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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 Religion Religion--Prayer/Meditation Remediation (K-12) Rural Scheduling/School Calendar Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School Scheduling/School Calendar--Year School Safety School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution School Safety--Corporal Punishment School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault School Safety--Special Education School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes School/District Structure/Operations School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) School/District Structure/Operations--School Size School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation Special Education Special Education--Finance Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming) Special Education--Placement Special Education--Transition Special Populations--Corrections Education Standards Standards--Implementation State Longitudinal Data Systems State Policymaking Student Achievement Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap Students Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities Students--Records/Rights IL Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Military Recruiting On School Campus S.B. 384 Amends the School Code; provides that the access allowed official recruiting representatives of the armed forces of Illinois and the United States to a school campus applies only to a high school campus; allows these recruiting representatives to have access t... More... NC Signed into law 12/2001 P-12 Student Information; suspensions for threats S.B. 990 Prohibits persons contracting with the public schools from disclosing personally identifying information about students; authorizes suspensions for students who make certain false threats, perpetrate certain hoaxes or threaten an act of terrorism; makes emerge... More... CA Signed into law 09/2001 P-12 Student Records for pre-school students A.B. 1539 Requires State-funded preschool or infant and toddler program to provide a child's records to a public school when the child transfers, as specified. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to advise local education agencies regarding related federal... 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 correction system; to clarify that transmission to schools of pertinent portions of predisposition reports affecting students who... More... RI Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Student Records System H.B. 5912 Defines an additional goal of the Children's Cabinet to develop a strategic plan to design and implement a single, secure, universal student identifier system that does not involve using a students Social Security number that will foster interagency communicat... More... RI To governor 07/2001 P-12 Student Identification Numbers H.B. 5378, S.B. 124 This act would prohibit, commencing on July 1, 2005, public educational institutions from assigning a student an identification number which incorporates the students social security number and prohibits the display of four (4) or more consecutive numbers of a... More... DE Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Security of the Delaware Student Testing Program S.B. 157 This Bill provides for the security of the Delaware Student Testing Program, including the data reporting process, and provides penalties for violations of security or the failure to comply with reporting requirements.... 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 child abuse the Child Protective Service Unit shall send a copy to the school that the child attends; provides that this... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Exemptions for Student Information on Records H.B. 29 Relates to public records laws; exempts public school students' names, addresses, and telephone numbers from such law; provides exceptions; provides for effectiveness; provides for related matters.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Timeframe for Transfer of Student Records S.B. 118 Requires the transfer of student education records within 10 days of receipt of a written request by an educational facility.... More... NC Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Appeals Processes S.B. 532 Session Law Number 260., Clarifies the right to appeal to a local board of education and to require notice of the dismissal, demotion or suspension without pay of noncertified employees.... 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 expunction when the condition in the preceding sentence exists and the school superintendent determines that the record is... 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 Electronic Student Records S.B. 262 Permits State Board of Education to adopt standards for Oregon electronic student records; allows approved educational institutions to participate in Oregon electronic student record program.... More... IN Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Principals' Performance Evaluations S.B. 204 Provides that a school principal's performance evaluation may not be based wholly on Indiana Statewide Testing for Educational Progress (ISTEP) scores of students in the principal's school, but the scores may be used as one factor in the evaluation; authorizes... More... LA Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Disclosure of Student Information Related to Juvenile Justice System H.B. 856 Authorizes school boards to adopt policies to provide for disclosing information about students to officials within the juvenile justice system.... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Community College Use of Student Information for Commercial Purposes H.B. 823 Prohibits the Maryland Higher Education Commission and certain persons, organizations or community colleges from commercial disclosures of information obtained from the inspection of records of public school pupils; requires the custodian of records to provide... More... MD Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Sharing of Student Records Related To Arrests S.B. 713 Authorizes a local superintendent with information on a child who has been arrested for certain offenses to provide said information to the local superintendent of a school system in the event of a transfer in certain cases; requires a local superintendent who... More... NH Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Postsec. Falsifying Academic Credentials S.B. 44 Creates the class A misdemeanor of false academic documentation.... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Public School Accountability, Various Components H.B. 1144 Requires that records relating to student performance be coordinated and maintained in standardized, compatible formats that allow the exchange of information between K-12 and higher education and throughout student educational careers; school districts must e... More... TX Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Student Surnames H.B. 1276 In each public school a student must be identified by the student's legal surname as that name appears: (1) on the student's birth certificate or other document suitable as proof of the student's identity; or (2) in a court order changing the student's name.... More... AR Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 The use of Internet Filters H.B. 1003 Requires public schools and public libraries to install internet filters or purchase internet connectivity from a provider that provides filter services to limit access to material that is harmful to minors.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Student Educational Records H.B. 2332 Relates to educational records; provides that if the governing board of a school district permits the release of directory information relating to pupils or permits access to school buildings, school grounds or other school property to persons who inform pupil... 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... WA Signed into law 04/2001 Postsec. Student Identifiers S.B. 5509 Relates to identification of students, staff and faculty at institutions of higher education; provides such institutions shall develop a system of personal identifiers for all students, staff and faculty which does not use Social Security numbers; provides suc... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Students Testifying in Teacher's Dismissals H.B. 1774 Allows students to testify in private in hearings under the teacher fair dismissal act.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Parental Notification for Students involved with the Police H.B. 2275 Mandates parental notification of students reported to, interviewed by or taken into custody by law enforcement personnel.... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Special Ed. Students Rights H.B. 2379 Relates to special education; permits adult disabled pupils to execute a delegation of rights regarding their education.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Access to Students S.B. 1207 Requires any school board that provides access to a high school's student body or other contact with its students during a school or school division-sponsored activity to persons or groups for occupational, professional or educational recruitment to provide eq... 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 on school property.... 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... 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 been charged with a violent juvenile felony, a crime involving arson or bombs, a crime involving drugs or drug parapherna... More... Teaching Quality Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring Teaching Quality--Preparation Teaching Quality--Professional Development Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining Technology Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware Technology--Equitable Access Technology--Funding Issues Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training Textbooks and Open Source Urban