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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." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Does Money Matter? Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Official English Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Baccalaureate International Benchmarking Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Mentoring/Tutoring Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--African American Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 KY Emergency Rule Adoption 12/2002 P-12 Early Intervention Program Assessment/Service Planning 911 KAR 2:130E Establishes emergency rules pertaining to early intervention program assessment and service planning. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/911/002/130E.htm... More... AK Rule Adoption 11/2002 P-12 Child Care Licensing 4 AAC 62.120; 4 AAS 62.310; 4 AAC 65.510, 65.540, 65.990 Pertains to child care licensing and facility operation and management. Expands the requirements regarding removal of employees or volunteers from contact with children. Requires certain books be available for parent use. Relates to life and fire safety. Clari... More... FL Approved by voters 11/2002 P-12 Voluntary Universal Pre-Kindergarten Education Constitutional Amendment 8 Proposes a Constitutional amendment (Article IX, Section 1)that every four- year-old child in Florida shall be offered a high quality pre-kindergarten learning opportunity by the state no later than the 2005 school year. Provides that the voluntary program sha... More... MO Rejected by voters 11/2002 P-12 Additional 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 used for hospital trauma care and emergency preparedness; health care treatment and access; prescription drug assistance f... More... NM Adopted 11/2002 P-12 Competencies for Early Childhood Education 6.61.8.10 Sets forth the competencies required for early childhood educators. ... More... PA Issued 10/2002 P-12 Governor's Task Force on Early Childhood Care and Education Executive Order 2000-2 Task force was charged with examining proven, evidence-based school readiness strategies available for early childhood care and education for children age 0-8 and existing state services targeted to that age group. Task force had to provide estimated implement... More... CA Signed into law 09/2002 P-12 Revises and consolidates the definitions of children with exceptional needs A.B. 2311 Relates to Child Care Development Services Act. Revises and consolidates the definitions of children with exceptional needs, children with special needs, and severely handicapped children. Repeals provisions that require the Superintendent of Public Instructio... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Loan Forgiveness for Special Education A.B. 2068 Makes an applicant who otherwise meets the Assumption Program for Loans for Education eligibility requirements and agrees to teach full time for at least 4 consecutive academic years after obtaining a special education credential in a child development program... More... CA Vetoed 09/2002 P-12 Would have required the State to develop a master plan for child care/development S.B. 390 Requires the State Department of Education to develop the State Master Plan for Child Care and Development in consultation and collaboration with an oversight task force, which the bill would require to be established, comprised of prescribed members. Specifie... More... AZ Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Child Care Home Provider Registry Omnibus--H.B. 2213 Requires department's statewide child care resource and referral system to include a child care home provider registry to provide information about registered child care home providers. Adds to duties of department's child care resource and referral system, sp... More... CA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Provides additional funding to ensure that children are ready to enter school A.B. 2800 Authorizes the Children and Families Commission to expend money allocated to it under the Children and Families Act of 1998, to ensure that children are ready to enter school. Authorizes the commission to allocate funds to county commissions established pursua... More... MA Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Preschool, Extended-Day and -Year Programs for Limited English Proficient Students H.B. 5010 Permits districts to establish full-time or part-time preschool, after-school or summer school programs English language learners programs, although these programs may not substitute for English language learners programs provided during the regular school yea... More... MD Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Free Prekindergarten for Economically Disadvantaged Children S.B. 856 Requires districts by 2007-08 school year to provide free prekindergarten programs to all eligible children within district. Defines "eligible children" as free/reduced lunch eligible if child were in kindergarten; any whose parent wishes to enroll in public p... More... CA Chaptered by Secretary of State. Chapter No. 07/2002 P-12 The Safety of Children in Child Care Programs A.B. 2555 Provides that if a contracted agency which provides child care and development service, places a person who has been convicted of specified theft-related crimes in a defined position of fiscal responsibility or control, the agency may have its contract suspend... More... IL Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Child Care H.B. 3662 Amends the Child Care Act of 1969; excludes certain programs operated by private entities on the grounds of public or private elementary or secondary schools from the definition of "day care center". Provides that the exception concerning programs operated by ... More... MD Signed into law 07/2002 P-12 Tobacco 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 unrestricted grants to districts; 2) assist local lead agencies and Baltimore City under the Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program;... More... CO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 School-Readiness Child Care Subsidation Program H.B. 1297 Creates the School-Readiness Child Care Subsidization Program on and after January 1, 2003, which program offers three-year school-readiness subsidies to county departments of social services to increase the school readiness of children age 5 and younger enrol... More... DE Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Child Care S.B. 233 This Act requires day care centers operating part of the day with 13 or more children to be licensed by Child Care Licensing. Currently only those day care centers operating part of the day with 12 or fewer children are so licensed.... More... FL Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Community College Child Care Quality S.B. 1550 Increases from 40 to 45 clock hours the introductory training course requirement for operators of large family child care homes and for child care personnel and operators of family day care homes; provides for community college credit in early childhood educat... More... MO Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Major Bill -- Family Literacy Component H.B. 1711 Defines family literacy and permits districts to create family literacy programs and to use at-risk funding to support them. Makes family literacy an area of critical need. Beginning in FY 2005, 1.5% of line 14 funding will be used to fund family literacy pr... More... NY To governor 06/2002 P-12 Medical Assistance to Preschoolers with Handicaps S.B. 6287 Extends the effectiveness of provisions of law authorizing medical assistance payments to certain clinics or diagnostic and treatment centers for services they render to preschool children with handicaps.... More... OK Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Early Childhood Programs S.B. 1212 Relates to funding for parent education programs; relates to the development and implementation of a Technology Intern Partner Program; relates to procedures and funding for such intern program; authorizes school districts to operate as federal Head Start Prog... More... CA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Intermediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program S.B. 508 Modifies 1999 Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program (IIUSP), which formerly required that every participating school district contract with an external evaluator for assistance in development of the school's action plan. Bill allows district t... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Georgia's Pre-K Program H.B. 97 Creates the voluntary Georgia's Pre-K Program; requires all printed materials relating to the program to refer to it as Georgia's Pre-K Program. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/fulltext/hb97.htm... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Retirement Benefits H.B. 765 Relates to service creditable toward retirement benefits under the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia; provides that any member of the Teachers Retirement System of Georgia may obtain creditable service for years employed in certain early childhood developm... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Joint Study Committee on Early Childhood Education H.R. 1105 Creates the Joint Study Committee on Early Childhood Education. Mandates the committee to undertake a study of the importance of early childhood education in Georgia´s future and any and all issues related to its success. Such issues include the impact of thi... More... IA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Teacher 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 career development plans. Requires state director to develop a transition plan for implementation of the career developmen... More... IA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School Ready Children Grants Account H.B. 2615 Appropriates $1,153,250 from the Healthy Iowans tobacco trust to the school ready children grants account. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/GA/79GA/Legislation/HF/02600/HF02615/Current.html... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program S.B. 419 Establishes a Maryland Infants and Toddlers Program in the department to provide a statewide community-based interagency system of comprehensive early intervention services to children birth to age 2 and their families. Funds program at $4,044 per year startin... More... TN Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 State Standards Apply to Private Providers S.B. 2380 Applies the state board's of education child care standards to programs operated by private schools. Any funds or personnel involved in the regulation of schools covered under this bill are to be transferred from DHS to the department of education. ... More... AL Act No. 04/2002 P-12 East Alabama Child Development Center H.B. 152 Appropriates a certain amount from the Education Trust Fund to the East Alabama Regional Planning and Development Commission for the East Alabama Child Development Center in Anniston for the support and maintenance for a program of child care, educational, hea... More... HI Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School Readiness S.B. 2283 Defines the term "school readiness" to mean that young children are ready to have successful learning experiences in school when there is a positive interaction among the child's developmental characteristics, school practices, and family and community support... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Early Childhood Enrichment Activity Classes S.B. 33A Revises early childhood development program for four-year-olds. Allows applicants to seek a waiver for the requirement of enrichment activities provided before and after the regular school day if providing a full ten hour day is not possible for reasonably fea... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program H.B. 986 Establishes a Child Care Quality Incentive Grant Program in the Department of Human Resources; authorizes the Department to award grants as an incentive for child care providers to improve the quality of care being provided to children; makes it a misdemeanor ... More... ME Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Child Care Facility Requirements H.B. 1523 Changes the day care center references to child care facility; changes the definition of children in the laws governing nursery schools, which is based on the age of a child; changes the definition of day care centers and nursery school; removes provision in t... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Head Start in Tunica County H.B. 615 Relates to Tunica County; allows the board of supervisors to make a contribution to the Institute for Community Service for an additional Head Start class and additional vehicles to transport children.... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 District Service Contributions to Head Start H.B. 1879 Lawrence County board is authorized to contribute services to Head Start Program Centers.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Child Care Facilities Licensing Act-Single licensure process S.B. 1584 An Act relating to children; amending 10 O.S. 2001, Section 401, which relates to the Oklahoma Child Care Facilities Licensing Act; requiring specified entities to develop a single child care licensure process for certain use; clarifying formatting; and provi... More... VA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Licenced child care center regulations H.B. 1208 Provides that regulations for licensed child care centers adopted by the state board of social services or the child day-care council shall not require the membership, affiliation or accreditation services of any single accreditation or certification agency.... More... IN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Child Care Regulation H.B. 1214 Extends the expiration date of the law establishing the board for the coordination of child care regulation and the terms of board members; permits the board or a subcommittee of the board to meet any time; requires the board to establish a subcommittee to mak... More... NE Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Learning Begins at Birth L.B. 326 LB 326 is the Nebraska Read, Educate, and Develop Youth Act. The bill requires the state department and the Department of Health and Human Services (HHS) agencies to develop a packet to be given to parents of each child born in the state beginning January 1, 2... More... ME Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Childfind and Early Childhood Special Education Programs H.B. 1476 Establishes as major substantive rules sections establishing and maintaining a statewide network that ensures the provisions of childfind for families and children from birth to 5 and rules governing the eligibility for and delivery of free appropriate public ... More... 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