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From the ECS State Policy Database 2001 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2001. 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 OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Quality Education Commission H.B. 2295 Establishes Quality Education Commission; directs the Commission to identify quality goals for kindergarten through grade 12; directs the Co... More... FL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Florida Education Finance Program H.B. 1545 2001-157., Requires the designation and publication of district performance grades; revises minimum requirements of the Florida Education Fi... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Grants for Improvement of Low-Performing Schools S.B. 64 Alters the authorized uses of Schools for Success challenge grant funds and extends the termination date provisions relative to challenge gr... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reporting Exemptions and Teacher Pay H.B. 1433 Except for school districts with one or more school sites which are identified as low performing or high challenged, all school districts sh... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Academic Performance S.B. 810 Requires state to complete draft Academic Performance Index by July 13, 2001. On or before February 28, 2002, must file the final baseline ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Public School Accountability, Various Components H.B. 1144 Requires that records relating to student performance be coordinated and maintained in standardized, compatible formats that allow the excha... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Performance Audits H.B. 2934 Creates a system of education performance audits as a tool for determining the quality of education. Stipulates that measures used to evalu... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Fiscal Audits/Inspections H.B. 2225 §18-9B-13. Eliminates the requirement that audits of school boards be conducted once every three years by the office of chief inspector. T... More... ME Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use of Impact Fees H.B. 268 Public Law No. 38., 39 (LD 346) Clarifies that communities that are part of a school administrative district or other single or multicommuni... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Audits H.B. 87 Relates to public money; provides for stratified or statistical pre- and post-audits; requires quarterly reports from local public bodies, s... More... Accountability--Accreditation CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Posting Information on losing accreditation A.B. 1725 Chapter No.598, Requires a school board to give official notice at a school board meeting if a public school within the district that has el... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Exemption from Accreditation S.B. 223 Exempts elementary and secondary education institutions operated by churches, religious organizations and faith-based ministries from requir... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Waivers S.B. 2166 Allows any school or school district to apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver of any rule governing the accreditati... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Accreditation Process S.B. 661 Increases the cycle of accreditation from three years to six years. The language in the bill leaves the cycle open so that some schools can ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Minimum Wage for School Employees H.B. 2553 From the legislation: FULL-TIME CLASSIFIED EMPLOYEE SHALL NOT RECEIVE AN HOURLY RATE OF COMPENSATION LESS THAN SIX DOLLARS AND TWENTY FIVE ... More... MT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Multiyear accreditation of schools; accreditation of 7th and 8th grades funded at high school rates H.B. 103 Allows for multiyear accreditation of schools; requires compliance with teacher certification laws to receive multiyear accreditation; provi... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Admission Contingent on Accreditation S.B. 1324 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation pursuant to the Standards of Accreditation promulga... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Using Accreditation as Factor for Admission H.B. 2144 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admis... More... Accountability--Measures/Indicators OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Performance Indicators Provision S.B. 1 Repeals all former district performance indicators, and requires the state board to establish at least 17 new indicators annually through 20... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho... More... OR Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Grading Schools and Reporting S.B. 811 Encourages school districts to implement programs to improve student performance and school personnel satisfaction such as the Initiative fo... More... NH Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 School Performance S.B. 164 Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progr... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 New rankings for school report cards S.B. 98 Directs new rankings for school report cards; adds new categories of information to be included in school report cards; requires low perform... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 School Accountability Program H.B. 220 Relates to school and district accountability for student outcomes; provides for notification to the public of school rankings; provides tec... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 At Risk Guidelines S.B. 702 Texas law defines a "student at risk of dropping out of school" by age rather than grade level for students in grade levels higher than seve... More... FL Filed as Chapter No 05/2001 P-12 School Performance Grades H.B. 1633 2001-90. Revises provisions relating to the designation of school performance grade categories; revises the basis for such designations; rev... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Staff Performance Evaluation Plan S.B. 165 Section formerly required each school to develop staff performance evaluation plan that would examine each employee's performance. New langu... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability System S.B. 165 Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Academic Performance S.B. 810 Requires state to complete draft Academic Performance Index by July 13, 2001. On or before February 28, 2002, must file the final baseline ... More... SC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Performance Indicators H.B. 3600 Relates to the education oversight committee's academic performance ratings and performance indicators under the education accountability ac... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Students Tested; Reporting S.B. 660 Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and rep... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Attendance Rates Reported H.B. 1222 Concerns the replacement of information on student dropout rates with information on school attendance rates in reports for elementary schoo... More... Accountability--Reporting Results OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Performance Indicators Provision S.B. 1 Repeals all former district performance indicators, and requires the state board to establish at least 17 new indicators annually through 20... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho... More... OR Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Grading Schools and Reporting S.B. 811 Encourages school districts to implement programs to improve student performance and school personnel satisfaction such as the Initiative fo... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 New rankings for school report cards S.B. 98 Directs new rankings for school report cards; adds new categories of information to be included in school report cards; requires low perform... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 School Accountability Program H.B. 220 Relates to school and district accountability for student outcomes; provides for notification to the public of school rankings; provides tec... More... MO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 School Report Cards H.B. 865; S.B. 575 Requires an annual report for each building in a district to be made available in several ways, including but not limited to, providing the ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability System S.B. 165 Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability and Various Provisions S.B. 165 Revises provisions governing the accountability of public schools; revises provisions governing the requirements for a person to take tests ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Annual Reports A.B. 364 Requires regional subdistricts created in certain school districts to prepare annual reports, prescribing the information required to be rep... More... SC Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Higher Education Reporting H.B. 3533 Relates to the Commission on Higher Educations Annual Report under the Education Accountability Act; provides for that information which mus... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Disaggregated Data H.B. 1301 Requires the disaggregation of the Tennessee Comprehensive Assessment Program scores prior to release as part of the commissioner's annual r... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Financial Accounting Rating System S.B. 218 Requires the commissioner to, in consultation with the comptroller, develop and implement a financial accountability rating system for schoo... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Students Tested; Reporting S.B. 660 Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and rep... More... UT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Reporting Requirements H.B. 235 Modifies the provisions relating to the State System of Public Education by requiring school districts to have published in an newspaper the... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Attendance Rates Reported H.B. 1222 Concerns the replacement of information on student dropout rates with information on school attendance rates in reports for elementary schoo... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Disaggregated Data, Professional Development S.B. 28 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education to address issues related to the Utah Performance Assessment System for ... More... Accountability--Rewards CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Changes In the States Accountability Reward System A.B. 1295 Deletes the provision by which schools that meet the State target are eligible for the Governor's Performance Award Program and would requir... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 School Accountability Program H.B. 220 Relates to school and district accountability for student outcomes; provides for notification to the public of school rankings; provides tec... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Rewards, Continuing Education, Teacher Shortages, H.B. 1499--Multiple Components Concerns Academic Performance Awards Programs, continuing education for mathematics teachers, National Board certification; removes authorit... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Levels of Intervention S.B. 1 Requires the state board to establish a standard unit of improvement for buildings and requires districts that are not excellent or effectiv... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho... More... PA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 School Districts in Distress S.B. 640 Amends the Public School Code. Relates to distress in school districts. Authorizes a school reform commission to assume control of a distric... More... NH Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 School Performance S.B. 164 Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progr... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Placement of School in Academic Receivership S.B. 165 Deletes language permitting local board to place school in academic receivership if school fails for four consecutive school years to attain... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability and Various Provisions S.B. 165 Revises provisions governing the accountability of public schools; revises provisions governing the requirements for a person to take tests ... More... SC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Technical Assistance H.B. 3890 (Joint Resolution) States that schools may qualify for technical assistance based on the criteria established by the Education Oversight Com... More... TN Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 P-12 No Pass No Drive Amendments S.B. 146 Increases from five to ten unexcused absences allowed prior to suspension or denial of driver license of minor individual enrolled in GED co... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "e... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Admission Contingent on Accreditation S.B. 1324 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation pursuant to the Standards of Accreditation promulga... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Using Accreditation as Factor for Admission H.B. 2144 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation shall not be the sole criterion for denial of admis... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive TN Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 P-12 No Pass No Drive Amendments S.B. 146 Increases from five to ten unexcused absences allowed prior to suspension or denial of driver license of minor individual enrolled in GED co... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Placement of School in Academic Receivership S.B. 165 Deletes language permitting local board to place school in academic receivership if school fails for four consecutive school years to attain... More... Accountability--School Improvement MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Grants for Improvement of Low-Performing Schools S.B. 64 Alters the authorized uses of Schools for Success challenge grant funds and extends the termination date provisions relative to challenge gr... More... Adult Basic Education LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Postsec. Adult Education and Literacy Training Related to TANF Programs H.B. 1759 Specifies that adult basic education and literacy training are within the definition of vocational education training for purposes of Tempor... More... PA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Adult Literacy/Family Literacy S.B. 35 Act No. 26 of 2001. Amends the Pennsylvania Adult Basic and Literacy Education Act; provides for short title, for findings and purpose, for ... More... AZ Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Health Care Training H.B. 2618 Appropriates funds from the State General Fund in each of the fiscal years 2001-2002 and 2002-2003 to the Department of Education to establi... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Teach blindness skills to individuals 55 and older H.B. 429 Makes an appropriation for teachers to teach blindness skills to individuals 55 and older with severe visual impairment or blindness.... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Distribution of Adult Education Funds to Tribal Colleges H.B. 267 Authorizes the superintendent of public instruction to distribute adult education funds for the support of an adult education program operat... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Adult Part-Time Students H.B. 2897 Provides higher education adult part-time student grants to students enrolled in postsecondary certificate, industry-recognized credential a... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Private/Home Schooled Students in Adult Ed. S.B. 940 Amends the Arkansas Code regarding requirements for private school and home-schooled students to enroll in an adult education program. Stude... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Students Attending Adult Ed. Programs H.B. 2300 Institutes a monitoring program for students obtaining waivers of school attendance requirements to attend adult education programs.... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Adult Education Task Force Study S.B. 399; H.B. 775 Establishes a task force to study adult education services, including basic skills instruction, English as a second language, General Equiva... More... CA Signed into law 01/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill--Adult Education Component A.B. 804 Chapter No.734 Adult education programs, courses, and classes shall not be used to supplant the regular high school curriculum for high scho... More... Assessment OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Standards, Assessments S.B. 1 Eliminates the requirement that school districts implement competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education to deve... More... CA Vetoed 10/2001 P-12 Appropriations for the State's Assessment Program A.B. 50 Appropriates funds to the Superintendent of Public Instruction for allocation to school districts for the purposes of standards-based instru... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Standardized Testing and Reporting Program S.B. 233 Extends the repeal date concerning provisions of the Standardized Testing and Reporting Program. Requires the achievement test to contain En... More... CA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Requirements For State Test Results S.B. 245 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to return achievement test results to a district in the timeframe specified by the Board o... More... CT Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Taking the State Test in the Junior year instead of the Sophomore Year S.B. 1175 Changes the academic year that students take the Connecticut Academic Performance Test from the sophomore to the junior year.... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 8th Grade Assessment S.B. 13A Makes an appropriation to the Department of Education for the development of a new criterion-referenced test for pupils in grade 8.... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Exempting Schools with a large amount of students who have IEPs H.B. 1348 Authorizes the State Board of Education by rule to exclude a school from receiving an academic performance grade if more than 95% of the stu... More... FL Filed as Chapter No 05/2001 P-12 School Performance Grades H.B. 1633 2001-90. Revises provisions relating to the designation of school performance grade categories; revises the basis for such designations; rev... More... LA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Investigation of Improprieties in Administration of Standardized Tests H.B. 482 Requires each city, parish and other local public school board to adopt a policy establishing uniform procedures for the investigation of em... More... MO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Assessment Requirements for Limited English, Low-Performing and Special Education Students S.B. 319 Provides that assessment scores of students for whom English is a second language (ESL) shall not be counted until the student has been educ... More... ND Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reading and Math Tests H.B. 1293--One Component Beginning during the second half of the 2001-02 school year and annually thereafter, the superintendent of public instruction shall administ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Assessment Issues A.B. 214 Requires the Department of Education and each school district to adopt a plan setting forth procedures concerning the security of certain ex... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Academic Performance S.B. 810 Requires state to complete draft Academic Performance Index by July 13, 2001. On or before February 28, 2002, must file the final baseline ... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Math & English Assessments H.B. 2822 Requires statewide math problem solving and English writing assessments to be given on or after March 1 in grades 3, 5, or 8. Requires the B... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Testing Accomodations S.B. 343 Requires the state department of education to develop alternative assessment for disabled students. The department is required to develop tw... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Timely Test Score Data S.B. 188 Requires the state department to provide raw test score data to local education agencies as soon as practicable after receipt of such data, ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Exemptions from Testing H.B. 2109 Exempts higher education students from taking the Texas Academic Skills Program (TASP) test if the person graduates from a public high schoo... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Public School Accountability, Various Components H.B. 1144 Requires that records relating to student performance be coordinated and maintained in standardized, compatible formats that allow the excha... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Comparing Test Scores to Student Grades S.B. 942 Requires the Department of Education to develop a plan to compare a school district's student gradepoint averages with student ACT and ACTAP... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Arkansas Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education. S.B. 907 Creates the Arkansas Blue Ribbon Commission on Public Education. From the legislation: The purpose of the General Assembly in establishing ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Students Tested; Reporting S.B. 660 Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and rep... More... TX Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Accomodation for Mobility and Language S.B. 676 Students are exempt from testing for a period of up to one year after initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student is ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Expanding ACT Assistance Pilot Program H.B. 1827 Clarifies the General Assembly's intent to continue the Arkansas American College Test Assessment Assistance Pilot Program; increases the nu... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Use of the Rising Junior Exam H.B. 1048 Until such time as the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approves other assessment processes or exams to be used by Arkansas coll... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Evaluations S.B. 1116 Provides statewide goals for reading evaluations conducted in public schools; provides additional assistance to schools which fail to achiev... More... SD Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Standards-Based Assessment S.B. 234 Every school district shall administer the same national norm-referenced academic achievement test to all students in 2, 4, 8, and 11, and e... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Disaggregated Data, Professional Development S.B. 28 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education to address issues related to the Utah Performance Assessment System for ... More... Assessment--Accommodations CT Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Change in Exemptions for limited-English-proficient students H.B. 6751 Limits the exemptions from the Connecticut Master Test and the Connecticut Academic Performance Test for limited-English-proficient students... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Exempting Schools with a large amount of students who have IEPs H.B. 1348 Authorizes the State Board of Education by rule to exclude a school from receiving an academic performance grade if more than 95% of the stu... More... MO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Assessment Requirements for Limited English, Low-Performing and Special Education Students S.B. 319 Provides that assessment scores of students for whom English is a second language (ESL) shall not be counted until the student has been educ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Testing Accomodations S.B. 343 Requires the state department of education to develop alternative assessment for disabled students. The department is required to develop tw... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Students Tested; Reporting S.B. 660 Relates to annual school accountability reporting. There are five indices through which public school performance shall be measured and rep... More... TX Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Accomodation for Mobility and Language S.B. 676 Students are exempt from testing for a period of up to one year after initial enrollment in a school in the United States if the student is ... More... Assessment--End-of-Course SC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Section 3 H.B. 3534 Amends Section 59-18-310(B). The statewide assessment program in the four academic areas shall include grades 3 through 8, an exit examinati... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "e... More... Assessment--Formative/Interim OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Standards, Assessments S.B. 1 Eliminates the requirement that school districts implement competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education to deve... More... Assessment--High Stakes/Competency OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) Provision S.B. 1 Delays the requirement for students to pass all five tests to receive a high school diploma from the class of 2001 to the class of 2007. Pr... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 High School Exit Exam A.B. 1609 Specifies that 2000-01 school year is the only year in which ninth-graders may take the high school exit examination. Creates new section re... More... AK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 2 Year Transition for the High School Grad. Requirement S.B. 133 Relates to a 2 year transition for implementation of the public high school competency examination; establishes an essential skills examinat... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Changes in the States Assessment System S.B. 106 This piece of legislation makes adjustments in the states High Stakes assessment system. These changes include looking at measures other th... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Assessments, National Board Certification, Professional Development S.B. 3A Relates to achievement and proficiency examinations administered in public schools; revises provisions governing the increase of salary for ... More... WA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Delays Assessments S.B. 5686 Delays assessments timelines in areas other than reading and math.... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability System S.B. 165 Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Informational Pamphlet on the High School Proficiency Examiniation A.B. 318 Requires the department to develop an informational pamphlet concerning the high school proficiency examination; requires boards of each sch... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 CSAP Test Results H.B. 1196 Allows local school districts to review the writing portion of a student's Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) test in order to help ... More... Assessment--Legal Issues LA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Investigation of Improprieties in Administration of Standardized Tests H.B. 482 Requires each city, parish and other local public school board to adopt a policy establishing uniform procedures for the investigation of em... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) NC Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 At-risk student assistance S.B. 1005 -- Sec. 28.17(e), 115C-105.41 Adds section concerning students who have been placed at risk of academic failure. Requires that schools identify students who have been pl... More... CA Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Programs for At-Risk Students A.B. 844 Chapter No.187, Extends the effective date of provisions authorizing school districts to establish an alternative education and work center ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Changes in the State's At-Risk Programs H.B. 1096 Makes changes to the definition of student at risk of academic failure; defines alternative educational opportunities for at-risk students t... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Education Courses at Juvenile Facilities H.B. 1638 , Provides for completion of educational courses, including a General Education Development course, or other programs offered at juvenile fa... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Programs for At-Risk Youth with Disciplinary Problems S.B. 1035 Authorizes youth development and assistance programs for elementary students at risk of having disciplinary problems; requires parental invo... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Suicide Prevention Program S.B. 792 Establishes a program of suicide prevention in public schools.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 At Risk Guidelines S.B. 702 Texas law defines a "student at risk of dropping out of school" by age rather than grade level for students in grade levels higher than seve... More... FL Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Demonstration program for prevention of learning problems in young children S.B. 1018 Relates to prevention of learning problems in young children; authorizes a demonstration program to be called Learning Gateway; creates a st... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 At-Risk Elementary Students H.B. 1499 Multiple Components for At-Risk Elementary Students States that each urban school district as defined in Section 1210.568 of this title and as identified as having a high population of element... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Alternative Approaches Grants H.B. 1460 Alternative Approaches grants are to be targeted at school districts located in counties with a high number of dropouts for the school year ... More... GA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. At Risk Programs and Hope Scholarship Changes H.B. 656 Act No. 29., Relates to elementary and secondary education; creates early intervention programs for kindergarten, primary grades, and upper ... More... NM Vetoed 03/2001 P-12 At-Risk Funding Index H.B. 49 Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation of the at-risk index to determine additional program units.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Teacher Proficiency H.B. 2514 Teacher proficiency; continuing contract status. Provides that any teacher hired on or after July 1, 2001, will be required, as a condition ... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Contracts, Provisions for Alternative Schools H.B. 196 Permits school districts that establish certain alternative schools to contract with nonprofit or for profit entities to operate those schoo... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 School district superintendents and suspension policy A.B. 177 Authorizes a school district superintendent or designee, if he or she chooses to extend a suspension, to address the academic needs of the p... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Private Alternative Education Programs S.B. 258 Allows State Board of Education to establish standards for private alternative education programs; specifies what is included in school dist... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Programs for Short-Term Suspensions S.B. 71 Establishes a pilot program under which participating local school administrative units place all students who are on short-term out-of-scho... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 At-Risk Elementary Students H.B. 1499 Multiple Components for At-Risk Elementary Students States that each urban school district as defined in Section 1210.568 of this title and as identified as having a high population of element... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Alternative Approaches Grants H.B. 1460 Alternative Approaches grants are to be targeted at school districts located in counties with a high number of dropouts for the school year ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 False alarms, Threats H.B. 1088 Relates to the placement in an alternative education program or expulsion of a public school student who makes a false alarm or report or a ... More... VA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Age-Appropriate Education Programs S.B. 1144 Creates optional age-appropriate education programs for students in grades K-5 who require guidance, supervision and discipline in a structu... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Suspension, Expulsion, Alternative Programs H.B. 2512 Reorganizes the student discipline statutes and moves some sections to other articles of Title 22.1. Requires division superintendents, in m... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Drug Offenses -- Teachers H.B. 1040 Requires immediate suspension and dismissal of teachers convicted of certain drug offenses. Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 5, Part 5.... More... MN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Notification of Student's Possession of Drug Paraphernalia S.B. 991 Requires notification to schools by law enforcement when a student within their jurisidiction is found in possession of drug paraphernalia.... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Smoking Prevention S.B. 2380 Establishes a youth smoking prevention commission; provides a community health grant program.... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Teachers to Notify Principals H.B. 1046 One portion of the bill requires teachers to notify principals if they know of or have reason to believe that a student is using, in possess... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Alcohol Abuse H.B. 1882 Relates to public school instruction regarding alcohol abuse and drunk driving; provides that instruction concerning the public safety hazar... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Employee Drug Offenses H.B. 1862 Suspension of school employees. Provides that school employees who are placed on probation as first offenders for drug offenses are not enti... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Instruction in Dangers of Alcohol H.B. 1882 Relates to public school instruction regarding alcohol abuse and drunk driving; adds instruction in alcohol and alcohol abuse, the illegalit... More... Attendance LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Compulsory Attendance Until Age 18 H.B. 19 , Requires with certain exceptions, persons having control of a child to send such child to school from the child's seventh birthday until h... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Truancy S.B. 1432 Relates to truancy and the authority of justice and municipal courts in relation to children; provides criminal penalties for contributing t... More... IA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Compulsory Attendance S.B. 412 Relates to the compulsory attendance age and attendance at school during the regular school calendar by a child who has reached the age of 1... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Remote Internet-Based Courses S.B. 595 The state board shall adopt rules no later than July 1, 2001, to provide for the implementation of remote internet-based courses. Each dist... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cannot Suspend for Truancy S.B. 439 Prohibits suspension as discipline for failure to attend class; stipulates other methods of discipline may be used for the pupil which may i... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Students Attending Adult Ed. Programs H.B. 2300 Institutes a monitoring program for students obtaining waivers of school attendance requirements to attend adult education programs.... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Attendance of Six-Year Olds H.B. 1371 Any person having responsibility for a child between the ages of seven and sixteen years shall ensure that the child is in attendance at a p... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Compulsory Attendance Age H.B. 781 Raises compulsory school attendance age from 16 to age 17.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 State Fair an Excuse for Missing School S.B. 86 Relates to school districts; requires districts to excuse students participating in the state fair from school attendance.... More... Attendance--Compulsory LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Compulsory Attendance Until Age 18 H.B. 19 , Requires with certain exceptions, persons having control of a child to send such child to school from the child's seventh birthday until h... More... Background Checks RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001 P-12 Background Checks for Private School Teachers H.B. 5288 States any person seeking employment with a private school who has not previously been employed by a private school or public school departm... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Requirement for Background Checks S.B. 117 Requires in a criminal history review of a school employee the reporting of all felonies and all offenses against a minor of which a person ... More... ME Vetoed 06/2001 P-12 Repeals Requirement for Background Checks S.B. 322 (LD 1090) Repeals the law requiring background checks and fingerprinting of school employees; corrects cross-references to the repealed prov... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Sports Coaches H.B. 2781 Relates to youth sports coaches and supervisors; requires youth sports providers to create and adopt a list of crimes that would preclude in... More... KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Criminal Records Checks for Volunteers H.B. 204 Relates to criminal records checks; provides that any criminal records checks for school volunteers are valid for five years unless school b... More... OK Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Criminal Records H.B. 1253 Relates to requirement of filing of criminal history record for teacher licensure; requires certain notification about school employees.... More... WV Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 FBI Backgrount Checks H.B. 3049 Applicants for initial license must be fingerprinted by state police and then have prints forwarded to the FBI for national criminal history... More... ND Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Designees May Do Fingerprint Checks H.B. 1225 Allows fingerprint checks to be done by a law enforcement officer or a properly trained designee of a law enforcement officer.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Illegal substances S.B. 63 Revises the definition of illegal substances for purposes of revoking or refusing to issue a certificate to a teacher or administrator; perm... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Background Check Exemptions S.B. 91 Exempts certain school district employees from the requirement for certain background checks.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Background Check Transfers S.B. 117, S.B. 91 Any school district employee who is employed by more than one school district is only required to obtain one criminal background investigati... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Background Checks H.B. 1996 Provides that criminal histories obtained by school boards for those who are offered or accept permanent, temporary, full or part time schoo... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Exchange of Background Check Information H.B. 2588 Authorizes local school boards to exchange information obtained from a criminal history records check of an applicant, if the applicant has ... More... Bilingual/ESL AZ To governor 12/2001 P-12 English Learners Issues H.B. 2010B Requires the State Board of Education to prescribe, for Federal funding purposes, the manner in which primary language is determined for new... More... AL Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 ESL Teachers H.J.R. 44C Urges to State Board of Education to to provide funding that is sufficient to provide an adequate number of English as a second language tea... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 09/2001 P-12 Recruit/Retain bilingual teachers A.B. 1499 Chapter No.268, Authorizes a school district receiving Teaching As A Priority Grant funds to offer incentives to recruit and retain credenti... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 ESL Grants H.B. 2286 Creates a grant program for school districts for costs associated with educating students in English as a Second Language programs; appropri... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Provisions for Limited English Proficiency Services S.B. 542 States intent of the General Assembly that State agencies are authorized to provide services to those with limited English proficiency; defi... More... ND Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Bilingual Funding H.B. 1321 Amends 15.1-27-12. In addition to any other payments provided for by this chapter, each school district is entitled to receive $425 for eac... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Dual Language Bilingual Programs S.C.R. 50 Encourages school districts to develop and implement dual language bilingual programs.... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Dual Language Immersion S.B. 467 Amends the Education Code to authorize a school district to adopt a dual language immersion program (program) for students enrolled in eleme... More... WA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 English Learners H.B. 2025 Relates to students whose primary language is other than English and the State assessment of student learning; provides for a review of same... More... DE Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Enhance ESL programs H.B. 9 Directs the Department of Education to develop, implement and enhance programs for students with limited English proficiency.... More... Career/Technical Education CA Signed into law 10/2001 Postsec. Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act A.B. 201 Relates to existing law, the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act, that establishes the Bureau for Private Postsecondar... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 California Information Technology Career Academy Grant Initiative A.B. 717 Establishes the California Information Technology Career Academy Grant Initiative to establish a partnership between the State and the Natio... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 Creating a clearinghouse of academic and career-related information A.B. 1341 Requires the State Department of Education to collect specified information from all public high schools on existing academic and career-rel... More... HI Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Amends powers of School To Work Executive Council S.B. 865 Amends powers of School To Work Executive Council; administratively places council within the Department of Education; reinstates the Direct... More... LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Postsec. Adult Education and Literacy Training Related to TANF Programs H.B. 1759 Specifies that adult basic education and literacy training are within the definition of vocational education training for purposes of Tempor... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 High Technology School-to-Work Program S.B. 845 Establishes a High Technology School-to-Work Program in the Department of Commerce and Community Affairs to increase the number of students ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Changes from Vocational Major to Career Major S.B. 113 Changes references in the high school career options program from a vocational major to a career major and provides for program reporting re... More... UT Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Community College Postsec. Utah College of Applied Technology H.B. 1003A Creates the Utah College of Applied Technology and other regional applied technology colleges in Utah; establishes their governance structur... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School To Work Programs S.B. 1472 Relates to school to work Programs; makes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for school to work programs.... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School To Work Programs H.B. 1561 , Appropriates funds for activities and personnel related to the Career Development System; provides for the operational transition from the... More... KS Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Vocational Education Boards S.B. 11 Concerns vocational education; relates to supervision of the administration of programs by local education agencies. From the legislation: ... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School to Work Programs S.B. 613 Authorizes eligible parties to establish specified approved paid work-based learning programs under which arrangements are made between scho... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. References to Voc/Tech. to Include K-12 Career Ed; Changes to Funding Formula and Eliminates Propriety Postsecondary Council H.B. 134 (LC 0135) Revises certain provisions; relates to K-12 vocational education; substitutes "K-12 career and vocational/technical education" for... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Tech-Prep Curriculum S.B. 1743 Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities to offer technical-prep high school ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Healthcare Awareness H.B. 1124 Establishes a community healthcare awareness and mentoring program for students. Intent is to introduce interested high school students to ... More... TX Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Career Studies H.B. 660 Adds a state objective that school districts will offer programs of study for broad career concentrations in areas of agriculture science te... More... VT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Technical Centers H.B. 495 The purpose of this act to enable technical center regions to establish alternative governance structures which meet regional technical educ... More... WA Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Career and Technical Education S.B. 5940 States the importance of career and technical education as it supports applied learning, increases the number of students completing high sc... More... AZ Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Community College Joint Technological Education District H.B. 2560 Provides a school district may join a Joint Technological Education District (JTED) by holding an election on any prescribed date prior to a... More... KY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Career and Technical Education H.B. 185 Defines the purposes of career and technical education; relates to school district funding for area centers and departments; requires a repo... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Vocational Study Programs H.B. 52 Authorizes local school districts to establish a vocational study program through which students may receive credits toward graduation for v... More... MT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Administration of Perkins Grants by Bd. of Regents S.B. 425 Makes permanent the designation of the Board of Regents as the eligible agency for administering the Carl D. Perkins vocational and applied ... More... AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Terminating the Vocational Resource Center H.B. 1282 Repeals provisions pertaining to the Model Vocational-Technical Education Resource Center. From the legislation: > EMERGENCY CLAUSE. IT IS... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Career and Technical Education S.B. 1055 Changes the name of vocational technical education to refer to career and technical education.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Technology Funds S.B. 1057 Clarifies that funds provided for educational technology may be used for career and technical education and vocational programs as well as a... More... Cheating LA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Investigation of Improprieties in Administration of Standardized Tests H.B. 482 Requires each city, parish and other local public school board to adopt a policy establishing uniform procedures for the investigation of em... More... NH Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Falsifying Academic Credentials S.B. 44 Creates the class A misdemeanor of false academic documentation.... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools NC Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Teachers for Charter Schools S.B. 139 Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools; authorizes certain ch... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 09/2001 P-12 Reporting for Charter Schools S.B. 675 Chapter No.344, Requires a charter school to transmit a copy of its annual, independent, financial audit report for the preceding fiscal yea... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Charter School funding issues S.B. 740 Authorizes a charter school that has an approved charter to receive funding for nonclassroom-based instruction only if a determination for f... More... LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Charter Schools - Closure and Failure to Open Obligations H.B. 1247 Requires charter schools that fail to open or that close for any reason to refund all cash on hand to the state or local school district.... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Amends Charter Law H.B. 3395 Prohibits charter school employees from serving on districts school board; directs the State Board of Education to grant waiver of public ch... More... AK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Increase the Number of Charter Schools H.B. 101 Increases the number of charter schools in the state from 30 to 60 and extends their contracts from 5 years to 10 years.... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Changes in Charter School Legislation S.B. 168 This Bill clarifies ambiguity in the original charter school legislation. It provides a more appropriate means by which charter approving au... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 At-Risk Student Enrollment in Charter Schools H.B. 794 Relates to requirements for enrolling at-risk pupils in certain charter schools in certain parishes. For Type 2, Type 3, and Type 4 charter ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Charter School Procedures and Litigation H.B. 1282 , Relates to the chartering process for charter schools, procedures for application and budget submission to the State Board of Elementary a... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Amends Charter Schools Law, Programs of Distance Education S.B. 399 Prohibits an existing public school or home school from converting to a charter school; prohibits charter schools from operating for profit;... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Criteria for Charter Proposals S.B. 255 Changes criteria that State Board of Education may use to reject public charter school proposal during review process.... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Charter School Law Changes H.B. 946 This bill revises the state charter school law, including the establishment of New Century Charter Schools. This legislation can be found b... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Charter Schools Established in Indiana S.B. 165 Creates new section establishing charter schools in the state. Permits mayor of Indianapolis to serve as a sponsor of a charter school withi... More... LA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Charter School Provisions H.B. 1401 Amends and reenacts R. S. 17:3997(A)(1), relative to charter school employees; to provide for the authority of a charter school to employ fa... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Revisions to Charter Schools Law S.B. 243 Revises provisions governing the reemployment of employees of a charter school by a school district; provides that a certain percentage of t... More... PA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Independent Schools H.B. 996 A school district may designate any school of the district as an independent school operating under an agreement with the board that grants ... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 P-12 Open Enrollment Charter Schools H.B. 6 Authorizes establishment of open enrollment charter schools. Includes a provision that the state board may grant a charter on the applicati... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Limited Charter Schools S.B. 478 This legislation creates "Limited Charter Schools" in the state. The relevant legislation can be found at the bottom.... More... MS Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Charter schools pilot program authorization H.B. 545 Reenacts sections 37-28-1 through 37-28-21, MISSISSIPPI CODE OF 1972, which establishes the procedure for public schools to apply for and be... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Admission preference areas for charter schools H.B. 294 Provides that a new or conversion charter school shall specify an attendance area for admission preference to students within that area.... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Advanced Payments to Charters H.B. 278 Authorizes advance payment of a portion of a charter school's estimated annual apportionment under specified conditions.... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Charter School Reporting S.B. 1060 Requires public charter schools to prepare and submit audit reports and to annually file financial and statistical reports with the State De... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Approval of Charters S.B. 1132 Provides for appeal to the State Board of Education of a decision not to approve the revision of a charter school's charter.... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Charter School Transportation H.B. 753 A charter school must negotiate with a local school district to provide transportation to students eligible for transportation under the pro... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Charters No Longer Pilot S.B. 169 Removes the pilot program status of charter schools.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Charter Applications S.B. 1393, H.B. 2439 Eliminates the now outdated requirement that a local school board must provide public notice by December 31, 2000, of its intent to accept o... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Charter School Applications H.B. 2439 Relates to charter schools; clarifies that, prior to receiving applications for any public charter school, a local school board must provide... More... WY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Amends Charter Schools Law S.B. 96 Relates to charter schools; modifies provisions for establishment and operation of charter schools; specifies funding provisions; repeals ex... More... AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Charter Schools and Desegregation S.B. 322 Amends the selection process for admission to a Charter school in a school district under court ordered desegregation.... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Charter Schools - Closure and Failure to Open Obligations H.B. 1247 Requires charter schools that fail to open or that close for any reason to refund all cash on hand to the state or local school district.... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Charter School Finance Issues S.B. 955 Makes instructional minute requirements in charter schools a condition of apportionment of State funds. Relates to computation of categorica... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Charter School funding issues S.B. 740 Authorizes a charter school that has an approved charter to receive funding for nonclassroom-based instruction only if a determination for f... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Bond Proceeds that Go to Charter Schools S.B. 237 Concerns the capital construction needs of charter schools; provides that a portion of the proceeds from approved school district bond measu... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Evaluating Charter Schools S.B. 1172 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE ARIZONA K-12 CENTER AT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVEN... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Evaluating Charter Schools S.B. 1038 Amends existing law to provide that the State Board of Education may review the effectiveness of charter schools and report to the Legislatu... More... Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Enrollment in Adjoining School Districts S.B. 1052 Authorizes the enrollment of a pupil in a school system adjoining his districted system when the transportation of the pupil equals or excee... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Choice Program S.B. 772 Makes several changes to the states school choice program. A public school choice program is established to enable any student to attend a s... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Tuition and Transportation Payments for Out-of-District Students S.B. 65 Revises the out-of-district tuition laws; eliminates mandatory tuition approval if the resident district provides transportation but is not ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Modifies Open Enrollment Law S.B. 2106 A school district participating in an open enrollment program may not give or offer to give a student remuneration, or directly or indirectl... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Student Transfers for School Attendance. S.B. 892 Changes the rules for student transfer. Stresses the rules requiring students to attend the school district in which their home is located.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Resident district's fiscal obligation for student enrolled in another district H.B. 1158 Any student who enrolls in another district from a district that does not receive state aid remains the financial obligation of the resident... More... Civic Education AL Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Patriotic Education H.J.R. 152C Relates to urging the Boards of Education to incorporate patriotic education as part of the daily Pledge of Allegiance.... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001 P-12 Civics Education H.B. 5899 Creates a permanant legislative commission for the purpose of developing and coordinating public outreach programs for the legislature that ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Encourages The Development of Character Education H.B. 1292 Encourages and promotes the development and establishment of character education programs through cooperation between parents and school dis... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 128 Relates to schools; designates November 11 as Veterans Day; requires public schools to conduct and observe Veterans Day programs; allows sch... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Celebrate Freedom Week H.B. 1776 The last full week of classes in September is designated as Celebrate Freedom Week in public schools. Celebrate Freedom Week may include ap... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Character Education Programs H.B. 946 Allows schools to provide character education programs, but any programs must stress positive character traits, such as: courage; trustworth... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Character Education H.B. 2208 Requires the state board to establish comprehensive character education into all aspects of school culture, school functions and existing cu... More... KS Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use and Display of US Flag in Public Schools H.B. 2105 Concerns the use and display of the flag of the United States of America in public schools. It shall be the duty of the state board of educa... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 High School Student Registration Opportunities H.B. 955 Enhances opportunities for high school students to register to vote; authorizes the registrar of each county to visit each public school, fo... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 1331 Requires all students to learn the Pledge of Allegiance and to demonstrate such knowledge and requires each school board to call for the dai... More... Civic Education--Character Education AL Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Patriotic Education H.J.R. 152C Relates to urging the Boards of Education to incorporate patriotic education as part of the daily Pledge of Allegiance.... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001 P-12 Civics Education H.B. 5899 Creates a permanant legislative commission for the purpose of developing and coordinating public outreach programs for the legislature that ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Encourages The Development of Character Education H.B. 1292 Encourages and promotes the development and establishment of character education programs through cooperation between parents and school dis... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 128 Relates to schools; designates November 11 as Veterans Day; requires public schools to conduct and observe Veterans Day programs; allows sch... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Celebrate Freedom Week H.B. 1776 The last full week of classes in September is designated as Celebrate Freedom Week in public schools. Celebrate Freedom Week may include ap... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Character Education Programs H.B. 946 Allows schools to provide character education programs, but any programs must stress positive character traits, such as: courage; trustworth... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Character Education H.B. 2208 Requires the state board to establish comprehensive character education into all aspects of school culture, school functions and existing cu... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Evaluating Charter Schools S.B. 1172 THE DEPARTMENT OF EDUCATION SHALL WORK IN COOPERATION WITH THE ARIZONA K-12 CENTER AT NORTHERN ARIZONA UNIVERSITY TO EVALUATE THE EFFECTIVEN... More... KS Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use and Display of US Flag in Public Schools H.B. 2105 Concerns the use and display of the flag of the United States of America in public schools. It shall be the duty of the state board of educa... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 High School Student Registration Opportunities H.B. 955 Enhances opportunities for high school students to register to vote; authorizes the registrar of each county to visit each public school, fo... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 1331 Requires all students to learn the Pledge of Allegiance and to demonstrate such knowledge and requires each school board to call for the dai... More... Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance AL Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Patriotic Education H.J.R. 152C Relates to urging the Boards of Education to incorporate patriotic education as part of the daily Pledge of Allegiance.... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Moment of Silence, Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 128 Relates to schools; designates November 11 as Veterans Day; requires public schools to conduct and observe Veterans Day programs; allows sch... More... KS Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use and Display of US Flag in Public Schools H.B. 2105 Concerns the use and display of the flag of the United States of America in public schools. It shall be the duty of the state board of educa... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 1331 Requires all students to learn the Pledge of Allegiance and to demonstrate such knowledge and requires each school board to call for the dai... More... Class Size CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 Small Class Size Program A.B. 231 Authorizes, on a pilot program basis, the Torrance and Poway Unified School Districts to implement an alternative class size reduction progr... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Class Size Limits H.B. 3313 A campus or district that is granted an exception from class size limits shall provide written notice of the exception to the parent of or p... More... Curriculum NJ Vetoed 12/2001 P-12 Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Culture and Education A.B. 3693 Establishes Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Culture and Education; appropriates funds. The duties of the commission... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 Creating a clearinghouse of academic and career-related information A.B. 1341 Requires the State Department of Education to collect specified information from all public high schools on existing academic and career-rel... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 New State Reporting Requirements for Physical Ed. A.B. 367 Imposes new duties on the State Department of Education regarding physical education, including, among others, that the department would be ... More... NC Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 State History and Geography H.B. 195 Session Law Number 363., Requires the public schools to provide courses of instruction on North Carolina history and geography to students i... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Instruction for Students in Personal Financial Management S.B. 212 Authorizes local school systems to offer instruction in personal financial management to students, provided such instruction is integrated i... More... ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Teaching of Native American History H.B. 255 Public Law No. 403., (LD 291)Requires that Maine Native American history and culture be taught in all elementary and secondary schools; requ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Holocaust Education A.B. 520 Makes an appropriation to the Governor's Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust for the continuation of its educational pro... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Student Bill of Rights, Dual Enrollment S.B. 65 Eliminates the 2-year second language requirement for students who have completed grade 12; requires all students who have met the requireme... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 CPR Instruction H.B. 821 Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students.... More... KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Study of Advanced Placement Program S.C.R. 2 Directs a study of the Advanced Placement Program in Kentucky's high schools; directs the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee to Educat... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Accountability and Various Provisions S.B. 165 Revises provisions governing the accountability of public schools; revises provisions governing the requirements for a person to take tests ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Personal Finance Curriculum H.B. 1177 Requires public schools to include in the course of instruction a component on personal finance education to help students develop an unders... More... VT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 American Sign Language S.B. 25 Authorizes schools to offer American Sign Language (ASL) as a course of foreign language credit; directs the Board of Education to establish... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Holocaust Education Commission S.B. 647 Creates the Holocaust Education Commission, a permanent state commission which, as an organized body and on a continuous basis, will survey,... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Art/Music Education H.B. 1883 Requires public elementary schools to provide instruction in the subjects of visual art or music for all students.... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Financial Institutions As Part of High School Program S.B. 2231, 2230 Relates to the authority of school district boards to establish student financial institutions operated as part of a high school educational... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Marching Band Physical Education H.B. 554 Establishes marching band as a physical education requirement.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Amends Advanced Placement Program S.B. 790 States that on or before October 1 of each year, the state department of education must issue a report on the Advanced Placement Incentive P... More... TX Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Agricultural Projects in Urban Schools S.B. 701 Directs the department to develop a grant program to large urban school districts for elementary schools for the purpose of establishing agr... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Mandarin Chinese Course S.B. 57 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement a con... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Sex Education S.B. 75 Provides that the State Board of Education shall approve instructional materials for use in health, physiology, hygiene, and prevention of c... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Music, Art, Dance, Theater H.B. 174 Requires music, visual art, dance or theater instruction to take place in elementary schools.... More... Curriculum--Arts Education MA Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Funding for technology training/infrastructure and a music education initiative H.B. 4797A Creates the Capital Needs Investment Trust Fund, which sets aside money for education technology; provides for statewide systems and competi... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Student Bill of Rights, Dual Enrollment S.B. 65 Eliminates the 2-year second language requirement for students who have completed grade 12; requires all students who have met the requireme... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 New Arts Positions H.B. 1391 , Appropriates funds for at least 28 fine arts positions within the Department of Education.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Art/Music Education H.B. 1883 Requires public elementary schools to provide instruction in the subjects of visual art or music for all students.... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Marching Band Physical Education H.B. 554 Establishes marching band as a physical education requirement.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Music, Art, Dance, Theater H.B. 174 Requires music, visual art, dance or theater instruction to take place in elementary schools.... More... Curriculum--Drivers Education IA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Driver education course H.B. 353 Relates to the amount of classroom instruction offered in an approved driver education course as programmed by the Department of Education.... More... Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Personal Finance Curriculum H.B. 1177 Requires public schools to include in the course of instruction a component on personal finance education to help students develop an unders... More... Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Student Bill of Rights, Dual Enrollment S.B. 65 Eliminates the 2-year second language requirement for students who have completed grade 12; requires all students who have met the requireme... More... VT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 American Sign Language S.B. 25 Authorizes schools to offer American Sign Language (ASL) as a course of foreign language credit; directs the Board of Education to establish... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Mandarin Chinese Course S.B. 57 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement a con... More... Curriculum--Geography Education NC Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 State History and Geography H.B. 195 Session Law Number 363., Requires the public schools to provide courses of instruction on North Carolina history and geography to students i... More... Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Information on school meals S.B. 19 Authorizes every public school to post a summary of nutrition and physical activity laws and regulations and the school district policies. R... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 CPR Instruction H.B. 821 Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students.... More... GA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Recess In Schools S.R. 252 Act No. 33., Relates to obesity in children; creates the Joint Study Committee on Physical Activity (recess) in Schools.... More... Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling TN Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Reading and Writing Proficiency S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill Requires the state board of education to establish by rule and policy a reading initiative for kindergarten through grade 8 that includes at... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Testing in Reading, Writing S.B. 673 Adds statewide testing in reading writing. Requires the department of education to involve local school district personnel, especially certi... More... Curriculum--Mathematics CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Creates the Science and Technology Education Center Grant Program H.B. 1365 Creates the Science and Technology Education Center Grant Program to provide start-up and operating money for science and technology educati... More... KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Professional Development for Middle School Math Teachers H.B. 66 Retains priority for funding to improve middle school mathematics teachers' content knowledge; permits the Department of Education to approv... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Strengthens Mathematics Instruction H.B. 1144 Mathematics Aspects Requires establishment of a master mathematics teacher certificate and a related course of study. Requires state department to establish th... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Engineering/Computer Science Initiative; Secondary Teacher Preparation S.B. 61 Establishes a Public Education Job Enhancement Program to attract, train and retain highly qualified secondary teachers in math, physics, ch... More... Curriculum--Multicultural NJ Vetoed 12/2001 P-12 Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Culture and Education A.B. 3693 Establishes Commission on Italian and Americans of Italian Heritage Culture and Education; appropriates funds. The duties of the commission... More... Curriculum--Physical Education CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 New State Reporting Requirements for Physical Ed. A.B. 367 Imposes new duties on the State Department of Education regarding physical education, including, among others, that the department would be ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Physical Activity S.B. 19 The state board by rule may require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade 7in an elementary school setting to part... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Marching Band Physical Education H.B. 554 Establishes marching band as a physical education requirement.... More... Curriculum--Science CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 The use of toxic substances as part of educational instruction S.B. 286 Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health Services, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Creates the Science and Technology Education Center Grant Program H.B. 1365 Creates the Science and Technology Education Center Grant Program to provide start-up and operating money for science and technology educati... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Mercury Safety S.B. 594 Provides the State Board of Education shall adopt rules eliminating the use and purchase of elemental mercury, mercury compounds and mercury... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Engineering/Computer Science Initiative; Secondary Teacher Preparation S.B. 61 Establishes a Public Education Job Enhancement Program to attract, train and retain highly qualified secondary teachers in math, physics, ch... More... Curriculum--Sex Education CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program S.B. 1058 Reenacts and recasts provisions of law establishing a Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Program targeted at pupils in elementary and secondary sc... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Sex Education/Sexual Conduct S.B. 1222 Requires school districts to integrate into existing sex education curricula; relates to sexual conduct with a minor for pupils in grades 7 ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Sex Education S.B. 75 Provides that the State Board of Education shall approve instructional materials for use in health, physiology, hygiene, and prevention of c... More... Curriculum--Social Studies/History NC Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 State History and Geography H.B. 195 Session Law Number 363., Requires the public schools to provide courses of instruction on North Carolina history and geography to students i... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Holocaust Education A.B. 520 Makes an appropriation to the Governor's Advisory Council on Education Relating to the Holocaust for the continuation of its educational pro... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 History Standards S.B. 109 Amends the School Code; adds Hispanics to the list of the specific ethnic groups whose role and contributions to the history of this country... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Celebrate Freedom Week H.B. 1776 The last full week of classes in September is designated as Celebrate Freedom Week in public schools. Celebrate Freedom Week may include ap... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Holocaust Education Commission S.B. 647 Creates the Holocaust Education Commission, a permanent state commission which, as an organized body and on a continuous basis, will survey,... More... Data-Driven Improvement WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Performance Audits H.B. 2934 Creates a system of education performance audits as a tool for determining the quality of education. Stipulates that measures used to evalu... More... Demographics--Enrollments TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Increasing Postsecondary Enrollment H.B. 400 Pilot program to provide to prospective students in three areas of the state with the highest number of students who do not attend instituti... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Denial of Admission H.B. 151, HB 16 Amends Section 22-1-4: Requires local school boards to adopt rules pertaining to grounds for denial of enrollment or re-enrollment at schoo... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Growth in Student Population Account H.B. 273 Relates to the Education Protection Funding Program; creates the Growth in Student Population Restricted Account within the Uniform School F... More... Desegregation OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Urban Boundaries and Inclusions H.B. 2976 Requires local government to amend urban growth boundary if analysis finds actual housing types and densities insufficient for next 20 years... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Court Ordered Desegregation H.B. 2238 Requires school districts involved in court ordered desegregation to comply with zoning requirements within 90 days after release from the c... More... Economic/Workforce Development NY Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Farm-to-School Program S.B. 4886 Establishes a Farm-to-School program to facilitate and promote the purchase of New York farm products by schools, universities and other edu... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Postsec. Career technical programs A.B. 1018 Establishes the Industry-Based Certification Incentive Grant Program for the purpose of awarding grants to selected school districts, county... More... NC Signed into law 08/2001 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges and Economic Development S.B. 531 Session Law Number 368., Exempts certain community college activities from the Umstead Act; provides for use of community college personnel ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Use of Federal Workforce Investment Act Funds H.B. 1042 Public Law No. 363., (LD 1399) Delegates the requirement that at least one third of all federal funds received by the State under the federa... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Council for Knowledge and Economic Development S.B. 273 Establishes the Oregon Council for Knowledge and Economic Development to advise the governor, the legislature, the state boards of K-12 and ... More... OK Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Workforce Investment Act H.B. 1388 Enacts the Workforce Investment Act; establishes the Workforce Development Board and local workforce development boards; requires the design... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Small Business Development Centers H.B. 2342 Allows small business development centers in state universities; extends purposes of centers to include counseling; requires assent of Commi... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Texas Excellence Fund H.B. 1839 Establishes the Texas excellence fund to provide funding to promote increased research capacity and to develop institutional excellence at e... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Municipal Development Corporation S.B. 607 States that it is an appropriate role for a municipality to foster economic opportunity, job generation, and capital investment by promoting... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Technology Workforce S.B. 353 Relates to certain programs to develop the technology workforce in Texas by supporting and promoting higher education in electrical engineer... More... VT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Technical Centers H.B. 495 The purpose of this act to enable technical center regions to establish alternative governance structures which meet regional technical educ... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Adult Part-Time Students H.B. 2897 Provides higher education adult part-time student grants to students enrolled in postsecondary certificate, industry-recognized credential a... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Workforce Development Initiative H.B. 2898 Relates to modernization and procurement of equipment for workforce development initiative grant programs; addresses improving employer awar... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Changes to Job Training Programs and Act H.B. 1251 Changes the Maryland Job Training Partnership Act to the Maryland Workforce Investment Act; repeals provisions concerning the Governor's pla... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Advantage Virginia Incentive Program H.B. 2565 Relates to the Advantage Virginia Incentive Program; revises the programs focus which is to provide job training scholarships; changes the t... More... Education Research CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Reading Programs A.B. 876 Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for purposes of contracting for a study that identifies reading programs in schools that m... More... Equity TX Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Women's Athletic Development Fund S.B. 903 Relates to the establishment and use of a women's athletic development fund and a study of women's athletic development practices at institu... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Civil Rights Compliance H.B. 2198 The Department of Education may withhold state aid from any district that fails to file its assurance of compliance with civil rights respon... More... Federal NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reporting Federal Expenditures H.B. 323 Requires annual reporting by school districts and the Superintendent of Public Instruction on expenditures of federal funds.... More... Finance AL Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 The Use of Bond Proceeds H.B. 6C Relates to Alabama Public School and College Authority bonds; provides that local boards of education may use bond proceeds for the purchase... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Elections for School Bonds S.B. 975 Public Act No. 92-06., Amends the Election Code and the School Code; provides that notice of a referendum concerning the issuance of certain... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Funding and Textbook Issues H.B. 1272 Increases state funding to schools for the 2001-02 school year; requires school districts to adopt a plan for use of such monies; specifies ... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Carry Over of School District Budgets S.B. 524 Public Law No. 127., (LD 1647)Permits school boards to carry forward general operating fund balances at the end of a school administrative u... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Use of Impact Aid by Districts S.B. 457 Authorizes a school district to use a portion of its impact aid funds for repayment of bonds.... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Adjustments to Finance H.B. 2879 Senate analysis states that current state policy regarding public education provides that the public school finance system of Texas is requi... More... ME Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use of Impact Fees H.B. 268 Public Law No. 38., 39 (LD 346) Clarifies that communities that are part of a school administrative district or other single or multicommuni... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Standards for Teachers, Administrators H.B. 1045 Relates to elementary and secondary education provisions addressed in the creation of North Dakota Century Code; relates to administration, ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Audits H.B. 87 Relates to public money; provides for stratified or statistical pre- and post-audits; requires quarterly reports from local public bodies, s... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Technical Changes in School Financing S.B. 603 This bill makes several technical changes to school financing in the areas of: bonding, high cost transportation and isolated school funding... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Education License Plate S.B. 213 Provides for the issuance of special Committed to Education motor vehicle license plates.... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Land Exchange Program H.B. 348 Provides for an exchange of certain endowment lands, managed by the Board of Land Commissioners, which are adjacent to the Idaho State Unive... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Advanced Payments to Charters H.B. 278 Authorizes advance payment of a portion of a charter school's estimated annual apportionment under specified conditions.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Interest Earnings S.B. 11 Of the revenue deposited into the common school account within the permanent land fund from revenues available under the negotiated easemen... More... Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost NH Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 School Performance S.B. 164 Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progr... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Equity and Adequacy Task Force H.B. 625 Requires the Governor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct a study of the adequacy and equity of funding for K-12 public ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Revision of Base Aid To Include Percentage of Special Education Allowance S.B. 94 Amends the definition of base aid to include a percentage of the special education allowable cost payment; amends definition of maximum gene... More... ND Signed by Governor 03/2001 P-12 Core Curriculum S.B. 2324 Requires the legislative council shall consider studying the delivery of a core curriculum to each elementary and high school student in thi... More... Finance--District CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Finance Reporting for certain districts A.B. 139 Requires the superintendent of schools of each county to annually present a report regarding fiscal solvency of any district with a disappro... More... PA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 School Districts in Distress S.B. 640 Amends the Public School Code. Relates to distress in school districts. Authorizes a school reform commission to assume control of a distric... More... IL Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Reporting District Finance Information On the Web S.B. 898 Public Act No. 92-438., Requires a school district to post its current annual budget, itemized by receipts and expenditures, on the district... More... ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Cost-Sharing Agreements Between Districts H.B. 977 Public Law No. 373., (LD 1301) Provides an option for municipal members of a school district to design a cost-sharing formula; requires a co... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Carry Over of School District Budgets S.B. 524 Public Law No. 127., (LD 1647)Permits school boards to carry forward general operating fund balances at the end of a school administrative u... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Audits H.B. 1601 Authorizes the Office of State Finance to conduct audits of certain school districts; allows request of performance audits; provides for pay... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Financial Accounting Rating System S.B. 218 Requires the commissioner to, in consultation with the comptroller, develop and implement a financial accountability rating system for schoo... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Fiscal Audits/Inspections H.B. 2225 §18-9B-13. Eliminates the requirement that audits of school boards be conducted once every three years by the office of chief inspector. T... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Energy Conservation Programs S.B. 1178 Specifies that school districts are ineligible to adjust budget limit for energy reduction purposes if the school district did not participa... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School District Investments S.B. 1111 Relates to county treasurers; provides definitions for agency pool participant, and collecting entity; relates to duties of a school distric... More... NE Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Taxing Authority L.B. 240 LB 240 allows school districts that are in an empowerment zone or enterprise community or which have at least 35% of their students eligible... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Superintendent's Budget H.B. 376 Appropriates funds to the Superintendent of Public Instruction, Department of Education for fiscal year 2002; limits the number of full time... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Supplies & Materials H.B. 42 Appropriates a specified amount from the Uniform School Fund to the State Board of Education for distribution to public school teachers for ... More... Finance--Equity OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Local Option Equalization Grant Program H.B. 2300 Establishes a Local Option Equalization Grant Program for school districts that impose Local Option Tax and that have district total assesse... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Equity and Adequacy Task Force H.B. 625 Requires the Governor and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct a study of the adequacy and equity of funding for K-12 public ... More... Finance--Facilities ME Approved by voters 11/2001 P-12 Authorizes Bond for School Facilities S.B. 549/ Bond Issue Question 4 Private and Special Law No. 40., (LD 1707) Authorizes a bond issue to capitalize the School Revolving Renovation Fund for repairs and improv... More... CA Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Major Maintenance Funding Requirements A.B. 1558 Chapter No.194, Defines major maintenance for purposes of the Greene Act, requires commencing on a certain date, any school district applyin... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Facility Planning H.B. 3045 Requires school facility plan for high growth school district to cover a period of at least 5 years; expands analyses that must be included ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Postsec. Community College Earthquake Safety S.B. 14 Requires inventory and rehabilitation of certain public school, community college and public university buildings that would pose threat to ... More... AK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. The use of tobacco fund to finance school construction H.B. 234 Relates to funding and use of the Tobacco Use Education and Cessation Fund; Relates to finance of construction and major maintenance of publ... More... MN Vetoed 06/2001 P-12 Capital Improvement Funds H.B. 8A Relates to capital improvements; appropriates funds for capital improvement, flood hazard mitigation grants, acquisition of easements and to... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Urban Boundaries and Inclusions H.B. 2976 Requires local government to amend urban growth boundary if analysis finds actual housing types and densities insufficient for next 20 years... More... SC Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Campus Housing S.B. 557 Authorizes the Board of Trustees of State University and other institutions of higher education to enter into a ground lease agreement with ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Technology Education Grant Program H.B. 1163 Creates the Information Technology Education Grant Program; provides money to school districts and charter schools to use in integrating inf... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Bond Proceeds that Go to Charter Schools S.B. 237 Concerns the capital construction needs of charter schools; provides that a portion of the proceeds from approved school district bond measu... More... FL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Higher Educational Facilities Financing Act S.B. 302 2001-79., Creates Higher Educational Facilities Financing Act; creates the Higher Educational Facilities Financing Authority; provides crite... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Funding Repair and Maintenance S.B. 1577 Funds backlog of repair and maintenance for public school facilities through general obligation; establishes funding formula for on-going pr... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Facilities Financing Program S.B. 493 Establishes the school repair and maintenance trust fund as a separate fund of Hawaii 3R's, a nonprofit corporation, for coordination of pri... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Funds for Higher Education Facilities H.B. 136 (LD 147) Prohibits the Maine State Commission for Higher Education Facilities from accepting funds from any source that would place conditio... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Facilities Projects H.B. 3207 Authorizes Health, Housing, Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority to finance projects for public and nonprofit schools providing pre... More... FL Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Special Facility Construction Account H.B. 1 Authorizes school districts to qualify construction projects for funding under Special Facility Construction Account by using school capital... More... GA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Supplementary appropriations for public school capital outlay H.B. 139 Act No. 212., Provides supplementary appropriations for public school capital outlay for the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, in addi... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Establishment of a State Debt for School Construction S.B. 288 Authorizes the creation of a State Debt to be used as a grant to the Interagency Committee on School Construction for the allocation to the ... More... MD Signed by Governor 04/2001 Postsec. Increasing the bonding authority for the University System of Maryland H.B. 1263 Increasing to $875,000,000, the bonding authority for the University System of Maryland; approving certain projects for the acquisition, dev... More... ME Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use of Impact Fees H.B. 268 Public Law No. 38., 39 (LD 346) Clarifies that communities that are part of a school administrative district or other single or multicommuni... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Public School Capital Outlay Council S.B. 167 Provides criteria and procedures for funding public school capital outlay projects for public school buildings; authorizes the issuance of s... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 County Gross Receipts Tax S.B. 516 Upon a finding of need, the boards of every school district in a county that is either located wholly within the exterior boundaries of the ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Standards for Higher Education Construction S.B. 512 Amends code sections pertaining to Arkansas State Building Services review and approval of higher education institution capital improvements... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Expanding Bonded Indebtedness H.B. 2240 Authorizes an increase in school district bond debt to 35% of the assessed value of real and personal property in the district in cases of u... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Regulations for School Facilities S.B. 818 Directs the establishment of regulations regarding self-construction projects by public educational entities.... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 The State School Facilities Board S.B. 1181 Relates to the School Facilities Board; provides for sale of school property; provides for authorization to issue bonds for school construct... More... KY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School Construction Revenues H.B. 173 Relates to school facilities construction; provides that "available local revenue" for school building construction shall no longer include ... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 New Facilities, Growth A.B. 3076 Provides school district budget cap adjustment for expenses related to opening of new school facility during the budget year; states the dis... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 State Support of Maintenance and Operations H.B. 3, S.B. 3 Modifies provisions relating to the state system of public education in the funding of the Minimum School Program. This act provides a ceili... More... WY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Adequacy Standards for Construction H.B. 275 Relates to school capital construction; imposes a condition on state building adequacy standards.... More... WY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Major Facility Repair/Replacement H.B. 5 Relates to major building and facility repair and replacement payments; modifies major maintenance payment computations; imposes major maint... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Capital Outlay for Lease-Purchase H.B. 1006 Adjusts the use of the capital outlay fund; provides that it may also be used for installment or lease-purchase payments for the purchase of... More... SD Veto overridden 02/2001 P-12 Funding for Textbooks H.B. 1196 Authorizes the funding of textbooks through the school capital outlay fund.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Committee on Capital Construction S.B. 167 Relates to school capital construction; establishes a select committee on capital construction; provides an appropriation.... More... Finance--Funding Formulas CA Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Changes in the School Finance Formula A.B. 441 Chapter No.155. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to compute an equalization adjustment for each school district so that no... More... CA Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Changes in Financing Special Education S.B. 982 Chapter No.203, Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to perform specified computations with respect to special education local ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Makes Changes In the State Funding Formula H.B. 3050 Amends the School Code; increases the foundation level of support, the average daily attendance figures utilized in the computation of gener... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Changes in The States Funding Formula H.B. 2255 Provides that for the purpose of calculating the grant index, school districts are grouped into categories to compute equalized assessed val... More... PA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Community College Multiple Amendments S.B. 485 Act No. 35 of 2001., Amends Public School Code. Provides for school districts, national assessment tests, school director relations with dis... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 State Education Fund S.B. 204 Creates the state education fund and specifies how the amount of revenues to be deposited in the fund is to be derived; defines the terms "c... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Base Funding Levels H.B. 121 Increases the total partial equivalence relation average number belonging and basic entitlements for public schools for school fiscal years ... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Revision of School District Budget Limitations H.B. 164 Under current law, if entitlements increase by more than 4% in a single fiscal year, school budgets not at the BASE might not be able to inc... More... NE Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Funding Changes L.B. 797--Two Components Section 16 changes the definition of general fund operating expenditures for purposes of the state aid formula (TEEOSA). The bill provides t... More... NE Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 L.B. 797 Changes the definition of general fund operating expenditures for purposes of the state aid formula. General fund operating expenditures wil... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Education Finance Study H.B. 2169 Directs the State Board of Education to conduct a study of public education, its structure, financial needs, and funds needed for improvemen... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Small Schools Exemption in Finance Formulas H.B. 2183 Relates to small school districts exemption from the general budget limit.... More... CO Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Adjustments in the School Aid formula S.B. 129 This bill makes adjustments in the school aid formula including the addition of funding for pre-school programs. The full text of the bill ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Exempts Districts from Mill Levy Limitations S.B. 117 Exempts all school district levies from property tax mill levy limitations; increases the mill levy limit for adult education.... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Finance Formula Changes S.B. 390 Revises the school finance laws; clarifies the requirement that a school district operate for both the minimum number of pupil instruction d... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Revisions to Public School Fund S.B. 495 Revises school funding through the use of the Public School Fund; revises the structure of the Public School Fund; authorizes the Board of I... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Revision of Base Aid To Include Percentage of Special Education Allowance S.B. 94 Amends the definition of base aid to include a percentage of the special education allowable cost payment; amends definition of maximum gene... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Modifies Components of Funding Formula H.B. 1344 Relates to the amount set per student as part of the funding formula. Also, establishes school district employee compensation report. Requ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Enrollment Growth Calculation H.B. 23 Prior to the 1999-2000 school year, funding for schools was based upon current year membership, and a district that had a growth in membersh... More... MT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Multiyear accreditation of schools; accreditation of 7th and 8th grades funded at high school rates H.B. 103 Allows for multiyear accreditation of schools; requires compliance with teacher certification laws to receive multiyear accreditation; provi... More... NM Vetoed 03/2001 P-12 At-Risk Funding Index H.B. 49 Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation of the at-risk index to determine additional program units.... More... SD Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Distribution of State Aid H.B. 1258 Revises the distribution of state aid to education.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 State Support of Maintenance and Operations H.B. 3, S.B. 3 Modifies provisions relating to the state system of public education in the funding of the Minimum School Program. This act provides a ceili... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Growth in Student Population Account H.B. 273 Relates to the Education Protection Funding Program; creates the Growth in Student Population Restricted Account within the Uniform School F... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Foundation Funding H.B. 4 Relates to school finance; extends application of foundation program dollar per average daily membership amounts.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Completion of School Finance Model H.B. 197 Modifies the required dates for the undertaking and completing a reevaluation of the cost based school finance model.... More... Finance--Litigation HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 S.B. 1084 Appropriates $ 27,931,118 to the Department of Education as an emergency appropriation for special education costs as a result of the Felix... More... Finance--Local Foundations/Funds IA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 H.B. 191 Provides for the establishment of the state percent growth for purposes of the state school foundation program. The state budget is set to ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Permanent School Fund Inflation Adjustment S.B. 93 Amends Chapter 5-10 by adding a new section that sets inflation adjustment period, states that the rate rate of inflation is based on the co... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Common School Account H.B. 31 Annual appropriations from the general fund are made to the common school permanent fund reserve account. This bill clarifies calculation o... More... Finance--Lotteries SC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Education Lottery Act S.B. 496 Enacts the State Education Lottery Act; provides for a state lottery; creates the State Education Lottery Corporation to conduct the state l... More... TN 2002 November Ballot 06/2001 Postsec. Lottery Ballot Initiative V. 1 LOTTERY AND GAMING (TNSJR1-2001) Proposes an amendment to article XI, Section 5, of the Constitution of Tennessee, relating to lotteries; pr... More... NE Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Distance Education Funding L.B. 833 Changes the allocation of the Education Innovation Fund in 2001-02 and 2002-03. The bill provides that up to 20% of the Education Innovation... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Lottery Success Fund H.B. 22 Amends the New Mexico Lottery Act to increase the distribution of net lottery revenue allocated to the Lottery Tuition Fund, changes the dis... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Lottery Funds S.B. 59 The "lottery tuition fund" is created in the state treasury. The fund shall be administered by the commission on higher education. Earnings ... More... Finance--Performance Funding NC Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Community College Performance Measures H.B. 438 Clarifies the performance measures on which community colleges are evaluated for the purpose of performance budgeting.... More... Finance--Private Giving AZ Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Exempts from the public records laws Info. about Private Givers S.B. 1527 Exempts from the public records laws State university records such as intellectual property, donated historical materials and names and info... More... Finance--Resource Efficiency CA Signed by Governor 09/2001 P-12 Pupil Support Personnel A.B. 722 Chapter No.250, Requires the State Department of Education to conduct a study of pupil support, defined to include school counselors, school... More... FL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Florida Education Finance Program H.B. 1545 2001-157., Requires the designation and publication of district performance grades; revises minimum requirements of the Florida Education Fi... More... ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Cost-Sharing Agreements Between Districts H.B. 977 Public Law No. 373., (LD 1301) Provides an option for municipal members of a school district to design a cost-sharing formula; requires a co... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Energy Conservation Programs S.B. 1178 Specifies that school districts are ineligible to adjust budget limit for energy reduction purposes if the school district did not participa... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School Fund Management H.B. 1529 Allows the County Treasurer to receive and disburse school district funds from 1 account if the school district is using a proper computeriz... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 State Audits of Educational Institutions H.B. 1009 Directs the State Auditor or the auditor's designee to conduct records management audits in all departments, institutions, and agencies of s... More... IA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 H.B. 191 Provides for the establishment of the state percent growth for purposes of the state school foundation program. The state budget is set to ... More... Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures AL To governor 12/2001 P-12 Reduction in State Education Spending S.B. 30D Reduces state appropriations from the Education Trust Fund by by 3.85 percent for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2002.... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Finance Reporting for certain districts A.B. 139 Requires the superintendent of schools of each county to annually present a report regarding fiscal solvency of any district with a disappro... More... AL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 The Sale of $82 million in bonds S.B. 626 Authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority to sell and issue eighty-two million dollars aggregate principal amount of bonds,... More... AL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. State Education Budget H.B. 307 Appropriates for the support, maintenance and development of public education in Alabama, for debt service, and for capital outlay for the f... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Changes in Education Budgeting S.B. 82 Creates the State Education Fund and 2 accounts within the fund; provides for appropriation of moneys in the fund to comply with the mandato... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 State Education Fund S.B. 204 Creates the state education fund and specifies how the amount of revenues to be deposited in the fund is to be derived; defines the terms "c... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Funds for Education H.B. 41 Revises laws governing dedicated revenue and statutory appropriations; provides for the deposit of state school fund revenue in the state sp... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Impact Aid Revenue Bonds H.B. 2440 Requires an election authorizing the use by school districts of Impact Aid Revenue Bonds; specifies the dates such election may be held; all... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Budget Adjustments H.B. 2634 This bill creates a fund for extraordinary special education cost. Local district may apply to this fund if they face high special ed. cost... More... CO Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Mandated increase in State funding for public schools H.B. 1232 Concerns plans to use the constitutionally mandated increase in State funding for public schools to be used for specific and accountable pur... More... CO Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Adjustments in the School Aid formula S.B. 129 This bill makes adjustments in the school aid formula including the addition of funding for pre-school programs. The full text of the bill ... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 State Audits of Educational Institutions H.B. 1009 Directs the State Auditor or the auditor's designee to conduct records management audits in all departments, institutions, and agencies of s... More... MS Governor's veto overridden by HOUSE 03/2001 P-12 Gas and Oil Taxes for Education S.B. 2680 Provides that until fiscal year 2006, all of the State share of oil and gas severance taxes shall be appropriated for the support of the min... More... Finance--Student Fees CO Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Non-Enrolled Participation H.B. 1129 Increases the fee a school of participation may charge a non-enrolled student for participation in an extracurricular activity; allows the s... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues NJ Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Support for Literacy Volunteers A.B. 2545 Establishes the Literacy Volunteers of America - New Jersey Fund; provides for voluntary contributions by taxpayers on gross income tax retu... More... WA Approved by voters 11/2001 P-12 Property Tax Limitation Initiative 747 Initiative Measure No. 747 concerns limiting property tax increases. This measure would require state and local governments to limit propert... More... WA Approved by voters 11/2001 P-12 Property Tax Limitation Initiative 747 Initiative 747, which limits property tax levy increases to 1% per year, (unless a greater increase is approved by voters), passed with 826,... More... NH Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001 P-12 Property Tax H.B. 170 Relates to State fees, funds, revenues and expenditures; part of the bill decreases the rate of the education property tax.... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 State Tax Calculations H.B. 1262 Requires office of State Planning and Budgeting to calculate amount of State income tax revenues that must be diverted to State Education Fu... More... FL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Additional School Taxes S.B. 1872 Allows a school district that is operating under a Seal of Best Financial Management to levy, by local referendum, additional district schoo... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Tax Credits for Employer-Paid Scholarships H.B. 2521 Requires the Student Assistance Commission to develop and adopt rules that provide the minimum criteria that an employer must meet in order ... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 06/2001 P-12 Tax Incentives H.B. 1200 Authorizes certain ad valorem tax incentives for economic development; authorizes school districts to provide tax relief for certain corpora... More... AL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 The Sale of $82 million in bonds S.B. 626 Authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority to sell and issue eighty-two million dollars aggregate principal amount of bonds,... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Tax Deductions for Oklahoma College Savings Plan Accounts H.B. 1896 Authorizes deduction for contributions to Oklahoma College Savings Plan Accounts. In taxable years beginning after December 31, 2001, there... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Deductions for Oregon Qualified Tuition Savings Plan H.B. 3080 1999 SB 756 established the Oregon Qualified Tuition Savings Plan. Beginning 2001, annual contributions up to $2,000 to a qualified account ... More... AL Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Property Taxes for Education S.B. 363 Levies a special ad valorem tax for public school purposes at the rate of 12 mills on each one dollar on the value of property in Mobile Cou... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Impact Aid Revenue Bonds H.B. 2440 Requires an election authorizing the use by school districts of Impact Aid Revenue Bonds; specifies the dates such election may be held; all... More... WV Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Locally Raised Revenues S.B. 237 Establishes that tax revenues raised by counties, school districts or municipalities are not revenues of the state.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School District Millage Rollback H.B. 2098 Amends School District Millage Rollback compensation appropriation for the 2001-2003 biennium.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Expanding Bonded Indebtedness H.B. 2240 Authorizes an increase in school district bond debt to 35% of the assessed value of real and personal property in the district in cases of u... More... MS Governor's veto overridden by HOUSE 03/2001 P-12 Gas and Oil Taxes for Education S.B. 2680 Provides that until fiscal year 2006, all of the State share of oil and gas severance taxes shall be appropriated for the support of the min... More... ND Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Tax Structure Study S.B. 2428 The legislative council shall consider studying the state and local tax structure for funding of elementary and secondary education to deter... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Tax Deductions for Contributions H.B. 281 Relates to an individual income tax deduction for contributions for education to allow for contributions made to applied technology centers ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Timing: Adjusting Property Tax Levies H.B. 1187 Revises the time period for adjusting property tax levies for the purpose of maintaining the state's percentage of aid to general and specia... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Tax Refunds as School Contributions H.B. 2583 Permits individuals to designate that a specified amount of their income tax refunds, or additional amounts, be contributed to local school ... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues NY Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 License Plates to fund Agriculture in the Classroom S.B. 3077 Authorizes distinctive agriculture license plates to fund Agriculture in the Classroom programs; establishes a fund for deposit of fees asso... More... AK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. The use of tobacco fund to finance school construction H.B. 234 Relates to funding and use of the Tobacco Use Education and Cessation Fund; Relates to finance of construction and major maintenance of publ... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Tax Return Funds Earmarked for Education S.B. 1211 NOTWITHSTANDING ANY LAW TO THE CONTRARY, ANY INDIVIDUAL WHOSE STATE INCOME TAX REFUND FOR ANY TAXABLE YEAR IS $ 2 OR MORE MAY DESIGNATE $ 2 ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Income Tax Checkoff for Schools of Deaf/Blind H.B. 2267 Establishes an income tax checkoff for the Arkansas School for the Blind and Arkansas School for the Deaf.... More... AR Became law without governor's signature 04/2001 P-12 Alcoholic beverages tax to provide funding for the child care for working families act S.B. 576 Relates to the imposition and collection of an alcoholic beverages tax to provide funding for the child care for working families act and th... More... IN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Education license plates H.B. 2126 Continues the division of fees collected from the education license plates as follows: 25% to the School Intervention and Career Counseling ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Contracts With Soft Drink Vendors H.B. 1070 Allows vendors to sell soft drinks or other concessions on school property; permits a school district to enter into contracts for sale of so... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Tax Refunds as School Contributions H.B. 2583 Permits individuals to designate that a specified amount of their income tax refunds, or additional amounts, be contributed to local school ... More... Governance TX Approved by voters 11/2001 P-12 Postsec. Compensation for Certain Board Members V. 11 PROPOSITION 11 (HJR85-2001)Proposes a Constitutional amendment to allow current and retired public school teachers and college professors, a... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Quality Education Commission H.B. 2295 Establishes Quality Education Commission; directs the Commission to identify quality goals for kindergarten through grade 12; directs the Co... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Funding Formula for Education Service Districts S.B. 260 Creates funding equalization formula over a four-year period for education service districts; directs education service districts to expend ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Board Membership S.B. 14A Relates to elections; revises the districts from which members of the state legislature are elected; changes the number of members of the st... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Education Service Districts S.B. 259 Defines education service district; provides for the mission requirements for such districts on a regional level; provides for the establish... More... PA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Independent Schools H.B. 996 A school district may designate any school of the district as an independent school operating under an agreement with the board that grants ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Regional Education Cooperatives H.B. 139 Regional education cooperatives authorized by the state board may own, and have control and management over, buildings and land independent ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Task Force H.B. 267 Creates the Enhancement of Public Education Task Force with a primary focus on reviewing the purpose, functions, roles, and responsibilities... More... Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Waivers S.B. 2166 Allows any school or school district to apply to the superintendent of public instruction for a waiver of any rule governing the accreditati... More... Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Exception from Ethics Code for Former School Board Members S.B. 221 Provides for an exception from the Ethics Code to allow former city/parish school board members to contract with, be employed by, or be appo... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Ethical guidelines for educational administrators, employees and board members. S.B. 817 Provides to set forth certain ethical guidelines and prohibitions for educational administrators, employees and board members.... More... Governance--School Boards TX Approved by voters 11/2001 P-12 Postsec. Compensation for Certain Board Members V. 11 PROPOSITION 11 (HJR85-2001)Proposes a Constitutional amendment to allow current and retired public school teachers and college professors, a... More... HI Vetoed 06/2001 P-12 State student council S.B. 670 Establishes the state student council, with student representatives from each departmental school district; requires the council to conduct ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Exception from Ethics Code for Former School Board Members S.B. 221 Provides for an exception from the Ethics Code to allow former city/parish school board members to contract with, be employed by, or be appo... More... MI Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 School Board Open Meeting Laws H.B. 4429 Public Act 27., Provides that a school board vote is not valid unless it is conducted at a meeting deemed an open meeting under the Open Mee... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Appeals Processes S.B. 532 Session Law Number 260., Clarifies the right to appeal to a local board of education and to require notice of the dismissal, demotion or sus... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Code of Ethics A.B. 1755 Expands indemnification for school board members and employees in civil, administrative or criminal proceedings; establishes a code of ethic... More... HI Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Board of Education to invite the military representative to participate H.B. 868 Requires the Board of Education to invite the military representative to participate in discussing about board matters except those matters ... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Carry Over of School District Budgets S.B. 524 Public Law No. 127., (LD 1647)Permits school boards to carry forward general operating fund balances at the end of a school administrative u... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Board Control Over Investments S.B. 260 Authorizes trustees of a school district to establish and temporarily transfer district funds into independent investment accounts to increa... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Board Petitions S.B. 423 Requires the Board of Trustees of a school district, upon receipt of a petition signed by 15% or more of the qualified electors of a distric... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Board Chairs H.B. 3193 Increases, from two to four, the number of years that a person can serve as chairperson of a school district board. Applies to any person se... More... VA Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 School Board Salaries H.B. 637 School board salaries. Provides that any elected school board may pay each of its members an annual salary that is consistent with the salar... More... VT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Proportional Representation H.B. 314 Ensures that every union school board follows the proportional representation principle.... More... AL Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Birmingham School Board S.B. 3 Relating to the City of Birmingham, Jefferson County; establishing the Lewis Spratt Act; providing for the election and operation of the boa... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Teacher Negotiation Rights S.B. 979 , Prohibits school boards and their representatives from actively discouraging efforts of teachers to secure negotiation rights.... More... DE Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Code of Conduct for Local School Board Members H.B. 54 This legislation requires local school board members to now face the same State Code of Conduct that all state employees must live up to.... More... HI Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Defining State Board Members for Immunity H.B. 1016 Includes Board of Educational in definition of "members" for purposes of providing immunity from or indemnification for civil liability.... More... IA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Suspension of a practitioner by a board H.B. 389 Relates to the duties of the Board of Directors of a school district; includes those related to the suspension of a practitioner by the boar... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Change from Appointed to Elected School Board in Worchester County H.B. 1347 Provides that members to the Worchester County Board of Education shall be elected; establishes procedure for election of members to the Wor... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Student Member on Baltimore Board of Education H.B. 899 Authorizes voting student member to be appointed to serve on the Baltimore Board. Prohibits student member from voting on issues relating to... More... MT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Board Budget Meetings H.B. 249 Authorizes the Board of Trustees of a school district to hold its final budget meeting on or before 8/15; extends the time for providing not... More... OK Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Continuing Education For Board Members H.B. 1044 Requires continuing education hours for school board members to be completed before filing for reelection; provides and emergency effective ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Definition of School Board H.B. 2786 Modifies the definition of school board, for purposes of Title 22.1, to mean the governing body of a school division. "Governing body" or "... More... VA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Boards H.B. 2786 Adjusts the definition of school board to note that such body governs a school division and revises the definition of governing body or loca... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Require Board Members to visit classrooms H.B. 1501 Requires members of the board of directors to annually visit classrooms in the district in which they serve.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 County Boards of Education S.B. 192 Clarifies the rights and duties of the county boards of education, the county school supervisors, and the county board of education designee... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Qualifications for School Boards S.B. 1451 Relates to public officers and employees; limits school candidates to one school district governing board.... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School Board Evaluation of a Superintendent H.B. 1146 Concerns the performance evaluation of the superintendent of a school district by a school district board of education.... More... MT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Election of School Bd. Members by Nonresidents H.B. 321 Provides a second alternative method of electing members to a high school district board of trustees when more than half of the electors of ... More... NM Vetoed 03/2001 Postsec. Training Requirements for Regents H.B. 137 Amends Section 21-1-26 NMSA 1978 to make the existing orientation and in-service training for members of the Boards of Regents mandatory. ... More... MT Signed into law 02/2001 Postsec. School Board Write-In Candidates H.B. 91 Coordinates school election dates; requires a person seeking to become a write in candidate for a trustee position on a school board to file... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Employment Prohibition H.B. 1067 Prohibits school boards from employing any person whose certificate has been revoked or suspended.... More... Governance--Site-Based Management IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Local School Improvement Committee Membership S.B. 165 Beginning in 2004-05 school year, the makeup of any local school improvement committee is to be determined by IC 20-10.2... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Personnel Laws S.B. 227 Requires first-class permits for superintendents; provides that principals chair the process for interviewing prospective professional and p... More... Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies UT Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 State Board Elections H.B. 2002B Modifies statutory provisions governing State Board of Education districts; eliminates current boundaries and establishes new boundaries; es... More... MO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Removes Residency Requirement for Commissioner of Education H.B. 45 Removes the one-year residency requirement for the Commissioner of Education.... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Board Membership S.B. 14A Relates to elections; revises the districts from which members of the state legislature are elected; changes the number of members of the st... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Commission on Postsecondary Education S.B. 237 Removes the commission on postsecondary education from the Department of Education.... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Regional Education Cooperatives H.B. 139 Regional education cooperatives authorized by the state board may own, and have control and management over, buildings and land independent ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Task Force H.B. 267 Creates the Enhancement of Public Education Task Force with a primary focus on reviewing the purpose, functions, roles, and responsibilities... More... Health CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001 P-12 Mercury Reduction Act S.B. 633 Chapter No.656, Enacts the California Mercury Reduction Act of 2001. Prohibits any person, on and after a certain date, from selling at reta... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 The use of toxic substances as part of educational instruction S.B. 286 Requires the Department of Education, in consultation with the Department of Health Services, the Division of Occupational Safety and Health... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 Backpacks and Student Health A.B. 1030 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction conduct a study of school districts throughout the State to examine the lack of pupil lock... More... CA Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 Authorizes School Personnel to Assist a Pupil to Take or Apply Medication A.B. 1061 Read third time. Passed ASSEMBLY. *****To SENATE for concurrence., Authorizes designated school personnel, during the regular school day, to... More... RI Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 School-Based Health Center H.B. 5976 Defines school-based health centers as those located in elementary or secondary schools that deliver primary and preventive health care serv... More... CT Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Meningitis Vaccinations of College Students H.B. 5675 Requires meningitis vaccinations of college students living in on-campus housing.... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Encourage School Personnel to Learn Life-saving Techniques H.B. 3137 Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act; provides that a school board shall encourage that all teachers a... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Student Self Administration of Asthma Medication S.B. 979 Public Act No. 92-402., Requires a school board to permit self administration by a pupil of prescribed asthma medication; requires the paren... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Medicaid Trust Fund S.B. 757 Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund For School-Based Services.... More... ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Use of Locally Grown Foods in School Food Programs S.B. 376 Public Law No. 447., (LD 1214)Encourages the use of locally grown foods in school food services programs; provides that the State will match... More... NH Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Health S.B. 13 Relates to the duties of a school nurse and school foods and nutrition programs; repeals the statutory provision requiring children to be ex... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Physical Exams for Sports Participants S.B. 160 Directs school districts to require students in grades 7 through 12 who participate in sports to receive physical examination.... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Diabetes S.B. 769 Directs Department of Education to conduct annual survey on number of Oregon children with diabetes; directs physicians to report to Health ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 CPR Instruction H.B. 821 Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students.... More... DE Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Permits Educators on a School Field Trip to Assist with Medications S.B. 68 Relates to administration of medications on school field trips; permits educators on a school field trip to assist with medications such as ... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Full Time Nurses In Schools H.B. 284 Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for full time registered nurses for the State's public schools and for a grant to the Organ D... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Meningitis Information S.B. 168 Relates to the governance of the public universities in Illinois; provides that at the beginning of each semester, the university shall info... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Student Self Medication S.B. 376 Provides that a school corporation's discipline policy must allow a student with a chronic disease or medical condition to possess and self-... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 The Use of Mercury In Schools H.B. 1901 Prohibits the sale and distribution of mercury-added novelties after 7/1/2003; limits the circumstances under which a mercury fever thermome... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Immunization for School Children H.B. 1163 (LD 1563)Amends immunization requirements for school children and children in child care to ensure consistent wording and requirements for t... More... MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Start-Up Costs for School Breakfast Programs H.B. 353 Provides start-up costs for school districts to establish school breakfast programs.... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Health Screening H.B. 608 Modifies the health certificate requirements for public school employees to include tuberculosis or any physical or mental disease.... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Nursing Services A.B. 1 Requires that nursing services in all school districts must be provided under the direction and supervision of a chief nurse; prescribes the... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Student Medication H.B. 2682 Expands civil and criminal immunity for school personnel who administer medication to students.... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Vision Screenings Required S.B. 304 Adds vision screening to requirements for admission to public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool and child care; encourages par... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Physical Activity S.B. 19 The state board by rule may require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade 7in an elementary school setting to part... More... WA Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Pesticides Around Schools S.B. 5533 Relates to the procedures for posting and notification of pesticide applications at schools and licensed day care centers. "School facility... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 In-school Tobacco Prevention and Cessation Programs H.B. 2528 Requires the department of health to use 40% of the funds appropriated for in-school tobacco prevention and cessation programs on state-wide... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Mandated Health Education H.B. 2514 Mandates every public educational institution in this state to offer health related education including physical education training and inst... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Smoking Prevention S.B. 2380 Establishes a youth smoking prevention commission; provides a community health grant program.... More... AL Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Prohibiting Petroleum Tanks Near Schools H.B. 363 Prohibits the location of a petroleum product tank farm within one and one-half miles of any existing school; provides for the site to be ap... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Sex Education S.B. 75 Provides that the State Board of Education shall approve instructional materials for use in health, physiology, hygiene, and prevention of c... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Immunization of College Students H.B. 2762 Relates to immunizations for full time four year students prior to enrollment in public institutions of higher learning against meningococca... More... NJ Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Self -Administration of Medication S.B. 1372 Revises procedure for self-administration by pupils of medication for asthma or a potentially life-threatening illness; replaces liability ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Comprehensive Physical Exams S.B. 1201 Adds a physician assistant who is acting under the supervision of a licensed physician to the list of those practitioners who are qualified ... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Pesticides Near Schools H.B. 28 Relates to Wyoming Environmental Pesticides Control Act; requires notification of pesticide application in or on school facilities and prope... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Toxic Chemicals H.B. 324 Requires the establishment of guidelines for the storage and disposal of toxic chemicals at public schools; requires school districts to imp... More... Health--Child Abuse MD Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Disclosure of Child Abuse Reports S.B. 810 Authorizes the disclosure of reports or records concerning child abuse or neglect to public school superintendents for specified purposes fo... More... Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Full Time Nurses In Schools H.B. 284 Appropriates funds to the Department of Health for full time registered nurses for the State's public schools and for a grant to the Organ D... More... Health--Suicide Prevention LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Suicide Prevention Program S.B. 792 Establishes a program of suicide prevention in public schools.... More... High School CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 Creating a clearinghouse of academic and career-related information A.B. 1341 Requires the State Department of Education to collect specified information from all public high schools on existing academic and career-rel... More... MO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 High School Graduation Diploma to War Veterans H.B. 441 Provides honorary high school diplomas to World War I, and World War II and Korean War veterans who left high school before graduation to se... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Granting High School Diplomas to WW II Veterans H.B. 21 (LD 21) Allows a local school board the option of granting a diploma to a veteran of World War II who was honorably discharged even though t... More... MO To governor 05/2001 P-12 High School Diplomas for WW II Veterans H.B. 244; H.B. 94 Provides honorary high school diplomas to World War II veterans who left high school before graduation to serve in the United States militar... More... MS Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Occupational Diplomas for Special Education Students S.B. 2578 Authorizes the State Board of Education to develop and issue criteria for an occupational diploma for students with disabilities.... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Informational Pamphlet on the High School Proficiency Examiniation A.B. 318 Requires the department to develop an informational pamphlet concerning the high school proficiency examination; requires boards of each sch... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Tech-Prep Curriculum S.B. 1743 Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities to offer technical-prep high school ... More... VT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Technical Centers H.B. 495 The purpose of this act to enable technical center regions to establish alternative governance structures which meet regional technical educ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Eligiblity of Middle and High School Libraries for Grant Funding H.B. 434 Alters the state school library funds grant program of the School Accountability Funding and Excellence Program in order to make middle scho... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Competency in Writing S.B. 665 Expands graduation requirements to include passing a state competency test in writing.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Amends Advanced Placement Program S.B. 790 States that on or before October 1 of each year, the state department of education must issue a report on the Advanced Placement Incentive P... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School Certificates to Veterans H.B. 396 Authorizes the State Board of Education to award high school diplomas and honorary 8th grade certificates of completion to WW II and Korean ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Academic Competitions S.B. 25 Amends the Public School Code to require that public schools in each conference shall provide academic competitions similar to their athleti... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Access to Students S.B. 1207 Requires any school board that provides access to a high school's student body or other contact with its students during a school or school ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Class Rankings H.B. 2401 Standard 4 of the Standards of Quality; Literacy Passports, diplomas, and certificates; class rankings. Authorizes each local school board t... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Graduation Requirements H.B. 2674 Relates to a standard diploma; restores language in the Standards of Quality that was unintentionally deleted by legislation reorganizing in... More... High School--Advanced Placement KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Study of Advanced Placement Program S.C.R. 2 Directs a study of the Advanced Placement Program in Kentucky's high schools; directs the co-chairs of the Interim Joint Committee to Educat... More... OK Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Amends Advanced Placement Program S.B. 790 States that on or before October 1 of each year, the state department of education must issue a report on the Advanced Placement Incentive P... More... AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Teacher Training for Advanced Placement Courses. S.B. 60 Increases the award for subsidized teacher training for advanced placement courses. The award will now increase from $450 to $650 per teach... More... High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment MT Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Dual Enrollment Agreements H.B. 265 Authorizes boards of trustees of school districts to enter into interlocal agreements with postsecondary institutions to allow 11th and 12th... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Joint High School/Junior College Credit S.B. 82 Amends the Education Code to authorize a public junior college to offer a course in which a student attending any high school in this state ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Dual Enrollment Students H.B. 1127 Relates to higher education and part-time grant programs; pertains to dual enrollment students; includes students who are dually enrolled in... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Mandarin Chinese Course S.B. 57 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring the State Board of Education to develop and implement a con... More... High School--Exit Exams OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Ohio Graduation Tests (OGT) Provision S.B. 1 Delays the requirement for students to pass all five tests to receive a high school diploma from the class of 2001 to the class of 2007. Pr... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 High School Exit Exam A.B. 1609 Specifies that 2000-01 school year is the only year in which ninth-graders may take the high school exit examination. Creates new section re... More... AK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 2 Year Transition for the High School Grad. Requirement S.B. 133 Relates to a 2 year transition for implementation of the public high school competency examination; establishes an essential skills examinat... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Informational Pamphlet on the High School Proficiency Examiniation A.B. 318 Requires the department to develop an informational pamphlet concerning the high school proficiency examination; requires boards of each sch... More... SC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Section 3 H.B. 3534 Amends Section 59-18-310(B). The statewide assessment program in the four academic areas shall include grades 3 through 8, an exit examinati... More... VA Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 State Licensure Exams as Standards of Learning Assessments S.B. 1056 Requires the Board of Education to authorize, in its regulation for accrediting public schools, the substitution of industry certification a... More... High School--Graduation Requirements NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Competency in Writing S.B. 665 Expands graduation requirements to include passing a state competency test in writing.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Graduation Requirements H.B. 2674 Relates to a standard diploma; restores language in the Standards of Quality that was unintentionally deleted by legislation reorganizing in... More... Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices CA To governor 09/2001 P-12 Postsec. Grade Weighting A.B. 458 Prohibits a school district, when calculating a pupil's grade point average, from assigning extra grade weighting to a course that covers a ... More... FL To governor 05/2001 P-12 Change of Grading Practices S.B. 636 Alters the required ranges of percentage grades that equate to letter grades and grade points.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Uniform Grading Scale H.B. 1826 Requires a uniform grading scale for non-traditional high school courses.... More... Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Creates a committee to research homeschooling S.J.R. 9 Relates to home schools; creates a committee to research and issue a report regarding issues.... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Home Schooling H.B. 2595 Provides for instruction of students in the home or other approved place; waives the requirement that persons providing instruction in the h... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Home Schooling, Prohibiting Sex Offenders S.B. 758 Prohibits home schooling if a sex offender resides in the home.... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Home School Requirements S.B. 374 Requires that any person operating or intending to operate a home school must notify the state superintendent of the establishment of a home... More... CO Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Non-Enrolled Participation H.B. 1129 Increases the fee a school of participation may charge a non-enrolled student for participation in an extracurricular activity; allows the s... More... Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Community Learning Centers H.B. 2082 Directs the Departments of Education, Human Services, the State Commission on Children and Families and the Criminal Justice Commission to s... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Interagency Shared Information System S.B. 400 Modifies the Interagency Shared Information System; defines participating State agency or organization for system; directs the Employment De... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Social Workers H.B. 2380 Provides licensed social workers to serve the needs of children enrolled in public schools in Arkansas.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Repeals Governor's Partnership Council H.B. 1633 Repeals the Governor's Partnership Council and the Intervention and Prevention Grant Program for Arkansas School Children.... More... Leadership CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Principal Training Program A.B. 75 Establishes, until a certain date, the Principal Training Program to provide incentive funding to provide school site administrators with in... More... CA Signed into law 08/2001 Postsec. Community College Community Colleges Contracting with Employees S.B. 838 Limits the right to employment as a first-year probationary faculty member to persons previously employed as administrators who were not emp... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 National Board Certification Eligibility for Administrators S.B. 114 Adds school administrators as eligible to earn the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards certification salary adjustment of $ 50... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature 06/2001 Postsec. Classified Employee Negotiations H.B. 5188 (Joint Resolution) Extends the reporting date of the special legislative commission to study the feasibility of allowing unionized classifie... More... AL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Superintendent Legal/Financial Training S.B. 93 Relates to local superintendent of education, newly elected or appointed, required to complete financial and legal training program; relates... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Qualifications for Principals and Vice-Principals H.B. 469 Repeals the requirement that principals and vice-principals have served as teachers for a period of not less than 5 years; requires principa... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Compensation for Educational Officers S.B. 1385 Requires the board of education to adopt a classification and compensation structure for education officers that more accurately reflects th... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Incentives to keep exemplary principals and vice-principals at the school level S.B. 530 Provides incentives to keep exemplary principals and vice-principals at the school level; encourages exemplary principals and vice principal... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Principals' Performance Evaluations S.B. 204 Provides that a school principal's performance evaluation may not be based wholly on Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (IST... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Non-Certificated Administrators S.B. 378 Permits an individual who has leadership, management and administrative ability in a field other than education to serve as a local superint... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Administrator Contracts A.B. 130 If a postprobationary teacher who is an administrator is not reemployed as an administrator after either year of his probationary period, an... More... SC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Section 4 H.B. 3534 Amends Section 59-18-1930. The Education Oversight Committee shall provide for a comprehensive review of state and local professional devel... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Hiring of Superintendents H.B. 389 Requires boards of education to announce when applications for superintendent are to be submitted and when superintendent will be employed. ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Severance Payments S.B. 1446 Requires the commissioner to reduce a district's Foundation School Program funds by any amount paid to a terminated superintendent if it exc... More... WA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Superintendent Review Committees H.B. 1256 Amends educational service districts' superintendent review committees composition to include a subcommittee of the board, two school distri... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Personnel Laws S.B. 227 Requires first-class permits for superintendents; provides that principals chair the process for interviewing prospective professional and p... More... WV Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Absence of Principals H.B. 2954 Limits absences of school principals from school duties to attend the principals academy.... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Retirement Allowances for Teachers and, Principals H.B. 442, S.B. 221 Exempts from an offset of a retirement allowance, retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are reempl... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Standards for Teachers, Administrators H.B. 1045 Relates to elementary and secondary education provisions addressed in the creation of North Dakota Century Code; relates to administration, ... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Administrator Sabbatical Leave Program Extended S.B. 2229 Extends the automatic repealer in the school administrator sabbatical leave program.... More... NE Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Certification Assessment Requirements L.B. 314 LB 314 exempts certain applicants for an entry-level teacher or administrator certificate from the requirement to take and pass a basic skil... More... SD Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Code of Ethics S.B. 153 Subjects uncertified school administrators to a code of ethics.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Admission Contingent on Accreditation S.B. 1324 Provides that the failure of a Virginia public high school to achieve full accreditation pursuant to the Standards of Accreditation promulga... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Superintendents Exempt From Requirements S.B. 126 Exempts district superintendents from certification requirements by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board.... More... Leadership--District Superintendent TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Hiring of Superintendents H.B. 389 Requires boards of education to announce when applications for superintendent are to be submitted and when superintendent will be employed. ... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Superintendents Exempt From Requirements S.B. 126 Exempts district superintendents from certification requirements by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board.... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 National Board Certification Eligibility for Administrators S.B. 114 Adds school administrators as eligible to earn the National Board of Professional Teaching Standards certification salary adjustment of $ 50... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Qualifications for Principals and Vice-Principals H.B. 469 Repeals the requirement that principals and vice-principals have served as teachers for a period of not less than 5 years; requires principa... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Non-Certificated Administrators S.B. 378 Permits an individual who has leadership, management and administrative ability in a field other than education to serve as a local superint... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Retirement Allowances for Teachers and, Principals H.B. 442, S.B. 221 Exempts from an offset of a retirement allowance, retirees of the Teachers' Retirement System or the Teachers' Pension System who are reempl... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Principals' Performance Evaluations S.B. 204 Provides that a school principal's performance evaluation may not be based wholly on Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (IST... More... Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Administrator Sabbatical Leave Program Extended S.B. 2229 Extends the automatic repealer in the school administrator sabbatical leave program.... More... Middle School KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Professional Development for Middle School Math Teachers H.B. 66 Retains priority for funding to improve middle school mathematics teachers' content knowledge; permits the Department of Education to approv... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Eligiblity of Middle and High School Libraries for Grant Funding H.B. 434 Alters the state school library funds grant program of the School Accountability Funding and Excellence Program in order to make middle scho... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Middle Schools Defined S.B. 662 The term and definition of "middle school" will be added to the school classifications of the Public School Code. Otherwise, the code define... More... Minority/Diversity Issues ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Teaching of Native American History H.B. 255 Public Law No. 403., (LD 291)Requires that Maine Native American history and culture be taught in all elementary and secondary schools; requ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Civil Rights Compliance H.B. 2198 The Department of Education may withhold state aid from any district that fails to file its assurance of compliance with civil rights respon... More... Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Indian Education Program S.B. 1031 Extends the Indian Education Program until 2007. Requires each California Indian education center, as a condition of receipt of annual fundi... More... No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Changes In the States Accountability Reward System A.B. 1295 Deletes the provision by which schools that meet the State target are eligible for the Governor's Performance Award Program and would requir... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho... More... No Child Left Behind--Assessment OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Standards, Assessments S.B. 1 Eliminates the requirement that school districts implement competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education to deve... More... No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Levels of Intervention S.B. 1 Requires the state board to establish a standard unit of improvement for buildings and requires districts that are not excellent or effectiv... More... No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Levels of Intervention S.B. 1 Requires the state board to establish a standard unit of improvement for buildings and requires districts that are not excellent or effectiv... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Changes In the States Accountability Reward System A.B. 1295 Deletes the provision by which schools that meet the State target are eligible for the Governor's Performance Award Program and would requir... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho... More... PA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 School Districts in Distress S.B. 640 Amends the Public School Code. Relates to distress in school districts. Authorizes a school reform commission to assume control of a distric... More... No Child Left Behind--Report Cards OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Performance Indicators Provision S.B. 1 Repeals all former district performance indicators, and requires the state board to establish at least 17 new indicators annually through 20... More... No Child Left Behind--School Support CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools A.B. 961 Establishes the High Priority Schools Grant Program for Low Performing Schools within the Public Schools Accountability Act. Requires a scho... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Six-to-Six Before and After School Program A.B. 297 Chapter No.453, Relates to the After School Learning and Safe Neighborhoods Partnership Program. Establishes the Six-to-Six Before and After... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "e... More... No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Student Interventions S.B. 1 Requires districts and community schools (charters) to provide intervention services to students who fail to attain a proficient score on an... More... Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Oklahoma Statewide Portal System H.B. 1662 Creates the Oklahoma Statewide Portal System; relates to Internet access.... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Electronic Textbooks H.B. 604 Allows electronic textbooks to be recommended, adopted, and purchased in same manner as regular textbooks. - Amends TCA Title 49, Chapter 6,... More... KS Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Technology Network for Schools H.B. 2035 Concerns the KAN-ED Act; provides for the establishment and maintenance of a broadband technology-based network for certain schools, librari... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 State Instructional Materials Commission S.B. 7 Modifies provisions related to the State Textbook Commission by changing its name to the State Instructional Materials Commission; Expands t... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Internet Usage H.B. 1691 Relates to internet access in public schools; directs every public school furnishing student access to the Internet to utilize the appropria... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Additional compensation for teachers that teach over Digital Dakota Network H.B. 1291 Any teacher that teaches a course over the Digital Dakota Network shall receive additional compensation for each course and from each school... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Internet Usage H.B. 1691 Relates to internet access in public schools; directs every public school furnishing student access to the Internet to utilize the appropria... More... Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Amends Charter Schools Law, Programs of Distance Education S.B. 399 Prohibits an existing public school or home school from converting to a charter school; prohibits charter schools from operating for profit;... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Distance Learning Standards H.B. 1934 Allows distance learning methods to account for 50% of continuing education requirements for all professions, except doctors, nurses, and de... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Remote Internet-Based Courses S.B. 595 The state board shall adopt rules no later than July 1, 2001, to provide for the implementation of remote internet-based courses. Each dist... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Electronic Courses S.B. 975 Requires the commissioner to implement a program no later than May 1, 2002 under which a school district may offer an electronic course to s... More... ID Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Distance Learning Requirements H.B. 317 Provides for the utilization of virtual distance and on line learning in which financial apportionment is based upon student course completi... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 State Distance Learning Program H.B. 316 Provides for continuing technological instruction or distance learning in the public schools through the special application of the School F... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Additional compensation for teachers that teach over Digital Dakota Network H.B. 1291 Any teacher that teaches a course over the Digital Dakota Network shall receive additional compensation for each course and from each school... More... P-16 or P-20 IL Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Postsec. Illinois Future Teacher Corps Scholarships S.B. 1521 Public Act No. 92-445., Amends the State Finance Act, the Higher Education Student Assistance Act, and the Illinois Vehicle Code; creates a ... More... FL Filed as Chapter No 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Community College Florida's K-20 education performance accountability system S.B. 1162 Establishes Florida's K-20 system. Relates to Florida On-Line High School, abolishing the Board of Regents, Board of Community Colleges and... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Increasing Postsecondary Enrollment H.B. 400 Pilot program to provide to prospective students in three areas of the state with the highest number of students who do not attend instituti... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Public School Accountability, Various Components H.B. 1144 Requires that records relating to student performance be coordinated and maintained in standardized, compatible formats that allow the excha... More... GA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Decision of the P-16 Council H.R. 217 Reverses the decision of the P-16 Council which eliminates agricultural courses and other courses on the list of state funded courses for gr... More... KY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Postsec. Defines P-16 Councils and Provides Grants H.B. 17 Relates to education councils; defines "P-16 council" or "council of partners"; specifies that the Council on Postsecondary Education admini... More... P-3 NY Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Child Care S.B. 4861 Provides for child day care to eligible families during breaks in activities; provides child day care for up to a month in certain cases; pr... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Student Records for pre-school students A.B. 1539 Requires State-funded preschool or infant and toddler program to provide a child's records to a public school when the child transfers, as s... More... CT Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Equitable wages for early childhood education professionals H.B. 6931 Concerns education and equitable wages for early childhood education professionals; increases the number of highly qualified early childhood... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Voluntary Statewide Early Childhood System H.B. 3659 Directs the Commission on Children and Families, the Department of Education and the Department of Human Services to jointly establish polic... More... OR Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 Phonics Game S.B. 593 Directs state department to provide instructional phonics game to each approved Oregon prekindergarten.... More... TN Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Child care report cards and tiered reimbursement system. S.B. 1667; same as H.B. 1390 Establishes and implements a mandatory child care agency report card system and a separate and voluntary child care agency rated licensing s... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Early Childhood Professional Loan Repayment Program H.B. 1293 Requires the State Commission on Higher Education to establish and maintain an Early Childhood Professional Loan Repayment Program; makes su... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Universal Early Childhood Education for Four-Year Olds S.B. 776 Establishes a program of universal early childhood education and care classes for four-year olds in any public school system that wishes to ... More... OK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Expands Resident Teacher Program S.B. 499 Expands the resident teacher program to include early childhood teachers. (One-year residency program is required as part of the Oklahoma Te... More... PA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Adult Literacy/Family Literacy S.B. 35 Act No. 26 of 2001. Amends the Pennsylvania Adult Basic and Literacy Education Act; provides for short title, for findings and purpose, for ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Education Grant Evaluation S.B. 1516 Relates to Early Childhood Education Grant Evaluation; provides that the legislative council shall develop outcome measures to indicate the ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Funding Preshool Programs S.B. 123 Concerns the required expenditure of a portion of a school district's per pupil operating revenue for the school district's preschool progra... More... FL Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Demonstration program for prevention of learning problems in young children S.B. 1018 Relates to prevention of learning problems in young children; authorizes a demonstration program to be called Learning Gateway; creates a st... More... FL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cuts Early Childhood Programs S.B. 1162 - Omnibus The following programs have been repealed by S.B. 1162: 1) Gold Seal Quality care program, a three tiered quality rating system 2) Early... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Child care development vouchers S.B. 110 Provides that a child care ministry that receives child care development voucher may only be required by a local Step Ahead Council to meet ... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Safety Standards for Nursery Schools S.B. 291 (LD 1002) Authorizes the Department of Human Services to adopt rules for the safe operation of nursery schools.... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Education Reform Act of 2001 S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill Preschool Funding: Requires schools for preschool children organized as public schools or as public school classes to be maintained and supp... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Services S.B. 665 Relates to the creation of an office within the Health and Human Services Commission for coordinating the delivery of early childhood servic... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 T.E.A.C.H. S.B. 1294 Establishes Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H) pilot projects to assist teachers in retaining employment in the field of c... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Free Prekindergarten for Certain Children S.B. 596 Districts are required to offer prekindergarten classes if the district identifies 15 or more children who are eligible (English learners, e... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Head Start Coordination S.B. 1293 Requires each Head Start or Early Head Start program provider to coordinate with the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce develop... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Foundation H.B. 1801 Authorizes the establishment of a foundation for early childhood care and education.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Children Entering Kindergarten H.B. 2195 Requires the Department of Education to develop and conduct readiness testing for children who are entering kindergarten.... More... NE Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Education Grants L.B. 759 LB 759 changes current law pertaining to early childhood education pilot program grants. The bill provides for an Early Childhood Education ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Even Start Family Literacy H.B. 33 Relates to public education; provides for even start family literacy programs; provides for benchmarks, performance standards and evaluation... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Funding for early childhood programs. H.B. 2241 , Amends the application process for the Arkansas Better Chance Program; provides funding for early childhood programs.... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Alternative Preschool Programs S.B. 49 Requires school district preschool program councils to periodically assess whether alternative community providers are available and to ensu... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Dept. of Ed. oversight for state preschool program H.B. 1041 Concerns the duties of the Colorado Department of Education in providing oversight of the Colorado Preschool Program.... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Eligibility in the preschool program S.B. 120 Provides certain significant family risk factors of a child's home environment for eligibility in the preschool program.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Regional Preschool Teacher Development H.B. 113 Relates to regional development preschool system teachers; includes employment as a teacher in the regional development preschool system as ... More... P-3 Child Care NY Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Child Care S.B. 4861 Provides for child day care to eligible families during breaks in activities; provides child day care for up to a month in certain cases; pr... More... TN Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Child care report cards and tiered reimbursement system. S.B. 1667; same as H.B. 1390 Establishes and implements a mandatory child care agency report card system and a separate and voluntary child care agency rated licensing s... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Child care development vouchers S.B. 110 Provides that a child care ministry that receives child care development voucher may only be required by a local Step Ahead Council to meet ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 T.E.A.C.H. S.B. 1294 Establishes Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H) pilot projects to assist teachers in retaining employment in the field of c... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Head Start Coordination S.B. 1293 Requires each Head Start or Early Head Start program provider to coordinate with the Texas Workforce Commission and local workforce develop... More... P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Preschoolers with Disabilities H.B. 23 Relates to preschool education for children with disabilities; modifies the distribution of federal funds available to the state for prescho... More... P-3 Ensuring Quality TN Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Child care report cards and tiered reimbursement system. S.B. 1667; same as H.B. 1390 Establishes and implements a mandatory child care agency report card system and a separate and voluntary child care agency rated licensing s... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Education Grant Evaluation S.B. 1516 Relates to Early Childhood Education Grant Evaluation; provides that the legislative council shall develop outcome measures to indicate the ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cuts Early Childhood Programs S.B. 1162 - Omnibus The following programs have been repealed by S.B. 1162: 1) Gold Seal Quality care program, a three tiered quality rating system 2) Early... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Child care development vouchers S.B. 110 Provides that a child care ministry that receives child care development voucher may only be required by a local Step Ahead Council to meet ... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Safety Standards for Nursery Schools S.B. 291 (LD 1002) Authorizes the Department of Human Services to adopt rules for the safe operation of nursery schools.... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Alternative Preschool Programs S.B. 49 Requires school district preschool program councils to periodically assess whether alternative community providers are available and to ensu... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Regional Preschool Teacher Development H.B. 113 Relates to regional development preschool system teachers; includes employment as a teacher in the regional development preschool system as ... More... P-3 Family Involvement PA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Adult Literacy/Family Literacy S.B. 35 Act No. 26 of 2001. Amends the Pennsylvania Adult Basic and Literacy Education Act; provides for short title, for findings and purpose, for ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cuts Early Childhood Programs S.B. 1162 - Omnibus The following programs have been repealed by S.B. 1162: 1) Gold Seal Quality care program, a three tiered quality rating system 2) Early... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Even Start Family Literacy H.B. 33 Relates to public education; provides for even start family literacy programs; provides for benchmarks, performance standards and evaluation... More... P-3 Finance CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Funding Preshool Programs S.B. 123 Concerns the required expenditure of a portion of a school district's per pupil operating revenue for the school district's preschool progra... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Child care development vouchers S.B. 110 Provides that a child care ministry that receives child care development voucher may only be required by a local Step Ahead Council to meet ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Education Reform Act of 2001 S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill Preschool Funding: Requires schools for preschool children organized as public schools or as public school classes to be maintained and supp... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Foundation H.B. 1801 Authorizes the establishment of a foundation for early childhood care and education.... More... NE Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Education Grants L.B. 759 LB 759 changes current law pertaining to early childhood education pilot program grants. The bill provides for an Early Childhood Education ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Funding for early childhood programs. H.B. 2241 , Amends the application process for the Arkansas Better Chance Program; provides funding for early childhood programs.... More... P-3 Governance OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Voluntary Statewide Early Childhood System H.B. 3659 Directs the Commission on Children and Families, the Department of Education and the Department of Human Services to jointly establish polic... More... FL Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Demonstration program for prevention of learning problems in young children S.B. 1018 Relates to prevention of learning problems in young children; authorizes a demonstration program to be called Learning Gateway; creates a st... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Services S.B. 665 Relates to the creation of an office within the Health and Human Services Commission for coordinating the delivery of early childhood servic... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Dept. of Ed. oversight for state preschool program H.B. 1041 Concerns the duties of the Colorado Department of Education in providing oversight of the Colorado Preschool Program.... More... P-3 Grades 1-3 CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Student Records for pre-school students A.B. 1539 Requires State-funded preschool or infant and toddler program to provide a child's records to a public school when the child transfers, as s... More... CA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Kindergarten Students in a Year-Round School A.B. 764 Authorizes a pupil in a kindergarten in a school operating on a program of multitrack year-round scheduling to be kept in school on any day ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 1499--Multiple Components Every school district must provide and offer a full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for every child residing in such district w... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Kindergarten Enrollment H.B. 1092 Allows six-year olds that did not attend kindergarten the opportunity to enroll in either kindergarten or first grade; allows school princip... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Children Entering Kindergarten H.B. 2195 Requires the Department of Education to develop and conduct readiness testing for children who are entering kindergarten.... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "e... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Amends Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 246 Full-day kindergarten programs shall be phased in over a five-year period as follows with priority given to those school districts that serv... More... P-3 Kindergarten AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Children Entering Kindergarten H.B. 2195 Requires the Department of Education to develop and conduct readiness testing for children who are entering kindergarten.... More... P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten CA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Kindergarten Students in a Year-Round School A.B. 764 Authorizes a pupil in a kindergarten in a school operating on a program of multitrack year-round scheduling to be kept in school on any day ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Full Day Kindergarten Program S.B. 91 Authorizes a pilot program for school districts to offer full day kindergarten education programs at certain schools with low academic perfo... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 1499--Multiple Components Every school district must provide and offer a full six-hour day of kindergarten free of tuition for every child residing in such district w... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Amends Full-Day Kindergarten H.B. 246 Full-day kindergarten programs shall be phased in over a five-year period as follows with priority given to those school districts that serv... More... P-3 Preschool OR Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 Phonics Game S.B. 593 Directs state department to provide instructional phonics game to each approved Oregon prekindergarten.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Universal Early Childhood Education for Four-Year Olds S.B. 776 Establishes a program of universal early childhood education and care classes for four-year olds in any public school system that wishes to ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Funding Preshool Programs S.B. 123 Concerns the required expenditure of a portion of a school district's per pupil operating revenue for the school district's preschool progra... More... FL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cuts Early Childhood Programs S.B. 1162 - Omnibus The following programs have been repealed by S.B. 1162: 1) Gold Seal Quality care program, a three tiered quality rating system 2) Early... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Education Reform Act of 2001 S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill Preschool Funding: Requires schools for preschool children organized as public schools or as public school classes to be maintained and supp... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Free Prekindergarten for Certain Children S.B. 596 Districts are required to offer prekindergarten classes if the district identifies 15 or more children who are eligible (English learners, e... More... NE Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Education Grants L.B. 759 LB 759 changes current law pertaining to early childhood education pilot program grants. The bill provides for an Early Childhood Education ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Funding for early childhood programs. H.B. 2241 , Amends the application process for the Arkansas Better Chance Program; provides funding for early childhood programs.... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Alternative Preschool Programs S.B. 49 Requires school district preschool program councils to periodically assess whether alternative community providers are available and to ensu... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Dept. of Ed. oversight for state preschool program H.B. 1041 Concerns the duties of the Colorado Department of Education in providing oversight of the Colorado Preschool Program.... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Eligibility in the preschool program S.B. 120 Provides certain significant family risk factors of a child's home environment for eligibility in the preschool program.... More... P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development CT Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Equitable wages for early childhood education professionals H.B. 6931 Concerns education and equitable wages for early childhood education professionals; increases the number of highly qualified early childhood... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Early Childhood Professional Loan Repayment Program H.B. 1293 Requires the State Commission on Higher Education to establish and maintain an Early Childhood Professional Loan Repayment Program; makes su... More... OK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Expands Resident Teacher Program S.B. 499 Expands the resident teacher program to include early childhood teachers. (One-year residency program is required as part of the Oklahoma Te... More... FL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cuts Early Childhood Programs S.B. 1162 - Omnibus The following programs have been repealed by S.B. 1162: 1) Gold Seal Quality care program, a three tiered quality rating system 2) Early... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 T.E.A.C.H. S.B. 1294 Establishes Teacher Education and Compensation Helps (T.E.A.C.H) pilot projects to assist teachers in retaining employment in the field of c... More... NE Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Early Childhood Education Grants L.B. 759 LB 759 changes current law pertaining to early childhood education pilot program grants. The bill provides for an Early Childhood Education ... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Regional Preschool Teacher Development H.B. 113 Relates to regional development preschool system teachers; includes employment as a teacher in the regional development preschool system as ... More... Parent/Family MI Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Parental Involvement Contracts H.B. 4630 Encourages school districts to adopt parental involvement contracts; requires department to develop model.... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Notices to Parents S.B. 811 Session Law Number 244., Ensures that the parents or guardians of students who are suspended or expelled for more than 10 days from school r... More... UT To governor 06/2001 P-12 Notification of Parents (Custodial and Noncustodial) H.B. 1001A, S.B. 1001A The House Bill requires a public school to notify the custodial and attempt to notify the noncustodial parent of a student who is injured or... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Parental involvement in the school S.B. 505 Sets forth provisions that a school's strategic and continuous school improvement and achievement plan may include to encourage parental inv... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Parental Involvement A.B. 201 Requires the state Board of Education and the board of trustees of each school district to adopt policies encouraging parental involvement i... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Parents as Scholars Pilot Program H.B. 1187 Sec. 31.072. PARENTS AS SCHOLARS PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the commission to establish a Parents as Scholars pilot program under which recipi... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 The use of Internet Filters H.B. 1003 Requires public schools and public libraries to install internet filters or purchase internet connectivity from a provider that provides fil... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Legislative Parental Involvement Act S.B. 303 The purpose of the Legislative Parental Involvement Act is to promote school and community partnerships that will increase parental involvem... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Parental Notification for Students involved with the Police H.B. 2275 Mandates parental notification of students reported to, interviewed by or taken into custody by law enforcement personnel.... More... UT Vetoed 03/2001 P-12 Includes Noncustodial Parent in Communications H.B. 168 Requires a public school to notify the custodial and attempt to notify the noncustodial parent of a student who is injured or becomes ill at... More... UT Vetoed 03/2001 P-12 Notification of Noncustodial Parent S.B. 222 Requires a peace officer, case worker or school to inform a custodial and noncustodial parent when a minor is taken into custody or suspende... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Parent Rights Concerning Special Education H.B. 1226 Relates to publication of procedure for changing special education placements. Directs the Board of Education to publicize and disseminate, ... More... Parent/Family--Parent Rights AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Parental notification of non-certified teachers S.B. 416 Requires parental notification of an assignment of a non-certified teacher to teach a class for more than thirty consecutive days.... More... HI Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Foster Parent's Rights S.B. 1104 Relates to authority of foster parents to provide consents for the foster child's educational and recreational needs.... More... UT Vetoed 03/2001 P-12 Includes Noncustodial Parent in Communications H.B. 168 Requires a public school to notify the custodial and attempt to notify the noncustodial parent of a student who is injured or becomes ill at... More... UT Vetoed 03/2001 P-12 Notification of Noncustodial Parent S.B. 222 Requires a peace officer, case worker or school to inform a custodial and noncustodial parent when a minor is taken into custody or suspende... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Parent Rights Concerning Special Education H.B. 1226 Relates to publication of procedure for changing special education placements. Directs the Board of Education to publicize and disseminate, ... More... Postsecondary LA Signed into law 10/2001 Postsec. Policies for Postsecondary Students Members of Uniformed Services H.B. 13B Provides for policies addressing academic issues of student members of uniformed services; prohibits undue penalties against student members... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 Postsec. Reports from the Postsecondary Education Commission A.B. 1721 Requires the Postsecondary Education Commission, in carrying out its duty as the statewide postsecondary education planning and coordinating... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 08/2001 Postsec. Campus Names A.B. 1719 Chapter No.219, Specifies that the names of various campuses of the State University are the property of the State. Requires the trustees of... More... AK Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Alaska Advantage Loan Program and the Alaska Supplemental Education Loan Program H.B. 204 Relates to the Commission on Postsecondary Education in the Alaska Student Loan Corporation; relates to student financial aid programs and t... More... CO Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities H.B. 1263 Establishes the Student Bill of Rights and Responsibilities; establishes a standard degree credit hour requirement; provides for additional ... More... CT Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Meningitis Vaccinations of College Students H.B. 5675 Requires meningitis vaccinations of college students living in on-campus housing.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Community College Establishment of Learning Centers by Board of Regents S.B. 829 Authorizes the Board of Regents to establish learning centers and to provide for their operation, management, and supervision. The Board of ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Creates Commission on Postsecondary Educational Attainment S.B. 616 Resolve No. 67., (LD 1797) Creates the Blue Ribbon Commission on Postsecondary Educational Attainment.... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. System Name Change S.B. 326 Changes name of State System of Higher Education to Oregon University System; changes name of Chancellor of State Board of Higher Education ... More... AL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Higher Education Governance Joint Interim Legislative Committee S.J.R. 134 Establishes the Higher Education Governance Joint Interim Legislative Committee to study and produce innovative recommendations and action i... More... FL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Higher Educational Facilities Financing Act S.B. 302 2001-79., Creates Higher Educational Facilities Financing Act; creates the Higher Educational Facilities Financing Authority; provides crite... More... HI Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Reducing Legal Liability S.B. 1207 Requires the University of Hawaii to reduce legal liability. From the legislation: (B) THE UNIVERSITY OF HAWAII SHALL SUBMIT A CONFIDENTIA... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Rules for the Higher Ed. Board H.B. 260 Amends the Board of Higher Education Act and various Acts relating to the governance of the public universities in Illinois; requires the go... More... KS Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Core indicators of quality S.B. 10 Concerns postsecondary educational institutions; relates to the identification, selections and approval of core indicators of quality perfor... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Public Awareness Campaign S.B. 573 Relates to public awareness campaign to promote the value and availability of higher education.... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Transfer Credits May Substitute H.B. 1645 Relates to the use of certain transferred freshman-level credit courses to satisfy the requirements of the Texas Academic Skills Program. A... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Long-Range Planning H.B. 1799 Requires the board to develop and periodically revise a long-range statewide plan to provide information and guidance to policy makers to en... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Parents as Scholars Pilot Program H.B. 1187 Sec. 31.072. PARENTS AS SCHOLARS PILOT PROGRAM. Requires the commission to establish a Parents as Scholars pilot program under which recipi... More... VT Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Institutional Approval S.B. 86 Increases the scope to include any institution that uses the words "college," "university" or "institute," which is intended to indicate tha... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Omnibus Bill S.B. 703 Relates to higher education retirement plans; directs Higher Education Policy Commission to oversee certain private institutions; relates to... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Providing Higher Education Adult Part-Time Student Grants H.B. 2897 Provides higher education adult part-time student grants to students enrolled in post-secondary certificate, industry recognized credential ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Institutions of higher education can exceed the maximum salary levels for exceptionally well qualified personnel S.B. 583 Amends Arkansas code 6-63-309 to allow institutions of higher education to exceed the maximum salary levels for exceptionally well qualified... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Higher Education Institutions Developing Employee Benefits Programs H.B. 2362 Requires state agencies and institutions of higher education to develop an informational program on employee benefits.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Exempts from the public records laws Info. about Private Givers S.B. 1527 Exempts from the public records laws State university records such as intellectual property, donated historical materials and names and info... More... HI Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Advertising Unaccredited Higher Ed. Institutions H.B. 761 Exempts an accredited degree granting institution from the disclosure requirement under specified conditions. From the legislation: (B) WH... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Community College Inclusion of Community Colleges Under Health and Hight Education Facilities Act S.B. 588 Modifies the term "institution of higher education" under the Maryland Health and Higher Educational Facilities Authority Act (MHHEFA) to in... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Bill defining the State Board of Higher Education powers and duties S.B. 2042 Updates statutes defining State Board of Higher Education (SBHE) powers and duties. Allows the board to go into executive session when consi... More... TX Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Campus to Meet Diverse Needs S.B. 576 Relates to the University of North Texas System and the component institutions of that system. Analysis states that the Laws pertaining to ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Standards for Higher Education Construction S.B. 512 Amends code sections pertaining to Arkansas State Building Services review and approval of higher education institution capital improvements... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Higher Ed. Vehicle Restrictions S.B. 540 Relates to motor vehicle restrictions for the various institutions of higher education.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Use of the Rising Junior Exam H.B. 1048 Until such time as the Arkansas Higher Education Coordinating Board approves other assessment processes or exams to be used by Arkansas coll... More... SD Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Accreditation S.B. 160 Prohibits the offering of postsecondary education credit or degree by non-accredited institutions.... More... Postsecondary Accountability ME Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. Creates Commission on Postsecondary Educational Attainment S.B. 616 Resolve No. 67., (LD 1797) Creates the Blue Ribbon Commission on Postsecondary Educational Attainment.... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Community College Program Audits H.B. 386 Session Law Number 111. Modifies the audit procedures of community college programs.... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Participation of Tennessee S.J.R. 59 (Joint Resolution) Urges National Center for Public Policy and Higher Education to select Tennessee a one of multi-state participant in lon... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Designate North Dakota University System colleges and universities as a unified system and provide for a strategic planning process S.B. 2041 Amends state statute to formally designate North Dakota University System (NDUS) colleges and universities as a unified system dedicated to ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Postsec. Audits H.B. 87 Relates to public money; provides for stratified or statistical pre- and post-audits; requires quarterly reports from local public bodies, s... More... Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation SD Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Accreditation S.B. 160 Prohibits the offering of postsecondary education credit or degree by non-accredited institutions.... More... Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid DE Signed into law 07/2001 Postsec. Improving the Administration of Financial Assistance for Higher Ed. H.B. 246 This bill streamlines the process to help the Higher Education Commission effectively administer the states financial aid programs.... More... LA Signed into law 07/2001 Postsec. Tuition Opportunity Program for Students Reporting Requirements H.B. 2012 Relates to Tuition Opportunity Program for Students; provides for a uniform information reporting system and for certain notifications to pa... More... LA Signed into law 07/2001 Postsec. Eligibility for Tuition Opportunity Program for Students H.B. 1800 Relates to the Tuition Opportunity Program for Students; provides eligibility for TOPS-Tech and Opportunity awards for certain students who ... More... LA Signed into law 07/2001 Postsec. Eligibility for TOPS Performance Awards H.B. 1945 Permits certain high school students completing honors courses and having a minimum cumulative grade point average of 3.00 to qualify for TO... More... AK Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Alaska Advantage Loan Program and the Alaska Supplemental Education Loan Program H.B. 204 Relates to the Commission on Postsecondary Education in the Alaska Student Loan Corporation; relates to student financial aid programs and t... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Higher Education Student Assistance Act S.B. 406 Public Act No. 92-45., Amends the Higher Education Student Assistance Act; increases the maximum Monetary Award Program grant for full time ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Donations to the College Savings Account Pool S.B. 902 Amends the Illinois Income Tax Act; allows a deduction for individuals for moneys contributed in the taxable year to a college savings pool ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Prepaid Tuition Program H.B. 841 Amends the Illinois Prepaid Tuition Act; removes a provision that provides that if a qualified beneficiary is awarded a grant or scholarship... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. TOPS Eligibility for Students Graduation in Less than Four Years H.B. 389 Prohibits a TOPS award recipient from being restricted or otherwise delayed in first using the award due to the student having graduated fro... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Louisiana Student Tuition Assistant Program S.B. 690 Provides for administration of, participation in, and alternative investment options relative to the Student Tuition Assistance and Revenue ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Required ACT Score for TOPS Eligibility S.B. 438 Lowers the required ACT score for a TOPS Tech award from 19 to 17, beginning with the 2000 - 2001 high school graduates.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Extension of TOPS Waiver Due to Course Unavailability H.B. 818 , Extends through the 2002-2003 school year the time period for a TOPS waiver form meeting high school core curriculum requirements due to c... More...