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 | Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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 | Curriculum |
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| AR | Rule Adoption 11/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules governing standards of accreditation of Arkansas public schools. http://arkedu.state.ar.us/pdf/ade%20156%20standards.pdf
Title: ADE 156
Source: Arkansas State Web site
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| IL | Total veto stands 11/2003 | P-12 | Removes a provision that allows a school district to adopt a policy to permit proficiency examinations for the practice driving part of the driver education course at any time after the completion of 3 hours of practice driving under direct individual instruction. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=70&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=502&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 70
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Establishes the Outdoor Environmental Education Program to foster stewardship of the environment and an appreciation of the importance of the wise use of natural resources. Requires the Department of Education administer the program and, according to a priority system to be developed by the department, select applicants for participation in the program pursuant to specified criteria. Requires a contracted evaluator to evaluate the program. The program and its evaluation will be implemented only if the Department of Finance determines that private funds are available to cover the costs of the program and its evaluation. Bill makes provisions inoperative on July 1, 2005, and repeal them on January 1, 2006. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1301-1350/ab_1330_bill_20031003_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1330
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Relates to existing law that establishes a 5-year pilot grant program to school districts to cover the costs of advanced placement examination fees and authorizes school districts to apply to the department for grant funding under the program based on the number of economically disadvantaged pupils in the district who will take the next offered advanced placement examinations. Deletes the existing repeal date of January 1, 2005 and makes the new repeal date January 1, 2008. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0501-0550/sb_507_bill_20031003_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 507
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Establishes the Comprehensive Sexual Health and HIV/AIDS Prevention Education Act. Authorizes school districts to provide comprehensive sexual health education in any kindergarten to grade 12, inclusive, to ensure that all pupils in grades 7 to 12, inclusive, receive HIV/AIDS prevention education. This bill would incorporate additional changes proposed by AB 300, to be operative only if this bill and AB 300 are both enacted and become effective on or before January 1, 2004, and this bill is enacted last. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_71_bill_20031001_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 71
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Establishes the Office of Education on the Environment. Requires the office to develop education principles for the environment for elementary and secondary school pupils, to develop a model curriculum and to submit the curriculum for approval. Requires the curriculum be available electronically. Relates to the adoption of instructional materials for environmental education. Establishes the Environmental Education Account. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1548_bill_20030910_enrolled.html http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1548_bill_20031003_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1548
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| GA | Adopted 10/2003 | P-12 | Provides list of state-funded K-8 subjects and 9-12 courses. Amended 10/2003 clarifying rules regarding state-funded subjects and courses. Assigns a unique course number to accurately report gifted education services using the Resource Class model. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-4-2-.03.pdf
Title: GAC 160-4-2-.03
Source: Georgia State Web site
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| NY | Signed into law 10/2003 | P-12 | Enacts the "student financial education act" to create within children the skills, knowledge and experience necessary to manage personal finances and obtain general financial literacy; allows a credit union organized to open and maintain a student branch upon agreement with a school; defines student branch; authorizes the superintendent to promulgate regulations appropriate to the formation and operation of student branches.
Title: S.B. 4113
Source: StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes the inclusion of instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. Makes a finding and declaration that the current state- adopted academic content standards already include instruction on the Korean and Vietnam wars in the appropriate grade level consistent with those standards. Encourages the instruction include personal testimony of those involved in those wars.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1537_bill_20030917_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1537
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Specifies pupils may receive instruction relating to the components of preventative health. The instruction on nutrition may include related topics such as obesity and diabetes. Specifies the health care professionals should represent the varied fields of health care, including managed care, health care providers, and voluntary collaboration with managed health care providers. Prohibits marketing of services by certain entities. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_195_bill_20030929_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 195
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Requires the department of education to encourage K- 12 schools to provide quality physical education that develops the knowledge, attitudes, skills, behavior, and motivation needed to be physically fit for life. Requires the department to encourage those schools to provide extracurricular physical fitness programs and clubs, and to encourage the use of school facilities for physical fitness programs. Authorizes test results to be given orally. This bill would delay until July 1, 2007, the requirement that a pupil pass the physical performance test as a condition of receiving the exemption. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_78_bill_20030922_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 78
