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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 Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Multicultural Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics--Enrollments Desegregation Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--District Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Litigation Finance--Local Foundations/Funds Finance--Lotteries Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--School Boards Governance--School Boards--Training Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Baccalaureate Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure Mentoring/Tutoring Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Finance No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 RI Issued 12/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Establishes Statewide PK-16 Council Executive Order 05-08 Establishes the Statewide PK-16 Council, to be chaired by the governor. Details membership and purpose of council. http://www.governor.state.ri.us/executiveorders/2005/08_PK16.pdf... More... TX Issued 12/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Enhancing College-Readiness Standards Executive Order 2 (Executive Order RP53) Orders the Education Agency and Higher Education Coordinating Board to cooperate in enhancing college-readiness standards and programs for public schools; requires each agency to ensure all students are afforded information and opportun... More... CO Issued 10/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Colorado Education Alignment Council Executive Order B 009 05 Creates Colorado Education Alignment Council, sets membership rules and power and duties of council. Council is to study Colordo's secondary and postsecondary education systems, compare nationally and issue recommendations concerning alignment, assessments an... More... VA Issued 10/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Creating the P-16 Education Council Executive Order 100 Creates the P-16 education council, describes funding, membership and duties. Council's duties include: (1) Identifying opportunities to better coordinate the state's education reform efforts from preschool to graduate school; (2) Serving as a steering committ... 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 training, subject to appropriation. Requires the State Board of Education to establish training guidelines that require teache... More... NC Signed into law 08/2005 P-12 School testing program H.B. 911 Streamline School Testing Program.... More... PA Issued 08/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Commission on College and Career Success Executive Order 2005-06 Creates Commission on College and Career Success. The Commission will: (1) undertake a comprehensive review of the Commonwealth's laws, regulations and policies to ascertain whether they set clear and consistent expectations for high school success to ensure ... More... WV Adopted 08/2005 Postsec. Freshman Assessment and Placement Standards Title 135, Series 21 Establishes new rules regarding freshman assessment and placement standards. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs/135-21.pdf... More... AZ Issued 07/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Governor's P-20 Council of Arizona Executive Order 2005-19 Establishes the Governor's P-20 Council of Arizona and defines membership. Council is directed to explore ways Arizona can achieve a more effective, efficient and equitable education pipeline through some or all of listed strategies. Council status will be re... More... CO Vetoed 06/2005 P-12 Supplemental Online Education Courses S.B. 139 Recognizes the importance of supplemental online education courses, especially to smaller districts and rural schools. States that such courses are eligible to receive funding from the state education fund created in article IX of the state constitution. Requi... More... DE Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College P-20 Council H.B. 175 This Bill puts into Code the P-20 Council established by Governor Minner's Executive Order 47 (adds new section, new § 107). The P-20 Council is to make recommendations designed to ensure a more integrated, seamless education system that enables children to en... 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 public school choice options and to rigorous academic programs parents must have the opportunity to learn about. Adds Advance... More... IA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Model Core Curriculum S.F. 245 Requires the state board to develop a model core curriculum, taking into consideration the recommendations of the American college testing program, inc. Requires the state board to set a goal of increasing the number of students graduating from secondary scho... More... LA Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Amends Core Curriculum for Scholarship Purposes S.B. 19 AN ACT To amend and reenact R.S. 17:3048.1(A)(1)(e)(xiii) and to enact R.S. 17:3048.1(A)(1)(e)(xiv), relative to the Louisiana Tuition Opportunity Program for Students curriculum (Tuition Opportunity Program for Students (TOPS) high school core curriculum requ... More... ME Issued 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College An Order to Create the PK-20 Telecommunications and Technology Infrastructure Board and other Committees Executive Order Creates the PK-20 Telecommunications and Technology Infrastructure Board, the Broadband Access Infrastructure Board and the Telecommunciations Infrastructure Steering Committee. Defines purpose, objectives, duties and membership of each. Implementation costs... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Postsec. Modifies P-16 Council Duties H.B. 2808 Adds requirement that the P-16 council examine and make recommendations regarding the alignment of secondary and postsecondary education curricula and testing and assessment. Council also is to advise the board and the state board of education on the coordina... More... 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 Brownville (UT-Brownsville) to provide high school students with the opportunity to pursue mathematics education. Students... More... TX Signed into law 06/2005 P-12 Early College Education Program S.B. 1146 Expands the early college education program to allow participants in grades 9 and 10 to participate in an early college education program and to provide at-risk and other students accelerated high school graduation and college credit. From analysis: The 78th T... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. Notice of Postsecondary Education Opportunities H.B. 1057 Beginning with the spring of 2006, requires the Colorado Commission on Higher Education to annually send the parents of all eighth-graders in public schools, prior to enrollment in ninth-grade courses, a list of courses the district offers that satisfy the sta... More... CO Signed into law 05/2005 P-12 Postsec. College Preparatory Courses/Exam Scores and Remediation H.B. 1027 Beginning in spring 2006, requires the commission on higher education to send an annual notice concerning college preparatory courses to the parent of every 11th-grade student prior to the start of grade 12 if the student took the ACT or prior to the start of ... 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 efforts to foster collaboration among providers of preschool through postsecondary education, (2) identify the workforc... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Commission for Coordination of Educational Efforts H.B. 2540 Adds the President of the Arkansas Science and Technology Authority and the Executive Chief Information Officer to the membership of the Arkansas Commission for Coordination of Educational Efforts." Adds to the commission's duties, requiring the commission to ... 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 state-mandated assessments. Specifies that guidance and counseling services in each district's "student services program" i... More... AR Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Student Readiness for Postsecondary Education H.B. 1983 (multiple provisions) As a part of the school improvement plan pursuant to § 6-15-2201, requires the state board to ensure that every district and high school develops strategies to improve student readiness for the postsecondary level based on annual analysis of the feedback repor... More... IA Signed into law 04/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Postsecondary School Registration H.F. 276 Requires that certain meetings held by the Iowa Coordinating Council for Post High School Education be open to the public. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?Category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&menu=false&hbill=HF276... 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 entities to align curriculum content to ensure that students who achieve proficiency on standards established at the prekin... 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," "mathematics mentor," and "numeracy." Establishes the Committee for Mathematics Achievement to develop a multi-faceted ... More... FL Adopted12 02/2005 P-12 Postsec. Community College Articulation Among Universities, Community Colleges and School Districts FAC 6A-10.024 Each state university board of trustees, community college board of trustees and district school board must plan and adopt policies and procedures to provide articulated programs so that students can proceed toward their educational objectives as rapidly as th... More... 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