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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."

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State Status/Date Level Summary
- Accountability
ORSigned into law 07/2001P-12Quality Education Commission
H.B. 2295
Establishes Quality Education Commission; directs the Commission to identify quality goals for kindergarten through grade 12; directs the Co...

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FLSigned into law 06/2001P-12Florida 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...

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MDSigned into law 05/2001P-12Grants 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Reporting 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Academic 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 ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Public 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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Performance 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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Fiscal 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...

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MESigned into law 04/2001P-12Use 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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-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...

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- Accountability--Accreditation
CASigned into law 10/2001P-12Posting 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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Exemption from Accreditation
S.B. 223
Exempts elementary and secondary education institutions operated by churches, religious organizations and faith-based ministries from requir...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Waivers
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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Accreditation 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 ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Minimum 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 ...

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MTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Multiyear 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Admission 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Using 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...

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- Accountability--Measures/Indicators
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Performance 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...

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12High 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...

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ORSigned into law 08/2001P-12Grading 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...

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NHVetoed 07/2001P-12School Performance
S.B. 164
Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progr...

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COSigned into law 06/2001P-12New 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...

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DESigned into law 06/2001P-12School 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12At 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...

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FLFiled as Chapter No 05/2001P-12School 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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Staff 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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Accountability System
S.B. 165
Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Academic 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 ...

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SCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Performance Indicators
H.B. 3600
Relates to the education oversight committee's academic performance ratings and performance indicators under the education accountability ac...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Students 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...

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Attendance 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...

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- Accountability--Reporting Results
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Performance 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...

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12High 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...

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ORSigned into law 08/2001P-12Grading 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...

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COSigned into law 06/2001P-12New 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...

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DESigned into law 06/2001P-12School 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...

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MOSigned into law 06/2001P-12School 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 ...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Accountability System
S.B. 165
Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Accountability 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 ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Annual Reports
A.B. 364
Requires regional subdistricts created in certain school districts to prepare annual reports, prescribing the information required to be rep...

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SCSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Disaggregated 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Financial 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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Students 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...

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UTSigned into law 04/2001P-12Reporting 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...

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Attendance 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Disaggregated 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 ...

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- Accountability--Rewards
CASigned into law 10/2001P-12Changes 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...

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DESigned into law 06/2001P-12School 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Rewards, Continuing Education, Teacher Shortages,
H.B. 1499--Multiple Components
Concerns Academic Performance Awards Programs, continuing education for mathematics teachers, National Board certification; removes authorit...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Levels 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...

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12High 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...

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PASigned into law 10/2001P-12School 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...

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NHVetoed 07/2001P-12School Performance
S.B. 164
Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progr...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Placement 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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Accountability 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 ...

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SCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Technical Assistance
H.B. 3890
(Joint Resolution) States that schools may qualify for technical assistance based on the criteria established by the Education Oversight Com...

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TNBecame law without governor's signature 05/2001P-12No 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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Omnibus 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Admission 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Using 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...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
TNBecame law without governor's signature 05/2001P-12No 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...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Placement 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...

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- Accountability--School Improvement
MDSigned into law 05/2001P-12Grants 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...

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- Adult Basic Education
LASigned into law 07/2001P-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...

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PASigned into law 06/2001P-12Adult 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 ...

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AZVetoed 05/2001P-12Health 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...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Teach 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....

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MTSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Private/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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Students Attending Adult Ed. Programs
H.B. 2300
Institutes a monitoring program for students obtaining waivers of school attendance requirements to attend adult education programs....

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MDSigned into law 04/2001P-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...

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CASigned into law 01/2001P-12Omnibus 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...

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- Assessment
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Standards, Assessments
S.B. 1
Eliminates the requirement that school districts implement competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education to deve...

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CAVetoed 10/2001P-12Appropriations 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...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Standardized 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...

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CASigned into law 06/2001P-12Requirements 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...

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CTSigned into law 06/2001P-12Taking 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....

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NVSigned into law 06/2001P-128th 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....

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Exempting 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...

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FLFiled as Chapter No 05/2001P-12School 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...

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LASigned into law 05/2001P-12Investigation 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...

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MOSigned into law 05/2001P-12Assessment 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...

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NDSigned into law 05/2001P-12Reading 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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Assessment 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Academic 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 ...

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ORSigned into law 05/2001P-12Math & 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...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Testing Accomodations
S.B. 343
Requires the state department of education to develop alternative assessment for disabled students. The department is required to develop tw...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Timely 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, ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Exemptions 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Public 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Comparing 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Arkansas 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 ...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Students 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...

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TXSigned into law 04/2001P-12Accomodation 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 ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.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...

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Reading Evaluations
S.B. 1116
Provides statewide goals for reading evaluations conducted in public schools; provides additional assistance to schools which fail to achiev...

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SDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Standards-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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Disaggregated 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 ...

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- Assessment--Accommodations
CTSigned into law 06/2001P-12Change 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...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Exempting 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...

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MOSigned into law 05/2001P-12Assessment 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...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Testing Accomodations
S.B. 343
Requires the state department of education to develop alternative assessment for disabled students. The department is required to develop tw...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Students 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...

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TXSigned into law 04/2001P-12Accomodation 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 ...

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- Assessment--End-of-Course
SCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Section 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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Omnibus 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...

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- Assessment--Formative/Interim
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Standards, Assessments
S.B. 1
Eliminates the requirement that school districts implement competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education to deve...

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- Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Ohio 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...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12High 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...

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AKSigned into law 06/2001P-122 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...

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DESigned into law 06/2001P-12Changes 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...

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NVSigned into law 06/2001P-12Assessments, 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 ...

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WASigned into law 06/2001P-12Delays Assessments
S.B. 5686
Delays assessments timelines in areas other than reading and math....

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Accountability System
S.B. 165
Eliminates language that defined "expected [school] performance level" by student attendance rates, remediation rates, assessment scores and...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Informational 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...

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12CSAP 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 ...

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- Assessment--Legal Issues
LASigned into law 05/2001P-12Investigation 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...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
NCSigned into law 12/2001P-12At-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...