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | P-12 | Establishes the Arts Work Visual and Performing Arts Education Program to be administered by the department of education for awarding grants to local educational agencies to develop their capacity to implement high- quality, instructional programs based on the state adopted visual and performing arts content standards for pupils in kindergarten and grades 1 to 12. Requires the selection of an expert panel to evaluate the programs. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1512_bill_20030929_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 1512
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 09/2003 | Postsec. | Requires the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of California Community Colleges, and requests the Regents of the University of California and accredited private and independent colleges and universities to require students to successfully complete minimum coursework in business ethics prior to receiving a business degree. Establishes the Golden State Business and Social Responsibility Award to honor certain graduates. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/sen/sb_0801-0850/sb_821_bill_20030929_chaptered.html
Title: S.B. 821
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Provides that community service may include participation in a high school or community blood drive or other blood recruitment campaign. Provides for development of units of instruction. Allows a school district to also teach students about blood donor and transplantation programs. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0547
Title: S.B. 372
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Amends the School Code. Provides that the teaching of United States History shall include a study of the role and contributions of Asian Americans. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=890&GAID=3&DocTypeID=SB&LegID=3761&SessionID=3
Title: S.B. 890
Source: Illinois LEgislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Public schools and educational facilities may not contract with an entity engaged in giving instruction in the driving of motor vehicles or in the preparation of an applicant for the Secretary of State's driver's license examination unless that entity is licensed by the Secretary of State. Includes other provisions. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/publicacts/fulltext.asp?Name=093-0408
Title: H.B. 1491
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| MI | Signed into law 08/2003 | P-12 | Requires sex education instruction to include information clearly informing pupils that having sex or sexual contact with an individual under the age of 16 is a crime punishable by imprisonment, and that one of the other results of being convicted of this crime is to be listed on the sex offender registry on the Internet for at least 25 years.
See Sec. 166a: http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/billenrolled/house/pdf/2003-HNB-4401.pdf
Title: H.B. 4401 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.michiganlegislature.org
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Relates to public school instruction on World War II and the American role in that war; authorizes the instruction in the area of social sciences to contain instruction on World War II and the American role in that war. (Existing law required instruction on World War II.) http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0351-0400/ab_399_bill_20030619_enrolled.html
Title: A.B. 399
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Expresses the encouragement of the Legislature for K-12 instruction to contain instruction on the Vietnam War, including the Secret War in Laos and the role of the Southeast Asians in that war; encourages including a component drawn from personal testimony of the Southeast Asians who were involved in the Vietnam War and those men and women who contributed to the war effort on the homefront. Specifies this instruction shall be carried out in a manner that does not result in any new duties or programs being imposed on school districts.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bill/asm/ab_0051-0100/ab_78_bill_20030710_chaptered.html
Title: A.B. 78
Source: California Legislative Web site
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| HI | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Allows the Department of Education to adopt a program for grades 3- 12 which provides opportunities for competency in a second language. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/site1/docs/getstatus.asp?qu=SB1326&showstatus=on&showtext=on&press1=docs
Title: S.B. 1326
Source: Hawaii Legislative Web site
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| IL | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Requires sex education materials and instruction to advise pupils of the provisions of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act, responsible parenting and the availability of confidential adoption services. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/billstatus.asp?DocNum=2298&GAID=3&DocTypeID=HB&LegID=3567&SessionID=3
Title: H.B. 2298
Source: Illinois Legislative Web site
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2003 | P-12 | Starting in the 2004-05 school year and thereafter, requires every public school serving students in grades K-6 to offer students at least 30 minutes of quality physical activity every school day.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/03RS/CVT2/OUT/0000KT2Y.PDF
Title: S.B. 398
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| RI | Became law without governor's signature 07/2003 | P-12
Community College | Transfers the administration of the driver education program from the department of elementary and secondary education to the Community College of Rhode Island.
Title: H.B. 5598
Source: StateNet
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| AL | Issued 06/2003 | P-12 | Designates the American Village Citizenship Trust Statewide Educational Center and Classroom Laboratory in American History, Civics, and Government, as created by §16-44A-30 as the state's American History and Civics Initiative. Creates and charges the American Village Cornerstone of Liberty Commission to work jointly with the Board of Trustees of The American Village Citizenship Trust:
1. To attain the goal for Alabama to educate and inspire its students in critical academic areas of American history and civics, as a foundation for building good citizens.
2. To help invite and host local, state, regional, and national leaders at national ceremonies to lay the "Cornerstone of Liberty" at the American Village Citizenship Trust.
