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."

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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
+ Counseling/Guidance
+ 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
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning
+ Instructional Approaches--Tracking/Ability Grouping
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ International Baccalaureate
+ 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
+ Mentoring/Tutoring
+ 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
+ Remediation (K-12)
+ 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
+ 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
ILSigned into law 12/2004P-12Speech-Language Pathology License
S.B. 2395
Amends the School Code. Amends requirements for a speech-language pathologist who provides speech- language pathology services pursuant to a contract. Relates to a valid temporary license under the Illinois Speech-Language Pathology and Audiology Practice Act....

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ALEmergency Rule Adoption 11/2004P-12Definitions
AAC 660-5-26-.01
Establishes rules allowing special education services staff employed by the Alabama Department of Education or local school system to provide critical special education services to children in licensed child care centers without meeting requirements for child ...

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MARule Adoption 11/2004P-12School Finance Regulations
603 CMR 10.00
Amends rules to implement changes in the process used to calculated special education reimbursements under the so called 'circuit breaker' program. States that under the new procedures, district reimbursements will be calculated based on the eligible costs inc...

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MISigned into law 11/2004P-12Special Education and ISDs
H.B. 5839
Clarifies and limits duration of intermediate school district millages to fund special education and vocational education; relates to the limited use of bonds for special education and vocational education facilities.

http://www.michiganlegislature.org/mileg....

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NJSigned into law 10/2004P-12School District Scholarship Foundation
A.B. 2257
Permits a school district that terminates the operation of a separate school for special education pupils and returns all funds legally uwed to the school districts that sent pupils to the school to use any remaining funds to establish a scholarship foundation...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12School Placement for Special Education Students
A.B. 42
Requires the written decision of a state hearing regarding the school placement of individual with exceptional needs to include the reasons for any nonpublic, nonsectarian school placement, the provisions of nonpublic, nonsectarian agency services or the reimb...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Early Intervention Services
A.B. 2909
Requires the State Department of Education to conduct a study of the current methods of providing special instruction and other services to infants and toddlers who are deaf or hard of hearing and to report to the Legislature. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bil...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Special Education: Mental Health Services
S.B. 1895
Relates to referral of a pupil suspected of needing mental health services to a community health service by a local education agency, providing mental health services to students with exceptional needs, monitoring of compliance to provide mental health service...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Special Education: Visually Impaired Pupils
A.B. 662
Creates the Advisory Task Force for Education of Blind and Visually Impaired Pupils to provide input to formulate the most effective policy for the education of such pupils. Requires the Department of Education to provide outreach and technical assistance to p...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Teacher Credentialing: Internship Programs
A.B. 2286
Existing law authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing, until January 1, 2008, to issue district intern credentials authorizing
persons employed by any school district to provide classroom instruction to pupils with mild and moderate disabilities in s...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Instructional Materials: Electronic Format
A.B. 1010
Requires, with exceptions, a publisher that makes basic instructional materials available to a school district in a hard copy format to also make materials available in an electronic multimedia format upon adoption of such materials after a certain date. Requi...

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CAVetoed 09/2004P-12Autism Resource Center Office
A.B. 857
Establishes within the Department of Developmental Services, an Autism Resource Center office, to serve families by designating a single agency as a central source of information for autism treatment and support services, and other information about autism. Re...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12
Postsec.
Special Education Students
A.B. 1858 (multiple provisions)
Prohibits a licensed children's institution and a residential care facility from requiring, as a condition of admission or residency, that a child be identified as an individual with exceptional needs. Requires a local educational agency that has placed an ind...

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CASigned into law 09/2004P-12Funding for Special Needs Students
A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions)
In provision that adjusts funding for pupils with exceptional needs based on an incidence multiplier for each special education
local plan area, continues the current special education incidence factor formula through 2004–05. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/bil...

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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 substantial reason to believe that there is an immediate danger to the health, safety, or welfare of a child, and to monitor the ...

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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, with respect to a nonpublic, nonsectarian school that is associated with a licensed children's institution, there be a...