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CASigned into law 08/2001P-12Programs 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 ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001P-12Changes 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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Education 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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Programs 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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Suicide Prevention Program
S.B. 792
Establishes a program of suicide prevention in public schools....

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12At 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...

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FLVetoed 05/2001P-12Demonstration 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12At-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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Alternative 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 ...

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GASigned into law 04/2001P-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 ...

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NMVetoed 03/2001P-12At-Risk Funding Index
H.B. 49
Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation of the at-risk index to determine additional program units....

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Teacher 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 ...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Contracts, 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...

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CAVetoed 09/2001P-12School 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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Private 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...

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NCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Programs 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12At-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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Alternative 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 ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12False 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 ...

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VASigned into law 05/2001P-12Age-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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Suspension, 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...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Drug 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....

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MNSigned into law 04/2001P-12Notification 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....

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Smoking Prevention
S.B. 2380
Establishes a youth smoking prevention commission; provides a community health grant program....

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Teachers 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Alcohol Abuse
H.B. 1882
Relates to public school instruction regarding alcohol abuse and drunk driving; provides that instruction concerning the public safety hazar...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Employee 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Instruction 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...

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- Attendance
LASigned into law 07/2001P-12Compulsory 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12Truancy
S.B. 1432
Relates to truancy and the authority of justice and municipal courts in relation to children; provides criminal penalties for contributing t...

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IASigned into law 05/2001P-12Compulsory 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Remote 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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Cannot 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Students Attending Adult Ed. Programs
H.B. 2300
Institutes a monitoring program for students obtaining waivers of school attendance requirements to attend adult education programs....

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Attendance 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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Compulsory Attendance Age
H.B. 781
Raises compulsory school attendance age from 16 to age 17....

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12State 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....

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- Attendance--Compulsory
LASigned into law 07/2001P-12Compulsory 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...

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- Background Checks
RIBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001P-12Background 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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Requirement 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 ...

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MEVetoed 06/2001P-12Repeals 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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Sports 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...

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KYSigned into law 05/2001P-12Criminal 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...

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OKSigned into law 04/2001P-12Criminal Records
H.B. 1253
Relates to requirement of filing of criminal history record for teacher licensure; requires certain notification about school employees....

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WVSigned into law 04/2001P-12FBI 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...

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NDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Designees 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....

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Illegal 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...

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Background Check Exemptions
S.B. 91
Exempts certain school district employees from the requirement for certain background checks....

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Background 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Background 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Exchange 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 ...

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- Bilingual/ESL
AZTo governor 12/2001P-12English 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...

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ALSigned into law 09/2001P-12ESL 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...

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CAChaptered by Secretary of State 09/2001P-12Recruit/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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12ESL 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...

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MDSigned into law 05/2001P-12Provisions 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...

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NDSigned into law 05/2001P-12Bilingual 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Dual Language Bilingual Programs
S.C.R. 50
Encourages school districts to develop and implement dual language bilingual programs....

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Dual 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...

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WASigned into law 05/2001P-12English 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...

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DESigned into law 03/2001P-12Enhance ESL programs
H.B. 9
Directs the Department of Education to develop, implement and enhance programs for students with limited English proficiency....

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- Career/Technical Education
CASigned into law 10/2001Postsec.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...

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12California 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...

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CAVetoed 09/2001P-12Creating 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...

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HISigned into law 07/2001P-12Amends 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...

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LASigned into law 07/2001P-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...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001P-12High 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 ...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Changes 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...

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UTSigned into law 06/2001P-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...

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AZSigned into law 05/2001P-12School To Work Programs
S.B. 1472
Relates to school to work Programs; makes appropriations to the Department of Commerce for school to work programs....

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12School 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...

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KSSigned into law 05/2001P-12Vocational Education Boards
S.B. 11
Concerns vocational education; relates to supervision of the administration of programs by local education agencies. From the legislation:
...

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MDSigned into law 05/2001P-12School 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...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Tech-Prep Curriculum
S.B. 1743
Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities to offer technical-prep high school ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Healthcare Awareness
H.B. 1124
Establishes a community healthcare awareness and mentoring program for students. Intent is to introduce interested high school students to ...

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TXVetoed 05/2001P-12Career 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...

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VTSigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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WAVetoed 05/2001P-12Career 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...

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AZBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature 04/2001P-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...

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KYSigned into law 03/2001P-12Career 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...

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MSSigned into law 03/2001P-12Vocational 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...

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MTSigned into law 03/2001P-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 ...

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ARSigned into law 02/2001P-12Terminating 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Career and Technical Education
S.B. 1055
Changes the name of vocational technical education to refer to career and technical education....

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Technology 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...

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- Cheating
LASigned into law 05/2001P-12Investigation 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...

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NHSigned into law 05/2001P-12
Postsec.
Falsifying Academic Credentials
S.B. 44
Creates the class A misdemeanor of false academic documentation....

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
NCSigned into law 11/2001P-12Teachers 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...

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CAChaptered by Secretary of State 09/2001P-12Reporting 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...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Charter 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...

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LASigned into law 07/2001P-12Charter 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....

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ORSigned into law 07/2001P-12Amends 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...

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AKSigned into law 06/2001P-12Increase 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....

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DESigned into law 06/2001P-12Changes 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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12At-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 ...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Charter 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...

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NVSigned into law 06/2001P-12Amends 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;...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Criteria for Charter Proposals
S.B. 255
Changes criteria that State Board of Education may use to reject public charter school proposal during review process....

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Charter 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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Charter 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...

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LASigned into law 05/2001P-12Charter 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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Revisions 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...

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PASigned into law 05/2001P-12Independent 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 ...

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TXBecame law without governor's signature 05/2001P-12Open 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Limited Charter Schools
S.B. 478
This legislation creates "Limited Charter Schools" in the state. The relevant legislation can be found at the bottom....

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MSSigned into law 04/2001P-12Charter 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...

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Admission 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....

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Advanced Payments to Charters
H.B. 278
Authorizes advance payment of a portion of a charter school's estimated annual apportionment under specified conditions....

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Charter 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...

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Approval 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....

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NMSigned into law 03/2001P-12Charter 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Charters No Longer Pilot
S.B. 169
Removes the pilot program status of charter schools....