3. To review and make recommendations to secure state and national private and public support for the Cornerstone of Liberty American History and Civics Initiative of The American Village Citizenship Trust, which has as its goal to educate and inspire 100,000 students on-site annually at the state's American history and civics classroom, and also to reach hundreds of thousands of other students in their own local classrooms through a voluntary classroom outreach program in American history and civics, with the mission to help students know American history, cherish the ideals of liberty, and serve our country as good citizens.
4. To recommend other ways in which Alabama can help respond to the call to action issued by United States President George W. Bush, and to help lead this country in a return to the principles set forth by our Founders, that knowledge of American history and civics is an essential foundation for good citizenship.
http://www.governorpress.alabama.gov/pr/ex-08-2003-06-05.asp
Title: Executive Order 2003-08
Source: http://www.governorpress.alabama.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires school boards to advise students taking American Sign Language as a foreign language that post-secondary schools outside of Florida may not accept these courses as satisfying foreign language requirements. http://www.leg.state.fl.us/house/Session/index.cfm?Mode=Bills&BI_Mode=ViewBillInfo&BillNum=0162&Chamber=Senate&Year=2003&Title=%2D%3EBill%2520Info%3AS%25200162%2D%3ESession%25202003
Title: S.B. 162
Source: Florida Legislative Web site
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| LA | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires the free enterprise curriculum to include instruction in personal finance beginning with the 2004-2005 school year. States that personal finance includes but is not limited to income, money management, spending and credit, and savings and investing. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/03RS/CVT1/OUT/0000KO78.PDF
Title: S.B. 38
Source: www.legis.state.la.us
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| SC | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Requires high school students to receive instruction in the area of personal finance.
Title: S.B. 258
Source: StateNet
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2003 | P-12 | Relates to awards granted under the Texas Advanced Placement Incentive Program to schools for providing a college advanced placement course.
Title: S.B. 578
Source: StateNet
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Effective the 2003-04 school year and later, bars the state education commissioner from implementing the profile of learning portion of the state's results-oriented graduation rule, or classroom assessments that schools must use. Replaces references to "results oriented graduation rule" with "academic standards." (Retains requirement that students pass basic skills test to be eligible for high school graduation.) Requires students to complete district-determined course credit requirements to be eligible for high school graduation starting with students entering the ninth grade during the 2004-05 school year.
Establishes language arts, math, science, social studies and the arts as subject areas required for statewide accountability. Requires public elementary and middle schools to offer at least three and require at least two of the following four arts areas: dance, music, theater and visual arts. Requires public high schools to offer at least three and require at least one of the following five arts areas: media arts, dance, music, theater and visual arts. Requires the commissioner to submit proposed science and social studies standards to the legislature by February 1, 2004. Requires the commissioner to consider recommendations from specified stakeholders when developing state academic standards in language arts, math, science, social studies and the arts. Specifies that standards must: (1) be clear, concise, objective, measurable, and grade-level appropriate; (2) not require a specific teaching methodology or curriculum; and (3) be consistent with the constitutions of the United States and the state of Minnesota. Requires the commissioner to adopt rules for implementing statewide rigorous core academic standards in language arts, math and the arts. Specifies that after the rules are initially adopted, the commissioner may not amend or repeal these rules nor adopt new rules on the same topic without specific legislative authorization. Requires these academic standards to be implemented for all students beginning in the 2003-2004 school year. Additionally requires the commissioner to supplement the required state academic standards with grade-level benchmarks, although high school benchmarks may cover more than one grade. Establishes other requirements regarding benchmarks.
Requires every district to establish its own standards in the elective subject areas of health and physical education, vocational and technical education, and world languages. Requires every district to offer courses in all above elective subject areas, and to use a locally selected assessment to determine whether a student has achieved an elective standard. Additionally requires every district, by the 2007-08 school year, to adopt graduation requirements that meet or exceed state graduation requirements. Must provide students who enter grade 9 in or before the 2003-04 school year the opportunity to earn a diploma based on existing local graduation requirements in effect when student entered ninth grade.
Establishes graduation requirements based on course credits in language arts, math, science, social studies and electives, including the arts, for students entering grade 9 in the 2004-05 school year.
