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From the ECS State Policy Database
2006 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2006. 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."

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State Status/Date Level Summary
- Accountability
NJSigned into law 12/2006P-12Evaluation of State Department of Education
S.J.R. 1; A.J.R. 10
Directs Commissioner of Education to contract with independent entity to conduct an evaluation of the Department Of Education and its oversi...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12District Performance/Reporting, Non-Teaching Personnel
H.B. 276 -- Misc. Sections
Any district that leases a building to a community school [charter] located in the district or that enters into an agreement with a communit...

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DESigned into law 07/2006P-12School District Fiscal Accountability
S.B. 374
Implements enhanced public education financial accountability provisions. Includes vocational- technical school districts and charter school...

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GAAdopted 06/2006P-12Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant
GAC 160-1-4-.272
Clarifies rules regarding the Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant. The intent of the funding is to pro...

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DESigned into law 05/2006P-12Financial Accountability for Districts and Charters
S.B. 308
Implements enhanced financial accountability provisions for public school districts and charter schools; relates to district and charter sch...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida Secondary School Redesign Act
H.B. 7087 - Section 19
Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat...

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TXSigned into law 05/2006P-12Financial Accountability
H.B. 1 C (Sections 2.05; 2.09)
Requires the commissioner, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop and implement a financial accountability
rating system for schoo...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Annual Research Agenda for the Office of Education Accountability
H.B. 581
Requires, on or before December 1 of each year, that the Education Assessment and Accountability Review Subcommittee adopt an annual researc...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Center for Improvement of Student Learning, Education Ombudsman
H.B. 3127
Declares an intent to reactivate the center for the improvement of student learning, and to create within the center an educational ombudsm...

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ILAdopted 02/2006P-12CODE OF REGULATIONS
74 IAC 420.130, 140, 310, 320, 410, 420, 430, 630, 640, 710, 720
Provides standards for the conduct of financial audits of regional offices of education and certain educational service centers. http://www....

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- Accountability--Accreditation
VARule Adoption 07/2006P-12Standards For Accrediting Public Schools
8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq.
Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student...

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WVRule Adoption 06/2006P-12Performance Based Accreditation System
Title 126, Series 13
Amends rules regarding a process for improving education and a performance-based accreditation system. http://www.wvsos.com/csrdocs/pdfdocs...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Accreditation and Resource Allocation
S.B. 549 - Section 1
Provides that whenever the state board determines that a school has failed either to meet the accreditation requirements or standards adopte...

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MOSigned into law 05/2006P-12Lapse of Provisional Accrediation
S.B. 894
If a school district has been classified as unaccredited within the previous five school years and the district is subsequently classified a...

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MISigned into law 04/2006P-12New High School Graduation Requirements
H.B. 5606
Establishes statewide high school graduation requirements effective with the class of 2010, including 4 units English; 3 units science, incl...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Exempting Level 4 or 5 Accredited Districts from Certain Requirements
H.B. 1121
Relates to school districts; establishes home rule; exempts Level 4 or 5 accredited districts from certain requirements. Authorizes the Stat...

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- Accountability--Measures/Indicators
LAAdopted 11/2006P-12School Performance Score Component
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301 and 303
Transition made to new accountability system that includes iLEAP and Graduation Index. Page 1: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0611/061...

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LAAdopted 11/2006P-12School Performance Score Goal and Disaster Considerations for the School and District Subgroup Component
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301 and 4527
Adjusts accountability policy to more effectively address conditions imposed by the hurricanes of 2005 and implementation of a new testing p...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12School Report Card Indicators
S.B. 1510
Deletes certain items from the list of school conditions for which assessments are required to be included in the school accountability repo...

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CAAdopted 08/2006P-12High Priority Schools Grant Program
Title 5 CCR Sections 1030.7, 1030.8
Amends rules relating to high priority schools grant program. Provides clarification regarding the use of valid APIs in the determination of...

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LAAdopted 08/2006P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapter 45
Designed to address the impact of natural disasters on schools/districts ability to meet the objectives of the accountability system. Create...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12District Financial Reports
S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15
Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Performance Grades
H.B. 7087 (Section 45)
Makes revisions to school grade provisions, such as the inclusion of information for students receiving a special diploma and grades for K-3...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12Measuring Student and School Performance
H.B. 1109
Concerns measuring public school effectiveness; identifies the schools that receive the governor's distinguished improvement awards; instruc...

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FLAdopted 04/2006P-12School Accountability Ratings
FAC 6A-1.09981
Reviews the current school grading calculation to explore the inclusion of other criteria and/or make current criteria more rigorous. Measur...

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FLAdopted 03/2006P-12Science Assessments and Proficiency Levels
FAC 6A-1.09422
Includes the science grade-level scale scores for each achievement level for use in reporting student proficiency levels in science as part ...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Pupil Counts
S.B. 173
Requires each school corporation (district) to conduct an informational count on May 1, 2007, May 1, 2008, and May 1, 2009 -- in the same ma...

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- Accountability--Reporting Results
CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Parental Information in Languages other than English
A.B. 680
Relates to students whose primary language is not English. Requires the Department of Education to monitor adherence to requirements relatin...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12School Report Card Indicators
S.B. 1510
Deletes certain items from the list of school conditions for which assessments are required to be included in the school accountability repo...

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CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Reporting Exit Exam Results
S.B. 1592
Requires the superintendent of public instruction to report on the number and percentage of pupils who failed to receive a diploma of gradua...

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DEAdopted 07/2006P-12Accountability and AYP for Schools and Districts
14 DAC 103
Enables school districts to choose to either track students back to the school of residence or to make the school that is providing the inst...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12District Financial Reports
S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15
Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep...

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KYAdopted 06/2006P-12School and District Report Cards
703 KAR 5:140
Establishes rules regarding the standards for a school and district report card. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/703/005/140.htm...

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COVetoed 05/2006P-12School Performance Ratings
S.B. 69
Concerns school accountability; establishes that, if a school covers more than one school level, it shall be assigned one academic performan...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Report Cards- High School Data
H.B. 7087 (Section 11)
School districts and boards must provide information regarding performance of students and educational programs as required pursuant to ss. ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Annual Student Performance Reports
H.B. 7087 (Section 40)
Adds the following reporting requirements. The Department of Education must annually provide a report on the following: (a) Longitudinal per...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Report Cards
H.B. 7087 (Section 46)
Requires school report cards to be delivered -- not just available -- to parents.
The Department of Education will annually develop, in coll...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Improvement Rating for Alternative Schools
H.B. 7087 (Section 47)

Alternative schools that provide dropout-prevention and academic-intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53 shall receive a school-improv...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Performance Grades
H.B. 7087 (Section 45)
Makes revisions to school grade provisions, such as the inclusion of information for students receiving a special diploma and grades for K-3...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
K-20 Quality Data Improvements
H.B. 7087 (Section 44)
To provide data required to implement education performance accountability measures in state and federal law, the Commissioner of Education ...

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AZSigned into law 04/2006P-12Reporting of High Performing Schools
S.B. 1270
Relates to publications and payment of claims for printing; provides for the powers and duties of the Superintendent of Public Instruction; ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
High School and College Readiness Assessments
S.B. 130
Section 1:
Requires the state assessment system, by the 2007-2008 school year, to include:
1. A high school readiness examination to assess ...

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MASigned into law 04/2006P-12Student Report Cards to Parents
S.B. 2206
Describes the requirements for providing student records to parents and the information that must be included academic and other indicators....

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12District Report Cards
H.B. 1347 Section 7
Requires district report cards to report:
--The number and percentage of students participating in the school flex program, if offered (see...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12District and School Financial Management, Analysis and Reporting
H.B. 1006 - Section 4
Requires the department to develop a plan to upgrade the financial management, analysis, and reporting system for school corporations (distr...

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- Accountability--Rewards
CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program
A.B. 756
Establishes the Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer the program....

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IDTemporary Rule Adoption - Concurrently Proposed 08/2006P-12School Rewards
IDAPA 08.02.03
Pending legislative approval in 2007: Gives responsibility of calculating school rewards for purposes of NCLB to the state department of edu...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida Secondary School Redesign Act
H.B. 7087 - Section 19
Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12Measuring Student and School Performance
H.B. 1109
Concerns measuring public school effectiveness; identifies the schools that receive the governor's distinguished improvement awards; instruc...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12U.S. Savings Bonds for Students Earning Academic Honors Diploma
S.B. 231
Allows districts that before January 1, 2006 purchased U.S. savings bonds for graduates who earned an academic honors diploma to continue to...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
LAAdopted 10/2006P-12Compliance Monitoring Procedures
LAC 28:XCI.107, 109, and 309 (Bulletin 1922_
Reverts back to having the state board rather than the state superintendent withhold federal funds under the Individuals with Disabilities E...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12School/District Improvement Plans
S.B. 2829 - School/District Improvement Plans
Deletes existing provisions related to the approval of a district improvement plan for a district on academic early warning status or watch ...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Districts Academically in Crisis
H.B. 310
Repeals R.S. 17:10.6(C) and (D). Section (C) limited the power of local boards of districts identified as academically in crisis. Section (...

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LAAdopted 06/2006P-12Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 35, 41,43, and 45
Full text of language on pages 8-20 of 62: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0606/0606RUL.pdf

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AZSigned into law 04/2006P-12School Achievement Profiles and Improvement Plans
H.B. 2359
Relates the district profiles and accountability for schools failing to meet academic standards. Describes information, procedures and other...

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CASigned into law 04/2006P-12Accountability and Funding for Low-Performing Schools
A.B. 1758
Provides that 36 months after the receipt of funding to implement a school action plan, all schools that are not subject to state monitoring...

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ILAdopted 04/2006P-12Deadline for Status Appeal
23 IAC 1.95
Modifies deadline for a district's status appeal to within 30 days of receipt of notification from the state board of the school's or distri...

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MDVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2006P-12State Takeover of Low Performing Schools
H.B. 1215; S.B. 914
Prohibits the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools from imposing a certain restructuring of a governance arrange...

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NJSigned into law 04/2006P-12School District Fiscal Accountability Act
A.B. 2684
Provides for appointment of a state monitor in school districts with fiscal issues such as deficit balances or whose audits found material w...

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COSigned into law 03/2006P-12School Improvement and Reviews
H.B. 1240
Concerns measures to improve the academic performance of unsatisfactory public schools; allows a school that receives an overall academic pe...

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SDSigned into law 03/2006P-12District Funding Related to Meeting Adequate Yearly Progress
S.B. 198
Appropriates funds to increase funding to education and to assist sparse school districts; requires legislation as part of the final report ...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12No Pass No Drive
H.B. 1463
Amends the Vehicle Code and the School Code. Provides for cancellation or refusal to renew a driver's license or learner's permit of a perso...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12No Pass No Drive
H.B. 1253
Clarifies that a minor's license previously revoked under the No Pass No Drive policy and related rules may be reinstated upon proof of rece...

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WVRule Adoption 04/2006P-12Attendance
Title 126, Series 81
Amends rules regarding half-day attendance and specific ages for compulsory school attendance. Identifies the specific number of days in whi...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12District Report Cards
H.B. 1347 Section 7
Requires district report cards to report:
--The number and percentage of students participating in the school flex program, if offered (see...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
MDVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2006P-12State Takeover of Low Performing Schools
H.B. 1215; S.B. 914
Prohibits the State Board of Education and the State Superintendent of Schools from imposing a certain restructuring of a governance arrange...

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IDSigned into law 03/2006P-12State Takeovers
H.B. 743 Section 2
Authorizes the state board to issue an order for state supervision of a local school district. States that when the state board enters an or...

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- Accountability--School Improvement
ILAdopted 09/2006P-12Class Size Reduction Grants
23 IAC 565.10, .20, .30, .40, .50, .60, .110, .120, .130, .140, .150,.160
Establishes rules regarding the K-3 class size reduction grant program, and a class size reduction pilot project. Specifies that eligible di...

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CAAdopted 08/2006P-12High Priority Schools Grant Program
Title 5 CCR Sections 1030.7, 1030.8
Amends rules relating to high priority schools grant program. Provides clarification regarding the use of valid APIs in the determination of...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12School/District Improvement Plans
S.B. 2829 - School/District Improvement Plans
Deletes existing provisions related to the approval of a district improvement plan for a district on academic early warning status or watch ...

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LAAdopted 06/2006P-12Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.Chapters 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 14, 15, 17, 21, 24, 35, 41,43, and 45
Full text of language on pages 8-20 of 62: http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0606/0606RUL.pdf

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Improvement Plans
H.B. 7087 (Section 11)
School boards must annually approve improvement plans for all schools that address student achievement goals and strategies based on state a...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Intervention and Monitoring Plans for Low-Performing Students
H.B. 7087 (Section 42)
School in which low-performing students are enrolled must develop, in consultation with the student's parent, and must implement a progress ...

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GAAdopted 05/2006P-12Academic Coach Improvement Grant
GAC 160-1-4-.271
Provides for the employment of an academic coach at a public school based on the teaching and learning needs identified in the school improv...

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AZSigned into law 04/2006P-12School Achievement Profiles and Improvement Plans
H.B. 2359
Relates the district profiles and accountability for schools failing to meet academic standards. Describes information, procedures and other...

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CASigned into law 04/2006P-12Accountability and Funding for Low-Performing Schools
A.B. 1758
Provides that 36 months after the receipt of funding to implement a school action plan, all schools that are not subject to state monitoring...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Assistance to Underperforming Schools
H.C.R. 214
Directs the Interim Joint Committee on Education to complete a study on how to effectively provide assistance to schools not meeting establi...

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COSigned into law 03/2006P-12School Improvement and Reviews
H.B. 1240
Concerns measures to improve the academic performance of unsatisfactory public schools; allows a school that receives an overall academic pe...

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- Adult Basic Education
UTAdopted 12/2006P-12Adult Education Exit Exam Exemption
R277-705
Exempts adult education students from attempting or passing the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (UBSCT) in order to qualify for an adult e...

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LAAdopted 11/2006P-12Adult Education Content Standards
LAC 28:CXXIX.Chapter 1-11
Raises accountability levels among adult education programs and ensures similar concepts are taught at appropriate educational levels throug...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Prekindergarten and Family Literacy Programs
A.B. 172
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction and the State Department of Education to administer prekindergarten and family literacy pr...

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CASigned into law 08/2006Postsec.
Community College
Adult Education Working Group
A.B. 1319
Requires the Chancellor of the Community Colleges and the Superintendent of Public Instruction to convene a working group of adult education...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Extended School Program for Adults
S.B. 2272 - Section 38
Deletes provision that a local board may provide an extended school tuition-free program for district residents over the maximum school age ...

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MESigned into law 05/2006Community CollegeAdult Education Programs
S.B. 702
Proposes to continue the college transitions pilot projects that are in place in 7 adult education programs to assist persons to make the tr...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006Postsec.
Community College
Adult Education Programs
H.B. 1130
Requires the State Department of Education to provide competitive adult education grants beginning in fiscal year 2007 for specified eligibl...

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WYSigned into law 03/2006Community CollegeTransfers Adult Ed to Community College Commission
H.B. 153
Relates to adult basic education; transfers the adult basic education and general educational development programs from the Department of Wo...

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- Assessment
UTAdopted 12/2006P-12Adult Education Exit Exam Exemption
R277-705
Exempts adult education students from attempting or passing the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test (UBSCT) in order to qualify for an adult e...

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UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Non-traditional Student Participation in State Achievement Tests
R277-604
Provides definitions, criteria and procedures for private school students, home school students, electronic high school (EHS) students, and ...

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WVAdopted 09/2006P-12State Assessment System Administration & Operation
Title 126, Series 14
Amends rules regarding the administration and operation of the West Virginia Measures of Academic Progress, which is the state's assessment ...

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NYSigned into law 07/2006P-12Assessments on days of Religious Observation
A.B. 11550
Directs the board of regents to schedule any state mandated examinations on days other than days of religious observation....

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VARule Adoption 07/2006P-12Standards For Accrediting Public Schools
8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq.
Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student...

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DESigned into law 06/2006P-12NCLB Assessments
S.B. 320
Makes a change to the student testing program to be in compliance with the federal No Child Left Behind Act; includes the provision that the...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12K-3 Diagnostic Assessments
S.B. 2272 - Section 5
If the diagnostic assessments administered to K-3 students indicate that a child is reading below grade level, requires the district to subm...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Statewide Assessments - Subjects, Grades, Rigor
H.B. 7087 (Section 40)
Revises policies for the statewide Florida Comprehensive Assessment Test. Previously, the FCAT was being administered annually in grades 3 t...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Review of State Assessments - Cost and Impact
H.B. 7087 (Section 40)
Legislation expands requirements for ongoing research and analysis of achievement data. The commissioner must study the cost and student ach...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
High School Achievement Tests
H.B. 7087 (Section 40)
The State Board of Education must analyze the content and concordant data sets for widely used high school achievement tests, including, but...

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MDRule Adoption 05/2006P-12High School Math Assessment Requirements
COMAR 13A.03.02.04, .12
Amends rules regarding exemption of students from taking the Maryland High School Assessment for algebra/data analysis if they completed and...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12Achieving Classroom Excellence Steering Committee
S.B. 1792
Creates the Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) steering committee to assist the state board with implementation of the student assessment ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12NCLB and End-of-Instruction Assessments
S.B. 1792 - Section 4
Clarifies that testing for grades 3, 4, 6 and 7 is contingent on the availability of federal and state funds. Eliminates grade 3 stand-alon...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12End-of-Course Exams
H.B. 197
Creates a new section of KRS Chapter 158 to define core courses. Requires the Kentucky Department of Education to begin developing standard...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
High School and College Readiness Assessments
S.B. 130
Section 1:
Requires the state assessment system, by the 2007-2008 school year, to include:
1. A high school readiness examination to assess ...

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FLAdopted 03/2006P-12Science Assessments and Proficiency Levels
FAC 6A-1.09422
Includes the science grade-level scale scores for each achievement level for use in reporting student proficiency levels in science as part ...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Overhaul of State Testing System
H.B. 1240
Mandates that the department and the state board review the current statewide testing program and develop a long term plan that is subject t...

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MDAdopted 03/2006P-12Algebra Assessment for NCLB Requirements
COMAR 13A.01.04.04, .05, 13A.03.02.04, .07 thru .09
Proposes to adopt rules to the Board of Education. Replaces the Geometry Maryland School Assessment with the Algebra High School Assessment ...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12Alleged Violations
H.B. 348
Authorizes the Board of Education to initiate a review of any alleged violation of its regulations by a local school board or local school b...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12Release of Assessments
H.B. 1059, S.B. 34
Adds a condition to the release of Standards of Learning assessments by the state board that the release of such assessments to the public m...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12Special Provisions
H.B. 813
Provides that the Board of Education may adopt special provisions related to the administration and use of any SOL test or tests in a conten...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Civic Education and Assessment
H.B. 2579
Finds that instruction in social studies, arts, health, and fitness is important to ensure a well-rounded and complete education. In particu...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Assessment
S.B. 6618
Directs the Washington state institute for public policy to conduct a study to explore options to augment the current system of assessments ...

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VASigned into law 02/2006P-12Making State Assessments Publicly Available
S.B. 34, H.B. 1059
Requires the state board to make the Standards of Learning assessments publicly available in a timely manner and as soon as practicable foll...

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VASigned into law 02/2006P-12Review of Alleged Violations
S.B. 39
Authorizes the Board of Education to initiate a review of any alleged violation of its regulations by a local school board or local school b...

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- Assessment--Accommodations
CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Assessment Accommodations for ELL Students
S.B. 1580
Requires a pupil identified as limited English proficient and who is either literate or receives instruction in his or her primary language ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2006P-12Assessment of Students w/ Disabilities
S.B. 1380
All students with disabilities in grades 2-12 will ge included in all state and district assessments, with appropriate accommodations and al...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12High School Graduation Requirements for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 7087 - Section 23 (3) - (8)
Requires local boards to modify basic courses, as necessary, to to assure exceptional students the opportunity to meet the graduation requir...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Alternative Assessments for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 7087 (Section 40)
Legislation adds a provision for alternative assessments.
For students seeking a special diploma (pursuant to s. 1003.438), the Department o...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12End-of-Instruction Exams
S.B. 1792 - Section 6
Clarifies that 2 of the 6 end-of-course exams all students must pass effective with the Class of 2012 are Algebra I and English II. Provide...

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IDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Exempting ELLs in U.S. Less Than Two Years
H.B. 739
Provides that a student who has been enrolled for less than 2 full school years in an elementary or secondary school in the U.S. and who sco...