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Charter 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Charter 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...

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WYSigned into law 03/2001P-12Amends Charter Schools Law
S.B. 96
Relates to charter schools; modifies provisions for establishment and operation of charter schools; specifies funding provisions; repeals ex...

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ARSigned into law 02/2001P-12Charter Schools and Desegregation
S.B. 322
Amends the selection process for admission to a Charter school in a school district under court ordered desegregation....

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
LASigned into law 07/2001P-12Charter 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....

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Charter 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...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Charter 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...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Bond 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...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12Evaluating 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...

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Evaluating 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...

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- Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Enrollment 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12School 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...

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12Tuition 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 ...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Modifies 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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Student 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....

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Resident 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...

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- Civic Education
ALSigned into law 09/2001P-12Patriotic Education
H.J.R. 152C
Relates to urging the Boards of Education to incorporate patriotic education as part of the daily Pledge of Allegiance....

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RIBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001P-12Civics Education
H.B. 5899
Creates a permanant legislative commission for the purpose of developing and coordinating public outreach programs for the legislature that ...

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COSigned into law 06/2001P-12Encourages 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Moment 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Celebrate 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Character Education Programs
H.B. 946
Allows schools to provide character education programs, but any programs must stress positive character traits, such as: courage; trustworth...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Character Education
H.B. 2208
Requires the state board to establish comprehensive character education into all aspects of school culture, school functions and existing cu...

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KSSigned into law 04/2001P-12Use 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...

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MSSigned into law 03/2001P-12High 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Pledge 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...

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- Civic Education--Character Education
ALSigned into law 09/2001P-12Patriotic Education
H.J.R. 152C
Relates to urging the Boards of Education to incorporate patriotic education as part of the daily Pledge of Allegiance....

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RIBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001P-12Civics Education
H.B. 5899
Creates a permanant legislative commission for the purpose of developing and coordinating public outreach programs for the legislature that ...

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COSigned into law 06/2001P-12Encourages 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Moment 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Celebrate 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Character Education Programs
H.B. 946
Allows schools to provide character education programs, but any programs must stress positive character traits, such as: courage; trustworth...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Character Education
H.B. 2208
Requires the state board to establish comprehensive character education into all aspects of school culture, school functions and existing cu...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12Evaluating 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...

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KSSigned into law 04/2001P-12Use 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...

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MSSigned into law 03/2001P-12High 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Pledge 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...

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- Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
ALSigned into law 09/2001P-12Patriotic Education
H.J.R. 152C
Relates to urging the Boards of Education to incorporate patriotic education as part of the daily Pledge of Allegiance....

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Moment 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...

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KSSigned into law 04/2001P-12Use 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Pledge 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...

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- Class Size
CAVetoed 09/2001P-12Small 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12Class 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...

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- Curriculum
NJVetoed 12/2001P-12Commission 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...

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CAVetoed 09/2001P-12Creating 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...

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CAVetoed 09/2001P-12New 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 ...

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NCSigned into law 08/2001P-12State 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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Instruction 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...

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MESigned into law 06/2001P-12Teaching 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...

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NVSigned into law 06/2001P-12Holocaust 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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Student 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12CPR Instruction
H.B. 821
Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students....

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KYSigned into law 05/2001P-12Study 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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Accountability 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 ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Personal 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...

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VTSigned into law 05/2001P-12American 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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Holocaust 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,...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Art/Music Education
H.B. 1883
Requires public elementary schools to provide instruction in the subjects of visual art or music for all students....

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Financial 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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Marching Band Physical Education
H.B. 554
Establishes marching band as a physical education requirement....

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OKSigned into law 04/2001P-12Amends 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...

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TXSigned into law 04/2001P-12Agricultural 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Sex 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Music, Art, Dance, Theater
H.B. 174
Requires music, visual art, dance or theater instruction to take place in elementary schools....

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- Curriculum--Arts Education
MASigned into law 12/2001P-12Funding 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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Student 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...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12New Arts Positions
H.B. 1391
, Appropriates funds for at least 28 fine arts positions within the Department of Education....

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Art/Music Education
H.B. 1883
Requires public elementary schools to provide instruction in the subjects of visual art or music for all students....

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Marching Band Physical Education
H.B. 554
Establishes marching band as a physical education requirement....

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Music, Art, Dance, Theater
H.B. 174
Requires music, visual art, dance or theater instruction to take place in elementary schools....

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- Curriculum--Drivers Education
IASigned into law 04/2001P-12Driver 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....

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- Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Personal 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...

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- Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Student 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...

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VTSigned into law 05/2001P-12American 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-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...

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- Curriculum--Geography Education
NCSigned into law 08/2001P-12State 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...

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- Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Information 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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12CPR Instruction
H.B. 821
Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students....

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GASigned into law 04/2001P-12Recess In Schools
S.R. 252
Act No. 33., Relates to obesity in children; creates the Joint Study Committee on Physical Activity (recess) in Schools....

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- Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
TNSigned into law 06/2001P-12Reading 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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Testing 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...

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- Curriculum--Mathematics
COSigned into law 06/2001P-12Creates 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...

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KYSigned into law 05/2001P-12Professional 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Strengthens 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-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...

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- Curriculum--Multicultural
NJVetoed 12/2001P-12Commission 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...

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- Curriculum--Physical Education
CAVetoed 09/2001P-12New 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 ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Physical 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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Marching Band Physical Education
H.B. 554
Establishes marching band as a physical education requirement....

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- Curriculum--Science
CAVetoed 09/2001P-12The 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...

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COSigned into law 06/2001P-12Creates 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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Mercury 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-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...

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- Curriculum--Sex Education
CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Teenage 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...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12Sex 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 ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Sex 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...

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- Curriculum--Social Studies/History
NCSigned into law 08/2001P-12State 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...

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NVSigned into law 06/2001P-12Holocaust 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...

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ILSigned into law 05/2001P-12History 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Celebrate 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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Holocaust 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,...

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- Data-Driven Improvement
WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Performance 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...

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- Demographics--Enrollments
TXSigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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NMSigned into law 03/2001P-12Denial 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Growth 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...

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- Desegregation
ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Urban 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Court 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...

