ECS
From the ECS State Policy Database
2004 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2004. 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--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Alignment
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
+ Curriculum--Excusal
+ Curriculum--Family Living Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--International Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts
+ 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
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--Aid to Private Schools
+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
+ 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--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--School Boards--Training
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
+ Health
+ Health--Child Abuse
+ Health--Nutrition
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Suicide Prevention
+ Health--Teen Pregnancy
+ 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
+ High School--International Baccalaureate
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning
+ Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--District Superintendent
+ Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ 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
+ 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--Finance
+ No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement
+ No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers
+ 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
+ P-3 Brain Development
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Content Standards and Assessment
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Family Involvement
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Kindergarten
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Tenure
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action
+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
+ Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Public Involvement
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Religion
+ Rural
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year Round
- School Safety
DERule Adoption 12/2004P-12Treatment of Severe Discipline Problems
14 DAC 609, 610, 611
Repeals section dealing with the treatment of severe discipline problems component and replaces it with two separate regulation; District an...

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PASigned into law 11/2004Postsec.Uniform Crimes Reporting Program
S.B. 668
Amends the Uniform Crime Reporting Act. Establishes the Uniform Crime Reporting Program. Requires institutions of higher education and commu...

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NYSigned into law 10/2004Postsec.Peace Officer Status for CUNY Campus Officers
S.B. 7380
Provides peace officer status for CUNY campus officers. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S07380&sh=t...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Education Finance: Average Daily Attendance
S.B. 76
Authorizes the governing board of a school district to request approval from the State Board of Education in order to claim apportionments f...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Charter Schools and Student Discipline/Attendance
A.B. 1860
Prohibits a school district governing board from denying a charter school petition, unless it makes findings that the petition lacks a descr...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Exclusion of Children of Filthy or Vicious Habits or Suffering from Contagious Diseases
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Repeals law that authorizes a school district governing board to exclude children of filthy or vicious habits, or children suffering from co...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Earthquake Emergency Procedure and Disaster Policy
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Requires a school district to include the earthquake emergency procedure and disaster policy in its comprehensive school safety plans. http:...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Attendance of Counselor at Pupil Suspension Conference
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Section 10: Changes the law from requiring a school counselor or psychologist to attend a parent-teacher conference regarding a pupil suspen...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Parent of Suspended Pupil Allowed to Attend Portion of School Day
A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions)
Repeals mandate and replaces with policy authorizing school district governing boards to adopt a policy permitting a parent or guardian of a...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12School Safety Planning Requirements
A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions)
Authorizes the filing of a complaint, under the Uniform Complaint Procedures, of noncompliance with the school safety planning requirements ...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Special Education in Private Schools
A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions)
Require the Superintendent of Public Instruction to conduct an investigation onsite at any time without prior notice when there is substanti...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Nonpublic Schools Serving Special Education Students
A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions)
Requires a master contracts with nonpublic, nonsectarian schools for the provision of special education and related services to include that...

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SCSigned into law 09/2004P-12Municipal and County Governing Bodies
H.B. 4740
Provides that municipal and county governing bodies shall work with school districts located in their jurisdictions to identify barriers and...

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CASigned into law 08/2004P-12School Safety Plans
A.B. 2885
Authorizes the filing, under existing law which makes each school district and county office of education responsible for the overall develo...

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GAAdopted 08/2004P-12Student Discipline
GAC 160-4-8-.15
Clarifies rules regarding student discipline. Removes the requirement that the local board of education policies regarding the student learn...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004Postsec.
Community College
Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act
H.B. 4361
Creates the Fire Sprinkler Dormitory Act. The installation of fire sprinklers is required in all dormitories by 2013, unless excepted. Provi...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004P-12Gang Recruitment on School Grounds
H.B. 4788
Creates the offense of criminal street gang recruitment on school grounds when a person on school grounds threatens the use of physical forc...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Sex Offender Registration Act
S.B. 2607
Amends the Unified Code of Corrections and the Sex Offender Registration Act, including amending the definition of school to include public ...