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LAAdopted 02/2006P-12Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.107, 305, 307, 309, 313, 315, 701, 1101, 1115, 1141, 1151,1153, 1301, 1313, 1335, 1345, 1347, 1349, 1351, 1355, 1501, 1701, 1901, 2001,2501, 2701, 3303, 3305, 3307
Amends Bulletin 118--Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices.

(1) Revise the names of two of Louisiana's statewide assessment tests ...

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- Assessment--Computer Based
OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12NCLB and End-of-Instruction Assessments
S.B. 1792 - Section 4
Clarifies that testing for grades 3, 4, 6 and 7 is contingent on the availability of federal and state funds. Eliminates grade 3 stand-alon...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Overhaul of State Testing System
H.B. 1240
Mandates that the department and the state board review the current statewide testing program and develop a long term plan that is subject t...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12Release of Assessments
H.B. 1059, S.B. 34
Adds a condition to the release of Standards of Learning assessments by the state board that the release of such assessments to the public m...

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- Assessment--End-of-Course
OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12End-of-Instruction Exams
S.B. 1792 - Section 6
Clarifies that 2 of the 6 end-of-course exams all students must pass effective with the Class of 2012 are Algebra I and English II. Provide...

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SCSigned into law 03/2006P-12State Assessments
H.B. 4328
Existing provision provides for the Budget and Control Board to issue a request for proposals for the purpose of conducting a study to deter...

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- Assessment--Formative/Interim
HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2006P-12Curriculum Alignment
S.B. 3059
Requires standards-based curricula to meet specific K-12 alignment criteria. Authorizes schools to develop an articulated and aligned K-12 ...

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GAAdopted 06/2006P-12Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant
GAC 160-1-4-.272
Clarifies rules regarding the Comprehensive Academic Performance System (CAPS) Demonstration Site Grant. The intent of the funding is to pro...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12K-3 Diagnostic Assessments
S.B. 2272 - Section 5
If the diagnostic assessments administered to K-3 students indicate that a child is reading below grade level, requires the district to subm...

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SCSigned into law 03/2006P-12State Assessments
H.B. 4328
Existing provision provides for the Budget and Control Board to issue a request for proposals for the purpose of conducting a study to deter...

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- Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
AKAdopted 12/2006P-12Passing Scores
4 AAC 06.739, .755
Amend rules to the Department of Education and Early Development,dealing with 10th grade standards based assessments. Repeals and readopts n...

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- Assessment--Legal Issues
LAAdopted 03/2006P-12Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.312, 316 and 1351
Permits seniors who wish to retest for diploma endorsements to test during the fall retest. Provides guidelines and rules about administrati...

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- Assessment--Value Added
INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Overhaul of State Testing System
H.B. 1240
Mandates that the department and the state board review the current statewide testing program and develop a long term plan that is subject t...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
MTRule Adoption 12/2006P-12Quality Educator, At Risk Students and Indian Payments
ARM 10.7.106, .106A, .113 through .115,10.10.301 to .315, 10.15.101, 10.16.3804, .3811, .3812, .3816, 10.20.102 to 10.30.415
Adopts and amends rules relating to quality educator payments, at-risk student payments - general fund, Indian education for all payments, A...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Students in Dropout Prevention and Recovery Program
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(F)
Provides that a student in a dropout prevention and recovery program may graduate from high school by completing a competency-based instruct...

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ILSigned into law 07/2006P-12Chronic Truants
S.B. 2197
Provides that counties and municipalities may adopt ordinances to regulate truants within their jurisdiction and may impose a graduated fine...

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ILSigned into law 07/2006P-12PreK for At-Risk Children
S.B. 1497
Relates to grants for a preschool educational program administered by the state board July 1, 2006 through June 30, 2008. Provides that appr...

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VARule Adoption 07/2006P-12Student Reenrollment Plans
8 VAC 20-660-10 thru -40
Provides a structured procedure for reenrollment of students into the public school system when they have been in the custody of the juvenil...

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GAAdopted 06/2006P-12Grant Programs
GAC 96-1-.01, .02, .04, .05
Clarifies rules regarding grants for juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment, Title V prevention, abstinence education and juvenile ac...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Dropout Assistance and Dropout Prevention
S.B. 2272 - Section 28
Beginning January 15, 2007, requires the department to submit an annual report to the legislature that includes the ways districts in the pr...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Extended School Program for Adults
S.B. 2272 - Section 38
Deletes provision that a local board may provide an extended school tuition-free program for district residents over the maximum school age ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12No Pass No Drive
H.B. 1463
Amends the Vehicle Code and the School Code. Provides for cancellation or refusal to renew a driver's license or learner's permit of a perso...

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KSSigned into law 06/2006P-12At-Risk Pupil Weighting
H.B. 2809
Directs the state board to determine the high density at-risk pupil weighting of each school district based on enrollment density and high-d...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12
Community College
Early College/Dual Enrollment
S.B. 749
Requires and provides incentives for high schools and postsecondary institutions to maximize the shared use of facilities, technology, facul...

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AZSigned into law 05/2006P-12Intervention and Dropout Prevention related to State Exams
S.B. 1382
Relates to school attendance; expands the services of the Arizona Instrument to Measure Standards Intervention and Dropout Prevention Progra...

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COVetoed 05/2006P-12Juvenile Delinquency Prevention Program
H.B. 1363
Creates the student delinquency prevention program, within the Tony Grampsas youth services program, to provide funding for before-and-after...

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GASigned into law 05/2006P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 413 Section 1 and 2
Changes certain provisions relating to mandatory education for children between ages six and 16; provides that an unemancipated minor older ...

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ILAdopted 05/2006P-12Task Force on Re-enrolling Students Who Dropped Out Of School
H.J.R. 87
Creates the Task Force on Re-enrolling Students Who Dropped Out Of School in order to examine and develop ways to address the growing issue ...

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KSRepealed by H.B. 2809 05/2006P-12High Density At-Risk Weighting
S.B. 549 - Section 5
Creates a new weighting called the "high density at-risk weighting" for districts with high percentages of students who receive free meals. ...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Bilingual Weighting Funds
S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27
Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk ed...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Financial Support for Children in State Care
S.B. 3922
Concerns Education; specifies that when the education of a child becomes the state's direct responsibility for any reason, the commissioner ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
At-Risk Student After School Programs
S.B. 3113; H.B. 3249
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; creates pilot after school program for at-risk students to prepare for ACT and SAT examinations...

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TXSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Breakfast and Lunch Program
H.B. 1 C (Section 1.19)
The department, the Texas Education Agency, and the Health and Human Services Commission shall ensure that applicable information
maintained...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12High School Completion Program
S.B. 222
Relates to a high school completion program for persons who are 16 to 22 years of age, have not received a high school diploma, and are not ...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Increasing Compulsory Education Age
H.B. 867 - Section 20 (h)
Directs the commissioner of education to gather information to facilitate discussion during the next legislative session about increasing th...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12Teen Pregnancy and Dropout Prevention
H.B. 1351
Concerns the continuation of the statewide program for teen pregnancy and dropout prevention; changes the required report date for the state...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council
S.J.R. 184
Encourages the Cabinet for Health and Family Services to establish the Kentucky Youth Development Coordinating Council; establishes membersh...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Residential Boarding Programs
H.B. 1432
Authorizes the establishment of residential boarding education programs for at risk youth to be operated under the supervision of the State ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Integrated Children and Family Programs for At Risk Youth
S.B. 882
Establishes an advisory council to the children's cabinet to make recommendations to the children's cabinet on methods for meeting the polic...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Dropping Out of High School
H.B. 1347 Section 12 and 18
Allows a student who is at least 16 but less than 18 years old to withdraw from school if the withdrawal is due to:
            (A) financia...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Progression Toward Completion of Career Plan
H.B. 1347 Section 8
Requires a student's guidance counselor, in consultation with the student and the student's parent, to review annually a student's career pl...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12District Report Cards
H.B. 1347 Section 7
Requires district report cards to report:
--The number and percentage of students participating in the school flex program, if offered (see...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Education Reform Act of 2006
S.B. 2602
Enacts the Education Reform Act of 2006. Section 6 creates the office of dropout prevention within the state department of education. Requir...

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LAAdopted 02/2006P-12Truancy Assessment and Service Centers
LAC 67:III.5539
Authorizes the Office of Family Support to enter into Memoranda of Understanding or contracts to establish Truancy Assessment and Service Ce...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
TNSigned into law 06/2006P-12Goals for Alternative Education Schools
S.B. 2723
Requires state board of education curriculum for alternative schools to stress student success and removes language concerning alternative s...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Improvement Rating for Alternative Schools
H.B. 7087 (Section 47)

Alternative schools that provide dropout-prevention and academic-intervention services pursuant to s. 1003.53 shall receive a school-improv...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Performance Grades
H.B. 7087 (Section 45)
Makes revisions to school grade provisions, such as the inclusion of information for students receiving a special diploma and grades for K-3...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Increasing Compulsory Education Age
H.B. 867 - Section 20 (h)
Directs the commissioner of education to gather information to facilitate discussion during the next legislative session about increasing th...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Behavior Which Constitutes a Threat
H.B. 688
Relates to expelled or suspended students. Defines "behavior which constitutes a threat" (and as such, allows a board to place a student in ...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Survey of Student Drug, Alcohol Use and Bullying
A.B. 2510
Amends existing law that requires the Attorney General to conduct a biennial survey of drug and alcohol use among pupils enrolled in grades ...

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HISigned into law 07/2006P-12Adolescent Substance Abuse Treatment Programs
S.B. 2505
Appropriates funds to extend adolescent school-based substance abuse treatment programs to all middle and intermediate schools, with priorit...

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MISigned into law 07/2006P-12Steroid Use
H.B. 4118
Require public schools to ensure that their athletic eligibility policies make the use of steroids a violation that would affect a student's...

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MISigned into law 07/2006P-12Possession of Anabolic Steroids
H.B. 4594
Amends school drug free zone law to ban possession of anabolic steroids and other controlled substances within 1,000 feet of school property...

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NYSigned into law 07/2006P-12Controlled Substances Offenses
S.B. 8431
Adds school buses as a designated area for the purposes of controlled substances offenses....

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HISigned into law 06/2006P-12Substance Abuse Screening and Treatment
S.B. 3273
Improves the process by which public school students are assessed and treated for substance abuse. Defines certified substance abuse counse...

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MESigned into law 06/2006P-12Performance-enhancing Substances by Athletes
S.B. 749; LD 1952
Requires the Department of Health and Human Services to establish a performance-enhancing substance list, to publish
the list on its public...

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OKSigned into law 06/2006P-12Task Force on Adolescent Substance Abuse
H.B. 2485
Establishes the task force on adolescent substance abuse and misuse of household items to study the prevalence of the misuse and abuse of dr...

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GAAdopted 05/2006P-12Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program
GAC 375-5-4
Establishes rules regarding the Alcohol and Drug Awareness Program for Georgia schools. Requires all schools serving students grade nine and...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Anabolic Steroid Prevention
S.J.R. 746
Encourages every school participating in interscholastic sports to request their students to sign a pledge not to unlawfully use anabolic st...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Hazing, Harassment, Bullying, Suicide, or Substance Abuse Prevention Training
H.B. 867 - Section 27
Requires schools to annually submit the names of organizations and individuals who have provided effective hazing, harassment, bullying, sui...

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IDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
H.B. 847 Section 6
Provides that it is legislative intent that the Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program include the following:
(1) Districts will develop ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Teacher Drug Testing
H.B. 341 Section 4
Requires a teacher who has been disciplined for illegal use of controlled substances to submit to random or periodic drug testing for up to ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Urges Use of Prevention Dimensions Curriculum
H.C.R. 3
Strongly urges education in the public education system to utilize Prevention Dimensions, the state's Safe and Drug Free School curriculum t...

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NMSigned into law 02/2006P-12Penalties for Drug-Free Zone Offenses
H.B. 179
Relates to controlled substances; revises the criminal offense of trafficking controlled substances to include the distribution and sale of ...

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SDVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 02/2006P-12Student Eligibilty Restrictions
H.B. 1147
Amends 13-32-9. Any person adjudicated, convicted, the subject of an informal adjustment or court approved juvenile diversion program, or th...

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- Attendance
UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Per Pupil Funding & Attendance/Completion Recordkeeping
R277-419
Allows exceptions to the minimum number of instructional hours and schools days per year for individual students and schools; requires Local...

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CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance Policies
A.B. 2181
Amends existing law that specifically authorizes a court to order a person who is convicted for failing to comply with compulsory attendance...

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GAAdopted 07/2006P-12Remediation, Charter Schools, Class Size, Student Attendance
GAC 160-4-5-.01; -4-9-.04; -5-1-.08, -.10
Clarifies rules regarding the following:

Remedial education for students in grades 6-12: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/4/5/01.pdf...

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COSigned into law 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance Age and Hour Requirements
S.B. 73
Concerns the age specifications relating to compulsory school attendance. Every child who has attained the age of seven years and is under t...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Requirements for Students Leaving School at Age 16
H.B. 7087 (Section 18)
If a student decides to leave school at age 16, several procedures must be followed. This bill adds the following requirements:
The student...

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MDSigned into law 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance Task Force
H.B. 36; SB 741
Establishes a Task Force to Study Raising the Compulsory Public School Attendance Age to 18; requires the Task Force to evaluate and make re...

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MDVetoed 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance in Baltimore
S.B. 741
Increases the age range for compulsory public school attendance in Baltimore City to between the ages of 5 years old and 18 years old; requi...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance for Blind Students
S.B. 3917
Concerns Education; revises the age of children to whom the compulsory school attendance requirements for blind children apply from between ...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Excused Absences
H.B. 984
Provides that a student whose parent or legal guardian is in military service is granted up to 5 excused absences per school year to visit w...

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LAAdopted 04/2006P-12Hospital/Homebound Instruction
LAC 28:CXV.1103
Establishes procedures for hospital/homebound instruction for a student who is enrolled in regular or special education and who, as a result...

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TNSigned into law 04/2006P-12Excused Absences for Children of Military Families
S.B. 3379
Excuses children from school on days of deployment and return from deployment for military service of a parent or guardian. Provides that if...

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WVRule Adoption 04/2006P-12Attendance
Title 126, Series 81
Amends rules regarding half-day attendance and specific ages for compulsory school attendance. Identifies the specific number of days in whi...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Students Attending Nonclassroom Activities
H.B. 1347 Section 14
Allows a district to authorize the absence and excuse of a student who attends any educationally related nonclassroom activity. Requires any...

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KYSigned into law 03/2006P-12Advancing Kindergarten-Age Students to First Grade
S.B. 35
Clarifies that a school district may advance a child through the primary program if he or she is at least five but less than six years old; ...

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WVSigned into law 03/2006P-12Penalties for Compulsory Attendance Violations
S.B. 631
Clarifies the summons or warrant and complaint process when a parent, custodian or guardian fails to comply with compulsory attendance laws ...

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VASigned into law 02/2006P-12Penalty for False Statement of Residency
H.B. 1222
Provides that any person who knowingly makes a false statement concerning the residency of a child for the purpose of avoiding tuition charg...

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MDAdopted 01/2006P-12Attending school outside of county
COMAR 13A.08.05.01 thru .07
Requires a county superintendent to allow a child who is a Maryland resident to attend a public school free of charge in a county other than...

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NVAdopted 01/2006P-12Maximum Age for a High Schooler
NAC 387.345
Establishes rules regarding maximum age for a high school pupil in Nevada -- to allow for basic support apportionment for pupils who are ove...

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- Attendance--Compulsory
CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance Policies
A.B. 2181
Amends existing law that specifically authorizes a court to order a person who is convicted for failing to comply with compulsory attendance...

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OKSigned into law 06/2006P-12Enforcement of Attendance
S.B. 1597
Details fine amount and community service obligations for parents who refuse to comply with the state's compulsory education laws.
http://we...

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COSigned into law 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance Age and Hour Requirements
S.B. 73
Concerns the age specifications relating to compulsory school attendance. Every child who has attained the age of seven years and is under t...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Requirements for Students Leaving School at Age 16
H.B. 7087 (Section 18)
If a student decides to leave school at age 16, several procedures must be followed. This bill adds the following requirements:
The student...

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GASigned into law 05/2006P-12Dropout Prevention
S.B. 413 Section 1 and 2
Changes certain provisions relating to mandatory education for children between ages six and 16; provides that an unemancipated minor older ...

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MDSigned into law 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance Task Force
H.B. 36; SB 741
Establishes a Task Force to Study Raising the Compulsory Public School Attendance Age to 18; requires the Task Force to evaluate and make re...

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MDVetoed 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance in Baltimore
S.B. 741
Increases the age range for compulsory public school attendance in Baltimore City to between the ages of 5 years old and 18 years old; requi...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Compulsory Attendance for Blind Students
S.B. 3917
Concerns Education; revises the age of children to whom the compulsory school attendance requirements for blind children apply from between ...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Increasing Compulsory Education Age
H.B. 867 - Section 20 (h)
Directs the commissioner of education to gather information to facilitate discussion during the next legislative session about increasing th...

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WVRule Adoption 04/2006P-12Attendance
Title 126, Series 81
Amends rules regarding half-day attendance and specific ages for compulsory school attendance. Identifies the specific number of days in whi...

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WVSigned into law 03/2006P-12Penalties for Compulsory Attendance Violations
S.B. 631
Clarifies the summons or warrant and complaint process when a parent, custodian or guardian fails to comply with compulsory attendance laws ...

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- Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
NVAdopted 01/2006P-12Maximum Age for a High Schooler
NAC 387.345
Establishes rules regarding maximum age for a high school pupil in Nevada -- to allow for basic support apportionment for pupils who are ove...

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- Attendance--Truancy
ILSigned into law 07/2006P-12Chronic Truants
S.B. 2197
Provides that counties and municipalities may adopt ordinances to regulate truants within their jurisdiction and may impose a graduated fine...

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MOTo Governor 06/2006P-1215 or More Absences
S.B. 894
In any city not within a county where a student accumulates 15 or more absences during any one school year, the child's school district must...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Truancy
H.B. 479
Relates to pupil attendance policies; permits an assistant to the director of pupil personnel to perform the required duties of the director...

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LAAdopted 02/2006P-12Truancy Assessment and Service Centers
LAC 67:III.5539
Authorizes the Office of Family Support to enter into Memoranda of Understanding or contracts to establish Truancy Assessment and Service Ce...

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- Background Checks
MISigned into law 12/2006P-12Background Checks for Child Care Providers
H.B. 6174
Requires that criminal history checks and criminal record checks for child care providers be performed only once if the person remains licen...

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MISigned into law 12/2006P-12Teacher Background Checks and Certificate Revocation
H.B. 6173
Revises the provisions concerning the background checks for and revocation of teaching certificates by school districts, intermediate school...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Transfer of Confidential Information, Professional Misconduct
H.B. 79-- Secs. 5153.175, 5126.253
Requires that information about professional misconduct or child abuse or neglect committed by a person licensed by the State Board of Educa...

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DEAdopted 10/2006P-12Criminal Background Checks for School Employees
14 IAC 745
Clarifies rules regarding criminal background check for public school related employment; includes charter schools; requires a criminal back...

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LAAdopted 10/2006P-12Standards for Certification
LAC 28:CXXXI.Chapters 1-10 (Bulletin 746)
The first update in many years. Identifies all certification guidelines for Louisiana school employees and administrators. Pages 1-52 of 133...

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NYSigned into law 08/2006P-12Authorizes Fingerprint Background Checks
A.B. 11399
Authorizes nonpublic and private elementary and secondary schools to require their prospective employees to submit fingerprints through the ...

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NYSigned into law 08/2006Postsec.Background Checks for People Attending Flight Training Schools
A.B. 2122
Relates to background checks for people attending flight training schools. Establishes when an applicant to an aeronautical facility, flight...

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DESigned into law 07/2006P-12Transfer of Teacher Criminal Records
H.B. 509
Ensures that teachers who are convicted of crimes will have the conviction data transmitted to the employing school district....

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WVSigned into law 07/2006P-12Child Abuse Prevention Programs & Background Checks
H.B. 101A
Relates to the Child Protection Act with provisions requiring county boards of education, to the extent funds are provided, to establish pro...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Background Checks
S.B. 2272 - Section 9
Gives board of educational examiners authority to require that a background investigation be conducted by the division of criminal investiga...

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IAEmergency Rule Adoption 06/2006P-12Renewal of Licenses
IAC 282-17.1(272), 17.1(1), 17.1(2)
Requires the Board to review the sex offender registry information, the central registry for child abuse information, and the dependent adul...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Background Checks
H.B. 1082
Requires local boards, prior to hiring any employee, to sign sign a statement that:

(1) Provides procedures for the disclosure of informat...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Background Check Release Form
H.B. 867 - Section 18
Requires the release form from the Vermont criminal information center to be signed by an applicant for initial certification and to include...