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- Economic/Workforce Development
NYSigned into law 12/2001P-12Farm-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...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-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...

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NCSigned into law 08/2001Postsec.
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 ...

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MESigned into law 06/2001P-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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-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 ...

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OKVetoed 05/2001P-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...

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ORSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Texas 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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VTSigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.Workforce Development Initiative
H.B. 2898
Relates to modernization and procurement of equipment for workforce development initiative grant programs; addresses improving employer awar...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Advantage 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...

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- Education Research
CASigned into law 10/2001P-12Reading 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...

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- Equity
TXSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Civil 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...

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- Federal
NMSigned into law 03/2001P-12Reporting Federal Expenditures
H.B. 323
Requires annual reporting by school districts and the Superintendent of Public Instruction on expenditures of federal funds....

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- Finance
ALSigned into law 09/2001P-12The 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...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001P-12Elections 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...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12School 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 ...

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MESigned into law 05/2001P-12Carry 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...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Use 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....

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Adjustments 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...

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MESigned into law 04/2001P-12Use 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...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Standards 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, ...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Technical 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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Education License Plate
S.B. 213
Provides for the issuance of special Committed to Education motor vehicle license plates....

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-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...

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Advanced Payments to Charters
H.B. 278
Authorizes advance payment of a portion of a charter school's estimated annual apportionment under specified conditions....

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Interest 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...

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- Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
NHVetoed 07/2001P-12School Performance
S.B. 164
Establishes criteria for measuring school performance standards and creates a watch list for schools which are not making satisfactory progr...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Equity 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 ...

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12Revision 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...

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NDSigned by Governor 03/2001P-12Core 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...

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- Finance--District
CASigned into law 10/2001P-12Finance 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...

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PASigned into law 10/2001P-12School 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...

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ILSigned into law 08/2001P-12Reporting 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...

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MESigned into law 06/2001P-12Cost-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...

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MESigned into law 05/2001P-12Carry 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Audits
H.B. 1601
Authorizes the Office of State Finance to conduct audits of certain school districts; allows request of performance audits; provides for pay...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Financial 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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Fiscal 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...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12School 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...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12School 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...

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NESigned into law 04/2001P-12Taxing 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...

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Superintendent'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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Supplies & 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 ...

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- Finance--Equity
ORSigned into law 07/2001P-12Local 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...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Equity 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 ...

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- Finance--Facilities
MEApproved by voters 11/2001P-12Authorizes 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...

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CASigned into law 08/2001P-12Major 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...

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ORSigned into law 07/2001P-12Facility 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 ...

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ORSigned into law 07/2001P-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 ...

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AKSigned into law 06/2001P-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...

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MNVetoed 06/2001P-12Capital Improvement Funds
H.B. 8A
Relates to capital improvements; appropriates funds for capital improvement, flood hazard mitigation grants, acquisition of easements and to...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Urban 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...

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SCSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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 ...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Technology 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...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Bond 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...

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FLSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Funding 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...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Facilities 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...

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MESigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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ORSigned into law 05/2001P-12Facilities Projects
H.B. 3207
Authorizes Health, Housing, Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority to finance projects for public and nonprofit schools providing pre...

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FLSigned into law 04/2001P-12Special Facility Construction Account
H.B. 1
Authorizes school districts to qualify construction projects for funding under Special Facility Construction Account by using school capital...

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GASigned into law 04/2001P-12Supplementary 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...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Establishment 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 ...

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MDSigned by Governor 04/2001Postsec.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...

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MESigned into law 04/2001P-12Use 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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Public 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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12County 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 ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Expanding 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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Regulations for School Facilities
S.B. 818
Directs the establishment of regulations regarding self-construction projects by public educational entities....

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AZSigned into law 03/2001P-12The 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...

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KYSigned into law 03/2001P-12School Construction Revenues
H.B. 173
Relates to school facilities construction; provides that "available local revenue" for school building construction shall no longer include ...

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NJSigned into law 03/2001P-12New 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12State 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...

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WYSigned into law 03/2001P-12Adequacy Standards for Construction
H.B. 275
Relates to school capital construction; imposes a condition on state building adequacy standards....

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WYSigned into law 03/2001P-12Major Facility Repair/Replacement
H.B. 5
Relates to major building and facility repair and replacement payments; modifies major maintenance payment computations; imposes major maint...

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Capital 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...

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SDVeto overridden 02/2001P-12Funding for Textbooks
H.B. 1196
Authorizes the funding of textbooks through the school capital outlay fund....

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Committee on Capital Construction
S.B. 167
Relates to school capital construction; establishes a select committee on capital construction; provides an appropriation....

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- Finance--Funding Formulas
CASigned into law 08/2001P-12Changes 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...

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CASigned into law 08/2001P-12Changes 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 ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001P-12Makes 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...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001P-12Changes 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...

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PASigned into law 06/2001Postsec.
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...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12State 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...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Base Funding Levels
H.B. 121
Increases the total partial equivalence relation average number belonging and basic entitlements for public schools for school fiscal years ...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Revision 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...

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NESigned into law 05/2001P-12Funding 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...

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NESigned into law 05/2001P-12
L.B. 797
Changes the definition of general fund operating expenditures for purposes of the state aid formula. General fund operating expenditures wil...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Education 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...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12Small Schools Exemption in Finance Formulas
H.B. 2183
Relates to small school districts exemption from the general budget limit....

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COSigned into law 04/2001P-12Adjustments 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 ...

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12Exempts 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....

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12Finance 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...

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12Revisions 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...

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12Revision 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...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Modifies 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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Enrollment 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...

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MTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Multiyear 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...

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NMVetoed 03/2001P-12At-Risk Funding Index
H.B. 49
Relates to public school finance; changes the calculation of the at-risk index to determine additional program units....

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SDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Distribution of State Aid
H.B. 1258
Revises the distribution of state aid to education....

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12State 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Growth 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...

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Foundation Funding
H.B. 4
Relates to school finance; extends application of foundation program dollar per average daily membership amounts....

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Completion 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....

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- Finance--Litigation
HISigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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- Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
IASigned into law 02/2001P-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 ...

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Permanent 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...

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Common 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...

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- Finance--Lotteries
SCSigned into law 06/2001P-12Education 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...

