the department of public instruction; conforms an exception to federal law; allows DPI to disclose...

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COSigned into law 04/2000P-12Student Records
H.B. 1119
Concerning the exchange of information related to children; authorizes an exchange of information between schools and law enforcement agenci...

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LASigned into law 04/2000P-12Testing
S.B. 33A
Exempts certain testing instruments, test answers, and individual student test scores from the public records laws....

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MDSigned into law 04/2000P-12
Postsec.
Use of Social Security Numbers
H.B. 37
Prohibits public institutions of higher education, public schools, or the State from printing or having printed a Social Security number on ...

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MESigned into law 04/2000P-12Legal Action
H.B. 1135
(LD 1620)Allows any person who was a student at the Governor Baxter School for the Deaf between 1974 and 1998 to bring an action against the...

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VASigned into law 04/2000P-12Student Involvement in Politics
H.B. 1541
Requires, no later than 8/1/2001, local school boards to develop and implement policies to ensure that public school students are not requir...

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MESigned into law 03/2000P-12Transfer of Student Records
S.B. 687
Public Law No. 595, (LD 1933); Allows a juvenile's school to disseminate information about the juvenile to the court and a criminal justice ...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Drug Testing
H.B. 588
Permits local school boards to require as a condition for re-enrollment or continued enrollment in public school, that students who have bee...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Student Searches
H.B. 1445
Directs school boards to adopt regulations governing student searches; requires regulations be consistent with relevant state and federal la...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Disclosure of Ethnicity
S.B. 224
Requires school board employees administering tests or other assessment instrument to disclose to the public school students being tested th...

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VASigned into law 03/2000P-12Student Searches
H.B. 1445
Directs school boards to adopt regulations governing student searches; requires regulations be consistent with relevant state and federal la...

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WASigned into law 03/2000P-12Student Fund-Raisers
H.B. 2332
Declares an intent to allow students to broaden the types of fund-raisers that they may conduct for charitable purposes in their private non...

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WASigned into law 03/2000P-12Notification of Student Offenses
S.B. 6206
Requires that schools be notified of firearm violations by students; states whenever a minor enrolled in any common school is convicted in a...

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KYSigned into law 02/2000P-12Paging Devices
H.B. 266
Requires a local board of education to develop a policy regarding the possession and use of personal telecommunications devices by a student...

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SDSigned into law 02/2000P-12Reporting by Law Enforcement
H.B. 1192
Allows law enforcement agencies to report certain violations of law and threats made by a student....

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VASigned into law 02/2000P-12Drug Testing for Certain Juveniles
S.B. 153
Requires juveniles found delinquent and adults found guilty for a first drug offense be subject to periodic substance abuse testing, drug tr...

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+ 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