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From the ECS State Policy Database
2002 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2002. 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
NEAdopted 12/2002P-12Regulations and Procedures/Accreditation of Schools
92 NAC 10 (Rule 10)
Establishes major rules regarding regulations and procedures for the accreditation of schools. Repeals 94 NAC 3. NEBRASKA REG 895 (SN)...

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PAAdopted 12/2002P-12No Child Left Behind Act 32 PAB 6096
22 PA. CODE CH. 403
Promulgates rules relating to the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001. Ensures that all children have the opportunity to obtain a high-quality ...

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UTAdopted 11/2002P-12Annual Assurance of Compliance by School Districts
R277-108
Provides school districts with a comprehensive list of required assurances and provides for accountability to the State Board of Education. ...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Quality Education Commission
A.B. 2217
Establishes the California Quality Education Commission for the purpose of developing, evaluating, validating and refining a quality educati...

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: School Improvement and Accountability Program; Florida School Recognition Program
S.B. 20E
Eliminates commissioner waiver authority in school improvement/accountability system (see bill section 379, page 849, line 29 ff) Places Flo...

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OKSigned into law 06/2002P-12Performance Review
S.B. 1335
Relates to performance review of certain school districts; modifies authority and duties of Office of Accountability related to school perfo...

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SCSigned into law 06/2002P-12Membership of Oversight Committee
H.B. 3602
Relates to the education oversight committee, so as to add the state superintendent of education or the superintendent's designee as an ex o...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Teacher Quality Duties of the Office of Education Accountability
S.B. 166
Makes it explicit that the Office of Education Accountability has a responsibility to periodically review personnel policies and practices r...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Membership and Rules of Education Assessment and Accountability Subcommittee
H.B. 292
Requires the membership of the Education assessment and accountability subcommittee include 4 members from each chamber, including at least ...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Revisions to Standards of Quality
S.B. 201
Requires, to ensure the integrity of the standards of quality, the Board of Education is to exercise its constitutional authority to determi...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Major Education Bill - Accountability/Standards Component
H.B. 4319
Calls for development and implementation of a system to hold schools accountable for student performance and progress toward obtaining a hig...

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- Accountability--Accreditation
COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Testing and Reporting of K-12 ESL Students
S.B. 109
Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency p...

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KSSigned into law 05/2002P-12Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study
S.B. 9
Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Guidance Counselors, Reading Specialists
H.B. 1136
Amends the Standards of Quality to require, within the Standards of Accreditation, guidance counselors in elementary schools at the followin...

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- Accountability--Measures/Indicators
NMAdopted 12/2002P-12Indicators and Measurements/School Ratings
NMAC 6.19.1.8, 6.19.1.9; 6.19.2.16
Establishes rules annually measuring public schools on the five statewide indicators. All scores, rates, and other measures used in the Acco...

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NMAdopted 12/2002P-12Public School Accountability, General Provisions
6.19.1, 6.19.2 NMAC
Amends rules regarding the annual measurement of schools. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0001.pdf 6.19.1.9 Address...

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AKAdopted 08/2002P-12School Designators
4 AAC 06 - Article 4
Establishes the indicators and formulas used to measure school performance. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/adopted/4AAC06_schooldesignator...

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AKAdopted 06/2002P-12School Designators
4 AAC 06
Each school will receive accountability points for each student included in school accountability, based on their performance category ("Adv...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Annual Reports on Schools and Districts
S.B. 1331
Changes distribution deadline for state board's annual reports for every school and district and the state as a whole from July 1 to Septemb...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Performance Indices, School Classification and Intervention for Failing Schools
H.B. 2658
Requires that the academic achievement profile report for schools serving students grades K-8 include as indicators the Arizona Measure of A...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Alternative Education Campuses
S.B. 94
Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t...

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KSSigned into law 05/2002P-12Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study
S.B. 9
Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Annual Fall Reports
H.B. 884, S.B. 350
Directs the Board of Education to include, in its annual fall report on public education needs and schools failing to meet the Standards of ...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Disaggregating data
S.B. 6456
Authorizes the Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission to set performance improvement goals for certain groups of students and dr...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002Postsec.Higher Education Accountability
S.B. 533
Authorizes the rules relating to a higher education report card and performance indicators....

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- Accountability--Reporting Results
PASigned into law 12/2002P-12State Report Card
H.B. 204
Amends the Public School Code (P.L.30, NO.14). Provides for a state report card and for the collection of data that meets the requirements o...

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AZActive 10/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/A
Arizona LEARNS Achievement Profiles Results: http://www.ade.az.gov/azlearns/...

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GAActive 10/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/A
2000-01 Report Card web page: (http://techservices.doe.k12.ga.us/reportcard/)...

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IDActive 10/2002P-12Acountability Reporting
N/A
2000-01 State and District Profiles: http://www.sde.state.id.us/DistProfiles/DistrictProfiles.asp...

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LAActive 10/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/A
Accountability Reports: (http://www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/asps/home.asp?I=PROF98)
1998-1999 Report Cards: (http://www.doe.state.la.us/DOE/asps...

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MDActive 10/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/A
Performance Reporting Web site: http://msp.msde.state.md.us/...

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MSActive 10/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/a
2000-2001 Mississippi Record Card: (http://www.ms.gov/frameset.jsp?URL=http://www.mde.k12.ms.us/)...

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NEActive 10/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/A
2000-2001 Report Card: (http://reportcard.nde.state.ne.us/Main/PDFDownload.asp)...

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OKActive 10/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/A
Report Cards and Statistics: http://www.sde.state.ok.us/other.html...

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SCActive 10/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/A
2001 Report Cards web page: (http://www.myscschools.com/reportcard/)...

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WVActive 10/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/A
Report Cards web page: http://wvde.state.wv.us/data/report_cards/...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Accountability Report Cards, Other
A.B. 1818
Requires the school accountability report card to include the rate of pupils who earn Governor's scholarship awards. Deletes provisions whic...

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WAActive 09/2002P-12Accountability Reporting
N/A
2002-03 District and school report card requirements: (http://www.k12.wa.us/ESEA/pubdocs/Reportcardchecklist.pdf). Also, Washington has a s...

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ILSigned into law 07/2002P-12School Report Cards
H.B. 5663
Amends the School Code. Provides that the school report card assessing the performance of a school district's schools and students must spec...

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AKSigned into law 06/2002P-12School Performance Designation and Improvement Deadlines Pushed Back
H.B. 352
Requires school report cards to include performance designations and the department to monitor the progress of the implementation of school ...

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AKAdopted 06/2002P-12School Report
Regulations Change - 4 AAC 06.170
Amends the number of students that must be tested in order to publicly report test results from 3 to 10. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/ad...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Testing and Reporting of K-12 ESL Students
S.B. 109
Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency p...

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ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12NAEP Testing, School Report Cards, Parental Notification of Child Placement in Bilingual Program, Supplemental Aid to Low-Income Districts
S.B. 1983
Requires schools that are part of the sample drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics to administer the biennial State academic...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Performance Indices, School Classification and Intervention for Failing Schools
H.B. 2658
Requires that the academic achievement profile report for schools serving students grades K-8 include as indicators the Arizona Measure of A...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Alternative Education Campuses
S.B. 94
Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t...

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KSSigned into law 05/2002P-12Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study
S.B. 9
Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12Districts Annual Performance Reports
H.B. 1108
Changes the required publication date and some components of school corporation annual performance reports; provides for reports to be made ...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Annual Fall Reports
H.B. 884, S.B. 350
Directs the Board of Education to include, in its annual fall report on public education needs and schools failing to meet the Standards of ...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Disaggregating data
S.B. 6456
Authorizes the Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission to set performance improvement goals for certain groups of students and dr...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002Postsec.Higher Education Accountability
S.B. 533
Authorizes the rules relating to a higher education report card and performance indicators....

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- Accountability--Rewards
FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: School Improvement and Accountability Program; Florida School Recognition Program
S.B. 20E
Eliminates commissioner waiver authority in school improvement/accountability system (see bill section 379, page 849, line 29 ff) Places Flo...

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MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Bill - Accountability Component
H.B. 1711
Department is required to identify high-achieving schools as performance schools and specify the waivers of rule applicable to those schools...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Summer School Grant Program and Teacher Pay Incentive Program
H.B. 1304
Expands the Summer School Grant Program to provide funding to school districts for the operation of intensive literacy and reading comprehen...

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HISigned into law 05/2002P-12Incentive Bonuses
S.B. 2036
Provides an incentive bonus equal to 10% of any nonstate grant or subsidy that is awarded to a school or school teacher on a competitive bas...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12School and District Accountability Rewards Fund
S.B. 14A
Reestablishes a dedicated fund to set aside funds for providing rewards to schools earning rewards pursuant to the accountability system. ht...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
NMAdopted 12/2002P-12Indicators and Measurements/School Ratings
NMAC 6.19.1.8, 6.19.1.9; 6.19.2.16
Establishes rules annually measuring public schools on the five statewide indicators. All scores, rates, and other measures used in the Acco...

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NMAdopted 12/2002P-12Public School Accountability, General Provisions
6.19.1, 6.19.2 NMAC
Amends rules regarding the annual measurement of schools. http://www.nmcpr.state.nm.us/nmac/parts/title06/06.019.0001.pdf 6.19.1.9 Address...

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PASigned into law 12/2002P-12Distressed School Districts
H.B. 2644
Authorizes the state superintendent to petition the court in the county to take over any district that has been declared "distressed." http...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Requires State Takeover
A.B. 1904
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assume all the legal rights, duties and powers of the governing board of the West Fresn...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Sanctions
S.B. 1310
Sets deadlines regarding sanctions applied to state-monitored schools, allows for the placement of a trustee at a low-performing school. Spe...

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CTRepealed 09/2002P-12Low-Performing Schools List
C.G.S. 10-223 b-c
In 1999, the State Board of Education prepared a list of elementary and middle schools, by school district, that are in need of improvement ...

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NCSigned into law 09/2002P-12Takeover of Schools
S.B. 1275
Requires the Joint Legislative Education Oversight Committee to report to the state board if a local board and school are not responsive to ...

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NYSigned into law 08/2002P-12Conforms to Provisions of No Child Left Behind Act of 2001
A.B. 11858
Amends the Education Law to conform to the provisions of the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001; directs the Commissioner of Education...

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TNSigned into law 07/2002P-12Intervention in Low-Performing Schools
H.B. 3159
By September 1 of each year, the commissioner is required to recommend for approval to the state board a listing of all schools to be placed...

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AKSigned into law 06/2002P-12School Performance Designation and Improvement Deadlines Pushed Back
H.B. 352
Requires school report cards to include performance designations and the department to monitor the progress of the implementation of school ...

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ILActive 06/2002P-12Academic Watch Process
N/A
In 1992 the Academic Watch List was enacted into law in Illinois; the Academic Early Warning List
(AEWL) became law in 1996. Schools with lo...

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MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Bill - Accountability Component
H.B. 1711
Department is required to identify high-achieving schools as performance schools and specify the waivers of rule applicable to those schools...

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NYSigned into law 06/2002P-12Governance Reorganization
A.B. 11627
Reforms the governance structure of New York City schools. The new law gives the mayor control over city schools, including the power to app...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Performance Indices, School Classification and Intervention for Failing Schools
H.B. 2658
Requires that the academic achievement profile report for schools serving students grades K-8 include as indicators the Arizona Measure of A...

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CASigned into law 05/2002P-12Intermediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program
S.B. 508
Modifies 1999 Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (IIUSP), which formerly required that every participating school distri...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: State Board Oversight Enforcement Authority
S.B. 20E
Creates new section giving state board oversight of all public school boards and public postsecondary institution boards, gives state board ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Prince George's County Governance and Administration
H.B. 949
Establishes appointed New Prince George's County Board of Education and requirements for membership. Provides for compensation of board memb...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Principal Training Pilot Program
H.B. 7
Establishes the Principal Training Pilot Program; requires that the State Board of Education award incentive funding under the program to pr...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Districts to Develop Comprehensive Master Plans
S.B. 856
Requires each county board to develop and implement comprehensive master plan that states the goals and strategies to be used to raise stude...

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NYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Roosevelt Union Free School District Takeover
S.B. 6617
Authorizes the removal of the Board of Education of the Roosevelt Union Free School District and the appointment of an interim board of educ...

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NYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Takeover Powers Extension
A.B. 9916
Extends from April 9,2002 to July 1, 2005, the expiration and repeal of provisions of law which authorizes the chancellor of the city school...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12No Pass No Drive Modifications
H.B. 160
Modifies the current statute regarding suspension of driver's licenses for truancy to provide, upon a finding of a second or subsequent trua...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
VASigned into law 03/2002P-12No Pass No Drive Modifications
H.B. 160
Modifies the current statute regarding suspension of driver's licenses for truancy to provide, upon a finding of a second or subsequent trua...

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CASigned into law 01/2002P-12Omnibus Bill -- Truancy, Dropout Prevention Components
A.B. 804
Any minor who is required to be reported as a truant may be required to attend makeup
classes conducted on one day of a weekend and is subje...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Requires State Takeover
A.B. 1904
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to assume all the legal rights, duties and powers of the governing board of the West Fresn...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Sanctions
S.B. 1310
Sets deadlines regarding sanctions applied to state-monitored schools, allows for the placement of a trustee at a low-performing school. Spe...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Principal Training Pilot Program
H.B. 7
Establishes the Principal Training Pilot Program; requires that the State Board of Education award incentive funding under the program to pr...

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NYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Roosevelt Union Free School District Takeover
S.B. 6617
Authorizes the removal of the Board of Education of the Roosevelt Union Free School District and the appointment of an interim board of educ...

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- Accountability--School Improvement
MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Principal Training Pilot Program
H.B. 7
Establishes the Principal Training Pilot Program; requires that the State Board of Education award incentive funding under the program to pr...

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OKSigned into law 05/2002P-12Improvement Plans
H.B. 2341
Relates to the Comprehensive Local School Plan; deletes certain review and submission requirements; modifies the adoption cycle for school i...

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- Adult Basic Education
NYVetoed 12/2002P-12Adult Educational Opportunities
S.B. 7696
Enhances availability of basic language and high school equivalency educational opportunities for public assistance recipients; requires ass...

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MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Tobacco Tax for Education
S.B. 856
Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricte...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Family Literacy Education Grant Program
H.B. 1303
Establishes a Family Literacy Education Grant Program within the Department of Education; permits local education providers to apply for gra...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Program for Disabled Adults Discontinued
S.B. 20E
Eliminates educational program for disabled adults funded in Workforce development education fund. See bil section 236, page 588, line 7 ff:...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002Postsec.Adult Education under Purview of Postsecondary Education
H.B. 465
Transfers adult basic education services from the State Department of Education to the Postsecondary Education Department; provides for the ...

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FLSigned into law 04/2002P-12Services to Persons with Disabilities
H.B. 1825
Relates to vocational rehabilitation programs for persons with disabilities; requires the Division of Vocational Rehabilitation to develop a...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Age to Attend Alternative Or Voc-Ed Programs
H.B. 21A
Lowers age for when certain students may attend alternative education or vocational-technical education programs; provides relative to atten...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Need- and Performance-Based Adult Education Grants
S.B. 737
Requires the department of education to distribute need- and performance-based grants for adult education. Adult education and -literacy gr...

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ALAct No. 03/2002P-12Bonding Authority
S.B. 517
Authorizes Public School and College Authority to sell and issue aggregate principal amount of Bonds, in addition to all other bonds previou...

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MIPublic Act No. 03/2002P-12
H.B. 5483
Amends the Nonprofit Corporation Act to add the Career Development and Distance Learning Act to the provisions governing such nonprofit char...

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MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Incentives for Employers to Provide Basic Skills Training
H.B. 474
Income tax; extend repealer tax credit for certain employers sponsoring basic skills training and retraining for employees (RP)....

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- Assessment
UTAdopted 11/2002P-12Testing Procedures
R277-473
Amends rules to provide additional definitions, terminology changes and new testing windows. Sets turnaround time for certain assessments. h...

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MISigned into law 10/2002P-12Department Notification of Assessment Scoring or Administration Irregularities
S.B. 562
Requires the Department of Treasury to notify a school district or public school academy about suspected irregularities in the district's or...

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ALAdopted 09/2002P-12Testing Program
N/A
During the summer of 2003, the state board will review the data on the reading and language subject-area tests of the AHSGE and determine if...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Longitudinal Achievement Data
S.B. 1453
Requires the State Department of Education to contract for the development or proposals that will provide for the retention and analysis of ...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Testing and Reporting of K-12 ESL Students
S.B. 109
Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency p...

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CTPassed 06/2002P-12English Language Assessment
N/A
The Board, pursuant to Section 10-17f of the Connecticut General Statutes and the requirements of the No Child Left Behind
legislation, appr...

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FLSigned into law 06/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Assessment Cutoff Scores, Accommodations
S.B. 20E
Grandfathers in the scores of 10th-graders who took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in spring 2001. Requires that when stat...

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MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Bill - Assessment Component
H.B. 1711
For students who receive special education services, the state board must, through a teacher panel, determine if appropriate alternate asses...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Diagnosing Student Needs Through Assessments
S.B. 59
Requires the department to ensure that assessments administered through the Colorado Student Assessment Program (CSAP) are designed to gener...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Potential Testing in Mathematics and Science
H.B. 1306
Provides that if sufficient funding from the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is obtained, directs the Department of Education to ad...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Alternative Education Campuses
S.B. 94
Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t...

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HISigned into law 05/2002P-12NCLB-Aligned Reading and Math Testing
H.B. 2353
Provides for expansion of the statewide educational assessment program to include norm-referenced testing in the same grades as required by ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
PSAT for 10th-Graders
H.B. 661
Requires the department to distribute grants in qualified distressed counties for the administration of the Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Need-Based Financial Aid Programs for Undergraduate and Professional Degrees; College Readiness Mentoring Program; PSAT for 10th-Graders, K-16 Leadership Council, Middle School Teacher Certificate
S.B. 453
Requires the department to distribute a grant in specified amounts to distressed counties in FY 03 and 04 and to all counties in FY05 and su...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Writing Assessment
H.B. 2900
Relates to comprehensive writing assessment scheduling....

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AZSigned into law 04/2002P-12Public Access to Nationally Standardized
S.B. 1135
Requires any nationally standardized test that is administered to pupils in multiple states and any questions, answers or scoring keys from ...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Deadline for Reporting State Assessment Results
H.B. 621
Changes the time frame for reporting state assessment results from September 15 to 150 days following the first day the assessment can be ad...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Membership and Rules of Education Assessment and Accountability Subcommittee
H.B. 292
Requires the membership of the Education assessment and accountability subcommittee include 4 members from each chamber, including at least ...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12Attendance Requirement for Inclusion in Reading Assessment
S.B. 1412
Amends existing law to define the students who shall be included in calculations relating to the reading assessment. Students counted must ...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results
S.B. 292
Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i...

