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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]. 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More... PA Signed into law 12/2001 Postsec. Sprinkler Systems in Dormatories H.B. 209 Requires dormitories in public and private institutions of high education to conform to certain automatic sprinkler system specifications. E... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 School Safety and Violence Prevention Act A.B. 819 States the intent of the Legislature that schoolsites receiving funds pursuant to the School Safety and Violence Prevention Act provide age-... More... CA Vetoed 10/2001 P-12 Safe Alternatives and Violence Education Program A.B. 1626 Establishes the Safe Alternatives and Violence Education Program to provide nonpunitive intervention for adolescent first-time offenders, ag... More... CA Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Punishment for Infliction of Physical Injury A.B. 653 Chapter No.484, Includes the act of aiding or abetting the infliction or attempted infliction of physical injury to another persons as an ac... More... NY Signed into law 10/2001 P-12 Suspensions A.B. 9333 Relates to the suspension of students from schools; relates to teacher removal of disruptive students; requires teachers to provide pupils r... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Development of a discrimination and harassment policy S.B. 257 Specifies that for school/law enforcement partnership purposes, school crime includes hate crimes. Requires the comprehensive school safety ... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State 09/2001 P-12 Definition of sex offense S.B. 299 Chapter No.342, Includes in the definition of sex offense, as used in provisions relating to school employees, any offense against the laws ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Develop model policies on the prevention of bullying A.B. 79 Requires the Department of Education to develop model policies on the prevention of bullying and on conflict resolution. Makes the model pol... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Rules for reporting school violence A.B. 1717 Provides a communication by any person to a school principal or by a student attending the school to the student's teacher, school counselor... More... CA Vetoed 09/2001 P-12 School district superintendents and suspension policy A.B. 177 Authorizes a school district superintendent or designee, if he or she chooses to extend a suspension, to address the academic needs of the p... More... IL Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Safe to learn Program H.B. 678 Public Act No. 92-409. Amends the Illinois Violence Protection Act of 1995; concerns the Safe to Learn Program; provides for a pilot program... More... NC Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Punishment for Drug Offenses S.B. 751 Session Law Number 332., Increases the punishment for drug offenses committed at or near preschool educational program sites.... More... CA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Expulsion of a student possessing an explosive S.B. 166 Chapter No.116, Requires the governing board of a school to order the expulsion of a student possessing an explosive, as defined.... More... DE Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Reporting Crimes on Students H.B. 209 Relate to the reporting of crimes on school property by school officials. This would require a school official to report and investigate a ... More... DE Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Fire safety education H.B. 57 Relates to the Department of Education; mandates fire safety education as part of the public school curriculum.... More... DE Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Notification of sex offenders H.B. 247 Relates to community notification of sex offenders; provides that a school community notification must be posted in a prominent school locat... More... LA Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Notification of Student Involvement with Juvenile Justice System H.B. 1805 Amends and reenacts Children's Code Article 412(H)(1)(a), relative to notice to schools when students are involved in the juvenile correctio... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Safe Travel Routes H.B. 3712 City and county governing bodies shall work with school district personnel to identify barriers and hazards to children walking or bicycling... More... RI Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Safety Teams H.B. 5924 Requires each city, town and regional school committee to appoint school safety teams to develop school safety plans and school emergency re... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Expanding Teacher Rights to Discipline Students S.B. 70 This act seeks to deter frivolous lawsuits against teachers who have attempted to enforce discipline and order in the classroom in the manne... More... FL Filed as Chapter No 06/2001 P-12 Provides death benefits to teachers/administrators who are killed while working H.B. 279 2001-180., Creates the Barry Grunow Act; provides death benefits with respect to teachers and school administrators who are killed as the re... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 New Provisions for Student Discipline H.B. 646 Amend the School Code; changes the amendatory language to provide instead that a school board, in consultation with its parent-teacher advis... More... IL Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Keeping Child Abuse Reports in Student Records H.B. 3055 Amends the Illinois School Records and Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act; provides that after completing an investigation of alleged ... More... IL Amendatory Veto by GOVERNOR 06/2001 P-12 Alcohol on School Property H.B. 445 Provides that any person who has alcoholic liquor in his or her possession on school district property (instead of on school property during... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Crisis Management Plans S.B. 115 Requires all schools to have a written crisis management and response plan in place by 1/1/02.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Suicide Prevention Program S.B. 792 Establishes a program of suicide prevention in public schools.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Zero -Tolerance Policies H.B. 364 Authorizes local school boards to adopt zero-tolerance policies for disciplining students; includes certain requirements in such policies; c... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Notices to Parents S.B. 811 Session Law Number 244., Ensures that the parents or guardians of students who are suspended or expelled for more than 10 days from school r... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Suspension/Expulsion Records H.B. 620 Gives school superintendents flexibility regarding the expunction of records of a student's suspension or expulsion from school; requires ex... More... NH Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Justification for Use of Force H.B. 594 Establishes a committee to study the law on justification for the use of physical force and its implications for teachers or other persons e... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Harassment, Intimidation, Discrimination A.B. 459 Prohibits harassment, intimidation, and discrimination in public schools; requires the Department of Education to prescribe a policy for pub... More... NV Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Immunity From Civil Liability S.B. 572 Provides for immunity from civil liability for school officials, teachers, pupils and parents who report certain threats of violence.... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Hotline H.B. 3647 Directs Department of Justice to establish hotline to allow students and other members of the public to report criminal or suspicious activi... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Harassment H.B. 3403 Requires superintendent of Public Instruction to develop model policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation or bullying on school grounds, at... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Center for School Safety H.B. 3429 Creates Center for School Safety; specifies administration, mission and duties of center; specifies members and terms for Center for School ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Discipline of Special Education Students S.B. 189 Relates to school district disciplinary action against a student with a disability who receives special education services. Any disciplinar... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Student Suspensions for Threats H.B. 2140 Relates to school district budgets; relates to calculation of student attendance; provides for suspensions for threats of violence against s... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Bullying prevention and education S.B. 80 Requires school districts to include a specific policy concerning bullying prevention and education; requires school districts to submit ann... More... FL Filed as Chapter No 05/2001 P-12 Zero tolerance in school for victimization of students H.B. 267 2001-125., Relates to provisions regarding juvenile justice including juveniles in community based commitment facilities, zero tolerance in ... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Use of Force by a Principal H.B. 384 Relates to the provisions of law regarding the use of force by persons with special responsibility for care, discipline or safety of others ... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Preventing a child from attending school S.B. 1026 Amends the School Code; provides that whoever by threat, menace, or intimidation prevents a child entitled to attend a nonpublic school in t... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Out-of-state Students and Suspension/Expulsion S.B. 376 Public Act No. 92-64., Amends the School Code; allows a school district to adopt a policy providing that if a student is suspended or expell... More... IL Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Protection Order for Students S.B. 187 Amends the Illinois Domestic Violence Act; provides that a petitioner for an order of protection who is seeking to have a child protected by... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Sexual Misconduct by a Teacher H.B. 1942 Defines that sexual misconduct with a minor as a Class A felony as a crime of violence; provides that a person employed in a state agency wh... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Employees Reporting Threats S.B. 33 Amends the crime of intimidation to make it a Class A misdemeanor for a person to communicate a threat to another person with the intent of ... More... KY Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Suspension of Special Education Students S.B. 64 Relates to exceptional children and youth; clarifies a change in educational placement occurs if, due to a suspension, an exceptional child ... More... MD Vetoed 05/2001 P-12 Gun Safety Program for Schools S.B. 124 Creates a mandatory gun safety education program in public schools in the State; requires the State Department of Education to establish gui... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Repeal of Portable Pager Ban on School Property H.B. 67 Repeals a prohibition against the possession of portable pagers on public school property, except as the prohibition applies in Baltimore Co... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Establishment of Alternative Education Program H.B. 825 Requires the State Board of Education to create in a county designated by the State Superintendent of Schools a juvenile justice alternative... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Penalties for Aggressive Behavior S.B. 113 Relates to hostile, aggressive or threatening behavior toward a student, teacher, administrator or other staff member in the crime of distur... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 School Administrator Procedures for School Safety H.B. 232 Public Law No. 67., and 69 (LD 269) Requires the Department of Education to develop procedures for school administrative units to use develo... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Review of Regulations Related to Student Restraints H.B. 22 Resolve No. 9., (LD 22) Provides for legislative review of the regulations of the Department of Education governing timeout rooms, therapeut... More... MN Signed by Governor 05/2001 P-12 Grounds for Student Dismissal or Removal from Class H.B. 2107 Relates to education; specifies student conduct as grounds for dismissal or removal from class, including: (a) willful violation of any reas... More... NC Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Programs for Short-Term Suspensions S.B. 71 Establishes a pilot program under which participating local school administrative units place all students who are on short-term out-of-scho... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Causes for expulsion S.B. 115 Expands causes for expulsion to include possession of a dangerous weapon (in addition to term "firearm) while on the premises of any public ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Crises Plans S.B. 289 Requires local boards and the governing body of each charter school and private school to establish a committee to develop a plan to be used... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Assault of Employees H.B. 1765, S.B. 46 Relates to assault and battery upon school employees; establishes assault and battery upon a teacher as a felony.... More... OK Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Wireless Communication Devices H.B. 1092 Relates to wireless telecommunication devices; modifies prohibition; requires school districts to adopt rules prohibiting wireless telecommu... More... TN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Hazing H.B. 903 Requires local education agencies to adopt written policies prohibiting hazing by any student or organization operating under sanction of th... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 05/2001 P-12 Restraint and Time Out S.B. 1196 Requires the commissioner to adopt procedures for the use of restraint and time-out by a school district employee or volunteer or an indepen... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Texas School Safety Center S.B. 430 Creates the Texas School Safety Center. The purpose of the center is to serve as: (1) a central location for school safety information, in... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 False alarms, Threats H.B. 1088 Relates to the placement in an alternative education program or expulsion of a public school student who makes a false alarm or report or a ... More... VA House accepts governor's recommendations 05/2001 P-12 Tornado Drills S.B. 1022 Relates to school and institutional crisis and emergency management plans; requires public schools to institute tornado drills at least once... More... VA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Misdemeanor Charges for Weapons H.B. 1624 Provides that if any person carries about his person a stun weapon or taser, a knife except a pocket knife with a folding blade under 3 inch... More... VA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Age-Appropriate Education Programs S.B. 1144 Creates optional age-appropriate education programs for students in grades K-5 who require guidance, supervision and discipline in a structu... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Cannot Suspend for Truancy S.B. 439 Prohibits suspension as discipline for failure to attend class; stipulates other methods of discipline may be used for the pupil which may i... More... WV Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Bullying, Harassment, Intimidation H.B. 3023 Specifies that counties must establish policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation and bullying by December 2001; requires the department ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Insulting Language used toward Teachers H.B. 2394 Makes it unlawful for any person to use profane, violent, vulgar, abusive or insulting language toward any public school teacher during the ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Bus Safety H.B. 2464 Requires students to be seated while the school bus is moving.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Notification to a school district when a juvenile is arrested H.B. 1583 Requires notification to a school district when a juvenile is arrested or adjudicated delinquent for any offense that may affect the safety ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Sexual Offense Against a Student H.B. 2191 Any public school district employee who commits a sexual offense against a minor shall, upon conviction, be dismissed from employment and sh... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School Hazing Policies H.B. 2476 EVERY PUBLIC EDUCATIONAL INSTITUTION IN THIS STATE SHALL ADOPT, POST AND ENFORCE A HAZING PREVENTION POLICY. THE HAZING PREVENTION POLICY SH... More... IN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Conflict resolution in school curriculum H.B. 1971 Relates to conflict resolution in school curriculum; requires the Department of Education to develop and make available to school corporatio... More... KS Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 School safety and suspension of driver's license H.B. 2289 An Act concerning school safety; revising the definition of weapon; providing for suspension of the driver's license or privilege to drive o... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Access to School Buildings S.B. 469 Authorizes a school resource officer to deny access to buildings or grounds of school institutions; authorizes a school resource officer to ... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Use of Campus Security Force in Addition to Campus Police H.B. 1409 Authorizes the use of a campus security force or building guards in addition to a campus police force at a constituent institution of the Un... More... MN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Notification of Student's Possession of Drug Paraphernalia S.B. 991 Requires notification to schools by law enforcement when a student within their jurisidiction is found in possession of drug paraphernalia.... More... ND Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Juvenile Records H.B. 1267 Relates to records of a school law enforcement unit; relates to court and law enforcement records of a juvenile.... More... TN Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Conflict Resolution S.B. 215 Expands from five schools to five LEAs in each grand division who are required to file report with commissioner of education on conflict res... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Punishment for Threatening a Student/Employee S.B. 11 Establishes the offense of threatening a school employee or student, establishes the offense of threatening damage to a school structure.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Liquor Stores Must by 1,000 feet away from a School S.B. 511 Prohibits future liquor stores from being located within 1,000 feet of a church or schoolhouse.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Gun Violence Prevention Week H.B. 1503 Promotes Gun Violence Prevention Week in elementary schools.... More... CO Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Reporting Students who Committed Weapons Offenses H.B. 1168 Requires the court to impose a mandatory minimum period of detention for certain felony misdemeanor weapons offenses committed by a juvenile... More... ID Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School Safety and Health Revolving Loan Fund H.B. 315 Authorizes grants within the scope of the School Safety and Health Revolving Loan Fund; restricts the qualification for loans; provides elig... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Conflict Resolution S.B. 2390 Directs the state board of education to develop conflict resolution and peer mediation models and curricula in the public schools.... More... MS Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Establishes Comprehensive School Safety Act of 2001 S.B. 2239 Creates the School Safety Act of 2001; establishes a school safety center to provide technical and crisis assistance to school districts; au... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Possible Modification of Expulsion S.B. 115 Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring any student who has been expelled from school for a firearm... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Corporal Punishment H.B. 1866 Relates to child protective services and corporal punishment by school personnel; clarifies within the child abuse and neglect statute that ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Suspension, Expulsion, Alternative Programs H.B. 2512 Reorganizes the student discipline statutes and moves some sections to other articles of Title 22.1. Requires division superintendents, in m... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Safety Audits S.B. 1334 Requires each local school board to transmit one complete copy of all its schools' safety audits to the Superintendent of Public Instruction... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Student Expulsion S.B. 1359 Reorganizes student discipline statutes; defines disciplinary actions; requires superintendents in expulsion cases to consider factors like ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Oral or Written Threats H.B. 197 Relates to oral, written or electronic threats to commit acts of violence on school property; rewrites statute to provide that it is a Class... More... AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Allowing Students to have Phone and Beepers after school hours. S.B. 10 Relates to allowing students to possess electronic communication devices on a school campus after normal school activities for Extracurricul... More... AR Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Repealing the ban on pagers S.B. 218 Repeals the law which makes it unlawful for a student to possess an electronic paging device, beeper, or similar communication device while ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Notification of Student Violence H.B. 1004 Provides notice to schools if a student commits a crime of violence.... More... UT Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Unlawful Use of Laser Pointers S.B. 101 Modifies the Criminal Code; creates the offense of unlawful use of a laser pointer.... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Exclusion of Students H.B. 1706 Relates to exclusion from public school attendance; allows school boards to exclude from attendance students who have been suspended for ove... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Felony Charges for Weapons Discharge H.B. 247 Relates to the discharge of firearms in schools; provides that the hunting exemption and the exemption for an established shooting range do ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 School Safety Audits H.B. 1587 Requires schools to submit their school safety audits to their school division superintendent; states that division superintendent is to col... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Training of School Resource Officers H.B. 1652 Relates to Criminal Justice Services; pertains to school resource officers; provides that the Board may disburse to localities annually up t... More... VA Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Notification of Juvenile Crimes H.B. 2841 Specifies that the chief law enforcement officer of a jurisdiction may disclose to school officials that a juvenile is a suspect in or has b... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Toxic Chemicals H.B. 324 Requires the establishment of guidelines for the storage and disposal of toxic chemicals at public schools; requires school districts to imp... More... 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