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AZVetoed 04/2006P-12Background Checks for Charter School Employees
H.B. 2118
Concerns charter schools; relates to fingerprint checks; provides that a teacher employed by a school district or a charter school shall be ...

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IDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Sex Offenders
H.B. 713
Adds to existing law to prohibit access to school children by any person currently registered or required to register under the Idaho Sex Of...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Background Checks for Nonpublic School Employees
S.B. 111
Prohibits nonpublic schools from knowingly employing an individual with specified criminal convictions, including child sexual abuse, if tha...

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IASigned into law 03/2006Postsec.
Community College
Background Checks on Nursing Students
H.B. 2464
Authorizes an approved nursing education program to initiate criminal and child and dependent adult abuse record checks of students and pros...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Sex Offenders
S.B. 246
Prohibits a sex offender from working or volunteering on school property, at a youth program center, or at a public park. Creates new secti...

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KYSigned into law 03/2006P-12Rank I Rating
H.B. 125
Prohibits the Education Professional Standards Board from awarding a a Rank I rating to a teacher who used national board certification to q...

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MISigned into law 03/2006P-12State Conviction List
H.B. 5675
Directs the department of information technology, the department of education and the department of state police to develop and implement an...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12Condition of Employment
H.B. 1109
Provides that school boards must require, as a condition of employment for all public school employees performing services on a contract bas...

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- Bilingual/ESL
ILAdopted 10/2006P-12Achievement Objectives for Districts Serving Limited English Proficient Students
23 IAC 1.88
Establishes "Annual Measurable Achievement Objectives" (AMAOs) related to proficiency, progress, and adequate yearly progress (AYP) for educ...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Tutoring for ELL Students
S.B. 368
Requires each school district, as a condition of receiving funding under this act, to develop a plan, to be approved by the governing board,...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Best Practice for ELL Students
A.B. 2117
Establishes a grant pilot project to identify existing best practices regarding curriculum, instruction, staff development, for teaching Eng...

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HISigned into law 07/2006P-12Assistance to Limited English Proficient Persons
H.B. 2778
Requires each state agency and all covered entities to take reasonable steps to ensure limited English proficient persons have meaningful ac...

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NDAdopted 07/2006P-12English Language Learner Programs
NDAC 67-28-01-01 thru -08
Establishes rules pertaining to English language learner programs. Requires districts to: (1) provide written assurance to the department th...

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GAAdopted 06/2006P-12Program for English Language Learners (ELLs)
GAC 160-4-2-.03; -5-.02
Amends requirements for language assistance for English language learners (ELLs). http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/4/5/02.pdf...

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IDAdopted 05/2006P-12Testing LEP Students
IDAPA 08.02.03
Proposes rules regarding limited English proficient (LEP) students. Sets forth rules for LEP students to take an alternate Standard Achievem...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Bilingual Weighting Funds
S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27
Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk ed...

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MNSigned into law 05/2006P-12LEP Program Requirements
S.B. 2994
Amends requirements of limited English proficient (LEP) programs. Requires any district that enrolls one or more LEP student to implement a...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12End-of-Instruction Exams
S.B. 1792 - Section 6
Clarifies that 2 of the 6 end-of-course exams all students must pass effective with the Class of 2012 are Algebra I and English II. Provide...

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UTAdopted 05/2006P-12English Language Learner Programs
R277-716
Provides definitions, state board responsibilities, local board responsibilities, and teacher qualifications. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publ...

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IDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Funds for Schools Whose ELLs Did Not Make AYP
H.B. 847 Section 8
Provides that 750,000 of the $6,040,000 appropriated for programs for limited English proficient students be distributed to schools in which...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12Limited English Proficiency
S.B. 683
Requires the Board and Department of Education to collect certain statewide data on Virginia's public school students with limited English p...

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AZVetoed 01/2006P-12English Immersion Program and Fund
S.B. 1198 and H.B. 2660

Appropriates $2.6 million in FY 2005-2006 and $31.4 million in FY 2006-2007 for English Language Learner (ELL) programs; creates the eight-...

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- Business Involvement
IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Community Empowerment Initiative
H.B. 2769
Increases membership on the community empowerment state board. Requires family support services in the community empowerment initiative to ...

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- Career/Technical Education
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12
Postsec.
College and Work Readiness
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3301.43
Requires that the partnership for continued learning, in conjunction with the Ohio board of regents and the state board, recommend a means o...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Ohio Core Graduation Requirements
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(A), (B), (C) Part 1, (K) adn (L)
Increases high school graduation requirements for students entering grade 9 during the 2010-2011 school year (Class of 2014). Increases math...

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UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Per Pupil Funding & Attendance/Completion Recordkeeping
R277-419
Allows exceptions to the minimum number of instructional hours and schools days per year for individual students and schools; requires Local...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Career Technical Education Coordinating Council
A.B. 2115
Establishes the Career Technical Education Coordinating Council for purposes of identifying state and federal career education programs in k...

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CASigned into law 09/2006Postsec.Career/Technical Education Standards
S.B. 1543
Adds a provision to the Donahoe Higher Education Act that if either the University of California or California State University had not adop...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Digital Arts Program
A.B. 252
Establishes the Digital Arts Studio Partnership Program to train youth in digital technology arts. Requires the program to be administered b...

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LAAdopted 08/2006P-12Career and Technical Education Course Offerings
LAC 28:CXV.2319, 2377, and 2387
Updates Career and Technical course offerings to make these more aligned with national standards. Pages 3-5 of 55: http://www.doa.louisiana....

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WAAdopted 08/2006P-12Funds for Vocational Skills Centers
WAC 392-121-465
Amends the formula for and distribution of state moneys for state incentive grants for increased enrollment in vocational skills centers pro...

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LAAdopted 07/2006P-12Trade and Industrial Education Curricula
LAC 28:CXXVII.Chapters 1-7
Updates Career and Technical course offerings to be more aligned with national standards. http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0607/0607RUL....

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PAAdopted 07/2006P-12Academic Standards for Career Education and Work
22 PA. Code Ch. 4
Establishes rules relating to academic standards and assessment. Adds academic standards for Career Education and Work. Specifies academic s...

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TXAdopted 07/2006P-12Foreign Language Courses and Tech Prep Progam
19 TAC 2.74.D.74.43, .44
Allows for students who are at higher proficiency levels to meet the graduation requirements by taking higher level language courses. Clarif...

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TXAdopted 07/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Tech-Prep Programs and Consortia
19 TAC 1.9.K.9.201 -.206
Establishes purpose, authority and general provisions for Tech-Prep Consortia. Outlines the state administration of Tech-Prep Programs and C...

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VARule Adoption 07/2006P-12Standards For Accrediting Public Schools
8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq.
Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student...

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HISigned into law 06/2006P-12Vocational Agricultural Education Program
H.B. 2179
Provides for the establishment of a vocational agriculture education program to provide assistance to school districts for the coordination ...

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HISigned into law 06/2006P-12Vocational, Technical, and Career Pathway Education Teachers
S.B. 2887
Increases the number of vocational, technical, and career pathway education teachers by directing the Hawaii Teachers Standards Board to set...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Identifying Quality Instructional Centers at Community Colleges
S.B. 2272 - Section 18
Deletes provision requiring the director of the department of education to develop an application and review process for the identification ...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12
Community College
Early College/Dual Enrollment
S.B. 749
Requires and provides incentives for high schools and postsecondary institutions to maximize the shared use of facilities, technology, facul...

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OKSigned into law 06/2006P-12
Postsec.
State Board of Career and Technology Education
H.B. 1013B
Appropriates funds to the state board of career and technology education. Sets budgetary limitations, requires performance measures for budg...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Providing a Comprehensive Education
H.B. 7087 (Section 10)
District school boards and superintendents must prescribe and adopt standards and policies to provide each student the opportunity to recei...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida Ready to Work Certification Program
H.B. 7087 (Section 35)
Creates the Florida Ready to Work Certification Program to enhance the workplace skills of Florida's students to better prepare them for suc...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Career and Professional Academies
H.B. 7087 (Section 27)
Creates career and professional academies, defined as a research-based program that integrates a rigorous academic curriculum with an indust...

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GASigned into law 05/2006P-12Career and Technical Education Oversight Commission
H.B. 1228
Creates the Career and Technical Education Oversight Commission. Requires the head of the career and technical education program of the dep...

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GASigned into law 05/2006P-12Agricultural Education Advisory Commission
H.B. 1227
Creates the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission. Requires the head of the agricultural education program of the Department of Educati...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Bilingual Weighting Funds
S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27
Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk ed...

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LASigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
High School/Community College Linkages
H.B. 1023
Requires the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to work with Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to imp...

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MOSigned into law 05/2006P-12"Ready to Work" Endorsement Program
S.B. 894
Directs the department of education to develop a "ready to work" endorsement program by June 30, 2007. Provides that the program must inclu...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Powers and Duties of the State Board of Career and Technology Education
H.B. 2983
Expands powers and duties of the State Board of Career and Technology Education.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06bills/HB/HB2983_EN...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Renaming of Vo-Tech Division in SDE
H.B. 4040; S.B. 3919
Concerns Education; renames the division of vocational-technical education within the department of education as the division of career and ...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Commission to Develop the Next Generation Initiative
S.B. 312
Relates to higher education. Creates a commission to develop the next generation initiative to encourage Vermonters to live and work in Ver...

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IDAdopted 04/2006P-12Advanced Opportunities
IDAPA 08.02.03
Requires all high schools, effective July 1, 2007, to provide Advanced Opportunities (defined as Advanced Placement courses, dual credit cou...

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ILAdopted 04/2006P-12High Technology School-to-Work
14 IAC 110.170
Identifies 10 criteria the department must use when reviewing grant proposals and making awards for the High Technology School-to-Work Progr...

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ILAdopted 04/2006P-12High School Graduation Requirements
23 IAC 1.440
Changes reference to "career education" to "career and technical education." Clarifies differences between courses high schools must offer,...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Kentucky Workforce Investment Board
S.B. 57
Relates to reorganization; designates the Kentucky Workforce Investment Board as the sole state agency responsible for the administration of...

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LAAdopted 04/2006P-12General Career and Technical Education Course Offerings
LAC 28:CXV.2377
Revises current course offerings, bringing them in line with current industry standards. http://www.doa.state.la.us/osr/reg/0604/0604RUL.pdf...

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MISigned into law 04/2006P-12New High School Graduation Requirements
H.B. 5606
Establishes statewide high school graduation requirements effective with the class of 2010, including 4 units English; 3 units science, incl...

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MSSigned into law 04/2006P-12Alternative Diploma
H.B. 214
Directs the department of education to design and implement an alternative high school diploma for students who are interested in direct ent...

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NESigned into law 04/2006P-12Career Education Partnership Act
L.B. 690
Adopts the Career Education Partnership Act. The bill provides for the state department of education to administer a
program to provide gran...

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OKSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Promote Career/Technology Programs
H.B. 2139
Authorizes and directs the state board of career and technology education to accept and expend funds from any source in order to market, adv...

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WASigned into law 03/2006Postsec.
Community College
Skill Centers
S.B. 5717
Finds that skill centers provide students with high quality educational opportunities through programs that combine academics with career an...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12
Community College
Apprenticeship Programs
H.B. 2789
Requires the following to be implemented to expand opportunities for secondary school students to prepare for technical careers and related ...

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WASigned into law/partial veto 03/2006P-12Career/Technical Graduation Option
H.B. 2973
Declares an intent to create a rigorous, high quality career and technical high school graduation option that assures students meet state st...

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NJSigned into law 02/2006P-12
Postsec.
Center for Occupational Employment Information
S.B. 2826
Reforms State's workforce investment system, establishes the Center forOccupational Employment Information to provide information supporting...

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SDLine Item Veto 02/2006P-12Career and Technical Education Grants
S.B. 168
Appropriates $1 million for enhancement of secondary career and technical education from the state general fund; provides for grants. Requir...

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- Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Career and Professional Academies
H.B. 7087 (Section 27)
Creates career and professional academies, defined as a research-based program that integrates a rigorous academic curriculum with an indust...

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- Cheating
CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Ethical Use of Information Technology
A.B. 307
Requires a school district's education technology plan to include a component to educate pupils and teachers on the appropriate and ethical ...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12Alleged Violations
H.B. 348
Authorizes the Board of Education to initiate a review of any alleged violation of its regulations by a local school board or local school b...

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VASigned into law 02/2006P-12Review of Alleged Violations
S.B. 39
Authorizes the Board of Education to initiate a review of any alleged violation of its regulations by a local school board or local school b...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12District Performance/Reporting, Non-Teaching Personnel
H.B. 276 -- Misc. Sections
Any district that leases a building to a community school [charter] located in the district or that enters into an agreement with a communit...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Amends Community Schools Provisions
H.B. 79 -- Sec. 3314.025
Sec. 3314.025 amends provisions relating to governing authorities for community schools. From fiscal notes: Am. Sub. H.B. 66 of the 126th Ge...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Computer Entitlement, Definition of Operator
H.B. 276 -- Sec. 3314.22, .014
Sec. 3314.22 allows the requirement that each child enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school is entitled to a computer su...

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UTAdopted 12/2006P-12Oversight of School Inspections
R277-471
Provides specific provisions for the oversight of permanent or temporary public school construction/renovation inspections and to identify l...

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UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Charter School State Funding
R 277-470
Provides for new definitions of charter schools and mandates that all charter school applicants shall attend orientation/training sessions d...

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UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Education & Funding for Homeless/Emancipated and Ethnic Minority Students
R277-616
Adds new language for determining where a homeless or emancipated student shall attend school and provides for the inclusion of charter scho...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Notice of Charter School Revocation
A.B. 2030
Requires a chartering authority to provide a written notice of intent to revoke and notice of facts in support of revocation to a charter sc...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Charter Schools Financing
A.B. 2717
Provides that charter schools are eligible for assistance under the School Finance Authority Act. Revises various definitions and procedures...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Charter School Financing
S.B. 1446
Provides that for the purposes of the computation of a sponsoring school district of its average daily attendance, a pupil enrolled in a gra...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Charter School Fiscal Impact on District
A.B. 2954
Adds the finding that a charter school would have a negative fiscal impact on the school district where it is located to the list of finding...

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CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Charter School Student Counts
S.B. 604
Permits advance apportionment for a charter school in certain years of operation that is adding one or more grade levels. Bases the apportio...

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GAAdopted 07/2006P-12Remediation, Charter Schools, Class Size, Student Attendance
GAC 160-4-5-.01; -4-9-.04; -5-1-.08, -.10
Clarifies rules regarding the following:

Remedial education for students in grades 6-12: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/4/5/01.pdf...

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HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2006P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 2719
Improves the charter school system by adopting many of the priority proposals developed by the task force on charter school governance. Rec...

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AZVetoed 06/2006P-12Charter School Policies
S.B. 1455
Relates to charter schools; relates to school board members; provides that an applicant may submit an application and the application may be...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12Charter School and Technology Education Districts
H.B. 2700
Concerns joint technology education districts; provides that if a pupil is enrolled in both a charter school and a joint technological educa...

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FLSigned into law 06/2006P-12Charter School Policies
H.B. 7103
Revises provisions relating to charter schools, including duties of sponsors, application process, denial of an application, and review of a...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 2272 - Section 7
Increases from 10 to 20 the number of charter school applications the state board may approve. Deletes provision that if the state board rec...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Technical Assistance to Small School Districts
S.B. 701
Requires the state board to provide technical assistance to any district with fewer than 5,000 students requesting assistance in determining...

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NYDied 06/2006P-12Charter School Application
S.B. 8472
Relates to charter school applications, charter school facilities aid and agreements with school districts and charter schools. Increases ma...

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RISigned into law 06/2006P-12Charter School Applications and Academic Goals
H.B. 6854; S.B. 2085
Requires that in the creation of charter schools, the application submitted to the Commissioner of Education and the local school committee ...

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RISigned into law 06/2006P-12Charter School Applications
S.B. 2085
Requires that in the creation of charter schools, the application submitted to the commissioner and the local school committee pursuant to t...

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CTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Charter School Enrollments
S.B. 637
Concerns charter schools; allows for an increase in charter school enrollments for existing charter school and to provide for a new per stud...

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IDAdopted 05/2006P-12Rules Governing Charter Schools
IDAPA 08.02.04
Rewrites rules governing charter schools. Repeals former chapter governing charter schools. Chapter is being rewritten under Docket No. 08-2...

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IDAdopted 05/2006P-12Charter School Commission
IDAPA 08.03.01
Clarifies the petition submission process, information needed by the commission for compliance monitoring and oversight, how public hearings...

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AZVetoed 04/2006P-12Background Checks for Charter School Employees
H.B. 2118
Concerns charter schools; relates to fingerprint checks; provides that a teacher employed by a school district or a charter school shall be ...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Computer or Internet-Based Instruction
S.B. 610
Allows charter schools to provide computer or Internet-based instruction. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb610.pdf...

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WISigned into law 04/2006P-12Single-Sex Schools
A.B. 114
Authorizes a school board to operate single-sex schools, other than charter schools, or provide single-sex courses if the school board makes...

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WIVetoed 04/2006P-12University-Operated Charter Schools
A.B. 730
Allows any baccalaureate or graduate degree granting institution within the University of Wisconsin System to operate or to contract for the...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Commission to Study Charter School Concept
S.B. 2049
Extends for one year the duties of the commission to study and report on the feasibility of the charter school concept in Mississippi.
http:...

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NMSigned into law 03/2006P-12Chartering Authorities
S.B. 600
From Fiscal Note: Provides for two chartering authorities – the local school district and the state. The bill allows charter schools to elec...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Charter School Provisions
H.B. 172
Prohibits counties and municipalities from requiring school districts and charter schools to participate in the cost of a study on the impac...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Cap, Charter Schools and Finance Modifications
S.B. 5
Creates a cap on the number of charter schools that the State Charter School Board may authorize to begin operations in the 2007-08 school y...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Notice of Charter School Revocation
A.B. 2030
Requires a chartering authority to provide a written notice of intent to revoke and notice of facts in support of revocation to a charter sc...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Computer Entitlement, Definition of Operator
H.B. 276 -- Sec. 3314.22, .014
Sec. 3314.22 allows the requirement that each child enrolled in an internet- or computer-based community school is entitled to a computer su...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Computer or Internet-Based Instruction
S.B. 610
Allows charter schools to provide computer or Internet-based instruction. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2005_06/pdf/sb610.pdf...

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WIVetoed 04/2006P-12Virtual Charter Schools
A.B. 1060
Defines a virtual charter school as a charter school in which instruction is provided primarily through means of the Internet and the pupils...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Charter School State Funding
R 277-470
Provides for new definitions of charter schools and mandates that all charter school applicants shall attend orientation/training sessions d...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Charter Schools Financing
A.B. 2717
Provides that charter schools are eligible for assistance under the School Finance Authority Act. Revises various definitions and procedures...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Charter School Financing
S.B. 1446
Provides that for the purposes of the computation of a sponsoring school district of its average daily attendance, a pupil enrolled in a gra...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Charter School Fiscal Impact on District
A.B. 2954
Adds the finding that a charter school would have a negative fiscal impact on the school district where it is located to the list of finding...

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CASigned into law 08/2006P-12Charter School Student Counts
S.B. 604
Permits advance apportionment for a charter school in certain years of operation that is adding one or more grade levels. Bases the apportio...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12Charter School and Technology Education Districts
H.B. 2700
Concerns joint technology education districts; provides that if a pupil is enrolled in both a charter school and a joint technological educa...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Technical Assistance to Small School Districts
S.B. 701
Requires the state board to provide technical assistance to any district with fewer than 5,000 students requesting assistance in determining...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Charter School State Funding
R 277-470
Provides for new definitions of charter schools and mandates that all charter school applicants shall attend orientation/training sessions d...

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OKAdopted 05/2006P-12Charter School AYP Appeal
OAC 210:10-13-18
Allows charter schools to appeal Adequate Yearly Progress decisions on their behalf based on statistical or other substantial reasons.

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- Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Open Enrollment Eligibility
S.B. 2272 - Section 43
Clarifies that the interdistrict open enrollment program is open to students in grades K-12. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/defau...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Student and Parent Awareness
H.B. 538
Directs the commissioner of education to send annually to each superintendent a list of information that schools must provide to the elector...

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- Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
KSSigned into law 04/2006P-12Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science
S.B. 139
Establishes the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science as either:
(1) An accelerated residential, or on-line distance learning program f...