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CAVetoed 07/2004P-12School Safety Plans
S.B. 1177
Encourages a school site council to consider, when it next reviews and updates its school safety plan, gun violence prevention in health edu...

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CASigned into law 07/2004P-12School Employees: Sex Offenses
A.B. 891
Relates to existing law which sets forth the duties of various private and public entities, including, but not limited to, county boards of ...

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CASigned into law 07/2004P-12Behavioral Interventions
A.B. 2845
Provides that a person recognized by the national Behavior Analyst Certification Board as a Board Certified Behavior Analyst qualifies as a ...

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DERule Adoption 07/2004P-12Safe Management and Disposal of Chemicals
14 DAC 885
Amends the Safe Management and Disposal of Surplus Chemicals in the Delaware Public School System by adding a statement that no mercury or m...

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DERule Adoption 07/2004P-12School Crisis Response Plans
14 DAC 620
Amends the School Crisis Response Plan by requiring a meeting following practice drills to assess the readiness and effectiveness of the pla...

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DERule Adoption 07/2004P-12School Safety Audit
14 DAC 618
Amends rule by requiring that a corrective plan of action be developed within sixty days of conducting the School Safety Audit and that the ...

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GAAdopted 07/2004P-12Student Discipline
GAC 460-4-8-.15
Amends student discipline by adding a definition of disciplinary order and requiring local boards of education to adopt policies that provid...

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ILSigned into law 07/2004P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Public Hate Crimes
H.B. 4506
Amends the Criminal Code of 1961. Provides that it is a Class 3 felony for a first offense to commit a hate crime in an administrative facil...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12Student Hazing
S.B. 16
Defines "hazing". Requires local school boards to adopt, enforce, and post policies prohibiting the hazing of students in public elementary...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12
Postsec.
Arrest of Teachers
H.B. 445
Limits the authority of a justice of the peace to arrest a teacher in any public or private elementary, secondary, high school, vocational-t...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12Early Intervention Program for At Risk Children
H.B. 956
Authorizes the creation of an early intervention pilot program in certain parishes, to address the underlying causes of behavioral problems ...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12School Employee Injuries
S.B. 51
Relates to school employee injuries. Specifies that sick leave with pay for any secretary, paraprofessional employee, school aide, teacher ...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12
Postsec.
Controlled Substances Laboratory Near Schools
H.B. 1437
Prohibits the operation of a clandestine controlled substance laboratory on or within 1,000 feet of school property; provides penalties. htt...

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NCSigned into law 07/2004P-12Alternative Learning Program Funding
H.B. 1455 and 1456
Implements the recommendation of the house interim committee on providing an appropriate education for students on long-term suspension to d...

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COBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 06/2004P-12Safe Routes To School
H.B. 1309
Concerns the creation of A Safe Routes to School Program; directs the Department of Transportation to distribute federal funds to local gove...

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DESigned into law 06/2004P-12School Bus Drivers: Communication Devices
H.B. 379
Clarifies that school bus drivers can use a radio or telephonic communication device to make or receive calls for assistance. http://www.leg...

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FLSigned into law 06/2004P-12Wireless Communication Devices on School Grounds
S.B. 184
Amends provisions relating to district school board duties relating to student discipline and school safety to amend requirements relating t...

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FLSigned into law 06/2004P-12Assault on Sports Official
S.B. 678
Relates to assault on a sports official; provides enhanced penalties for offense of assault, battery, aggravated assault, or aggravated batt...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12Sexually Violent Predators
S.B. 164
Existing law barred a sexually violent predator from living within 1000 feet of a public or private elementary or secondary school. Amendme...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12School Employees
H.B. 1163
Permits city, parish, or other local public or nonpublic school systems to contract with local law enforcement agencies to provide for schoo...

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MOSigned into law 06/2004P-12Crime and Restitution
H.B. 1055
Amends laws regarding sexual offense, assault on a law enforcement officer and payment of restitution for criminal offenses; provides penalt...