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UTSigned into law 03/2002P-12Curriculum, Assessments
S.B. 99
Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring the State Board of Education to consult with teachers and p...

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- Assessment--Accommodations
CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Alternate assessments for exit examination for individuals with disabilities
A.B. 2600
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the advisory committee established by this bill to develop guidelines regarding the me...

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FLSigned into law 06/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Assessment Cutoff Scores, Accommodations
S.B. 20E
Grandfathers in the scores of 10th-graders who took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in spring 2001. Requires that when stat...

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MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Bill - Assessment Component
H.B. 1711
For students who receive special education services, the state board must, through a teacher panel, determine if appropriate alternate asses...

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- Assessment--End-of-Course
MSRule Adoption 12/2002P-12Graduation Requirements
MS ADC 36 000 001, Graduation Requirements, Code IHF-2
The section is revised to read as follows: "Policies for Subject Area Testing
• Students will not be required to pass any end-of-course Subj...

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- Assessment--Formative/Interim
AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Reading
H.B. 2465
Requires diagnostic assessment of a child's reading proficiency before instruction; requires teaching of phonics; permits multiple reading i...

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- Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
AKAdopted 12/2002P-12High School Graduation Examinations
4 AAC 06.755
Requires every sophomore to take the high school graduation exam. Juniors who have failed must be retested at least once each school year o...

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MISigned into law 12/2002P-12Protocol for Notification of Suspected Irregularities in MEAP Testing or Preparation
H.B. 5049
Requires the department of treasury or any other state agency which suspects irregularities in the administration of or the preparation of p...

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ALAdopted 10/2002P-12Student Assessment Required for Alabama High School
AAC 290-4-2-.02
Establishes rules amending the current rule by delaying implementation of the social studies subject- area test of the Alabama High School G...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Longitudinal Achievement Data
S.B. 1453
Requires the State Department of Education to contract for the development or proposals that will provide for the retention and analysis of ...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Exit Exam Prep Class
A.B. 1794
Authorizes a school district that offers adult education to offer a program, course, or class of supplemental instruction in preparation for...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Data on Exam Failure Rates
S.B. 1408
Requires the governing board of each school district that grants a diploma of graduation from high school annually to compile the number of ...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Changes/Clarifications in the exit exam system
S.B. 1476
Provides that language arts, with respect to the high school exit exam, refers to English language arts. Requires a school principal, to sub...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Alternate assessments for exit examination for individuals with disabilities
A.B. 2600
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the advisory committee established by this bill to develop guidelines regarding the me...

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UTSigned into law 07/2002P-12Status of 10th Grade Competency Test
H.B. 5007E
Modifies the State System of Public Education by extending for one year the pilot status of the tenth grade basic skills competency test....

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FLSigned into law 06/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Assessment Cutoff Scores, Accommodations
S.B. 20E
Grandfathers in the scores of 10th-graders who took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in spring 2001. Requires that when stat...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Exit Exam
H.B. 2897
Makes the single exit exam prior to high school graduation optional instead of mandatory; requires results be shared with legislative oversi...

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- Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12NAEP Testing, School Report Cards, Parental Notification of Child Placement in Bilingual Program, Supplemental Aid to Low-Income Districts
S.B. 1983
Requires schools that are part of the sample drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics to administer the biennial State academic...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
WVAdopted 11/2002P-12Student Learning Ability STATE ID: 126-208
Policy 8350 --Title 126, Series 208
Provides a process for the establishment of a more formal method to fund programs that strengthen student learning ability as required by Ho...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Federally- funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers
S.B. 1478
States the intent of the Legislature that federally- funded 21st Century Community Learning Centers complement the existing Before and After...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Information to parents who have an At-risk child
S.B. 1595
Adds disciplinary rules and regulations and retention and promotion policies to the list of things about which parents have a right to be in...

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NCSigned into law 09/2002P-12
Community College
Sections Pertaining to Dropout Data, Dropout Retention, Teacher Quality
S.B. 1275
Directs the state board to improve the state's tracking of dropout data; encourages the concurrent enrollment of state technical high school...

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NYVetoed 07/2002P-12Transition of Students from Correctional Facilities
S.B. 1893
Provides that correctional facilities shall coordinate the enrollment of a consenting child in the transitional program for post release ser...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12After-School Programs for At-Risk Students
S.B. 384
Changes the method for calculating funding for certain after-school programs for students who have previously dropped out of school and stud...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Tax to Support Prince George's County Programs
H.B. 949
Establishes sales and use tax on telecommunications service in Prince George's County. Net proceeds from the revenue must be used only as s...

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12At-Risk Funding
S.B. 140
Modifies the formula for calculating the portion of the adequate education grant based on free and reduced-price lunches....

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Homeless Students
S.B. 321
Clarifies the right to public education for children of homeless families; establishes a committee to study requirements regarding the legal...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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NMSigned into law 03/2002P-12At-Risk Index
S.B. 61
Changes the calculation of the at-risk index used to determine additional program units, to assist students to reach their full academic pot...

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CASigned into law 01/2002P-12Omnibus Bill -- Truancy, Dropout Prevention Components
A.B. 804
Any minor who is required to be reported as a truant may be required to attend makeup
classes conducted on one day of a weekend and is subje...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Alternative Education Campuses
S.B. 94
Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Age to Attend Alternative Or Voc-Ed Programs
H.B. 21A
Lowers age for when certain students may attend alternative education or vocational-technical education programs; provides relative to atten...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12National Guard Youth Challenge Program
H.B. 1646
Relates to alternative educational service providers that the school district may contract with; includes the state national guard youth cha...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Zero Tolerance, Alternative Education
S.B. 4
Defines terms; expands defined terms to include definitions for alternative education and dangerous student; sale of narcotics and possessio...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
ALAct No. 04/2002P-12Governor's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Task Force
H.J.R. 62
Requests Governor's Alcohol and Drug Abuse Task Force to study and report on the problem of teenage in-vehicle alcohol and drug use. http://...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12Student Voluntary Disclosure of Alcohol or Drug Use
H.B. 548
Revises the procedure governing the response by school employees when a student makes a voluntary disclosure and when a student is reasonabl...

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- Attendance
CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Compulsory Attendance for Kindergarten
A.B. 634
Makes, commencing 7/1/2004, the Compulsory Attendance Law apply to a child, and the parents or guardian of a child between the ages of 5 and...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Accountability Report Cards, Other
A.B. 1818
Requires the school accountability report card to include the rate of pupils who earn Governor's scholarship awards. Deletes provisions whic...

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DESigned into law 06/2002P-12Truancy Prevention
S.B. 404

This Act requires the building principal to notify a visiting teacher when a student in grades 6 through 12 has ten or more unexcused days ...

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DESigned into law 06/2002P-12Truancy Charges Against Parents and Students
H.B. 380
Permits civil charges to be brought against a student at the same time that criminal charges are brought against the parent, if the student ...

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OKVetoed 06/2002P-12Transfers, Social Studies
S.B. 701
On or before September 1, 2002, the state board must adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer into an Oklahoma school district from ...

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RITo governor 06/2002P-12Compulsory Attendance
S.B. 2108
Requires children between 16 and 18 years of age to obtain permission from a custodial parent or guardian in order to be exempt from mandato...

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TNSigned into law 06/2002P-12Truancy Prevention
H.B. 2650
Relates to truancy; mukes state-wide present authorization limited to Shelby County for local education agency to enter into agreement with ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: New Section on Student Conduct and Parental Involvement Goals
S.B. 20E
Establishes legislative intent that 1) every K-12 public school student attend school throughout the school year and comply with the school'...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Military Leave of Absence Granted
H.B. 464
Extends active duty military protections and rights to members of the National Guard called or ordered by the Governor to State active duty ...

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COSigned into law 04/2002P-12Violation of Court Order for Truancy
H.B. 1079
Allows the court to impose incarceration to juvenile detention facility for violating a valid court order under the "School Attendance Law o...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Truancy and Assessment and Service Centers
S.B. 32A
Adds a judicial district to the truancy and assessment and service center pilot program. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/021ES/CVT5/OU...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement; School Attendance Officers; Task Force for Department Financial Management Practices Review
H.B. 492
Reenacts sections relating to Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement and school attendance officers. Creates a Task Force to Con...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Actions Against School Attendance Violations
H.B. 657
Provides a procedure for the board of trustees of a school district when a child is determined to be in violation of school attendance requi...

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MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Adult Presence at Child's School Enrollment
H.B. 1030
Clarifies that school districts may require a parent, guardian or custodian to accompany child seeking to enroll in the school district....

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Attending Outside the District
H.B. 4428
Relates to the counting of students in net enrollment when the transfer of students between counties is effectuated without the agreement of...

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CASigned into law 01/2002P-12Omnibus Bill -- Truancy, Dropout Prevention Components
A.B. 804
Any minor who is required to be reported as a truant may be required to attend makeup
classes conducted on one day of a weekend and is subje...

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- Attendance--Truancy
DESigned into law 06/2002P-12Truancy Charges Against Parents and Students
H.B. 380
Permits civil charges to be brought against a student at the same time that criminal charges are brought against the parent, if the student ...

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TNSigned into law 06/2002P-12Truancy Prevention
H.B. 2650
Relates to truancy; mukes state-wide present authorization limited to Shelby County for local education agency to enter into agreement with ...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Truancy and Assessment and Service Centers
S.B. 32A
Adds a judicial district to the truancy and assessment and service center pilot program. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/021ES/CVT5/OU...

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CASigned into law 01/2002P-12Omnibus Bill -- Truancy, Dropout Prevention Components
A.B. 804
Any minor who is required to be reported as a truant may be required to attend makeup
classes conducted on one day of a weekend and is subje...

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- Background Checks
NJSigned into law 12/2002P-12Bus Drivers
S.B. 1709
Provides for notification of charges pending for a disqualifying crime or offense against a public or nonpublic school employee or school bu...

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OKEmergency Rule Adoption 12/2002P-12Fingerprint Checks
OAC 210:209-9-91
Establishes emergency rules regarding teacher education and certification. Changes rules to require all first-time Oklahoma teachers to have...

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MASigned into law 11/2002P-12Background Checks for School Employees, Volunteers and Contractors
S.B. 2436
Defines enticement. Requires any organization offering activities or programs to children age 18 or younger and that uses volunteers to obt...

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MTRule Adoption 11/2002P-12
ARM New Rule I thru III, XXVIII, XXIX, XXX, XXXI; 10.55.602 thru .710 (non-seq); 10.57.101 thru .801 (non-seq.); Repeal 10.57.103 thru .406 (non-seq); New Rule I/Criminal History Background Check
Establishes rules regarding criminal history background check, substitute teachers, teacher license classification, definition of 'immoral c...

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UTAdopted 09/2002P-12Denial of License Due to Background Check Offenses
R686-104
Provides procedures and an appeals process for an individual seeking a Utah educator license for the first time. Provides for submission of ...

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AZSigned into law 08/2002P-12Background Checks and Fingerprinting of Charter School Staff
S.B. 1008E
Requires that upon the conviction of a person of an offense in this title or of any felony, if the person is teaching in a charter school, a...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Criminal Background Checks
H.B. 1459
Expands inquiry process at nonpublic schools from applicants to include employees of such schools. If nonpublic school employee is subject o...

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RITo governor 06/2002P-12Criminal Records Checks
S.B. 2468
This act would permit an applicant for employment with a private school or public school department to apply for a national and state crimin...

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RITo governor 06/2002P-12Background Checks
H.B. 7143
Requires applicants for employment with a school to apply to local state police and state police departments as well as the Bureau of Crimin...

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TNSigned into law 06/2002P-12Bus Driver Certificates
H.B. 2106
Prohibits issuance of certificate to drive school bus in this state if applicant has been convicted of driving under the influence, vehicula...

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MNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Required Disclosure of Employee Impropriety; Employer Immunity
H.B. 3092
Provides employer immunity for reference checks for residential service and programs for children, juveniles, and persons with developmental...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Background Checks
S.B. 21
Amends the State Child Protection Act; subjects all employees with unsupervised access to children in an education setting to criminal histo...

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GASigned into law 04/2002P-12National Board Teacher Licensure and Professional Standard Commission Investigations
S.B. 368
Modifies language relating to teachers certified by the National Board for Professional Teaching Standards. Modifies language relating to du...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Licensee Investigations and Proceedings
H.B. 2482
Expands the board of educational examiners' authority with regard to licensee disciplinary investigations and proceedings....

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Voluntary Background Checks at Nonpublic Schools
H.B. 595
Permits nonpublic schools that have voluntarily been certified by the Board of Education to conduct national and state criminal background c...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12School Bus Driver's License Requirements
H.B. 189
Requires all new applicants and persons initially renewing a commercial drivers license (CDL) to undergo a criminal background check; allows...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12School Bus Driver's Licenses and Training Schools
H.B. 190
Relates to commercial driver licenses and commercial driver training schools; requires all persons applying for a license to operate a CDL d...

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MNSigned into law 04/2002P-12School Bus Driver Background Checks
S.B. 2949
Modifies procedures for school bus driver background checks....

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12School Attendance Officers
H.B. 643
Requires fingerprinting and background checks for newly hired school attendance officers....

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12School Employees Criminal Background Check
S.B. 2223
School employees criminal history record check requirement; include school attendance officers and delete repealer....

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INVetoed 03/2002P-12Background Checks
H.B. 1202
Requires a prosecuting attorney to notify the state superintendent of public instruction and the employer when a licensed school employee is...

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MEPublic Law No. 03/2002P-12Education Leave Advisory Board
H.B. 1616
Terminates the Educational Leave Advisory Board; declares the educational leave program for state employees to be in public interest....

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- Bilingual/ESL
CORejected by voters 11/2002P-12English Language Education
Amendment 31
The proposed amendment to the Colorado Constitution: requires that all public school students be taught in English unless they are exempted ...

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MAApproved by voters 11/2002P-12ESL Instruction via Sheltered English Immersion
Question 2
Proposes by initiative petition; requires public schools to educate English learners through a sheltered English immersion program; provides...

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NERejected by voters 11/2002P-12Clarify English language requirements in schools
Proposed Amendment 1
(LR 1CA 2001-2002) Amends section 27 of the Article I of the Nebraska Constitution to eliminate language requirements for private, denominat...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12English Learner and Immigrant Pupil Federal Conformity Act
S.B. 2083
Enacts the English Learner and Immigrant Pupil Federal Conformity Act. Ensures that instructional services are provided to pupils with limit...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Possible changes to rules governing ESL students.
S.B. 1665
Makes legislative findings and declarations regarding limited-English-proficient pupils and would state the intent of the Legislature to int...

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CTSigned into law 09/2002P-12State Expenditures (various sections)
H.B. 6004 (Special Session Act No. 02-7)
Amends the provisions concerning the exemptions of limited English proficient special education students from participation in the state mas...

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Public School Student Progression, Remedial Services, Reporting Requirements
S.B. 20E
Shifts responsibility for establishing rules regarding student report cards from state superintendent to state board. Modifies rules relatin...

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Teacher Preparation - English Language Learners
S.B. 20E (Code Re-Write)
State-approved teacher preparation programs must incorporate appropriate English for Speakers of Other Languages instruction so that program...

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MASigned into law 08/2002P-12District Programs for and Assessment of Limited English Proficient Students
H.B. 5010
Creates within department the office of language acquisition to aid the commissioner in overseeing creation of district English language lea...

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MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Tobacco Tax for Education
S.B. 856
Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricte...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Testing and Reporting of K-12 ESL Students
S.B. 109
Requires department to develop single test for districts to identify students eligible to participate in K-12 English language proficiency p...

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HIVetoed 06/2002P-12Hawaii Commission on Language Access
S.B. 2568
Establishes a commission on language access. Requires the commission to develop and implement systems by which limited English speaking pers...

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ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12NAEP Testing, School Report Cards, Parental Notification of Child Placement in Bilingual Program, Supplemental Aid to Low-Income Districts
S.B. 1983
Requires schools that are part of the sample drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics to administer the biennial State academic...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Family Literacy Education Grant Program
H.B. 1303
Establishes a Family Literacy Education Grant Program within the Department of Education; permits local education providers to apply for gra...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Charter Schools, ESL Services, Charter Technical Career Centers
S.B. 20E
Creates new section on charter school capital outlay. According to legislative summary, bill "requires the full-credit for teaching service ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Equal Access to Government Services to LEP Individuals
S.B. 265
States the intent of the general assembly that state agencies provide equal access to public services for individuals with limited English p...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Tax to Support Prince George's County Programs
H.B. 949
Establishes sales and use tax on telecommunications service in Prince George's County. Net proceeds from the revenue must be used only as s...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Finance Overhaul
S.B. 856
Requires that county board financial audit results be reported to state superintendent, county fiscal authority, and specified house and sen...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Need- and Performance-Based Adult Education Grants
S.B. 737
Requires the department of education to distribute need- and performance-based grants for adult education. Adult education and -literacy gr...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Nontraditional Teacher Education, Certification, Inservice and Mentoring; Transitional Bilingual Teacher Certification; Qualifications of Nontraditional Administrator Certification Candidates
S.B. 2370
Establishes requirements for nontraditional teacher preparation and licensure through the Teach Mississippi Institute (TMI), as well as ment...

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- Business Involvement
VASigned into law 04/2002P-12Satellite public education facilities
H.B. 755
Authorizes school boards to enter into agreements with private business and industry for the establishment, installation, renovation, remode...

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- Career/Technical Education
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Develop a model curriculum for a career technical education
S.B. 1934
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop a model curriculum framework for a career technical education course. Prescribe...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12
Postsec.
Vocational Education Curriculum
A.B. 1412
Extends the time for adoption of certain model curriculum standards by the Superintendent of Public Instruction regarding high school gradua...

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CAVetoed 08/2002P-12
Postsec.
A study of the quality of career technical education teachers.
A.B. 1462
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a committee of experts to determine programs and processes to increase the numb...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Temporary Prohibition on Forming or Entering Existing Joint Technological Education Districts
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Establishes moratorium from November 30, 2002 until June 30, 2004 on creation of new joint technological education districts unless specifie...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002Postsec.
Community College
Distribution of Vocational Education Funds to Community Colleges
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Changes recipient of at least 15% of federal vocational and applied technological education monies (including Carl Perkins funds) received f...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Tax Change Resulting from Creation of Joint Education Districts
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Specifies that when districts that wish to form a joint technological education district submit question to electors of each school district...

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TNBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2002P-12Vocational Director Qualifications
S.B. 1765
Provides that maximum degree to be required for local director of vocational education is either masters degree in curriculum instruction or...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Career and Technical Education and Vocational Education
H.B. 2420
Updates statutes referring to vocational and technological education to refer to career and technical education and vocational education; ch...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Charter Schools, ESL Services, Charter Technical Career Centers
S.B. 20E
Creates new section on charter school capital outlay. According to legislative summary, bill "requires the full-credit for teaching service ...

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OKVetoed 05/2002P-12Technology Center School Districts
H.B. 2656
Exempted local career technology districts from state board approval for buildings built with state bond money. Establishes the State Board...