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- Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
AZVetoed 06/2006P-12Tuition Tax Credits
S.B. 1071
Relates to school tuition organization tax credits; provides a limit a taxpayer may contribute to a school tuition organization; provides th...

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CTSigned into law 06/2006P-12Tax Credits for Donations to Nonpublic Schools
S.B. 378
Relates to tax credits for donations of computer equipment to nonpublic schools; provides that any business firm may apply for such tax cred...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Tax Credits
S.B. 2409
Allows individual income tax credits for contributions made to tax-exempt school tuition organizations. Establishes eligibility criteria. D...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 03/2006P-12Corporate Income Tax Credit for Schools
S.B. 1499
Creates a corporate income tax credit for contributions made to an school tuition organization (STO) for educational scholarships and tuitio...

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- Choice of Schools--Vouchers
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Amends Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program
H.B. 79 -- Section Sec. 3310.02,
Sets a number of 14,000 scholarships and amends priorities for distribution, particularly for when the applications exceed the number of ava...

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AZVetoed 06/2006P-12Tuition Tax Credits
S.B. 1071
Relates to school tuition organization tax credits; provides a limit a taxpayer may contribute to a school tuition organization; provides th...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006Postsec.Tuition Grants for At Risk and Foster Children
S.B. 1164
Establishes the displaced pupils choice grant program under which each custodian of a qualifying pupil who completes an application for a gr...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12Scholarships for Students with Disabilities
H.B. 2676
Establishes a funded state program of scholarships for pupils with disabilities; provides such students with the option of attending or rece...

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CTSigned into law 06/2006P-12Tax Credits for Donations to Nonpublic Schools
S.B. 378
Relates to tax credits for donations of computer equipment to nonpublic schools; provides that any business firm may apply for such tax cred...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Finance
H.B. 867 - Section 20 (a) through (f)
Directs the commissioner of education to work with education administrators to study the actual costs of providing services to elementary an...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12High School Tuitioning
H.B. 867 - Section 28
Provides that, notwithstanding the restrictions of 16 V.S.A. § 822(c), a town school district which is a member of a union school district a...

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WIVetoed 04/2006P-12Number of Eligible Voucher Students
A.B. 3
Relates to the number of pupils eligible to participate in the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program regarding entry into private schools. Bill:...

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AZBecame law without governor's signature 03/2006P-12Corporate Income Tax Credit for Schools
S.B. 1499
Creates a corporate income tax credit for contributions made to an school tuition organization (STO) for educational scholarships and tuitio...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Modifies Carson Smith Scholarship Program
H.B. 351
Modifies the State System of Public Education Code by amending provisions of the Carson Smith Scholarship Program; modifies scholarship qual...

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WISigned into law 03/2006P-12Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP)
Act. No. 125
Under current law, the number of pupils who may attend a private school under the Milwaukee Parental Choice Program (MPCP) is capped at 15 p...

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OHAdopted 02/2006P-12Educational Choice Scholarship Pilot Program
OAC 3301-35-01 thru -07, -09 thru -14
The purpose of these rules is to prescribe procedures for the administration and implementation of the educational choice scholarship pilot ...

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- Civic Education
NJSigned into law 12/2006P-12Gang Violence Instruction
A.B. 1650; S.B. 1749
Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill...

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UTPREFILED 12/2006P-12Civic Education
S.C.R. 2
This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor expresses support for civic education and Utah's Legislators Back to School P...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Content of Textbooks and Student Characteristics
S.B. 1437
Relates to existing law which prohibits instruction or school sponsored activities and the adopting of textbooks or other instructional mate...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Tolerance Education Pilot Program
A.B. 1056
Establishes the Tolerance Education Pilot Program to promote instruction to public schools on tolerance and intergroup relations as part of ...

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NCSigned into law 07/2006P-12Importance of Memorial Day
H.B. 836
Directs the state board of education to develop programs for use in schools on the meaning and importance of memorial day.
http://www.ncleg....

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NCSigned into law 07/2006P-12Display of U.S. and North Carolina Flag
S.B. 700
Directs local boards of education, charter schools, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the North Carolina school of science and math...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12
Postsec.
Display of Flag in Classrooms
H.B. 2583
School districts and charter schools must display United States flag in each classroom and upon or new the outside of the school during scho...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12Civic Education Commission
H.B. 2788
Concerns the State Commission on Civic Education and Civic Engagement; relates to membership and duties; provides a repeal of the terminatio...

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MESigned into law 05/2006P-12Task Force on Citizenship Education
H.B. 1504; LD2112
Reestablishes the Task Force on Citizenship Education and extends a reporting deadline; provides that the joint standing committee of the Le...

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MNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Character Education
H.B. 4162
Creates a pilot program to allow school districts to receive character development education revenue to purchase curriculum for the purposes...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Civic Education Commission
S.B. 2586
Establishes a commission on civic education. The commission is will: (1) Research the current policies and practices in civic education at t...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Civics Education
H.B. 867 - Section 29
Directs the commissioner of education to convene a council on civics education to strengthen civics education opportunities for all Vermonte...

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WISigned into law 05/2006P-12High School Poll Workers
Act. No. 451
Eliminates the minimum grade point average requirement for poll workers who are high school students. Authorizes school boards to develop c...

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IASigned into law 04/2006P-12Iowa Studies
S.B. 2320
Requires the department of cultural affairs to develop an Iowa studies professional development plan that includes professional development ...

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ILAdopted 04/2006P-12High School Graduation Requirements
23 IAC 1.440
Changes reference to "career education" to "career and technical education." Clarifies differences between courses high schools must offer,...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12U.S. Constitution, Democratic Processes and Civic Engagement
H.J.R. 145
Directs the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and others to examine the current level of skills and knowl...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Veterans Day Programs
S.B. 47
Requires all public schools to hold Veterans Day programs. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/SB47/bill.doc...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Civic Literacy Summit
S.B. 47
Establishes the Task Force to Convene a Summit on Civic Literacy in Maryland; provides for the composition, powers, and duties of the Task F...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Positive Behavior Programs in Elementary Schools
H.B. 1495
Alters the standard by which a county board of education and the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City shall require specified ele...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Commission on Civic and Character Education
H.B. 339
Creates the Commission on Civic and Character Education within the Lieutenant Governor's office; establishes the duties of the commission to...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Civic Education
H.C.R. 2
Expresses support for civic education and Utah's Legislators Back to School Program; emphasizes the importance of legislators promoting grea...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Civic Education and Assessment
H.B. 2579
Finds that instruction in social studies, arts, health, and fitness is important to ensure a well-rounded and complete education. In particu...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Study on Quality Environmental Education
H.B. 2910
Directs the office of superintendent of public instruction to conduct an environmental education study in partnership with public and privat...

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- Civic Education--Character Education
NJSigned into law 12/2006P-12Gang Violence Instruction
A.B. 1650; S.B. 1749
Requires boards of education to offer elementary school students instruction in gang violence prevention.

http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bill...

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UTPREFILED 12/2006P-12Civic Education
S.C.R. 2
This concurrent resolution of the Legislature and the Governor expresses support for civic education and Utah's Legislators Back to School P...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Content of Textbooks and Student Characteristics
S.B. 1437
Relates to existing law which prohibits instruction or school sponsored activities and the adopting of textbooks or other instructional mate...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Tolerance Education Pilot Program
A.B. 1056
Establishes the Tolerance Education Pilot Program to promote instruction to public schools on tolerance and intergroup relations as part of ...

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NCSigned into law 07/2006P-12Importance of Memorial Day
H.B. 836
Directs the state board of education to develop programs for use in schools on the meaning and importance of memorial day.
http://www.ncleg....

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NCSigned into law 07/2006P-12Display of U.S. and North Carolina Flag
S.B. 700
Directs local boards of education, charter schools, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the North Carolina school of science and math...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12
Postsec.
Display of Flag in Classrooms
H.B. 2583
School districts and charter schools must display United States flag in each classroom and upon or new the outside of the school during scho...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12Civic Education Commission
H.B. 2788
Concerns the State Commission on Civic Education and Civic Engagement; relates to membership and duties; provides a repeal of the terminatio...

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MESigned into law 05/2006P-12Task Force on Citizenship Education
H.B. 1504; LD2112
Reestablishes the Task Force on Citizenship Education and extends a reporting deadline; provides that the joint standing committee of the Le...

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MNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Character Education
H.B. 4162
Creates a pilot program to allow school districts to receive character development education revenue to purchase curriculum for the purposes...

More...
TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Civic Education Commission
S.B. 2586
Establishes a commission on civic education. The commission is will: (1) Research the current policies and practices in civic education at t...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Civics Education
H.B. 867 - Section 29
Directs the commissioner of education to convene a council on civics education to strengthen civics education opportunities for all Vermonte...

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WISigned into law 05/2006P-12High School Poll Workers
Act. No. 451
Eliminates the minimum grade point average requirement for poll workers who are high school students. Authorizes school boards to develop c...

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IASigned into law 04/2006P-12Iowa Studies
S.B. 2320
Requires the department of cultural affairs to develop an Iowa studies professional development plan that includes professional development ...

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ILAdopted 04/2006P-12High School Graduation Requirements
23 IAC 1.440
Changes reference to "career education" to "career and technical education." Clarifies differences between courses high schools must offer,...

More...
KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12U.S. Constitution, Democratic Processes and Civic Engagement
H.J.R. 145
Directs the Council on Postsecondary Education, the Kentucky Board of Education, and others to examine the current level of skills and knowl...

More...
KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Veterans Day Programs
S.B. 47
Requires all public schools to hold Veterans Day programs. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/SB47/bill.doc...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Civic Literacy Summit
S.B. 47
Establishes the Task Force to Convene a Summit on Civic Literacy in Maryland; provides for the composition, powers, and duties of the Task F...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Positive Behavior Programs in Elementary Schools
H.B. 1495
Alters the standard by which a county board of education and the Board of School Commissioners of Baltimore City shall require specified ele...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Commission on Civic and Character Education
H.B. 339
Creates the Commission on Civic and Character Education within the Lieutenant Governor's office; establishes the duties of the commission to...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Civic Education
H.C.R. 2
Expresses support for civic education and Utah's Legislators Back to School Program; emphasizes the importance of legislators promoting grea...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Civic Education and Assessment
H.B. 2579
Finds that instruction in social studies, arts, health, and fitness is important to ensure a well-rounded and complete education. In particu...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Study on Quality Environmental Education
H.B. 2910
Directs the office of superintendent of public instruction to conduct an environmental education study in partnership with public and privat...

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- Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
NCSigned into law 07/2006P-12Display of U.S. and North Carolina Flag
S.B. 700
Directs local boards of education, charter schools, the North Carolina School of the Arts, and the North Carolina school of science and math...

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- Class Size
ILAdopted 09/2006P-12Class Size Reduction Grants
23 IAC 565.10, .20, .30, .40, .50, .60, .110, .120, .130, .140, .150,.160
Establishes rules regarding the K-3 class size reduction grant program, and a class size reduction pilot project. Specifies that eligible di...

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GAAdopted 07/2006P-12Remediation, Charter Schools, Class Size, Student Attendance
GAC 160-4-5-.01; -4-9-.04; -5-1-.08, -.10
Clarifies rules regarding the following:

Remedial education for students in grades 6-12: http://rules.sos.state.ga.us/docs/160/4/5/01.pdf...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Class Size and Other Block Grant Funds
S.B. 2272 - Section 6
Extends repeal date of Iowa Early Intervention and School Improvement Technology Block Grant Programs to July 2007. (Includes funds for K-3 ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Class Size Reduction Pilot Program
S.B. 2882
Creates a pilot class size reduction grant program, in addition to the existing class size reduction grant program, to be implemented and ad...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Class Size
H.B. 1358
Changes certain provisions relating to maximum class size requirements. For the 2006-2007 school year, increases maximum class sizes in grad...

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TNSigned into law 04/2006P-12Class Size Waiver During Natural Disasters
S.B. 2898
Relates to maximum classroom sizes; In the event of a natural disaster which results in the enrollment of displaced students, the commission...

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WIVetoed 04/2006P-12Class Size Reduction Funding
S.B. 68
Under current law, a school district may enter into a five-year, renewable student achievement guarantee (SAGE) contract with the Department...

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- Curriculum
MISigned into law 12/2006P-12Personal High School Curriculum for Students
S.B. 1427
Makes technical changes to requirements for high school graduation; provides that a parent may request a personal curriculum that modifies s...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Oversight of Physical Education and Athletics
S.B. 562
Extends the operation of existing laws that provides the State Department of Education the authority to exercise general supervision over co...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Graduates with Multiple Language Skills
A.B. 2445
Establishes the State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have mastered speaking, reading, and writing skills in one o...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Economics Educ. and Financial Literacy
A.B. 1950
Authorizes a school district, in providing instruction in economics, to include instruction related to the understanding of personal finance...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Instruction on Human Rights Issues
S.B. 1575
Relates to instruction on human rights issues in grades 7 through 12, inclusive. Requires the social science courses to include particular a...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Language Arts and Math Instruction Requirements
A.B. 2722
Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting the same basic instructional materials in language arts or mathematics for the same gra...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Language Arts Curriclum
S.B. 1769
Requires the 2008 Reading/Language Arts/English Language Development Curriculum Frameworks and Criteria adopted by the Board of Education to...

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WVAdopted 09/2006P-12Program/Curriculum Requirements
Title 126, Series 42
Amends rules regarding the pre-K & K-12 program or curriculum requirements; reduces the amount of required teaching time for English Languag...

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ALAdopted 08/2006P-12Physical Education
AAC 290-3-1-.02
Establishes rules allowing any Alabama public school system that has adequate certified physical education teachers in Grades K-8 to request...

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DEAdopted 08/2006P-12Statewide Uniform Curriculum
14 DAC 502
Establishes rules regarding the development of a recommended statewide uniform curricula for all public schools in the state.
The purpose o...

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DESigned into law 07/2006P-12Learner's Permit Requirements
H.B. 256
Relates to a Level 1 Learner's Permit; relates to successful completion of a course in driver education in a public or private high school i...

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HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2006P-12Curriculum Alignment
S.B. 3059
Requires standards-based curricula to meet specific K-12 alignment criteria. Authorizes schools to develop an articulated and aligned K-12 ...

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NYSigned into law 07/2006P-12Child Development and Parental Skills
A.B. 6832
Provides for the establishment of a curriculum for instruction regarding child development and parental skills and responsibility for the we...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Agricultural Education Programs
H.B. 4986
Provides that a school district offering a secondary agricultural education program approved for state and federal funding must ensure compo...

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SCSigned into law 06/2006P-12American Sign Language
S.B. 1107
Relates to high school courses in American sign language; provides that a school district may give credit as a foreign language to a pupil w...

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SCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2006P-12Financial Literacy Grants
H.B. 4707
Provides grants to school districts to provide financial literacy instruction for students; establishes goals and establishes the Financial ...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Providing a Comprehensive Education
H.B. 7087 (Section 10)
District school boards and superintendents must prescribe and adopt standards and policies to provide each student the opportunity to recei...

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GASigned into law 05/2006P-12Agricultural Education Advisory Commission
H.B. 1227
Creates the Agricultural Education Advisory Commission. Requires the head of the agricultural education program of the Department of Educati...

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IDAdopted 05/2006P-12Curricular Materials
IDAPA 08.02.03
Extends the curricular materials selection adoption cycle from 5 to 6 years. Adds limited English proficiency as a subject area for curricu...

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LAAdopted 05/2006P-12Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) Curriculum Framework
LAC 28:CXXV.101, 301-317
Establishes Content Standards Curriculum Framework for Students Teaching and Reaching (STAR) to serve as the one teacher preparation course ...

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MOSigned into law 05/2006P-12Holocaust Education
S.B. 1189
Creates the Holocaust Education and Awareness Commission, to be housed in the department of education and to promote implementation of holoc...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Evaluation of Sex Education Programs
H.B. 3819
Concerns Education Curriculum; directs the comptroller's office of education accountability to evaluate the effectiveness of family life cur...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Financial Literacy Curriculum
S.B. 3741; H.B. 3753
Concerns education and curriculum; requires department of education to create a state board to approve a high school financial literacy curr...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Courses on the Old and New Testament
S.B. 79
Authorizes high schools to offer elective courses in the History and Literature of the Old Testament Era and the History and Literature of t...

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WVSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Disability History Week
H.B. 4491
Establishes the third week of October as Disability History Week. Directs public schools to provide instruction on disability history, peop...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Civil Rights Education in K-12 Public Schools
S.B. 2718
Authorizes the state board to make civil and human rights education a part of the K-12 curriculum. Provides guidelines for grade level class...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Education Reform Act of 2006
S.B. 2602
Enacts the Education Reform Act of 2006. Section 18 directs the state board to develop a wellness curriculum for use by each school district...

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- Curriculum--Alignment
DEAdopted 08/2006P-12Statewide Uniform Curriculum
14 DAC 502
Establishes rules regarding the development of a recommended statewide uniform curricula for all public schools in the state.
The purpose o...

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HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2006P-12Curriculum Alignment
S.B. 3059
Requires standards-based curricula to meet specific K-12 alignment criteria. Authorizes schools to develop an articulated and aligned K-12 ...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12Achieving Classroom Excellence Steering Committee
S.B. 1792
Creates the Achieving Classroom Excellence (ACE) steering committee to assist the state board with implementation of the student assessment ...

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- Curriculum--Arts Education
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Ohio Core Graduation Requirements
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(A), (B), (C) Part 1, (K) adn (L)
Increases high school graduation requirements for students entering grade 9 during the 2010-2011 school year (Class of 2014). Increases math...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Arts and Foreign Language Education Grant Program
S.B. 176
Creates an arts and foreign language education grant program to fund arts education and foreign language education programs in the public sc...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12NCLB and End-of-Instruction Assessments
S.B. 1792 - Section 4
Clarifies that testing for grades 3, 4, 6 and 7 is contingent on the availability of federal and state funds. Eliminates grade 3 stand-alon...

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ALSigned into law 04/2006P-12Alabama School of Fine Arts
H.B. 306
Authorizes the administration and faculty of the Alabama School of Fine Arts to identify talented and gifted students whose career interests...

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NVAdopted 02/2006P-12Dance as a Major/Minor
NAC 391.131
Establishes rules adding dance to the list of single- subject majorsand minors...

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- Curriculum--Core Curriculum
UTAdopted 09/2006P-12Elementary & Secondary School Core Curriculum
R277-700
Outlines core curriculum requirements for K-12; increases the state minimum required units of credit for high school graduation in language ...

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- Curriculum--Drivers Education
GAAdopted 11/2006P-12Teacher Preparation and Certification
GAC 505-2-.05, .06, .25, .38, .150, .162, .163, .165, .202, .204, .205, .206; 505-3-.16, -.85
Clarifies various rules regarding certification, including certificaton for interns, non-renewable professionals, teaching endorsements, saf...

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MISigned into law 09/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Driver Education Provider Certification & Requirements
S.B. 1290
Provides for the certification of driver education providers; prescribes certain record-keeping and program requirements for such providers;...

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DESigned into law 07/2006P-12Learner's Permit Requirements
H.B. 256
Relates to a Level 1 Learner's Permit; relates to successful completion of a course in driver education in a public or private high school i...

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WYEmergency Rule Adoption 07/2006P-12High School Driver Education Program Requirements & Approval
Chapter 39
Amends rules pertaining to high school driver education program requirements and approval. http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6295.pdf...

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MNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Drivers Ed Organ and Tissue Donation
S.B. 2646
Requires at least 30 minutes of driver education on organ and tissue donation for persons enrolled in driver education programs offered at p...

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- Curriculum--Environmental Education
MISigned into law 05/2006P-12Green Schools
H.B. 5554
Establishes criteria for the designation of a school as a green school. Schools are eligible to receive a designation as green school if the...

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- Curriculum--Family Living Education
NYSigned into law 07/2006P-12Child Development and Parental Skills
A.B. 6832
Provides for the establishment of a curriculum for instruction regarding child development and parental skills and responsibility for the we...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Adoption Awareness
S.B. 111
Requires inclusion of adoption awareness in health course or another course required for high school graduation. Provides that adoption awar...

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WISigned into law 04/2006P-12Instruction in Marriage and Parental Responsibility
A.B. 309
Provides that if a school board provides instruction in the areas of human sexuality, reproduction, family planning, AIDS, prenatal developm...

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- Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Ohio Core Graduation Requirements
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(A), (B), (C) Part 1, (K) adn (L)
Increases high school graduation requirements for students entering grade 9 during the 2010-2011 school year (Class of 2014). Increases math...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Economics Educ. and Financial Literacy
A.B. 1950
Authorizes a school district, in providing instruction in economics, to include instruction related to the understanding of personal finance...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Financial Literacy
S.B. 2191
Requires the state board to develop curricula, materials, and guidelines for school boards to use in implementing a program of instruction o...