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NHSigned into law 06/2004P-12Bullying Policies
H.B. 1162
Relates to school district policies on bullying; requires school districts to notify the parents or legal guardians of the district's polici...

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PAVetoed 06/2004P-12Public School Code
H.B. 2128
Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Further provides for regulation of expelled students. Establishes the Emergency Basic Education Subsi...

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RIBecame law without governor's signature 06/2004P-12Health and Safety
H.B. 7305, S.B. 2498
Would require that school safety plans include policies and procedures for: (1) providing notice of threats of violence or harm to the subje...

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FLSigned into law 05/2004P-12Sexual Offenders
S.B. 120
Prohibits certain sexual offenders subject to conditional release supervision from living within specified distance of certain places where ...

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GASigned into law 05/2004P-12Safety on School Buses
H.B. 1179
Relates to elementary and secondary schools, so as to provide that the offense of disrupting the operation of a public school applies to dis...

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GASigned into law 05/2004P-12Education Provisions
H.B. 1190
Provides for the revision of certain provisions regarding education flexibility and accountability; requires the State Board of Education to...

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IASigned into law 05/2004P-12Enrollment Of Students Required to Register as Sex Offenders
H.F. 2460
Requires district, prior to enrolling student required to register as a sex offender, to determine the educational placement of the student....

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IAVetoed 05/2004P-12Healthy Iowans Tobacco Trust Fund
H.F. 2577
Relates to and making appropriations from the healthy Iowans tobacco trust and the tobacco settlement trust fund and providing an effective ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2004P-12Searches of Students
H.B. 130
Authorizes a county board of education to authorize a teacher to make a reasonable search of specified students on a school-sponsored trip u...

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MDVetoed 05/2004P-12Safe Schools Reporting Act
H.B. 740
Requires county boards of education to create a program for reporting incidents of harassment or intimidation against students attending pub...

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MISigned into law 05/2004P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Antihazing Act
S.B. 783
Establishes the Antihazing Act; provides that a person who attends, is employed by, or is a volunteer of educational institution shall not e...

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MISigned into law 05/2004P-12
Postsec.
Hazing Crimes Sentencing
S.B. 784
Enacts sentencing guidelines for hazing crimes.

http://www.michiganlegislature.org/documents/2003-2004/publicact/pdf/2004-PA-0112.pdf...

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OHSigned into law 05/2004P-12Children Endangerment
S.B. 58
Increases penalties for certain drug offenses if the offense is committed in the vicinity of a school or in the vicinity of a juvenile; expa...

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TNSigned into law 05/2004Postsec.Sexual Offenses
S.B. 2097
Concerns sexual offenses; makes the name and address of any college in this state at which a sexual offender is employed or attends public i...

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VTSigned into law 05/2004P-12School District Student Misbehavior
H.B. 629
Defines bullying: Bullying" means any overt act or combination of acts directed against a student by another student or group of students an...

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KSSigned into law 04/2004P-12
Postsec.
Community College
University and Community College/School District Campus Police Officers
S.B. 136
Specifies that university or community college or school district campus police officers fall under state definition of "law enforcement off...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004P-12Traffic Offense Fines Doubled in School Zone
S.B. 85
Amend KRS 189.394, regarding fines for speeding, to double fines for speeding in a school zone where the speed limit has been lowered and fl...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004P-12Notification of Principals
S.B. 52
Eliminates the requirement that the principal of a public school be notified when a child is found guilty of an offense that classifies the ...

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MISigned into law 04/2004P-12School Bomb Threats
H.B. 5280
Prohibits school districts from requiring school employees to remain in or search a building where a bomb threat has been made without provi...

