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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 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 SD Adopted 12/2004 P-12 Exemption Process/Technical Education/Study Courses SDCR 24:03:01:01, 04:16, 17, 17.01, 18, 06:06.01, 31, 32, 10:42:23 Aligns rule to current statutes and removes State Board of Education from the exemption process. Changes new technical education program pro... More... WA Rule Adoption 11/2004 P-12 High School and Beyond Plan WAC 180-51-061 Adopts rules relating to the high school and beyond plan and culminating graduation requirements. Requires implementation of both via a writ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Prison Education Reform Act A.B. 1914 Establishes the Prison Education Reform Act. Changes the position of Superintendent of Correctional Education to the Deputy Director of Corr... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 School District Governing Boards: Pupil Members A.B. 1897 Requires the governing board of a school district to appoint to its membership a preferential voting pupil member. Requires school districts... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Pupil Attendance: Precinct Board Membership A.B. 1944 Deems, for purposes of computing the average daily attendance generated by a pupil enrolled in a history or social science course required b... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Recognized High Schools: Grant Programs A.B. 1841 Provides that if a high school participating in either the High Priority Schools Grant Program or the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 High School Remediation Funding Flexibility Program A.B. 2647 Establishes the High School Remediation Funding Flexibility Program for the purpose of providing funding flexibility for remediation instruc... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Principal Training Program A.B. 164 Authorizes training plans for high school principals to include professional development activities that include coaching, mentorship, assis... More... CA Vetoed 09/2004 P-12 Postsec. Academic Improvement and Achievement Act A.B. 2080 Relates to the Academic Improvement and Achievement Act, which authorizes districts to submit proposals to the state superintendent to fund ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Inclusion of Documents in History-Social Science Framework A.B. 2855 (multiple provisions) Section 2: Repeals the requirement that pupils in American government and civics courses required for high school graduation read and be tau... More... CA Signed into law 09/2004 P-12 Algebra Coursework for High School Diploma A.B. 2525 (multiple provisions) Exempts a pupil who, prior to enrollment in grade 9, completes coursework in algebra that meets or exceeds the rigor of the state board cont... More... SD Adopted 09/2004 P-12 Curriculum/Content Requirements 24:14:04:12.01, 12.02; 15:06:33, 36; 03:06:06.05, 15:01:01; 16:01:01, 05:03; 06:01, 02, 03, 07:01; 16:07:01, 02, 03, 08:01 thru 58 (Non-Seq.), 09:03 thru 05, 10:06 and 07 Eliminates requirement that evidence of completion of all required sections of the Dakota STEP assessment must appear on the student's trans... More... CA Signed into law 08/2004 P-12 Retroactive High School Diplomas for Veterans S.B. 1517 Extends authorization to retroactively grant a high school diploma to a former pupil who is veteran of World War II, the Korean War or the V... 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 Prairie State Achievement Exam S.B. 2769 Amends the School Code. Provides that no student shall receive a regular diploma without taking the Prairie State Achievement Exam. Provides... More... AL Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Requirements for Occupational Diploma AAC 290-3-1-.02 Establishes rules amending language to include the requirements for the Alabama Occupational Diploma. http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.s... More... AL Emergency Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Alabama Occupational Diploma AAC 290-8-9-.10 Establishes rules amending language to move the requirements for the Alabama Occupational Diploma to 290-3-1-.02(8)(g). ... More... DE Signed into law 07/2004 P-12 State High School Diploma Issuance H.J.R. 34 Authorizes and directs the Department of Education to conduct alignment studies on additional academic indicators to be used for diploma gra... More... TX Rule Adoption 07/2004 P-12 Texas Success Initiative 19 TAC 1.4.C.4.54 Amends rules concerning exemption from the requirements of the Texas Success Initiative. Exempts high school students who achieve certain st... More... CO Vetoed 06/2004 P-12 Colorado High School Commission H.B. 1283 Creates a High School Commission to assess the quality of education provided in the state's public high schools and to make recommendations ... More... FL Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Juvenile Justice Education H.B. 1989 Relates to juvenile justice education; increases percentage of Florida Education Finance Program funding generated by students in juvenile j... More... LA Signed into law 06/2004 P-12 Postsec. Student Loans and Scholarships H.B. 32 Provides relative to student eligibility for Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) scholarship program. Eliminates prov... More... AL Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 High School Diplomas for Honorably Discharged Veterans H.B. 24 Concerns honorably discharged veterans who served in United States Armed Forces during certain dates and who did not receive high school dip... More... DE Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 High School Diploma Issuance S.B. 285 Requires the Department of Education to award diplomas based on current rules and regulations for students who graduate in 2004; allows the ... More... FL Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Korean War Veterans High School Diplomas S.B. 1096 Relates