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KSSigned into law 04/2002Postsec.Vocation/technical education
H.B. 2820
The Act defines terms related to vocational and technical education, amends current law to remove Kansas State University - Salina College o...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Kentucky Division of Career and Technical Education
S.B. 147
Changes name of Division of Secondary Vocational Education within state department of education to Division of Career and Technical Educatio...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Age to Attend Alternative Or Voc-Ed Programs
H.B. 21A
Lowers age for when certain students may attend alternative education or vocational-technical education programs; provides relative to atten...

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OKSigned into law 04/2002P-12Technology Districts
H.B. 2234
The State Board of Career and Technology Education is required to prescribe criteria and procedures for establishing technology center schoo...

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IASigned into law 03/2002Postsec.Vocational Technical Tuition Grant Amount Increase
H.B. 2139
Increases the maximum amount of a vocational technical tuition grant to a qualified full-time student from $650 to $1,200. http://www.legis....

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12State List of Approved Voc. Ed. Courses
H.B. 1099
Requires the state board of education to establish a list of approved secondary level vocational education courses and provides a procedure ...

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MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Use of Vocational Education Appropriations
S.B. 2286
Clarifies that State appropriations made for vocational education purposes may be used to make payments, rather than reimbursements, to high...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education
H.B. 335
Establishes the 17-member Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education in the legislative branch to recommend an integrated and coordi...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12
Community College
Career and Technical Education
S.B. 334
Modifies the existing requirement within the Standards of Quality for local school boards to develop plans for career and technical educatio...

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VASigned into law 02/2002P-12Career/Academic Combinations
H.B. 334
Clarifies that school boards may operate comprehensive schools offering all-day academic programs and career and technical education as join...

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- Cheating
MISigned into law 12/2002P-12Protocol for Notification of Suspected Irregularities in MEAP Testing or Preparation
H.B. 5049
Requires the department of treasury or any other state agency which suspects irregularities in the administration of or the preparation of p...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
NJSigned into law 12/2002P-12Notification of Enrollment Eligibility
A.B. 2698
Requires state commissioner, upon application for a charter school, to notify the members of the legislature, school superintendents, mayors...

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NYVetoed 12/2002P-12Public Hearings on Charters
S.B. 5616
Requires that public hearings be held to solicit comments from the community concerning the issuance or renewal of a charter; changes such m...

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UTAdopted 12/2002P-12Charter Schools
R277-470
Amends rules to provide for a timeline for charter schools to apply for sponsorship to local boards and the state board, to provide a formul...

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NJAdopted 10/2002P-12Charter Schools STATE ID: 34 NJR 2920
NJAC 6A:11, 6A:11-1.1 thru 6A:11-7.1 (non seq)
Establishes rules pertaining to charter schools. Provides definition of terms. Specifies: application and approval, reporting, renewal, prob...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Charter District Finance Rules
A.B. 2912
Makes provisions relating to the calculation of average daily attendance inapplicable for purposes of determining the base revenue limit or ...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Charter School Finance
A.B. 1100
Requires a local educational agency that sponsors a charter school annually to transfer to each of its charter schools a prescribed amount o...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Revenue Limits
S.B. 1397
Authorizes the revenue limit of an elementary school district to be determined using either the current or prior year second principal appor...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12New Charter School Requirement
A.B. 1994
Requires the petition for the establishment of a charter school to describe how a charter school that will serve high school pupils will inf...

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UTAdopted 09/2002P-12Charter School Accountability and Assistance
R277-481
Establishes procedures for annual accountability of all charter schools and for on-site reviews of charter schools. UTAH REG 25225 (SN)...

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AZSigned into law 08/2002P-12Background Checks and Fingerprinting of Charter School Staff
S.B. 1008E
Requires that upon the conviction of a person of an offense in this title or of any felony, if the person is teaching in a charter school, a...

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CAChaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 08/2002P-12Charter School Financial Reporting
S.B. 1709
Requires a charter school to transmit a copy of its annual, independent, financial audit report for the preceding fiscal year to the Control...

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GAAdopted 08/2002P-12Charter Schools
GAC 160-4-9-.04
Clarifies rules regarding charter schools. Specifies the following: definitions; role of the local board; role of the state board for locall...

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NCSigned into law 08/2002P-12Teachers in Charter Schools
H.B. 190
Permits local flexibility with regards to the hiring of teachers who leave public schools to teach in charter schools....

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IDSigned into law 07/2002P-12
S.B. 1383
Provides that charter school boards of directors are subject to the open meeting law requirements. Amends existing law to clarify applicatio...

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TNSigned into law 07/2002P-12Charter Schools Act
H.B. 1131
Enacts the Tennessee Charter Schools Act of 2001. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0850.pdf...

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CATo governor 06/2002P-12Rules for Special Ed. Students at Charter Schools
S.B. 1708
Clarifies that a charter school is allowed to report average daily attendance to accommodate eligible pupils who require extended year servi...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Finance Bill - Charter Facilities Component
H.B. 1349
Creates the "Charter School Facilities Financing Act" to increase charter school access to the school district capital funding and planning ...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Bill -- Online Funding Component
H.B. 1349
Defines "on-line pupil enrollment" as the number of pupils enrolled, on October 1 in a budget year, in an on-line program, minus any such pu...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Resolution of Charter School Contract Disputes
S.B. 124
Concerns the resolution of disputes between charter schools and chartering school districts and concerning governing policy provisions; requ...

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DESigned into law 06/2002P-12Teacher Leave to Teach at Charter School
S.B. 298
Reduces the leave of absence to one year for any teacher leaving a public school to teach at a charter school. http://www.legis.state.de.us/...

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DESigned into law 06/2002P-12Coordination Between Charters and Local Districts
S.B. 291
Improves coordination between local public districts and the entering charter school. It requires that: (1) a certificate of occupancy must ...

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KSSigned into law 06/2002P-12Charter Approvals/ Revocations
S.B. 402
Defines "charter school;" establishes requirements of charter schools. Requires that charter schools be nonsectarian and established as mean...

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SCSigned into law 06/2002P-12Charter Schools Law Changes
S.B. 12
Amends the charter school law. In either a new or converted charter school, a teacher teaching in the core academic areas of English/langua...

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CASigned into law 05/2002P-12Charter School Funding
A.B. 168
Specifies that until July 1, 2004, a charter school shall be treated as a school district for purposes of the State School Fund. http://info...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Alternative Education Campuses
S.B. 94
Requires state board to establish criteria and application process for a school to be designated an alternative education campus. Mandates t...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Charter Schools, ESL Services, Charter Technical Career Centers
S.B. 20E
Creates new section on charter school capital outlay. According to legislative summary, bill "requires the full-credit for teaching service ...

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HISigned into law 05/2002P-12Charter School Funding and Teacher Status
S.B. 2512
States that teachers at charter schools are to receive probationary and tenure status and seniority provided that they fill the requirements...

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NHVetoed 05/2002P-12Charter Schools
H.B. 298
Establishes a 10-year pilot program for the approval of up to 2 charter schools per year by the state board of education and creates certain...

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SCSigned into law 05/2002P-12Charter School Trustees
H.B. 4419
Provides that the Department of Education must keep a record of the trustees who successfully complete an orientation program within 1 year ...

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COSigned into law 04/2002P-12Charter School Application Deadlines
S.B. 51
Allows local boards to determine deadlines for submission of charter school application; deadline must fall between August 15 and October 1....

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GASigned into law 04/2002P-12Revisions to Georgia Charter Schools Act of 1998
H.B. 1200
Amend Article 31 of Chapter 2 of Title 20 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, the "Charter Schools Act of 1998," so as to revise exte...

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HISigned into law 04/2002P-12New Century Conversion Charter Schools
S.B. 2662
Allows a nonprofit organization to manage and operate a new century conversion charter school as a division of the nonprofit organization, i...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Pilot Charter School Program
S.B. 348
Establishes pilot charter school program in Iowa; establishes procedures for approval/denial of charter school applications; establishes req...

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VASigned into law 04/2002P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 625
Clarifies that institutions of higher education may submit applications to form charter schools, requires all school boards to accept and re...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12
H.B. 535
Relates to dually enrolled students to clarify what constitutes demonstration of academic proficiency to establish eligibility for a non-pub...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12
H.B. 546
Clarifies that charter schools are required to comply with the general education laws of the state unless specifically directed otherwise in...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12Charter School Proposals and Finance
S.B. 216
Makes specifications as regards charter school finance and required minimum contents of charter school proposals. Requires charter school sp...

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NJSigned into law 03/2002P-12Charter School Construction
A.B. 1691
Permits charter schools to construct facilities with federal funds....

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UTSigned into law 03/2002P-12Charter School Provisions
S.B. 138
Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education; increases the number of charter schools that may be sponsored by the St...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Modifies Charter Schools Law
H.B. 734
Modifies the charter schools statutes by requiring the Board of Education to add the number of charters denied to its annual report to the G...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Charter District Finance Rules
A.B. 2912
Makes provisions relating to the calculation of average daily attendance inapplicable for purposes of determining the base revenue limit or ...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Charter District Finance Rules
A.B. 2912
Makes provisions relating to the calculation of average daily attendance inapplicable for purposes of determining the base revenue limit or ...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Rules for Charter School Financing
S.B. 2039
Requires, to be eligible for funding under the Charter School Facility Grant Program, a charter schoolsite physically located in the attenda...

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CAChaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 08/2002P-12Charter School Financial Reporting
S.B. 1709
Requires a charter school to transmit a copy of its annual, independent, financial audit report for the preceding fiscal year to the Control...

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IDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Charter school resource allocations
H.B. 543
Amends Idaho Code § 33-5208 to allow charter schools to waive the requirement that they use all administrative staff allowance to hire admin...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Finance Bill - Charter Facilities Component
H.B. 1349
Creates the "Charter School Facilities Financing Act" to increase charter school access to the school district capital funding and planning ...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Bill -- Online Funding Component
H.B. 1349
Defines "on-line pupil enrollment" as the number of pupils enrolled, on October 1 in a budget year, in an on-line program, minus any such pu...

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CASigned into law 05/2002P-12Charter School Funding
A.B. 168
Specifies that until July 1, 2004, a charter school shall be treated as a school district for purposes of the State School Fund. http://info...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Charter Schools, ESL Services, Charter Technical Career Centers
S.B. 20E
Creates new section on charter school capital outlay. According to legislative summary, bill "requires the full-credit for teaching service ...

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HISigned into law 05/2002P-12Charter School Funding and Teacher Status
S.B. 2512
States that teachers at charter schools are to receive probationary and tenure status and seniority provided that they fill the requirements...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12Charter School Proposals and Finance
S.B. 216
Makes specifications as regards charter school finance and required minimum contents of charter school proposals. Requires charter school sp...

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NJSigned into law 03/2002P-12Charter School Construction
A.B. 1691
Permits charter schools to construct facilities with federal funds....

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- Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12NAEP Testing, School Report Cards, Parental Notification of Child Placement in Bilingual Program, Supplemental Aid to Low-Income Districts
S.B. 1983
Requires schools that are part of the sample drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics to administer the biennial State academic...

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Commission to Study Choice Initiatives
H.B. 1281
Establishes a commission to study public educational choice initiatives....

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Various Modifications
S.B. 2259
Allows nonresident pupil's participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to a court-ordered decree or order of custody. Modifies tuit...

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SDSigned into law 02/2002P-12Open Enrollment Revisions
S.B. 87
Prevents students who open enroll into a school district from transferring back to the resident district during the same school year....

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- Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
CTSigned into law 09/2002P-12State Expenditures (various sections)
H.B. 6004 (Special Session Act No. 02-7
Requires interdistrict magnet schools that begin operations after July 1, 2005 to limit the percentage of students from one district that en...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Developmental Research (Laboratory) Schools
S.B. 20E
Changes name of "Developmental Research Schools" to "Lab Schools." According to legislative document: "LLC members decided to change advisor...

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OKSigned into law 05/2002P-12School of Science and Mathematics
S.B. 1004
Relates to the Oklahoma School of Science and Mathematics; provides for the budgeting of funds in certain categories and amounts; requires p...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Board of Trustees of AL High School of Mathematics and Science
H.B. 289
Relates to the membership of the Board of Trustees of the state High School of Mathematics and Science; provides that the Assistant State Su...

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- Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
LASigned into law 06/2002P-12Income Tax Credits for Child Care and Educational Costs
H.B. 238
Revises the individual income tax credit for child care expenses and educational costs....

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COSigned into law 04/2002Postsec.Income Tax Credit for Gifts to Colorado Institute of Technology
H.B. 1059
Concerns modifications to the state income tax credit available to Colorado taxpayers who make monetary contributions to the Colorado Instit...

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- Choice of Schools--Vouchers
LASigned into law 06/2002P-12Income Tax Credits for Child Care and Educational Costs
H.B. 238
Revises the individual income tax credit for child care expenses and educational costs....

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COSigned into law 04/2002Postsec.Income Tax Credit for Gifts to Colorado Institute of Technology
H.B. 1059
Concerns modifications to the state income tax credit available to Colorado taxpayers who make monetary contributions to the Colorado Instit...

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- Civic Education
PASigned into law 12/2002P-12Display of the Flag
H.B. 592
Requires boards of directors to ensure that schools to display the U.S. flag (private, parochial and public schools). The flag must be disp...

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UTAdopted 09/2002P-12Patriotic Education
R277-475
Requires Utah public schools to display the United States national motto, consistent with state law. UTAH REG 25218 (SN)...

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ILSigned into law 07/2002P-12High School Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 1634
Requires the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited each school day by pupils in elementary and secondary educational institutions supported or ...

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TNSigned into law 07/2002P-12Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 2599
Each board of education shall require the daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance in each classroom in the school system in which a
fla...

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CTSigned into law 06/2002P-12Bullying and Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance
H.B. 5425
Requires local and regional boards to establish policies addressing bullying in the schools. Policies must include components set out in leg...

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MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 718
Requires every public school to ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance is recited at least once a week in every student's class. Students are...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Character Education Expanded; Patriotism and Citizenship Education
S.B. 20E
Expands mandate to teach character education from elementary grades to K-12. Requires districts to develop curriculum, to be submitted to th...

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MDJoint Resolution No. 05/2002P-12Instruction to Encourage Patriotism Urged
H.J.R. 9
Urges local boards in Maryland to introduce instruction to encourage patriotism by including curriculum on or before Veterans' Day or Memori...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Instruction to Instill Patriotism
S.J.R. 2
Urges the boards of education in the state to introduce instruction to instill patriotism by developing and instituting curriculum on or bef...

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MNVetoed 05/2002P-12Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and Instruction in Civics Education and Flag Etiquette
H.B. 2598
Requires recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance one or more times each week in all public and charter schools. Requires all public and chart...

More...
NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Pledge of Allegiance
H.B. 1446
Establishes the New Hampshire School Patriot Act which requires that school districts authorize a period of time during the school day for t...

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Civic Education
H.B. 1151
Establishes a commission to examine the status of public school curriculum requirements in civic education....

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OHEligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2002P-12Character Education
H.C.R. 28
Urges citizens and civic and community leaders of Ohio to vigorously maintain and encourage positive leadership and youth character qualitie...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Youth in Government Program
H.B. 162
Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Law Institute for the support and maintenance for a program promoting you...

More...
COSigned into law 04/2002P-12Display of U.S. Flag in Public Schools
S.B. 38
Requires all public and charter schools to permanently and prominently display the U.S. flag in every academic classroom while class is in s...

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FLSigned into law 04/2002P-12Recitation of Declaration of Independence and Celebrate Freedom Week
H.B. 885
Relates to recitation of the Declaration of Independence; requires Celebrate Freedom Week to be recognized in the public schools each Septem...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Districts Encouraged to Implement Character Education Programs
H.B. 2454
Encourages school districts to establish character education programs and directing the department of education to partner with local educat...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Election Officers and Excused Absence for Election Day Served
H.B. 251
Provides that minors who are seventeen years old and who will become eighteen years old on or before the day of the regular election may ser...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Student Interns to Assist During Elections
S.B. 2383
Authorizes the appointment of student interns to assist at precincts during elections; creates the crime of multiple voting; provides for pe...

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OHSigned into law 04/2002P-12Moment of Silence
H.B. 394
Permits the board of education of a school district to provide for a period of silence each school day for reflection or meditation upon a m...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12School buses, display of flag
H.B. 1133
Makes changes to the voting and nonvoting members of the state school bus committee; requires the committee to adopt rules allowing the disp...

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KYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Excused Absence for Participation in Burial Honor Guard Program
H.B. 231
Establishes a burial honor guard program for veteran's funerals; establishes the veterans' service organization burial honor guard trust fun...

More...
MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Display of U.S. Flag and Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 2321
Display of United States flag and Pledge of Allegiance; required in all public school classrooms....

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SDSigned into law 02/2002P-12Flag and Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 94
Permits the posting or display of the United States flag and giving the pledge of allegiance within public schools in the State....

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- Civic Education--Character Education
PASigned into law 12/2002P-12Display of the Flag
H.B. 592
Requires boards of directors to ensure that schools to display the U.S. flag (private, parochial and public schools). The flag must be disp...

More...
UTAdopted 09/2002P-12Patriotic Education
R277-475
Requires Utah public schools to display the United States national motto, consistent with state law. UTAH REG 25218 (SN)...

More...
ILSigned into law 07/2002P-12High School Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 1634
Requires the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited each school day by pupils in elementary and secondary educational institutions supported or ...

More...
TNSigned into law 07/2002P-12Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 2599
Each board of education shall require the daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance in each classroom in the school system in which a
fla...

More...
CTSigned into law 06/2002P-12Bullying and Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance
H.B. 5425
Requires local and regional boards to establish policies addressing bullying in the schools. Policies must include components set out in leg...

More...
MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 718
Requires every public school to ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance is recited at least once a week in every student's class. Students are...

More...
FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Character Education Expanded; Patriotism and Citizenship Education
S.B. 20E
Expands mandate to teach character education from elementary grades to K-12. Requires districts to develop curriculum, to be submitted to th...

More...
MDJoint Resolution No. 05/2002P-12Instruction to Encourage Patriotism Urged
H.J.R. 9
Urges local boards in Maryland to introduce instruction to encourage patriotism by including curriculum on or before Veterans' Day or Memori...

More...
MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Instruction to Instill Patriotism
S.J.R. 2
Urges the boards of education in the state to introduce instruction to instill patriotism by developing and instituting curriculum on or bef...

More...
MNVetoed 05/2002P-12Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and Instruction in Civics Education and Flag Etiquette
H.B. 2598
Requires recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance one or more times each week in all public and charter schools. Requires all public and chart...

More...
NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Pledge of Allegiance
H.B. 1446
Establishes the New Hampshire School Patriot Act which requires that school districts authorize a period of time during the school day for t...

More...
NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Civic Education
H.B. 1151
Establishes a commission to examine the status of public school curriculum requirements in civic education....