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TN2002 November Ballot 06/2001Postsec.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...

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NESigned into law 05/2001P-12Distance 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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Lottery 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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.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 ...

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- Finance--Performance Funding
NCSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.
Community College
Performance Measures
H.B. 438
Clarifies the performance measures on which community colleges are evaluated for the purpose of performance budgeting....

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- Finance--Private Giving
AZSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.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...

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- Finance--Resource Efficiency
CASigned by Governor 09/2001P-12Pupil 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...

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FLSigned into law 06/2001P-12Florida 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...

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MESigned into law 06/2001P-12Cost-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...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12School 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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12School 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...

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12State 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...

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IASigned into law 02/2001P-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 ...

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- Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
ALTo governor 12/2001P-12Reduction 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....

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12Finance 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...

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ALSigned into law 05/2001P-12The 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,...

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ALSigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Changes 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...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12State 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...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Funds 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...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12Impact 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...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12Budget 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...

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COSigned into law 04/2001P-12Mandated 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...

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COSigned into law 04/2001P-12Adjustments 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 ...

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12State 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...

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MSGovernor's veto overridden by HOUSE 03/2001P-12Gas 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...

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- Finance--Student Fees
COSigned into law 02/2001P-12Non-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...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues
NJSigned into law 12/2001P-12Support 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...

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WAApproved by voters 11/2001P-12Property Tax Limitation
Initiative 747
Initiative Measure No. 747 concerns limiting property tax increases. This measure would require state and local governments to limit propert...

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WAApproved by voters 11/2001P-12Property 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,...

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NHBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature 07/2001P-12Property Tax
H.B. 170
Relates to State fees, funds, revenues and expenditures; part of the bill decreases the rate of the education property tax....

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COSigned into law 06/2001P-12State 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...

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FLSigned into law 06/2001P-12Additional 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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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 ...

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TXBecame law without governor's signature 06/2001P-12Tax Incentives
H.B. 1200
Authorizes certain ad valorem tax incentives for economic development; authorizes school districts to provide tax relief for certain corpora...

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ALSigned into law 05/2001P-12The 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,...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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ORSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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 ...

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ALSigned into law 04/2001P-12Property 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...

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AZSigned into law 04/2001P-12Impact 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...

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WVSigned into law 04/2001P-12Locally Raised Revenues
S.B. 237
Establishes that tax revenues raised by counties, school districts or municipalities are not revenues of the state....

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12School District Millage Rollback
H.B. 2098
Amends School District Millage Rollback compensation appropriation for the 2001-2003 biennium....

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Expanding 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...

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MSGovernor's veto overridden by HOUSE 03/2001P-12Gas 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...

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NDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Tax 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Tax 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 ...

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Timing: 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Tax 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 ...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
NYSigned into law 09/2001P-12License 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...

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AKSigned into law 06/2001P-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...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Tax 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 ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Income 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....

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ARBecame law without governor's signature 04/2001P-12Alcoholic 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...

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INSigned into law 04/2001P-12Education 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 ...

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Contracts 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Tax 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 ...

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- Governance
TXApproved by voters 11/2001P-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...

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ORSigned into law 07/2001P-12Quality Education Commission
H.B. 2295
Establishes Quality Education Commission; directs the Commission to identify quality goals for kindergarten through grade 12; directs the Co...

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ORSigned into law 07/2001P-12Funding 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 ...

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NVSigned into law 06/2001P-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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Education 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...

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PASigned into law 05/2001P-12Independent 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 ...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Regional 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 ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Task Force
H.B. 267
Creates the Enhancement of Public Education Task Force with a primary focus on reviewing the purpose, functions, roles, and responsibilities...

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- Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Waivers
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...

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- Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Exception 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Ethical 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....

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- Governance--School Boards
TXApproved by voters 11/2001P-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...

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HIVetoed 06/2001P-12State student council
S.B. 670
Establishes the state student council, with student representatives from each departmental school district; requires the council to conduct ...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Exception 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...

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MISigned into law 06/2001P-12School 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...

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NCSigned into law 06/2001P-12Appeals 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...

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NJSigned into law 06/2001P-12Code of Ethics
A.B. 1755
Expands indemnification for school board members and employees in civil, administrative or criminal proceedings; establishes a code of ethic...

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HIVetoed 05/2001P-12Board 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 ...

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MESigned into law 05/2001P-12Carry 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...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12School 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...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12School 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...

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ORSigned into law 05/2001P-12School 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...

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VAVetoed 05/2001P-12School 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...

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VTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Proportional Representation
H.B. 314
Ensures that every union school board follows the proportional representation principle....

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ALSigned into law 04/2001P-12Birmingham 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Teacher Negotiation Rights
S.B. 979
, Prohibits school boards and their representatives from actively discouraging efforts of teachers to secure negotiation rights....

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DESigned into law 04/2001P-12Code 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....

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HISigned into law 04/2001P-12Defining 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....

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IASigned into law 04/2001P-12Suspension 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...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Change 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...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Student 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...

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MTSigned into law 04/2001P-12School 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...

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OKSigned into law 04/2001P-12Continuing 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 ...

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VASigned into law 04/2001P-12Definition 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 "...

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VASigned into law 04/2001P-12School 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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Require 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....

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12County 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...

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AZSigned into law 03/2001P-12Qualifications for School Boards
S.B. 1451
Relates to public officers and employees; limits school candidates to one school district governing board....

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12School 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....

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MTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Election 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 ...

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NMVetoed 03/2001Postsec.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. ...

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MTSigned into law 02/2001Postsec.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...

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Employment Prohibition
H.B. 1067
Prohibits school boards from employing any person whose certificate has been revoked or suspended....

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- Governance--Site-Based Management
INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Local 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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12School Personnel Laws
S.B. 227
Requires first-class permits for superintendents; provides that principals chair the process for interviewing prospective professional and p...

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- Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
UTSigned into law 10/2001P-12State Board Elections
H.B. 2002B
Modifies statutory provisions governing State Board of Education districts; eliminates current boundaries and establishes new boundaries; es...