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IAAdopted 09/2004P-12Requirements for Special Education Endorsements
282 IAC 15.3
Modifies the requirements for the director of special education. Clarifies the authorization to include the 'director of special education of an area education agency'. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Rules/Current/iac/282iac/28215/28215pp7.pdf...

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IAAdopted 09/2004P-12Requirements for Special Education Endorsements
282 IAC 15.3
Modifies the requirements of the special education consultant. http://www.legis.state.ia.us/Rules/Current/iac/282iac/28215/28215pp7.pdf...

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NYSigned into law 09/2004P-12Students With Disability Services
A.B. 11203
Requires requests for boards of education to furnish services to students with disabilities enrolled in nonpublic schools to be submitted within certain time periods; provides requests filed with boards of education in all school districts for students with di...

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CASigned into law 08/2004P-12Pilot Program: Special Education Teacher Preparation
S.B. 1621
Requires the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to participate in a pilot program, which may include the San Joaquin County Office of Education and up to 5 school districts or consortia, to provide teacher preparation programs for teachers of pupils with disa...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004P-12Special Education Reimbursement
H.B. 4225
Amends the Children With Disabilities Article of the School Code. Provides that reimbursement for individual students with disabilities whose program costs exceed the per capita tuition rate shall be claimed beginning with costs encumbered for the 2004-2005 sc...

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ILSigned into law 08/2004P-12Qualified Teachers
H.B. 6906
Provides that if a school district has a shortage of highly qualified teachers, as defined by the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, or a shortage of highly qualified teachers in the subject area of mathematics, science, reading, or special education, then the ...

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MERule Adoption 08/2004P-12Early Intervention and Special Education for Children
05-071-180
Establishes rule to allow parents of preschool children with disabilities who are already receiving free appropriate public education (FAPE) services from Child Development Services and who turn five between September 1st and October 15th to choose not to enro...

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ALEmergency Rule Adoption 07/2004P-12Individualized Education Program/IEP
AAC 290-8-9-.05(10)(d)
Establishes rules amending language to include the requirements for the Alabama Occupational Diploma. ALABAMA REG 6717 (SN)...

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CASigned into law 07/2004P-12Teacher Credentialing: Special Education
A.B. 2171
Authorizes the Commission on Teacher Credentialing to issue a two-year services credential with a specialization in pupil personnel services, solely for the purpose of providing services to deaf and hearing-impaired pupils as a school social worker. Provides t...

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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 behavioral intervention case manager of a school district, special education local plan area, or county office of educat...

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CASigned into law 07/2004P-12Special Education
A.B. 152
Makes various revisions generally conforming State law with federal requirements relating to pupil identification, assessment and eligibility, individual education program development, including notice, representation and hearing procedures and requirements, m...

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LASigned into law 07/2004P-12Medicaid Reimbursement to Schools
S.B. 493
Abolishes the Medicaid School-Based Administrative Claiming Trust Fund and provides for direct reimbursement of monies to public school boards for administrative claims. http://www.legis.state.la.us/leg_docs/04RS/CVT8/OUT/0000LVKU.PDF...

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MASigned into law 07/2004P-12
Postsec.
School Building Assistance Program
H.B. 4978
Relates to the School Building Assistance Program; provides for grants, investments, trusts and bonds; creates the School Building Authority; provides for children with disabilities; prohibits racial desegregation; provides for public-private partnerships, cha...

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MSRule Adoption 07/2004P-12Assessment of Students with Disabilities
IIIB-3
Establishes rules regarding assessment of students with disabilities. Provides that the information contained within the guidelines for testing special populations and any subsequent updates shall apply to all public school personnel who are responsible for th...

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CASigned into law 06/2004P-12Special Education: Due Process Hearing
A.B. 2362
Provides that the hearing officer may not base a decision solely on nonsubstantive procedural errors in due process hearings, for the resolution of complaints regarding alleged violations of the law relative to special education, unless the officer makes certa...