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SCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2006P-12Financial Literacy Grants
H.B. 4707
Provides grants to school districts to provide financial literacy instruction for students; establishes goals and establishes the Financial ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Financial Literacy Curriculum
S.B. 3741; H.B. 3753
Concerns education and curriculum; requires department of education to create a state board to approve a high school financial literacy curr...

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GAAdopted 04/2006P-12Teacher Preparation Programs
GAC 505-3-.40 thru .43
Establishes rules regarding educator preparation programs for grades 6-12 geography, history, economics, and political science to replace ex...

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- Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
MDAdopted 11/2006P-12American Sign Language as Foreign Language Credit
COMAR 13A.03.02.04
Amends rules to the Board of Education. Allows students to use American Sign Language as an alternative to foreign language in fulfilling gr...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Graduates with Multiple Language Skills
A.B. 2445
Establishes the State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have mastered speaking, reading, and writing skills in one o...

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TXAdopted 07/2006P-12Foreign Language Courses and Tech Prep Progam
19 TAC 2.74.D.74.43, .44
Allows for students who are at higher proficiency levels to meet the graduation requirements by taking higher level language courses. Clarif...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Arts and Foreign Language Education Grant Program
S.B. 176
Creates an arts and foreign language education grant program to fund arts education and foreign language education programs in the public sc...

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OHSigned into law 06/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Ohio Core Support
H.B. 115
Appropriates funds for support of the Ohio Core Program. Funds will be used to:
(1) Support the participation of teachers licensed in Ohio a...

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SCSigned into law 06/2006P-12American Sign Language
S.B. 1107
Relates to high school courses in American sign language; provides that a school district may give credit as a foreign language to a pupil w...

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MNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Chinese Language Program
H.B. 4162
Authorizes the commissioner of education to contract with the Board of Regents of the University of Minnesota or other Minnesota public enti...

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- Curriculum--Geography Education
LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Geography Education
S.B. 489
Establishes in law a program to promote the value and importance of geography in schools through a committed and cooperative effort among ag...

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GAAdopted 04/2006P-12Teacher Preparation Programs
GAC 505-3-.40 thru .43
Establishes rules regarding educator preparation programs for grades 6-12 geography, history, economics, and political science to replace ex...

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- Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act
S.B. 2455
Deletes provision that requires all sex education courses to advise pupils of the provisions of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act ...

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- Curriculum--International Education
LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Geography Education
S.B. 489
Establishes in law a program to promote the value and importance of geography in schools through a committed and cooperative effort among ag...

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- Curriculum--Language Arts
WVAdopted 10/2006P-12Reading & Language Arts Content Standards
Title 126, Series 44A
Amends rules regarding reading and language arts content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policie...

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- Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
ILAdopted 04/2006P-12High School Graduation Requirements
23 IAC 1.440
Changes reference to "career education" to "career and technical education." Clarifies differences between courses high schools must offer,...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Overhaul of State Testing System
H.B. 1240
Mandates that the department and the state board review the current statewide testing program and develop a long term plan that is subject t...

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- Curriculum--Mathematics
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Ohio Core Graduation Requirements
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(A), (B), (C) Part 1, (K) adn (L)
Increases high school graduation requirements for students entering grade 9 during the 2010-2011 school year (Class of 2014). Increases math...

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UTAdopted 12/2006P-12
Postsec.
Public Education Job Enhancement Program Eligibility
R690-100
Provides eligibility and award distribution requirements for the Public Education Job Enhancement Program (PEJEP), which offers funding to c...

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TXAdopted 11/2006P-12High School Graduation Requirements
TX 19 TAC 74.61 through 74.64
Increases the requirements for the Recommended and Distinguished high school curriculum options effective with the Class of 2011. Increases ...

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WVAdopted 10/2006P-12Mathematics Content Standards & Objectives
Title 126, Series 44B
Amends rules regarding mathematics content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.2_ne.p...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Language Arts and Math Instruction Requirements
A.B. 2722
Prohibits the State Board of Education from adopting the same basic instructional materials in language arts or mathematics for the same gra...

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NCSigned into law 08/2006P-12Math and Science Teachers Pilot Program
S.B. 1741
Creates a pilot program providing for a salary supplement for newly hired teachers of mathematics or science at the middle or high school le...

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OHSigned into law 06/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Ohio Core Support
H.B. 115
Appropriates funds for support of the Ohio Core Program. Funds will be used to:
(1) Support the participation of teachers licensed in Ohio a...

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OKSigned into law 06/2006P-12Instruction in Reading and Mathematics
H.B. 2712
Requires each public school district to ensure that a majority of the instructional time each day of the school year in kindergarten through...

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OKSigned into law 06/2006P-12State School of Science and Mathematics
H.B. 1021B
Appropriates funds to the state school of science and mathematics. Directs the board of trustees to develop outcome-based performance measur...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida Secondary School Redesign Act
H.B. 7087 - Section 19
Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat...

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MDRule Adoption 05/2006P-12High School Math Assessment Requirements
COMAR 13A.03.02.04, .12
Amends rules regarding exemption of students from taking the Maryland High School Assessment for algebra/data analysis if they completed and...

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NYAdopted 05/2006P-12State Graduation and Diploma Requirements for Mathematics and Science
Title 8 NYCRR section 100.5
Amends requirements for Regents or local high school and Regents diploma with avanced designation.

Regents or local high school diploma: 
T...

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KSSigned into law 04/2006P-12Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science
S.B. 139
Establishes the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science as either:
(1) An accelerated residential, or on-line distance learning program f...

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NYSigned into law 04/2006P-12New York State Math and Science Teaching Incentive Program
S.B. 9558
Provides that undergraduate and graduate students leading to a career as a secondary-level math or science teacher are eligible to apply for...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Supplemental Instruction and Math/Science
H.B. 181
This bill provides stipends for supplemental instruction to students who have not passed the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test, funding to i...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12
Postsec.
Modifications to Qualifications for New Century Scholarships
H.B. 326
Modifies the requirements to qualify for a New Century scholarship; allows a student to qualify for such scholarship who completes and appro...

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- Curriculum--Physical Education
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Ohio Core Graduation Requirements
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(A), (B), (C) Part 1, (K) adn (L)
Increases high school graduation requirements for students entering grade 9 during the 2010-2011 school year (Class of 2014). Increases math...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Oversight of Physical Education and Athletics
S.B. 562
Extends the operation of existing laws that provides the State Department of Education the authority to exercise general supervision over co...

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ALAdopted 08/2006P-12Physical Education
AAC 290-3-1-.02
Establishes rules allowing any Alabama public school system that has adequate certified physical education teachers in Grades K-8 to request...

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DESigned into law 07/2006P-12Student Physical Fitness Assessments
H.B. 372
Requires the Department of Education to develop a regulation requiring each local school district and charter school to assess the physical ...

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DESigned into law 07/2006P-12Physical Education Pilot Program
H.B. 471
Provides for a physical education/physical activity pilot program in at least six of Delaware's elementary, middle or high schools; requires...

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PASigned into law 07/2006P-12Health and Nutritional Guidelines
H.B. 185
Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Provides for competitive food and beverage contracts and nutritional guidelines for food and beverage...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12Physical Education Pilot Program
H.B. 2140
Provides that the department of education shall establish a two-year physical education pilot program consisting of schools and high schools...

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DESigned into law 06/2006P-12Health Advisory Council for physical education
S.B. 289
Relates to the creation of a statewide Health Advisory Council, as recommended by the Physical Education Task Force, to provide advice and g...

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CTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Physical Health Plans for Students
S.B. 204
Promotes the physical health needs of students; allows local and regional boards of education to adopt guidelines to coordinate services and...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Physical Activity Requirement for Schools
H.B. 3750
Requires LEAs to incorporate at least 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week into the instructional school day for elementary an...

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COVetoed 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Physical Education Teacher Certification
H.B. 1021
Concerns physical education teachers employed by school districts; prohibits a school district from employing as a physical education teache...

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IASigned into law 04/2006P-12Healthy Children Task Force
S.B. 2251
Directs the department of education and the department of public health to convene a healthy children task force to:
a. Assess current poli...

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- Curriculum--Science
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Ohio Core Graduation Requirements
S.B. 311-- Sec. 3313.603(A), (B), (C) Part 1, (K) adn (L)
Increases high school graduation requirements for students entering grade 9 during the 2010-2011 school year (Class of 2014). Increases math...

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UTAdopted 12/2006P-12
Postsec.
Public Education Job Enhancement Program Eligibility
R690-100
Provides eligibility and award distribution requirements for the Public Education Job Enhancement Program (PEJEP), which offers funding to c...

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TXAdopted 11/2006P-12High School Graduation Requirements
TX 19 TAC 74.61 through 74.64
Increases the requirements for the Recommended and Distinguished high school curriculum options effective with the Class of 2011. Increases ...

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WVAdopted 11/2006P-12Science Content Standards & Objectives
Title 126, Series 44R
Amends rules regarding science content standards and objectives for grades 9 through 12 of West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/po...

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WVAdopted 10/2006P-12Science Content Standards & Objectives
Title 126, Series 44C
Amends rules regarding science content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.3_ne.pdf...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Science Teacher Development Program
S.B. 1142
Establishes the Science Teacher Development Program by enacting provisions relating to science instruction that are similar to the existing ...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Science Coaches
A.B. 937
Authorizes the governing board of a school district to designate a credentialed teacher as a science coach at each elementary school, or pro...

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MTAdopted 09/2006P-12Science Content Standards and Performance Descriptors
ARM 10.54.5010 through 10.54.5098 non-seq
Proposes to amend rules relating to science content standards andperformance descriptors. Includes references to Montana Native Americans an...

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NCSigned into law 08/2006P-12Math and Science Teachers Pilot Program
S.B. 1741
Creates a pilot program providing for a salary supplement for newly hired teachers of mathematics or science at the middle or high school le...

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CAVetoed 07/2006P-12Elementary Science Teachers and Curriculum
A.B. 2423
Authorizes the governing board of a school district to designate a credentialed teacher as a science coach at each elementary school, or pro...

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OHSigned into law 06/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Ohio Core Support
H.B. 115
Appropriates funds for support of the Ohio Core Program. Funds will be used to:
(1) Support the participation of teachers licensed in Ohio a...

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OKSigned into law 06/2006P-12State School of Science and Mathematics
H.B. 1021B
Appropriates funds to the state school of science and mathematics. Directs the board of trustees to develop outcome-based performance measur...

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NYAdopted 05/2006P-12State Graduation and Diploma Requirements for Mathematics and Science
Title 8 NYCRR section 100.5
Amends requirements for Regents or local high school and Regents diploma with avanced designation.

Regents or local high school diploma: 
T...

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TXAdopted 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
Master Science Teacher Certificates
19 TAC 7.239.E.239.104
Establishes certification requirements for master science teachers to ensure that there are teachers with special training to mentor other t...

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ARVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Elementary Science Specialist Program
S.B. 16
Appropriates funds to the Department of Higher Education - to be payable from the Higher Education Grants Fund Account - for grants for the ...

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KSSigned into law 04/2006P-12Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science
S.B. 139
Establishes the Kansas Academy of Mathematics and Science as either:
(1) An accelerated residential, or on-line distance learning program f...

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MSSigned into law 04/2006P-12Origins of Life
H.B. 214
Provides that no local school board, school superintendent and school principal may prohibit a public school classroom teacher from discussi...

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NYSigned into law 04/2006P-12New York State Math and Science Teaching Incentive Program
S.B. 9558
Provides that undergraduate and graduate students leading to a career as a secondary-level math or science teacher are eligible to apply for...

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FLAdopted 03/2006P-12Science Assessments and Proficiency Levels
FAC 6A-1.09422
Includes the science grade-level scale scores for each achievement level for use in reporting student proficiency levels in science as part ...

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NVDied 03/2006P-12Truth in Science Initiative
Initiative Petition
The Truth in Science Initiative (Initiative) proposes to add a new section to the Constitution regarding
how evolution is to be taught in th...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Supplemental Instruction and Math/Science
H.B. 181
This bill provides stipends for supplemental instruction to students who have not passed the Utah Basic Skills Competency Test, funding to i...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12
Postsec.
Modifications to Qualifications for New Century Scholarships
H.B. 326
Modifies the requirements to qualify for a New Century scholarship; allows a student to qualify for such scholarship who completes and appro...

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- Curriculum--Sex Education
UTAdopted 09/2006P-12Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Fund Distribution
R277-474
Deletes language referring to Teenage Pregnancy Prevention Fund Distribution and Reporting Requirements, since districts have not received t...

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GAAdopted 06/2006P-12Grant Programs
GAC 96-1-.01, .02, .04, .05
Clarifies rules regarding grants for juvenile delinquency prevention and treatment, Title V prevention, abstinence education and juvenile ac...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act
S.B. 2455
Deletes provision that requires all sex education courses to advise pupils of the provisions of the Abandoned Newborn Infant Protection Act ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Evaluation of Sex Education Programs
H.B. 3819
Concerns Education Curriculum; directs the comptroller's office of education accountability to evaluate the effectiveness of family life cur...

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WISigned into law 05/2006P-12Abstinence Education
S.B. 286
Provides that, if a district provides instruction in human sexuality, reproduction, or family planning, it must ensure that all course mater...

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WISigned into law 04/2006P-12Instruction in Marriage and Parental Responsibility
A.B. 309
Provides that if a school board provides instruction in the areas of human sexuality, reproduction, family planning, AIDS, prenatal developm...

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- Curriculum--Social Studies/History
WVAdopted 10/2006P-12Social Studies Content Standards & Objectives
Title 126, Series 44D
Amends rules regarding social studies content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. http://wvde.state.wv.us/policies/p2520.4_n...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Instruction on Human Rights Issues
S.B. 1575
Relates to instruction on human rights issues in grades 7 through 12, inclusive. Requires the social science courses to include particular a...

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GAAdopted 04/2006P-12Teacher Preparation Programs
GAC 505-3-.40 thru .43
Establishes rules regarding educator preparation programs for grades 6-12 geography, history, economics, and political science to replace ex...

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IASigned into law 04/2006P-12Iowa Studies
S.B. 2320
Requires the department of cultural affairs to develop an Iowa studies professional development plan that includes professional development ...

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WVSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Disability History Week
H.B. 4491
Establishes the third week of October as Disability History Week. Directs public schools to provide instruction on disability history, peop...

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- Data-Driven Improvement
OHAdopted 01/2006P-12Aligned Strategies
Educational Programs and Support 3301-35-06
Adds to operations services the requirement that (f) Financial management strategies that align expenditure of resources with the school dis...

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- Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults
LAAdopted 02/2006P-12Truancy Assessment and Service Centers
LAC 67:III.5539
Authorizes the Office of Family Support to enter into Memoranda of Understanding or contracts to establish Truancy Assessment and Service Ce...

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- Demographics--Enrollments
ILAdopted 09/2006P-12Highly Qualified Teachers, P.E. and Denial of Enrollment
23 IAC 1.77, .242, .420, .430, .720
New section (p 243 of 405 http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume30_issue41.pdf) institutes a requireme...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12District Financial Reports
S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15
Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep...

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NCSigned into law 06/2006P-12Students Considered Domiciled
H.B. 1074
Clarifies the procedure for admitting children to the public schools and specifies conditions upon which certain students are considered dom...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Districts with Extraordinary Declining Enrollment
S.B. 549 - Section 4
Defines 'extraordinary declining enrollment' as a district enrollment which has declined during the preceding three school years at a rate o...

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SDSigned into law 03/2006P-12Definition of Enrolled Student
H.B. 1079, H.B. 1176
Adds a new section. A student is enrolled if:
(1) The student is less than twenty-one years of age on the first day of July or the student i...

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- Economic/Workforce Development
MEIssued 12/2006Postsec.
Community College
Governor's Council on Jobs, Innovation, and the Economy
EXECUTIVE ORDER 23 FY 06/07
Establishes the Governor's Council on Jobs, Innovation, and the Economy to:

1. Develop a recommended action plan for moving the state forw...

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MISigned into law 12/2006Postsec.Statewide Workforce Development System
S.B. 1288
Codifies the workforce development system to deliver workforce development programs and services tailored to local needs; provides for works...

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CAVetoed 09/2006Postsec.
Community College
Workforce Development Initiative
A.B. 2595
Requires the Secretary of Labor and Workforce Development to establish, in partnership with specified entities, a logistics worker training ...

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CASigned into law 09/2006Community College
Postsec.
Community College Workforce Development Program
S.B. 1552
Delays the repeal date of the Community Colleges Economic and Workforce Development Program. Adds to the program a provision requiring the C...

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NYVetoed 09/2006Postsec.
Community College
Applicants for a Pharmacist's License
S.B. 7405
Provides an additional one year waiver from citizenship and immigration status requirements for applicants for a pharmacist's license....

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ORAdopted 09/2006Postsec.
Community College
Employer Workforce Training Account
OAR 589-020-0225
Establish the Employer Workforce Training Account and adopts rules to implement the administration of the account.
http://arcweb.sos.state.o...

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NCSigned into law 08/2006Postsec.
Community College
Graduate Nurse Scholarship Program for Faculty Production
S.B. 1741
Creates the Graduate Nurse Scholarship Program for Faculty Production to provide scholarship loans to students in master's and doctoral degr...

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NERule Adoption 08/2006Postsec.
Community College
Postsecondary Private Career Schools
Title 92 NAC Chapters 41 and 42
Establishes procedures for authorizing private postsecondary career schools to operate, be accredited and grant degrees.
Nebraska 1264...

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WYEmergency Rule Adoption 08/2006Postsec.
Community College
Workforce Development Training Fund Grants
Chapter 3
Amends rules concerning pre-obligation of workforce development training fund grants; indicates that the Department of Workforce Services ma...

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HIVetoed 07/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Ingenuity Corporation Charter
H.B. 3261
Establishes the Ingenuity Corporation Charter to create benefits for inventors nationally, labor unions nationally, and public education to ...

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ILSigned into law 07/2006Postsec.
Community College
Nurse Educator Assistance Act
S.B. 931
Establishes the Nurse Educator Assistance Act to attract capable and promising students to the nursing educator profession, increase employm...

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ILSigned into law 07/2006Postsec.
Community College
Lifelong Learning Accounts
S.B. 2931
Authorizes the Department of Commerce and Economic Opportunity to establish and maintain a pilot program to provide for and test the use of ...

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OHIssued 07/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Workforce Education and Training Advisory Council
Executive Order 2006-17T
Creates the workforce education and training advisory council, defines duties and membership.
http://governor.ohio.gov/releases/2006-17T%20W...

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ORAdopted 07/2006Postsec.
Community College
Venture Development Fund
OAR 580-043-0060 through OAR 580-043-0095
Establishes rules allowing institutions to establish venture development funds to enable commercialization of research and development for j...

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PAAdopted 07/2006P-12Academic Standards for Career Education and Work
22 PA. Code Ch. 4
Establishes rules relating to academic standards and assessment. Adds academic standards for Career Education and Work. Specifies academic s...

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VAIssued 07/2006Postsec.Chief Workforce Development Officer & Responsibilities
E.O. 25
Assigns authority and describes responsibilities for carrying out the state's coordination of workforce development services by the Chief Wo...

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HISigned into law 06/2006Postsec.
Community College
Scholarship Assistance
S.B. 3120
Encourages state residents to pursue postsecondary education by clarifying the financial eligibility guidelines, establishing a workforce de...

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HISigned into law 06/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
International Business and Technology Incubator Program
S.B. 2036
Appropriates funds to provide the necessary start-up funding to operate an international business and technology incubator program and to en...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006Community CollegeMobile Response Workforce Training Pilot Program
H.B. 5429
Requires the community college board to implement and administer a 3-year, mobile response workforce training pilot program at three communi...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006Postsec.Recruitment and Training of Masters-Prepared Nurses
H.B. 4461
Provides that the department of commerce and economic opportunity may conduct a study regarding the recruitment and training of masters-prep...

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LASigned into law 06/2006Postsec.
Community College
Small Business Entrepreneurship Commission
H.B. 152
Increases the membership of the Small Business Entrepreneurship Commission to add nonvoting members chosen from state colleges and universit...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida Ready to Work Certification Program
H.B. 7087 (Section 35)
Creates the Florida Ready to Work Certification Program to enhance the workplace skills of Florida's students to better prepare them for suc...