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MOSigned into law 06/2001P-12Removes Residency Requirement for Commissioner of Education
H.B. 45
Removes the one-year residency requirement for the Commissioner of Education....

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NVSigned into law 06/2001P-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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.Commission on Postsecondary Education
S.B. 237
Removes the commission on postsecondary education from the Department of Education....

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Regional 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 ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Task Force
H.B. 267
Creates the Enhancement of Public Education Task Force with a primary focus on reviewing the purpose, functions, roles, and responsibilities...

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- Health
CAChaptered by Secretary of State 10/2001P-12Mercury 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...

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CAVetoed 09/2001P-12The 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...

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CAVetoed 09/2001P-12Backpacks 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...

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CAVetoed 07/2001P-12Authorizes 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...

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RISigned into law 07/2001P-12School-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...

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CTSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.Meningitis Vaccinations of College Students
H.B. 5675
Requires meningitis vaccinations of college students living in on-campus housing....

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ILSigned into law 06/2001P-12Encourage 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...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001P-12Student 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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Medicaid Trust Fund
S.B. 757
Establishes the Medicaid Trust Fund For School-Based Services....

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MESigned into law 06/2001P-12Use 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...

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NHSigned into law 06/2001P-12Health
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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Physical 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....

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Diabetes
S.B. 769
Directs Department of Education to conduct annual survey on number of Oregon children with diabetes; directs physicians to report to Health ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2001P-12CPR Instruction
H.B. 821
Relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation instruction of public school students....

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DESigned into law 05/2001P-12Permits 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 ...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Full 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...

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ILSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Student 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-...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12The 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...

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MESigned into law 05/2001P-12Immunization 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...

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MTSigned into law 05/2001P-12Start-Up Costs for School Breakfast Programs
H.B. 353
Provides start-up costs for school districts to establish school breakfast programs....

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NCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Health Screening
H.B. 608
Modifies the health certificate requirements for public school employees to include tuberculosis or any physical or mental disease....

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Nursing 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...

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ORSigned into law 05/2001P-12Student Medication
H.B. 2682
Expands civil and criminal immunity for school personnel who administer medication to students....

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Vision Screenings Required
S.B. 304
Adds vision screening to requirements for admission to public school, nursery school, kindergarten, preschool and child care; encourages par...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Physical 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...

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WAVetoed 05/2001P-12Pesticides 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12In-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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Mandated Health Education
H.B. 2514
Mandates every public educational institution in this state to offer health related education including physical education training and inst...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Smoking Prevention
S.B. 2380
Establishes a youth smoking prevention commission; provides a community health grant program....

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ALSigned into law 03/2001P-12Prohibiting 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12Sex 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001Postsec.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...

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NJSigned into law 02/2001P-12Self -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 ...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Comprehensive 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 ...

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Pesticides Near Schools
H.B. 28
Relates to Wyoming Environmental Pesticides Control Act; requires notification of pesticide application in or on school facilities and prope...

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Toxic 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...

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- Health--Child Abuse
MDVetoed 05/2001P-12Disclosure 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...

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- Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Full 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...

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- Health--Suicide Prevention
LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Suicide Prevention Program
S.B. 792
Establishes a program of suicide prevention in public schools....

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- High School
CAVetoed 09/2001P-12Creating 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...

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MOSigned into law 06/2001P-12High 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...

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MESigned into law 05/2001P-12Granting 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...

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MOTo governor 05/2001P-12High 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...

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MSSigned into law 05/2001P-12Occupational 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....

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Informational 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...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Tech-Prep Curriculum
S.B. 1743
Authorizes local education agencies (LEAs) to enter into cooperative agreements with nonprofit entities to offer technical-prep high school ...

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VTSigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Eligiblity 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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Competency in Writing
S.B. 665
Expands graduation requirements to include passing a state competency test in writing....

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OKSigned into law 04/2001P-12Amends 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...

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MSSigned into law 03/2001P-12School 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 ...

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NMSigned into law 03/2001P-12Academic 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Access 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 ...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Class Rankings
H.B. 2401
Standard 4 of the Standards of Quality; Literacy Passports, diplomas, and certificates; class rankings. Authorizes each local school board t...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Graduation Requirements
H.B. 2674
Relates to a standard diploma; restores language in the Standards of Quality that was unintentionally deleted by legislation reorganizing in...

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- High School--Advanced Placement
KYSigned into law 05/2001P-12Study 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...

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OKSigned into law 04/2001P-12Amends 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...

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ARSigned into law 02/2001P-12Teacher 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...

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- High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
MTSigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-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 ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001P-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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-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...

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- High School--Exit Exams
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Ohio 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...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12High 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...

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AKSigned into law 06/2001P-122 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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Informational 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...

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SCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Section 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...

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VAVetoed 05/2001P-12State 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...

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- High School--Graduation Requirements
NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Competency in Writing
S.B. 665
Expands graduation requirements to include passing a state competency test in writing....

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Graduation Requirements
H.B. 2674
Relates to a standard diploma; restores language in the Standards of Quality that was unintentionally deleted by legislation reorganizing in...

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- Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
CATo governor 09/2001P-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 ...

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FLTo governor 05/2001P-12Change of Grading Practices
S.B. 636
Alters the required ranges of percentage grades that equate to letter grades and grade points....

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Uniform Grading Scale
H.B. 1826
Requires a uniform grading scale for non-traditional high school courses....

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- Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
DESigned into law 06/2001P-12Creates a committee to research homeschooling
S.J.R. 9
Relates to home schools; creates a committee to research and issue a report regarding issues....

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Home 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Home Schooling, Prohibiting Sex Offenders
S.B. 758
Prohibits home schooling if a sex offender resides in the home....

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NMSigned into law 03/2001P-12Home 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...

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COSigned into law 02/2001P-12Non-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...

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- Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
ORSigned into law 07/2001P-12Community 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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2001P-12Interagency Shared Information System
S.B. 400
Modifies the Interagency Shared Information System; defines participating State agency or organization for system; directs the Employment De...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Social Workers
H.B. 2380
Provides licensed social workers to serve the needs of children enrolled in public schools in Arkansas....

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Repeals Governor's Partnership Council
H.B. 1633
Repeals the Governor's Partnership Council and the Intervention and Prevention Grant Program for Arkansas School Children....

