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From the ECS State Policy Database 2005 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2005. 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 MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Hurrican Katrina and school accountability S.B. 2012 Authorizes the state board of education to exempt certain schools from accountability standards due to Hurricane Katrina of 2005. http://bi... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of State Accountability System and Revised Designations S.B. 214 (Section 1-2) Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Beh... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 School Safety and Accountability Reports Content/Design/Layout S.B. 214 (Section 3) Requires the department to convene a working group of specified members to evaluate the current rules, definitions and reporting of incident... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Monitoring system for the statewide system of accountability; honor code S.B. 214 Establishes a monitoring system for the statewide system of accountability; revises various provisions governing the statewide system of acc... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Technical assistance partnerships and regional training programs for professional development of teachers and administrators H.B. 109 Revises provisions governing the statewide system of accountability for public schools; redesignating the four regional training programs fo... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Statewide system of accountability for school districts and public schools H.B. 154 The board of trustees of each school district and the principal of each public school must prepare an annual summary of accountability info... More... NV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Creates Commission on Educational Excellence. S.B. 404 Creates the Commission on Educational Excellence; prescribing the membership and duties of the Commission; creating the Trust Fund for Educ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Annual Report of Accountability H.B. 527 AN ACT relating to education; renaming the University and Community College System of Nevada as the Nevada System of Higher Education; clari... More... TX Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Accountability and Performance Monitoring 19 TAC 2.97.AA.97.1005 Proposes rules concerning accountability and performance monitoring. Describes the Performance- Based Monitoring Analysis System (PBNAS). Ad... More... Accountability--Accreditation WV Rule Adoption 07/2005 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules relating to a performance based accreditation system to improve education. WEST VIRGINIA REG 4602 (SN)... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Accreditation Indicators and Dropout/Graduation Rates S.B. 91 Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. S... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of State Accountability System and Revised Designations S.B. 214 (Section 1-2) Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Beh... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 School Accountability Reports and State Accreditation S.B. 214 (Section 4-6) Section 4: Repeals and reenacts 22-7-605 pertaining to the content and format of state-mandated school accountability reports. Section 5: ... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Diagnostic Academic Growth Calculation S.B. 214 (Section 7-8) Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation adde... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Accreditation Standards H.B. 2757 Requires the department of education to conduct an on-campus Standards for Accreditation of Arkansas Public Schools review for each school d... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 H.B. 2247 (section 6) Requires every accredited school to teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 200... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 2010 Commission H.B. 2247 (section 7-9) Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to: (a) Condu... More... Accountability--Measures/Indicators IL Adopted 11/2005 P-12 23 IAC 1.10, thru .70, .75, .80, .85, .90, .95, Makes changes in the accountability system for public schools. Changes the requirement for adequate yearly progress and the indicators that ... More... KY Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Accountability Rewards and Consequences 703 KAR 5:020 Amends rules which establish a system for identifying and rewarding successful schools and appropriate consequences for schools failing to m... More... TX Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Institutional Reports 19 TAC 1.17.K.17.101 From background information: Proposed amendment to 19 TAC §97.1001 would describe the state accountability rating system and adopt excerpts ... More... TX Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Accountability Ratings and Measures 19 TAC §97.1001 BACKGROUND INFORMATION AND SIGNIFICANT ISSUES: Legal counsel with the Texas Education Agency (TEA) has recommended that the procedures for i... More... TX Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Annual Accountability Standards 19 TAC 2.97.AA.97.1001 Amends rules regarding the annual accountability standards. Describes the state accountability rating system for districts, campuses, and ch... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of State Accountability System and Revised Designations S.B. 214 (Section 1-2) Requires the department to contract every 3 years for an independent evaluation of the state accountability system and the No Child Left Beh... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Diagnostic Academic Growth Calculation S.B. 214 (Section 7-8) Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation adde... More... Accountability--Reporting Results WI Signed into law 12/2005 P-12 Notification of Right to Request Performance Reports A.B. 425 From Legislative Council Memo: Prior law required each school board to annually distribute, by January 1, to the parent or guardian of each ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Accountability Report Cards - Inclusion of Expenditures and Salaries S.B. 687 The Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act requires each school district to develop and implement a school accountabilit... More... TX Adopted 09/2005 P-12 Institutional Reports 19 TAC 1.17.K.17.101 From background information: Proposed amendment to 19 TAC §97.1001 would describe the state accountability rating system and adopt excerpts ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Data Reporting A.B. 110 -- Reporting Section Legislative intent: (a) Promote good data management practices with respect to education data. (b) Support the efforts of the State Departme... More... KS Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 3 Makes changes to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, other school funding legislation, and enact policies relating to t... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Educational Data Advisory Committee S.B. 19 Requires the state board to identify volunteer districts, boards of cooperative services and a charter school to send representatives to for... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Sufficient Academic Growth H.B. 1217 Modifies definition of "sufficient academic growth" for purposes of diagnostic assessment. Makes related changes to governor's distinguished... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 School Accountability Reports and State Accreditation S.B. 214 (Section 4-6) Section 4: Repeals and reenacts 22-7-605 pertaining to the content and format of state-mandated school accountability reports. Section 5: ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Statewide system of accountability for school districts and public schools H.B. 154 The board of trustees of each school district and the principal of each public school must prepare an annual summary of accountability info... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Annual Performance Ratings H.B. 3297 From bill analysis: Under current law, public schools and school districts are given annual performance ratings by the Texas Education Agenc... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Consolidating Reporting H.B. 1444 A new section requires the state board to study and assess ways to eliminate, reduce, consolidate, and simplify the number, type, and length... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Student Tracking and Reporting (STAR) Pilot Program H.B. 1021 (multiple provisions) One section of this bill creates the Student Tracking and Reporting (STAR) Pilot Program. Requires interoperability with other state student... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Board of Directors H.B. 2517 Increases from six to nine the number of hours of training that a newly elected member of a school board of directors is required to obtain ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Student Assessment Scores H.B. 2881 Concerns assessments scores for students attending the Arkansas school for mathematics, sciences and the arts of the University of Arkansas.... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Accountability and Crime Reporting S.B. 1044 Authorizes local boards to adopt guidelines for the standardization of the format of school accountability report cards required by section ... More... KS Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2005 P-12 School Records H.B. 2247 (section 1-2) Requires districts to report expenditures by categories as directed by the department of education and requires the department to verify cos... More... Accountability--Rewards KY Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Accountability Rewards and Consequences 703 KAR 5:020 Amends rules which establish a system for identifying and rewarding successful schools and appropriate consequences for schools failing to m... More... KY Adopted 11/2005 P-12 District Accountability Rewards and Sanctions 703 KAR 5:130 Establishes a local school district accountability program. Establishes eligibility for district rewards, and procedures for determining ass... More... OK Adopted 08/2005 P-12 Academic Achievement Award Program OAC 210:20-26-1, -2, -3 Implements the Academic Achievement Award Program. OKLAHOMA 13819 ... More... GA Adopted 07/2005 P-12 Accountability System GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding the statewide accountability system, including definitions, profiles and awards and school- and district-level con... More... NC Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Rewards for growth S.B. 630 The personnel in participating schools that achieve a level of expected growth greater than one hundred percent (100%) at a level to be dete... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Sufficient Academic Growth H.B. 1217 Modifies definition of "sufficient academic growth" for purposes of diagnostic assessment. Makes related changes to governor's distinguished... More... FL Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) and Advanced International Certificate of Education H.B. 579 Adds International General Certificate of Secondary Education (pre-AICE) and Advanced International Certificate of Education (AICE) to publi... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Academic Honors Diploma Awards H.B. 1001 (Section 201) Districts are eligible for the academic honors diploma awards according to the number of students who successfully completed an academic hon... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Academic Achievement Award (AAA) Program H.B. 1992 New section of law: 3-152.1 of Title 70. Requires the state board of education to develop an Academic Achievement Award (AAA) program. The ... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Apple Award H.B. 1998 Adds a new section to chapter 28A.655 RCW. The Apple Award program is created to honor and reward public elementary schools that have the gr... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 End-of-Course Success Incentive Program H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Creates the End-of-Course Success Incentive Program under the department of education. Awards schools $50.00 for each student passing the en... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions GA Signed into law 12/2005 P-12 Accountability and Interventions S.B. 35 Makes the department responsible for the implementation of a single statewide system of accountability. Adds school systems to the system of... More... IL Adopted 11/2005 P-12 23 IAC 1.10, thru .70, .75, .80, .85, .90, .95, Makes changes in the accountability system for public schools. Changes the requirement for adequate yearly progress and the indicators that ... More... LA Adopted 11/2005 P-12 AYP and Sanctions for Underperforming Schools LAC 28:LXXXIII.517, 1101, 1501, 1705, 2301, 3301, and 3303 Defines growth label changes for three-star schools. Defines the movement of three-star schools into Academic Assistance if performance sign... More... LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Recovery School District H.B. 121A Establishes procedures for identifying underperforming schools to be transferred to the Recovery School District. Requires the Recovery Sch... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 School Intervention Contract Criteria H.B. 953 This bill would require the Superintendent to provide a list of approved school assistance and intervention teams with which a school distri... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Hurrican Katrina and school accountability S.B. 2012 Authorizes the state board of education to exempt certain schools from accountability standards due to Hurricane Katrina of 2005. http://bi... More... GA Adopted 07/2005 P-12 Accountability System GAC 160-7-1-.01 thru -.04 Clarifies rules regarding the statewide accountability system, including definitions, profiles and awards and school- and district-level con... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Corrective Action H.B. 1216 Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each d... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 No Pass No Drive Revisions S.B. 35 - Attendance Provisions Amends No Pass No Drive law. Adds provision that a student who is pursuing a general education development (GED) diploma will not have his/h... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities Program Act S.B. 593 Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Trans... More... VA Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Conducting Division-Level Academic Reviews 8 VAC 20-700-10 thru -50 Outlines the process and procedures for conducting the division-level academic review and submitting the corrective action plan to the Board... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 No Pass No Drive Revisions S.B. 35 - Attendance Provisions Amends No Pass No Drive law. Adds provision that a student who is pursuing a general education development (GED) diploma will not have his/h... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Corrective Action H.B. 1216 Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each d... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities Program Act S.B. 593 Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Trans... More... Accountability--School Improvement KY Adopted 11/2005 P-12 District Accountability Rewards and Sanctions 703 KAR 5:130 Establishes a local school district accountability program. Establishes eligibility for district rewards, and procedures for determining ass... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 School Intervention Contract Criteria H.B. 953 This bill would require the Superintendent to provide a list of approved school assistance and intervention teams with which a school distri... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 The Parental Participation Pilot Project S.B. 10 Provides that by the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, the State Board of Education shall by rule establish a parental participation p... More... OK Emergency Rule Adoption 08/2005 P-12 Timeline for Six Year Comprehensive Local Education Plan OAC 210:15-8-1, -2 Establishes the submission date for the Plan to the Board of Education for school districts with one or more school sites which are identifi... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Corrective Action H.B. 1216 Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each d... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Performance Reviews S.B. 982, Section 14 Amends Section 3-118.1 to allow for performance reviews by the Office of Accountability. If the Office requests such a review, the Office o... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Arkansas Online Professional Development Initiative H.B. 2489 Creates the Arkansas Online Professional Development Initiative. Requires the director of the department of education to prioritize identifi... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Leadership Academy School Support Program H.B. 2434 Creates the Arkansas Leadership Academy School Support Program to train principals and teachers in schools and districts designated as being... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of Colleges and Universities in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 7) Requires colleges and universities to: (a) Utilize institution-wide resources to work with elementary and secondary educators and other ent... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Role of Department of Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 4) Mandates that the Kentucky Department of Education provide assistance to schools and teachers, including publicizing professional developmen... More... Adult Basic Education CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Adult Learners May Take Exit Exam A.B. 1057 An act to add Section 60851.3 to the Education Code, relating to education. Require the exit examination to be offered to a person regularly... More... NC Signed into law 06/2005 Community College Postsec. Community College System H.B. 583 The Community Colleges System Office is designated as the primary lead agency for delivering workforce development training, adult literacy ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Professional Development Requirements S.B. 1150 Limits professional development requirements for certified personnel working solely in the following adult education programs: (1) Adult bas... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 Postsec. Community College Education Works Program S.B. 691 Relates to second semester for education works program.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Committee for Mathematics Achievement H.B. 93 (Section 2) Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"... More... UT Rule Adoption 02/2005 Postsec. Community College Adult Education Programs R277-733 Proposes rule to develop a statewide fee schedule for adult education classes based upon a student's ability to pay. Amends link of fees to ... More... Assessment AK Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Standards-based science assessment 4 AAC 04.140 thru 06.825 Requires the commissioner to select a standards-based science assessment and school districts to administer the assessment in selected grade... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Assessing English Language Learners; and Posting State Test Items S.B. 755 This bill would require a pupil identified as limited English proficient who is enrolled in any of grades 2 to 11, and who either receives i... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Assessment Accommodations for English Language Learners S.B. 385 This bill would require a pupil to take achievement tests in his or her primary language, if the pupil is identified as limited English prof... More... NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 School testing program H.B. 911 Streamline School Testing Program.... More... DE Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Best Practices of Other State Assessment Programs H.J.R. 4 This Resolution creates a Task Force to examine best practice models of other state assessment programs for the purpose of providing recomme... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Diagnostic Academic Growth Calculation S.B. 214 (Section 7-8) Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation adde... More... OR Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Assessment Dates S.B. 169 Deleted requirement that an assessment shall be administered to students on or after March 1 of a school year if the assessment is: (A) A ma... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Phonologic Weakness H.B. 1488 Defines "phonologic weakness." Requires the department of education to develop and implement a plan to (1) train teachers, especially the t... More... MI Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Provisions in original MEAP authorizing statute relating to administration of state assessment program H.B. 4142 AN ACT to amend 1970 PA 38, entitled "An act to provide for assessment and remedial assistance programs of students in reading, mathematics ... More... MS Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Statewide Assessment System IIB-3 Provides that the information contained within the Guidelines for Testing Students with Disabilities and the Guidelines for Educational Serv... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005 S.B. 982 New law establishing the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. One new section establishes the Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Progra... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Potential Alternative Assessments H.B. 1987 Directs the superintendent of public instruction to review the course requirements and assessments in one or more representative career and ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Career Counseling for Students H.B. 2868 Requires each district's student services plan to include a district-level tracking system for students who fail to reach proficiency on sta... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 End of Course Assessment Requirements H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Establishes system for districts to report all students' scores on end-of-course assessments. Requires the division of public school accoun... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Grade 3-8 Assessments, End-of-Course Exams and Remediation H.B. 2824 Requires a student not passing an immediately previous grades 3-8 benchmark assessment or in a secondary level end-of-course assessment to p... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 End-of-Course Success Incentive Program H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Creates the End-of-Course Success Incentive Program under the department of education. Awards schools $50.00 for each student passing the en... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Eligibility for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) Modifies eligibility requirements for the Arkansas Academic Challenge Scholarship Program, effective for applicants graduating from an Arkan... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Department Reporting and Student Testing H.B. 2033 Requires the department to report to specified members of the legislature on its budget status every two months for the first half of each f... More... UT Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 Makeup Days: Basic Skills Competency Testing Requirements R277-705-6 Amends rule to provide for makeup days in administration of required Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (UBSCT). Changes add language for sch... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Mandatory Norm Referenced Student Assessments H.B. 1068 From the fiscal note: The bill eliminates the mandatory requirement for norm referenced testing in the third, sixth, and ninth grade classes... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Student Achievement Improvement H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions) Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Committee for Mathematics Achievement H.B. 93 (Section 2) Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Mathematics Achievement Fund H.B. 93 (Section 3) Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students,... More... TX Adopted 03/2005 P-12 Student Testing Requirements §101.5 The adopted amendments update and revise the rules to align with current statute (3-10 testing rather than 3-8). http://www.tea.state.tx.us/... More... NM Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Examination Opportunities, Results, Verification 11.12, 11.13, 11.15, 11.16 Proposes rules regarding examination opportunities, exam results, verification of exam results, and examination of record purposes. NEW MEXI... More... UT Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Testing Procedures R277-473 Removes 'Constructed response portions' from definitions and language. Updates Criterion Reference Test (CRT) assessment window and adds new... More... Assessment--Accommodations GA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Procedures for Exemption from Graduation Exam GAC 160-1-3-.09 Establishes "variance" procedure for a student not eligible for waiver (not rendered incapable of passing a section of the GHSGT or the GHSW... More... LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Testing Students with Disabilities LAC 28:XXXIX.503 and 1301 Revises high stakes testing policy for students with disabilities to meet federal requirements. Page 39 of 106: http://www.doa.state.la.us/o... More... LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Alternate Assessment Participation Guidelines LAC 28:XCVII.901-907 Establishes guidelines for the participation of students with disabilities in alternate assessments who cannot participate in regular assess... More... LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 General Education Exam and Students with Disabilities LAC 28: CXV.2319 Allows the Superintendent of Education to waive the final component of the General Education Exam for student with disabilities if the Depar... More... LA Adopted 11/2005 P-12 NCLB Assessment and AYP LAC 28:LXXXIII.305, 509, 703, 3901-3905 Amends the accountability system calculations to take advantage of new flexibility in guidance for No Child Left Behind and address situatio... More... WV Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Alternate Academic Achievement Standards Title 126, Series 44P WEST VIRGINIA 4765, SUMMARY:  Amends rules relating to alternate academic achievement standards for West Virginia schools. EFFECTIVE DATE: 1... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Assessing English Language Learners; and Posting State Test Items S.B. 755 This bill would require a pupil identified as limited English proficient who is enrolled in any of grades 2 to 11, and who either receives i... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Assessment Accommodations for English Language Learners S.B. 385 This bill would require a pupil to take achievement tests in his or her primary language, if the pupil is identified as limited English prof... More... GA Adopted 07/2005 P-12 Student Assessments GAC 160-3-1-.07 Clarifies rules regarding testing programs and student assessment. Clarifies assessment participation requirements for English language lear... More... ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 06/2005 P-12 Alternate Standard Achievement Test for LEP Students IDAPA 08.02.03 Proposes rules regarding the Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. Sets forth rules for LEP students to take an alternate Standard Achi... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Alternative Assessments/Accomodations S.B. 214 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.4(F)(3), relative to alternative assessments for students with certain disabilities. Requires that, i... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Inclusion of Students with Disabilities in State Assessment H.B. 1246 Provides that if, as part of a student's individual educational program (IEP), a student attends part-time a school or program away from the... More... MS Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Statewide Assessment System IIB-3 Provides that the information contained within the Guidelines for Testing Students with Disabilities and the Guidelines for Educational Serv... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Task Force S.B. 982, Section 4 Section 4 creates the Achieving Classroom Excellence Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to study the testing requirements for eigh... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Special Education and the AIMS S.B. 1352 States that a student with an individualized education program (IEP) is not required to earn a passing score on a competency test required f... More... Assessment--Computer Based UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program H.B. 382 Establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,280; establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operatio... More... Assessment--End-of-Course OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 End-of-Course Tests S.B. 982, Sections 6 and 8 Creates new section. Beginning with students entering the ninth grade in the 2008-2009 school year, every student must demonstrate mastery o... More... Assessment--Formative/Interim CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Assistance to Students Failing the Exit Exam A.B. 128 States that funds received through section 37252 for supplemental instruction may be used to provide intensive instruction and services to s... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Sufficient Academic Growth H.B. 1217 Modifies definition of "sufficient academic growth" for purposes of diagnostic assessment. Makes related changes to governor's distinguished... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Mandatory Norm Referenced Student Assessments H.B. 1068 From the fiscal note: The bill eliminates the mandatory requirement for norm referenced testing in the third, sixth, and ninth grade classes... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Committee for Mathematics Achievement H.B. 93 (Section 2) Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Teacher' Professional Growth Fund H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6) Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Mathematics Achievement Fund H.B. 93 (Section 3) Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students,... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. The Center for Mathematics H.B. 93 (Section 4) Creates the Center for Mathematics to make available professional development for teachers in reliable, research-based diagnostic assessment... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Role of Department of Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 4) Mandates that the Kentucky Department of Education provide assistance to schools and teachers, including publicizing professional developmen... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Program S.B. 19 This act is to be cited as the "Read to Achieve Act of 2005." Relates to reading; makes an appropriation therefor; describes the general ass... More... Assessment--High Stakes/Competency MI Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Provisions in original MEAP authorizing statute relating to administration of state assessment program H.B. 4142 AN ACT to amend 1970 PA 38, entitled "An act to provide for assessment and remedial assistance programs of students in reading, mathematics ... More... NV Adopted 05/2005 P-12 High School Proficiency Examinations NAC 389.027, .051, .056, .058, .061, .071 Amends provisions governing high school proficiency examinations. NEVADA REG 3705 (SN)... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Task Force S.B. 982, Section 4 Section 4 creates the Achieving Classroom Excellence Task Force. The purpose of the task force is to study the testing requirements for eigh... More... Assessment--Value Added CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Diagnostic Academic Growth Calculation S.B. 214 (Section 7-8) Section 7: Encourages the state board to establish accreditation indicators based in part on the diagnostic academic growth calculation adde... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) VA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Juvenile Work Release Programs 6 VAC 35-190-10 thru -120 Emergency regulation effective December 14, 2005, through December 13, 2006 that assists juveniles in acquiring necessary work habits, devel... More... CO Adopted 11/2005 P-12 Dropout Prevention Activity Grant Program 1 CCR 301-66 The Dropout Prevention Activity Grant Program requires the State Board of Education to define procedures for applying for a grant, and the c... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 School Placement for Foster Children H.B. 1261 An act to amend Sections 48853, 48853.5, 48859, 49069.5, 52052, 56034, 56366.1, and 56366.2 of the Education Code, and to amend Sections 319... More... CA Consideration of governor's veto pending 09/2005 P-12 Counseling for At-risk Students A.B. 455 An act to amend Section 49600 of the Education Code, relating to at-risk pupils. Requires that educational counseling include, in addition t... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 The Parental Participation Pilot Project S.B. 10 Provides that by the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, the State Board of Education shall by rule establish a parental participation p... More... NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Study Ways to Reduce Dropout Rate S.B. 408 Directs the State Board of Education to identify research-based methods to reduce the dropout rate, especially in high-poverty schools with ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Continued Attendance After Legal Placement H.B. 3075 When a juvenile court determines that it is in a child˘s best interest to continue to attend the school that the child attended prior to pla... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of Expelled and At-Risk Student Services Grant Program H.B. 1311 Authorizes the department of education to retain up to 1% of any appropriation for the expelled and at-risk student services grant program t... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Students Whose Parents Are Incarcerated H.B. 1088 Requires the department of corrections to obtain information from each inmate on whether the inmate is the parent of a child under the age o... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Deployment of Hawaii Based Military Members S.B. 1394 The purpose of this Act is for schools whose student population includes at least twenty per cent or one hundred students from military fami... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Dropout Prevention Activity Grant Program H.B. 1024 Creates the dropout prevention activity grant program to fund before- and after-school arts-based and vocational activity programs for stude... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Teacher Loan Forgiveness Pilot Program S.B. 191 Defines "high-poverty school" and "rural school district." Expands teacher loan forgiveness pilot program to include teachers who (1) contra... More... TN to governor 05/2005 P-12 Request for More Funding for Dropout Prevention H.J.R. 117 A resolution to urge increased funding for the development and expansion of dropout prevention programs in Tennessee. ... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Funding for Dropout Prevention Programs H.J.R. 117 From the fiscal note: A resolution to urge the Governor to include an earmarked appropriation within the administration's general appropriat... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Learning Assistance Program H.B. 1066 Revises the funding formula for the Learning Assistance Program from one based equally on assessment results and family need to one based so... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Ability to Learn H.B. 2604 Authorizes the department of human services to communicate with a foster child's school concerning placement issues that may impact the chil... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Social Workers in Public Schools S.B. 1187 Increases the number and availability of social workers in the public schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb118... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Funding Act of 2003 S.B. 939 Amends the public school funding act of 2003. Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules clarifying not only which alternativ... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 High School Dropout Parental Notice S.B. 164 Requires districts to provide written notification to parents of a high school dropout who is not subject to compulsory education laws. Stat... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Free Quality Schools S.B. 152 Defines basic system of free quality public elementary and secondary schools and identifies the educationally relevant factors upon which th... More... WA Partially Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Dropout Prevention H.B. 1708 From fiscal note: Section 2 requires that, to the extent funds are appropriated, the Office of the Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSP... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Learning Assistance Program Distribution Formula H.B. 1066 HB 1066 changes the school district distribution of Learning Assistance Program (LAP) funds from a distribution based 50% on assessment of s... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Continuity of Educational Services for Foster Children H.B. 1710 Ensures the continuity of educational services to foster children. Prohibits the grades of a child in foster care from being lowered for sch... More... IL Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 School Code H.B. 757 Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high sch... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Postsec. Alternative schools H.B. 1076 AN ACT to direct the state board of education to adopt standards for alternative learning programs, and to require local boards of education... More... CA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Options for Expelled Students A.B. 110 --Expulsion Section Governing boards that expel pupils must provide access to an educational program for those students. Such a program may be operated by the s... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Evaluation of Expelled and At-Risk Student Services Grant Program H.B. 1311 Authorizes the department of education to retain up to 1% of any appropriation for the expelled and at-risk student services grant program t... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Resolution Urging Greater Funding of Alternative Schools H.J.R. 116 Urges the Governor to include increased funding for alternative education programs in the 2005-06 General Appropriations Act. Currently, LEA... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Alternative Schools Okay for Younger Students H.B. 1938 Allows local boards of education to establish evening alternative schools for students in grades six (age 11) through twelve (6-12). Previou... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Alternative Education H.B. 3018 House Bill 3018 includes provisions relating to alternative education programs and the Mountaineer Challenge Academy. Attendees of both are ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Conditions Not Requiring Certification S.B. 1044 (sections 16-17) States that teacher certification requirements do not apply to persons teaching concurrent credit courses or advanced placement courses who:... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Funding Act of 2003 S.B. 939 Amends the public school funding act of 2003. Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules clarifying not only which alternativ... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol NJ Rule Adoption 08/2005 P-12 Programs To Support Student Development NJAC 6A:16-1.2, 1.3, 1.4, 5.1, 5.2, 5.3, 5.5 thru 5.8, 6.1 thru 6.3,7.1, 7.2 thru 7.10, 8 thru 11 Establishes and amends requirements for school district boards relating to development and implementation of school safety plans, cooperatio... More... IL Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Steroid Abuse Prevention Education S.B. 64 Requires a school district to provide steroid abuse prevention education to students who participate in interscholastic athletic programs. h... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Child Maltreatment Act S.B. 392 Amends the Child Maltreatment Act to includes acts involving drugs, alcohol, mistreatment and obscene behavior; includes school boards, supe... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Division of Children's Programs S.B. 1224 Establishes legislative intent for the Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program. Requires program to include the following: (1) Districts wi... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Alcohol on School Premises H.B. 275 Prohibits alcohol possession or consumption on public school premises; establishes penalties. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regula... More... NM Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 School S.B. 410 Teaches effects of alcohol & drugs in schools.... More... Attendance LA Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2005 P-12 Truancy Assessment and Service Centers LAC 67:III.5539 Re-establishes Truancy Assessment and Service Centers to identify, assess and intervene to ensure K-6 students attend school regularly. Whil... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 The Parental Participation Pilot Project S.B. 10 Provides that by the beginning of the 2006-2007 school year, the State Board of Education shall by rule establish a parental participation p... More... DE Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Parent Responsibility for Truant Children H.B. 109 Amends 2728 and 2729 of Title 14 to clarify that when both parents are listed on a student's school records and both parents are Delaware re... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Change of Residence Due to Parent's Military Service Obligation H.B. 156 Provides that if a pupil's change of residence is due to the military service obligation of a person who has legal custody of the pupil, the... More... CA Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Attendance Review Board Recommendations A.B. 656 Under existing law, a county school attendance review board may be established in each county to propose and promote the use of alternatives... More... NV (H) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 47. 05/2005 P-12 Authorizes boards of trustees of school districts to accommodate medical absences in policy for attendance of pupils at school H.B. 76 AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the board of trustees of a school district to accommodate certain pupils who are physically or men... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Excusal for Military Service H.B. 1630 From bill analysis: Requires an institution of higher education to excuse a student from attending classes or engaging in other required act... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 General Assembly Pages H.B. 2461 Provides an excused absence from school for the one day a student is serving as a page for the general assembly. States that the student may... More... GA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Compulsory Attendance Laws H.B. 26 Repeals the authority for the Governor to suspend all or any part of compulsory attendance requirements because of a riot, insurrection, pub... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School District Attendance Policies H.B. 955 Relates to compulsory school attendance; requires that school district attendance policies use withdrawal of students pursuant to the defini... More... ID Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Habitual Truant S.B. 1066 Revises the definition of a "habitual truant." Revises the provisions applicable to proceedings against parents and guardians whose children... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Nonresident Student Contracts H.B. 197 Relates to nonresident student contracts; allows two local school districts to enter into a nonresident student contract for more than one y... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Habitual Truancy H.B. 72 Establishes that any student enrolled in a public school who is over 18 but not 21 years of age and who has been absent from school without ... More... ND To governor 03/2005 P-12 School Attendance H.B. 1194 Relates to contract terms for the cross-border attendance of elementary and high school students. http://www.state.nd.us/lr/assembly/59-200... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Cross Border Education Contracts H.B. 1149 Allows the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of North Dakota; compensates certain school di... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 False Statements on Child Residency H.B. 2382 Creates a Class 4 misdemeanor charge for making a false statement concerning the residency of a child in a particular school division or sch... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Protections for Foster Care Children S.B. 1006 Clarifies that the public schools in a school divisions shall be free to children in foster care living in that school division in the same ... More... IL Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 School Code H.B. 757 Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high sch... More... Attendance--Compulsory NV (H) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 151. 05/2005 P-12 Authorizes school districts to prescribe minimum attendance requirements for pupils in kindergarten and first grade and for pupils in certain remedial programs. H.B. 518 AN ACT relating to education; authorizing the boards of trustees of school districts to apply to the Superintendent of Public Instruction fo... More... IL Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 School Code H.B. 757 Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high sch... More... Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 High School Dropout Parental Notice S.B. 164 Requires districts to provide written notification to parents of a high school dropout who is not subject to compulsory education laws. Stat... More... IL Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 School Code H.B. 757 Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high sch... More... Attendance--Truancy LA Emergency Rule Adoption 10/2005 P-12 Truancy Assessment and Service Centers LAC 67:III.5539 Re-establishes Truancy Assessment and Service Centers to identify, assess and intervene to ensure K-6 students attend school regularly. Whil... More... NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Increased penalty for truancy H.B. 779 AN ACT to increase the penalty for aiding and abetting a student's unlawful absence from school. Any person who aids or abets a student's un... More... DE Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Parent Responsibility for Truant Children H.B. 109 Amends 2728 and 2729 of Title 14 to clarify that when both parents are listed on a student's school records and both parents are Delaware re... More... NH Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Truancy Defined H.B. 150 Truancy Defined. I. For the purposes of this subdivision, "truancy" means an unexcused absence from school or class and "unexcused absence"... More... ID Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Habitual Truant S.B. 1066 Revises the definition of a "habitual truant." Revises the provisions applicable to proceedings against parents and guardians whose children... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Habitual Truancy H.B. 72 Establishes that any student enrolled in a public school who is over 18 but not 21 years of age and who has been absent from school without ... More... Background Checks MI (H) PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR 9/16/2005 @ 2:54 PM 09/2005 P-12 Criminal background checks H.B. 4402 Criminal background checks on school employees. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2005-2006/publicact/pdf/2005-PA-0129.pdf... More... MI (H) PRESENTED TO THE GOVERNOR 9/16/2005 @ 2:58 PM 09/2005 P-12 Criminal history checks H.B. 4930 If a person who is employed in any capacity by a school district, intermediate school district, public school academy, or nonpublic school; ... More... MI Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Criminal records check S.B. 601 In addition to the criminal history check required under section 1230, the board of a school district or intermediate school district or the... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Extension of Background Checks H.B. 3451 The Illinois State Police will be required to conduct, in addition to a fingerprint-based background check, a check of the Sex Offender Regi... More... LA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Prohibits Hiring Those Convicted of Certain Crimes H.B. 178 Prohibits, except under certain circumstances, city, parish, and other local public school boards and nonpublic schools and school systems f... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Individual Contracts for Teaching Positions S.B. 1516 (Section 8) Authorizes a local superintendent, with the local board's approval, to issue individual contracts for teaching positions. http://www.azleg.s... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Education S.B. 1044 (sections 1-10) Incorporates references to the state's Automated Fingerprint Identification System. Expands the definition of "cause" for purposes of waivin... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Community College Student Criminal History Background Check H.B. 2595 Allows criminal history background checks of certain students and prospective students. Allows electronic dissemination of criminal history ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter Schools H.B. 2596 Allows charter schools to hire personnel who have not yet received a fingerprint clearance card provided the charter school has followed spe... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 1059 Exempts volunteers and guest speakers engaged in instructional or supervisory work in a charter school from having a valid fingerprint clear... More... MS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Contract personnel with contact with students H.B. 1377 Contract personnel with contact with students; revise procedure for criminal background checks.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Criminal Background Checks H.B. 88 Permits a school district superintendent to require a national criminal history background check for a certificated job applicant who has re... More... Bilingual/ESL CA (S) IN SENATE. TO UNFINISHED BUSINESS. (VETO) 10/2005 P-12 Instructional Materials for English Language Learners S.B. 72 This bill would provide specified funding to school districts to provide supplementary instructional materials specifically for English lang... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Assessment Accommodations for English Language Learners S.B. 385 This bill would require a pupil to take achievement tests in his or her primary language, if the pupil is identified as limited English prof... More... DE Rule Adoption 08/2005 P-12 Educational Programs for Students with Limited English 14 DAC 920 Amends regulations relating to educational programs for students with limited English proficiency to align with the federal statute No Child... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Testing English Language Learners H.B. 678 Provides that for elementary school students who are in a state-approved transitional bilingual education program or transitional program of... More... CT Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Bilingual Education Teachers H.B. 6678 For the period from July 1, 2005, to July 1, 2008, the State Board of Education is to require an applicant for certification as a bilingual ... More... ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 06/2005 P-12 Alternate Standard Achievement Test for LEP Students IDAPA 08.02.03 Proposes rules regarding the Limited English Proficient (LEP) students. Sets forth rules for LEP students to take an alternate Standard Achi... More... MS Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Statewide Assessment System IIB-3 Provides that the information contained within the Guidelines for Testing Students with Disabilities and the Guidelines for Educational Serv... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Special Education S.B. 1072 Specifies that "child with a disability" does not mean a child who has difficulty in writing, speaking or understanding the English language... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Free Quality Schools S.B. 152 Defines basic system of free quality public elementary and secondary schools and identifies the educationally relevant factors upon which th... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 English language learners - Program of instruction H.B. 1374 English language learners - Program of instruction. Each school district shall provide a program of instruction for students who are English... More... OK Emergency Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 English as a Second Language Requirements OAC 210:20-9-172 Establishes rules concerning full (subject matter) competencies for licensure and certification of teachers. Adds English as a Second Langua... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Data Collection and Analysis S.B. 779, H.B. 1762 Revises the Standards of Quality to require local school boards to (i) provide for data collection and analysis and to use such results in i... More... Career/Technical Education DE Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Requirements for Career Technical Education Programs 14 DAC 525 All school districts and charter schools that offer state approved career technical education programs must: a) have the approval of the Dep... More... VA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Juvenile Work Release Programs 6 VAC 35-190-10 thru -120 Emergency regulation effective December 14, 2005, through December 13, 2006 that assists juveniles in acquiring necessary work habits, devel... More... IL Adopted 11/2005 P-12 High Technology School-to-Work 14 IAC 110.170 The goal of the High Technology School-to-Work Program is to improve education and to prepare Illinois' students to transition from school t... More... NY Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Learning Opportunities in Technology S.B. 5729 Relates to establishing the Tech Valley High School in the Capital Region and Questar III BOCES districts to provide expanded learning oppo... More... MI Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Career and technical preparation enrollment options H.B. 4144 Amends the act establishing career and technical preparation enrollment options for certain students enrolled in Michigan schools. http://w... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Career Education Data on State Report Cards H.B. 1609 An act to amend Section 33126 of the Education Code, relating to vocational education. This bill would amend the act to also require the sch... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Career Technical Education Vision Council. H.B. 917 This bill would create the Career Technical Education Vision Council to make recommendations regarding career technical education, as specif... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Community College Vocational Academies Act H.B. 3646 Creates the Vocational Academies Act to integrate workplace competencies and career and technical education with core academic subjects. A ... More... LA Signed into law 07/2005 Community College Technical Education H.B. 505 Requires the commissioner of higher education, not later than August 16, 2005, to appoint or assign a person with appropriate expertise and ... More... DE Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Delaware Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education H.B. 71 Establishes the Delaware Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education (DACCTE) to advise the Governor, General Assembly, Secretary of ... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Deployment of Hawaii Based Military Members S.B. 1394 The purpose of this Act is for schools whose student population includes at least twenty per cent or one hundred students from military fami... More... HI Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Quality of Apprenticeship Programs S.B. 1889 Amends the standards for apprenticeship agreements to include assurances of qualified training personnel, adequate job supervision, and the ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. TOPS-Tech Early Start Awards S.B. 355 AN ACT To enact R.S. 17:3048.5. Establishes the TOPS-Tech Early Start Award as part of the Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Student... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 Community College Postsec. Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges S.B. 84 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:1871(A)(2), relative to membership of the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges; to p... More... MS Rule Adoption 06/2005 Postsec. Community College 2005 Workforce Project Policies Uncodified Amends rules concerning 2005 Workforce Project Policies. Establishes policies to aid in the provision of workforce education. MISSISSIPPI RE... More... NH Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 State funding of regional vocational education centers H.B. 78 This bill clarifies the capital appropriation requirements for funding regional vocational education projects, provides that the state shall... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Career/technical education diplomas and advisory committees H.B. 388 Calls for the establishment of "advisory technical skills committees" by superintendents of districts with career and technical education. ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Joint Technological Education District H.B. 2418 States that a student in a K-8 program who enrolls in courses offered by the joint technological education district is not to be included in... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Joint Agricultural Education Study Committee H.R. 50 Creates the Joint Agricultural Education Study Committee for the purposes of promoting the importance and study of agriculture in the state.... More... MS Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Academic and Elective Carnegie Unit Credit Uncodified Approves the granting of academic and elective Carnegie unit credit for certain Vocational and Technical secondary course offerings to meet... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Vocational Becomes Career and Technology H.B. 3413 Act No. 49 changes references from "vocational" to "career and technology." http://www.scstatehouse.net/sess116_2005-2006/prever/3413_200504... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act H.B. 3155 Adds a new chapter (59) establishing the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act. Provides for the development of a curriculum... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Notification of Potential Career Opportunities S.B. 709 Adds new subsection 49-7-202. Requires the commission, with the assistance of the University of Tennessee system and the state university an... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Community College Tech-Prep Consortia S.B. 1809 From bill analysis: The Texas Tech-Prep Program was enacted in 1999 to allow high school students to begin a college technical ... More... HI Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School-to-Work Council S.B. 1249 Repeals the school-to-work executive council. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1249_.htm... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Division of Professional-Technical Education and the Office of the State Board of Education S.B. 1234 Reaffirms that the Division of Professional-Technical Education and the Office of the State Board of Education each play unique and vital ro... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Community College Private Postsecondary Institution Operations S.B. 2120 Relates to fees provided to the state board for career and technical education for authorizations to operate private postsecondary instituti... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Vocational Education Under Public Commission H.B. 176 Makes the Public Education Commission the governing authority and sole state agency for supervision of the state plan relating to vocational... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 P-12 School District S.B. 308 Relates to School District additions to other Districts. http://legis.state.nm.us/lcs/_session.asp?chamber=S&type=++&number=308&year=05... More... NM Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. School Districts H.B. 693 Relates to higher education; provides procedures for adding portions of school districts to existing technical and vocational institute dist... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Utah College of Applied Technology H.B. 86 This bill: < allows Utah College of Applied Technology courses to fulfill high school graduation requirements, subject to State Board of Edu... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Entrepreneurship Education Program S.B. 969 Creates the Entrepreneurship Education Program, consisting of grants administered by the state board to public secondary schools to support ... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Department Of Education H.B. 1073 Appropriates FY 2004-2005 emergency supplemental funds to department to disburse for grants and aid to state secondary vocational area cente... More... Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship HI Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Quality of Apprenticeship Programs S.B. 1889 Amends the standards for apprenticeship agreements to include assurances of qualified training personnel, adequate job supervision, and the ... More... Cheating NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Monitoring system for the statewide system of accountability; honor code S.B. 214 Establishes a monitoring system for the statewide system of accountability; revises various provisions governing the statewide system of acc... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Recovery School District H.B. 121A Establishes procedures for identifying underperforming schools to be transferred to the Recovery School District. Requires the Recovery Sch... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Charter Schools and High School Exit Exams H.B. 1610 An act to amend Sections 33054, 47605, 47605.6, 47607, 47612.5, and 51745.6 of, and to add Section 47612.6 to, the Education Code, relating ... More... DE Rule Adoption 08/2005 P-12 Charter Schools 14 DAC 275 Amends regulations to clarify what matters are to be considered minor modifications, major modifications, modifications that are considered ... More... NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Evergreen Charter Schoolparticipating in the Teachers' and State Employees' Retirement System H.B. 485 Authorizes Evergreen Charter School to elect to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system. http://www.ncleg.net/S... More... NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Charter schools participating in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the North Carolina teachers' and state employees' major medical plan H.B. 182 Charter schools participation in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the North Carolina teachers' and state employees' ... More... CA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Charter School Facilities S.B. 1054 An act to amend Section 47610 of , and to add Section 47610.5 to, the Education Code, relating to charter schools. Expressly includes the Ca... More... CA Vetoed 07/2005 P-12 Charter School Renewals S.B. 166 An act to amend Section 47607 of the Education Code, relating to charter schools. Existing law provides procedures that relate to the renewa... More... DE Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Minor Modifications to Charters H.B. 156 This Act is based on a recommendation by the Charter School Standards and Licensing Task Force created by House Resolution No. 78 of the 142... More... OR Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Process of Renewal for Charters H.B. 3174 Requires that initial charters be in effect for a period of not more than five years and are to be renewed upon the authorization of the sp... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Corrective Action H.B. 1216 Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each d... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 S.B. 1643 Clarifies definitions of "new century charter schools" and "public schools". Requires charter school plans to include a plan for identifying... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Grants to Charter Schools S.B. 239 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.10(A) and 3995(C). Authorizes charter schools to apply for and receive funding from the department to... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Charter schools H.B. 162 AN ACT relating to education; revising provisions governing the operation of charter schools, the employees of charter schools and the enrol... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Charter school applications H.B. 168 Revises provisions governing the review of applications to form charter schools submitted for sponsorship by the State Board of Education an... More... NV (S) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 490. 06/2005 P-12 Charter schools H.B. 180 Revises the provisions governing the review of applications to form charter schools submitted to the board of trustees of a school district ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Charter schools S.B. 56 AN ACT relating to education; requiring the governing body of a charter school sponsored by the board of trustees of a school district to en... More... TN Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Revises Charter School Act S.B. 2167 Amends charter school governing board membership to include a parent of a student attending the charter school. States that public charter s... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Charter School Admissions H.B. 1111 Allows the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school that specializes in one or more performing arts to require an applicant to au... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 598 Requires the department of education to publish in its school performance reports, in addition to ISTEP scores, any nationally recognized co... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Matching Funds for Federal Charter School Facilities Initiative H.B. 1001 (Section 129) States that if the U.S. Department of Education approves a new competition for states to receive matching funds for charter school facilitie... More... NV Temporary Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Governing Bodies of Charter Schools/Meetings NAC 386.345 Amends provisions regarding meetings of governing bodies of charter schools. NEVADA REG 3708 (SN)... More... NV Temporary Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Charter Schools/Insurance/Apportionment of Funding NAC 386.140, .355 Revises various provisions governing charter schools, including certain insurance information to be provided with applications to form chart... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Historical Artifact Preservation H.B. 2732 Ensures the preservation of historical artifacts of school districts subject to consolidation, deconsolidation or reclassification as a conv... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter School Law S.B. 1130 Authorizes charter schools to enter into public-private partnerships whereby the charter school enters into lease purchase agreements for sc... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Consolidation Provisions S.B. 1044 (sections 21-27) Deletes definitions of "consolidated average daily membership," "consolidated national school lunch student total" and "national school lunc... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter Schools H.B. 2596 Allows charter schools to hire personnel who have not yet received a fingerprint clearance card provided the charter school has followed spe... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 1059 Exempts volunteers and guest speakers engaged in instructional or supervisory work in a charter school from having a valid fingerprint clear... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 1223 Permits a school district to sell used equipment to a charter school before the school district attempts to sell or dispose of the equipment... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter Schools H.B. 2438 Bars the sponsoring entity of a charter school from charging the charter school any fees unless the sponsor has provided services to the cha... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 1085 Allows a public or private nonprofit university, a public or private nonprofit college or a community college to sponsor a charter school an... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter School Funding S.B. 1221 Bars a public charter school from receiving an increase in support units that exceeds the support units it received in the prior year by mor... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public Charter Schools S.B. 1170 Amends and adds to existing law to revise the definition for public virtual school; revises limitations applicable to the creation of public... More... ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 04/2005 P-12 Rules Governing Charter Schools IDAPA 08.02.04 Rewrites rules governing charter schools. http://www2.state.id.us/adm/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0204.pdf... More... ID Temporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 04/2005 P-12 Rules Governing the Charter School Commission IDAPA 08.03.01 Clarifies the petition submission process, information needed by the Commission for compliance monitoring and oversight, how public hearings... More... MS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Establishment and Operation of Charter Schools H.B. 238 Establishment and operation of charter schools; extend repealer on; establishes a commission to study and report on the feasibility of the c... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Extracurricular Activities S.B. 789 Relates to program units for extracurricular activities for home school and charter school students.... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School H.B. 510 Relates to Charter School Standards. http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/05%20Regular/bills/house/HB0510.html... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting H.B. 1568 Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial repor... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Auditors H.B. 2700 Requires school district auditors to comply with the requirements and prohibitions of the federal Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. http://www.ark... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Student Counts and Charter School Funding S.B. 1405 Increases charter school funding and makes changes in provisions for student counts for districts. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsFor... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Charter School Reporting H.B. 206 This bill allows charter schools to annually report innovative practices (such as innovative teaching practices) to the Charter School Board... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Liability Protection of Educators S.B. 58 The governing body of a charter school or a district must ensure that, prior to the beginning of each school year, each of its employees sig... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Charter School Applicant Selection H.B. 136 Allows a charter school with more applicants than enrollment capacity to give enrollment preference based on a student's proximity to the sc... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Charter School Amendments S.B. 178 This bill: < removes the cap on the number of charter schools that the State Charter School Board may authorize; < removes a time limitation... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill: < establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and opera... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Charter School Construction Amendments H.B. 36 Exempts charter schools from certain municipal land use regulations; exempts charter schools from certain county land use regulations; allow... More... CO Rule Adoption 01/2005 P-12 Administration of the State Charter School Institute 1 CCR 302-1 Establishes rules regarding the State Charter School Institute. Includes procedures for acceptance of applications, evaluating and authorizi... More... DE Rule Adoption 01/2005 P-12 Professional Employee Work Stoppage or Strike 14 DAC 714 Amends regulation relating to professional employee work stoppage or strike by adding charter schools to the regulation.... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter School District H.B. 1101 Enacts the Charter School District Act of 2005; provides the procedures for a school district to become a charter school district. http://l... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Corrective Action H.B. 1216 Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each d... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 598 Requires the department of education to publish in its school performance reports, in addition to ISTEP scores, any nationally recognized co... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 S.B. 1643 Clarifies definitions of "new century charter schools" and "public schools". Requires charter school plans to include a plan for identifying... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Grants to Charter Schools S.B. 239 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:24.10(A) and 3995(C). Authorizes charter schools to apply for and receive funding from the department to... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 598 Requires the department of education to publish in its school performance reports, in addition to ISTEP scores, any nationally recognized co... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Matching Funds for Federal Charter School Facilities Initiative H.B. 1001 (Section 129) States that if the U.S. Department of Education approves a new competition for states to receive matching funds for charter school facilitie... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Charter School Funding S.B. 1221 Bars a public charter school from receiving an increase in support units that exceeds the support units it received in the prior year by mor... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting H.B. 1568 Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial repor... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Student Counts and Charter School Funding S.B. 1405 Increases charter school funding and makes changes in provisions for student counts for districts. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsFor... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill: < establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and opera... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Charter School Construction Amendments H.B. 36 Exempts charter schools from certain municipal land use regulations; exempts charter schools from certain county land use regulations; allow... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Corrective Action H.B. 1216 Repeals and reenacts the corrective action provisions for underperforming public schools. Requires the state board to annually notify each d... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 S.B. 1643 Clarifies definitions of "new century charter schools" and "public schools". Requires charter school plans to include a plan for identifying... More... Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment WI Signed into law 12/2005 P-12 Transportation, Open Enrollment S.B. 206 (Act. No. 68) From Legislative Council Memo: Current law, in s. 121.54 (10), Stats., authorizes a school board to provide transportation under the Open En... More... CA Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Transfers for Children of Military Personnel A.B. 208 Authorizes a school district that accepts interdistrict transfers to give priority for attendance to children of military personnel, if the ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Establishment of School Districts in Unorganized Territory S.B. 1199 States that if more than 150 students from a single unorganized territory are attending an adjacent district through open enrollment, the re... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Tuition Payments for Transfers S.B. 372 Specifies that if a transferor school corporation fails to take action within thirty (30) days after receipt of a transfer tuition request, ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities Program Act S.B. 593 Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Trans... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 S.B. 1044 (sections 14-15) Repeals provision that notation must be made on a student's transcript to indicate each special education class included on the transcript. ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Arkansas Public School Choice S.B. 1040 Amends the Arkansas Public School Choice Act of 1989. Requires the department of education to develop a proposed set of rules as the departm... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Nonresident Student Contracts H.B. 197 Relates to nonresident student contracts; allows two local school districts to enter into a nonresident student contract for more than one y... More... Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Texas Academy for Mathematics and Science Studies S.B. 1452 From bill analysis: S.B. 1452 establishes the Texas Academy for Mathematics and Science Studies (academy) at The University of Texas at Brow... More... CT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Cost Sharing Distribution Technical Error H.B. 6489 Corrects a technical error in educational cost sharing distribution and enables the provision of existing funds to interdistrict magnet scho... More... Choice of Schools--Tax Credits KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Math and Science Teacher Scholarships S.B. 138 Allows the board of education of any school district, any teacher of mathematics, science, physics, chemistry or biology, and a business fir... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Tax Credits H.B. 2379 After December 31, 2005, allows a taxpayer to deduct from his/her tax penalty any amount of voluntary cash contributions up to $10,000 made ... More... Choice of Schools--Vouchers WI Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Pupils Eligible for Milwaukee Parental Choice H.B. 3 An Act to amend 119.23 (2) (b), relating to: the number of pupils eligible to participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program. This bil... More... WI Vetoed 05/2005 P-12 Cap on Milwaukee Vouchers AB 3 Under current law, the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program is capped at 15 percent ... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Math and Science Teacher Scholarships S.B. 138 Allows the board of education of any school district, any teacher of mathematics, science, physics, chemistry or biology, and a business fir... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Tax Credits H.B. 2379 After December 31, 2005, allows a taxpayer to deduct from his/her tax penalty any amount of voluntary cash contributions up to $10,000 made ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Carson Smith Special Needs Scholarships H.B. 249 Creates a program to award scholarships to students with disabilities who attend a private school. Specifies criteria for qualifying for a s... More... Civic Education CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Curriculum and Tolerance Instruction H.B. 723 Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards in core curriculum areas, and ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Character Education H.B. 1336 Amends the School Code. Requires teachers to teach students character education, which includes the teaching of respect, responsibility, fai... More... MN Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Character education H.F. 141 - Multiple Components The legislature encourages districts to integrate or offer instruction on character education including, but not limited to, character quali... More... RI Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Civics Education H.B. 5748 The general assembly recognizes the importance of a citizenry well educated in the principles of democracy as enunciated in the constitution... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Louisiana Commission on Civic Education S.B. 39 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 24:971(B)(1), 972(A)(18), (B) and (C), and 973(A)(1)(introductory paragraph), and to enact R.S. 24:972(A)(2... More... RI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Civics Education Standards S.B. 864 Directs the board of regents for elementary and secondary education to develop and adopt a set of grade level standards K-12 in civics educa... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Constitutional Commemoration Committee H.B. 2426 Mandates that the constitutional commemoration committee collaborate and cooperate with public, private and nonprofit entities to promote pu... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Display of Flag, Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 332 Requires a United States flag to be displayed in each classroom of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to provide a daily op... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Character Education H.B. 1704 Amends 70 O.S. 2001, Section 1210.229- 6, which relates to character education programs. Requries school districts to develop and implement ... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act H.B. 3155 Adds a new chapter (59) establishing the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act. Provides for the development of a curriculum... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Teaching of History, Culture and Civil Government S.B. 200 (Section 14) Requires the department to help districts develop and promote elementary- and secondary-level programs addressing the state model content st... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Civics/Government Education Fund H.B. 268 Creates a New Mexico Government Education Fund to be administered by the department. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department to ... More... UT Adopted 03/2005 P-12 Understanding of Legislative Process H.C.R. 6 Concurrent resolution emphasizes the importance of legislators promoting greater understanding of the legislative process and building publi... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Golden Rule Project S.C.R. 6 This resolution recognizes the practice and promotion of the Golden Rule as a commitment for the common good; and expresses a shared sense o... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Commission on Civics Education H.B. 1769 Creates the 23-member Commission on Civics Education, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, legislators, executive branch official... More... GA Adopted 01/2005 P-12 Instruction in Citizenship, United States and Georgia History GAC 160-4-2-.07 Establishes rules regarding instruction in United States and Georgia history and government. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalse... More... Civic Education--Character Education CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Curriculum and Tolerance Instruction H.B. 723 Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards in core curriculum areas, and ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Character Education H.B. 1336 Amends the School Code. Requires teachers to teach students character education, which includes the teaching of respect, responsibility, fai... More... MN Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Character education H.F. 141 - Multiple Components The legislature encourages districts to integrate or offer instruction on character education including, but not limited to, character quali... More... RI Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Civics Education H.B. 5748 The general assembly recognizes the importance of a citizenry well educated in the principles of democracy as enunciated in the constitution... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Louisiana Commission on Civic Education S.B. 39 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 24:971(B)(1), 972(A)(18), (B) and (C), and 973(A)(1)(introductory paragraph), and to enact R.S. 24:972(A)(2... More... RI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Civics Education Standards S.B. 864 Directs the board of regents for elementary and secondary education to develop and adopt a set of grade level standards K-12 in civics educa... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Constitutional Commemoration Committee H.B. 2426 Mandates that the constitutional commemoration committee collaborate and cooperate with public, private and nonprofit entities to promote pu... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Display of Flag, Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 332 Requires a United States flag to be displayed in each classroom of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to provide a daily op... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Character Education H.B. 1704 Amends 70 O.S. 2001, Section 1210.229- 6, which relates to character education programs. Requries school districts to develop and implement ... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act H.B. 3155 Adds a new chapter (59) establishing the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act. Provides for the development of a curriculum... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Teaching of History, Culture and Civil Government S.B. 200 (Section 14) Requires the department to help districts develop and promote elementary- and secondary-level programs addressing the state model content st... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Civics/Government Education Fund H.B. 268 Creates a New Mexico Government Education Fund to be administered by the department. Money in the fund is appropriated to the department to ... More... UT Adopted 03/2005 P-12 Understanding of Legislative Process H.C.R. 6 Concurrent resolution emphasizes the importance of legislators promoting greater understanding of the legislative process and building publi... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Golden Rule Project S.C.R. 6 This resolution recognizes the practice and promotion of the Golden Rule as a commitment for the common good; and expresses a shared sense o... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Boards' Policies on Bullying H.B. 2266 Directs the state board to include bullying in its standards for school board policies on student conduct and requires school boards to incl... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Commission on Civics Education H.B. 1769 Creates the 23-member Commission on Civics Education, comprised of the Governor, Lieutenant Governor, legislators, executive branch official... More... GA Adopted 01/2005 P-12 Instruction in Citizenship, United States and Georgia History GAC 160-4-2-.07 Establishes rules regarding instruction in United States and Georgia history and government. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalse... More... Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Display of Flag, Pledge of Allegiance S.B. 332 Requires a United States flag to be displayed in each classroom of a school corporation. Requires a school corporation to provide a daily op... More... Class Size LA Signed into law 11/2005 P-12 Class Size Ratio Exemption H.B. 19A Exempts LA 4 (prekindergarten) classes from class size ratio for the 2005-2006 school year if the district or charter school enrolled any st... More... GA Adopted 10/2005 P-12 Maximum Individual Class Size GAC 160-5-1-.08 Changes the maximum individual class size for science grades 9-12 for school years 2007-05, 2005-06 and 2006-07 from 28 to 30. Amends the fu... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Control of Class Size Reduction Funding H.B. 2589 Under the K-3 class size reduction grant program, provides that if a school board determines that a school is using funds awarded under the... More... FL Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Class Size Reduction S.B. 1678 States that, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, if the actual student membership in the October survey exceeds the student membership e... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Class size H.B. 526 Each school district that does not meet the ratio of pupils per class (15:1 in grades k-3) must request a variance from the State Board by p... More... NV Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Class size reduction S.B. 460 Authorizes certain school districts to develop plans for alternative pupil-teacher ratios. In lieu of complying with the pupil-teacher rati... More... NV (H) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 433. 06/2005 P-12 Class size reducation appropriation H.B. 575 Makes appropriations to the State Distributive School Account for purposes relating to class-size reduction. The state appropriates from th... More... WI Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2005 P-12 Student Achievement Guaranteed in Education Program (SAGE) PI 24 Amends class size reduction funding under the Student Achievement Guaranteed in Education Program (SAGE). WISCONSIN REG 20485 (SN) http://ww... More... IN Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 Funding Formula for K-3 Class Size Reduction H.B. 1001 (Section 181 and 233) Revises the funding formula for the K-3 class size reduction program. Effective retroactive to January 1, 2005. Makes other adjustments. ht... More... Curriculum CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 S.B. 684 Social sciences curriculum. This bill would encourage a school district to provide instruction in social sciences that accurately reflects ... More... NY Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Amistad Commission H.B. 6362 Establishes and creates the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history. htt... More... OK Adopted 10/2005 P-12 Racial and Ethnic Education OAC 210:20-19-2 thru -4 Replaces the term multicultural education with the term racial and ethnic education. Establishes new school board policy for the rule change... More... CA Consideration of governor's veto pending 09/2005 P-12 Role of Filipinos in World War II A.B. 15 Allows social studies instruction in grades 7-12 to include instruction the role of Filipinos in World War II and that war, and encourages ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Driver's Ed at Private High Schools A.B. 846 Rewrites Section 51220.6 of the Education Code, relating to driver education. Specifies that a private school is not required to offer drive... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Curriculum and Tolerance Instruction H.B. 723 Existing law requires the State Board of Education to adopt statewide academically rigorous content standards in core curriculum areas, and ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Study of Acts of Genocide H.B. 312 Provides that in addition to the unit of instruction studying the events of the Holocaust, the curriculum of every public elementary school ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Cost of Drivers Education S.B. 69 Adds that the total amount from driver education fees and reimbursement from the state for driver education must not exceed the total cost o... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Advanced Placement and pre-Advanced Placement S.B. 574 Creates the College and Career Success for All Students Act. Requires a teacher of an Advanced Placement course to obtain appropriate traini... More... AL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 American Sign Language S.B. 94 Amends Section 16-6B-2 to specify that American Sign Language is a foreign language for purposes of satisfying certain curriculum requiremen... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 1540 A physical education course of study must include a developmentally planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development of moveme... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Amistad Commission H.B. 383 Creates the Amistad Commission. Contains provisions concerning the membership and duties of the Commission. These duties include: (i) provi... More... NY Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 H.B. 236 Requires instructions regarding the correct use of an automated external defibrillator be included as a part of the health education curri... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Accreditation Indicators and Dropout/Graduation Rates S.B. 91 Standardizes the calculation of graduation rates and dropout rates that are required to be reported by school districts for accreditation. S... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Statewide Physical Education Recognition Program H.B. 1237 Establishes the statewide physical education recognition program to recognize and reward public schools and physical education teachers meet... More... DE SIGNED 06/2005 P-12 Uniform, Statewide Curricula H.B. 47 In order to support state-wide academic standards and to ensure that students in Delaware public school do not suffer in the event they shou... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Adoption Awareness H.B. 777 Requires the inclusion of the topic of adoption awareness in middle or high school courses that include material related to family life, inc... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health and Physical Activity Mandates S.B. 146 (Sections K- Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, requires all public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) Encourage and motivate ... More... SC Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards H.B. 3499 Adds Chapter 10, entitled Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards. Applies to elementary schools. Sets the amo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Financial Literacy Pilot Program S.B. 851 Contingent on funding, requires state board to establish and implement a financial literacy pilot program to provide students in participati... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Stranger Danger Instruction S.B. 1289 Authorizes districts and charter schools to incorporate into the existing curricula instruction on the dangers of unsupervised interaction w... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Joint Agricultural Education Study Committee H.R. 50 Creates the Joint Agricultural Education Study Committee for the purposes of promoting the importance and study of agriculture in the state.... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Driver's Education S.B. 226 Creates the Georgia Driver's Education Commission. Authorizes the commission to recommend to the governor and the general assembly changes i... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Agricultural Education S.B. 1563/H.B. 2123 All high school agricultural education programs that were twelve-month programs for the 1992-1993 fiscal year, or any fiscal year thereafter... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Personal Financial Literacy H.B. 492 Amends Sec. 28.0021. Requires instruction in personal financial literacy in one or more courses required for high school graduation. Requir... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Foods, Physical Education Requirements H.B. 2816 Adds a new article, designated §5-1E-1, §5-1E-2, §5-1E-3, §5-1E-4 and §5-1E-5; and amends and reenacts §18-2-6a and §18-2-7a, all relating t... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Interschool Athletic Programs H.B. 2916 Includes salaries or supplemental pay for staff for organized physical activity courses as provided under Act 660 of 2005 in the definitions... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 History In Service Training S.B. 187 Amends in-service training requirements for teachers of Arkansas history . http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb187.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 International Baccalaureate Diploma Program S.B. 1054 Allows a high school course offered under the international baccalaureate diploma program to be treated the same as an advanced placement co... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Seized Motor Vehicles H.B. 2828 Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Curriculum H.B. 2964 Requires the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority to develop a knowledge-based technology curriculum for use in grades 7-12 beginning i... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Curriculum S.B. 1271 Creates new section allowing school districts and charter schools to offer a one-semester course in firearm marksmanship and gun safety, to ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Mandatory Physical Education Implementation Task Force H.B. 2111 Establishes the mandatory physical education implementation task force. Sets forth task force's membership. Requires the task force to devel... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Instruction on Skin Cancer Prevention S.B. 1297 Requires all public schools to incorporate instruction on skin cancer prevention into the existing curriculum in the common school grades if... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Food and Beverages S.B. 154 Requires the state board to develop nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages made available to public school students during the sch... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 312 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, the state board of Education must require, as a condition of accreditation, that school districts ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 "Oklahoma Kids Fitness Challenge Act" H.B. 1647 Requires the state board of education to establish a physical activity program for public school students in the fifth grade, which each sch... More... SC Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Financial Literacy Instruction Act H.B. 3020 Enacts the Financial Literacy Instruction Act; provides a curriculum for local school boards to teach financial literacy; provides for a fun... More... WA To governor 04/2005 P-12 Tribal History H.B. 1495 Encourages that Washington's tribal history be taught in the common schools. Also adds a new section that requires, beginning in 2006, and a... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Family Preservation Education Program H.B. 1252 Encourages each school district board of directors to adopt a family preservation education program curriculum and offer a family preservat... More... WV Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Prescribing Personal Finance Instruction In Second H.B. 2837 Adds new section: §18-2-7c, to read as follows:(a) The Legislature finds and declares that persons with an understanding of personal finance... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Sports Activities S.B. 2 Defines "organized physical activity course." Beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, allows a student in grades 9-12 successfully completin... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Education S.B. 394 Allows grant funds for fish and wildlife conservation education to be distributed to conservation districts in addition to school districts.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of Colleges and Universities in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 7) Requires colleges and universities to: (a) Utilize institution-wide resources to work with elementary and secondary educators and other ent... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Committee for Mathematics Achievement H.B. 93 (Section 2) Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Health and Nutrition in Schools S.B. 172 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Elementary Schools S.B. 1130 Clarifies that physical education is to include activities such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular, muscle building, or stretching exerc... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Entrepreneurship Education Program S.B. 969 Creates the Entrepreneurship Education Program, consisting of grants administered by the state board to public secondary schools to support ... More... WI Issued 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Creation of the Governor's Council on Financial Literacy Executive Order # 92 Creates the governor's council on financial literacy. The council's mission is to measurably improve the financial literacy of Wisconsin ci... More... GA Adopted 01/2005 P-12 Instruction in Citizenship, United States and Georgia History GAC 160-4-2-.07 Establishes rules regarding instruction in United States and Georgia history and government. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalse... More... Curriculum--Arts Education TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Charter School Admissions H.B. 1111 Allows the governing body of an open-enrollment charter school that specializes in one or more performing arts to require an applicant to au... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Dropout Prevention Activity Grant Program H.B. 1024 Creates the dropout prevention activity grant program to fund before- and after-school arts-based and vocational activity programs for stude... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Arts Awareness License Plates S.B. 418 Adds a new Section 56-3-5400. Allows the department to issue Arts Awareness special license plates to establish a special fund to be used by... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Provisions Affecting Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities S.B. 362 Amends Chapter 50, Title 59, relating to the South Carolina Governor's School for the Arts and Humanities. Sets standards for the faculty (h... More... WI Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Property Tax Exemption for Arts/Arts Education Centers S.B. 3 An Act to create 70.11 (43) of the statutes; creates a property tax exemption for arts and arts education centers. http://www.legis.state.wi... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 H.B. 2247 (section 6) Requires every accredited school to teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 200... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Define Instructional Materials H.B. 2099 Expands list of "instructional materials" that may be exempt from sales tax when purchased by schools, to include sheet music, electronic so... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Visual Art or Music in the Classroom H.B. 1034 Strikes language requiring districts to increase instruction in grades one through six to one hour each in music and art by June 1, 2005. Co... More... Curriculum--Censorship MN to governor 07/2005 P-12 History education H.F. 141 - Multiple Components Districts may not censor or restrain instruction in American or Minnesota state history or heritage based on religious references in origina... More... Curriculum--Core Curriculum NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Core School Curriculum and Grants S.B. 138 Provides for core curriculum framework for kindergarten through grade six; provides for grants. School districts and charter schools may cr... More... Curriculum--Drivers Education CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Driver's Ed at Private High Schools A.B. 846 Rewrites Section 51220.6 of the Education Code, relating to driver education. Specifies that a private school is not required to offer drive... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Cost of Drivers Education S.B. 69 Adds that the total amount from driver education fees and reimbursement from the state for driver education must not exceed the total cost o... More... NH Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Driver education instructors S.B. 208 Driver education instructors are not be required to be certified as secondary school teachers. http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Driver's Education S.B. 226 Creates the Georgia Driver's Education Commission. Authorizes the commission to recommend to the governor and the general assembly changes i... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Seized Motor Vehicles H.B. 2828 Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg... More... Curriculum--Environmental Education AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Fish and Wildlife Conservation Education S.B. 394 Allows grant funds for fish and wildlife conservation education to be distributed to conservation districts in addition to school districts.... More... Curriculum--Family Living Education LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Adoption Awareness H.B. 777 Requires the inclusion of the topic of adoption awareness in middle or high school courses that include material related to family life, inc... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Family Preservation Education Program H.B. 1252 Encourages each school district board of directors to adopt a family preservation education program curriculum and offer a family preservat... More... Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Adoption Awareness H.B. 777 Requires the inclusion of the topic of adoption awareness in middle or high school courses that include material related to family life, inc... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Financial Literacy Pilot Program S.B. 851 Contingent on funding, requires state board to establish and implement a financial literacy pilot program to provide students in participati... More... TX Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Personal Financial Literacy H.B. 492 Amends Sec. 28.0021. Requires instruction in personal financial literacy in one or more courses required for high school graduation. Requir... More... SC Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Financial Literacy Instruction Act H.B. 3020 Enacts the Financial Literacy Instruction Act; provides a curriculum for local school boards to teach financial literacy; provides for a fun... More... WV Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Prescribing Personal Finance Instruction In Second H.B. 2837 Adds new section: §18-2-7c, to read as follows:(a) The Legislature finds and declares that persons with an understanding of personal finance... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Entrepreneurship Education Program S.B. 969 Creates the Entrepreneurship Education Program, consisting of grants administered by the state board to public secondary schools to support ... More... WI Issued 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Creation of the Governor's Council on Financial Literacy Executive Order # 92 Creates the governor's council on financial literacy. The council's mission is to measurably improve the financial literacy of Wisconsin ci... More... OK Emergency Rule Adoption 02/2005 Postsec. Financial Aid for Financial Literacy OAC 610:25-35-1 thru -7 Establishes emergency rules to address the state's deficit in financial instruction and to combat the considerable cost of fiscal illiteracy... More... Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language AL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 American Sign Language S.B. 94 Amends Section 16-6B-2 to specify that American Sign Language is a foreign language for purposes of satisfying certain curriculum requiremen... More... MO DELIVERED TO GOVERNOR 05/2005 P-12 American Sign Language H.B. 530 This bill treats American Sign Language (ASL) as a foreign language for the granting of academic credit at public schools and public higher ... More... MS Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Italian language classes H.B. 1163 Italian language classes; establish a pilot program to offer to students in grades K-12. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2005/ht... More... Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education NJ Adopted 06/2005 P-12 Model School Nutrition Policy Nutrition Rule, Department of Agriculture State Board of Agriculture has approved Agriculture Department's amended Nutrition Rule. Will be phased in. By September 1, 2006, districts ... More... SC Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards H.B. 3499 Adds Chapter 10, entitled Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards. Applies to elementary schools. Sets the amo... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Instruction on Skin Cancer Prevention S.B. 1297 Requires all public schools to incorporate instruction on skin cancer prevention into the existing curriculum in the common school grades if... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Food and Beverages S.B. 154 Requires the state board to develop nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages made available to public school students during the sch... More... Curriculum--International Education CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 International Education Advisory Council H.B. 1087 Recognizes the importance of international education in public elementary and secondary schools. Directs the state board of education to app... More... Curriculum--Language Arts NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Honors Classes S.B. 69 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, each school district shall offer at least one honors or similar academically rigorous class each i... More... Curriculum--Mathematics OK Adopted 10/2005 P-12 Middle School Mathematics Laboratories OAC 210:15-31-1 thru -2 Adopts rules for curriculum and instruction, in regards to Middle School Mathematics Laboratories for Public Schools with Low Student Achiev... More... GA Adopted 05/2005 P-12 Mathematics and Science Partnerships Grants GAC 160-1-4-.266, -.269 Establishes rules regarding the Mathematics and Science Partnerships Grants to build mathematics and science teachers' content knowledge and... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Secondary Mathematics Endorsements Approved for Fifth Grade H.B. 1273 Beginning July 1, 2005, any teacher with certification or endorsement to teach mathematics at the secondary level may teach mathematics in g... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005 S.B. 982 New law establishing the Achieving Classroom Excellence Act of 2005. One new section establishes the Oklahoma Mathematics Improvement Progra... More... MS Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 Roadways into the Development of Elementary Students 941-9001--01500 Describes the process for prospective elementary schools to become involved in the Roadways into the Development of Elementary Students (RID... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Honors Classes S.B. 69 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, each school district shall offer at least one honors or similar academically rigorous class each i... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Student Achievement Improvement H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions) Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of Colleges and Universities in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 7) Requires colleges and universities to: (a) Utilize institution-wide resources to work with elementary and secondary educators and other ent... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Committee for Mathematics Achievement H.B. 93 (Section 2) Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Teacher' Professional Growth Fund H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6) Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Mathematics Achievement Fund H.B. 93 (Section 3) Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students,... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. The Center for Mathematics H.B. 93 (Section 4) Creates the Center for Mathematics to make available professional development for teachers in reliable, research-based diagnostic assessment... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of the Council of Postsecondary Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 5) Specifies that, for the state to achieve its student achievement goals, the Council on Postsecondary Education, in cooperation with the Educ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Role of Department of Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 4) Mandates that the Kentucky Department of Education provide assistance to schools and teachers, including publicizing professional developmen... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Roles of School Councils, Local Boards and Superintendents in Achieving State Education Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraphs 8-10) (8) School councils at all school levels are encouraged to identify and allocate resources to qualified teachers to become coaches or mentor... More... Curriculum--Multicultural NY Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Amistad Commission H.B. 6362 Establishes and creates the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history. htt... More... OK Adopted 10/2005 P-12 Racial and Ethnic Education OAC 210:20-19-2 thru -4 Replaces the term multicultural education with the term racial and ethnic education. Establishes new school board policy for the rule change... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Amistad Commission H.B. 383 Creates the Amistad Commission. Contains provisions concerning the membership and duties of the Commission. These duties include: (i) provi... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 American Indian School Curriculum S.B. 215 Adds that the Indian education division shall: develop or select for implementation a challenging, sequential, culturally relevant curriculu... More... Curriculum--Physical Education IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 1540 A physical education course of study must include a developmentally planned and sequential curriculum that fosters the development of moveme... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Statewide Physical Education Recognition Program H.B. 1237 Establishes the statewide physical education recognition program to recognize and reward public schools and physical education teachers meet... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health and Physical Activity Mandates S.B. 146 (Sections K- Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, requires all public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) Encourage and motivate ... More... SC Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards H.B. 3499 Adds Chapter 10, entitled Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards. Applies to elementary schools. Sets the amo... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health, Nutrition and Physical Education Guidelines S.B. 42 From bill analysis: This Act allows for the expansion of physical activity requirements to middle and junior high schools, up to the eighth ... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Lifestyles H.J.R. 88 Resolution urging the state board, in cooperation with all local education agencies, to develop and implement a curriculum of instruction w... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Foods, Physical Education Requirements H.B. 2816 Adds a new article, designated §5-1E-1, §5-1E-2, §5-1E-3, §5-1E-4 and §5-1E-5; and amends and reenacts §18-2-6a and §18-2-7a, all relating t... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Interschool Athletic Programs H.B. 2916 Includes salaries or supplemental pay for staff for organized physical activity courses as provided under Act 660 of 2005 in the definitions... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Mandatory Physical Education Implementation Task Force H.B. 2111 Establishes the mandatory physical education implementation task force. Sets forth task force's membership. Requires the task force to devel... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Food and Beverages S.B. 154 Requires the state board to develop nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages made available to public school students during the sch... More... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Student Health Promotion Act of 2005 S.B. 473 Requiring each county board of education to include the importance of physical activity as part of instruction in health education; requirin... More... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Physical Education Director S.B. 233 Requiring the State Department of Education to employ a full-time director of physical education. http://mlis.state.md.us/2005rs/billfile/s... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Physical Education S.B. 312 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, the state board of Education must require, as a condition of accreditation, that school districts ... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 "Oklahoma Kids Fitness Challenge Act" H.B. 1647 Requires the state board of education to establish a physical activity program for public school students in the fifth grade, which each sch... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Sports Activities S.B. 2 Defines "organized physical activity course." Beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, allows a student in grades 9-12 successfully completin... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Health and Nutrition in Schools S.B. 172 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the... More... ND To governor 03/2005 P-12 High School Units H.B. 1048 Changes what each public and nonpublic high school must make available to each student In order to be approved by the superintendent of publ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Elementary Schools S.B. 1130 Clarifies that physical education is to include activities such as, but not limited to, cardiovascular, muscle building, or stretching exerc... More... Curriculum--Science AK Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Standards-based science assessment 4 AAC 04.140 thru 06.825 Requires the commissioner to select a standards-based science assessment and school districts to administer the assessment in selected grade... More... MA Rule Adoption 07/2005 P-12 Comprehensive Assessment System and Standards 603 CMR 30.00 Amends the Comprehensive Assessment System and Standards for Competency Determination rules. Adds one discipline in science and technology a... More... OR Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Refusal to Dissect Animals S.B. 383 Allows any student to refuse to dissect any vertebrate or invertebrate animal or the parent or legal guardian of a public school student to ... More... GA Adopted 05/2005 P-12 Mathematics and Science Partnerships Grants GAC 160-1-4-.266, -.269 Establishes rules regarding the Mathematics and Science Partnerships Grants to build mathematics and science teachers' content knowledge and... More... NV Temporary Rule Adoption 05/2005 P-12 Academic Standards for Science NAC 389.244, .2947, .411, .491, .4915 Revises state academic standards for science. ... More... MS Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 Roadways into the Development of Elementary Students 941-9001--01500 Describes the process for prospective elementary schools to become involved in the Roadways into the Development of Elementary Students (RID... More... DE Rule Adoption 01/2005 P-12 Standard Certificate Science Teacher Middle Level 14 DAC 1542 Amends regulation relating to the certification of a science teacher of middle level by removing the requirements for earth science and phys... More... DE Rule Adoption 01/2005 P-12 Standard Certificate Science Teacher 14 DAC 1540, 1.0 - 4.0 Amends regulation relating to the Certification for a Science Teacher to clarify some of the requirements for a standard certificate and to ... More... Curriculum--Sex Education MA In HOUSE. Placed on the Orders of the Day. 03/2005 P-12 Abstinence Education Project Funds H.B. 44 Relates to the use of abstinence education project funds.... More... Curriculum--Social Studies/History CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 S.B. 684 Social sciences curriculum. This bill would encourage a school district to provide instruction in social sciences that accurately reflects ... More... NY Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Amistad Commission H.B. 6362 Establishes and creates the Amistad Commission to coordinate educational and other programs on slavery and African-American history. htt... More... CA Consideration of governor's veto pending 09/2005 P-12 Role of Filipinos in World War II A.B. 15 Allows social studies instruction in grades 7-12 to include instruction the role of Filipinos in World War II and that war, and encourages ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Study of Acts of Genocide H.B. 312 Provides that in addition to the unit of instruction studying the events of the Holocaust, the curriculum of every public elementary school ... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Amistad Commission H.B. 383 Creates the Amistad Commission. Contains provisions concerning the membership and duties of the Commission. These duties include: (i) provi... More... MN to governor 07/2005 P-12 History education H.F. 141 - Multiple Components Districts may not censor or restrain instruction in American or Minnesota state history or heritage based on religious references in origina... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 History In Service Training S.B. 187 Amends in-service training requirements for teachers of Arkansas history . http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb187.pdf... More... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance Education S.B. 440 Establishes the Task Force to Implement Holocaust, Genocide, Human Rights, and Tolerance Education and requires the University System of Mar... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Graduation Requirement H.B. 139 Requires one-half unit in New Mexico history for students entering the ninth grade beginning in the 2005-2006 school year as part of the uni... More... WA To governor 04/2005 P-12 Tribal History H.B. 1495 Encourages that Washington's tribal history be taught in the common schools. Also adds a new section that requires, beginning in 2006, and a... More... GA Adopted 01/2005 P-12 Instruction in Citizenship, United States and Georgia History GAC 160-4-2-.07 Establishes rules regarding instruction in United States and Georgia history and government. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalse... More... Curriculum--Speech Education MD (S) THIRD READING PASSED (46-0) 04/2005 Postsec. Higher Education - Scholarships - Speech Language Pathologists and Audiologists H.B. 1235 Authorizing an area of critical shortage to include speech language pathology or audiology services under the Sharon Christa McAuliffe Memor... More... Data-Driven Improvement LA Adopted 12/2005 P-12 Monitoring Special Education Programs LAC 28:XCI.101, 105-111, 301, 303-317, 507, and 509 These changes clarify that all local education agencies must be monitored, eliminates the exemplary category, and adds a new category called... More... Demographics--Enrollments MI Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Postsec. Postsecondary enrollment options H.B. 4143 Establishes a postsecondary enrollment options program for certain students enrolled in Michigan schools; to prescribe certain duties of pub... More... OR Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Continued Attendance After Legal Placement H.B. 3075 When a juvenile court determines that it is in a child˘s best interest to continue to attend the school that the child attended prior to pla... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Tampering with Residency for Enrollment H.B. 126 Makes it a Class C Misdemeanor penalty for tampering with a governmental record establishing residency for enrollment in a public school. ht... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Procedures for Conducting the School Enrollment Census S.B. 1044 (section 18) Modifies procedures for conducting the school enrollment census. Requires school census to reflect students transferring into or out of the... More... MD (H) THIRD READING PASSED (131-0) 04/2005 P-12 Children in State-Supervised Care - Transfer of Educational Records S.B. 426 Requiring a placement agency responsible for a child in State-supervised care, or the agency's designee, to provide notice to a public schoo... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 SCHOOL DISTRICT TUITION LAWS H.B. 83 AN ACT REVISING THE SCHOOL DISTRICT TUITION LAWS; REQUIRING THE SUPERINTENDENT OF PUBLIC INSTRUCTION TO PAY TUITION FOR CHILDREN WHO ATTEND ... More... KS Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Enrollment in Districts with Armed Forces Bases H.B. 2059 Relates to enrollment. For this purpose, defines "pupils" as students who are dependents of a fulltime active duty member of the military se... More... MT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Enrollment S.B. 359 Revise statutes related to school district enrollment and calculation; provides for tuition to be paid for a nonresident public school stude... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Student Residency Requirements S.B. 2033 Concerns enrollment and provision of services to elementary and high school students placed by out- of-state agencies or entities; relates t... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Cross Border Education Contracts H.B. 1149 Allows the Department of Education to enter into certain enrollment agreements with the State of North Dakota; compensates certain school di... More... NJ Signed into law 02/2005 Postsec. Community College Student Active Duty Re Enrollment Refund S.B. 532 Provides for re-enrollment right or refund of fees for student in public institutions of higher education who is called to active duty for c... More... Desegregation AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Closure of Isolated Schools H.B. 1289 Allows a school district to close an isolated school or part thereof following an annexation or consolidation. Specifies that the state boar... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Desegregation Litigation H.B. 2701 Allows the Desegregation Litigation Oversight Subcommittee to conduct a comprehensive feasibility study to facilitate a final resolution of ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Desegregation Lawsuit Resolution Task Force S.B. 974 Creates the Arkansas Public School Desegregation Lawsuit Resolution Task Force to serve with the members of the Desegregation Litigation Ove... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 School Finance H.B. 2498 Provides restrictions on desegregation funds for districts that, as of June 30, 2005, were under desegregation orders or an administrative a... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Finance H.B. 2497 Replaces the biennial reporting requirements for desegregation districts with an annual report that lists specific items to be reported on a... More... Economic/Workforce Development CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 California Career Resource Network S.B. 665 Repeals the California Occupational Information Coordination Committee and instead establishes the California Career Resource Network for th... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Incorporating SCANS into Teacher Training Programs A.B. 693 Defines the competencies and personal skills identified in the Secretary of Labor's Commission on Achieving Necessary Skills (SCANS) report.... More... OR Signed into law 08/2005 Postsec. Community College Oregon Innovation Council S.B. 838 Creates the Oregon Innovation Council to provide advice to the Governor, the Legislative Assembly, public and private post-secondary educati... More... AK Issued 07/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Apprenticeship Utilization Administrative Order NO. 226 Directs the commissioner of the Department of Transportation and Public Facilities to strive to require that no less than 15% of the labor h... More... CT Signed into law 07/2005 Postsec. Nanoscale Science and Engineering S.B. 1167 Allows the Commissioner of Higher Education to create degree programs and pathways in the field of nanoscale science and engineering. Requi... More... LA Vetoed 07/2005 Postsec. Community College Film Institutes H.B. 797 Authorizes the creation of one or more film institutes by public institutions of higher education. Such institutes shall be nonprofit corpor... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Community College Information Systems, Workforce Development Council H.B. 841 Appropriates funds to subsidize state department information systems projects, provide for additional support personnel and training and add... More... NC Signed into law 06/2005 Community College Postsec. Community College System H.B. 583 The Community Colleges System Office is designated as the primary lead agency for delivering workforce development training, adult literacy ... More... OR (S) GOVERNOR SIGNED. 06/2005 Postsec. Community College Needs Assessment S.B. 882 Requires the Employment Department, in consultation with health care industry employers, shall perform a statewide and regional needs assess... More... OR Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Community College State Workforce Investment Board S.B. 187 Aligns the membership of the State Workforce Investment Board to the requirements of the Federal Act. http://www.leg.state.or.us/05reg/measp... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Community College Tools to Address Nursing Shortage S.B. 132 From bill analysis: Gives nursing schools the tools to address the nursing shortage. This bills sets statewide goals for increasing the num... More... TX SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005 P-12 Community College Career Centers H.B. 1253 From bill analysis: This bill amends the Development Corporation Act of 1979 (the Act) to allow industrial development corporations to under... More... TX SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. H.B. 1765 From fiscal note: The bill creates the Texas Emerging Technology Fund as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. Requires that 50 p... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Community College Nursing Education Demonstration Project S.B. 1517 (Section 15-16) Establishes the Arizona partnership for nursing education demonstration project to increase the capacity of nursing education programs in th... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Joint Study Committee on Medical School Education S.B. 1517 (Section 14) Establishes the joint study committee on medical school education. Requires the committee to: 1. Evaluate the medical education and trainin... More... OH Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Partnership for Continued Learning S.B. 6 Establishes the "Partnership for Continued Learning" to promote systemic approaches to education.  The Partnership must (1) support regional... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act H.B. 3155 Adds a new chapter (59) establishing the South Carolina Education and Economic Development Act. Provides for the development of a curriculum... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Nurses Education S.B. 578 Expands the opportunities for nurses to receive graduate education through the student loan and scholarship program. Defines "advanced nursi... More... ME Issued 04/2005 Postsec. Community College Order Establishing a Task Force to Plan for Higher Education in the Kennebec Valley Executive Order Establishes 10-member task force to plan for higher education in the Kennebec Valley. Establishes membership composition, duties and proced... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. Community College Technology Research Collaborative S.B. 169 Creates the technology research collaborative; relates to higher education. Included in the act is: "The purposes of the collaborative are... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. The Mission and Scope of Higher Education S.B. 287 An act to strengthen the connection between the mission and scope of Arkansas institutions of higher education and the economic goals of the... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Role and Scope of Each Higher Education Institution S.B. 795 Appropriates $85,000 to the the Department of Higher Education to use national consultants to review the role and scope of each higher educa... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Legislative Task Force H.C.R. 55 Creates a legislative task force to examine the effect of school calendars on Kentucky's tourism industry and the potential effect that chan... More... MS Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Unemployment Taxes and Workforce Training S.B. 2480 Provides for a reduction in the unemployment compensation contribution rate for certain employers; provides for a workforce training enhance... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. High Technology Initiatives at Research Universities S.B. 192 This bill appropriates ongoing monies to recruit persons to conduct high technology research and development and makes those appropriations ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Jobs Now Economic Development Initiative H.B. 313 This bill establishes a Jobs Now Economic Development Initiative within the state system of higher education to promote workforce preparatio... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Venture Capital Funding Amendments S.B. 35 Provides that a state institution of higher education may enter into a business relationship or dealing with a private seed or venture capit... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 Postsec. Centers Of Excellence At Colleges S.B. 285 Defines a "center of excellence" as a consortium of two or more institutions of higher education working in collaboration with regional econ... More... Education Research IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Phonologic Weakness H.B. 1488 Defines "phonologic weakness." Requires the department of education to develop and implement a plan to (1) train teachers, especially the t... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Participation in Research S.B. 982, Section 13 Requires the state board to develop rules that allow every school district, school, administrator, teacher, and student of the public school... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Independent Nonprofit Washington Academy of Sciences S.B. 5381 Authorizes an independent nonprofit Washington Academy of Sciences. The legislature finds that public policies and programs will be improved... More... AR Issued 04/2005 P-12 Declares Arkansas will participate in the Compact for Education Research and Development Executive Order 04-01 Declares Arkansas will participate in the Compact for Education Research and Development. Council is intended to create a partnership among... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of Colleges and Universities in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 7) Requires colleges and universities to: (a) Utilize institution-wide resources to work with elementary and secondary educators and other ent... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Teacher' Professional Growth Fund H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6) Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Reading Diagnostic and Intervention Program S.B. 19 This act is to be cited as the "Read to Achieve Act of 2005." Relates to reading; makes an appropriation therefor; describes the general ass... More... Equity NY (H) INTRODUCED AND REFERRED TO COMMITTEE ON ASSEMBLY EDUCATION 05/2005 P-12 Single gender core course academies demonstration program H.B. 8092 Establishes the single gender core course academies demonstration program within the education department; provides that such program shall ... More... Finance CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 Instructional Materials Fund S.B. 657 Existing law establishes the State Instructional Materials Fund and continuously appropriates the money in the fund to the State Department ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Community College Donation of Political Subdivisions' Surplus Computer Equipment S.B. 218 Requires political subdivisions to establish procedures to give first priority for donation of their surplus computer equipment to public el... More... LA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Financially At Risk Districts S.B. 307 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1351(A) and (B), 1352, 1353, and 1354, and to enact R.S. 17:10.1(C). Requires the state board to define ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Seized Motor Vehicles H.B. 2828 Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg... More... GA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Education Grants H.B. 27 Repealed the following provision and related provisions: The General Assembly, being mindful of the primary obligation of the state to provi... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Technology and Remediation Support S.B. 1223 Appropriates $283,113,100 for the Educational Support Program/Division of Operations for fiscal year 2006; provides for expenditures for cer... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 2010 Commission H.B. 2247 (section 7-9) Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to: (a) Condu... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 School District Audit Team H.B. 2247 (section 4-5) Creates a school district audit team within the division of post audit. Requires the school district audit team to conduct performance audit... More... MS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Mississippi Adequate Education Program S.B. 2731 Creates a Commission on Restructuring the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) to revise certain components and creates a commissio... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS H.B. 63 AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS; ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LEASE PERSONAL PROPERTY; EXPANDING THE USES FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL D... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Department of Public Instruction Appropriations H.B. 1013 AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of public instruction, the school for the deaf, North Dakota... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Teacher' Professional Growth Fund H.B. 93 (Sections 5 and 6) Specifies that the teachers' professional growth fund is to provide teachers with high quality professional development in content knowledge... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Mathematics Achievement Fund H.B. 93 (Section 3) Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students,... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Supplemental Payments to High Schools H.B. 1032 Relates to the formula for calculating supplemental payments to high school districts; relates to property taxes, transportation levy, and h... More... NE Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School State Aid Payment Adjustments L.B. 198 Relates to schools. Provides for payment adjustments to reflect transfers of property as prescribed. (1) State aid payments shall be adjust... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Annual Reporting of the Use of Student Fees H.B. 1816 Adds new section: § 23-2.3. Annual reporting of the use of student fees. Requires each public two- and four-year institution of higher educa... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Penalties S.F. 73 Unless otherwise provided by law, all civil or administrative fines or penalties collected under this article are to be paid over to the sta... More... ME Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 Education Costs and Property Taxes H.P. 6 Increases the State share of education costs; provides for reduction in property taxes; reduces government spending at all levels; provides ... More... Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost AK Passed 06/2005 P-12 School Finance Task Force H.R. 10 Establishes a seven-member task force on school district cost factors and foundation formula to evaluate proposals that are based on availab... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 2010 Commission H.B. 2247 (section 7-9) Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to: (a) Condu... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 K-12 Cost Study Analysis H.B. 2247 (section 3) Requires the division of post audit to conduct a professional cost study analysis to determine the costs of delivering the K-12 curriculum, ... More... MS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Mississippi Adequate Education Program S.B. 2731 Creates a Commission on Restructuring the Mississippi Adequate Education Program (MAEP) to revise certain components and creates a commissio... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education and Higher Education Finance Study S.B. 5441 Section 2 creates the comprehensive education study steering committee. The director of the Office of Financial Management (OFM) is a member... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 House Interim Committee on Education Act H.B. 1258 Allows the house interim committee on education and the senate interim committee on education to contract with experts to conduct interim ad... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Reading and Literacy Proficiency S.J.R. 92 Directs the department of education to conduct a comprehensive analysis of the professional development, training and resources needed in ea... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School Finance H.B. 228 Relates to school finance; establishes a select committee to conduct school finance model recalibration; provides for model recalibration su... More... Finance--District MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Financial advisor for districts affected by Hurrican Katrina S.B. 2013 Authorizes the state superintendent to appoint a financial advisor for school districts where the state auditor has expressed concern over f... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Money borrowed by districts H.B. 39 If the amount of revenue collected or estimated to be collected from local sources, on behalf of a school district during a fiscal year, is ... More... MS Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Hurricane Katrina - Extreme emergency financial situation S.B. 2014 Upon written request of a local school board, the State Board of Education may certify that a public school district is in an extreme emerge... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Site Based Decisionmaking Pilot Program S.B. 1053 Establishes the Local Improvement Program as a pilot program, with up to 5% of all public schools and up to 15 school districts participatin... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Bids for Construction Work A.B. 490 An act to amend Section 20112 of the Public Contract Code, relating to public contracts. Requires notice for bids for district projects to b... More... CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 Replacing or Reconditioning Older School Buses A.B. 1107 An act to amend Section 42291 of the Education Code. Establishes a priority for allocations to small school districts to replace or recondit... More... IL Amendatory veto 08/2005 P-12 Expenditure and Revenue Disclosure H.B. 3480 Provides that the annual budget of a school district under 500,000 inhabitants shall separately identify cash on hand from taxes and cash on... More... TX Issued 08/2005 P-12 Comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system Executive Order RP47 Directs the commissioner of education to create and implement a comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system to ensure transp... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance Authority S.B. 1853 Amends the Downstate School Finance Authority Law of the School Code. Provides that the purpose of an Authority's power to appoint a chief e... More... KS Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 3 Makes changes to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, other school funding legislation, and enact policies relating to t... More... AK Passed 06/2005 P-12 School Finance Task Force H.R. 10 Establishes a seven-member task force on school district cost factors and foundation formula to evaluate proposals that are based on availab... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Group Purchasing for School Libraries S.B. 483 Relating to allowing designated public school libraries to participate in group purchasing agreements with the TexShare Library Consortium.... More... VT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 159 Authorizes the voters to eliminate the office of auditor and to employ instead a public accountant annually to audit the financial statement... More... AL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Common Purchases and Student Materials Spending H.B. 258 Includes "common purchases" as element that may be funded as classroom instructional support. States that any funds allocated by the legisla... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Proposed Budgets Posted on the Department Web Site H.B. 2349 (section 3) Allows school districts the option to post their proposed budget or summary of proposed budget on a website maintained by the department of ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Unreimbursed Costs of Textbooks for Low-Income Students H.B. 1001 (Section 183-184) Requires each district's debt service fund to pay all unreimbursed costs of textbooks for the district's students who were eligible for free... More... LA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Financially At Risk Districts S.B. 307 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 39:1351(A) and (B), 1352, 1353, and 1354, and to enact R.S. 17:10.1(C). Requires the state board to define ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Training for District Employees S.B. 668 A new section requires several district-level finance positions to receive training in state school finance laws. Amended section adds a req... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Fund Balances H.B. 1262 Amends Section 49-3-352. Allows any fund balance remaining unexpended at the end of a fiscal year in the general fund of the local public ed... More... WA to governor 05/2005 P-12 Bidding Requirements H.B. 1719 Regarding School District Bidding Requirements - Increases the bid limit requirements for school districts. ... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Bidding and Purchasing of Buses H.B. 1485 Revises the state bidding and purchasing process for school buses. Requires SPI to solicit competitive price quotes for base buses and optio... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Buildings and Facilities H.B. 1448 Amends Arkansas code 6-20-402. Allows a district to terminate a long-term lease agreement at the end of any fiscal year for the district. Re... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Energy Savings Contracts S.B. 1095 Concerns energy savings contracts for school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1095.pdf... More... KS Became law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 04/2005 P-12 School Records H.B. 2247 (section 1-2) Requires districts to report expenditures by categories as directed by the department of education and requires the department to verify cos... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 School District Audit Team H.B. 2247 (section 4-5) Creates a school district audit team within the division of post audit. Requires the school district audit team to conduct performance audit... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts H.B. 624 Relates to holding school districts harmless for disequalized budget status. "A school district that adopted a general fund budget over i... More... MT Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS H.B. 63 AN ACT GENERALLY REVISING SCHOOL FINANCE LAWS; ALLOWING SCHOOL DISTRICTS TO LEASE PERSONAL PROPERTY; EXPANDING THE USES FOR CERTAIN SCHOOL D... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School District State Aid H.B. 1311 Provides an appropriation for eligible school districts receiving reduced amounts of state aid. The superintendent of public instruction sh... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 P-12 Public School H.B. 873 Changes public school budget requests due date.... More... OK Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Carryover Amounts S.B. 531 Relates to the state aid Formula; modifies allowable general fund carryover amounts; requires districts to exceed limits for two consecutive... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting H.B. 1568 Expands upon the Arkansas Educational Financial Accounting and Reporting Act of 2004. Requires charter schools to follow the financial repor... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Audit Requirements H.B. 1185 Clarifies audit requirements for schools, municipalities and counties. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1185.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 County School Fund Distribution H.B. 1373 To amend sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to distributions of county's school fund. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Define Instructional Materials H.B. 2099 Expands list of "instructional materials" that may be exempt from sales tax when purchased by schools, to include sheet music, electronic so... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Financial Statements H.B. 2449 Provides a regulatory basis of financial statement presentation for schools. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB2449.... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Efficiency and Effectiveness Review H.B. 267 Provision of budget bill. Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct an inventory and assessment of indicators that may be us... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Finance Report S.B. 2083 Requires the state superintendent to submit an annual report on the financial condition of school districts to the governor, legislative cou... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Business Manager H.B. 1228 Allows the board of a school district to adopt policies governing the disbursement of school district moneys by the business manager. The po... More... WY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Facilities Land Disposition S.F. 131 Requires school facility commission review of school district land sales. The commission will review any proposed sale of existing land owne... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School District Budget Filing H.B. 1154 Extends from September 1 to September 15 the deadline for school districts to file a budget and expenditures report with the department of e... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill: < establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and opera... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School District Audits H.B. 70 After March 31 of any school year, the state superintendent may not adjust any district's entitlement or fiscal information used to compute ... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 School Finance S.F. 47 Continues assistance to school districts for full-day kindergarten programs ($5 million) and the summer school grant program ($4.5 million);... More... ME FILED. 01/2005 P-12 School Sports Programs L.R. 1668 Requires schools and school districts to line item sports programs for municipal veto.... More... Finance--Equity KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 2010 Commission H.B. 2247 (section 7-9) Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to: (a) Condu... More... Finance--Facilities HI Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Facilities Funding and Oversight S.B. 1660 Transfers the management of the state educational facilities improvement special fund and capital improvement and repair and maintenance pro... More... NH Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School building aid grants S.B. 38 This bill provides that a receiving district situated in this state providing an education to pupils from one or more sending districts situ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. College Opportunity Fund S.B. 132 Specifies that a student who is eligible to receive a stipend may receive a stipend for graduate level courses that apply toward the student... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Repeals Public Schools Facilities Funding Act H.B. 1106 Repeals the Public School Facilities Funding Act. From analysis: School Facilities Act was established in 1989 to be administered by the Bon... More... TX Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Procurement H.B. 2525 From bill analysis: Consolidates alternate project delivery processes into a single chapter of the Government Code. This is similar to the ... More... NH Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 School building aid H.B. 71 This bill makes an appropriation of $2,730,411 to the department of education for the purpose of fully funding all school building aid proje... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Academic Oversight Committee S.B. 591 Creates the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee and the advisory committee on public school academic facilities. http://www.arkleg.state... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities Program Act S.B. 593 Establishes the Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Program Act. Requires the Division of Public School Academic Facilities and Trans... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Design Build Construction S.B. 1093 Defines "design-build," "design-builder" and "design-build contract." Permits any school district to use design-build construction as a proj... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Buildings and Facilities H.B. 1448 Amends Arkansas code 6-20-402. Allows a district to terminate a long-term lease agreement at the end of any fiscal year for the district. Re... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Academic Facilities Funding H.B. 2508 This subchapter is known as and may be cited as the "Arkansas Public School Academic Facilities Funding Act." Determines the value of total ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Energy Savings Contracts S.B. 1095 Concerns energy savings contracts for school districts. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/sb1095.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Buildings in Consolidated School Districts H.B. 2936 Establishes procedures for the preservation, sale and/or disposal of school buildings in school districts that have been consolidated. Allow... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Facilities Board H.B. 2287 Reduces the length of the comprehensive plan for the proposed use of Building Renewal Fund monies from five years to three years. http://www... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 Funding Formulas, Bonds, Tax Levies and Mill Rates H.B. 2247 (section 19-29) Establishes procedures for local tax levies. Establishes in every district a fund called the teacher salary enhancement fund. Creates a form... More... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities S.B. 766 Repeals a provision of law requiring the transfer of public school facilities and property from the Mayor and City Council of Baltimore to t... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Finance H.B. 1091 Relates to public school finance; removes the requirement that a portion of local and federal revenue be used for capital outlay; provides f... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Education Service Cooperatives H.B. 1357 An act to allow education service cooperatives to purchase or construct buildings as may be required to provide authorized programs and serv... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities and Transportation S.B. 590 Revises the duties and responsibilities of the division of public school academic facilities and transportation and creates the commission o... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Public-Public Partnerships S.B. 858 Defines "public-public partnership" as a contractual agreement between a school district and another governmental agency, political subdivis... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 School Facilities Board S.B. 1394 Amends provisions relating to the school facilities board. Bars the school facilities board from entering into lease-to-own transactions as ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Facility Construction Commission (SFCC) Review H.B. 267 (Facility Component) Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct a review of the SFCC's ability to provide local school districts with necessary de... More... OK Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Higher Education Promise of Excellence Act H.B. 1191 Enacts the Higher Education Promise of Excellence Act of 2005; authorizes the issuance of certain obligations to the Regents for Higher Educ... More... UT To governor 03/2005 P-12 Enrollment Growth Program Amendments H.B. 124 This bill modifies the funding formula for a program that provides money to school districts for school building construction. This bill: de... More... WY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Facilities H.B. 269 Specifies district major maintenance payment expenditures from the required separate account. Account expenditures may include the expenses ... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Capital Construction S.F. 29 Relates to school capital construction program; modifies the date by which state funding is provided for major facilities maintenance/replac... More... NY Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 01/2005 P-12 School Cafeteria Renovations S.B. 7474 Relates to the renovation of cafeterias in school districts located in cities with a population of one million or more.... More... Finance--Federal IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Matching Funds for Federal Charter School Facilities Initiative H.B. 1001 (Section 129) States that if the U.S. Department of Education approves a new competition for states to receive matching funds for charter school facilitie... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Federal Funding to the State Board S.B. 200 (Section 18) Requires the state board to annually report to the legislature the total amount of federal funds received by the state board in the prior fi... More... Finance--Funding Formulas AL to governor 07/2005 P-12 Increasing Foundation Program S.B. 48 From the fiscal note: Increases the obligations of the Education Trust Fund for funding the calculated cost of the K-12 Foundation Program d... More... KS Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 3 Makes changes to the School District Finance and Quality Performance Act, other school funding legislation, and enact policies relating to t... More... AK Passed 06/2005 P-12 School Finance Task Force H.R. 10 Establishes a seven-member task force on school district cost factors and foundation formula to evaluate proposals that are based on availab... More... CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Date for Counting Preschoolers and 3- and 4-Year-Olds with Disabilities S.B. 32 Makes an accomodation for counting preschoolers and 3- and 4-year olds with disabilities enrolled (for state funding purposes) by letting sc... More... FL Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Class Size Reduction S.B. 1678 States that, beginning in the 2005-2006 school year, if the actual student membership in the October survey exceeds the student membership e... More... NE Signed by Governor 06/2005 P-12 Early Childhood programs, funding. L.B. 577 Changes provisions relating to early childhood education programs as prescribed; to define and redefine terms; to provide a weighting factor... More... OR Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Distribution of State Lands Funds H.B. 3183 Requires the Department of State Lands to transfer the balance of the Distributable Income Account of the Common School Fund to the Superint... More... VT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 159 Authorizes the voters to eliminate the office of auditor and to employ instead a public accountant annually to audit the financial statement... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Remediation Funding S.B. 1516 (Section 2) Replaces reference to "reimbursement" with reference to "certificate of supplemental instruction" for student attending a school designated ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Joint Technological Education District H.B. 2418 States that a student in a K-8 program who enrolls in courses offered by the joint technological education district is not to be included in... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Additional Revenues for Education H.B. 1350 From the fiscal note: This bill specifies that moneys in the General Fund Exempt Account shall be appropriated or transferred in the followi... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Funding Formula Revisions S.B. 35 - Funding Section One section changes program weights for funding purposes. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb35.pdf... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Academic Honors Diploma Awards H.B. 1001 (Section 201) Districts are eligible for the academic honors diploma awards according to the number of students who successfully completed an academic hon... More... MO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Education funding formula S.B. 287 Currently, the state's education formula is essentially an equalized tax-rate driven formula, meaning that the formula provides a certain am... More... WA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Learning Assistance Program H.B. 1066 Revises the funding formula for the Learning Assistance Program from one based equally on assessment results and family need to one based so... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 State Foundation Funding H.B. 1559 Increases state foundation funding to provide sufficient funds for teacher insurance. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/publi... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Interschool Athletic Programs H.B. 2916 Includes salaries or supplemental pay for staff for organized physical activity courses as provided under Act 660 of 2005 in the definitions... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Consolidation Provisions S.B. 1044 (sections 21-27) Deletes definitions of "consolidated average daily membership," "consolidated national school lunch student total" and "national school lunc... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Finance S.B. 338 Updates various provisions of the Arkansas code related to public school finance. One provision changes policy from allowing to requiring an... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Procedures for Conducting the School Enrollment Census S.B. 1044 (section 18) Modifies procedures for conducting the school enrollment census. Requires school census to reflect students transferring into or out of the... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Public School Funding Act of 2003 S.B. 939 Amends the public school funding act of 2003. Requires the State Board of Education to promulgate rules clarifying not only which alternativ... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Finance S.B. 200 (Section 1-4) Increases the statewide base funding amount for at-risk students. Amends definition of "at-risk pupils" to include the number of district st... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Full-Day Kindergarten for Schools Rated "Unsatisfactory" S.B. 200 (Section 5-7) Revises certain language related to funding full-day kindergarten for students in a school receiving an "unsatisfactory" rating in the state... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 2010 Commission H.B. 2247 (section 7-9) Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to: (a) Condu... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 Special Education Funding H.B. 2247 (section 10-11) Creates a new formula for determining each district's special education allocation. Specifies that if the appropriation for special educatio... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 Funding Formulas H.B. 2247 (section 12-18) Amends pupil definitions and weighting. Repeals language referring to ''correlation weighting.'' Adds new language referring to ''cost of li... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 Funding Formulas, Bonds, Tax Levies and Mill Rates H.B. 2247 (section 19-29) Establishes procedures for local tax levies. Establishes in every district a fund called the teacher salary enhancement fund. Creates a form... More... MT To governor 04/2005 P-12 School Funding Formula Study S.B. 525 Creates a quality schools interim committee. The committee shall continue the work of the joint select committee on education funding establ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Learning Assistance Program Distribution Formula H.B. 1066 HB 1066 changes the school district distribution of Learning Assistance Program (LAP) funds from a distribution based 50% on assessment of s... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Education and Higher Education Finance Study S.B. 5441 Section 2 creates the comprehensive education study steering committee. The director of the Office of Financial Management (OFM) is a member... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 County School Fund Distribution H.B. 1373 To amend sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to distributions of county's school fund. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Student Counts and Charter School Funding S.B. 1405 Increases charter school funding and makes changes in provisions for student counts for districts. http://www.azleg.state.az.us/DocumentsFor... More... AZ Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Education Funding Formula S.B. 1406 Adds a provision to the education funding formula. Ddisqualifies districts from obtaining "growth funding" until the district attains the p... More... CT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Educational Cost Sharing Distribution Technical Error H.B. 6489 Corrects a technical error in educational cost sharing distribution and enables the provision of existing funds to interdistrict magnet scho... More... ID Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Tuition Rate S.B. 1050 Amends existing law to authorize a school district board of trustees to apply for an exemption to any portion of a tuition rate for out of d... More... KS Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Enrollment in Districts with Armed Forces Bases H.B. 2059 Relates to enrollment. For this purpose, defines "pupils" as students who are dependents of a fulltime active duty member of the military se... More... NM Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Funding Formula Study Task Force S.B. 125 The "funding formula study task force" is created. The task force shall function from the date of its appointment until December 15, 2006. ... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 State Aid to Education Formula Student Allocation S.B. 157 Directs the state department to undertake a study of the allocation of state funds to the various public school districts (due by Dec. 1, 20... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program H.B. 382 Establishes the value of the weighted pupil unit at $2,280; establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and operatio... More... IA Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 State Percent of Growth S.F. 36 Provides for the establishment of the state percent of growth for purposes of the state school foundation program. http://coolice.legis.stat... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill: < establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and opera... More... IN Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 Funding Formula for K-3 Class Size Reduction H.B. 1001 (Section 181 and 233) Revises the funding formula for the K-3 class size reduction program. Effective retroactive to January 1, 2005. Makes other adjustments. ht... More... Finance--Litigation AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Arkansas Supreme Court Decision H.B. 2646 Conforms the Arkansas Code to comply with the Arkansas Supreme Court decision in the Lake View case. Requires any school district that was a... More... Finance--Local Foundations/Funds OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Public Funds to Local Foundations S.B. 326 Deleted "No public funds shall be deposited in any account owned or controlled by a local foundation" and replaced with: "A public school di... More... Finance--Lotteries FL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Use of Lottery Money H.B. 841 States that eighty percent of all unclaimed lottery prize money must be deposited in the Educational Enhancement Trust Fund. Allows these fu... More... Finance--Resource Efficiency TX Issued 08/2005 P-12 Comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system Executive Order RP47 Directs the commissioner of education to create and implement a comprehensive financial accountability and reporting system to ensure transp... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Task Force on School District Administrative Efficiency H.B. 1021(multiple provisions) Establishes the Task Force on School District Administrative Efficiency. The purpose of the Task Force (which expires December 31, 2006) is ... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Staffing Ratios H.B. 2578 House Bill 2578 increases the ratios of professional and service personnel to students in net enrollment. The increases in the ratios of pro... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Efficiency and Effectiveness Review H.B. 267 Provision of budget bill. Directs the Office of Education Accountability to conduct an inventory and assessment of indicators that may be us... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Efficiency Review Program H.B. 1967 The bill requires school divisions to pay 25 percent of the cost of the school efficiency review in the fiscal year immediately following th... More... Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures CA Vetoed 09/2005 P-12 School Transportation Block Grant A.B. 1110 An act to add Article 8 (commencing with Section 41580) to Chapter 3.2 of Part 24 of the Education Code. Would create the School Transportat... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 State Budget Review and Government Efficiency Commission H.B. 1001 (Section 255-256) Establishes legislative intent that the state budget be reviewed comprehensively before the budgetary process for the next biennium begins i... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Budget Bill H.B. 1020 (budget provisions) Budget bill funds public schools at $2.15 billion. Provided an increase of more than $145 million per year to boost teacher pay and benefits... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Budget Bill S.B. 604 The FY 06 Budget, passed in 2005, is $3.19 billion. A breakdown in approximate percentages goes as follows: Public Education = 51% at $1.6 b... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Appropriation of Funds S.B. 877 States the purposes and sources of funds for the Educational Facilities Partnership Fund Account and the Division of Public School Academic ... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 School Finance H.B. 2498 Provides restrictions on desegregation funds for districts that, as of June 30, 2005, were under desegregation orders or an administrative a... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Finance H.B. 2497 Replaces the biennial reporting requirements for desegregation districts with an annual report that lists specific items to be reported on a... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Federal Funding to the State Board S.B. 200 (Section 18) Requires the state board to annually report to the legislature the total amount of federal funds received by the state board in the prior fi... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 2010 Commission H.B. 2247 (section 7-9) Establishes the 2010 Commission. States that the commission shall cease to exist on December 31, 2010. Requires the commission to: (a) Condu... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School District State Aid H.B. 1311 Provides an appropriation for eligible school districts receiving reduced amounts of state aid. The superintendent of public instruction sh... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Supplemental Payments to High Schools H.B. 1032 Relates to the formula for calculating supplemental payments to high school districts; relates to property taxes, transportation levy, and h... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 House Bill 1220 Appropriation Repeal S.B. 224 Repeals the appropriation of $3,006,960 from the state's General Fund to the Education Enhancement Trust Fund - contained in House Bill 1220... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Department Of Education H.B. 1073 Appropriates FY 2004-2005 emergency supplemental funds to department to disburse for grants and aid to state secondary vocational area cente... More... UT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Minimum School Program Act Amendments H.B. 3 Relates to minimum school program act amendments. This bill: < establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the maintenance and opera... More... MI Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 Multisection School Aid S.B. 1193 Relates to multisection school aid; provides the fiscal year 2004- 2005 year budget; amends appropriations from the state school aid fund an... More... Finance--Student Fees CO Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Transportation Fees H.B. 1191 Authorizes school districts to impose a fee for transportation by resolution of the board, rather than by a vote of the people. Adds that di... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Verification of Eligibility for Fee Waivers H.B. 183 Requires the state board to make rules requiring a parent or guardian of a student applying for a fee waiver to provide documentation and ce... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Community College Annual Reporting of the Use of Student Fees H.B. 1816 Adds new section: § 23-2.3. Annual reporting of the use of student fees. Requires each public two- and four-year institution of higher educa... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2005 P-12 Postsec. Impact Fees S.B. 1814 Authorizes the department of education to assess and collect impact fees as fair share contributions of developers for state public school f... More... TX SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005 P-12 Community College Career Centers H.B. 1253 From bill analysis: This bill amends the Development Corporation Act of 1979 (the Act) to allow industrial development corporations to under... More... TX SENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. H.B. 1765 From fiscal note: The bill creates the Texas Emerging Technology Fund as a dedicated account in the general revenue fund. Requires that 50 p... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Additional Revenues for Education H.B. 1350 From the fiscal note: This bill specifies that moneys in the General Fund Exempt Account shall be appropriated or transferred in the followi... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 Funding Formulas, Bonds, Tax Levies and Mill Rates H.B. 2247 (section 19-29) Establishes procedures for local tax levies. Establishes in every district a fund called the teacher salary enhancement fund. Creates a form... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Election Code H.B. 2468 Amends sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to school elections. Specifies that the annual school election may concern only issues autho... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Education Funding Study S.B. 2404 Directs a study of education funding by the legislative council. 1. The legislative council shall study enhanced funding for elementary an... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 Postsec. Individual Income Tax Contributions for Education H.B. 7 Repeals language designating certain individual income tax contributions to higher education because the contributions failed to generate $3... More... WI Vetoed 03/2005 P-12 Community College Postsec. School District Revenue Limits A.B. 58 Relates to school district revenue limits and levy limits for cities, villages, towns, counties, and technical college districts. Generally,... More... VT Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Education Property Tax Rates H.B. 61 Reduces education property tax rates for fiscal year 2006. http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2006/acts/ACT001.HTM... More... ME Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 Education Costs and Property Taxes H.P. 6 Increases the State share of education costs; provides for reduction in property taxes; reduces government spending at all levels; provides ... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Community College Donation of Political Subdivisions' Surplus Computer Equipment S.B. 218 Requires political subdivisions to establish procedures to give first priority for donation of their surplus computer equipment to public el... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Arts Awareness License Plates S.B. 418 Adds a new Section 56-3-5400. Allows the department to issue Arts Awareness special license plates to establish a special fund to be used by... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Seized Motor Vehicles H.B. 2828 Allows motor vehicles seized by law enforcement agencies to be donated to school districts for driver's education courses. http://www.arkleg... More... WY Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Wyoming Oil and Gas Conservation Commission Penalties S.F. 73 Unless otherwise provided by law, all civil or administrative fines or penalties collected under this article are to be paid over to the sta... More... Governance WA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Education Governance S.B. 5732 Revises the powers, duties, and membership of the state board of education and the Washington professional educator standards board and elim... More... RI Vetoed 06/2005 Postsec. Higher Education Governance H.B. 6206 Would have reduced the membership of the board of governors for higher education from 15 to 13, including the chairperson of the board of re... More... TN Signed into law 06/2005 Postsec. Review Committee H.B. 372 Requires the establish a review committee to aid in development or revision of the higher education master plan and funding formulae. The co... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Office of Management and Budget H.B. 1001 (Section 38) Adds a new chapter creating an Office of Management and Budget (OMB). Requires all state boards and agencies to comply with the policies and... More... NV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Creates Commission on Educational Excellence. S.B. 404 Creates the Commission on Educational Excellence; prescribing the membership and duties of the Commission; creating the Trust Fund for Educ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. HIgher Education Department H.B. 745 Replaces the Commission on Higher Education with the Higher Education Department -- a cabinet department; creates an Advisory Board; provide... More... WV Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Local Government Flexibility Act S.B. 419 Creates a pilot program; cites the Local Government Flexibility Act of 2005; relates to the ability of local government and school districts... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Education Service Cooperatives H.B. 1357 An act to allow education service cooperatives to purchase or construct buildings as may be required to provide authorized programs and serv... More... MT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Governance for Certain School Districts H.B. 397 Clarifies governance for certain school districts. http://data.opi.state.mt.us/bills/2005/billhtml/HB0397.htm... More... GA Adopted 01/2005 P-12 Regional Educational Service Agencies GAC 160-5-1-.13 Clarifies rules regarding regional education service agencies. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-1-.13.pdf... More... Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule GA Adopted 10/2005 P-12 Waiver Requests GAC 160-1-3-.02 Clarifies rules so that school systems may apply for waivers of certain education law for the purpose of increasing student achievement. AGE... More... WV Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Local Government Flexibility Act S.B. 419 Creates a pilot program; cites the Local Government Flexibility Act of 2005; relates to the ability of local government and school districts... More... Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts' Employment of Board Members' Relatives H.B. 1867 An act to restrict school districts from employing relatives of board members. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB186... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Auditors H.B. 2700 Requires school district auditors to comply with the requirements and prohibitions of the federal Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. http://www.ark... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Open Meetings and Open Records Information H.B. 77 Requires the attorney general to distribute Open Meetings and Open Records Act information to local government officials, superintendents of... More... Governance--School Boards IL Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 School Board Members and Group Health Insurance H.B. 881 -- Board Member Health Insurance Clarifies that nothing in statute may preclude an elected school board member from participating in a group health insurance program provide... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Student Representation S.B. 1638 Allows a board of school directors (except for the Chicago board of education) to appoint a student to the board to serve in an advisory cap... More... LA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Public Comment in Large Districts H.B. 252 Exempts any school board in a parish containing a municipality with a population of 400,000 or more from the requirement that the school boa... More... NC Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Public Comment Period H.B. 635 Requires at least one public comment period per month at a regular meeting of a local board of education, county board of commissioners, or ... More... NY Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Training for Board Members H.B. 6082 One section requires every trustee or voting member of a board of education of a school district or a board of cooperative educational servi... More... NY Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Student Representatives on School Boards H.B. 88 Provides that there may be more than one student representative on a school board and for the manner of their selection.... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Military Board Members S.B. 144 Current state law does not permit military officers to serve on the school boards of military reservation school districts, which is inconsi... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Insurance, Retirement and Other Benefits for School Board Members S.B. 98 States that local boards of education are authorized to expend local funds for life, disability, and liability insurance, retirement and pen... More... OR Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Potential Conflict of Interest H.B. 2443 Amends the prohibition of district employees or charter school employees from serving as a board member in that district. Allows a district ... More... VT Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Board Vacancies H.B. 201 Stipulates that the school board instead of the selectboard is to fill a vacancy on a town or union school board. If a town does not have a ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts' Employment of Board Members' Relatives H.B. 1867 An act to restrict school districts from employing relatives of board members. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/HB186... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Board of Directors H.B. 2517 Increases from six to nine the number of hours of training that a newly elected member of a school board of directors is required to obtain ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 County Boards of Education H.B. 1701 Repeals county boards of education. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2005/public/hb1701.pdf... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Odd Number of Members on Local Boards S.B. 1044 (sections 11-13) Bars all local boards from having an even number of members, regardless of prior annexation or consolidation agreements. Requires any result... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Election of School District Boards of Directors S.B. 1044 (section 32) Repeals Arkansas Code § 6-14-120 pertaining to the election of school district boards of directors. http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/b... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Governing Boards H.B. 2368 Repeals provision granting a school district and its employees immunity from civil liability for the consequences of the good faith adoption... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Election Code H.B. 2468 Amends sections of the Arkansas code pertaining to school elections. Specifies that the annual school election may concern only issues autho... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School District Auditors H.B. 2700 Requires school district auditors to comply with the requirements and prohibitions of the federal Sarbanes Oxley Act of 2002. http://www.ark... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Open Meetings and Open Records Information H.B. 77 Requires the attorney general to distribute Open Meetings and Open Records Act information to local government officials, superintendents of... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Roles of School Councils, Local Boards and Superintendents in Achieving State Education Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraphs 8-10) (8) School councils at all school levels are encouraged to identify and allocate resources to qualified teachers to become coaches or mentor... More... ND Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Board Power S.B. 2226 Relates to the power of school boards to lease equipment, furniture, supplies and textbooks; and dismiss district personnel. http://www.sta... More... SD Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Local Officials S.B. 171 Prohibits certain officials from voting if a conflict of interest exists. http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2005/bills/SB171enr.pdf... More... UT Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Local School Board Amendments H.B. 139 Provides that when a vacancy occurs in the office of president or vice president of a local school board for any reason, a replacement shall... More... VA Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 School Board Salaries H.B. 1989 Increases the maximum salary to be paid members of the school board (affects the Salem board). Across the state, salaries range from $240 to... More... AR Signed into law 02/2005 P-12 Continuity of School Boards Protection Act H.B. 1266 An act to protect the continuity of school boards by amending the procedure for election of school boards following annexation; allows certa... More... IL Signed into law 01/2005 P-12 School Code H.B. 757 Amends the Children with Disabilities Article of the School Code to allow a child with a disability who has completed four years of high sch... More... Governance--School Boards--Training NY Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Training for Board Members H.B. 6082 One section requires every trustee or voting member of a board of education of a school district or a board of cooperative educational servi... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Board of Directors H.B. 2517 Increases from six to nine the number of hours of training that a newly elected member of a school board of directors is required to obtain ... More... Governance--Site-Based Management CA Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Site Based Decisionmaking Pilot Program S.B. 1053 Establishes the Local Improvement Program as a pilot program, with up to 5% of all public schools and up to 15 school districts participatin... More... MN Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Site based management team H.F. 141 - Multiple Components A school site decision-making team must include at east one parent of a pupil in the school. For purposes of formation of a new site, a sch... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 School Community Council's Responsibilities S.B. 1253 Clarifies a school community council's responsibilities. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1253_cd1_.htm... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Council Membership S.B. 1011 Provides that a parent or guardian who is employed by a school district may serve as a member of a school council if not employed at the sam... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Open Meetings and Open Records Information H.B. 77 Requires the attorney general to distribute Open Meetings and Open Records Act information to local government officials, superintendents of... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Student Achievement Improvement H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions) Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Mathematics Achievement Fund H.B. 93 (Section 3) Creates the mathematics achievement fund to provide developmentally appropriate diagnostic assessment and intervention services to students,... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Roles of School Councils, Local Boards and Superintendents in Achieving State Education Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraphs 8-10) (8) School councils at all school levels are encouraged to identify and allocate resources to qualified teachers to become coaches or mentor... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Health and Nutrition in Schools S.B. 172 Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year, requires each school to limit access to no more than one day each week to retail fast foods in the... More... Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies OR Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Education Service Districts H.B. 3184 Requires education service districts to provide regionalized core services to component school districts. The goals of these services are to... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2005 P-12 Department of Education Employees' Benefits H.B. 1614 Ensures that department of education civil service employees' benefits related to transfer, reduction in force, promotion, medical placement... More... WA Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Education Governance S.B. 5732 Revises the powers, duties, and membership of the state board of education and the Washington professional educator standards board and elim... More... CT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Review of Department Programs and Services H.B. 6989 New section: Requires the state board to review the programs and services administered or provided by the Department of Education in order t... More... FL Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Homeland Security H.B. 1715 Requires that assessments of any building, facility, or structure owned or leased by a state agency, state university or community college n... More... FL Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Personal Care Attendant Program S.B. 720 Eliminates requirement that for purposes of participating in the personal care attendant program, the department of education determine the ... More... HI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 S.B. 1643 Clarifies definitions of "new century charter schools" and "public schools". Requires charter school plans to include a plan for identifying... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 State Board Powers H.B. 2349 (section 1 and 5) Allows the state board to adopt any rules and policies it deems necessary to exercise general supervision over and regulate the conduct of t... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Proposed Budgets Posted on the Department Web Site H.B. 2349 (section 3) Allows school districts the option to post their proposed budget or summary of proposed budget on a website maintained by the department of ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Arizona Performance Based Compensation System Task Force S.B. 1074 Establishes the Arizona Performance Based Compensation System Task Force within the state board of education. By Februrary 2006 and annually... More... FL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Paper Reduction Task Force H.B. 281 Establishes the Paper Reduction Task Force for the purpose of recommending strategies to reduce the paperwork required of school districts a... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College State Accounting Office H.B. 293 Creates the state accounting office, to be overseen by the state accounting officer. Creates the position of state accounting officer, to b... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Office of Technology Established H.B. 1137 Creates the office of technology by combining the duties performed by the division of information technology of the department of administra... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 State Budget Review and Government Efficiency Commission H.B. 1001 (Section 255-256) Establishes legislative intent that the state budget be reviewed comprehensively before the budgetary process for the next biennium begins i... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Academic Oversight Committee S.B. 591 Creates the Academic Facilities Oversight Committee and the advisory committee on public school academic facilities. http://www.arkleg.state... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Distance Learning Coordinating Council S.B. 592 Repeals language relating to the Arkansas Interagency Distance Learning Review Commission. Establishes the Distance Learning Coordinating Co... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Department of Education H.B. 2530 Renames the position of director of the department of education the commissioner of education. Reorganizes the department of education into ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Special Education Provisions S.B. 1044 (sections 28-30) Modifies membership of Advisory Council for the Education of Children with Disabilities from "parents of children with disabilities" to pare... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Department Reporting and Student Testing H.B. 2033 Requires the department to report to specified members of the legislature on its budget status every two months for the first half of each f... More... HI Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School-to-Work Council S.B. 1249 Repeals the school-to-work executive council. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb1249_.htm... More... ID Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Division of Professional-Technical Education and the Office of the State Board of Education S.B. 1234 Reaffirms that the Division of Professional-Technical Education and the Office of the State Board of Education each play unique and vital ro... More... ME Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 State Board of Education Term Limit H.P. 186 Limits the number of terms of office for members of the State Board of Education to 2 5-year terms, which need not be consecutive, beginning... More... ND Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Department of Public Instruction Appropriations H.B. 1013 AN ACT to provide an appropriation for defraying the expenses of the department of public instruction, the school for the deaf, North Dakota... More... NM Signed into law 04/2005 Postsec. HIgher Education Department H.B. 745 Replaces the Commission on Higher Education with the Higher Education Department -- a cabinet department; creates an Advisory Board; provide... More... NM Pocket Veto by GOVERNOR. 04/2005 Postsec. Education S.B. 677 Relates to higher education as Cabinet Department.... More... WA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Eliminates Academic Achievement and Accountability Commission S.B. 5732 Revises the powers, duties, and membership of the state board and the Washington professional educator standards board and eliminates the Ac... More... AR Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Public School Facilities and Transportation S.B. 590 Revises the duties and responsibilities of the division of public school academic facilities and transportation and creates the commission o... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Student Achievement Improvement H.B. 93 (Section 1, multiple provisions) Sets forth legislative intent related to early diagnosis of and intervention for elementary students struggling in reading and mathematics, ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Committee for Mathematics Achievement H.B. 93 (Section 2) Defines terms, including "mathematics coach," "mathematics diagnostic assessment," "mathematics intervention program," "mathematics leader,"... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Postsec. Role of the Council of Postsecondary Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 5) Specifies that, for the state to achieve its student achievement goals, the Council on Postsecondary Education, in cooperation with the Educ... More... KY Signed into law 03/2005 P-12 Role of Department of Education in Achieving State Educational Goals H.B. 93 (Section 1, paragraph 4) Mandates that the Kentucky Department of Education provide assistance to schools and teachers, including publicizing professional developmen... More... IL Adopted 02/2005 P-12 Access to Information 2 IAC 5001.100 thru .600 (non seq) Clarifies rules regarding access to information of the state board of education under the Freedom of Information Act. http://www.isbe.state.... More... Health NJ Issued 12/2005 P-12 Steroid Use Executive Order No. 72 Executive order No. 72 addresses many of the Governor's Task Force on Steroid Use and Prevention. Directs the Department of Education to wor... More... CA Vetoed 10/2005 P-12 School Wellness Policies S.B. 567 This bill would require local educational agencies that participate in specified federal school lunch programs to establish and implement a ... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 High School Athletes and Use of Steroids S.B. 37 Prohibited substances. The bill would prohibit specified dietary supplements from being used by a pupil participating in interscholastic hi... More... CA Signed into law 10/2005 P-12 Content Standards for Health Education H.B. 689 Existing law requires the State Department of Education to incorporate nutrition education curriculum content into the health curriculum fra... More... CA Signed into law 09/2005 Community College Postsec. Health Supervision and Services Fees for Community College Students A.B. 982 An act to amend Section 76355 of the Education Code, relating to community colleges. Expresses findings and declarations of the Legislature ... More... NY Signed into law 09/2005 P-12 Immunization S.B. 3165 Provides that each school shall require that every child entering or attending such school shall produce proof of immunization in accordance... More... NY Rule Adoption 09/2005 P-12 School Health Services Title 8 NYCRR 136.1 - 136.3 Implements and otherwise conforms the commissioner's regulations to L. of 2004, ch. 477. NEW YORK REG 17638 (SN) http://www.dos.state.ny.us... More... PA Active 09/2005 P-12 Pennsylvania Growth Screening Program A Pennsylvania Department of Health Program. Pre-existing school health regulations require that a school nurse or teacher conduct height an... More... IL Vetoed 08/2005 P-12 School Wellness Policies H.B. 733 Requires the State Board of Education to establish a state goal that all school districts have a wellness policy consistent with Centers for... More... NY Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Using school space to improve student access to health S.B. 5352 Provides for the utilization of school space to improve student access to health, dental and mental health clinic services through interagen... More... NY Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 Cleaning products in schools S.B. 5435 Requires the procurement and use of environmentally sensitive cleaning and maintenance products in elementary and secondary schools; defines... More... AK Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Self-Medication H.B. 85 An Act relating to self-administration and documentation of certain types of medication prescribed to a child attending school.... More... CT Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Pesticide Applications S.B. 916 Defines "pesticide" and adds an emergency exception to the pesticide application prohibition at day care centers. The exception includes eme... More... HI Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Asbestos Testing H.B. 1295 Requires the Department of Education (DOE) to conduct asbestos tests prior to renovations or painting of school facilities at all DOE school... More... IL Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Health Program Recognition H.B. 1541 Requires the state board of education to establish a school health recognition program that: (1) publicly identifies those schools that have... More... NY Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 H.B. 236 Requires instructions regarding the correct use of an automated external defibrillator be included as a part of the health education curri... More... NY Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Asthma Medications H.B. 2767 Establishes a protocol to allow school districts to maintain asthma treatment agents as stock medication, in response to the epidemic of ped... More... NY Vetoed 07/2005 P-12 Sun exposure and instruction regarding skin cancer H.B. 8737 AN ACT to amend the education law, in relation to protection from sun exposure and instruction regarding skin cancer. http://assembly.state... More... RI Signed into law 07/2005 P-12 Modifications to Mercury Reduction and Education Act H.B. 6598 Extends the implementation dates for several provisions of the Mercury Reduction and Education Act. In addition, it would clarify the defini... More... RI SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 07/2005 P-12 Postsec. Performance Enhancing Dietary Supplements H.B. 6277 Prohibits a high school or public or private university or college from accepting any sponsorship or other payment from a performance-enhanc... More... CT Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Students with Life-Threatening Allergies S.B. 1312 Requires the department to develop and make available guidelines for the management of students with life-threatening food allergies. Requir... More... CT Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Healthy Food at Schools S.B. 1309 Clarifies that K-5 daily physical exercise requirement must include at least 20 minutes of exercise per full school day in addition to any p... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health and Physical Activity Mandates S.B. 146 (Sections K- Beginning in the 2006-2007 school year and thereafter, requires all public elementary and secondary schools to: (1) Encourage and motivate ... More... MN Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 S.F. 232 A secondary student may possess and use nonprescription pain relief in a manner consistent with the labeling, if the district has received... More... MO DELIVERED TO SECRETARY OF STATE 06/2005 P-12 Model School Wellness Program H.B. 568 The department of elementary and secondary education shall establish a "Model School Wellness Program", and any moneys appropriated, other t... More... MT Rule Adoption 06/2005 P-12 School Immunization Requirements ARM New Rules I thru III, 37.114.701, .702, .704, .705, .708, .709, .710, .715, .716, .720, .721 Establishes rules regarding school immunization requirements. MONTANA REG 4718 (SN)... More... RI Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health and Wellness H.B. 5563, S.B. 565 Gives school committees (boards) the authority to address the health and wellness of students and employees and to establish a subcommittee ... More... SC Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards H.B. 3499 Adds Chapter 10, entitled Physical Education, School Health Services, and Nutritional Standards. Applies to elementary schools. Sets the amo... More... SC SIGNED BY GOVERNOR 06/2005 P-12 Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Act H.B. 3582 Childhood Lead Poisoning Prevention and Control Act addresses circumstances relating to children and lead poisoning. Revises requirements. A... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 06/2005 P-12 Indoor Air Quality S.B. 641 AN ACT to amend Tennessee Code Annotated, Title 49 and Title 68, relative to indoor air quality and mold in schools Encourages each district... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Students with Diabetes H.B. 984 The bill adds Chapter 168, Health and Safety Code to establish provisions relating to the care of public school elementary and secondary sch... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Anabolic Steroids H.B. 3563 Requires the University Interscholastic League (UIL) to develop an educational program for students engaged in extracurricular athletic acti... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Health, Nutrition and Physical Education Guidelines S.B. 42 From bill analysis: This Act allows for the expansion of physical activity requirements to middle and junior high schools, up to the eighth ... More... AK Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Immunization of Postsecondary Students for Meningitis H.B. 185 Requires a postsecondary educational institution in the state to provide written notice to each student who intends to reside in campus hous... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Student Self-Administration of Epinephrine S.B. 1309 Authorizes local boards to adopt policies allowing students diagnosed with anaphylaxis to carry and self-administer emergency medications, i... More... FL Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Self-Administration of Epinephrine H.B. 279 Authorizes a K-12 student who has experienced or is at risk for life-threatening allergic reactions to self-administer epinephrine by auto-i... More... FL Vetoed 05/2005 P-12 Psychotropic Medication H.B. 209 Defines term "psychotropic medication." Prohibits a recipient of state funds from requiring student to be prescribed or administered psychot... More... GA Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Athletic Trainers H.B. 217 Relates to athletic trainers; amend Chapter 5 of Title 43 of the Official Code of Georgia Annotated, relating to athletic trainers, so as to... More... IN Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Notification of Meningoccal Meningitis Vaccines S.B. 326 Requires public and nonpublic schools to distribute materials concerning meningococcal meningitis and its vaccines. Requires the department ... More... NV (H) APPROVED BY THE GOVERNOR. CHAPTER 43. 05/2005 P-12 Self-administering prescribed medications H.B. 182 AN ACT relating to pupils; requiring a principal or a school nurse of a public school to allow pupils to self-administer prescribed medicati... More... OK Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 CPR and Heimlich Maneuver S.B. 618 Allows schools to offer instruction in the Heimlich maneuver to students in physical education classes; requires districts to ensure that a ... More... OR Adopted 05/2005 P-12 School-Based Health Services OAR 410-133-0000, -0040, -0060, -0080, -0090, -0100, -0120, -0140, -0160, -0180, -0200, -0220, -0280, - 0300, -0320, -0340 Amends rules regarding School-Based Health Services (SBHS). Relates to the requirements and operations for conducting SBHS. Describes the Me... More... SC Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Student Individual Health Care Plan S.B. 144 Requires districts to adopt policy requiring a student with special health care needs to have an individual health care plan that allows stu... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Health Report Card on Children H.B. 445 Amends Title 49, Chapter 6 and Title 68. Authorizes local districts to implement a program that identifies public school children who are at... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Lifestyles H.J.R. 88 Resolution urging the state board, in cooperation with all local education agencies, to develop and implement a curriculum of instruction w... More... TN SIGNED BY GOVERNOR. 05/2005 P-12 Childhood Obesity H.J.R. 85 Resolution urges the Department of Health and the Department of Education to develop and implement a suitable program, one which accommodat... More... TN Signed into law 05/2005 Postsec. Community College Smoke-Free Institutions S.B. 757 With respect to public institutions of higher education, upon the adoption of smoking policies by the administrative head of such institutio... More... VT Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Mercury in Schools S.B. 84 One section of this bill (§ 7109) deals with mercury in schools. After July 1, 2006, no school in Vermont may use, or purchase for use, in a... More... WA Paritally Vetoed 05/2005 Postsec. Meningococcal Immunizations H.B. 1463 Requires schools to provide information on meningococcal immunization.... More... WA to governor 05/2005 P-12 Meningococcal Disease H.B. 1463 Requires that public and private schools provide the parents and guardians of students with information about meningococcal disease at the b... More... WV Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Healthy Foods, Physical Education Requirements H.B. 2816 Adds a new article, designated §5-1E-1, §5-1E-2, §5-1E-3, §5-1E-4 and §5-1E-5; and amends and reenacts §18-2-6a and §18-2-7a, all relating t... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Student Medications H.B. 2976 Allows a student to carry and use an asthma inhaler or auto-injectable epinephrine, or both, while in school, at an on-site school-sponsored... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Pupil Breathing Medication H.B. 2229 Permits students authorized by a licensed health care professional to possess and self-administer breathing medication in handheld inhaler d... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 School Districts S.B. 1122 Requires school employees' administration of prescription or other medicine to a minor student to occur only on the parent's written request... More... AZ Vetoed 04/2005 P-12 Privacy in Schools S.B. 1270 Bars a teacher, principal, counselor or other district or charter school employee, unless the parent is notified in writing and provides wri... More... CO Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Asthma And Anaphylaxis Treatment Plans S.B. 156 Authorizes a student with asthma, severe allergies or another related, life-threatening condition to possess and self-administer prescribed ... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Food and Beverages S.B. 154 Requires the state board to develop nutrition guidelines for all foods and beverages made available to public school students during the sch... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Self Administration of Medication S.B. 10 Sets parameters for self-administration of medication. Notes: http://www.kslegislature.org/supplemental/2006/SN0010.pdf Full text: http://ww... More... KS Became law without governor's signature 04/2005 P-12 H.B. 2247 (section 6) Requires every accredited school to teach the subjects and areas of instruction adopted by the state board of education as of January 1, 200... More... KS Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Department of Health and Environment H.B. 2264 Concerns the department of health and environment; relates to the director of health; concerns infectious and contagious diseases, use of qu... More... MD Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Asthma Drugs H.B. 143 Requires each public school system to adopt a policy authorizing a student to possess and self- administer specified medication pertaining t... More... MD Rule Adoption 04/2005 P-12 State Board Of Education COMAR 13A.02.06.02, 13A.0801.01, .08.02.01 Revises the Maryland Student Records System Manual (MSRSM) as a result of recent changes regarding health and graduation requirements. State... More...