More...
OHEligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2002P-12Character Education
H.C.R. 28
Urges citizens and civic and community leaders of Ohio to vigorously maintain and encourage positive leadership and youth character qualitie...

More...
ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Youth in Government Program
H.B. 162
Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Law Institute for the support and maintenance for a program promoting you...

More...
COSigned into law 04/2002P-12Display of U.S. Flag in Public Schools
S.B. 38
Requires all public and charter schools to permanently and prominently display the U.S. flag in every academic classroom while class is in s...

More...
FLSigned into law 04/2002P-12Recitation of Declaration of Independence and Celebrate Freedom Week
H.B. 885
Relates to recitation of the Declaration of Independence; requires Celebrate Freedom Week to be recognized in the public schools each Septem...

More...
IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Districts Encouraged to Implement Character Education Programs
H.B. 2454
Encourages school districts to establish character education programs and directing the department of education to partner with local educat...

More...
KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Election Officers and Excused Absence for Election Day Served
H.B. 251
Provides that minors who are seventeen years old and who will become eighteen years old on or before the day of the regular election may ser...

More...
MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Student Interns to Assist During Elections
S.B. 2383
Authorizes the appointment of student interns to assist at precincts during elections; creates the crime of multiple voting; provides for pe...

More...
OHSigned into law 04/2002P-12Moment of Silence
H.B. 394
Permits the board of education of a school district to provide for a period of silence each school day for reflection or meditation upon a m...

More...
INSigned into law 03/2002P-12School buses, display of flag
H.B. 1133
Makes changes to the voting and nonvoting members of the state school bus committee; requires the committee to adopt rules allowing the disp...

More...
KYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Excused Absence for Participation in Burial Honor Guard Program
H.B. 231
Establishes a burial honor guard program for veteran's funerals; establishes the veterans' service organization burial honor guard trust fun...

More...
MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Display of U.S. Flag and Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 2321
Display of United States flag and Pledge of Allegiance; required in all public school classrooms....

More...
SDSigned into law 02/2002P-12Flag and Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 94
Permits the posting or display of the United States flag and giving the pledge of allegiance within public schools in the State....

More...
- Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
PASigned into law 12/2002P-12Display of the Flag
H.B. 592
Requires boards of directors to ensure that schools to display the U.S. flag (private, parochial and public schools). The flag must be disp...

More...
ILSigned into law 07/2002P-12High School Recitation of Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 1634
Requires the Pledge of Allegiance to be recited each school day by pupils in elementary and secondary educational institutions supported or ...

More...
TNSigned into law 07/2002P-12Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 2599
Each board of education shall require the daily recitation of the pledge of allegiance in each classroom in the school system in which a
fla...

More...
CTSigned into law 06/2002P-12Bullying and Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance
H.B. 5425
Requires local and regional boards to establish policies addressing bullying in the schools. Policies must include components set out in leg...

More...
MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 718
Requires every public school to ensure that the Pledge of Allegiance is recited at least once a week in every student's class. Students are...

More...
MNVetoed 05/2002P-12Recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance and Instruction in Civics Education and Flag Etiquette
H.B. 2598
Requires recitation of the Pledge of Allegiance one or more times each week in all public and charter schools. Requires all public and chart...

More...
NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Pledge of Allegiance
H.B. 1446
Establishes the New Hampshire School Patriot Act which requires that school districts authorize a period of time during the school day for t...

More...
MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Display of U.S. Flag and Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 2321
Display of United States flag and Pledge of Allegiance; required in all public school classrooms....

More...
SDSigned into law 02/2002P-12Flag and Pledge of Allegiance
S.B. 94
Permits the posting or display of the United States flag and giving the pledge of allegiance within public schools in the State....

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- Class Size
FLApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Florida's Amendment to Reduce Class Size
Constitutional Amendment 9
Proposes an amendment to the State Constitution (Article IX, Section I) to require that the Legislature provide funding for sufficient class...

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- Curriculum
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Physical Education
A.B. 1793
Imposes new duties on the state department regarding physical education. Requires the department to monitor the number of hours of physical ...

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CASigned into law 09/2002Postsec.International Education
A.B. 1342
Relates to the Donahoe Higher Education Act. Encourages institutions of higher education to develop programs that support learning about oth...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Nutrition Education Curriculum
A.B. 1634
Requires the Department of Education to incorporate nutrition education curriculum content into the health curriculum framework at its next ...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Models for Ethnic Studies
A.B. 2001
Requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission within the Department of Education to identify model programs, sta...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Holocaust Curriculum
A.B. 2003
Declares the Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer and liberator testimony into the teaching of human rights, genoci...

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MASigned into law 08/2002P-12Foreign Language Instruction to Be Required in Elementary Schools
H.B. 5010
"[W]ithin five years of the effective date of this act, any foreign language classes required by the department [...] or by a school distric...

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MOSigned into law 07/2002P-12Study of Economics and Personal Finance Education in State
H.B. 1973
Requires the department to conduct a study of economics and personal finance education, to be submitted to the general assembly by January 1...

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NJSigned into law 06/2002P-12Amistad Commission
A.B. 1301
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history in public and nonpub...

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OHSigned into law 06/2002P-12Drivers' Education
H.B. 407
Transfers jurisdiction over high school drivers' education courses to the Department of Public Safety; requires school districts offering dr...

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OKVetoed 06/2002P-12Transfers, Social Studies
S.B. 701
On or before September 1, 2002, the state board must adopt rules to ensure that students who transfer into an Oklahoma school district from ...

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SCSENATE override line item veto Nos. 2. 06/2002P-12
Postsec.
School Funding
H.B. 4879
Requires funding equal to 1994-95 appropriation to be appropriated to the state department annually to offset any reduction suffered by dist...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: Articulated Acceleration Mechanisms
S.B. 20E
Adds subsection relating to Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE); sets out that public secondary school students a...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: District K-12 Foreign Language Curriculum Required
S.B. 20E
Requires every local board to create a plan for a K-12 foreign language curriculum, to be submitted to the commissioner by June 30, 2004. Se...

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HISigned into law 05/2002P-12Drivers Education Underwriters' Fee
H.B. 1730
Increases the Drivers Education Underwriters Fee to provide an additional amount to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for the ...

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KSSigned into law 05/2002P-12Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study
S.B. 9
Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa...

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OKSigned into law 05/2002P-12Improvement Plans
H.B. 2341
Relates to the Comprehensive Local School Plan; deletes certain review and submission requirements; modifies the adoption cycle for school i...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12CPR Training
S.B. 2153
Requires CPR training in either junior or senior high school, as established by State Board of Education; provides that CPR training would c...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness
H.B. 161
Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness. http://alisdb.legislature.stat...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Comprehensive Family Life Education
H.B. 1180
Defines comprehensive family life education; directs the Commissioner of Education to take action to implement K-12 comprehensive family lif...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Extended Day/Year Program Funding, Field Trip Costs, Provision of Staff Development, School Board Member and Principal Development Requirements
H.B. 494
Allows any local school district to fund extended day and -year programs for kindergarten or compulsory age students through sources other t...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12State Physical Activity Coordinator and K-9 P.E. Recommendations
S.B. 2249
Requires department employment of physical activity coordinator for grades K-12, and specifies qualifications and duties of such. Recommend...

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UTSigned into law 03/2002P-12Curriculum, Assessments
S.B. 99
Modifies provisions related to the State System of Public Education by requiring the State Board of Education to consult with teachers and p...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Family Life Education
H.B. 1206
Adds instruction in the benefits of adoption as the preferred choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy to the family life education curr...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Banking-at-School Demonstration Program
H.B. 966
Authorizes local school boards to establish a Banking-at-School Partnership Program, consisting of school banks or school credit unions on t...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Topics for Driver Education
H.B. 686
Adds organ and tissue donor awareness to the topics that must be included in instruction for driver education in public school classrooms; a...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12"Distracted" Driving
S.B. 597
Provides that the State Department of Education's standardized driver education instruction for public schools to include distracted driving...

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CASigned into law 01/2002P-12Omnibus Bill - Course of Study
A.B. 804
Commencing with the 2003–04 school year and each year thereafter, at least one course, or a combination of the two courses in mathematics re...

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- Curriculum--Arts Education
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Digital Arts Studio Partnership Demonstration Program
S.B. 1937
Enacts the Digital Arts Studio Partnership Demonstration Program Act. Requires the Arts Council to administer the Digital Arts Studio Partne...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Changes in Art Education
A.B. 2807
Makes nonsubstantive changes to the existing law that establishes the Local Arts Education Partnership Program, a program that develops a lo...

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- Curriculum--Core Curriculum
KSSigned into law 05/2002P-12Curriculum Standards Review, State School Report Card, Pupil Performance Study
S.B. 9
Requires review of curriculum standards in certain core academic areas every five instead of three years. Changes date to requires state boa...

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- Curriculum--Drivers Education
OHSigned into law 06/2002P-12Drivers' Education
H.B. 407
Transfers jurisdiction over high school drivers' education courses to the Department of Public Safety; requires school districts offering dr...

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RISigned into law 06/2002P-12Driver Education
S.B. 2172
Sets forth the curriculum requirements a driver education course must meet in order for the Board of Regents for Elementary and Secondary Ed...

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HISigned into law 05/2002P-12Drivers Education Underwriters' Fee
H.B. 1730
Increases the Drivers Education Underwriters Fee to provide an additional amount to the Department of Commerce and Consumer Affairs for the ...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Topics for Driver Education
H.B. 686
Adds organ and tissue donor awareness to the topics that must be included in instruction for driver education in public school classrooms; a...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12"Distracted" Driving
S.B. 597
Provides that the State Department of Education's standardized driver education instruction for public schools to include distracted driving...

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- Curriculum--Environmental Education
IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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- Curriculum--Family Living Education
MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Comprehensive Family Life Education
H.B. 1180
Defines comprehensive family life education; directs the Commissioner of Education to take action to implement K-12 comprehensive family lif...

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- Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
MOSigned into law 07/2002P-12Study of Economics and Personal Finance Education in State
H.B. 1973
Requires the department to conduct a study of economics and personal finance education, to be submitted to the general assembly by January 1...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Economic Education
H.J.R. 25
Directs the Department of Education to implement the recommendations of the Interim Joint Committee on Education related to economic educati...

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MISigned into law 04/2002P-12Model Financial Literacy Program
H.B. 5327
Requires Department of Education to develop and make available to schools a model financial literacy program; provides, that to the extent f...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Banking-at-School Demonstration Program
H.B. 966
Authorizes local school boards to establish a Banking-at-School Partnership Program, consisting of school banks or school credit unions on t...

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- Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
MASigned into law 08/2002P-12Foreign Language Instruction to Be Required in Elementary Schools
H.B. 5010
"[W]ithin five years of the effective date of this act, any foreign language classes required by the department [...] or by a school distric...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: District K-12 Foreign Language Curriculum Required
S.B. 20E
Requires every local board to create a plan for a K-12 foreign language curriculum, to be submitted to the commissioner by June 30, 2004. Se...

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- Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Enrichment Programs, Nutrition Education
A.B. 2024
Relates to existing law which provides incentives for schools and communities to partner together to establish after school enrichment progr...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Nutrition Education Curriculum
A.B. 1634
Requires the Department of Education to incorporate nutrition education curriculum content into the health curriculum framework at its next ...

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TNSigned into law 06/2002P-12Food Offerings
H.J.R. 646
Relates to urging primary and secondary schools to offer students more calcium rich foods and beverages in their lunch and snack bar program...

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- Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Cursive handwriting standards
S.B. 1770
States that the Legislature encourages school districts to comply with the State Board of Education's English Language and Arts Writing Arts...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Writing Assessment
H.B. 2900
Relates to comprehensive writing assessment scheduling....

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- Curriculum--Mathematics
CASigned into law 06/2002P-12Supplemental Instruction in Fresno Unified School District
A.B. 1285
Allows Fresno Unified School District to apply for a waiver from certain regulations so as to allow the district to use designated funds for...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Potential Testing in Mathematics and Science
H.B. 1306
Provides that if sufficient funding from the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is obtained, directs the Department of Education to ad...

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DESigned into law 05/2002P-12Below the Standard Score and Individual Improvement Plan for Promotion
S.B. 322
Before enactment of this legislation, this subparagraph banned any 3rd-, 5th- or 8th-grader scoring Well Below the Standard on the state rea...

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Pre-Engineering Curriculum
H.B. 1231
Establishes a pre-engineering technology curriculum in the public high schools in the state and creates a pre-engineering technology curricu...

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OKSigned into law 05/2002P-12
H.B. 2625
Allows sixth grade mathematics teachers to obtain middle level endorsement by successfully completing a professional development institute i...

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OKSigned into law 05/2002P-12Remediation in Mathematics
S.B. 1631
Narrows the requirements for remediation in grades three through eight to the subject areas of reading and mathematics....

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Board of Trustees of AL High School of Mathematics and Science
H.B. 289
Relates to the membership of the Board of Trustees of the state High School of Mathematics and Science; provides that the Assistant State Su...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Student Improvement Goals Repealed
S.B. 5823
Repeals student improvement goals provisions, includes reading and mathematic goals. http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2001-02/Senate/5800...

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CASigned into law 01/2002P-12Omnibus Bill -- Algebra Component
A.B. 804
Intensive Algebra Instruction Academies Program. A school district or charter school that maintains
grade 7 or 8, or both, may operate a pr...

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- Curriculum--Multicultural
CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Models for Ethnic Studies
A.B. 2001
Requires the Curriculum Development and Supplemental Materials Commission within the Department of Education to identify model programs, sta...

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NJSigned into law 06/2002P-12Amistad Commission
A.B. 1301
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history in public and nonpub...

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NMVetoed 02/2002P-12Indian Education Act
H.B. 28
Enacts the Indian Education Act; prescribes powers and duties. The purpose of the Indian Education Act is to: (A) ensure equitable educatio...

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- Curriculum--Physical Education
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Physical Education
A.B. 1793
Imposes new duties on the state department regarding physical education. Requires the department to monitor the number of hours of physical ...

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CAChaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 09/2002P-12Encourages school districts to provide quality physical education
S.B. 1868
Encourages school districts, to the extent resources are available, to provide quality physical education. Permits a school district or coun...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Marching Band as P.E. Credit Towards Graduation
S.B. 20E
Permits completion of one semester of marching band with grade C or better to be included as 1/2 credit of physical education graduation req...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Physical Education
S.J.R. 569
Expresses sense that each school-age child should have access to and participate in daily physical education and activity as part of educati...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness
H.B. 161
Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness. http://alisdb.legislature.stat...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12State Physical Activity Coordinator and K-9 P.E. Recommendations
S.B. 2249
Requires department employment of physical activity coordinator for grades K-12, and specifies qualifications and duties of such. Recommend...

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- Curriculum--Science
COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Potential Testing in Mathematics and Science
H.B. 1306
Provides that if sufficient funding from the federal No Child Left Behind Act of 2001 is obtained, directs the Department of Education to ad...

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Pre-Engineering Curriculum
H.B. 1231
Establishes a pre-engineering technology curriculum in the public high schools in the state and creates a pre-engineering technology curricu...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Board of Trustees of AL High School of Mathematics and Science
H.B. 289
Relates to the membership of the Board of Trustees of the state High School of Mathematics and Science; provides that the Assistant State Su...

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- Curriculum--Sex Education
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Educating Students about surrendering their child
A.B. 2817
Requires sex education courses to advise pupils of specified provisions of law relating to parents and others who voluntarily surrender phys...

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IDAdopted 03/2002P-12
Postsec.
Character-Based Sex Education
HCR 57
Stating findings of the Legislature and requesting that sexuality education in tax-supported public schools, universities and
colleges shall...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Family Life Education
H.B. 1206
Adds instruction in the benefits of adoption as the preferred choice in the event of an unwanted pregnancy to the family life education curr...

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- Curriculum--Social Studies/History
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Holocaust Curriculum
A.B. 2003
Declares the Legislature encourages the incorporation of survivor, rescuer and liberator testimony into the teaching of human rights, genoci...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Requires that social studies instruction contain instruction on World War II
A.B. 2709
Requires that social studies instruction contain instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. Expresses the Legislature's ...

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NJSigned into law 06/2002P-12Amistad Commission
A.B. 1301
Establishes the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history in public and nonpub...

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- Data-Driven Improvement
AZSigned by Governor 12/2002Postsec.
Community College
Community College Performance Measures
S.B. 1001 §14
Adjusts appropriations for various departments, including community colleges and outlines community college performance measures: Performanc...

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- Demographics--Enrollments
MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Enrollment Count Review Committee
S.B. 856
Requires department to gather a committee of interested stakeholders to examine specified issues related to enrollment counts to ensure that...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Community College
Student Withdrawal Due to Active Military Service
S.B. 1090
Requires rules and policies by district school boards, community college district boards of trustees, and university boards of trustees rela...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Various Modifications
S.B. 2259
Allows nonresident pupil's participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to a court-ordered decree or order of custody. Modifies tuit...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Proving Age of Child for School Enrollment
S.B. 2225
Specifies which documents may prove date of child's birth for purposes of enrollment in kindergarten or grade 1; is to be repealed on July 1...

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TNSigned into law 04/2002Postsec.Attending Across State Lines
S.B. 2865, HsB. 2639
Allows non-resident of county contiguous to Tennessee in another state to enroll in college or university (without tuition) despite presence...

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VASigned into law 04/2002Postsec.Foreign Student Withdrawals
H.B. 364
Directs the governing board of each public two or four year institutions of higher education to develop and implement a procedure for report...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Attending Outside the District
H.B. 4428
Relates to the counting of students in net enrollment when the transfer of students between counties is effectuated without the agreement of...

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- Desegregation
AZSigned into law 04/2002P-12Capital Outlay Revenue Limits and District Desegregation Activities
H.B. 2550
Sets limits to amount that local board may budget outside of the capital outlay revenue limit. Requires districts pursuing desegregation vol...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results
S.B. 292
Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i...

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- Economic/Workforce Development
COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Business Incentive Agreements
H.B. 1399
Increases from 4 to 10 years the maximal time period for which a district board, county or municipality may establish business incentive agr...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002Postsec.Florida Technology Development Act
S.B. 1844
An act related to economic development; creates the "Florida Technology Development Act"; provides definition, purposes and objectives for c...

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Tax Credits
H.B. 1655
Establishes a tax credit for individuals or corporations that provide a contribution that promotes the postsecondary educational attainment ...

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VASigned into law 03/2002Postsec.
Community College
Community College Offerings
S.B. 572
Requires community colleges to (i) offer non-credit courses at a time and place that meet the needs of employers and at a cost not to exceed...

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VASigned into law 03/2002Postsec.
Community College
Course Offerings
H.B. 1022
Requires community colleges maximize non-credit course offerings at a time and place that meet the needs of employers and at a cost not to e...

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- Education Research
MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Major Bill - Phonics Component
H.B. 1711
Requires districts to have reading programs for kindergarten through grade three that are based on scientific research. The programs must c...