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- Leadership
CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Principal 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...

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CASigned into law 08/2001Postsec.
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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12National 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...

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RIBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature 06/2001Postsec.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...

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ALSigned into law 05/2001P-12Superintendent 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...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Qualifications 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...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Compensation 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...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Incentives 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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Principals' 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...

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NCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Non-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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Administrator 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...

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SCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Section 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...

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Hiring 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. ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Severance 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...

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WASigned into law 05/2001P-12Superintendent Review Committees
H.B. 1256
Amends educational service districts' superintendent review committees composition to include a subcommittee of the board, two school distri...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001P-12School Personnel Laws
S.B. 227
Requires first-class permits for superintendents; provides that principals chair the process for interviewing prospective professional and p...

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WVVetoed 05/2001P-12Absence of Principals
H.B. 2954
Limits absences of school principals from school duties to attend the principals academy....

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MDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Retirement 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...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Standards 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, ...

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MSSigned into law 03/2001P-12Administrator Sabbatical Leave Program Extended
S.B. 2229
Extends the automatic repealer in the school administrator sabbatical leave program....

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NESigned into law 03/2001P-12Certification 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...

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SDSigned into law 03/2001P-12Code of Ethics
S.B. 153
Subjects uncertified school administrators to a code of ethics....

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Admission 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...

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Superintendents Exempt From Requirements
S.B. 126
Exempts district superintendents from certification requirements by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board....

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- Leadership--District Superintendent
TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Hiring 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. ...

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Superintendents Exempt From Requirements
S.B. 126
Exempts district superintendents from certification requirements by the Wyoming professional teaching standards board....

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
LASigned into law 06/2001P-12National 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...

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HISigned into law 05/2001P-12Qualifications 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...

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NCSigned into law 05/2001P-12Non-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...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
MDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Retirement 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...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Principals' 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...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
MSSigned into law 03/2001P-12Administrator Sabbatical Leave Program Extended
S.B. 2229
Extends the automatic repealer in the school administrator sabbatical leave program....

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- Middle School
KYSigned into law 05/2001P-12Professional 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...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Eligiblity 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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Middle 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...

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- Minority/Diversity Issues
MESigned into law 06/2001P-12Teaching 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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Civil 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...

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- Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Indian 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...

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- No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
CASigned into law 10/2001P-12Changes 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...

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12High 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...

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- No Child Left Behind--Assessment
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Standards, Assessments
S.B. 1
Eliminates the requirement that school districts implement competency-based education programs. Directs the State Board of Education to deve...

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- No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Levels 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...

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- No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Levels 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...

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12Changes 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...

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12High 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...

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PASigned into law 10/2001P-12School 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...

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- No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Performance 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...

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- No Child Left Behind--School Support
CASigned into law 10/2001P-12High 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...

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CASigned into law 10/2001P-12Six-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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Omnibus 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...

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- No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
OHSigned into law 11/2001P-12Student 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...

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- Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Oklahoma Statewide Portal System
H.B. 1662
Creates the Oklahoma Statewide Portal System; relates to Internet access....

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Electronic 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,...

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KSSigned into law 04/2001P-12Technology 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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2001P-12State 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...

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VASigned into law 03/2001P-12Internet 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...

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Additional 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Internet 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...

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- Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
NVSigned into law 06/2001P-12Amends 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;...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Distance 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Remote 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Electronic 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...

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IDSigned into law 04/2001P-12Distance 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...

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IDSigned into law 03/2001P-12State 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...

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SDSigned into law 02/2001P-12Additional 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...

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- P-16 or P-20
ILSigned into law 08/2001P-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 ...

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FLFiled as Chapter No 06/2001P-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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Public 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...

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GASigned into law 04/2001P-12Decision 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...

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KYSigned into law 03/2001P-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...

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- P-3
NYSigned into law 12/2001P-12Child 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...

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CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Student 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...

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CTSigned into law 07/2001P-12Equitable 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...

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ORSigned into law 07/2001P-12Voluntary 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...

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ORVetoed 07/2001P-12Phonics Game
S.B. 593
Directs state department to provide instructional phonics game to each approved Oregon prekindergarten....

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TNSigned into law 07/2001P-12Child 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...

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COSigned into law 06/2001P-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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Universal 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 ...

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OKSigned into law 06/2001P-12Expands 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...

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PASigned into law 06/2001P-12Adult 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 ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2001P-12Early 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 ...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Funding 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...

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FLVetoed 05/2001P-12Demonstration 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...

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FLSigned into law 05/2001P-12Cuts 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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Child 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 ...

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MESigned into law 05/2001P-12Safety 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....

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TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Education 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Early 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12T.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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Free 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Head 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Early Childhood Foundation
H.B. 1801
Authorizes the establishment of a foundation for early childhood care and education....

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Children Entering Kindergarten
H.B. 2195
Requires the Department of Education to develop and conduct readiness testing for children who are entering kindergarten....

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NESigned into law 04/2001P-12Early 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 ...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Even Start Family Literacy
H.B. 33
Relates to public education; provides for even start family literacy programs; provides for benchmarks, performance standards and evaluation...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Funding for early childhood programs.
H.B. 2241
, Amends the application process for the Arkansas Better Chance Program; provides funding for early childhood programs....

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Alternative Preschool Programs
S.B. 49
Requires school district preschool program councils to periodically assess whether alternative community providers are available and to ensu...

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Dept. 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....

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Eligibility 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....

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Regional 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 ...

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- P-3 Child Care
NYSigned into law 12/2001P-12Child 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...

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TNSigned into law 07/2001P-12Child 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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Child 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 ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12T.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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Head 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...

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- P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Preschoolers 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...

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- P-3 Ensuring Quality
TNSigned into law 07/2001P-12Child 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...

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AZSigned into law 05/2001P-12Early 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 ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2001P-12Cuts 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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Child 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...
MESigned into law 05/2001P-12Safety 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....

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Alternative Preschool Programs
S.B. 49
Requires school district preschool program councils to periodically assess whether alternative community providers are available and to ensu...

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Regional 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 ...