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TNSigned into law 04/2004Postsec.Law Enforcement
S.B. 2797
Concerns Law Enforcement; enacts the Robert 'Robbie' Nottingham Campus Crime Scene Investigation Act of 2004; provides procedures for the in...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Reporting of Certain Acts by School Authorities
H.B. 869
Reporting of certain acts by school authorities to law enforcement. Expands the enumerated activities that school principals must report to ...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Criminal Street Gang Activity
H.B. 1080
Requires an intake officer to notify the school division superintendent of the filing of a petition against a juvenile in cases involving cr...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Notification of Student Participation in Gangs
S.B. 593, Similar to S.B. 633
Adds criminal act committed for the benefit of, at the direction of, or in association with any criminal street gang to those enumerated cri...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Student Conduct
H.B. 513
Directs the Board of Education, in developing model student conduct policies; includes standards for school board policies to ensure recogni...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Hazing and Codes of Conduct
H.B. 1331
Requires the Board of Education to include hazing in its guidelines and model policies for codes of student conduct; provides school boards ...

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VASigned into law 04/2004Postsec.Reciprocal Agreements
H.B. 1392
Allows private institutions of higher learning to enter into certain reciprocal agreements to the same extent as state supported institution...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12School Board Policies Prohibiting Firearms
H.B. 1117
Authorizes school boards to establish policies prohibiting the possession of firearms on school property, school buses, and at school- spons...

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VTSigned into law 04/2004P-12Harassment in Schools
H.B. 113
Requires boards to adopt policies prohibiting harassment and hazing, including sexual harassment. The stated intent is to: the intent of the...

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MESigned into law 03/2004P-12Emergency Medical Help
H.P. 136
Ensures that emergency medical help is available to all school children and personnel; relates to cardiopulmonary resuscitation and automate...

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MNSigned into law 03/2004P-12Civil Actions
H.F. 480
Relates to civil actions; provides protection for disclosure of job reference information; requires disclosure of data between school distri...

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NMVetoed 03/2004P-12Emergency Drills in Schools
S.B. 27
Relates to public schools; requires emergency drills in public and private schools; includes fire drills....

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TNSigned into law 03/2004Postsec.Public Records
S.B. 2098
Concerns public records; requires rather than authorizes institution of higher education to disclose final results of student disciplinary p...

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UTSigned into law 03/2004P-12School District Notification of Student Violence
H.B. 135
Requires law enforcement officers to notify school district superintendents when a minor is taken into custody or detention for a violent cr...

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UTSigned into law 03/2004P-12Disruption of Activities Near Schools
H.B. 199
Creates the offense of interfering with the peaceful activities of a school for kindergarten through 12th grade; provides for a class B misd...

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VASigned into law 03/2004P-12School Safety
H.B. 286
Relates to crimes; possession of weapon on school property; eliminates the requirement that any law- enforcement officer be engaged in offic...

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WISigned into law 03/2004Postsec.Student Orientation Information
S.B. 247
Provides certain orientation information regarding sexual assault or sexual harassment, including information on sexual assault by acquainta...

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WVto governor 03/2004P-12Discipline in the Public Schools
H.B. 4001 -- Multiple Sections
Makes each county board soley responsible for the administration of proper discipline in the public schools of the county. Each board is re...

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WVSigned into law 03/2004P-12Providing For Safe Schools
H.B. 4037
Provides for safe schools through alternative education programs; provides certain juvenile justice records to public school officials....

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ORTemporary Rule Adoption 01/2004P-12School Safety Hotline
OAR 137-085-0001, -0010, -0020, -0030, -0040, -0050
Establishes temporary rules to establish and operate the School Safety Hotline. Provides the critical framework for the operation of a toll ...

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+ School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution
+ School Safety--Code of Conduct
+ School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension
+ School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools
+ School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault
+ School/District Structure/Operations
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--School Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
+ Special Education
+ Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Inclusion (Mainstreaming)
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Special Populations--Homeless Education
+ Special Populations--Military
+ Standards
+ Standards--Implementation
+ State Comparisons/Statistics
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ State Policymaking--Ballot Questions
+ State Policymaking--Constitutional Clauses
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Employment
+ Students--Mobility
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Technology
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training
+ Textbooks and Open Source
+ Urban