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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 MA Signed into law 12/2002 P-12 School 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, and within no more than a year of their initial election or appointment. Specifies subject areas in which members mus... More... ID Approved by voters 11/2002 P-12 Term Limits for Elected Officials Proposition 2 Reinstating term limits for elected state, county, municipal and school district officials through ballot access restrictions. (http://www.idsos.state.id.us/elect/inits/02init06.htm)... More... NJ Rule Adoption 11/2002 P-12 Complaint 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 a new complaint form for complaints alleging only a violation of the Code of Ethics and sets forth procedures to expedi... More... FL Signed into law 08/2002 P-12 Education 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, page 1298, line 28, ff. Also bars local board member from hiring or appointing a relative to work under his or her dire... More... CA Vetoed 07/2002 P-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 district, would be authorized to compensate a member of a board for attending board meetings. Deletes those provisions that ... More... OH Signed into law 06/2002 P-12 Compensation for Board Members S.B. 187 Increases the maximum compensation for members of school district boards of education and educational service center governing boards; permits compensation to members for attendance at training programs.... More... DE Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Quorums 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.legis.state.de.us/LIS/LIS141.NSF/vwLegislation/... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education 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. See New Section 1001.395 (see bill section 52, page 91, line 24). http://www.leg.state.fl.us/data/session/2002E/Senate... More... FL Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Education 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 rather than 125,000, according to the latest 10-year census. According to legislative report, "The number of school dis... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Atlanta 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 from the creation of the Atlanta Board of Education to examine the length of terms of officers, the board's reporting re... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 School 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Insurance 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 health insurance benefits to school board members; provides for the use of local tax funds for such purpose. Permits spouses... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Prince 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 members. Allows for nonvoting student member. Establishes Chief Executive Officer as executive officer, secretary, and treas... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Straw 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' attitudes towards potentially changing the method of selecting members of the Dorchester County board from governor-appointed to... More... MD Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Baltimore 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. Require Baltimore board and CEO to ensure increased community involvement and outreach in support of the city's public school... More... SC Signed into law 05/2002 P-12 Charter 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 of taking office; makes provisions regarding charter schools. Provides that a trustee or county board member who fails ... More... GA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Schley 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.state.ga.us/Legis/2001_02/versions/hb1593_LC_28_0649_a_2.htm... More... LA Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Loans 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.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/021ES/CVT1/OUT/0000JHZE.PDF... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Terms 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 of the Board and other members; provides that the Act does not apply to salary or compensation of incumbent members of th... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Date 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 following the member's election. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb1400e.rtf... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Montgomery 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 which the President of the Board is entitled; provides health insurance and other fringe benefits to elected members of the... More... MD Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Montgomery County Redistricting H.B. 712 Redistricts the Board of Education districts of Montgomery County; alters compensation received by the president; does not apply to incumbent president. http://mlis.state.md.us/2002rs/bills/hb/hb0712t.rtf... More... ME Public Law No. 04/2002 P-12 Duties 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 are to serve as policymakers for the school administrative units and that the role and responsibilities of school superin... More... MI Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 School 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 recent census.... More... MS Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Extended 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 than the adequate education program. Permits local boards to expend funds from any available sources to help defray costs... More... TN Signed into law 04/2002 P-12 Transfer 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 another at his or her option. http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0586.pdf... More... IA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Change 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 directors following a federal decennial census.... More... SC Vetoed 03/2002 P-12 Partisan 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, and election procedures of candidates for these offices. ... More... TN Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Size of School Boards S.B. 2018 Increases maximum size of county school boards from 10 to 12 members.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Board 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 more than the salary limits provided for local governments.... More... VA Signed into law 03/2002 P-12 Superintendent Contracts H.B. 434, S.B. 439 Makes the implementation of any superintendent resignation, retirement, or other financial package and contract negotiation or renegotiation by a school board whose members are elected in whole or in part and of which one or more member's term is to expire wit... More... ID Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Term 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 elected officials.... More... SD Signed into law 02/2002 P-12 Size of School Boards S.B. 57 Allows districts to modify the size of board of directors.... More... AL Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Birmingham 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 board on a certain date.... More... MA Signed into law 01/2002 P-12 Compensation 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 school districts must be audited annually by an independent CPA, the results of which audit must be made public.... More... 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