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- P-3 Family Involvement
PASigned into law 06/2001P-12Adult 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 ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2001P-12Cuts 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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2001P-12Even Start Family Literacy
H.B. 33
Relates to public education; provides for even start family literacy programs; provides for benchmarks, performance standards and evaluation...

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- P-3 Finance
COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Funding 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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Child 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...
TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Education 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Early Childhood Foundation
H.B. 1801
Authorizes the establishment of a foundation for early childhood care and education....

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NESigned into law 04/2001P-12Early 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 ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Funding for early childhood programs.
H.B. 2241
, Amends the application process for the Arkansas Better Chance Program; provides funding for early childhood programs....

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- P-3 Governance
ORSigned into law 07/2001P-12Voluntary 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...
FLVetoed 05/2001P-12Demonstration 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...
TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Early 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...

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COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Dept. 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....

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- P-3 Grades 1-3
CASigned into law 09/2001P-12Student 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...
CASigned into law 07/2001P-12Kindergarten 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 ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Full-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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Kindergarten 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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Children Entering Kindergarten
H.B. 2195
Requires the Department of Education to develop and conduct readiness testing for children who are entering kindergarten....

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Omnibus 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...

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NMSigned into law 03/2001P-12Amends 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...

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- P-3 Kindergarten
ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Children Entering Kindergarten
H.B. 2195
Requires the Department of Education to develop and conduct readiness testing for children who are entering kindergarten....

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- P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
CASigned into law 07/2001P-12Kindergarten 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 ...

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COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Full 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...

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OKSigned into law 05/2001P-12Full-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...

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NMSigned into law 03/2001P-12Amends 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...

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- P-3 Preschool
ORVetoed 07/2001P-12Phonics Game
S.B. 593
Directs state department to provide instructional phonics game to each approved Oregon prekindergarten....

More...
LASigned into law 06/2001P-12Universal 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...
COSigned into law 05/2001P-12Funding 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...
FLSigned into law 05/2001P-12Cuts 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...
TNSigned into law 05/2001P-12Education 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...
TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12Free 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...
NESigned into law 04/2001P-12Early 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...
ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Funding for early childhood programs.
H.B. 2241
, Amends the application process for the Arkansas Better Chance Program; provides funding for early childhood programs....

More...
COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Alternative Preschool Programs
S.B. 49
Requires school district preschool program councils to periodically assess whether alternative community providers are available and to ensu...

More...
COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Dept. 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...
COSigned into law 03/2001P-12Eligibility 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
CTSigned into law 07/2001P-12Equitable 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...

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COSigned into law 06/2001P-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...
OKSigned into law 06/2001P-12Expands 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...
FLSigned into law 05/2001P-12Cuts 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...
TXSigned into law 05/2001P-12T.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...

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NESigned into law 04/2001P-12Early 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 ...

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WYSigned into law 02/2001P-12Regional 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 ...

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- Parent/Family
MISigned into law 06/2001P-12Parental Involvement Contracts
H.B. 4630
Encourages school districts to adopt parental involvement contracts; requires department to develop model....

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NCSigned into law 06/2001P-12Notices 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...

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UTTo governor 06/2001P-12Notification 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...

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INSigned into law 05/2001P-12Parental 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...

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NVSigned into law 05/2001P-12Parental 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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12The 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...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-12Legislative 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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001P-12Parental 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....

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UTVetoed 03/2001P-12Includes 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...

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UTVetoed 03/2001P-12Notification 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Parent 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, ...

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- Parent/Family--Parent Rights
ARSigned into law 04/2001P-12Parental 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....

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HISigned into law 04/2001P-12Foster Parent's Rights
S.B. 1104
Relates to authority of foster parents to provide consents for the foster child's educational and recreational needs....

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UTVetoed 03/2001P-12Includes 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...

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UTVetoed 03/2001P-12Notification 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...

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VASigned into law 02/2001P-12Parent 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, ...

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- Postsecondary
LASigned into law 10/2001Postsec.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...

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CASigned into law 09/2001Postsec.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...

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CAChaptered by Secretary of State 08/2001Postsec.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...

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AKSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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...

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COSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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 ...

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CTSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.Meningitis Vaccinations of College Students
H.B. 5675
Requires meningitis vaccinations of college students living in on-campus housing....

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LASigned into law 06/2001Postsec.
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 ...

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MESigned into law 06/2001P-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....

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ORSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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 ...

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ALSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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FLSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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HIVetoed 05/2001P-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...

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ILSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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KSSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.Public Awareness Campaign
S.B. 573
Relates to public awareness campaign to promote the value and availability of higher education....

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TXSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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TXSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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VTSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.Omnibus Bill
S.B. 703
Relates to higher education retirement plans; directs Higher Education Policy Commission to oversee certain private institutions; relates to...

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WVSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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 ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.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....

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AZSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.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...

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HISigned into law 04/2001Postsec.Advertising Unaccredited Higher Ed. Institutions
H.B. 761
Exempts an accredited degree granting institution from the disclosure requirement under specified conditions.

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(B) WH...

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MDSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.
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...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.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...

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TXSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.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 ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.Higher Ed. Vehicle Restrictions
S.B. 540
Relates to motor vehicle restrictions for the various institutions of higher education....

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ARSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.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...

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SDSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.Accreditation
S.B. 160
Prohibits the offering of postsecondary education credit or degree by non-accredited institutions....

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- Postsecondary Accountability
MESigned into law 06/2001P-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....

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NCSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.
Community College
Program Audits
H.B. 386
Session Law Number 111. Modifies the audit procedures of community college programs....

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TNSigned into law 05/2001Postsec.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...

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NDSigned into law 04/2001Postsec.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 ...

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NMVetoed 04/2001P-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...

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- Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
SDSigned into law 03/2001Postsec.Accreditation
S.B. 160
Prohibits the offering of postsecondary education credit or degree by non-accredited institutions....

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- Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
DESigned into law 07/2001Postsec.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....

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LASigned into law 07/2001Postsec.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...

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LASigned into law 07/2001Postsec.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 ...

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LASigned into law 07/2001Postsec.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...

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AKSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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 ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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 ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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...

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LASigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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 ...

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LASigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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....

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LASigned into law 06/2001Postsec.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...

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