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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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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 ME Approved by voters 11/2001 P-12 Authorizes Bond for School Facilities S.B. 549/ Bond Issue Question 4 Private and Special Law No. 40., (LD 1707) Authorizes a bond issue to capitalize the School Revolving Renovation Fund for repairs and improvements in public school facilities to address health, safety and compliance deficiencies, general renovation needs and l... More... CA Signed into law 08/2001 P-12 Major Maintenance Funding Requirements A.B. 1558 Chapter No.194, Defines major maintenance for purposes of the Greene Act, requires commencing on a certain date, any school district applying for funding pursuant to the Greene Act to annually review the plan, update it as needed, and certify that it is in com... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Facility Planning H.B. 3045 Requires school facility plan for high growth school district to cover a period of at least 5 years; expands analyses that must be included in plan; requires school district to cooperate with the city or county, or both, to identify land for school facilities ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2001 P-12 Postsec. Community College Earthquake Safety S.B. 14 Requires inventory and rehabilitation of certain public school, community college and public university buildings that would pose threat to occupant safety in event of earthquake.... More... AK Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Postsec. The use of tobacco fund to finance school construction H.B. 234 Relates to funding and use of the Tobacco Use Education and Cessation Fund; Relates to finance of construction and major maintenance of public school facilities; authorizes the commissioner of revenue to sell the right to receive a portion of the anticipated r... More... MN Vetoed 06/2001 P-12 Capital Improvement Funds H.B. 8A Relates to capital improvements; appropriates funds for capital improvement, flood hazard mitigation grants, acquisition of easements and to implement conservation practices on frequently flooded croplands, the Closed Landfill Cleanup Program, the Maximum Effo... More... OR Signed into law 06/2001 P-12 Urban Boundaries and Inclusions H.B. 2976 Requires local government to amend urban growth boundary if analysis finds actual housing types and densities insufficient for next 20 years; requires inclusion of certain school facilities, parks and open spaces.... More... SC Signed into law 06/2001 Postsec. Campus Housing S.B. 557 Authorizes the Board of Trustees of State University and other institutions of higher education to enter into a ground lease agreement with a private entity for providing all services necessary to the creation and operation of an on-campus student housing faci... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Technology Education Grant Program H.B. 1163 Creates the Information Technology Education Grant Program; provides money to school districts and charter schools to use in integrating information technology education into secondary curriculum in public schools; creates a Information Technology Fund to fund... More... CO Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Bond Proceeds that Go to Charter Schools S.B. 237 Concerns the capital construction needs of charter schools; provides that a portion of the proceeds from approved school district bond measures on or after a certain shall go to charter schools in amount determined by a proportioned ratio of the charter school... More... FL Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Higher Educational Facilities Financing Act S.B. 302 2001-79., Creates Higher Educational Facilities Financing Act; creates the Higher Educational Facilities Financing Authority; provides criteria for and covenants relating to authorization of issuance of notes and revenue bonds not obligating the full faith and... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Funding Repair and Maintenance S.B. 1577 Funds backlog of repair and maintenance for public school facilities through general obligation; establishes funding formula for on-going preventive repair and maintenance.... More... HI Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Facilities Financing Program S.B. 493 Establishes the school repair and maintenance trust fund as a separate fund of Hawaii 3R's, a nonprofit corporation, for coordination of private and federal efforts to repair and maintain public schools; establishes a tax credit and procurement procedures for ... More... ME Signed into law 05/2001 Postsec. Funds for Higher Education Facilities H.B. 136 (LD 147) Prohibits the Maine State Commission for Higher Education Facilities from accepting funds from any source that would place conditions or restrictions on the use of funds in such a way as to interfere with or otherwise restrict the academic freedoms of... More... OR Signed into law 05/2001 P-12 Facilities Projects H.B. 3207 Authorizes Health, Housing, Educational and Cultural Facilities Authority to finance projects for public and nonprofit schools providing pre-kindergarten through grade 12 education.... More... FL Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Special Facility Construction Account H.B. 1 Authorizes school districts to qualify construction projects for funding under Special Facility Construction Account by using school capital outlay surtax in lieu of maximum millage against their nonexempt assessed property value; specifies funding