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- Equity
INSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results
S.B. 292
Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i...

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- Federal
AKAdopted 06/2002P-12School Report
Regulations Change - 4 AAC 06.170
Amends the number of students that must be tested in order to publicly report test results from 3 to 10. http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/ad...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Summer Food Programs for Low-Income Pupils
S.B. 20E
Creates new section mandating that districts report to the department by February 1, 2004 on their participation in federal summer food serv...

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COSigned into law 04/2002P-12Homeless Education
H.B. 1181
Defines residency as it relates to homeless child. Authorizes school district to establish residency for purposes of school attendance. Auth...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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- Finance
MTRejected by voters 11/2002P-12Investment of School Trust Funds
Constitutional Amendment 39
To allow the investment of public funds, including school trust funds, in private corporate capital stock in accordance with recognized stan...

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NJTo ASSEMBLY Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT. 11/2002P-12
Postsec.
Automated Bids and Purchasing
A.B. 3009
Directs the State Treasurer to establish an automated bid access and purchasing information to be known as the Vendor Information Program to...

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UTApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Resolution on Investment of State School Fund and Uniform School Fund
Constitutional Amendment 1
Constitutional amendment to: (1) eliminate a requirement that a portion of the interest earnings of the State School Funs be retained in the...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Auditing Local Education Agencies
A.B. 2834
Requires the Comptroller to review and monitor audits of local education agencies by independent auditors. Requires local education agencies...

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GAAdopted 09/2002P-12Withholding of Funds
GAC 160-5-2-.02
Clarifies rules regarding the withholding of funds from local units of administration....

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NESigned by governor 08/2002P-12Committee Eliminations
L.B. 41B
As part of the state's budget cuts, eliminates the School Finance Review Committee and the Education Roundtable (saves approximately $20,000...

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IDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Alternative summer school programs
H.B. 687
Creates mechanism and funding for alternative summer school programs....

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CTSigned into law 06/2002P-12
Postsec.
United We Stand Tuition and Fee Waivers
S.B. 102
Requires the issuance of United We Stand commemorative number plates, most funds from which are to go to the commemorative account. Establis...

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ORRejected by Voters. 06/2002P-12Change in Fund Name
V. 3
(Ballot Measure No. 13) Proposes a Constitutional Amendment to change the name of the Education Endowment Fund to the Education Stability Fu...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Various Modifications
S.B. 2259
Allows nonresident pupil's participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to a court-ordered decree or order of custody. Modifies tuit...

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ALAct No. 03/2002P-12Bonding Authority
S.B. 517
Authorizes Public School and College Authority to sell and issue aggregate principal amount of Bonds, in addition to all other bonds previou...

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- Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Education Finance Adequacy Study Mandated
S.B. 856
Requires the department to contact with a public or private organization by June 30, 2012 to evaluate education finance adequacy issues in t...

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TNSigned into law 07/2002P-12Adequacy Study Committee
H.J.R. 1191
Creates a special joint committee to study the adequacy of funding for the Basic Education Program (BEP)....

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CASigned into law 05/2002P-12Intermediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program
S.B. 508
Modifies 1999 Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (IIUSP), which formerly required that every participating school distri...

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NHVetoed 05/2002P-12Adequacy Formula
S.B. 425
Revises the formula used to calculate the cost of an adequate education....

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MSBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2002P-12Adequate Education Program
S.B. 2969
Prescribes the State cost of the State Adequate Education Program for purposes of determining allocation to school districts in fiscal year ...

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- Finance--Bonds
AKApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Bonds to Support Education Facilities
Bonding Proposition C
State General Obligation Educational and Museum Facility, Design, Construction, and Major Maintenance Bonds $236,805,441. An Act relating t...

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CAApproved by voters 11/2002P-12
Postsec.
Kindergarten - University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2002
Proposition 47
Kindergarten - University Public Facilities Bond Act of 2002. (http://www.ss.ca.gov/elections/elections_j.htm#2002General)...

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NMApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Capital Projects General Obligation Bonds
General Obligation Bonds
Bonds B and C: Authorizes the issuance and sale of capital projects general obligation bonds for various capital expenditures including publ...

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NVRejected by voters 11/2002P-12Exemption from State Debt Limits
Ballot Question 7
The proposal to amend the Nevada Constitution would allow an exemption from the state debt limit for the improvement, acquisition or constru...

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ORApproved by voters 11/2002P-12General Obligation Bonds For Seismic Rehabilitation Of Public Education Buildings
Measure 15
(SJR 21) Amends Constitution: Authorizes State To Issue General Obligation Bonds For Seismic Rehabilitation Of Public Education Buildings (D...

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VAApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Educational Facilities
Bond Issue, Question 1
Approving general obligations bonds authorized by Chapters 827 and 859, Acts of the General Assembly of 2002 in the maximum amount of $900,4...

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Bond Issue Authorized
H.B. 1628
Authorizes a $28,500,000 General Fund bond issue to capitalize the School Revolving Renovation Fund, to provide grants to public educational...

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MISigned into law 04/2002P-12Bond Authority to Fund Deficits
H.B. 5415
Amends a section of the Revised School Code relating to a school district's bond authority to fund a deficit....

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ALAct No. 03/2002P-12Bonding Authority
S.B. 517
Authorizes Public School and College Authority to sell and issue aggregate principal amount of Bonds, in addition to all other bonds previou...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12Sales Taxes May Refund Some School Bonds
S.B. 1424
Amends existing law to authorize the pledge of state sales tax moneys for payment of refunding school bonds issued on and after March 1, 199...

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MISigned into law 03/2002P-12District Bonding/Borrowing Authority
H.B. 5414
Makes a technical amendment to the section of the Revised School Code relating to school district borrowing and bond authority....

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MISigned into law 03/2002P-12Bond Authority for Districts Housing Voc./Tech. Ed. Program
H.B. 5408
Amends the provision of law relating to the bond authority an intermediate school district in which an area vocational-technical education p...

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MISigned into law 03/2002P-12School District Bond Authority
H.B. 5407
Amends a section of the provision of law related to school district bond authority under the Revised School Code....

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MISigned into law 03/2002P-12District Bonding/Borrowing Authority
H.B. 5413
Makes a technical amendment to the Revised School Code relating to the bonding or borrowing authority of school districts....

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MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Use of Bond Funds
S.B. 2695
Relates to school board investment of surplus funds; provides they may be invested in the same manner as 16th Section funds....

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- Finance--District
MISigned into law 12/2002P-12Reimbursement of School District
S.B. 1417
Modifies state reimbursement to intermediate school districts in renaissance zones. http://www.mileg.org/documents/2001-2002/publicact/pdf/2...

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NJSigned into law 12/2002P-12Development/Redevelopment
S.B. 1878
Amends Municipal Rehabilitation and Economic Recovery Act to clarify that the legislation relates to any municipality or school district whi...

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TXAdopted 12/2002P-12Budgeting, Accounting, and Auditing 27 TEXREG 10274
19 TAC 109.41
Amends rules concerning the 'Financial Accountability System Resource Guide'. Describes rules for financial accounting such as financial rep...

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NJTo ASSEMBLY Committee on STATE GOVERNMENT. 11/2002P-12
Postsec.
Automated Bids and Purchasing
A.B. 3009
Directs the State Treasurer to establish an automated bid access and purchasing information to be known as the Vendor Information Program to...

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Personnel Policy
S.B. 20E
Removes provision mandating that school boards fully fund a 5% reserve for all instructional and administrative staff. See bill section 697,...

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MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Tobacco Tax for Education
S.B. 856
Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricte...

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AZSigned by governor 06/2002P-12Districts providing budgets for each school building.
S.B. 1118
Adjust some of the requirements that distircts provide detailed budgets for each school....

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ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12Financial Oversight Panel
H.B. 5734
Allows the Chicago Board of Education to levy a capital improvement tax; allows a Financial Oversight Panel, whose purposes are to exercise ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Permitted Expenditures from Special Funds
S.B. 1180
Permits governing board to spend surplus monies in the civic center school fund and/or community school program fund for maintenance and ope...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Funds for Operation of Schools
S.B. 20E
According to legislative summary, requires that local boards "determine the percentage of the base student allocation or other funds to be s...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Education Code Re-Write: State and Local Budget Systems, K-12 and Postsecondary
S.B. 20E
Requires state board to submit a K-20 legislative budget request annually to the governor and general assembly; requires a state board-appro...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Other Finance Changes
S.B. 20E
In funds for student transportation, shifts rule authority from commissioner to state board (see bill section 660, page 1239, line 8 ff); pe...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Finance Overhaul
S.B. 856
Requires that county board financial audit results be reported to state superintendent, county fiscal authority, and specified house and sen...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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COSigned into law 04/2002P-12Streamlining of Grant Application Process
H.B. 1053
Directs the Department of Education to standardize the applications for statutorily created education grant programs and utilize existing da...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12
Postsec.
Iowa School Taxes
H.B. 2116
Updates the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code, repealing an adjustment to net income for capital gains from installment sale...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Loans to Parish Districts
S.B. 110A
Authorizes the Zacary and Baker school boards to borrow money sufficient to meet its budget and expenditures for FY 2002-2003. http://www.le...

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NESigned into law 04/2002P-12Cash Reserves
L.B. 460
LB 460 repeals current law that restricts the annual growth rate of allowable cash reserves of school districts to 2% of the total general
f...

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VASigned into law 04/2002P-12Contingency Reserves
S.B. 604
Establishes contingency reserves as a major classification of school funds....

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- Finance--Does Money Matter?
MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Study of Effect of State Aid on Student and School Performance
S.B. 856
Requires department to evaluate the effect of increased state aid for education on student and school performance in each locla school syste...

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- Finance--Equity
MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Enrollment Count Review Committee
S.B. 856
Requires department to gather a committee of interested stakeholders to examine specified issues related to enrollment counts to ensure that...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Local Effort Assistance Program
H.B. 3011
Modifies and studies the local effort assistance program; provides that the purpose of the funds is to mitigate the effect that above averag...

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WYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Education Resource Block Grant Model
S.B. 51
Relates to school finance; modifies the education resource block grant model in response to the supreme court decision; implements recalibra...

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- Finance--Facilities
AKApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Bonds to Support Education Facilities
Bonding Proposition C
State General Obligation Educational and Museum Facility, Design, Construction, and Major Maintenance Bonds $236,805,441. An Act relating t...

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ORApproved by voters 11/2002P-12General Obligation Bonds For Seismic Rehabilitation Of Public Education Buildings
Measure 15
(SJR 21) Amends Constitution: Authorizes State To Issue General Obligation Bonds For Seismic Rehabilitation Of Public Education Buildings (D...

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CAChaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 09/2002P-12Make recommendations for energy efficent school designs
S.B. 284
Requires the Energy Resources Conservation and Development Commission, in consultation with the State Department of Education and the Divisi...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-125-Year Plan for Infrastructure
A.B. 857
Clarifies the information that is required to be included in the Governor's annual report to the Legislature concerning a 5-year plan for in...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Joint Commission work on facilities financing
A.B. 2867
Authorizes the Redevelopment Agency, the Housing Authority, the Housing Commission, the Unified School District of San Diego and the City of...

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ORApproved by voters 9/2002 09/2002P-12State Funding Amendment
Measure 19
(HJR 80 - 2002) Amends the Constitution. Creates a "rainy day" reserve fund for public schools and colleges by converting the existing Educ...

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CASigned into law 07/2002P-12Rules for Bond Elections
A.B. 693
Prohibits School Facilities Improvement District special bond election within a 45-day period before or after a Statewide election, unless c...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Lease-to-Own Facility Finance Programs
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Creates new sections permitting 1) school facilities board to acquire school facilities to permit local districts to use through a lease-to-...

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AZSigned by governor 06/2002P-12District Capital Plans
H.B. 2096
Requires districts to include in their annual capital plan the number of high school pupils the district currently pays tuition to or accept...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Deficiencies Corrections Deadlines and State Schools for Deaf and Blind
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
States that dates by which actions must be completed do not apply to the Arizona state schools for the deaf and the blind. Requires that sch...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Deficiencies Correction Fund and Building Renewal Fund
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Bars school facilities board from disbursing funds to districts from the deficiencies correction fund for projects begun after June 30, 2003...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12New School Facilities Fund and School Construction
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Establishes September 1 as deadline for districts to submit capital plan to school facilities board. Section formerly allowed district to us...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Minimum Adequate Gross Square Footage Requirements
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Makes addition to subsection forbidding local board to reduce pupil square footage when such action would cause the district to fall below m...

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MOSigned into law 06/2002Postsec.
Community College
Community College Taxes
H.B. 2022
Repeals and reenacts without change the statue that sets community college property tax rates and creates a procedure to establish capital i...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Education Facility Survey
S.B. 20E
According to state legislative summary, "To ensure that educational facilities information used by the legislature is accurate, [section] is...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Education Code Re-Write: Compliance with Florida Building Code and Charter Building Expenses
S.B. 20E
According to state legislative summary, "Clarifies that school district, community college and university facilities are to comply with the ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: School Infrastructure Thrift Program
S.B. 20E
According to legislative summary, "More school districts will qualify for awards from the school infrastructure program because [the bill sp...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Local Government/District Interlocal Agreements
S.B. 1906
Addresses facilities and local government/district collaborative efforts. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/cgi-bin/view_page.pl?Tab=session&Submen...

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HISigned into law 05/2002P-12Coordination of Public and Private Efforts
S.B. 2068
Continues 2001-02 appropriation to fund position in the department of accounting and general services to coordinate public and private effor...

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MDVetoed 05/2002P-12Aging School Program Funds; Task Force to Study Public School Facilities
H.B. 937
Establishes new allocation method for district grants under the Aging Schools Program; provides specified additional funds yearly to county ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Prince George's County Governance and Administration
H.B. 949
Establishes appointed New Prince George's County Board of Education and requirements for membership. Provides for compensation of board memb...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Finance Overhaul
S.B. 856
Requires that county board financial audit results be reported to state superintendent, county fiscal authority, and specified house and sen...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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AZSigned into law 04/2002P-12Capital Outlay Revenue Limits and District Desegregation Activities
H.B. 2550
Sets limits to amount that local board may budget outside of the capital outlay revenue limit. Requires districts pursuing desegregation vol...

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Bond Issue Authorized
H.B. 1628
Authorizes a $28,500,000 General Fund bond issue to capitalize the School Revolving Renovation Fund, to provide grants to public educational...

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NESigned into law 04/2002P-12Nebraska Schools Construction Alternative Act
L.B. 391
LB 391 is the Nebraska Schools Construction Alternatives Act. The bill allows a school district to enter into a design-build contract or con...

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NHSigned into law 04/2002P-12Indoor Air Quality, Fire Safety
H.B. 329
Establishes a committee to study indoor air quality and fire safety in public schools....

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UTSigned into law 04/2002Postsec.Secure Areas in Facilities
S.B. 164
Modifies provisions related to security procedures at State Institutions of Higher Education by allowing the State Board of Regents to autho...

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VASigned into law 04/2002P-12City-School Facilities
S.B. 276
Makes the local governing body of a locality a tenant in common with the local school board in instances where the locality has incurred a m...

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VASigned into law 04/2002P-12Satellite public education facilities
H.B. 755
Authorizes school boards to enter into agreements with private business and industry for the establishment, installation, renovation, remode...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12School Safety and Health Revolving Loan and Grant Fund
S.B. 1431
Amends existing law to extend conditions for applications to the School Safety and Health Revolving Loan and Grant Fund to include authority...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12School Abatement
S.B. 1434
Amends existing law to clarify requirements for the abatement of unsafe or unhealthy conditions in school buildings; defines a serious safet...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12Definition of Educational Facility Project Changed
H.B. 1143
Expands the definition of educational facility project for purposes of the Indiana Development Finance Authority Law to permit the authority...

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MESigned into law 03/2002P-12
H.B. 373
Removes the cap on the fees charged by the Department of Administrative and Financial Services, Bureau of General Services for services asso...

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NMSigned into law 03/2002P-12School Revenue Bond Act
H.B. 359
Enacts the School Revenue Bond Act; allows federal funds to be pledged for school revenue bonds. A local school board may issue bonds to fi...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Technology Part of Capital Projects
S.B. 6515
Relates to clarifying the uses of the school district capital projects fund to include the costs of implementing technology facilities plans...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Air Quality in New Schools
S.B. 32
Relates to air quality in new schools; requires rules to establish a process for independent radon testing, adjusting and valacing heating, ...

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WYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Capital Construction System
H.B. 43
Relates to school capital construction; establishes a school capital construction system; establishes a state school facilities commission; ...

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GASigned into law 02/2002P-12Financing Facilities
H.B. 1000
Authorizes supplementary appropriation, by issuance of general obligation bonds, to the State of Georgia General Obligation Debt Sinking Fun...

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- Finance--Funding Formulas
MISigned into law 12/2002P-12Reimbursement of School District
S.B. 1417
Modifies state reimbursement to intermediate school districts in renaissance zones. http://www.mileg.org/documents/2001-2002/publicact/pdf/2...

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GAAdopted 09/2002P-12Withholding of Funds
GAC 160-5-2-.02
Clarifies rules regarding the withholding of funds from local units of administration....

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ORApproved by voters 9/2002 09/2002P-12State Funding Amendment
Measure 19
(HJR 80 - 2002) Amends the Constitution. Creates a "rainy day" reserve fund for public schools and colleges by converting the existing Educ...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Per-Pupil Expenditure Disparities Among Districts
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Requires joint legislative budget committee staff to analyze school district cost data from FY 2000-01 before July 1, 2002 to find the avera...

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ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12NAEP Testing, School Report Cards, Parental Notification of Child Placement in Bilingual Program, Supplemental Aid to Low-Income Districts
S.B. 1983
Requires schools that are part of the sample drawn by the National Center for Education Statistics to administer the biennial State academic...

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KSSigned into law 06/2002P-12District Aid for Consolidated Districts
S.B. 551
Concerns certain school districts and the computation of state financial aid; relates to powers and duties of schools and school districts; ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Omnibus--Identification of Dually Enrolled Students
Omnibus--H.B. 2213
Mandates state board to identify students simultaneously enrolled in a course for both high school and college credit using student level da...

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CASigned into law 05/2002P-12Intermediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program
S.B. 508
Modifies 1999 Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (IIUSP), which formerly required that every participating school distri...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Finance Overhaul
S.B. 856
Requires that county board financial audit results be reported to state superintendent, county fiscal authority, and specified house and sen...

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12At-Risk Funding
S.B. 140
Modifies the formula for calculating the portion of the adequate education grant based on free and reduced-price lunches....

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SCSigned into law 05/2002P-12Revenue Transfers
H.B. 4663
Authorizes school districts and special schools to transfer up to 20 percent of revenue between programs to any instructional program with t...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12LEP Student Weighting
H.B. 2404
Provides for an additional weighting for students identified as limited English proficient of twenty- two hundredths....