Beginning the 2005-06 school year and later, requires annual statewide testing in language arts and math in grades 3 through 8 and at the high school level. Also requires annual science assessments in one grade in grades 3-5 span, the grades 6-9 span, and the grades 10-12 span for the 2007-08 school year and later. Requires a state-developed test in a subject other than writing, developed after the 2002-03 school year, to include both multiple choice and constructed response questions. Requires state tests to be aligned with state academic standards, and for statewide results to be aggregated at the school and district level. Deletes language excluding test scores of students receiving limited English proficiency instruction from school and district testing results. Permits exemption of limited English proficiency students if the student has been in the United States for fewer than three years. Requires state assessments, by the 2006-07 school year to include a value-added component to measure student achievement growth over time. Requires commissioner to include alternative assessments for the very few students with disabilities for whom statewide assessments are inappropriate and for students with limited English proficiency.
Permits school, district or charter school to use a high school student's performance on a state assessment as a percentage of the student's final grade in a course or to place the student's assessment score on the student's transcript.
Requires the commissioner to develop language arts, math and science assessments aligned with state standards, which districts must use. Specifies that commissioner must not develop state assessments for academic standards in social studies and the arts.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/cgi-bin/getbill.pl?session=ls83&version=latest&number=HF302&session_number=0&session_year=2003
Title: H.F. 302 (multiple provisions)
Source: www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | As a condition of accreditation, a school district is required to provide instruction using the Texas Essential Knowledge and Skills (TEKS) in the foundation curriculum, whereas in the enrichment curriculum, the TEKS standards are only required to be used as guidelines. C.S.S.B. 815 repeals language describing the requirements for the enrichment curriculum and provides that a school district must provide instruction of certain essential knowledge and skills in the enrichment curriculum as a condition of accreditation. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=S&BILLTYPE=B&BILLSUFFIX=00815&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: S.B. 815
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2003 | P-12 | Directs the state board to implement the inclusion of elements relating to personal finance among the essential knowledge and skills in the required public school curriculum, and to adopt and promote a personal finance education program that provides public school districts with textbook selections to assist in the program's implementation. http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/cgi-bin/tlo/textframe.cmd?LEG=78&SESS=R&CHAMBER=H&BILLTYPE=CR&BILLSUFFIX=00015&VERSION=5&TYPE=B
Title: H.C.R. 15
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires that all courses offered by school districts be aligned with the Arkansas Curriculum Frameworks. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2375.pdf
Title: H.B. 2375
Source: State legislative web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Implements oral health instruction into public school curricula. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB811.pdf
Title: S.B. 811
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Develops a comprehensive plan to revise content standards and curriculum frameworks adopted by the state in core academic areas of reading, writing, mathematics, science, history, geography and civics. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2374.pdf
Title: H.B. 2374
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires school districts to provide parents of students in grades nine through twelve (9-12) with a list of classes that are required to be taught by the school district. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/HB2339.pdf
Title: H.B. 2339
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Changes the requirement for physical education under Arkansas Code from students through grade 9 to students through grade 8; requires the district to provide assurance of compliance.
Title: S.B. 936
Source: Arkansas Legislative Web site
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| DE | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12
Postsec. | Enables state colleges, universities, high schools and those contracted by the Department of Education to conduct driver education classes without obtaining a commercial driver training school license as long as the curriculum is approved and given by certified teachers. http://www.legis.state.de.us/Legislature.nsf/fsLIS?openframeset&Frame=Main&Src=/LIS/LIS142.NSF/Home!Openform
Title: H.B. 25
Source: Delaware Legislative Web site
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| KS | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires the state board to assist in the implementation of personal financial literacy instructional programs, to include consumer financial education, personal finance and personal credit. Requires the state board to create standards and objectives for personal finance literacy for all grade levels as part of the current math curriculum or another appropriate subject-matter curriculum. Requires the state board to encourage districts to choose math, economics and other such textbooks that substantively address areas of personal finance. Requires the state board to create curriculum, materials and guidelines for implementing the program of instruction on personal financial literacy. Adds that accredited nonpublic schools may use the state board-developed curriculum, materials and guidelines, and specifies that local board use of these curriculum, materials and guidelines is voluntary rather than mandatory. http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2004/74.pdf
Title: S.B. 74
Source: http://www.kslegislature.org
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Authorizes formation of student banks, called "student financial institutions" in a high school as an education program to serve only those students enrolled in the school in which the program is located. The student financial institution may be advised but not owned by one or more state- or federally chartered financial institutions, as specified. Requires the trustees (board members) in every high school or K-12 district to consider and, if advisable, establish a student financial institution. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2003/billhtml/SB0380.htm
Title: S.B. 380
Source: data.opi.state.mt.us
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Enacts the Fine Arts Education Act; provides funding for fine arts in public schools through the funding formula; defines the number of program units for teachers certified by the national board.
