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From the ECS State Policy Database 2003 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2003. 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]. 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Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Demographics Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures IL Veto Overridden: Restored Items Became Law. 11/2003 Postsec. Community College Appropriations for Postsecondary Education H.B. 2671 Amends appropriations to the Board of Higher Education, the Department of Public Health, for medical education scholarships, the Mathematics... More... IL Veto overridden: Restored items became law 11/2003 P-12 Appropriations for the State Board of Education H.B. 2663 Makes appropriations to the State Board of Education for fiscal year 2004. Effective July 1, 2003. http://www.legis.state.il.us/legislation/... More... ME November 2003 Ballot 11/2003 P-12 Education Funding Question 1B Competing Measure: Do you want to lower property taxes and avoid the need for a significant increase in state taxes by phasing in a 55% stat... More... ME November 2003 Ballot 11/2003 P-12 Education Funding Question 1A Citizen Initiative: Do you want the State to pay 55% of the cost of public education, which includes all special education costs, for the pu... More... ME November 2003 Ballot 11/2003 P-12 Education Funding Question 1C Allows voter to vote against both the Citizen Initiative (Question 1A) and the Competing Measure (Question 1B). http://www.maine.gov/sos/cec... More... CA Vetoed 10/2003 P-12 Supplemental Instruction A.B. 52 Repeals existing law requiring a school district to offer supplemental instruction to pupils in grades 2 to 9, inclusive, who are recommende... More... CA Signed into law 08/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education Finance A.B. 1754 Relates to reimburse rates under the Child Care and Development Services Act, revenue limits for school districts and county superintendents... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 State Budget Transfers H.B. 765 Amends the School Code concerning interfund transfers. Provides that certain limitations on transfers, one of which requires the transfer to... More... IL Signed into law 07/2003 Postsec. Higher Education Appropriation Requirements H.B. 1543 Amends the State Finance Act. Requires appropriations for higher education to be by separate line items and not by lump sum. Provides that e... More... LA Signed into law 07/2003 P-12 Postsec. Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund Reduction Limits H.B. 573 Requires total dollar amount of reductions to appropriations from the Louisiana Education Quality Support Fund resulting from budget adjustm... More... CA Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Targeted Instructional Improvement Grant Program S.B. 1040 Reduces the appropriation to the State Department of Education for local assistance for purposes of the Targeted Instructional Improvement G... More... CT Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Funding to Promote Children's Well-being S.B. 886 Requires the State Prevention Council to determine long-term goals, strategies and outcome measures to promote the health and well being of ... More... IL Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Postsec. Community College FY2004 Budget Implementation (Education) Act S.B. 744 Creates the FY2004 Budget Implementation (Education) Act with the purpose of the Act to make changes relating to education that are necessar... More... OR Signed into law 06/2003 P-12 Education Stability Fund H.B. 3642 Directs State Treasurer to transfer moneys from Education Stability Fund to State School Fund; makes finding that economic and revenue forec... More... CA Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Postsec. Education Finance S.B. 28 Repeals the Teacher Recruitment Initiative Program, administered by the Sacramento County Office of Education, which awards competitive gran... More... CO Partial veto 05/2003 P-12 Financing of Public Schools S.B. 248 Concerns the procedures for the funding of public schools, including adjustments to the district size factor, minimum per pupil funding, at-... More... NV Signed into law 05/2003 P-12 Distributive School Account Appropriation A.B. 253 Makes supplemental appropriation to State Distributive School Account in State General Fund for unanticipated shortfall in Fiscal Year 2002-... More... MS Vetoed 04/2003 P-12 Education Contingency Fund H.B. 1036 Creates a special fund in the State Treasury to be known as the 2004 Education Contingency Fund which shall be expended for public education... More... OK Signed into law 04/2003 P-12 State Board Of Education H.B. 1247 Requires the legislature to fund common education at least 25 days in advance of the deadline for school districts to notify teachers of hir... More... SC Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2003 P-12 Furloughs S.B. 320 Authorizes the adjutant generals office to furlough state-funded Full-time Equivalent Enrollments during fiscal year 2002-2003 under specifi... More... CO Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 General Fund Appropriation S.B. 195 Concerns the amount of general fund appropriation for the states share of districts total program funding required to be made to be in compl... More... MS Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 State Classroom Supply Funds H.B. 663 Relates to state classroom supply funds; clarifies method of distribution and administration of. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/... More... OR Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Use of the Education Stability Fund S.B. 855 The Legislative Assembly finds that the March 2003 quarterly economic and revenue forecast issued on February 28, 2003, by the Office of Eco... More... SD Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 State Aid S.B. 170 Increases the per student allocation in the state aid to education formula.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 This act modifies the State System of Public Education Code by providing funding for the Minimum School Program and school building aid prog... More... UT Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Budget Reserve Account Amendments H.B. 27 Establishes the General Fund Budget Reserve Account and sets processes and limits. According to the fiscal note, provisions of this bill re... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Fund Expiration of General Fund H.B. 102 Appropriates the state surplus for fiscal year 2003 -- part of which is appropriated to the Department of Education and the Arts. http://12... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Surplus to Supplement Existing Appropriations H.B. 104, H.B. 103 Relates to supplementing, amending, and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the balance of moneys remaining as an unappropr... More... WV Signed into law 03/2003 P-12 Supplemental Appropriation to Schools H.B. 101 An Act supplementing, amending, reducing and increasing items of the existing appropriations from the state fund, general revenue, from the ... More... OK Signed into law 02/2003 P-12 The Constitutional Reserve Fund H.B. 1240 Relates to the Constitutional Reserve Fund; makes an appropriation to the Department of Education; states purpose; provides an effective dat... More... 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