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Transition to New Funding Approach
H.B. 1602
Establishes a timeline for a transition to a new school funding approach in order to provide all children with an equitable opportunity to a...

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MSBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2002P-12Adequate Education Program
S.B. 2969
Prescribes the State cost of the State Adequate Education Program for purposes of determining allocation to school districts in fiscal year ...

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NESigned into law 04/2002P-12State Aid
L.B. 898
Changes the calculation of state aid to education for 2002-03, 2003-04, and 2004-05. The bill establishes a temporary aid adjustment factor ...

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NMSigned into law 03/2002P-12At-Risk Index
S.B. 61
Changes the calculation of the at-risk index used to determine additional program units, to assist students to reach their full academic pot...

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WYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Education Resource Block Grant Model
S.B. 51
Relates to school finance; modifies the education resource block grant model in response to the supreme court decision; implements recalibra...

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OKRejected by voters 11/2002P-12Use of School District Building Funds
State Question 704 / Legislative Referendum 329
Amendment to Oklahoma Constitution (Article 10, Section 10). Property taxes are levied for school districts' building funds. Generally these...

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- Finance--Lotteries
TNApproved by voters 11/2002P-12
Postsec.
State Lottery for Education
Constitutional Amendment 1
Amendment to the Constitution (Article XI, Section 5) permitting the legislature to authorize a state lottery if the net proceeds of the lot...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Lottery Revenues for Public Education
H.B. 2011
Authorizes the Department of the Lottery to determine a variable percentage of revenue from instant lottery tickets, including on-line, that...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Lottery Funds for Education
H.B. 438
Permits the State Lottery board to expend funds to inform the public that net proceeds from the Lottery are used entirely and solely for the...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Lottery Proceeds Fund
S.B. 50
Establishes the Lottery Proceeds Fund that is authorized as of July 1, 2001, in Section 7-A of Article X of the Constitution of Virginia. Th...

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- Finance--Private Giving
FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Other Finance Changes
S.B. 20E
In funds for student transportation, shifts rule authority from commissioner to state board (see bill section 660, page 1239, line 8 ff); pe...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12
Postsec.
Uniform Management of Institutional Funds
H.B. 96
Changes the application of the Uniform Management of Educational Institutional Funds Act to "institutions" rather than "educational institut...

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- Finance--Resource Efficiency
CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Auditing Local Education Agencies
A.B. 2834
Requires the Comptroller to review and monitor audits of local education agencies by independent auditors. Requires local education agencies...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Education Code Re-Write: Office of Inspector General Established
S.B. 20E
According to a legislative summary, "The bill establishes the Office of Inspector General within the State Board of Education to be responsi...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12Guaranteed Energy Savings Contracts Law
H.B. 1158
Makes certain changes in the guaranteed energy savings contracts law used by school corporations and political subdivisions; provides that a...

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ORVetoed 03/2002P-12Use of Grant Funds
H.B. 4036B
Allows school districts and programs that receive grant funds to use funds for any educational purpose....

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- Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
AZApproved by voters 11/2002P-12
Postsec.
Community College
School and Community College District Expenditure Limitations
Proposition 104
(HCR 2002 OF 2002) Proposes a Constitutional Amendment; Relates to school and community college district expenditure limitations. Exempts f...

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LAApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Exempts Louisiana Education Quality Trust Fund from revenue reductions
Amendment 3
(ACT 1236-200, HB 507) Amends the Constitution to authorize the legislature to establish procedures determining projected deficits and budge...

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MTSigned into law 08/2002P-12Reducing the General Fund Shortfall
H.B. 3
Reduces the General Fund shortfall in revenue by implementing pay and benefit adjustments for state employees for the fiscal year ending Jun...

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MTSigned into law 08/2002P-12School Technology Fund Revenues Temporarily Eliminated
H.B. 4
Reduces the General Fund shortfall in revenue by temporarily eliminating the revenue dedicated to the School Technology Fund; includes incom...

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ORSigned into law 08/2002P-12State School Fund Transfers
H.B. 4052C
Changes Education Endowment Fund to Educational Stability Fund; allows state treasurer to divert funds from and reduce funds in accounts in ...

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MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Legislative Intent That Specified Programs Be Funded
S.B. 856
Establishes legislative intent that programs that received funding in the FY03 budget be funded in future state budgets. Programs are: Gift...

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SCSENATE override line item veto Nos. 2. 06/2002P-12
Postsec.
School Funding
H.B. 4879
Requires funding equal to 1994-95 appropriation to be appropriated to the state department annually to offset any reduction suffered by dist...

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MASigned into law 05/2002P-12Local Government Workforce Reduction
H.B. 5007
Provides for local government workforce reduction through an early retirement incentive program for qualified employees, including school em...

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NESigned into law 04/2002P-12Student Fees
L.B. 1172
LB 1172 is the Public Elementary and Secondary Student Fee Authorization Act. The act provides that a school or an educational
service unit ...

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NEGOVERNOR'S veto overridden by LEGISLATURE. 04/2002P-12State Aid
L.B. 898
LB 898's intent is to help address the budget shortfall facing Nebraska for the current biennium. LB 898 would increase the local effort rat...

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ORSigned into law 03/2002P-12Constitutional Amendement Proposal
H.B. 4032B, H.B. 4041B
Set procedures for preparation of ballot title, financial estimate, and explanatory statement for House Joint Resolution of (2002 Special Se...

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ORVetoed 03/2002P-12Use of Grant Funds
H.B. 4036B
Allows school districts and programs that receive grant funds to use funds for any educational purpose....

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ORVetoed 02/2002P-12Use of Grant Funds
H.B. 4015A
Allows school districts and programs that receive grant funds to use funds for any educational purpose....

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- Finance--Student Fees
NESigned into law 04/2002P-12Student Fees
L.B. 1172
LB 1172 is the Public Elementary and Secondary Student Fee Authorization Act. The act provides that a school or an educational
service unit ...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues
MISigned into law 12/2002P-12Reimbursement of School District
S.B. 1417
Modifies state reimbursement to intermediate school districts in renaissance zones. http://www.mileg.org/documents/2001-2002/publicact/pdf/2...

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AZApproved by voters 11/2002P-12State School Trust Land Revenues
Proposition 300
Directs earnings above the 2000-2001 level to be deposited in the classroom site fund for class size reduction, teacher raises, and other sp...

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AZApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Indian Gaming Preservation and Self-Reliance Act
Proposition 202
Directs governor to approve new tribal gaming compacts. 1% to 8% of tribes' gross income goes to the state to fund school district programs...

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GAApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Change school tax homestead exemption for those 62 or older
STATEWIDE REFERENDUM A
(2001, HB 299) Relates to homestead exemptions from school district ad valorem taxation for educational purposes for residents who are 62 ye...

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MORejected by voters 11/2002P-12Additional tobacco tax for early childhood and other programs
Proposition A
Imposes an additional tax per cigarette and other tobacco products, with the new revenues placed into a Healthy Families Trust Fund to be us...

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UTRejected by voters 11/2002P-12Revenue for Education
Citizen's Initiative 1
Initiative 1 changes Utah's regulatory and tax framework affecting the disposal and storage of radioactive waste. It provides stricter regul...

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NYSigned into law 09/2002P-12Property Taxes
S.B. 6221
Creates a special equalization formula for counties to apply to towns when determining county and school district tax apportionment which ba...

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NYSigned into law 08/2002P-12Property Tax Relief - Senior Citizens
S.B. 7532
Authorizes the legislative body of any county which is a special assessing unit to grant partial abatement of the general county tax upon re...

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ORSigned into law 08/2002P-12State School Fund Transfers
H.B. 4052C
Changes Education Endowment Fund to Educational Stability Fund; allows state treasurer to divert funds from and reduce funds in accounts in ...

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ORSigned into law 08/2002P-12Task Force
H.B. 4063C
Creates a Revenue Options, School Funding and Accountability Task Force and a an Advisory Council; directs the task force and council to stu...

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MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Tobacco Tax for Education
S.B. 856
Establishes tobacco tax as well as special fund to dedicate tobacco tax revenues for education funding. Monies are to 1) provide unrestricte...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Tax Change Resulting from Creation of Joint Education Districts
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Specifies that when districts that wish to form a joint technological education district submit question to electors of each school district...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Finance Bill - Funding Component
H.B. 1349
Amends the Public School Finance Act of 1994 to comply with section 17 of article IX of the state constitution, requires the general assembl...

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ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12Cigarette Tax and School Infrastructure Fund
H.B. 539
Amends the Cigarette Tax and the Cigarette Use Tax; increases the tax from 58 cents per pack of cigarettes to 98 cents per pack; provides fo...

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LASigned into law 06/2002P-12Income Tax Credits for Child Care and Educational Costs
H.B. 238
Revises the individual income tax credit for child care expenses and educational costs....

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MOSigned by governor 06/2002P-12Major Bill: School Funding Portion
H.B. 1711
Adds a definition of "district equalized assessed valuation" to the definitions that are used in interpreting the state school funding formu...

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MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Schools of the Future Fund
S.B. 1248
Additional revenue from miscellaneous tax revenues (e.g. unclaimed, abandoned and seized money and property) will go to the Schools of the F...

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SCSENATE override line item veto Nos. 2. 06/2002P-12
Postsec.
School Funding
H.B. 4879
Requires funding equal to 1994-95 appropriation to be appropriated to the state department annually to offset any reduction suffered by dist...

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TNBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2002P-12Property Tax Abatements
H.B. 2672
Directs the Advisory Commission on Intergovernmental Relations to study the overall effect on local public education when property taxes or ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Other Finance Changes
S.B. 20E
In funds for student transportation, shifts rule authority from commissioner to state board (see bill section 660, page 1239, line 8 ff); pe...

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IASigned into law 05/2002P-12Two percent growth
S.B. 2328
Provides for the establishment of the state 2 percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program....

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Commission on State Fiscal Structure
H.B. 1
Establishes a Commission on State's Fiscal Structure; requires the Commission to review and evaluate the State's budget and tax structure; r...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Tax to Support Prince George's County Programs
H.B. 949
Establishes sales and use tax on telecommunications service in Prince George's County. Net proceeds from the revenue must be used only as s...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Finance Overhaul
S.B. 856
Requires that county board financial audit results be reported to state superintendent, county fiscal authority, and specified house and sen...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Barbour County Tax Levy
H.B. 645
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution of Alabama; levies additional taxes, either an additional ad valorem tax or an additional ad valor...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12
Postsec.
Iowa School Taxes
H.B. 2116
Updates the Iowa Code references to the Internal Revenue Code, repealing an adjustment to net income for capital gains from installment sale...

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Tax Credits
H.B. 1655
Establishes a tax credit for individuals or corporations that provide a contribution that promotes the postsecondary educational attainment ...

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MISigned into law 04/2002P-12Bond Authority to Fund Deficits
H.B. 5415
Amends a section of the Revised School Code relating to a school district's bond authority to fund a deficit....

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ALSigned into law 03/2002P-12City of Cullman Tax Levy
H.B. 440
Authorizes the governing body of the City of Cullman to increase the rate at which there is levied and collected by the city, on all taxable...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12Sales Taxes May Refund Some School Bonds
S.B. 1424
Amends existing law to authorize the pledge of state sales tax moneys for payment of refunding school bonds issued on and after March 1, 199...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12
H.B. 680
Provides that for school districts, beginning 1/1/02, only the portion of property tax replacement received to replace property exempt from ...

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MISigned into law 03/2002P-12
H.B. 5412
Makes a technical amendment to the Revised School Code relating to a school district's annual estimates for taxes needed for such district's...

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MISigned into law 03/2002P-12Expenditure of Tax Monies
H.B. 5410
Makes a technical amendment to the provision of law relating to the expenditure of tax monies by schools under the Revised School Code....

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MIPublic Act No. 03/2002P-12
H.B. 5417
Amends a section of the Revised School Code relating to the money raised from taxes by a school district to pay for discharging the principa...

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MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Oil and Gas Severance Taxes
S.B. 2389
Relates to oil and gas severance taxes; clarify deposit of state's share of revenues into the Budget Contingency Fund and the Minimum Educat...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Local Effort Assistance Program
H.B. 3011
Modifies and studies the local effort assistance program; provides that the purpose of the funds is to mitigate the effect that above averag...

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ALSigned into law 02/2002P-12Tax Levy for Public Schools
H.B. 339
Authorizes the governing body of the City of Athens to increase the rate at which there is levied and collected, on all taxable property sit...

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SDSigned into law 02/2002P-12Excess Tax Levys
S.B. 89
Allows school board to initiate a vote relating to the imposition of an excess tax levy; declares an emergency....

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SDSigned into law 02/2002P-12Excess Tax Levy Votes
H.B. 1112
Allows school boards to initiate a vote relating to the imposition of an excess tax levy with the use of a resolution....

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CTSigned into law 06/2002P-12
Postsec.
United We Stand Tuition and Fee Waivers
S.B. 102
Requires the issuance of United We Stand commemorative number plates, most funds from which are to go to the commemorative account. Establis...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Changes to Statutes Regarding School Raffles
H.B. 2109
Relates to the regulation of games of skill or chance and raffles conducted for fundraising by charitable, religious, educational, public, c...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Proceeds of Coal Sale to Educational Organizations
H.B. 405
Provides that a mining permit is not required of a landowner if coal extraction is related to construction, and the coal or proceeds of a co...

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12
Postsec.
Maine Black Bears Scholarship Fund
H.B. 1506
Creates the Maine Black Bears Scholarship Fund for need-based scholarships to attend the University of Maine; authorizes the distribution of...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Donations to Charitable Foundations
H.B. 1201
Allows the governing body of a school corporation to donate specified sources of revenue to a charitable nonprofit community foundation if t...

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KYSigned into law 03/2002P-12
H.B. 254
Creates a special Parent-Teacher Association license plate....

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 06/2002P-12Auditor General
Omnibus--H.B. 2710
Eliminates provision in statute that requires school-wide audit team in the office of the auditor general to randomly audit each school dist...

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ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12Auditor General to Audit Educational Service Regions
S.B. 1534
Provides that the Auditor General, instead of the State Board of Education, shall annually cause an audit to be made of the financial statem...

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KSSigned into law 06/2002P-12Higher Education Coordination Act
S.B. 647
The bill specifies that the State Board of Regents will serve as the representative of the public postsecondary education system before the ...

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NYSigned into law 06/2002P-12Governance Reorganization
A.B. 11627
Reforms the governance structure of New York City schools. The new law gives the mayor control over city schools, including the power to app...

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SCSigned into law 06/2002P-12Membership of Oversight Committee
H.B. 3602
Relates to the education oversight committee, so as to add the state superintendent of education or the superintendent's designee as an ex o...

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SCSENATE override line item veto Nos. 2. 06/2002P-12
Postsec.
School Funding
H.B. 4879
Requires funding equal to 1994-95 appropriation to be appropriated to the state department annually to offset any reduction suffered by dist...

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COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Filling Vacancies on the State Board
H.B. 1245
Repeals the process for filling a vacancy on the state board; specifies that any vacancy occurring on the state board other than a vacancy o...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Education Code Re-Write: Office of Inspector General Established
S.B. 20E
According to a legislative summary, "The bill establishes the Office of Inspector General within the State Board of Education to be responsi...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: State Board to Enforce Compliance
S.B. 20E
According to a legislative summary, "The bill provides for the state board to be the entity responsible for ensuring that school districts a...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: State Board Oversight Enforcement Authority
S.B. 20E
Creates new section giving state board oversight of all public school boards and public postsecondary institution boards, gives state board ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Commissioner's Waiver Authority Eliminated
S.B. 20E (waiver authority section)
According to a legislative summary, "The bill eliminates the commissioner's waiver authority over law. However, it authorizes the commission...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Community College
Education Code Re-Write: Department Operations
S.B. 20E
According to state legislative summary: "Designates the State Board of Education as the head of the department, the Commissioner as the Exec...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Regional Educational Service Agencies
H.B. 136
Relates to services to member local school systems by regional educational service agencies; provides that a regional educational service ag...

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HIVetoed 05/2002P-12State Board Use of Attorneys
H.B. 1969
Allows the state board to employ attorneys without the attorney general's approval. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb196...

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HIVetoed 05/2002P-12Education Regions in Hawaii
S.B. 3018
Requires the establishment of an educational region commission to establish educational regions within the State on or before January 1, 200...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Membership and Rules of Education Assessment and Accountability Subcommittee
H.B. 292
Requires the membership of the Education assessment and accountability subcommittee include 4 members from each chamber, including at least ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Open Meetings Law
H.B. 270
Repeals an obsolete provision concerning the date by which the State Open Meetings Law Compliance Board shall conduct educational programs f...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement; School Attendance Officers; Task Force for Department Financial Management Practices Review
H.B. 492
Reenacts sections relating to Office of Compulsory School Attendance Enforcement and school attendance officers. Creates a Task Force to Con...

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KYSigned into law 03/2002P-12
Postsec.
Independent College Representation on State Postsecondary Council
H.B. 191
Includes a representative of the State's independent colleges and universities as a member on the Council on Postsecondary Education; requir...

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MESigned into law 03/2002P-12
S.B. 733
Creates a study group to study school administrative unit organization; provides that the group shall study the history of formation of dist...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Major Education Bill - Accountability/Standards Component
H.B. 4319
Calls for development and implementation of a system to hold schools accountable for student performance and progress toward obtaining a hig...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Major Education Bill - One Component
H.B. 4319
Brings state's Regional Education Services (RESAs) under the state board's authority allows the state superintendent to appoint their execut...

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VASigned into law 02/2002P-12
Postsec.
Regular Submission of Plans
H.B. 79
Requires the State Council of Higher Education to prepare and submit its plans and recommendations for implementing a coordinating system of...

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- Governance--School Boards
MASigned into law 12/2002P-12School Board Member Training
H.B. 783
Requires school committee members [local school board members] to complete at least 8 hours of orientation concerning their responsibilities...

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IDApproved by voters 11/2002P-12Term Limits for Elected Officials
Proposition 2
Reinstating term limits for elected state, county, municipal and school district officials through ballot access restrictions. (http://www.i...

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NJRule Adoption 11/2002P-12Complaint Procedures STATE ID: 34 NJR 3158
NJAC 6A:28-1.2, 1.9 thru 1.16
Clarifies, establishes and recodifies rules regarding complaint procedures with respect to the code of ethics for school board members. Adds...

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FLSigned into law 08/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Personnel Policy
S.B. 20E
Removes provision mandating that school boards fully fund a 5% reserve for all instructional and administrative staff. See bill section 697,...

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CAVetoed 07/2002P-12
Community College
School Board Compensation
S.B. 1308
Increases the maximum amount of compensation a county board of education, the governing board of a school district or community college dist...

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OHSigned into law 06/2002P-12Compensation for Board Members
S.B. 187
Increases the maximum compensation for members of school district boards of education and educational service center governing boards; permi...

