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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 MS Rule Adoption 11/2004 Postsec. Community College Incentive Grants for Community/Junior Colleges Policy No. 24 Establishes the terms and conditions for WIA incentive grants to community/junior colleges to comply with the Comprehensive Workforce Traini... More... AZ Issued 10/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishing the Governor's Council on Innovation and Technology Executive Order 2003-7 The creation of the Governor's Council on Innovation and Technology, which shall replace the Arizona Science and Technology Council, and sha... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 State Workforce Infrastructure Planning A.B. 671 Defines workforce infrastructure as provisions for the delivery of public services essential to the viability of the state workforce. Requir... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Preschool for All Program A.B. 712 Requires the California Children and Families Commission to complete and submit a cost study that provides an estimate of the cost of a volu... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 Postsec. Nursing Workforce Education Investment Act A.B. 1821 Requires the Office of Statewide Health Planning and Development to maintain a Health Professions Career Opportunity Program to increase the... More... IA Issued 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL Executive Order No. 30 - 2003 Creates the IOWA LEARNS COUNCIL. The Iowa Learns Council shall work towards the ambitious goal of 90% of Iowa children having a quality pre-... More... IL Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College African-American Family Commission Act S.B. 3208 Creates the African-American Family Commission Act. Establishes a 15-member African-American Family Commission to serve as a coordinating an... More... MS Rule Adoption 07/2004 Postsec. Community College 2005 Workforce Project Guidelines (Uncodified) Amends rules concerning the 2005 workforce project guidelines. MISSISSIPPI REG 9245 (SN)... More... RI Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 07/2004 Postsec. Nursing Education Repayment Program H.B. 7680 Addresses the shortage of nurses in health care facilities by establishing a nursing education repayment program to provide loan repayment f... More... WY Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Wyoming Investment in Nursing Program (WYIN Program) Chapter 1 Establishes emergency rules to make funding available to individuals who wish to pursue a career in nursing and to alleviate a shortage of n... More... AZ Issued 06/2004 P-12 Establishing the Arizona Statewide Youth Development Task Force Executive Order 2004-14 Creates the Arizona Statewide Youth Development Task Force to provide policy recommendations relating to youth and youth development issues ... More... CT Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Community College Workforce Development S.B. 517 Concerning workforce development; establishes a competitive grant program for the development of educational programs in emerging and interd... More... CT Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Community College Allied Health Workforce Policy Board S.B. 519 Concerning allied health workforce needs; creates a State Allied Health Workforce Policy Board to monitor data and trends in the allied heal... More... CT Signed into law 06/2004 Community College Nursing Incentive Program H.B. 5571 Establishes a State Nursing Incentive Program within the Department of Higher Education to provide program assistance to the state's 4 regio... More... FL Signed by Governor 06/2004 P-12 Career and Technical Education H.B. 769 Relates to career, workforce and technical education; requires said education programs within the comprehensive high school program of study... More... FL Vetoed 06/2004 Postsec. Workforce Development Programs S.B. 1258 Relates to workforce development education programs; redesignates adult technical education programs as workforce development education prog... More... TN Signed into law 06/2004 Postsec. Community College Education and Employment Opportunities in Health Care Professions H.B. 1093 Amends Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49. Requires the Tennessee higher education commission to study and report to the general assembly by... More... ME Signed into law 05/2004 Postsec. Community College Education and Job Training H.P. 1399 Creates and expands opportunities in Maine to retain and attract youth of 15 to 35 years of age by developing a comprehensive marketing stra... More... MS Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training H.B. 973 Establishes the "Mississippi Comprehensive Workforce Training and Education Consolidation Act of 2004" to create one comprehensive workforce... More... AK Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. University Employees and Intellectual Property H.B. 282 Provides that the president of the University of Alaska may approve a contract between the University of Alaska and an employee that authori... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2004 Community College Workforce Development H.B. 2026 Concerns Community College District Workforce Development accounts; requires community colleges, including tribal community colleges, to com... More... IA Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. University-based Research Utilization Program H.F. 2431 The department of economic development shall establish and administer a university-based research utilitzation program for the purpose of en... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Community College Institute for Advanced Learning and Research H.B. 933 Adds the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research to the list of those entities characterized as "educational institutions" and "governm... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Community College Institute for Advanced Learning and Research H.B. 932 Increases the membership of the governing board of the Institute for Advanced Learning and Research from nine to 15 by adding six citizen re... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Barriers Between Higher Education and Industry H.B. 547 Directs the State Council of Higher Education to develop policies and strategies to eliminate the barriers between the Commonwealth's instit... More... WV Signed into law 04/2004 Postsec. Community College Workforce Investment Act H.B. 4411 Changes certain reporting requirements in the West Virginia Workforce Investment Act; requires a public agenda in the strategic five-year st... More... CO Signed into law 03/2004 Community College Training Program Transfer of Moneys H.B. 1166 Concerns an increase in the amount of moneys transferred by the State Board for Community Colleges and Occupational Education from the Color... More... VA Signed into law 03/2004 Postsec. Community College Distance Learning H.B. 617 Effective January 1, 2005, each public institution of higher education shall include in its strategic plan information indicating to what ex... More... WV Signed into law 02/2004 Postsec. Community College Workforce Investment H.B. 4131 Requires certain reporting to the legislative oversight commission on workforce investment for economic development; provides for administra... More... SD Rule Adoption 01/2004 P-12 Convene a Meeting of the Technical Directors/Staff 24:10:42:23 Establishes rules requiring the director of the Office of Career and Technical Education to convene a meeting of the technical directors and... More... 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 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