ECS
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
+ 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
+ Curriculum--Speech Education
+ Data-Driven Improvement
+ Demographics--Enrollments
+ Desegregation
- Economic/Workforce Development
CASigned into law 09/2005P-12California Career Resource Network
S.B. 665
Repeals the California Occupational Information Coordination Committee and instead establishes the California Career Resource Network for th...

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CAVetoed 09/2005P-12Incorporating 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....

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ORSigned into law 08/2005Postsec.
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...

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AKIssued 07/2005P-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...

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CTSigned into law 07/2005Postsec.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...

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LAVetoed 07/2005Postsec.
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...

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HISigned into law 06/2005P-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...

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NCSigned into law 06/2005Community 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 ...

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OR(S) GOVERNOR SIGNED. 06/2005Postsec.
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...

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ORSigned into law 06/2005Postsec.
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...

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TXSigned into law 06/2005Postsec.
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...

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TXSENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005P-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...

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TXSENT TO THE GOVERNOR 06/2005P-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...

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AZSigned into law 05/2005Postsec.
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...

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AZSigned into law 05/2005Postsec.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...

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OHSigned into law 05/2005P-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...

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SCSigned into law 05/2005P-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...

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ARSigned into law 04/2005Postsec.Nurses Education
S.B. 578
Expands the opportunities for nurses to receive graduate education through the student loan and scholarship program. Defines "advanced nursi...

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MEIssued 04/2005Postsec.
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...

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NMSigned into law 04/2005Postsec.
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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005Postsec.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...

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ARSigned into law 03/2005Postsec.
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...

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KYSigned into law 03/2005P-12Legislative 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...

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MSSigned into law 03/2005Postsec.
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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2005Postsec.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 ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2005Postsec.
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...

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UTSigned into law 03/2005Postsec.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...

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ARSigned into law 02/2005Postsec.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...

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+ 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
+ High School--International Baccalaureate
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ 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
+ 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
+ P-3
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits
+ P-3 Family Involvement
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Partnerships--University/School
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action
+ Postsecondary Participation--Outreach
+ Postsecondary Students--Disabled
+ Postsecondary Students--Minority
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Religion
+ Religion--Prayer/Meditation
+ Rural
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
+ School Safety
+ School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution
+ School Safety--Code of Conduct
+ School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension
+ School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools
+ School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault
+ School Safety--Special Education
+ School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes
+ School/District Structure/Operations
+ School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--School Size
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
+ Special Education
+ Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Special Populations--Gifted and Talented
+ Special Populations--Homeless Education
+ Standards
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
+ STEM
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Mobility
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining--Strikes
+ Technology
+ Technology--Computer Skills
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Equitable Access
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Internet Safety
+ Textbooks and Open Source