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FLSigned into law 06/2004P-12Deaf and Blind School
S.B. 2918
Requires the Auditor General to conduct audits of accounts and records of the Florida School for the Deaf and Blind; provides that the school is a component of delivery of public education within Florida's K-20 education system; expands provisions regarding un...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12Special Education Advisory Panel
H.B. 213
Shifts authority for appointing special education advisory panel members from the department of education to the state board. Requires the special education advisory panel to serve the state board rather than the department in an advisory capacity. http://www...

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LASigned into law 06/2004P-12Special Education
H.B. 258
Specifies that children with exceptionalities enrolled in state-operated facilities and receiving special education services provided by the special school district shall be enrolled as residents of such facilities, and that eligible children enrolled in state...

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MTRule Adoption 06/2004P-12Special Education
ARM 10.16.3136
SPECIAL EDUCATION PROFESSIONAL STAFF QUALIFICATIONS   (1)   Any teacher providing special education and related services to students with disabilities shall hold a current Montana teaching certificate with appropriate endorsements.
(a)   A special education te...

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MDSigned into law 05/2004P-12School for the Blind
H.B. 741
Requires local education agencies to notify the parents or guardians of blind or visually impaired children, including children with multiple disabilities, of the availability of the educational programs offered by the Maryland School for the Blind....

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MDVetoed 05/2004P-12State School for the Blind
S.B. 174
Requires local education agencies to notify the parents or guardians of blind or visually impaired children, including children with multiple disabilities, of the availability of the educational programs offered by the State School for the Blind.

http://mlis....

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MESigned into law 05/2004P-12Preschool Handicapped Children
S.P. 801
Amends applicable statutes and instructs the Department of Human Services and the Department of Education to amend rules to clarify that a child who is already receiving free, appropriate public education services through the Child Development Services System ...

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MESigned into law 05/2004P-12Educational Funding and Property Tax Relief
S.P. 761
The bill provides that by fiscal year 2009-10 the state share of kindergarten to grade 12 education funding, as described by essential programs and services, must be 55%. It also establishes a local cost share expectation for property tax years beginning on o...

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MNTo governor 05/2004P-12Human Services
H.F. 2277
Relates to human services; makes changes to licensing provisions; regulates child protection dispositions; clarifies a mental health case management provision; regulates child care, long- term care and health care; provides for insurance for foster home provid...

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MSSigned into law 05/2004P-12Exceptional Children
H.B. 1366
Establishes the following provisions pertaining to reimbursement of costs for students with disabilities placed in private facilities:

Authorizes local districts to utilize all available funds (including federal).

Establishes equitable distribution of exis...

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WYEmergency Rule Adoption 05/2004P-12Special Education Staffing and Funding
Chapter 35
Adopts rules pertaining to the requirements for adequate special education staffing levels. Adjusts the foundation program formula for special education funding. WYOMING REG 4487 (SN)...

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AZSigned into law 04/2004P-12Exempted Child Care Programs in Schools
H.B. 2031
Concerns child care programs; concerns programs exempted from certain provisions; includes professional services rendered for mentally or physically impaired students as mandated; includes tutoring to improve school performance. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/Fo...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004P-12Statute of Limitations on IDEA Violation Administrative Hearings
S.B. 115
Requires that a request for an administrative hearing alleging a violation of the federal Individuals with Disabilities Education Act be commenced within three years after the cause of action accrued. This three-year limit does not apply if the eligible paren...

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KYSigned into law 04/2004P-12Children With Disabilities
H.B. 10
Provides that an exemption from compulsory attendance student may be granted to 1) a child certified by specified professionals to have a chronic physical condition that prevents or renders inadvisable attendance at school, and which is unlikely to improve sub...

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LAAdopted 04/2004P-12Implementation of Children with Exceptionalities Act
LAC 28:XLIII.373, 449, 517, 519, 904
Adopts rules relating to the removal of the declassified Individualized Education Programs (IEP) and related definitions. Clarifies the responsibilities of the local education agencies (LEAs) for students who are no longer eligible as students with disabilitie...