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LASigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
High School/Community College Linkages
H.B. 1023
Requires the Board of Supervisors of Community and Technical Colleges to work with Board of Elementary and Secondary Education (BESE) to imp...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Commission to Develop the Next Generation Initiative
S.B. 312
Relates to higher education. Creates a commission to develop the next generation initiative to encourage Vermonters to live and work in Ver...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Workforce Development Council
H.B. 109
Creates the workforce development council as the successor to and the continuation of the governor's human resources investment council.

Di...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006Postsec.Workforce and Economic Development Scholarships
H.B. 988; S.B. 552
Consolidates specified workforce shortage and economic development student scholarship and grant programs in the Maryland Higher Education C...

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VASigned into law 04/2006Postsec.New College
S.B. 40
Establishes the New College Institute, or New College. Directs that New College shall:

1. Seek to diversify the region's economy by engag...

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WVSigned into law 04/2006Postsec.
Community College
Consortium for Undergraduate Research and Engineering
H.B. 4690
Provides legislative findings and intent related to the West Virginia University Institute of Technology. Provides legislative intent to en...

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WVSigned into law 04/2006Postsec.Workforce Development
H.B. 4690 - Workforce Development Initiative Program
Continues the Workforce Development Initiative Program under the supervision of the council. Deletes provision directing the program to ser...

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ARRule Adoption 03/2006Postsec.
Community College
Rules Governing Distribution of Scholarship Assistance
AAC 121.00.05
Proposes rules for distributing scholarship assistance to public libraries in order to address the education needs of public library staff.
...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006Postsec.Economic Development Funds
S.B. 112
Recommends that the governor consider the allocation of economic development funds for Centers of Excellence to be matched by industry and f...

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WASigned into law 03/2006Postsec.
Community College
State Customized Employment Training Program
S.B. 6326
Provides a source of funding for customized work force training. Finds that the provision of customized training is critical to attracting a...

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NJSigned into law 02/2006P-12
Postsec.
Center for Occupational Employment Information
S.B. 2826
Reforms State's workforce investment system, establishes the Center forOccupational Employment Information to provide information supporting...

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- Education Research
FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Florida Secondary School Redesign Act
H.B. 7087 - Section 19
Defines secondary schools as those serving grades 6-12. Specifies that the following guiding principles must be used in the annual preparat...

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- Equity
UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Education & Funding for Homeless/Emancipated and Ethnic Minority Students
R277-616
Adds new language for determining where a homeless or emancipated student shall attend school and provides for the inclusion of charter scho...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Anti-discrimination and Anti-harassment Policies
A.B. 606
Requires the State Department of Education to develop a model antidiscrimination and antiharassment policy that prohibits such conduct based...

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MISigned into law 08/2006P-12Single Sex Schools
H.B. 4264
Allows single sex schools, classes and programs to be established in the Detroit public schools. Enrollment must be voluntary, and the distr...

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MISigned into law 08/2006P-12Gender Based Classrooms, Schools or Programs
H.B. 6247
Allows gender based classrooms, schools or programs under the Elliot-Larsen civil rights act. Relates to a school district, an intermediate ...

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MISigned into law 07/2006P-12Creation of Single-Gender Schools, Classes, or Programs
S.B. 1296
Provides that a school district or a public school academy may establish and maintain a program within a school in which enrollment is limit...

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WISigned into law 04/2006P-12Single-Sex Schools
A.B. 114
Authorizes a school board to operate single-sex schools, other than charter schools, or provide single-sex courses if the school board makes...

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- Federal
NDAdopted 07/2006P-12Title I Coordinator Credential
NDAC 67-11-03.3-01, -03.3-02, -03.3-03, -03.3-04
Establishes rules for Title I coordinator 1, Title I coordinator 2, and Title I coordinator 3 positions. Establishes requirements for creden...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12NCLB Plans Approval Process
H.B. 7087 (Section 7)
The Commissioner of Education shall submit to the Legislature the proposed state plan for the reauthorization of the No Child Left Behind Ac...

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VASigned into law 04/2006P-12No Child Left Behind
H.B. 1427, S.B. 410
Directs the Board of Education to develop a plan to eliminate initiatives or conditions that are currently being funded by No Child Left Beh...

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- Finance
MTRule Adoption 12/2006P-12Quality Educator, At Risk Students and Indian Payments
ARM 10.7.106, .106A, .113 through .115,10.10.301 to .315, 10.15.101, 10.16.3804, .3811, .3812, .3816, 10.20.102 to 10.30.415
Adopts and amends rules relating to quality educator payments, at-risk student payments - general fund, Indian education for all payments, A...

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ALApproved by voters 11/2006P-12Minimum 10 Mills Property Tax
Statewide Amendment Number Two
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require at least 10 mills of property tax are levied for every school district in the sta...

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NVApproved by voters 11/2006P-12Education First Initiative Petition
Ballot Question # 1
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require the legislature to fund the operation of the public schools for K-12th grades bef...

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WYEmergency Rule Adoption 10/2006P-12School Foundation Program Rules
Chapter 8
Establishes emergency rules regarding the criteria and standards for the School Foundation Program, which provides a guaranteed level of fun...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program
A.B. 756
Establishes the Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer the program....

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MSSigned into law 09/2006P-12Emergency Aid Grants
H.B. 5A
Establishes an emergency aid grants program for local governments, including public school districts.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/docum...

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MIRejected by voters 08/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Educational Funding Guarantee
V. 6 (Prop. 5)
Would require the state to provide annual funding increases equal to the rate of inflation for public schools, intermediate school districts...

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CARejected by voters 07/2006P-12School Funding and Tax Increase
V. 14 (Prop. 88)
(1189. SA2005RF0126) Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide public school funding by imposing a tax on real property that exem...

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NCSigned into law 07/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
State Budget Act'
H.B. 914
Recodifies provisions of the executive budget act and the capital improvement planning act into a state budget act that revises and clarifie...

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NYSigned into law 07/2006P-12Reporting Illegal or Inappropriate Financial Practices
A.B. 8925
Provides protection to any employee of a school district board of cooperative educational services or charter school who having reasonable c...

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RISigned into law 07/2006P-12Statewide Purchasing System for Education Services and Products
H.B. 6853; S.B. 2531
Directs the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, working with the Department of Administration, to establish a statewide purcha...

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DESigned into law 05/2006P-12Financial Accountability for Districts and Charters
S.B. 308
Implements enhanced financial accountability provisions for public school districts and charter schools; relates to district and charter sch...

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OKAdopted 05/2006P-12Claiming Federal Program Funds
OAC 210-25-3-7
Changes the process school districts use to claim federal program funds. Implements an electronic reimbursement program which will allow sch...

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TXSigned into law 05/2006P-12Financial Accountability
H.B. 1 C (Sections 2.05; 2.09)
Requires the commissioner, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop and implement a financial accountability
rating system for schoo...

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ARSigned into law 04/2006P-12Financial Impact Statements
H.B. 1016A
Requires detailed financial impact statements for administrative rules promulgated by the state board.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot...

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- Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
MIRejected by voters 08/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Educational Funding Guarantee
V. 6 (Prop. 5)
Would require the state to provide annual funding increases equal to the rate of inflation for public schools, intermediate school districts...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Finance
H.B. 867 - Section 20 (a) through (f)
Directs the commissioner of education to work with education administrators to study the actual costs of providing services to elementary an...

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ARSigned into law 04/2006P-12School Funding Formula
S.B. 24
Amends the public school funding formula to ensure adequate funding for students in school districts with declining enrollment and school di...

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ARSigned into law 04/2006P-12Education Studies Commissioned by the General Assembly
H.B. 1030
Provides that any cost study analysis, cost study audit, adequacy study, or other study commissioned or funded by the General Assembly and a...

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WYSigned into law 03/2006P-12Resource Block Grant Model -- Recalibration
H.B. 139
Relates to school finance; implements 2005 recalibration modifications to the state education resource block grant model; clarifies duties o...

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NDIssued 01/2006P-12Commission on Education Improvement
Executive Order 13
Executive Order 2006-01 Creates the Commission on Education Improvement to examine the current system of delivering
and financing elementary...

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- Finance--Bonds
LAIssued 11/2006Postsec.
Community College
Bond Allocation and Student Loans
E.O. 46
Provides an allocation from the 2006 ceiling to be used to finance student loans which, if the student meets certain timely payment requirem...

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MISigned into law 07/2006P-12School District Bond Issuance
H.B. 6069
Allows boards of local or intermediate school districts to borrow money by issuing notes to secure funds for school operations or to pay pre...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Debt Limitations
S.B. 857
Relates to the debt limitations of school districts. Provides that bonds issued by a community consolidated school district maintaining grad...

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ARSigned into law 04/2006P-12Bonded Indebtedness
H.B. 1007
Removes the statutory limitation on bonded indebtedness for school districts.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2006S1/public/HB10...

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- Finance--District
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Chief Fiscal Officer
H.B. 671
Requires local boards to appoint a treasurer, who serves as the chief fiscal officer of the school district. The treasurer is to be appointe...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12District Deficits
H.B. 276 -- Sec. 3315.20
Sec. 3315.20. A school district may have a deficit in any special fund of the district only if both of the following conditions are satisfie...

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CORejected by voters 11/2006P-12District Budget Requirements (65%) as Statute
Referendum J
(REFERENDUM J; HB 06-1283) Creates the State Public School Expenditures Accountability Act. If approved, would amend state statutes to requi...

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IDRejected by voters 11/2006P-12Sales Tax and Local Public Schools Investment Fund
Proposition 1
Relates to K-12 public school funding. Adds 1% sales tax rate, revenue stream for this component of K-12 local public school funding; creat...

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LAApproved by voters 09/2006P-12Prohibiting Legislative Mandates on Local Boards
Amendment 9
Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide that no law, unless enacted by two-thirds of the elected members of each house of the legisla...

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DESigned into law 07/2006P-12School District Fiscal Accountability
S.B. 374
Implements enhanced public education financial accountability provisions. Includes vocational- technical school districts and charter school...

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HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2006P-12School Impact Fee Working Group
S.B. 2708
Requires the school impact fee working group to submit supplemental findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the...

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MISigned into law 07/2006P-12School District Bond Issuance
H.B. 6069
Allows boards of local or intermediate school districts to borrow money by issuing notes to secure funds for school operations or to pay pre...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12District Financial Reports
S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15
Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12District Financial Reporting
S.B. 2829 - District Financial Reporting
Revises provisions related to districts' public reporting of finances. Specifies content that must be included in annual statement of affai...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Parishwide School District of the Parish of Cameron
S.B. 32
Recognizes that the parish of Cameron has suffered wide-spread devastation and crippling disruption from the effects of Hurricane Rita prohi...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Business Mangers/Chief Financial Officers
S.B. 539
Requires school systems to employ or share by agreement school board business managers or chief financial officers who meet qualifications e...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Accreditation and Resource Allocation
S.B. 549 - Section 1
Provides that whenever the state board determines that a school has failed either to meet the accreditation requirements or standards adopte...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12District Expenditure Reporting
S.B. 549 - Section 2
Requires districts to report expenditures in the manner required by the state board in order to achieve uniform reporting of expenditures in...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12District Needs Assessment
S.B. 549 - Section 26
Directs every district to conduct an assessment of each attendance center's educational needs. Directs the board to use information obtained...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Bilingual Weighting Funds
S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27
Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk ed...

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ARSigned into law 04/2006P-12Uniform Reporting Requirements
H.B. 1018, S.B. 7
Concerns uniform reporting requirements for school district fund balances.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/2006S1/public/HB1018....

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-1265% Rule
S.B. 390
Concerns the Classroom First for Georgia Act. Defines "direct classroom expenditures" and "total operating expenditures." Beginning with fi...

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MSSigned into law 04/2006P-12District Audits
H.B. 1119
Revises requirements relating to district financial audits and reporting.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2006/html/HB/1100-1199/...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12District and School Financial Management, Analysis and Reporting
H.B. 1006 - Section 4
Requires the department to develop a plan to upgrade the financial management, analysis, and reporting system for school corporations (distr...

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WYSigned into law 03/2006P-12Flexibility in Operating Balances
S.B. 88
Chapter No. 83 povides flexibility to school districts in accounting for revenues received from settlements of protested amounts attributabl...

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MSSigned into law 02/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Borrowing funds from federal government to cover loss of revenue as result of Hurricane Katrina
S.B. 2701
Authorizes school districts, universities and community colleges to borrow funds from federal government to cover loss of revenue as result ...

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DESigned into law 01/2006P-12School "Energy Fund" Appropriations
S.B. 242
The legislature appropriated $5,000,000 to the Department of Education for an "Energy Fund". These funds will help reorganized school distri...

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WIVetoed 01/2006P-12Referendum Authorizing Borrowing
S.B. 171
Under current law, with certain exceptions, if a school board wishes to borrow money or exceed the revenue limit otherwise applicable to th...

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WISigned into law 01/2006P-12District Funds Held in Trust
A.B. 167 (Act No. 99)
Restricts the manner in which a school district may invest its funds and to whom it may delegate its investment authority.
Expands the inves...

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WISigned into law 01/2006P-12Disclosure of District Investments
A.B. 167 -- Act 99
Relates to the investment by school districts of funds held in trust to provide post-employments benefits; relates to deferred compensation ...

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- Finance--Equity
WYApproved by voters 11/2006P-12
Postsec.
Limits Property Tax Revenue Redistribution to School Districts
V. 2
Proposes an amendment (amendment B) to the Constitution to repeal the current limitation on the amount of property tax revenues that may be ...

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- Finance--Facilities
CAApproved by voters 07/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
School and University Facilities Funding
V. 9 (Prop. 1D)
(AB 127-Chapter 35, 2006) Enacts the Kindergarten- University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006 which would authorize a specified...

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HISigned into law 07/2006P-12State Educational Facilities Improvement Special Fund
H.B. 1891
Increases the funds deposited to the state educational facilities improvement special fund from $45 million to $90 million. http://www.capit...

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NJSigned into law 07/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Revenue For School Facilities Projects Debt
A.B. 4705
Raises the cigarette tax rate 17 1/2 cents per pack and changes tobacco products wholesale sales tax on moist snuff to a weight-based tax; p...

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CARejected by voters 06/2006P-12Public Library Construction Bond to Improve Reading & Literacy
Prop. 81
This act provides for a bond issue in an amount not to exceed a total of six hundred million dollars ($600,000,000) to provide
funds for the...

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HISigned into law 06/2006P-12School-Level Minor Repair and Maintenance Account
S.B. 2704
Amends provisions related to the school-level minor repair and maintenance account. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/bills/sb270...

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HISigned into law 06/2006P-12Repair, Maintenance and Renovation of Classrooms
S.B. 2956
Provides resources for the repair, maintenance, and renovation of public schools; makes an appropriation for the renovation of classrooms st...

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CASigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act
A.B. 127
Enacts the Kindergarten-University Public Education Facilities Bond Act of 2006. Authorizes a specified amount in state general obligation b...

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GASigned into law 05/2006Postsec.
Community College
Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority
S.B. 562
Creates the Georgia Higher Education Facilities Authority as a body corporate and politic, an instrumentality of the state, and a public cor...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Districts with Extraordinary Declining Enrollment
S.B. 549 - Section 4
Defines 'extraordinary declining enrollment' as a district enrollment which has declined during the preceding three school years at a rate o...

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ARSigned into law 04/2006P-12Funds for Utilities, Maintenance and Renovation
S.B. 27
States nine percent of foundation funding must be dedicated by districts to payment of utilities and costs of maintenance and renovation.
ht...

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AZSigned into law 04/2006P-12Energy Cost Savings for Districts
H.B. 2430
Relates to energy cost saving measures; provides that a school district may contract for the procurement of a guaranteed energy cost savings...

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IDSigned into law 03/2006P-12Levies for Cooperative Service Agency Facilities
H.B. 705
Amends existing law relating to cooperative service agencies to provide that a cooperative service agency may request its member school dist...

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IDSigned into law 03/2006P-12Public School Facilities Cooperative Fund
H.B. 743 Section 6 and 12
Provides for a $25 million Public School Facilities Cooperative Fund to remediate unsafe school facilities, as a last resort, if the school ...

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NMSigned into law 03/2006P-12Facilities Plans, Projections, Construction
S.B. 450
From Fiscal Note: The bill requires all school districts to have submitted a five-year facilities plan which includes enrollment projections...

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WYSigned into law 03/2006P-12Facility Plans
H.B. 73
Relates to school capital construction; modifies the school district facility planning process; clarifies the procedures regarding review of...

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NJIssued 02/2006P-12Ovesight of the School Construction Program
Executive Order No. 3
Creates a new position of oversight of the School Construction Program and a new working group that will oversee a full review of the progra...

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NJIssued 02/2006P-12Special Counsel to the Governor for School Construction
E.O. 3; (NEW BILL)
(Executive Order 2006-3) Creates the position of Special Counsel to the Governor for School Construction ("Special Counsel.") The Special Co...

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- Finance--Federal
Adopted 11/2006Postsec.
Community College
Amends Federal Student Aid Program
34 CFR Parts 600, 668, 673, 674, 675, 676, 682, 685
Amends the Federal Student Aid Program regulations to implement the changes to the Higher Education Act of 1965, as amended (HEA), resulting...

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HISigned into law 06/2006P-12Department of Education Federal Revenue Maximization Program Revolving Fund
H.B. 2961
Creates a revolving fund for the collection and disbursement of generated revenue to support the administration and operations of the depart...

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KSAdopted 05/2006P-12Federal Role in State
S.C.R. 1618
Memorializes the President and Congress to make a serious commitment to improving the quality of the nation's public schools by substantiall...

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OKAdopted 05/2006P-12Claiming Federal Program Funds
OAC 210-25-3-7
Changes the process school districts use to claim federal program funds. Implements an electronic reimbursement program which will allow sch...

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MSSigned into law 02/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Borrowing funds from federal government to cover loss of revenue as result of Hurricane Katrina
S.B. 2701
Authorizes school districts, universities and community colleges to borrow funds from federal government to cover loss of revenue as result ...

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- Finance--Funding Formulas
NJSigned into law 12/2006P-12Evaluation of State Department of Education Related to School Funding Reform
S.J.R. 1
Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract with an independent entity to conduct an evaluation of the Department Of Education and its...

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UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Per Pupil Funding & Attendance/Completion Recordkeeping
R277-419
Allows exceptions to the minimum number of instructional hours and schools days per year for individual students and schools; requires Local...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12
Postsec.

S.B. 1133
Revises minimum state educational funding procedure for school districts and community college districts. Enacts the Quality Education Inves...

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WAAdopted 08/2006P-12Funds for Vocational Skills Centers
WAC 392-121-465
Amends the formula for and distribution of state moneys for state incentive grants for increased enrollment in vocational skills centers pro...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12Charter School and Technology Education Districts
H.B. 2700
Concerns joint technology education districts; provides that if a pupil is enrolled in both a charter school and a joint technological educa...

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CORejected by voters 06/2006P-1265% of School Budgets for Instruction
Amendment 39 (H.B. 1283)
Proposes a constitutional amendment to require that in each state fiscal year a school district spend at least 65% of its operational expend...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Dropout Assistance and Dropout Prevention
S.B. 2272 - Section 28
Beginning January 15, 2007, requires the department to submit an annual report to the legislature that includes the ways districts in the pr...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Additional State Aid for Cooperative High Schools
H.B. 4365
Allows cooperative high schools to receive some of the same supplementary state aid that new districts receive; relates to multiple agreemen...

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KSSigned into law 06/2006P-12At-Risk Pupil Weighting
H.B. 2809
Directs the state board to determine the high density at-risk pupil weighting of each school district based on enrollment density and high-d...

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OKSigned into law 06/2006P-12Charter School Funding
S.B. 1493
Amends calculations for state aid for charter schools.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2005-06bills/SB/SB1493_ENR.RTF...

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PASigned into law 06/2006P-12School Funding and Taxes
H.B. 39A
Provides for taxation by school districts, the state funds formula, tax relief in first class cities, school district choice, voter particip...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12At-Risk and Remediation Funding
S.B. 549 - Section 3, 9, 15
Defines "nonproficient pupil" as a student who is not eligible for free lunches and who has scored less than proficient on the state math or...

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KSRepealed by H.B. 2809 05/2006P-12High Density At-Risk Weighting
S.B. 549 - Section 5
Creates a new weighting called the "high density at-risk weighting" for districts with high percentages of students who receive free meals. ...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Bilingual Weighting Funds
S.B. 549 - Section 13, 16, 27
Authorizes districts to spend funds received from the bilingual weighting to pay the cost of providing at-risk and preschool-aged at-risk ed...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Full-Day Kindergarten Funding
S.B. 549 - Section 6, 14
Authorizes a district offering both half-day and full-day kindergarten to impose a fee for enrollment in full-day kindergarten, to cover tha...