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DESigned into law 05/2002P-12Quorums of Meetings
H.B. 218
Relates to school boards of reorganized school districts; requires quorums for a meeting to be a majority of the board members. http://www.l...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Board Members' Salaries
S.B. 20E
Abolishes statutory salary scale for local board members, and replaces with policy authorizing boards to establish own pay in public meeting...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Auditing of District Boards
S.B. 20E
Requires auditor general to conduct financial audits of the accounts and records of all local boards in counties with populations of 150,000...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Atlanta Board of Education Ethics Examination
S.R. 608
Creates the Atlanta Board of Education Charter Review Commission to undertake a study of the conditions, needs, issues and problems arising ...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12School Board Member Compensation
H.B. 1676
Changes the compensation of the members of the board of education. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/fulltext/hb1676.htm...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Insurance Benefits for Local Board Members
H.B. 1121
Authorizes local boards to pay additional costs imposed on certain members as a result of the board's decision to provide certain state heal...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Prince George's County Governance and Administration
H.B. 949
Establishes appointed New Prince George's County Board of Education and requirements for membership. Provides for compensation of board memb...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Straw Poll for Change of School Board Member Selection
S.B. 700
Requires that a question be placed on the ballot in Dorchester County at the November general election of 2002 to determine voters' attitude...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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SCSigned into law 05/2002P-12Charter School Trustees
H.B. 4419
Provides that the Department of Education must keep a record of the trustees who successfully complete an orientation program within 1 year ...

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GASigned into law 04/2002P-12Schley County Board of Education
H.B. 1748
Provides for the compensation of the members of the Schley County board of education and reimbursement of related expenses. http://www.legis...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Loans to Parish Districts
S.B. 110A
Authorizes the Zacary and Baker school boards to borrow money sufficient to meet its budget and expenditures for FY 2002-2003. http://www.le...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Terms and Compensation of Calvert County Board of Education
H.B. 267
Alters term limit on consecutive terms of a member of Calvert County Board of Education; alters the compensation received by the president o...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Date of Commencement of Board Members' Term
H.B. 1400
Requires that a member elected to the Carroll County Board of Education begin the member's term on the first Monday in December immediately ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Montgomery County Board Compensation
H.B. 706
Alters the compensation received by an elected member of the Montgomery County Board of Education; alters the additional compensation to whi...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Montgomery County Redistricting
H.B. 712
Redistricts the Board of Education districts of Montgomery County; alters compensation received by the president; does not apply to incumben...

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MEPublic Law No. 04/2002P-12Duties of Board Members and Superintendents
S.B. 791
Relates to the local governance of school administrative units; clarify that the primary role and responsibilities of school board members a...

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MISigned into law 04/2002P-12School Board Election Rules
S.B. 385
Revises the petition signature and filing fee requirements for a candidate for school board election according to population as of the most ...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Extended Day/Year Program Funding, Field Trip Costs, Provision of Staff Development, School Board Member and Principal Development Requirements
H.B. 494
Allows any local school district to fund extended day and -year programs for kindergarten or compulsory age students through sources other t...

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TNSigned into law 04/2002P-12Transfer of Employees
S.B. 2175
Provides that the Director of Schools rather than the board of education would have the authority to transfer teachers from one
position to ...

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IASigned into law 03/2002P-12Change of Number of Members or Method of Election
H.B. 2183
Relates to the authority of the board of directors of a school district to change the number of directors or the method of election of direc...

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SCVetoed 03/2002P-12Partisan School Board Elections
S.B. 933
Provides for the election of school trustees in partisan instead of nonpartisan elections beginning in 2002 and for the nomination, terms, a...

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TNSigned into law 03/2002P-12Size of School Boards
S.B. 2018
Increases maximum size of county school boards from 10 to 12 members....

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Board Member Compensation
H.B. 1141
Provides that any elected school board may pay each of its members an annual salary that is consistent with the salary procedures and no mor...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Superintendent Contracts
H.B. 434, S.B. 439
Makes the implementation of any superintendent resignation, retirement, or other financial package and contract negotiation or renegotiation...

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IDSigned into law 02/2002P-12Term Limit Repeal for School Board Members
H.B. 425
Repeals Idaho's term limit law for federal, statewide elected executive officials, legislators, school district trustees and city and county...

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SDSigned into law 02/2002P-12Size of School Boards
S.B. 57
Allows districts to modify the size of board of directors....

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ALSigned into law 01/2002P-12Birmingham Board of Education
H.B. 135
Provides for the election and operation of the Birmingham City Board of Education; provides for the election of the initial members of the b...

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MASigned into law 01/2002P-12Compensation of School Board Members
H.B. 3071
Relates to the finances of regional school committees. Modifies language regarding the compensation of school board members. Regional scho...

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- Governance--School Boards--Training
MASigned into law 12/2002P-12School Board Member Training
H.B. 783
Requires school committee members [local school board members] to complete at least 8 hours of orientation concerning their responsibilities...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Extended Day/Year Program Funding, Field Trip Costs, Provision of Staff Development, School Board Member and Principal Development Requirements
H.B. 494
Allows any local school district to fund extended day and -year programs for kindergarten or compulsory age students through sources other t...

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- Governance--Site-Based Management
MASigned into law 08/2002P-12Parent Advisory Councils for Parents of English Language Learners
H.B. 5010
Establishes in each district serving at least 50 students in English language learners program a parent advisory council comprised of parent...

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FLSigned into law 04/2002P-12School Advisory Council Bylaws
H.B. 1661
Requires school advisory councils to adopt bylaws that are subject to approval by the district school board; requires that the bylaws includ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Principal Hiring by School Councils
H.B. 55
Allows building principal applicants considered by school-based decision making councils until September 15 to provide evidence that they ar...

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UTSigned into law 03/2002P-12School Community Councils
S.B. 167
Specifies the duties, powers, and membership of a school community council and establishes a process for the selection of council members. ...

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- Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
COSigned into law 05/2002P-12Filling Vacancies on the State Board
H.B. 1245
Repeals the process for filling a vacancy on the state board; specifies that any vacancy occurring on the state board other than a vacancy o...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Specific Powers of State Board of Education
S.B. 20E
This bill, which rewrites the Florida Education Code, modifies the specific powers of the State Board of Education and modifies language rel...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Education Code Re-Write: Office of Inspector General Established
S.B. 20E
According to a legislative summary, "The bill establishes the Office of Inspector General within the State Board of Education to be responsi...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: State Board to Enforce Compliance
S.B. 20E
According to a legislative summary, "The bill provides for the state board to be the entity responsible for ensuring that school districts a...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: State Board Oversight Enforcement Authority
S.B. 20E
Creates new section giving state board oversight of all public school boards and public postsecondary institution boards, gives state board ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Commissioner's Waiver Authority Eliminated
S.B. 20E (waiver authority section)
According to a legislative summary, "The bill eliminates the commissioner's waiver authority over law. However, it authorizes the commission...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Community College
Education Code Re-Write: Department Operations
S.B. 20E
According to state legislative summary: "Designates the State Board of Education as the head of the department, the Commissioner as the Exec...

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HIVetoed 05/2002P-12State Board Use of Attorneys
H.B. 1969
Allows the state board to employ attorneys without the attorney general's approval. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/hb196...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Designee of State Superintendent May Serve on Certain Boards
S.B. 2283
Authorizes the State Superintendent of Education to designate an appropriate individual to serve in his place on certain State boards and co...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Major Education Bill - One Component
H.B. 4319
Brings state's Regional Education Services (RESAs) under the state board's authority allows the state superintendent to appoint their execut...

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OHSigned into law 02/2002P-12Redistricting Adjustments: State Board
S.B. 192
Abolishes the requirement that the State Board of Education be dissolved and recreated following the creation of new State Board of Educatio...

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- Health
NJSigned into law 12/2002P-12Integrated Pest Management Act
S.B. 137
Creates the School Integrated Pest Management Act; implements a policy for integrated pest management in public, private and charter schools...

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PASigned into law 12/2002P-12School Cafeterias
H.B. 2350
Amends the Public Eating and Drinking Place Code. Provides for health and safety inspections of school cafeterias and for training related t...

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UTAdopted 12/2002P-12Medical Recommendations by School Personnel to Parents
R277-611
Establishes rules to clarify for school personnel, parents, and guardians the recommendations or directions that school personnel may make o...

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NJAdopted 11/2002P-12Prohibition of Smoking on School Grounds STATE ID: 34 NJR 3157
NJAC 6A:16-1.3, 3.1
Clarifies rules regarding the prohibition of smoking or the use of any other tobacco product on school grounds. Adds a definition of school ...

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ORAdopted 11/2002P-12Form and Protocol for Physical Exams
OAC 581-021-0041
Adopts the form and protocol for physical exams to be required of all students participating in sports. Directs the Department to consult wi...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Brain and Spinal Cord Injury Prevention Curricula
A.B. 2668
Requires the California Healthy Kids Resource Center, in consultation with the state department of education, and contingent upon receipt of...

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CASigned into law 08/2002P-12Smoking Rules
A.B. 1867
Increases the fine and would expand the prohibited smoking and tobacco product disposal area to within 25 feet of a playground or a tot lot ...

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CASigned into law 08/2002P-12The Use of Sunscreen at School
S.B. 1632
Requires every schoolsite to allow pupils to use sunscreen during the school day without a physician's note or prescription and authorizes s...

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MASigned into law 08/2002P-12Students with Asthma May Possess and Use Prescription Inhalers
H.B. 4411
Forbids school districts from prohibiting students with asthma or other respiratory diseases from possessing and administering prescription ...

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NJSigned into law 08/2002Postsec.Hepatitis B
A.B. 1888
Requires hepatitis B vaccinations for full-time students at institutions of higher education....

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OKSigned into law 08/2002P-12School Nurses
H.B. 2162
Creates the Certified School Professional Nurse Staff Task Force to identify strategies to enhance recruitment and retention of certified sc...

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ILSigned into law 07/2002P-12Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 3744
Relates to psychotropic and psychostimulant drugs. Requires a school board to adopt and implement a policy that prohibits any disciplinary ...

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NYSigned into law 07/2002P-12Children's Medications
S.B. 7746
Validates certain practices sanctioned by regulations, but not necessarily Title VIII of the Education Law, regarding the administration of ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2002P-12Emergency Medical Information Form for Bus Drivers and EMTs
H.B. 5939
Amends the School Code; provides that school districts are encouraged to create and use an emergency medical information form for bus driver...

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OHSigned into law 06/2002P-12Heimlich Maneuver
H.B. 384
Requires public and nonpublic school to have an employee trained in the performance of the Heimlich maneuver present during periods of food ...

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PATo governor 06/2002Postsec.Vaccinations
S.B. 955
Provides for vaccination against meningococcal disease for students at institutions of higher education. Provides exemption if a waiver is s...

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RITo governor 06/2002P-12I.D. Cards
H.B. 7176
Adds evidence of immunization to the Intra-state education Identification card for each child. This act takes effect upon passage....

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RITo governor 06/2002P-12Pesticide Applications
S.B. 2465
This act would establish the conditions under which pesticide applications would occur at schools, pre- schools and child care centers and w...

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SCAct No. 06/2002P-12Vaccinations, Meningitis
H.B. 5133
Requires public institutions of higher learning to notify incoming students, or their parents, of the risk of contracting Meningococcal Dise...

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TNSigned into law 06/2002P-12Food Offerings
H.J.R. 646
Relates to urging primary and secondary schools to offer students more calcium rich foods and beverages in their lunch and snack bar program...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Duties of Auditor General
H.B. 2347
Withdraws Auditor General's mandate to evaluate the Healthy Families and family literacy program; moves responsibility for family group deci...

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CTSigned into law 05/2002P-12Colocation of Family Resource Centers and School-Based Health Clinics
H.B. 5179
Mandates that the Commissioner of Education and Public Health create plan for the colocation where possible of family resource centers and s...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Self-Administration of Asthma Medication
S.B. 472
Requires local boards to adopt a policy authorizing the self-administration of asthma medication by a student who has asthma, provided that ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Special Needs Children and the State School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council
H.B. 1386
Renames State Coordinating Countil for Residential Placement of Handicapped Children as State Coordinating Council for Children. Adds Maryl...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Asthma Control Program and School Personnel Asthma Training
H.B. 420
Creates an Asthma Control Program in the Department of Health and Mental Hygiene; requires the Secretary to adopt regulations to implement t...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council
H.B. 1163
Codifies the School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council; provides for membership, chairman, purpose, duties; provides for creation w...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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NYSigned into law 05/2002P-12Defibrillators
A.B. 10577, A.B. 8779
Relates to requiring school districts, boards of cooperative educational services, county vocational education and extension boards and char...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12CPR Training
S.B. 2153
Requires CPR training in either junior or senior high school, as established by State Board of Education; provides that CPR training would c...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Physical Education
S.J.R. 569
Expresses sense that each school-age child should have access to and participate in daily physical education and activity as part of educati...

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ALSigned into law 04/2002P-12Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness
H.B. 161
Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the Governor's Commission on Physical Fitness. http://alisdb.legislature.stat...

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AZSigned into law 04/2002P-12Emergency Aid
S.B. 1190
Relates to emergency aid; provides that a health care provider licensed or certified pursuant to title 32 who agrees with any person or scho...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Numerous Program Changes
H.B. 2515
Adds one nonvoting student member to state board, making total board membership 10, provides for application process and appointment of stud...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Vision Screening of Young Children
S.B. 207
Vision screening examinations must be performed and submitted to the public school, public preschool, or Head Start program a child enters b...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Education School Nurse Consultant
H.B. 126
Establishes a full-time position of education school nurse consultant within the Department of Education; specifies data collection and repo...

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LASigned into law 04/2002P-12Immunization Tracking Registry
H.B. 91A
In section relating to immunization tracking registry, states that parental consent is to be considered general consent given for treatment ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program
H.B. 1409
Repeals the termination date of the Meals for Achievement In-Classroom Breakfast Program; requires the Department of Education to evaluate t...

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Child Immunization
H.B. 1624
Resolve authorizing emergency adoption of legislation regarding immunization of children. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/billdocs/LD21...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12State Physical Activity Coordinator and K-9 P.E. Recommendations
S.B. 2249
Requires department employment of physical activity coordinator for grades K-12, and specifies qualifications and duties of such. Recommend...

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WASigned into law 04/2002P-12Children with Diabetes
S.B. 6641
Relates to accommodating children with diabetes in schools; requires that an individual health plan for each diabetic child, parental signed...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12Indoor School Air Quality
S.B. 407
Requires the state department of health to establish an indoor air quality in schools program, and to inspect the air quality of schools ann...

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INSigned into law 03/2002Postsec.University students must be immunized for meningococcal disease
H.B. 1161
Provides that a student, before enrolling in a residential campus at a public university, must be immunized for meningococcal disease or qua...

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KSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Pupil Health tests and Inoculations
H.B. 2809
Concerns public health departments; relates to tests and inoculations for pupils enrolling in schools; provides that a county, city-county o...

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KYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Students May Self-Administer Asthma Medication
H.B. 353
Permits public and private school students to self- administered asthma medications when the school receives written authorization from the ...

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MIPublic Act No. 03/2002P-12Procedures for Medication Administration by Nonmedical Personnel
H.B. 4672
Requires the Department of Health to review all current procedures for the administration of medications to students in schools by nonmedica...

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UTVetoed 03/2002P-12Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 123
Prohibits school personnel from making certain medical recommendations for a child, including the use of psychotropic drugs; provides crimin...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Smoking Prohibition
H.B. 939
Prohibits smoking in the interior of any public elementary, intermediate, and secondary school; areas within 50 feet of any such building en...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Medication or Treatment Orders
H.B. 2834
Requires a medication or treatment order as a condition for children with life-threatening conditions to attend public schools; defines medi...

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WVSigned into law 03/2002P-12Air Quality in New Schools
S.B. 32
Relates to air quality in new schools; requires rules to establish a process for independent radon testing, adjusting and valacing heating, ...

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VASigned into law 02/2002P-12Psychotropic Drugs
H.B. 90
Requires local school boards to develop and implement policies prohibiting certain school personnel from recommending the use of a psychotro...

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- Health--Child Abuse
CTSigned into law 05/2002P-12Sexual Abuse of Minors and Child Abuse and Teacher Records
H.B. 5680
Lengthens statutes of limitations in cases of sexual abuse, sexual exploitation or sexual assault of a minor to 30 years from date of victim...

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- Health--Mental Health
MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12Titles Used by School Psychologists
H.B. 1302
Relates to school psychologists; clarifies that persons under contract with school districts to perform psychological services may use the s...

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- Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Special Needs Children and the State School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council
H.B. 1386
Renames State Coordinating Countil for Residential Placement of Handicapped Children as State Coordinating Council for Children. Adds Maryl...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council
H.B. 1163
Codifies the School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council; provides for membership, chairman, purpose, duties; provides for creation w...

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- High School
MSRule Adoption 12/2002P-12Graduation Requirements
MS ADC 36 000 001, Graduation Requirements, Code IHF-2
The section is revised to read as follows: "Policies for Subject Area Testing
• Students will not be required to pass any end-of-course Subj...

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UTAdopted 12/2002P-12Secondary School Completion and Diplomas
R277-705
Amends rules to add the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (UBSCT) as a requirement for high school diplomas and provides for differentiated ...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Develop a reform and redesign plan for their high school systems to raise pupil achievement
A.B. 2531
Establishes the High School Pupil Success Act to provide grants and consultation to school districts with high schools, pursuant to a reques...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Readily-Available Course Lists
S.B. 1339
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to advise school districts that maintain high schools about the importance of making readi...

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CAChaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 07/2002P-12High school equivalency test fee
A.B. 2310
Requires that a fee for applications for the high school equivalency test be submitted when registering for the test; requires that each sco...

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DESigned into law 07/2002P-12Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association
H.B. 475
Creates a Delaware Interscholastic Athletic Association to implement rules and regulations governing interscholastic sports in secondary and...

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CASigned into law 06/2002P-12Extra Grade Weighting Limited
A.B. 2657
Establishes a 4-year implementation schedule for existing law which prohibits a school district, when calculating a pupil's grade point aver...

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MOSigned into law 06/2002P-12Honorary High School Diplomas to Civilian POWs
H.B. 1515
Revises section awarding honorary high school diplomas to certain veterans to include residents or former residents who were civilian prison...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Marching Band as P.E. Credit Towards Graduation
S.B. 20E
Permits completion of one semester of marching band with grade C or better to be included as 1/2 credit of physical education graduation req...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Standard High School Diploma to Certain GED Recipients
S.B. 20E
Mandates the state board to adopt rules permitting any GED recipient who meets certain criteria to be awarded a standard high school diploma...