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LAAdopted 04/2004P-12Curricular Design for Exceptional Students
LAC 28:I.901
Repeals rules that address alternate assessment and curricular design for students with disabilities in special schools. Provides consistency with rules governing students with disabilities not attending special schools. ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2004P-12Transitioning Students with Disabilities
H.B. 988
Amends Division of Rehabilitation Services in the Department of Education responsibilities with county boards of education about transition services for students with disabilities; requires rehabilitation counselors to certain schools; provides for an employme...

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MDSigned into law 04/2004P-12Positive Behavioral Interventions
H.B. 1288
Requires a county board of education and the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City to require elementary schools with a suspension rate over 18% of enrollment to implement a Positive Behavioral Interventions and Support Program or an alternative beha...

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MESigned into law 04/2004P-12Developmental Disability Reporting
H.P. 1437
This bill, which implements the recommendations of the Maine Developmental Disabilities Council, amends the reporting requirements for the Department of Human Services, the Department of Behavioral and Developmental Services and the Department of Education rel...

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MNSigned into law 04/2004P-12Education
S.F. 2609
Relates to education; includes a mental health community representative on a community transition team for youth with disabilities.

http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/slaws/2004/c166.html...

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MSRule Adoption 04/2004P-12Special Education Teacher Unit Methodology Revision
(Uncodified)
Amends rules concerning a special education teacher unit methodology revision. Incorporates data retrieved electronically through the Mississippi Student Information Systems into the procedure. Changes the focus of the methodology to the amount of services a t...

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VASigned into law 04/2004P-12Financial and legal responsibility for special
H.B. 1047
Relates to financial and legal responsibility for special education students with disabilities placed across jurisdictional lines by social services into private residential facility; relates to special education and foster care services....

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ALEmergency Rule Adoption 03/2004P-12Student Assessment Required for High School Diploma
AAC 290-4-2-.02
Allows students with disabilities who fail one portion of the Alabama High School Graduation Exam and meet certain other criteria to receive the Alabama High School Diploma. http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/UpdatedMonthly/VolXXIIN6/p189.htm#T1...

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MARule Adoption 03/2004P-12Comprehensive Assessment System Performance Appeals
603 CMR 30.00
Amends rules relating to the Comprehensive Assessment System (MCAS) performance appeals process, and incorporates provisions regarding student with disabilities. MASSACHUSETTS REG 8280 (SN)...

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NMSigned into law 03/2004P-12Educational Bill of Rights
H.B. 186
Relates to education; enacts the Deaf and Hard-of- Hearing Children's Educational Bill of Rights....

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NYSigned into law 03/2004P-12Electronic Copies of Instructional Materials
A.B. 9837
Requires publishers and manufacturers of instructional materials for students to provide electronic copies of such material for use by disabled persons....

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RIRule Adoption 03/2004P-12Special Education Services
(Uncodified)
Establishes rules to provide that every youth in the system with a disability is entitled to free appropriate public education. RHODE ISLAND REG 2133 (SN)...

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UTVetoed 03/2004P-12Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarships
H.B. 115
Creates a program to award scholarships to students with disabilities who attend a private school; specifies criteria for qualifying for a scholarship; specifies criteria for private schools to enroll scholarship students; specifies the amount, timing, and for...

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WASigned into law 03/2004P-12Early Intervention for Deaf Children
H.B. 2765
Establishes an advisory council on early interventions for children who are deaf or hard of hearing and their families....

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MORule Adoption 02/2004P-12Individuals with Disabilities Education Act
5 CSR 70-742.140
Establishes the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education is eligible to apply for and receive federal funds under the Individuals with Disabilities Education Act Part B for the provision of special education and related services to eligible children an...

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MORule Adoption 02/2004P-12Missouri's Services for Infants and Toddlers/Disability
5 CSR 70-742.141
Establishes rules describing Missouri's services for infants and toddlers with disabilities. MISSOURI REG 14733 (SN)...

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SDSigned into law 02/2004P-12State Special Education Payment
S.B. 48
Revises the per student allocation for each disability level for the purposes of calculating the payment of state aid to special education....

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SDSigned into law 02/2004P-12Electronic Textbook Versions
H.B. 1221
Requires certain school book publishers to provide electronic versions of textbooks suitable for conversion into Braille....

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+ 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
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