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From the ECS State Policy Database 2001 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2001. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Career/Technical Education Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--District Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--School Boards Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Exit Exams High School--Graduation Requirements Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Mentoring/Tutoring Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 P-3 Child Care P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Family Involvement P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 P-3 Kindergarten P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten P-3 Preschool P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development Parent/Family Parent/Family--Parent Rights Postsecondary Postsecondary Accountability Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants Postsecondary Faculty Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure Postsecondary Finance Postsecondary Governance and Structures Postsecondary Governance and Structures--Administrative/Leadership Issues Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary Postsecondary Online Instruction Postsecondary Participation--Access Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements Postsecondary Students--Disabled Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation Private Schools Privatization Promotion/Retention Public Involvement Reading/Literacy NJ Vetoed 12/2001 P-12 Donated Books A.B. 3151 Establishes the Spread the Word Program in Department of Education to provide donated books to certain elementary school children; provides that donating schools will collect books, using book drives and other methods, and the books would be donated to recipie... More... OH Signed into law 11/2001 P-12 Reading Intervention Provision S.B. 1 Replaces the fourth grade reading guarantee with a third grade reading guarantee beginning July 1, 2003. Provides districts with three options for students who score below basic on the third grade reading achievement test in the third or fourth grade: (1) pr... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Reading Programs A.B. 876 Appropriates funds to the Department of Education for purposes of contracting for a study that identifies reading programs in schools that maintain any kindergarten or grades 1-6 where the performance of 75% of the pupils was at or above the 80th percentile on... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Early Success Reading Initiative H.B. 3941 Creates Early Success Reading Initiative; authorizes the University of Oregon to develop, implement and monitor the initiative; specifies components of the initiative; authorizes the Department of Education to award grants to 30 specified school districts for ... More... OR Vetoed 07/2001 P-12 Phonics Game S.B. 593 Directs state department to provide instructional phonics game to each approved Oregon prekindergarten.... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Pilot Phonics Program S.B. 595 Establishes elementary school pilot program on teaching students how to read using explicit phonics; appropriates moneys from General Fund to Department of Education for grants to school districts participating in pilot program.... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Reading Improvement Block Grant Program H.B. 3566 Amends the School Code; provides that under the Reading Improvement Block Grant Program, programs provided with grant funds shall not replace quality classroom reading instruction; changes the requirements for how program funds are to be used by school distric... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Reading Proficiency S.B. 10A Expresses the sense of the Nevada Legislature regarding available methods to improve the reading proficiency of Nevada's school children at an early grade level.... More... TN Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Reading and Writing Proficiency S.B. 1881/H.B. 1921--Omnibus Bill Requires the state board of education to establish by rule and policy a reading initiative for kindergarten through grade 8 that includes at a minimum: (1) clear content and performance standards for student reading proficiency; (2) specific qualifications, re... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Literacy and lifelong learning program H.B. 614 Provides for changing the responsibility for ongoing operation of a literacy and lifelong learning program to the public libraries of the State; requires the development of public-private sector literacy partnerships for literacy program support.... More... MS Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Extension of Testing and Remediation for Students with Learning Difficulties S.B. 2309 Deletes the automatic repealer on the Pilot Program for testing and educational remediation for students with dyslexia and related disorders.... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reading Sufficiency Act S.B. 168 Modifies the 1997 Reading Sufficiency Act. Goal is 90% of third graders reading at/above grade level. For students below this level, requires development of a new reading program. Requires state department to provide each school district with a list of appr... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reading H.B. 3352 Creates within the department of education, a program to provide books to kindergarten through fifth grade students who have few books at home. Names the program "Spread the Word." Requires the department to set criteria for identifying eligible students and t... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Reporting on Reading S.B. 1173 Modifies reporting requirements to include a more general report on the number, status, and funding of reading programs in grades kindergarten through three. Must include: (1) The number of identifiable reading programs being conducted in Tennessee; (2) The l... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Testing in Reading, Writing S.B. 673 Adds statewide testing in reading writing. Requires the department of education to involve local school district personnel, especially certified elementary reading specialists, in the development of methods on a statewide basis to measure student reading perfo... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Improving Reading Proficiencies H.B. 74 Provides for improvement in public school students reading proficiencies; makes an appropriation.... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Preparation in the Teaching of Reading S.B. 395 A person seeking standard or alternative elementary certification shall have completed six hours of reading courses, and a person seeking standard or alternative secondary certification shall have completed three hours of reading courses in subject matter cont... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Omnibus Bill with Appropriations S.B. 307 Creates public school reading proficiency fund to help train teachers to teach reading and writing to students below grade level; sets up "enterprise centers" to provide fee-for-service assistance to districts; creates "probationary school intervention funds" ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Supplemental Reading Instruction S.B. 180 A school district shall provide reading enhancement in grades two through ten, designed to improve a student's reading proficiency to his grade level. Before the end of the school year, the reading proficiency of all students in grades one through nine shall ... More... UT Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Advanced Readers At Risk Program H.B. 216 Makes an appropriation to fund an advanced readers at risk program in the public schools to develop advanced reading knowledge and skills in students.... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Evaluations S.B. 1116 Provides statewide goals for reading evaluations conducted in public schools; provides additional assistance to schools which fail to achieve specified goals.... More... NM Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Courses H.B. 281 Requires reading courses for teacher certification.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Clinic H.B. 99 Modifies the provisions related to the State System of Public Education by changing the Reading Skills Development Center into a clinic to assist educators and parents of students in assessing elementary school students who do not demonstrate satisfactory prog... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading H.B. 145 Relates to reading achievement in elementary schools; modifies the provisions related to the State System of Public Education; sets a goal of 90% or more of all 3rd graders reading on or above grade level by 2006; requires an annual report on the percentage of... More... VA Active 03/2001 P-12 Early Intervention Reading Initiative N/A For kindergarten through third grade. Provides for diagnosis of reading problems in the first school years and for intervention. University of Virginia developed the program, and models of instruction recommended for use in the classroom are based on current... More... WY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reading Assessment S.B. 92 Relates to public schools; requires school districts to implement a reading assessment for first and second grade students; requires demonstration of proficiency; requires remediation programs; imposes duties on the state board of education; provides payments ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Funding for Reading H.B. 1230 Makes an appropriation for the acceleration of the Reading Enhancement Program.... More... 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