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MOSigned into law 05/2006P-12Calculation of State Aid
S.B. 894
Pertains to aspects of calculation of state aid. Addresses changes in calculating a district's average daily attendance and local effort co...

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TXSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Finance Reform
H.B. 1C
Relates to public school finance, property tax relief, public school accountability and programs. Requires school districts to reduce their ...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Finance
H.B. 867 - Section 20 (a) through (f)
Directs the commissioner of education to work with education administrators to study the actual costs of providing services to elementary an...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12School Funding Levels and Formula
H.B. 1375
Concerns the financing of public schools; increases the statewide base per pupil funding to account for a higher inflation rate; provides th...

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ALSigned into law 03/2006P-12Foundation Program
H.B. 333
Increases the required school term from 175 to 180 full instructional days for use in the computation of Foundation Program allowances to lo...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Funding for High Growth Districts
H.B. 563
Extends the repeal date on the provisions of the state Adequate Education Program which provide for additional funding in high growth school...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Funding Formula Revision
S.B. 2604
Revises certain components of the State Adequate Education Program formula; revises the formula for computing the average daily attendance o...

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SDSigned into law 03/2006P-12Definition of Enrolled Student
H.B. 1079, H.B. 1176
Adds a new section. A student is enrolled if:
(1) The student is less than twenty-one years of age on the first day of July or the student i...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Cap, Charter Schools and Finance Modifications
S.B. 5
Creates a cap on the number of charter schools that the State Charter School Board may authorize to begin operations in the 2007-08 school y...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Temporary Increase in Levy Base
H.B. 2812
The temporary increase in the levy base authorized by the 2004 Legislature for calendar years 2005 through 2007 is continued for 2008 and th...

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WYSigned into law 03/2006P-12Resource Block Grant Model -- Recalibration
H.B. 139
Relates to school finance; implements 2005 recalibration modifications to the state education resource block grant model; clarifies duties o...

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NHSigned into law 02/2006P-12Formula for funding public education
H.B. 100
Repeals the education property tax effective March 31, 2005; distributes state education assistance in the form of state education grants, w...

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NDIssued 01/2006P-12Commission on Education Improvement
Executive Order 13
Executive Order 2006-01 Creates the Commission on Education Improvement to examine the current system of delivering
and financing elementary...

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- Finance--Lotteries
INIssued 12/2006Postsec.
Community College
Scholarships
E.O. 06-18
Designates the Indiana Finance Authority as the entity to oversee and execute financial transactions in connection with the governor's 2007 ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
At-Risk Student After School Programs
S.B. 3113; H.B. 3249
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; creates pilot after school program for at-risk students to prepare for ACT and SAT examinations...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12
Postsec.
Lottery Funds for Teacher Scholarships
S.B. 2724; H.B. 3720
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; establishes lottery scholarship program to enable tenured public school teachers to obtain adva...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Lottery Revenues for Education
H.B. 2812; S.B.2682
Concerns Lottery, Scholarships and Programs; redistributes unclaimed lottery prize money from 50 percent future prize pool and 50 percent af...

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NMSigned into law 03/2006Postsec.
Community College
Lottery Tuition Fund
S.B. 155
From fiscal impact statement: This bill does not contain an appropriation; however, enactment of this legislation is likely to have a signif...

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- Finance--Performance Funding
CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program
A.B. 756
Establishes the Flexible Funding for Pupil Achievement Program. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to administer the program....

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- Finance--Private Giving
NJAdopted 07/2006Postsec.
Community College
Higher Education Incentive Funding Act Rules
NJAC 17:26
Establishes procedures for higher education institutions to apply for State matching funds under the Higher Education Incentive Funding Act,...

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- Finance--Resource Efficiency
CORejected by voters 11/2006P-12District Budget Requirements (65%) as Statute
Referendum J
(REFERENDUM J; HB 06-1283) Creates the State Public School Expenditures Accountability Act. If approved, would amend state statutes to requi...

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RISigned into law 07/2006P-12Statewide Purchasing System for Education Services and Products
H.B. 6853; S.B. 2531
Directs the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education, working with the Department of Administration, to establish a statewide purcha...

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CORejected by voters 06/2006P-1265% of School Budgets for Instruction
Amendment 39 (H.B. 1283)
Proposes a constitutional amendment to require that in each state fiscal year a school district spend at least 65% of its operational expend...

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FLSigned into law 05/2006P-12Paperwork Reduction and Data Collection and Reporting Requirements
H.B. 7087 (Section 11)
Beginning with the 2006-2007 school year: (a) Each district school board must designate a classroom teacher to serve as the teacher represen...

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ILAdopted 05/2006P-12Education Purchasing Program
44 IAC 1110.10 thru .60
Authorizes the Education Purchasing Program. Designates the state board as the state education purchasing entity. States criteria on which c...

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TXSigned into law 05/2006P-12Financial Accountability
H.B. 1 C (Sections 2.05; 2.09)
Requires the commissioner, in consultation with the comptroller, to develop and implement a financial accountability
rating system for schoo...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Finance
H.B. 867 - Section 20 (a) through (f)
Directs the commissioner of education to work with education administrators to study the actual costs of providing services to elementary an...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Resource Efficiency
H.B. 1006 - Section 3
Section 3: Authorizes school corporations (districts) individually, in collaboration with other school corporations, and through the educati...

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- Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
NVApproved by voters 11/2006P-12Education First Initiative Petition
Ballot Question # 1
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require the legislature to fund the operation of the public schools for K-12th grades bef...

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CARejected by voters 07/2006P-12School Funding and Tax Increase
V. 14 (Prop. 88)
(1189. SA2005RF0126) Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to provide public school funding by imposing a tax on real property that exem...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Class Size and Other Block Grant Funds
S.B. 2272 - Section 6
Extends repeal date of Iowa Early Intervention and School Improvement Technology Block Grant Programs to July 2007. (Includes funds for K-3 ...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Additional State Aid for Cooperative High Schools
H.B. 4365
Allows cooperative high schools to receive some of the same supplementary state aid that new districts receive; relates to multiple agreemen...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Quality Education Support Fund
H.B. 591
Increases limit on appropriations to Board of Elementary and Secondary Education and the Board of Regents for administrative costs related t...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12At-Risk and Remediation Funding
S.B. 549 - Section 3, 9, 15
Defines "nonproficient pupil" as a student who is not eligible for free lunches and who has scored less than proficient on the state math or...

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TXSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Finance Reform
H.B. 1C
Relates to public school finance, property tax relief, public school accountability and programs. Requires school districts to reduce their ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2006P-12Educational Adequacy Act of 2006
S.B. 27A
Addresses issues raised by the state supreme court. Increases foundation funding provided by the state.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftpro...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12School Funding Levels and Formula
H.B. 1375
Concerns the financing of public schools; increases the statewide base per pupil funding to account for a higher inflation rate; provides th...

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ALVeto overridden: Legislature has overridden Governor's veto 03/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Appropriations
H.B. 272
Makes appropriations for the support, maintenance and development of public education in Alabama, for debt service, and for capital outlay f...

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- Finance--Student Fees
KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Full-Day Kindergarten Funding
S.B. 549 - Section 6, 14
Authorizes a district offering both half-day and full-day kindergarten to impose a fee for enrollment in full-day kindergarten, to cover tha...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues
ALApproved by voters 11/2006P-12Minimum 10 Mills Property Tax
Statewide Amendment Number Two
Proposes an amendment to the state constitution to require at least 10 mills of property tax are levied for every school district in the sta...

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IDRejected by voters 11/2006P-12Sales Tax and Local Public Schools Investment Fund
Proposition 1
Relates to K-12 public school funding. Adds 1% sales tax rate, revenue stream for this component of K-12 local public school funding; creat...

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IDApproved by voters 11/2006P-12Property Tax Ballot Initiative
Advisory Vote
Submits an advisory vote to the electors regarding whether the state keep the property tax relief adopted in August 2006, reducing property ...

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OHRejected by Voters. 11/2006Postsec.Revenues to partially fund college scholarships
V. 3
(STATE ISSUE 3; Initiative Petition) Proposes a Constitutional amendment to permit up to 31,500 slot machines at seven horse racing tracks a...

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SDUnofficially approved by Voters. 11/2006P-12Revenue for "Education Enhancement"
V. 5
(INITIATED MEASURE 2) Increases the tax on cigarettes and tobacco products; dedicates revenue for tobacco prevention and cessation program, ...

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UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Funding for Reading Improvement Programs
R277-422
Allows a school district to budget an increased amount of ad valorem property tax revenue in addition to revenue from new growth without th...

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WYApproved by voters 11/2006P-12
Postsec.
Limits Property Tax Revenue Redistribution to School Districts
V. 2
Proposes an amendment (amendment B) to the Constitution to repeal the current limitation on the amount of property tax revenues that may be ...

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PAVetoed 10/2006P-12Local Ability to Levy Tax
S.B. 157
Amends the Local Tax Enabling Act of 1965. Authorizes political subdivisions and school districts, including independent school districts, ...

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MISigned into law 09/2006P-12Forest Property School District Tax Exemption
S.B. 912
Provides a local school district property tax exemption for a qualified forest property; requires a filed affidavit or certificate; allows a...

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MISigned into law 09/2006P-12Forest Property School District Operating Mill Levy Exemption
S.B. 914
Exempts qualified forest property from school district operating mills levied for school operating purposes. http://www.legislature.mi.gov/d...

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IDSigned into law 08/2006P-12Property Tax Relief Act
H.B. 1A
Creates the Property Tax Relief Act. Eliminates the education maintenance and operation levy on real property, which will reduce property ta...

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HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2006P-12School Impact Fee Working Group
S.B. 2708
Requires the school impact fee working group to submit supplemental findings and recommendations, including any proposed legislation, to the...

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NJSigned into law 07/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Revenue For School Facilities Projects Debt
A.B. 4705
Raises the cigarette tax rate 17 1/2 cents per pack and changes tobacco products wholesale sales tax on moist snuff to a weight-based tax; p...

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NYSigned into law 07/2006P-12Private Schools Eligible for Tax Abatements
A.B. 11797
Includes private elementary or secondary school as eligible premises for purposes of tax abatements in New York city....

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Sharing Property Taxes
H.B. 2764
Authorizes a school district to share its portion of incremental property taxes with a contiguous school district. http://coolice.legis.stat...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12Property Taxation Interim Study Committee
H.B. 2792 - Section 48
Requests the legislative council to establish an equity in property taxation interim study committee to review the provisions of chapter 257...

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IASigned into law 06/2006P-12District Financial Reports
S.B. 2272 - Section 14-15
Directs each local board to annually develop, maintain, and distribute a financial report. Provides that the objective of the financial rep...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Parishwide School District of the Parish of Cameron
S.B. 32
Recognizes that the parish of Cameron has suffered wide-spread devastation and crippling disruption from the effects of Hurricane Rita prohi...

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PASigned into law 06/2006P-12School Funding and Taxes
H.B. 39A
Provides for taxation by school districts, the state funds formula, tax relief in first class cities, school district choice, voter particip...

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TXSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Finance Reform
H.B. 1C
Relates to public school finance, property tax relief, public school accountability and programs. Requires school districts to reduce their ...

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VTBecame law without GOVERNOR'S signature. 05/2006P-12Education Finance Simplification
H.B. 880
Relates to education finance simplification; entitles a homestead owner to an additional property tax adjustment amount equal to one percent...

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ALSigned into law 04/2006P-12Sales Tax Exemption
H.B. 564
Exempts any athletic event conducted by a public or nonpublic primary or secondary school under the auspices of the Alabama High School Athl...

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AZVetoed 04/2006P-12Maximum Tax Rate for School Districts
S.B. 1206
Establishes a maximum tax rate that school districts can impose on taxpayers. Prohibits school boardsto fix, levy or assess a primary proper...

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IDSigned into law 04/2006P-12Exemption from Property Tax
H.B. 778
Allows a partial exemption from property tax if property is used for nonprofit school or educational purposes. http://www3.state.id.us/oasis...

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VASigned into law 04/2006P-12Sales Tax Exemptions for School supplies
S.B. 571
Provides a sales and use tax exemption, beginning in 2006, for certain school-related items purchased during a specific three-day period dur...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Creates an Education Fund
H.B. 294
Creates an Education Fund to receive all revenues from taxes on intangible property or from a tax on income; and makes technical corrections...

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VASigned into law 03/2006P-12
H.B. 532
Provides a sales and use tax exemption, beginning in 2006, for certain school supplies, clothing and footwear purchased during a three-day p...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Temporary Increase in Levy Base
H.B. 2812
The temporary increase in the levy base authorized by the 2004 Legislature for calendar years 2005 through 2007 is continued for 2008 and th...

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NHSigned into law 02/2006P-12Formula for funding public education
H.B. 100
Repeals the education property tax effective March 31, 2005; distributes state education assistance in the form of state education grants, w...

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WISigned into law 01/2006P-12Drug Crime Revenue for School Fund
A.B. 40 (Act No. 91)
Relates to the forfeiture of money derived from a drug crime; provides that forfeiture expenses includes all expenses of the
proceedings for...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
SDUnofficially approved by Voters. 11/2006P-12Revenue for "Education Enhancement"
V. 5
(INITIATED MEASURE 2) Increases the tax on cigarettes and tobacco products; dedicates revenue for tobacco prevention and cessation program, ...

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- Governance
KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Education Cabinets and Councils
S.B. 105
Relates to reorganization; renames Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet as the Education Cabinet; creates new offices in the Education Ca...

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SCIssued 02/2006Postsec.
Community College
Higher Education Task Force
E.O. 29
Executive Order 2006-01 establishes the Higher Education Task Force to identify concrete ways to lower tuition, ways to reduce program dupli...

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ORAdopted 01/2006P-12Education Service Districts
OAR 581-024-0195
Conforms to law changes made by HB 3184. HB 3184 affects the education service delivery of Education Service Districts (ESDs). There are fou...

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- Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12School District Waivers
H.B. 3172; S.B. 3125
Permits local education agencies to seek waivers from department of education of any rule or statute that inhibits the LEA's ability to achi...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Exempting Level 4 or 5 Accredited Districts from Certain Requirements
H.B. 1121
Relates to school districts; establishes home rule; exempts Level 4 or 5 accredited districts from certain requirements. Authorizes the Stat...

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- Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
NJAdopted 09/2006Postsec.
Community College
Higher Education Institution Code of Ethics
NJAC 9A:3
Amends rules concerning the Higher Education Commission's Institutional Code of Ethics to require every public institution of higher educati...

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LASigned into law 07/2006P-12Exception to Nepotism Policy
H.B. 675
Allows an immediate family member of a school board member or of a superintendent in a parish with a population of 26,000 or less to be prom...

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IDSigned into law 03/2006P-12Watchers at School District Elections
H.B. 671
Amends existing law relating to school district elections to allow the candidate to authorize a watcher to observe the conduct of the electi...

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ILAdopted 02/2006P-12CODE OF REGULATIONS
74 IAC 420.130, 140, 310, 320, 410, 420, 430, 630, 640, 710, 720
Provides standards for the conduct of financial audits of regional offices of education and certain educational service centers. http://www....

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- Governance--School Boards
FLSigned into law 07/2006P-12School Board Elections
H.B. 1221
Relates to district school boards; provides for alternate procedure for election of district board chair in any district that does not have ...

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LASigned into law 07/2006P-12Exception to Nepotism Policy
H.B. 675
Allows an immediate family member of a school board member or of a superintendent in a parish with a population of 26,000 or less to be prom...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Duties of School Boards
H.B. 4310
Requires school board members other than of the Chicago Board of Education to take an oath of office. Sets forth the contents of that oath. ...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Parishwide School District of the Parish of Cameron
S.B. 32
Recognizes that the parish of Cameron has suffered wide-spread devastation and crippling disruption from the effects of Hurricane Rita prohi...

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KSSigned into law 05/2006P-12Board Member District Boundaries
H.B. 2585
Relates to school districts; relates to changing board member district boundaries; relates to assessed valuation of school districts.
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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12School Board Election Nominating Petitions
H.B. 361
Requires two petitioners for a candidate's nominating petition for election to a board of education. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/06RS/HB361...

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MDBecame law without governor's signature 04/2006P-12School Board of Education Elections
S.B. 129; SB 373
Authorizes certain political parties to nominate candidates to the ballot if the parties do not nominate candidates by primary election; cla...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Open Meetings Laws
H.B. 698; S.B. 623
Requires a public body that adjourns an open session to carry out an executive function in a meeting that is not open to the public to inclu...

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WVVetoed 04/2006P-12Procedure for Removal of Elected Officials
H.B. 4256
Provides a procedure for removal of elected school board members.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb4256...

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IDSigned into law 03/2006P-12Watchers at School District Elections
H.B. 671
Amends existing law relating to school district elections to allow the candidate to authorize a watcher to observe the conduct of the electi...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Additional School Board Powers
H.B. 944
Authorizes school boards to partner with entities, organizations and corporations for the purpose of benefiting the school district and to b...

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LASigned into law 02/2006P-12Election of School Board Members
S.B. 2A
Delays from 2006 to 2007 the election of school board members in certain parishes and reduces from four years to three years the terms of th...

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VASigned into law 02/2006P-12Tie-Breaker Status
S.B. 502
Authorizes a popularly elected school board with an even number of members, to appoint a tiebreaker in case of a tie vote.
http://leg1.state...

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- Governance--Site-Based Management
UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12School Council Membership
S.B. 49
Clarifies definitions for purposes of membership. "Parent or guardian member" means a parent or guardian of a student who is attending the s...

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- Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
NJSigned into law 12/2006P-12Evaluation of State Department of Education
S.J.R. 1; A.J.R. 10
Directs Commissioner of Education to contract with independent entity to conduct an evaluation of the Department Of Education and its oversi...

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NJSigned into law 12/2006P-12Evaluation of State Department of Education Related to School Funding Reform
S.J.R. 1
Directs the Commissioner of Education to contract with an independent entity to conduct an evaluation of the Department Of Education and its...

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INAdopted 07/2006P-12Teacher Licensing
515 IAC 8-1, -21, -35, 28-2-6 and 515 IAC 9-1, -2, 1-2-2
Clarifies rules to add a definition to reflect that the responsibility for teacher licensing has been transferred to the Department of Educa...

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HISigned into law 06/2006P-12Department of Education
S.B. 2720
Repeals the transfer of functions from the departments of budget and finance, attorney general, and human services to the department of educ...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Civil Immunity
H.B. 892
Provides for government immunity of the state and other political subdivisions during and in the aftermath of Hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Paid Leave to Attend Meetings
H.B. 800
Requires that a local school board employee be provided paid leave to attend meetings of certain public entities on which the employee serve...

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WARule Adoption 06/2006P-12Educator Preparation & Certification Authority
WAC 181-77-001, -003, -005, -014, -015, -031
Complies with state legislation shifting rule-making authority and governance for educator preparation and certification from the State Boar...

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HISigned into law 05/2006P-12Chief Financial Officer
H.B. 1865
Strengthens the operations of the Department of Education by creating a chief financial officer position and a secretarial position in the o...

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HISigned into law 05/2006P-12State Superintendent Reporting Requirement
H.B. 1861
Repeals requirement that the superintendent of education provide an annual report to the board of education of principal transactions within...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Renaming of Vo-Tech Division in SDE
H.B. 4040; S.B. 3919
Concerns Education; renames the division of vocational-technical education within the department of education as the division of career and ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Education Cabinets and Councils
S.B. 105
Relates to reorganization; renames Education, Arts, and Humanities Cabinet as the Education Cabinet; creates new offices in the Education Ca...

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WASigned into law 03/2006P-12Responsibilities of the State Board
H.B. 3098
In 2005, the legislature reconstituted the 19 state board of education to refocus its purpose; abolished the academic achievement and accoun...

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WYSigned into law 03/2006P-12State Superintendent Voting Member of State Board
S.B. 87
Relates to the State Board of Education; expands board voting membership to include the State superintendent of public instruction. The supe...

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ORAdopted 02/2006P-12Constituent Complaints
OAR 581-024-0215
Amends rules to define a process to allow the Superintendent torespond to constituent complaints and other alleged violations of standards b...

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- Health
DEAdopted 12/2006P-12Student Physical Fitness Assessment
Title 14 Sec 503
Requires each local school district and charter school to assess the physical fitness of all students at least once in elementary, in middle...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Prescription Medications
S.B. 164
Permits students of school districts, community schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to carry epinephrine medication approved by the stu...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12Information on Diabetes in Schools
A.B. 2226
Requires each school district to provide a type 2 diabetes information sheet developed by the Department of Education to the parent or guard...