eligibility... More... GA Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Supplementary appropriations for public school capital outlay H.B. 139 Act No. 212., Provides supplementary appropriations for public school capital outlay for the state fiscal year ending June 30, 2001, in addition to the appropriation made by the General Appropriations Act and any other appropriations.... More... MD Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Establishment of a State Debt for School Construction S.B. 288 Authorizes the creation of a State Debt to be used as a grant to the Interagency Committee on School Construction for the allocation to the eligible school system under the Aging School Program for the repair, renovation, and capital improvements of qualified ... More... MD Signed by Governor 04/2001 Postsec. Increasing the bonding authority for the University System of Maryland H.B. 1263 Increasing to $875,000,000, the bonding authority for the University System of Maryland; approving certain projects for the acquisition, development, and improvement of certain academic facilities for the University System of Maryland; and approving the issuan... More... ME Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 Use of Impact Fees H.B. 268 Public Law No. 38., 39 (LD 346) Clarifies that communities that are part of a school administrative district or other single or multicommunity school district may deposit the proceeds of school impact fees in a trust fund to be used to pay their proportionate ... More... NM Vetoed 04/2001 P-12 Public School Capital Outlay Council S.B. 167 Provides criteria and procedures for funding public school capital outlay projects for public school buildings; authorizes the issuance of short term severance tax bonds, supplemental severance tax bonds and statewide public school general obligation bonds. Cr... More... NM Signed into law 04/2001 P-12 County Gross Receipts Tax S.B. 516 Upon a finding of need, the boards of every school district in a county that is either located wholly within the exterior boundaries of the county or that has a student membership no more than ten percent of whom reside outside the exterior boundaries of the c... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 Postsec. Standards for Higher Education Construction S.B. 512 Amends code sections pertaining to Arkansas State Building Services review and approval of higher education institution capital improvements.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Expanding Bonded Indebtedness H.B. 2240 Authorizes an increase in school district bond debt to 35% of the assessed value of real and personal property in the district in cases of unexpected, unforeseen or extreme hardship.... More... AR Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Regulations for School Facilities S.B. 818 Directs the establishment of regulations regarding self-construction projects by public educational entities.... More... AZ Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 The State School Facilities Board S.B. 1181 Relates to the School Facilities Board; provides for sale of school property; provides for authorization to issue bonds for school construction; provides for repairs to school buildings.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 School Construction Revenues H.B. 173 Relates to school facilities construction; provides that "available local revenue" for school building construction shall no longer include the balance of the general fund budget above 10 percent and shall now include the bonding potential of capital outlay an... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 New Facilities, Growth A.B. 3076 Provides school district budget cap adjustment for expenses related to opening of new school facility during the budget year; states the district's budget may also be adjusted for increases in enrollment, certain capitol outlay expenditures for courtesy busing... More... UT Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 State Support of Maintenance and Operations H.B. 3, S.B. 3 Modifies provisions relating to the state system of public education in the funding of the Minimum School Program. This act provides a ceiling for the state contribution of the operation and maintenance portion of the Minimum School Program Act not to exceed $... More... WY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Adequacy Standards for Construction H.B. 275 Relates to school capital construction; imposes a condition on state building adequacy standards.... More... WY Signed into law 03/2001 P-12 Major Facility Repair/Replacement H.B. 5 Relates to major building and facility repair and replacement payments; modifies major maintenance payment computations; imposes major maintenance payment expenditure reporting requirements upon districts; requires the State superintendent to report informatio... More... SD Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Capital Outlay for Lease-Purchase H.B. 1006 Adjusts the use of the capital outlay fund; provides that it may also be used for installment or lease-purchase payments for the purchase of public school real property, plant or equipment, which have a contracted terminal date not exceeding twenty years.... More... SD Veto overridden 02/2001 P-12 Funding for Textbooks H.B. 1196 Authorizes the funding of textbooks through the school capital outlay fund.... More... WY Signed into law 02/2001 P-12 Committee on Capital Construction S.B. 167 Relates to school capital construction; establishes a select committee on capital construction; provides an appropriation.... More... 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