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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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AKAdopted 12/2002P-12Requires every sophomore to take the high school graduation exam. Juniors who have failed must be retested at least once each school year on the portions of the exam that they have not yet passed. On their school reports, high schools must state the number and percentage of students who are "proficient" and "not proficient." Adds new subsection regarding the requirements for a student with a disability to retake a subtest of the examination. ALASKA REG 2754 (SN) http://www.eed.state.ak.us/regs/adopted/4AAC06.755_SophomoresTakeHSGQE.pdf
Title: 4 AAC 06.755
Source: Memorandum Number 2002-41 and State NEt

MISigned into law 12/2002P-12Requires the department of treasury or any other state agency which suspects irregularities in the administration of or the preparation of pupils for, a Michigan Education Assessment Program test, not to report the irregularities to any person or entity not involved in the scoring or administration of the test before notifying the school district or public school academy of the suspected irregularities and allowing a timeframe for response. http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2001-2002/publicact/pdf/2002-PA-0640.pdf
Title: H.B. 5049
Source: StateNet

ALAdopted 10/2002P-12Establishes rules amending the current rule by delaying implementation of the social studies subject- area test of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam by one year. ALABAMA REG 5859 (SN)
Title: AAC 290-4-2-.02
Source: StateNet

CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Requires the State Department of Education to contract for the development or proposals that will provide for the retention and analysis of longitudinal pupil achievement data on the Standardized Testing and Reporting and English Language Development tests and the high school exit examination. Requires the department to convene an advisory board to establish privacy and access protocol and to contract with an oversight consultant.
Title: S.B. 1453
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Authorizes a school district that offers adult education to offer a program, course, or class of supplemental instruction in preparation for the high school exit examination exclusively to persons who complete grade 11 and fail the high school exit examination. Includes among the approved programs preparation courses for the high school exit examination and would increase the amount a school district may expend for this purpose to 10%.
Title: A.B. 1794
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Requires the governing board of each school district that grants a diploma of graduation from high school annually to compile the number of pupils who participate in certain programs, by grade level, who attempted and failed any part of the high school exit examination and who meet specified criteria. Requires the board of any school district, under certain circumstances to assure the school's action plan identifies certain barriers to achievement.
Title: S.B. 1408
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

CASigned into law 09/2002P-12Provides that language arts, with respect to the high school exit exam, refers to English language arts. Requires a school principal, to submit a request for a waiver of the requirement to successfully pass the high school exit examination to the governing board of the school district for a pupil with a disability who has taken the examination with modifications, that alter what the test measures and has received the equivalent of a passing score.
Title: S.B. 1476
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

CAVetoed 09/2002P-12Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the advisory committee established by this bill to develop guidelines regarding the method and content of alternate assessments to the high school exit examination for those individuals with disabilities who cannot participate in the examination regardless of accommodation or modification. Requires the State Board of Education to adopt alternate assessments for those pupils.
Title: A.B. 2600
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

UTSigned into law 07/2002P-12Modifies the State System of Public Education by extending for one year the pilot status of the tenth grade basic skills competency test.
Title: H.B. 5007E
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

FLSigned into law 06/2002P-12Grandfathers in the scores of 10th-graders who took the Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test (FCAT) in spring 2001. Requires that when state board sets higher cutoff scores for 10th-grade FCAT, higher cutoff scores affect only those students who have not yet taken the 10th-grade FCAT. Forbids state board from establishing any accommodation that "negates the validity of a statewide assessment." Requires district to inform parent of student with disability when classroom accommodations may not be made on FCAT. Parent must give consent for student to be given classroom accommodations or modifications not allowable in the statewide assessment program, and must give parent information on the impact on student's capacity to attain benchmarks in reading, writing and math. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate/bills/billtext/pdf/s0020Eer.pdf
Title: S.B. 20E
Source: www.leg.state.fl.us

TNSigned into law 05/2002P-12Makes the single exit exam prior to high school graduation optional instead of mandatory; requires results be shared with legislative oversight committee on education. - Amends Title 49, Chapter 6, Part 60.
Title: H.B. 2897
Source: http://www.legislature.state.tn.us

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