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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 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 AZ Approved by voters 11/2000 P-12 Community College Sales Tax for Education Proposition 301 (S.B. 1007E) Provides for an increase to the transaction privilege tax rate from 5.0% to 5.6% to provide greater funding for teacher salarie... More... OR Unofficially rejected by voters 11/2000 P-12 Performance Pay, Seniority V. 19; (NEW BILL) (Initiative No. 29 Measure 95) Amends the Oregon Constitution regarding performance pay for teachers; provides that student learning determi... More... 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 P-12 Teacher Retirement Issues S.B. 1692 Relates to the State Teachers' Retirement Law. Prescribes enhanced service retirement allowances for members who retired for service and who... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Teachers Salaries A.B. 1087 Revises the incentive formula established for purposes of the Jack O'Connell Beginning-Teacher Salary Incentive Program which authorizes the... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Teacher Tax Credits/Low Interest Mortgages A.B. 2060 Chapter No. 331, Declares that a substantial public benefit is served by providing federal tax credits or reduced interest rate mortgages to... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Workers Comp. for Teachers S.B. 2081 Extends the workers' compensation law provision that certain peace officers, firefighters, and other specified state and local public employ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Lump-Sum Payment of Retirement Funds A.B. 2456 Chapter No.897, Establishes a Retirement Option Program that would allow members of the Defined Benefit Program to elect to receive a lump-s... More... CA Signed into law 09/2000 P-12 Teacher Tax Credit A.B. 1080 Relates to the Personal Income Tax Law which authorizes various credits against the tax imposed by that law, including a credit, for each ta... More... CA Signed into law 08/2000 P-12 Retirement Issues A.B. 1736 Provides that the earnings paid to a member who retired from service on or before July 1, 2000, and who is employed by a school district to ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Teacher's Salary Schedule Change S.B. 1643 Authorizes the governing board of a school district, the county superintendent of schools, or the county boards of education, commencing wit... More... CA Signed into law 07/2000 P-12 Allowing Retired Teachers Back Into the Class Room. S.B. 1666 Exempts, commencing in the 2000-01 school year, a member of the State Teachers' Retirement System who retired for service effective 01/01/00... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2000 P-12 Postsec. Part Time Professors/Teachers S.B. 2376 Raises the amount of part time gross pay retired professors and teachers may earn from employment by a state college or the Department of Ed... More... CA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Teacher Retirement A.B. 1509 Relates to the Defined Benefit Program, established by the Teacher's Retirement Law. Establishes the Defined Benefit Supplement Program, as ... More... CA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Teacher Tax Credit A.B. 2879 Allows a credit for each taxable year beginning on or after 01/01/2000, to credentialed teachers in an amount equal to specified amounts dep... More... CO Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Maintenance of Retirement Benefits During Teacher Shortages H.B. 1222 Concerns maintenance of public employee retirement benefits for retirees who are hired as nonlicensed employees by a school district during ... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Florida's Accountability System H.B. 63 Requires each school district with school designated as performance grade category F to permit transfer of teachers with certain qualificati... More... FL Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Teacher 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;... More... LA Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Postsec. Pay Increases for Teachers and Faculty H.B. 30B Goal is to increase pay for elementary and secondary teachers in amount necessary (determined by legislature) to annually achieve statewide ... More... MA Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2000 P-12 Early Retirement H.B. 5116 Improves teacher recruitment, retention and retirement. Creates an early retirement system, which the Governor has opposed.... More... OK Signed into law 06/2000 P-12 Teacher Salaries S.B. 901 Prohibits school districts from increasing or reducing fringe benefits to meet the $3,000 salary increase mandated for teachers. Clarifies ... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Teacher Retirement Allowances S.B. 485 Provides further for the conditions under which a person retired under the Teachers' Retirement System or the Employees' Retirement System m... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Teacher and Principal Performance H.B. 285 Provides for the Teacher Accountability Act; provides for performance-based contracts for principals; provides for alternative principal cer... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Cost-of-Living Salary Adjustments H.B. 202 Provides an equivalent percent cost-of-living adjustment for certain public education employees with the beginning of the 2000-2001 fiscal y... More... AL Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Fund for Teacher Salary Increases H.B. 204 To appropriate for the fiscal year beginning 10/1/2001, and for each fiscal year thereafter 41.15% of any increase in Education Trust Fund r... More... CA Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Teacher Retirement Allowances A.B. 141 Chapter No. 22; Relates to State Teachers' Retirement Law, the service retirement allowance of a retired member shall be reduced if the memb... More... DE Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act S.B. 260 Creates the Professional Development and Educator Accountability Act. Beginning in 2002, at least 20% of educator's performance evaluation w... More... MD Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Governor's Teacher Salary Challenge Program S.B. 810 Requires the state to add 1 percent to salaries for teachers in any public school system that increases teachers pay by 4 percent and provid... More... MD Signed into law 05/2000 P-12 Homeownership Opportunities for Teachers S.B. 206 Declares the intent of the General Assembly that the Department of Housing and Community Development develop a program to promote homeowners... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Retired Teachers May Return to Work H.B. 519 Relates to teachers' retirement act; defines critical shortage area as a lack of certified teachers in particular subject matters, in grade ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Sick Leave Banks H.B. 373 Permits a district to establish a sick leave bank for school employees in addition to teachers; provides for both teachers and employees to ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Sick Leave H.B. 675 Requires school boards that provide a sick-leave program to certified employees to also provide a sick-leave program for noncertified employ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Salaries H.B. 1247 Establishes the Governor's Teacher Salary Challenge Program; requires the State Board of Education to make specified grants to county boards... More... MS Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Financial Incentives for Schools H.B. 1134 Establishes and implements a superior-performing and exemplary schools program for identifying and granting financial incentives to low perf... More... MS Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Librarians' Compensation H.B. 903 Includes public school librarians' professional experience in public libraries in the definition of the term year of teaching experience as ... More... NE Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Salary Study L.B. 1399 Creates a 14-member task force that will study teacher salaries and report to the Legislature by Oct. 1. The task force will be directed to ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2000 P-12 Retirement System H.B. 79 Provides for the state Retirement System, rather than the school boards, to develop the policies and procedures to administer the optional r... More... GA Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Omnibus Bill - Teacher Compensation and National Board Certification H.B. 1187 Teachers receiving National Board Certification will receive a 10 percent increase in salary... More... KY Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Forfeiture of Retirement H.B. 737 Provides that for persons fired after 8/1/2000, who participate in State Employees Retirement System, County Employees Retirement System, St... More... SD Signed into law 03/2000 P-12 Long-Term Substitutes S.B. 172 Defines long-term substitute teachers; requires certain reporting on the use of long-term substitute teachers.... More... OK Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Salary Schedule H.B. 2653 Provides a $3,000 salary increase to state-paid certified personnel beginning with the 2000-2001 school year and increases the minimum teach... More... WV Signed into law 02/2000 P-12 Personal Leave Banks H.B. 4314 Provides for personal leave banks for school personnel who are caregivers; defines catastrophic illness or injury.... More... 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