to Korean War veteran's high school diploma; amends certain prerequisites to allow award of standard high school diploma to honorabl... More... IA Vetoed 05/2004 P-12 Healthy 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 ... More... MD Rule Adoption 05/2004 P-12 Standards for Kindergarten Programs COMAR 13A.03.01, .01, .04, 13A.03.02, .01-.12 Proposes rules regarding standards for kindergarten programs and graduation requirements for public high schools. MARYLAND REG 9845 (SN)... More... TN Signed into law 05/2004 P-12 Postsec. Uniform Grading System S.B. 2205 Directs the state board to establish a task force comprised of superintendents, principals, teachers, and representatives of school boards a... More... KY Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Student Dropouts H.B. 178 Amends KRS 158.145 to require that all students who drop out of school be counted in the annual state dropout index. Amends KRS 158.6455 to... More... MD Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 High School Diploma H.B. 474 Allows an individual honorably discharged from military service to apply to specified county boards of education to obtain a high school dip... More... MS Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 High School Diplomas S.B. 2446 Authorizes local school boards to award honorary high school diplomas to Vietnam veterans who were scheduled to graduate from high school be... More... OK Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 Schools S.B. 1271 Relates to curriculum requirements for high school graduation; authorizes technology center school districts to offer certain programs; requ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2004 P-12 At Risk Student Academic Achievement Program H.B. 1013 Creates an At-Risk Student Academic Achievement Program and fund to provide grants to public school divisions for programs to improve the ac... More... AL Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 High School Diploma AAC 290-3-1-.02-.01; -4-2-.02-.01 Provides emergency regulation to effective change for those eligible for a regular high school diploma in the Spring of 2004. ALABAMA REG 65... More... AL Adopted 03/2004 P-12 Alternate Requirements for Students Failing Exit Test AAC 290-3-1-.02 Allows high schools to confer the High School Diploma on students with disabilities who have failed a subject area test of the Graduation Ex... More... AL Emergency Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 Student 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... More... DE Rule Adoption 03/2004 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements and Diplomas 14 DAC 505 Amends rules regarding credit requirements for High School Graduation, diplomas and certificate of performance, options for awarding credit ... More... NM Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 High School Graduation Requirements H.B. 522 Relates to education; establishes requirements for high school graduation and student curriculum plans.... More... OH Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Teaching Success S.B. 2 · Creates an Educator Standards Board to develop and submit to the State Board of Education recommendations for statewide educator standard... More... UT Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Public Education Amendments S.B. 185 Modifies the membership and terms of the nominating and recruiting committee that selects candidates for membership on the State Board of Ed... More... VA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Joint Schools S.B. 553 Authorizes school boards to create joint or regional schools offering a specialized curriculum leading to a high school diploma and a postse... More... WA Vetoed 03/2004 P-12 Postsec. Community College Elementary and Higher Education Link S.B. 6561 Strengthens linkages between K-12 and higher education systems. Requires the state board for community and technical colleges, the higher ed... More... WA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 State Assessment Standards H.B. 2195 1) The high school assessment system shall include but need not be limited to the Washington assessment of student learning, opportunities f... More... WA Signed into law 03/2004 P-12 Postsec. Higher Education Remedial Education S.B. 5139 Requires the higher education coordinating board, the office of the superintendent of public instruction and the state board for community a... More... WV to governor 03/2004 P-12 Postsec. High Quality Education Standards and Efficiency Standards H.B. 4001-- Multiple Sections One section of H.B. 4001 requires high quality education standards and efficiency standards to include an assurance that graduates are prepa... More... SD Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Basic High School Program H.B. 1001 Provides for a basic high school program and a recommended high school program; requires most students to complete the recommended one; sets... More... VT Signed into law 02/2004 P-12 Governor's Diploma H.B. 490 Repeals the governor's diploma. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2004/acts/ACT078.HTM... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - Reporting S.B. 33 §§ 1, 4, 5, 6 Amends Ark. Code § 6-15-404, adds 6-15-434, 6-15-1806, 6-15-1901, 6-15-1902, 6-15-1903 .Creates the Student Assessment and Educational Accou... More... AR Signed into law 01/2004 P-12 Postsec. Student Assessment and Educational Accountability Act of 2004 - P-16 S.B. 33 § 10 Adds Ark. Code 6-15-2201. Requires postsecondary education to report on the readiness of high school students for higher education; the stat... More... MS Rule Adoption 01/2004 P-12 GED State Policy (Uncodified) Amends rules concerning GED State Policy, with regard to, minimum requirements and eligibility for testing. MISSISSIPPI REG 9040 (SN)... More... 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 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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