Title: H.B. 12
Source: StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2003 | P-12 | Requires multicultural content for a percentage of instructional material approved by the State Board of Education.
Title: S.B. 396
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Provides for organ donor education in driver education courses and high school health classes; provides for leave for bone marrow or organ donation. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB167.pdf
Title: S.B. 167
Source: State legislative web site
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| KY | Adopted 03/2003 | P-12 | Establishes rules regarding the criteria a school shall meet in order to designate a course an advanced placement course, including content and program standards concerning student admission criteria, data collection, and reporting. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/kar/704/003/510.htm
Title: 704 KAR 3:510
Source: StateNet
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Requires the department to create a program to promote the integration of the arts and foreign languages into the elementary school program. Schools are to submit applications, with the department granting funds to at least one school per region, giving preference to schools that do not already have a comprehensive arts and foreign language program. Requires programs to include a number of specified components, including integrating arts and foreign language across the curriculum and instruction in each of the four disciplines of dance, drama, music and the visual arts that includes the core content skills and knowledge taught in a sequential manner and includes all students in the elementary school. http://www.lrc.state.ky.us/RECORD/03RS/SB154/bill.doc
Title: S.B. 154
Source: www.lrc.state.ky.us
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| MS | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Allows local boards to create a local school health/physical education advisory council to help the district implement health and physical education instruction. Lists areas in which local school health/physical education councils may make recommendations and requires the local board to appoint members to the local council, with one person on the council representing each of 11 groups, including the clergy, health care professionals and parents who are not employed by the district. Specifies that the physical activity coordinator employed by the state department of education monitor and act as a clearinghouse for the activities of the local school health/physical education advisory councils to be created.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2003/html/SB/2300-2399/SB2339SG.htm
Title: S.B. 2339
Source: billstatus.ls.state.ms.us
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| NJ | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Provides for instruction for middle school and high school students in the dynamics of domestic violence and child abuse.
Title: S.B. 487
Source: StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Section 53A-3-402 requires local boards to implement the core curriculum using instructional materials that best correlate to the core curriculum and graduation requirements; administer required tests and create plans to improve student progress; use progress-based assessments as part of a plan to identify schools, teachers and students that need remediation and determine the type and amount of resources to implement that remediation; develop early warning systems for students or classes failing to make progress; work with the state office of education to establish a library of documented best practices; implement training programs for school administrators, including basic management training, best practices in instruction, budget training, staff management, managing for learning results and continuous improvement, and how to help every child achieve optimal learning in core academics. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2003/bills/sbillenr/sb0154.pdf
Title: S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Section 53A-13-108 is a new section of law requiring the state board to establish rigorous curriculum and graduation requirements for grades 9-12, beginning no later than with the graduating class of 2007. These must (1) use competency-based standards and assessments; (2) include instruction that stresses financial literacy; (3) increase requirements to exceed the existing credit requirements of 3 units in language arts, 2 units in math and 2 units in science. The state board is also required to establish competency-based standards and assessments for elective courses. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2003/bills/sbillenr/sb0154.pdf
Title: S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Section 53A-1-402.6 requires the state board to implement a core curriculum that will enable students to communicate effectively, apply mathematics and access, analyze and apply information. Depth and complexity should increase from year to year. 53A-1-409 requires the state board to provide expertise and consult with local boards and districts relating to competency-based education and progress-based assessments. http://www.le.state.ut.us/~2003/bills/sbillenr/sb0154.pdf
Title: S.B. 154 (Omnibus Bill)
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us
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| WV | To governor 03/2003 | P-12 | Relates to continuing the commission on holocaust education; provides for reimbursement of reasonable expenses by members; authorizes the commission to accept state funds as appropriated by the Legislature.
Title: S.B. 510, H.B. 2879
Source: StateNet
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Continues the West Virginia commission on holocaust education until the first day of July, 2009 unless sooner terminated, continued or reestablished.
Title: H.B. 2879, S.B. 510
Source: West Virginia Legislature
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2003 | P-12 | Relates to continuation of the West Virginia commission on Holocaust education.
Title: H.B. 2879
Source: StateNet
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| AR | Signed into law 02/2003 | Postsec. | Amends the requirement for a course in American History or civil government prior to receiving a baccalaureate degree. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2003/public/SB213.pdf
Title: S.B. 213
Source: State legislative web site
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