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GASigned into law 05/2002P-12Diplomas for Veterans of Korea and Vietnam Conflicts
H.B. 1068
Provides that each local board of education shall issue high school diplomas to certain veterans who failed to receive diplomas due to an in...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Prince George's County Governance and Administration
H.B. 949
Establishes appointed New Prince George's County Board of Education and requirements for membership. Provides for compensation of board memb...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Diplomas for Honorably Discharged Korean Conflict Veterans
H.B. 218
Allows honorably discharged veterans of the Korean Conflict to obtain a high school diploma by applying to the county board where the indivi...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12Diplomas for Honorably Discharged WWII Veterans
H.B. 45
Directs the local board of education to award high school diplomas to honorably discharged veterans of World War II who were enrolled in, bu...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Duties of Board in GED Program Administration
S.B. 2626
Clarifies the duties of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges in the administration of General Educational Development (GED) Tes...

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OKSigned into law 04/2002P-12High School Graduation Requirements
H.B. 2886
Modifies high school graduation requirements; adds certain courses which count for the core curriculum requirements; modifies credit grantin...

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KYSigned into law 03/2002P-12
H.B. 110
Requires high schools to provide access to campuses and to student directory information for official recruiting representatives of various ...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Electives for High School Graduation
H.B. 1277
Directs the state board of education to provide that the requirements for the standard high school diploma must include at least two sequent...

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WYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Graduation Standards
S.B. 56
Requires state board to set proficiency standards. Modifies requirements for graduation; imposes different types of student proficiency wit...

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VASigned into law 02/2002P-12Career/Academic Combinations
H.B. 334
Clarifies that school boards may operate comprehensive schools offering all-day academic programs and career and technical education as join...

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SCSENATE override line item veto Nos. 2. 06/2002P-12
Postsec.
School Funding
H.B. 4879
Requires funding equal to 1994-95 appropriation to be appropriated to the state department annually to offset any reduction suffered by dist...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: Articulated Acceleration Mechanisms
S.B. 20E
Adds subsection relating to Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE); sets out that public secondary school students a...

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KYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Advanced Placement Courses and the Kentucky Virtual High School
S.B. 74
Relates to college preparatory educational programs; requires the Kentucky Department of Education to develop a core advanced placement curr...

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- High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Omnibus--Identification of Dually Enrolled Students
Omnibus--H.B. 2213
Mandates state board to identify students simultaneously enrolled in a course for both high school and college credit using student level da...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: Articulated Acceleration Mechanisms
S.B. 20E
Adds subsection relating to Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE); sets out that public secondary school students a...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Florida Scholarship Programs
S.B. 20E
According to legislative summary, "The bill deletes a provision that penalizes a student for using part of Bright Futures eligibility if the...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Community College
Education Code Re-Write: Provision of Home Schooling Materials by Community Colleges
S.B. 20E
Explicitly states that community colleges may, free of charge, provide instructional materials to home-schooling students or private-school ...

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IASigned into law 04/2002P-12Various Modifications
S.B. 2259
Allows nonresident pupil's participation in extracurricular activities pursuant to a court-ordered decree or order of custody. Modifies tuit...

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IDSigned into law 03/2002P-12
H.B. 535
Relates to dually enrolled students to clarify what constitutes demonstration of academic proficiency to establish eligibility for a non-pub...

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MSVetoed 03/2002P-12
Community College
Minimum Requirements for Dual Enrollment Participation
S.B. 2622
Certain minimum standardized test requirements for participation in the community college and junior college dual enrollment program....

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MSSigned into law 03/2002P-12
Community College
ACT Score Not Required for Dual Enrollment
H.B. 1539
Relates to Community colleges; deletes the ACT score requirement for dual enrollment of high school students....

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WVSigned into law 03/2002Postsec.Credit for Services Performed, Dual Enrollment
H.B. 4362
Each governing board is required to establish and implement a policy through which college students obtain credit toward graduation for serv...

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- High School--Exit Exams
AKAdopted 12/2002P-12High School Graduation Examinations
4 AAC 06.755
Requires every sophomore to take the high school graduation exam. Juniors who have failed must be retested at least once each school year o...

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MSRule Adoption 12/2002P-12Graduation Requirements
MS ADC 36 000 001, Graduation Requirements, Code IHF-2
The section is revised to read as follows: "Policies for Subject Area Testing
• Students will not be required to pass any end-of-course Subj...

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ALAdopted 10/2002P-12Student Assessment Required for Alabama High School
AAC 290-4-2-.02
Establishes rules amending the current rule by delaying implementation of the social studies subject- area test of the Alabama High School G...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Longitudinal Achievement Data
S.B. 1453
Requires the State Department of Education to contract for the development or proposals that will provide for the retention and analysis of ...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Exit Exam Prep Class
A.B. 1794
Authorizes a school district that offers adult education to offer a program, course, or class of supplemental instruction in preparation for...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Data on Exam Failure Rates
S.B. 1408
Requires the governing board of each school district that grants a diploma of graduation from high school annually to compile the number of ...

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CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Changes/Clarifications in the exit exam system
S.B. 1476
Provides that language arts, with respect to the high school exit exam, refers to English language arts. Requires a school principal, to sub...

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CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Alternate assessments for exit examination for individuals with disabilities
A.B. 2600
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the advisory committee established by this bill to develop guidelines regarding the me...

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UTSigned into law 07/2002P-12Status of 10th Grade Competency Test
H.B. 5007E
Modifies the State System of Public Education by extending for one year the pilot status of the tenth grade basic skills competency test....

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FLSigned into law 06/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Assessment Cutoff Scores, Accommodations
S.B. 20E
Grandfathers in the scores of 10th-graders who took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in spring 2001. Requires that when stat...

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TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Exit Exam
H.B. 2897
Makes the single exit exam prior to high school graduation optional instead of mandatory; requires results be shared with legislative oversi...

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VASigned into law 04/2002P-12Standard Diploma for "Transition" Students
S.B. 609
Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for local school boards to award verified units of credit for a standard diploma for "t...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Industry Certification
S.B. 477
Authorizes the Board of Education to substitute industry certification and State licensure examinations for Standards of Learning assessment...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Diploma Requirements
H.B. 493, S.B. 609
Directs the Board of Education to develop guidelines for local school boards to award verified units of credit for a standard diploma for tr...

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- High School--GED (General Education Development)
FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Standard High School Diploma to Certain GED Recipients
S.B. 20E
Mandates the state board to adopt rules permitting any GED recipient who meets certain criteria to be awarded a standard high school diploma...

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MDSigned into law 04/2002P-12Need- and Performance-Based Adult Education Grants
S.B. 737
Requires the department of education to distribute need- and performance-based grants for adult education. Adult education and -literacy gr...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Duties of Board in GED Program Administration
S.B. 2626
Clarifies the duties of the State Board for Community and Junior Colleges in the administration of General Educational Development (GED) Tes...

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- High School--Graduation Requirements
FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Marching Band as P.E. Credit Towards Graduation
S.B. 20E
Permits completion of one semester of marching band with grade C or better to be included as 1/2 credit of physical education graduation req...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Standard High School Diploma to Certain GED Recipients
S.B. 20E
Mandates the state board to adopt rules permitting any GED recipient who meets certain criteria to be awarded a standard high school diploma...

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OKSigned into law 04/2002P-12High School Graduation Requirements
H.B. 2886
Modifies high school graduation requirements; adds certain courses which count for the core curriculum requirements; modifies credit grantin...

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WYSigned into law 03/2002P-12Graduation Standards
S.B. 56
Requires state board to set proficiency standards. Modifies requirements for graduation; imposes different types of student proficiency wit...

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CASigned into law 01/2002P-12Omnibus Bill - Course of Study
A.B. 804
Commencing with the 2003–04 school year and each year thereafter, at least one course, or a combination of the two courses in mathematics re...

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- High School--International Baccalaureate
FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: Articulated Acceleration Mechanisms
S.B. 20E
Adds subsection relating to Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE); sets out that public secondary school students a...

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- Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
CASigned into law 06/2002P-12Extra Grade Weighting Limited
A.B. 2657
Establishes a 4-year implementation schedule for existing law which prohibits a school district, when calculating a pupil's grade point aver...

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- Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Private Schools and Home Education
S.B. 20E
Creates Office of Private Schools and Home Education. New section defines home education program and private school. Inserts "directory" lan...

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NHSigned into law 05/2002P-12Activities for Homeschooled Students
H.B. 631
Provides that home schooled pupils shall have access to curricular courses or cocurricular programs offered by the school district in which ...

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- Instructional Approaches--Official English
HIVetoed 06/2002P-12Hawaii Commission on Language Access
S.B. 2568
Establishes a commission on language access. Requires the commission to develop and implement systems by which limited English speaking pers...

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IASigned into law 03/2002P-12Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act of 2001
S.B. 165
Enacts the Iowa English Language Reaffirmation Act of 2001; declares that English is the official language of the state ; requires all state...

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- Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping
INSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results
S.B. 292
Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i...

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- Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
MIRejected by voters 11/2002P-12Reallocation of tobacco settlement revenue
Proposal 02-4
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to reallocate tobacco settlement revenue on a permanent annual basis funding to certain entities, ...

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NYSigned into law 07/2002P-12Coordinated Services
S.B. 7516
Establishes a coordinated children's services initiative for children with emotional and/or behavioral disorders, within the council on chil...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Pilot Cooperative Special Education Program
H.B. 2702
Establishes three-year pilot project for cooperative programs for low incidence pupils. Establishes an advisory committee to assist in estab...

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CTSigned into law 05/2002P-12Colocation of Family Resource Centers and School-Based Health Clinics
H.B. 5179
Mandates that the Commissioner of Education and Public Health create plan for the colocation where possible of family resource centers and s...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Special Needs Children and the State School-Based Health Center Policy Advisory Council
H.B. 1386
Renames State Coordinating Countil for Residential Placement of Handicapped Children as State Coordinating Council for Children. Adds Maryl...

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INSigned into law 03/2002P-12
Postsec.
Interagency Task Force
S.B. 290
Requires the Director of the Division of Special Education to coordinate an interagency task force to review services and funding sources av...

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- International Benchmarking
FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12
Postsec.
Education Code Re-Write: Articulated Acceleration Mechanisms
S.B. 20E
Adds subsection relating to Advanced International Certificate of Education Program (AICE); sets out that public secondary school students a...

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KYSigned into law 04/2002P-12International Education Encouraged
S.C.R. 142
Urges the Board of Education to encourage educators, students and education policymakers to participate in international educational exchang...

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MESigned into law 04/2002P-12Seeds of Peace International Camp
H.B. 1434
Appropriates one-time funds for student scholarships to the Seeds of Peace International Camp. http://janus.state.me.us/legis/bills/billdocs...

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- Leadership
NYVetoed 12/2002P-12Salary Caps
A.B. 7535
Adjusts the salary cap for district superintendents appointed by a board of cooperative educational services to 98% of the Education Commiss...

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HISigned into law 07/2002P-12Licensing of Administrators
S.B. 2270
Implements a study pertaining to licensing of educational administrators; takes the foundational steps towards establishing an independent b...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Teacher in Residence Programs
H.B. 1300
Permits individual to be employed as a resident teacher (emergency certified) in special education for three years. Beginning in the 2003-04...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Performance-Based Principal Preparation Programs
S.B. 152
Requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to approve a plan by July 1, 2003 for establishing the program requirements for princip...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Duties and Powers of County Superintendent
H.B. 2284
Designates the office of county school superintendent as a local education service agency that is eligible to provide programs to school dis...

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Personnel Nominations
S.B. 20E
Allows school boards more time to decide on personnel nominations when the Legislature adjourns before May 31....

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FLSigned into law 05/2002P-12Education Code Re-Write: Hiring of Uncertified Principals
S.B. 20E
Permits local boards to hire principals lacking educator certification, as long as the board provides alternative certification for the prin...

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IASigned into law 05/2002P-12Teacher Induction, Evaluation, Early Retirement Incentives, Administrator Preparation and Certification, Minimum Teacher Salary Requirements, Statewide Career Path Pilot Program
H.B. 2549
Requires state board to establish standards for district and area education agency career development programs and for individual teacher ca...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Prince George's County Governance and Administration
H.B. 949
Establishes appointed New Prince George's County Board of Education and requirements for membership. Provides for compensation of board memb...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Principal Training Pilot Program
H.B. 7
Establishes the Principal Training Pilot Program; requires that the State Board of Education award incentive funding under the program to pr...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Nontraditional Teacher Education, Certification, Inservice and Mentoring; Transitional Bilingual Teacher Certification; Qualifications of Nontraditional Administrator Certification Candidates
S.B. 2370
Establishes requirements for nontraditional teacher preparation and licensure through the Teach Mississippi Institute (TMI), as well as ment...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Extended Day/Year Program Funding, Field Trip Costs, Provision of Staff Development, School Board Member and Principal Development Requirements
H.B. 494
Allows any local school district to fund extended day and -year programs for kindergarten or compulsory age students through sources other t...

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TNSigned into law 04/2002P-12Transfer of Employees
S.B. 2175
Provides that the Director of Schools rather than the board of education would have the authority to transfer teachers from one
position to ...

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MESigned into law 03/2002P-12Teacher and Administrator Certification Changes
H.B. 1517
Amends the laws regarding the certification for school administrators and teachers by incorporating performance standards for provisional te...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Superintendent Contracts
H.B. 434, S.B. 439
Makes the implementation of any superintendent resignation, retirement, or other financial package and contract negotiation or renegotiation...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Administrator Qualifications
H.B. 2415
Public school principals and vice principals must hold or have held either valid teacher certificates or valid educational staff associate c...

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AZSigned into law 05/2002P-12Duties and Powers of County Superintendent
H.B. 2284
Designates the office of county school superintendent as a local education service agency that is eligible to provide programs to school dis...

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MEPublic Law No. 04/2002P-12Duties of Board Members and Superintendents
S.B. 791
Relates to the local governance of school administrative units; clarify that the primary role and responsibilities of school board members a...

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TNSigned into law 04/2002P-12Transfer of Employees
S.B. 2175
Provides that the Director of Schools rather than the board of education would have the authority to transfer teachers from one
position to ...

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VASigned into law 03/2002P-12Superintendent Contracts
H.B. 434, S.B. 439
Makes the implementation of any superintendent resignation, retirement, or other financial package and contract negotiation or renegotiation...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
HISigned into law 07/2002P-12Licensing of Administrators
S.B. 2270
Implements a study pertaining to licensing of educational administrators; takes the foundational steps towards establishing an independent b...

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COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Teacher in Residence Programs
H.B. 1300
Permits individual to be employed as a resident teacher (emergency certified) in special education for three years. Beginning in the 2003-04...

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IASigned into law 05/2002P-12Teacher Induction, Evaluation, Early Retirement Incentives, Administrator Preparation and Certification, Minimum Teacher Salary Requirements, Statewide Career Path Pilot Program
H.B. 2549
Requires state board to establish standards for district and area education agency career development programs and for individual teacher ca...

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WASigned into law 03/2002P-12Administrator Qualifications
H.B. 2415
Public school principals and vice principals must hold or have held either valid teacher certificates or valid educational staff associate c...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
NYVetoed 12/2002P-12Salary Caps
A.B. 7535
Adjusts the salary cap for district superintendents appointed by a board of cooperative educational services to 98% of the Education Commiss...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
COSigned into law 06/2002P-12Performance-Based Principal Preparation Programs
S.B. 152
Requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to approve a plan by July 1, 2003 for establishing the program requirements for princip...

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IASigned into law 05/2002P-12Teacher Induction, Evaluation, Early Retirement Incentives, Administrator Preparation and Certification, Minimum Teacher Salary Requirements, Statewide Career Path Pilot Program
H.B. 2549
Requires state board to establish standards for district and area education agency career development programs and for individual teacher ca...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Baltimore School Board and CEO Requirements, District Bonding, Baltimore Principal Development Program, Environmental Hazards
H.B. 853
Increases maximum of aggregate principal amount of bonds outstanding that Baltimore district may hold from $25 million to $75 million. Requi...

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MSSigned into law 04/2002P-12Extended Day/Year Program Funding, Field Trip Costs, Provision of Staff Development, School Board Member and Principal Development Requirements
H.B. 494
Allows any local school district to fund extended day and -year programs for kindergarten or compulsory age students through sources other t...

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- Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention
CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Creates the Superintendent Training Program
A.B. 2540
Creates the Superintendent Training Program for the training of county and school district superintendents, upon application....

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- Middle School
NCSigned into law 09/2002P-12
Community College
Sections Pertaining to Dropout Data, Dropout Retention, Teacher Quality
S.B. 1275
Directs the state board to improve the state's tracking of dropout data; encourages the concurrent enrollment of state technical high school...

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MDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Development of Middle School Teacher Certification
H.B. 661
Requires that the department and Professional Standards in Teaching Education Board develop a certificate for middle school teachers. http:/...

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CTSigned into law 06/2002P-12Gear Up for CT Futures Account
H.B. 5498
Allows the Board of Governors of Higher Education to establish and administer within the general fund a GEAR Up for Connecticut futures acco...

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MDSigned into law 05/2002P-12Tax to Support Prince George's County Programs
H.B. 949
Establishes sales and use tax on telecommunications service in Prince George's County. Net proceeds from the revenue must be used only as s...

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OKSigned into law 05/2002P-12
H.B. 2625
Allows sixth grade mathematics teachers to obtain middle level endorsement by successfully completing a professional development institute i...

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- Minority/Diversity Issues
INSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results
S.B. 292
Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i...

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NMVetoed 03/2002P-12Indian Education Act
S.B. 198
Enacts to the Indian Education Act. Creates the "Indian education division" within the department of education to (A.) provide assistance t...

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- Minority/Diversity Issues--African American
INSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results
S.B. 292
Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i...

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- Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
AZRejected by voters 11/2002Postsec.Tribal State Gaming Compact, College Scholarship and Elderly Care Act of 2002
Proposition 200
Creates the Tribal State Gaming Compact, College Scholarship and Elderly Care Act of 2002; allows Indian tribes to contribute a portion of g...

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IDApproved by voters 11/2002P-12An initiative defining tribal video gaming machines and providing for amendment of state-tribal gaming compact providing for their use.
Proposition 1
Indian Gaming and Self-Reliance Act provides a tribal contribution of 5% of annual net gaming income for educational programs and schools on...

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IDSigned into law 07/2002P-12Tribal language teaching
S.B. 1411
Creates new section relating the importance of native language preservation, and providing that the State Board of Education will adopt rule...

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NMVetoed 03/2002P-12Indian Education Act
S.B. 198
Enacts to the Indian Education Act. Creates the "Indian education division" within the department of education to (A.) provide assistance t...

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NMVetoed 02/2002P-12Indian Education Act
H.B. 28
Enacts the Indian Education Act; prescribes powers and duties. The purpose of the Indian Education Act is to: (A) ensure equitable educatio...

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NMSigned into law 02/2002P-12Native American Language Teachers
H.B. 204
Provides for a Native American Language Teacher certificate....

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- Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic
INSigned into law 03/2002P-12District Review of Programs to Consider Consequences of Tracking, Ability Grouping or Screening of Students by Test Results
S.B. 292
Requires every district to review district's programs to judge if district's practices of separating students by ability, placing students i...

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