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CASigned into law 09/2006P-12School Health Centers
A.B. 2560
Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program to perform a specified functions relat...

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NYSigned into law 09/2006P-12Children's Mental Health Advisory Board
S.B. 6672
Establishes the children's mental health advisory board to promulgate and monitor the implementation of a children's mental health plan. Req...

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NYSigned into law 08/2006P-12Diphtheria, Tetanus and Pertussis Booster Vaccinations
S.B. 7421
Requires children born after January 1, 1990 to have booster vaccinations for diphtheria, tetanus and pertussis upon entering the 6th grade....

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NYVetoed 08/2006P-12Centers of Excellence in Culturally and Linguistically Competent Mental Health
A.B. 9593
Directs the office of mental health to establish two centers of excellence in culturally competent mental health to investigate and dissemin...

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AZApproved by voters 07/2006P-12Early Childhood Development and Health Initiative
V. 18 (Prop. 203)
(PROPOSITION 203 I-16-2006) Increases funding for early childhood development and health programs. Purpose is to improve quality and increas...

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DESigned into law 07/2006P-12Student Physical Fitness Assessments
H.B. 372
Requires the Department of Education to develop a regulation requiring each local school district and charter school to assess the physical ...

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DESigned into law 07/2006P-12Physical Education Pilot Program
H.B. 471
Provides for a physical education/physical activity pilot program in at least six of Delaware's elementary, middle or high schools; requires...

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NCSigned into law 07/2006P-12Schoolchildren's Health Act
H.B. 1502
Enacts the schoolchildren 's health act. Provisions relate to: (1) sealing arsenic-treated wood in playgrounds and testing the soil on schoo...

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NCSigned into law 07/2006P-12Vision Screening
H.B. 2699
Requires vision screening for children entering kindergarten.
http://www.ncleg.net/Sessions/2005/Bills/House/HTML/H2699v5.html...

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NYVetoed 07/2006P-12Dental Health Certificates
A.B. 6640
Requires every child enrolling in pre-kindergarten, kindergarten or first grade in a public elementary school to present a dental health cer...

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NYSigned into law 07/2006P-12Immunization Against Invasive Pneumococcal Disease
A.B. 8761
Requires immunization against invasive pneumococcal disease of every child in this state born on and after January 1, 2005 beginning with en...

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VARule Adoption 07/2006P-12Standards For Accrediting Public Schools
8 VAC 20-131-10 thru -320 non seq.
Amends regulations establishing standards for accrediting public schools in Virginia. The amendments include additional options for student...

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AKSigned into law 06/2006P-12Recommending or Refusing Psychotropic Drugs
S.B. 48
Prohibits public schools from denying students access to programs or services because a student's parent has refused to place the student on...

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AZSigned into law 06/2006P-12Physical Education Pilot Program
H.B. 2140
Provides that the department of education shall establish a two-year physical education pilot program consisting of schools and high schools...

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DESigned into law 06/2006P-12Health Advisory Council for physical education
S.B. 289
Relates to the creation of a statewide Health Advisory Council, as recommended by the Physical Education Task Force, to provide advice and g...

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FLSigned into law 06/2006P-12Lead Poisoning Information
S.B. 1324
Relates to a educational program on lead poisoning prevention and literature on childhood lead poisoning, lead screening of children, lead s...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Meningococcal Disease
S.B. 448
Requires all city, parish or other local public school boards to provide certain healthcare information on meningococcal disease to parents ...

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LASigned into law 06/2006Postsec.
Community College
Meningitis Vaccination as Prerequisite for Course Registration
H.B. 154
Requires students admitted to a postsecondary education institution for the first time to be vaccinated against meningococcal disease as a c...

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LASigned into law 06/2006P-12Adoption Awareness
S.B. 111
Requires inclusion of adoption awareness in health course or another course required for high school graduation. Provides that adoption awar...

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LASigned into law 06/2006Postsec.Meningitis Vaccinations
H.B. 768
Directs the secretary of the department of health and hospitals to establish a priority of cohorts of students to be vaccinated in order to ...

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MAAdopted 06/2006Postsec.
Community College
Student Health Insurance Program
114.6 CMR 3.00
Implements the statutory requirement that students enrolled inMassachusetts institutions of higher education participate in a qualifyingstud...

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NJSigned into law 06/2006P-12Distribution of Meningococcal Meningitis Fact Sheet
S.B. 1461
Requires department of health and senior services to develop an educational fact sheet concerning meningococcal meningitis; directs the comm...

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NYSigned into law 06/2006P-12Children's Environmental Health and Safety Bill of Rights Act
A.B. 6905
Enacts the Children's Environmental Health and Safety Bill of Rights Act. Directs the Commissioners of Health, Education and Environmental C...

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NYDied 06/2006P-12Skin Cancer Prevention
S.B. 4090
Requires the education department to establish a comprehensive program on the prevention of skin cancer to be incorporated into the curricul...

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COSigned into law 05/2006P-12School-based Health Clinics
H.B. 1396
Creates a grant program in the prevention services division of the department of public health and environment for the purpose of providing ...

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COSigned into law 05/2006P-12Student Medicaid Eligibility
H.B. 1270
Establishes a demonstration project to authorize qualified public school personnel to make determinations of eligibility for medicaid and th...

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CTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Physical Health Plans for Students
S.B. 204
Promotes the physical health needs of students; allows local and regional boards of education to adopt guidelines to coordinate services and...

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ILSigned into law 05/2006Postsec.Smoking Ban in Dorms
S.B. 2465
Provides that smoking is prohibited in any portion of a building used in whole or in part as a student dormitory that is owned, operated or ...

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ILSigned into law 05/2006P-12Epinephrine Auto-Injector
S.B. 2898
Adds the requirement that a school permit a pupil to use an epinephrine auto-injector in provisions that require a public or nonpublic schoo...

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ILSigned into law 05/2006P-12Educational Materials on Meningitis
S.B. 2728
Requires the Department of Public Health to develop educational materials on meningitis for distribution in elementary and secondary schools...

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MOSigned into law 05/2006P-12Auto-Injectible Epinephrine
H.B. 1732
Includes auto-injectible epinephrine for anaphylactic shock as a permissible self-administered medication. Specifies necessary conditions fo...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Homeless Students and Immunization
S.B. 3918
Prohibits school districts from denying admission to homeless children for lack of proof of immunization.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Guidelines for Students w/ Allergies
H.B. 2442; SB 2883
Requires the department of education in conjunction with the department of health to develop and make available to each LEA guidelines for t...

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TNSigned into law 05/2006P-12Physical Activity Requirement for Schools
H.B. 3750
Requires LEAs to incorporate at least 30 minutes of physical activity three times a week into the instructional school day for elementary an...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Students with Life-Threatening Allergies and Chronic Illnesses
H.B. 611
Directs the commissioner of education, with the commissioner of health to annually inform superintendents and principals of appropriate prac...

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WISigned into law 05/2006P-12Use of Inhalers in Private Schools
A.B. 1132
Provides that no private school or private school employee is civilly liable for injury to a pupil caused by a private school employee who p...

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IASigned into law 04/2006P-12Healthy Children Task Force
S.B. 2251
Directs the department of education and the department of public health to convene a healthy children task force to:
a. Assess current poli...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Meningitis Disease and Vaccine
H.B. 475
Requires a school district to provide information on meningococcal meningitis disease and its vaccine to parents and guardians of students i...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12Health Education
H.B. 589
Encourages public schools to include age-appropriate education on the risks associated with exposure to ultraviolet rays within the existing...

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KYSigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Hepatitis C Education and Awareness
H.B. 540
Requires the Department of Public Health to develop a statewide education, awareness and information program on hepatitis C, which may be in...

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MDSigned into law 04/2006P-12School Health Coordinators
H.B. 613
Requires each county board of education to designate a school health services program coordinator; permitting a county board to authorize th...

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MESigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Health Coverage for College Students
S.B. 777; LD 2014
Requires individual and group health insurance policies to continue coverage for dependent children up to 24 years of age who are unable to ...

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VASigned into law 04/2006P-12Minimum Requirements for Immunization for Children
S.B. 116
Sets out the minimum requirements for the immunization of children for the state board to include in their regulations. The requirements bri...

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WVSigned into law 04/2006P-12Body Mass Index
S.B. 785
Changes the requirement that body mass index measures be taken of all students in grades four through eight and high school students enrolle...

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IASigned into law 03/2006P-12Obesity Prevention Program
S.B. 2124
Establishes a nutrition and physical activity community obesity prevention grant program. Provides that the purpose of the program is to in...

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INSigned into law 03/2006P-12Automatic External Defibrillators
H.B. 1106
Relates to automatic external defibrillators; allows persons who provide emergency medical services to use an automated external defibrillat...

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MSSigned into law 03/2006P-12Local School Wellness Plans
H.B. 319
Directs local school districts to establish local school health councils to provide guidance on the development and implementation of a loca...

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UTSigned into law 03/2006P-12Urges Use of Prevention Dimensions Curriculum
H.C.R. 3
Strongly urges education in the public education system to utilize Prevention Dimensions, the state's Safe and Drug Free School curriculum t...

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WISigned into law 03/2006P-12Volunteer Health Care Provider Program
A.B. 829
Expands the Volunteer Health Care Provider Program to include provision of services to students from 4- year-old kindergarten to grade 6 in ...

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WISigned into law 03/2006P-12Information on Meningococcal Disease
A.B. 589
2005 Wisconsin Act 221 requires the Department of Public Instruction (DPI) to make available to school districts, private schools, and chart...

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WVSigned into law 03/2006P-12Individual Diabetes Care Plans
H.B. 2548
Relates to establishment of individual diabetes care plans for students with diabetes by county boards of education; requires the state boar...

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WVSigned into law 03/2006P-12Ratio of School Nurses
S.B. 53
Changes ratio of school nurses to students in enrollment.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2006_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/SB53%20SUB2%20e...

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- Health--Child Abuse
OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Training in Prevention of Child Abuse
H.B. 276-- Sec. 3319.073
Sec. 3319.073 requires each person employed by any school district or service center to work in an elementary school as a nurse, teacher, co...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12Transfer of Confidential Information, Professional Misconduct
H.B. 79-- Secs. 5153.175, 5126.253
Requires that information about professional misconduct or child abuse or neglect committed by a person licensed by the State Board of Educa...

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NYVetoed 09/2006P-12Coursework and Training for Persons Required to Report Suspected Child Abuse
S.B. 7660
Requires school superintendents, teachers and certain other licensed professionals officials required to report suspected child abuse or mal...

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NYSigned into law 08/2006P-12Zero Tolerance for Child Abuse and Maltreatment
S.B. 8131
Authorizes the office of children and family services to conduct a public education campaign relating to zero tolerance for child abuse and ...

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NYSigned into law 08/2006P-12Child Abuse Medical Provider Program (CHAMP)
S.B. 7643
Establishes the child abuse medical provider program (CHAMP) to improve access to quality medical care for suspected child abuse victims by ...

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NYSigned into law 08/2006P-12Reporting and Investigation of Educational Neglect
S.B. 8183
Directs the commissioner of the office of children and family services and the education department to develop procedures for the reporting ...

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WVSigned into law 07/2006P-12Child Abuse Prevention Programs & Background Checks
H.B. 101A
Relates to the Child Protection Act with provisions requiring county boards of education, to the extent funds are provided, to establish pro...

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FLSigned into law 06/2006P-12Office of Child Abuse and Protection
H.B. 7173
Creates the Office of Child Abuse and Prevention within the Executive Office of the Governor; provides procedures for evaluation of child ab...

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HISigned into law 06/2006P-12Child Abuse Reporting
S.B. 2327
Strengthens the child abuse reporting statute to ensure that instances of known or suspected child abuse or neglect are reported without del...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Reporting Child Abuse
H.B. 5375
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Clarifies that administrators and certified and non-certified school employees are mand...

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ILSigned into law 06/2006P-12Sex Offenders
H.B. 5249
Amends the Criminal Code. Prohibits a child sex offender to knowingly operate, manage, be employed by, volunteer at, be associated with, or ...

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OKSigned into law 06/2006P-12Recognition and Reporting of Child Abuse
S.B. 1493
Requires that at least once a year a program be offered which includes a component of teacher training on recognition and reporting of child...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12Recognition and Reporting of Child Abuse
H.B. 2097
Relates to school district professional development programs. Requires that at least once a year a program be be offered which includes a co...

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GASigned into law 04/2006P-12Reporting Child Abuse
S.B. 442
Relates to parent and child relationship generally, so as to change certain provisions relating to reporting of child abuse. http://www.legi...

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IDIssued 04/2006P-12Child Abuse Prevention Task Force
Executive Order 2006-13
Establishes the Governor's Task Force for Children at Risk. Provides that the duties of the task force are:

1. To review existing systems ...

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VASigned into law 04/2006P-12Definition of Abused Child
H.B. 1066
Adds to definition of "abused or neglected child" to include a child whose parents or other person responsible for his care creates a substa...

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VASigned into law 04/2006P-12Sex Offenders
H.B. 846
Provides that every adult who has been convicted of certain sex offenses occurring on or after July 1, 2006, where the victim is 13 or young...

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- Health--Mental Health
NYSigned into law 09/2006P-12Children's Mental Health Advisory Board
S.B. 6672
Establishes the children's mental health advisory board to promulgate and monitor the implementation of a children's mental health plan. Req...

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NYVetoed 08/2006P-12Centers of Excellence in Culturally and Linguistically Competent Mental Health
A.B. 9593
Directs the office of mental health to establish two centers of excellence in culturally competent mental health to investigate and dissemin...

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LASigned into law 07/2006P-12Student Mental Health
H.B. 234
Requires local public school boards to adopt policies prohibiting teachers from:
(1) Recommending that a student be administered a pyschotro...

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MISigned into law 07/2006P-12Suicide Prevention & Education Programs
H.B. 4375
Encourages schools to provide age-appropriate instruction programs regarding warning signs and risk factors of suicide and depression and th...

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AKSigned into law 06/2006P-12Recommending or Refusing Psychotropic Drugs
S.B. 48
Prohibits public schools from denying students access to programs or services because a student's parent has refused to place the student on...

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AZSigned into law 04/2006P-12Student Mental Health Screening
S.B. 1324
Relates to mental health screening of pupils; provides that a school district or charter school must have the written, signed consent of the...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12Teacher Professional Development on Student Mental Health
H.B. 1098
Allows public school teachers to receive professional development credit by attending an in-service program on juvenile mental health
issues...

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MESigned into law 04/2006P-12
Postsec.
Health Coverage for College Students
S.B. 777; LD 2014
Requires individual and group health insurance policies to continue coverage for dependent children up to 24 years of age who are unable to ...

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MASigned into law 03/2006P-12Students w/ Autism
H.B. 1123
Relates to the special education needs of children with autism spectrum disorder.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/ht01pdf/ht01123.pdf...

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- Health--Nutrition
CASigned into law 09/2006P-12School Garden Program
A.B. 1535
Makes grants available to charter schools, school districts and county offices of education for the establishment of instructional school ga...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12School Food and Beverage Guidelines
A.B. 469
Requires the Department of Education to develop and maintain nutrition guidelines for all food and beverages served on public school campuse...

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CAVetoed 09/2006P-12Reduced-priced Meals for Child Development Programs
S.B. 1674
Extends the reimbursement rate for free and reduced- price meals to specified child development programs. Requires school and such developme...

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PASigned into law 07/2006P-12Health and Nutritional Guidelines
H.B. 185
Amends the Public School Code of 1949. Provides for competitive food and beverage contracts and nutritional guidelines for food and beverage...

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RISigned into law 06/2006P-12School Nutrition Standards
H.B. 6968; S.B. 2696
Places guidelines on the sale of sweetened beverages in schools; promotes nutritional and healthy choices including water, milk, soy beverag...

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TNSigned into law 06/2006P-12Child Nutrition and Wellness Act of 2005
S.B. 2038
Enacts the Child Nutrition and Wellness Act of 2005 to educate public about child nutrition and wellness to advocate the improvement of chil...

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CTSigned into law 05/2006P-12School Nutrition Requirements
S.B. 373
Concerns healthy food and beverages in schools; authorizes a percentage of funds per lunch served in a prior school year by a school distric...

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OKSigned into law 05/2006P-12Farm To School Act
H.B. 2655
Establishes the Oklahoma Farm-to-School Program. One of the duties of the program's director is providing leadership at the state level to e...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Farm-to-School Food Service
H.B. 456
Creates in the agency of agriculture, food and markets a local foods mini-grant program for the purpose of helping Vermont schools develop r...

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COVetoed 04/2006P-12Nutritional Vending Machine Items in Schools
H.B. 1056
Concerns the provision of healthy nutrition alternatives in public schools; requires each school district board of education to adopt a poli...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12School Lunch Program
S.B. 127
Concerns the provision of fresh produce in public schools; creates a program to make free fruits and vegetables available to students in pub...

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IASigned into law 04/2006P-12Healthy Children Task Force
S.B. 2251
Directs the department of education and the department of public health to convene a healthy children task force to:
a. Assess current poli...

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OKSigned into law 04/2006P-12Healthy School Nutrition
S.B. 1459
Requires the state department of education in consultation with the state department of health to make available to schools information and ...

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IASigned into law 03/2006P-12Obesity Prevention Program
S.B. 2124
Establishes a nutrition and physical activity community obesity prevention grant program. Provides that the purpose of the program is to in...

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MEAdopted 01/2006P-12Child Nutrition Programs in Public Schools
CMR 05-071-051
The Department of Education is proposing amendments to Ch. 51 - Child Nutrition Programs in Public Schools and Institutions. The rule conta...

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- Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
CASigned into law 09/2006P-12School Health Centers
A.B. 2560
Requires the Department of Health Services to establish a Public School Health Center Support Program to perform a specified functions relat...

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MOSigned into law 07/2006P-12Prefilled Epinephrine Syringes
H.B. 1245
Authorizes school nurses to keep on hand and adminster prefilled syringes of epinephrine in specified dosage strengths. Provides that when t...

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COSigned into law 05/2006P-12School-based Health Clinics
H.B. 1396
Creates a grant program in the prevention services division of the department of public health and environment for the purpose of providing ...

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- Health--Suicide Prevention
MISigned into law 07/2006P-12Suicide Prevention & Education Programs
H.B. 4375
Encourages schools to provide age-appropriate instruction programs regarding warning signs and risk factors of suicide and depression and th...

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COTo governor 05/2006Postsec.Suicide Prevention Procedures for Higher Education
S.B. 67
Concerns suicidal behavior among students in higher education; authorizes selected state institutions of higher education to notify a design...

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VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Hazing, Harassment, Bullying, Suicide, or Substance Abuse Prevention Training
H.B. 867 - Section 27
Requires schools to annually submit the names of organizations and individuals who have provided effective hazing, harassment, bullying, sui...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12Teacher Professional Development on Student Mental Health
H.B. 1098
Allows public school teachers to receive professional development credit by attending an in-service program on juvenile mental health
issues...

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VTSigned into law 04/2006P-12Suicide Prevention Education
H.B. 630
Provides that teaching about signs of and responses to depression and risk of suicide is critical to promoting a safe and healthy school env...

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IDIssued 03/2006P-12Idaho Council on Suicide Prevention
Executive Order 2006-08
Establishes the Idaho Council on Suicide Prevention. Provides that the council's responsibilities are:

A. To oversee the implementation ...

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NJSigned into law 02/2006P-12Suicide Prevention Professional Development
A.B. 3931
Requires State Board of Education to include two hours of instruction in suicide prevention as part of professional development for public s...

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- Health--Teen Pregnancy
VTSigned into law 05/2006P-12Miscellaneous Provisions
H.B. 867 - Section 13-15
Extends to 2007-2008 provisions related to No Child Left Behind requirements, including commissioner determinations whether schools and dist...

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COSigned into law 04/2006P-12Teen Pregnancy and Dropout Prevention
H.B. 1351
Concerns the continuation of the statewide program for teen pregnancy and dropout prevention; changes the required report date for the state...

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- High School
MISigned into law 12/2006P-12Personal High School Curriculum for Students
S.B. 1427
Makes technical changes to requirements for high school graduation; provides that a parent may request a personal curriculum that modifies s...

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OHSigned into law 12/2006P-12High School Courses Taught Outside Normal School Day
S.B. 311 -- Section 3319.0811
If the board of education offers to students of compulsory school age courses for high school credit that are taught at times outside the di...

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UTAdopted 11/2006P-12Per Pupil Funding & Attendance/Completion Recordkeeping
R277-419
Allows exceptions to the minimum number of instructional hours and schools days per year for individual students and schools; requires Local...

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