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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." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Alignment Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--International Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Demographics--Enrollments Economic/Workforce Development Education Research Equity Federal Finance Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost Finance--Bonds Finance--District Finance--Equity Finance--Facilities Finance--Federal Finance--Funding Formulas Finance--Lotteries Finance--Performance Funding Finance--Private Giving Finance--Resource Efficiency Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures Finance--Student Fees Finance--Taxes/Revenues Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues Governance Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest Governance--School Boards Governance--Site-Based Management Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies Health Health--Child Abuse Health--Mental Health Health--Nutrition Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses Health--Suicide Prevention Health--Teen Pregnancy High School High School--Advanced Placement High School--College Readiness High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges High School--Exit Exams High School--GED (General Education Development) High School--Graduation Requirements Instructional Approaches Instructional Approaches--Constructivism Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools International Baccalaureate Leadership Leadership--District Superintendent Leadership--Principal/School Leadership Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention Mentoring/Tutoring Middle School Minority/Diversity Issues Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic No Child Left Behind No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress No Child Left Behind--Assessment No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers No Child Left Behind--Report Cards No Child Left Behind--School Support No Child Left Behind--Special Populations No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses P-16 or P-20 P-3 P-3 Child Care P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) P-3 Ensuring Quality P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits P-3 Finance P-3 Governance P-3 Grades 1-3 P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten P-3 Preschool P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development Parent/Family Parent/Family--Parent Rights Parent/Family--Research Postsecondary Postsecondary Accountability Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Undocumented Immigrants Postsecondary Faculty Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants Postsecondary Finance Postsecondary Governance and Structures Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent Postsecondary Online Instruction Postsecondary Participation--Access Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action Postsecondary Participation--Outreach Postsecondary Students--Disabled Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth Postsecondary Students--Military Postsecondary Students--Minority Postsecondary Success--Completion Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation Private Schools Promising Practices Promotion/Retention Reading/Literacy Religion Religion--Scientific Creationism (Evolution) Remediation (K-12) Rural Scheduling/School Calendar Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School Scheduling/School Calendar--Year School Safety School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution School Safety--Code of Conduct School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault School Safety--Special Education School Safety--Uniforms/Dress Codes School/District Structure/Operations School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities UT Adopted 12/2006 P-12 Oversight of School Inspections R277-471 Provides specific provisions for the oversight of permanent or temporary public school construction/renovation inspections and to identify local school board and charter school board responsibilities and accountability to the Utah State Board of Education and ... More... CA Vetoed 09/2006 P-12 Postsec. Community College Energy Conservation Grant Program A.B. 2756 Requires the Controller to transfer funds from the Ratepayer Relief Fund to an account in the Special Deposit Fund to provide grants to eligible institutions, kindergarten and grades 1-12, inclusive, public school ranked academically, for energy conservation p... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Community College K-12 and Community College Facilities A.B. 162 Requires the Department of General Services to establish procedures governing the use of the collaborative process for project development and review alternative to ensure the safety of any K-12 school building or community college building to submit a report ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Healthy Schools Act A.B. 2865 Relates to the Healthy Schools Act. Expands the definition of schoolsite to include private child day care facilities. Requires landlords to notify tenants who run a day care facility of their pest management practices. Requires those who apply pesticides at a... More... CA Signed into law 09/2006 P-12 Facilities Cost Calculations A.B. 2947 Relates to eligibility for new school building construction calculations. Requires the existing building capacity calculation used to determine new construction to be reduced using specified determining factors, including the transfer of a special education pr... More... WY Rule Adoption 08/2006 P-12 Criteria for School Building & Facilities Improvement Priority Chapter 6 Establishes a process to identify and prioritize the relative importance of each school building and facility improvement need on a statewide basis. http://soswy.state.wy.us/RULES/6327.pdf... More... CA Approved by voters 07/2006 P-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 amount in state general obligation bonds to provide aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, county ... More... MI Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 School Building Construction & Expansion H.B. 5479 Provides that the board of a school district shall not build a school upon a site without having prior title in fee to the site, a lease for not less than 99 years, or a lease for not less than 50 years from the United States government, or the state, or a pol... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Schoolchildren'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 school grounds for contamination; (2) reducing students' exposure to diesel emissions from school buses; (3) studying mold an... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Leasing Property for Schools and Facilities S.B. 2009 Authorizes local boards of education to enter into capital leases of real or personal property for schools and facilities. Provides that the taxing power of a unit may not be pledged to secure any moneys due under a contract. Requires a capital lease to state ... More... NC Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Postsec. Eminent Domain Restrictions H.B. 1965 Restricts the statutory purposes for which eminent domain may be used by private condemnors, local public condemnors, and other public condemnors. Provides for local boards of education and rights of way. Requires a planning commission to determine that a parc... More... NY Vetoed 07/2006 P-12 Cafeteria Standards A.B. 11326 Relates to the renovation of cafeterias in public school districts located in New York city. Requires the commissioner of labor to establish air temperature, ventilation and filtration standards and cooling requirements for cafeteria kitchens.... More... NY Signed into law 07/2006 P-12 Fire Safety Inspections A.B. 877 Provides that school buildings may be inspected for fire safety purposes by persons certified by the state to enforce the state uniform fire prevention and building code. Provides that schools may not deny entry to such a person.... More... WA Rule Adoption 07/2006 P-12 School Plant Facilities State Assistance Authority WAC 180-25-005, -012, -015, -020, -025, -030, -035, - 037, -040 To comply with recently passed legislation, transfers authority from the State Board of Education (SBE) to the Office of Superintendent of Public Instruction (OSPI) to adopt rules governing state assistance in providing school plant facilities to school distri... More... IL Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 Facilities Inspectors/Inspections H.B. 5416 Provides that the qualifications of persons performing reviews and inspections of school facilities must include requirements for training, education, and at least two years of relevant experience. Requires registration for new construction inspections by a fi... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 P-12 School Facilities Sales S.B. 308 Authorizes the Recovery School District to sell, exchange, or lease school property or buildings over which it has the rights of ownership to the governing authority of a state board-approved school which has need for property as the result of a hurricane. htt... More... LA Signed into law 06/2006 Postsec. University/College Facilities Construction H.B. 418 Defines "design and construction oversight" as (i) the right to review and approve plans and specifications prior to the start of construction and to require such changes as may be necessary to comply with applicable building codes, space standards, where appr... More... CA Signed into law 05/2006 P-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 bonds to provide aid to school districts, county superintendents of schools, county boards of education, the California C... More... VT Signed into law 05/2006 P-12 School District Authority H.B. 867 - Section 25 Authorizes local boards to make available school facilities and equipment for specified public purposes if such purposes appear, in the judgment of the board, to be in the best interests of the district and are an efficient, economical, and appropriate use of ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2006 P-12 Extraordinary Circumstances Fund H.B. 1036, S.B. 22 Establishes the extraordinary circumstances program for public school academic facilities.The Commission for Public School Academic Facilities and Transportation division shall develop by rule the Academic Facilities Extraordinary Circumstances Program under w... More... ID Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Best Practices Building Maintenance Plan H.B. 743 Section 9 Requires the administrator of the division of building safety and the state department of education to draft a best practices maintenance plan for school buildings, to be given to every district superintendent. Requires every district, based on the best practi... More... MS Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Additional 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 borrow funds from the Rural Economic Development Authority for the Maintenance of school buildings. http://billstatus.ls.... More... NM Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Facilities 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, a current preventative maintenance plan, the capital needs of charter schools located in the district, and projections... More... WY Signed into law 03/2006 P-12 Facility Plans H.B. 73 Relates to school capital construction; modifies the school district facility planning process; clarifies the procedures regarding review of district plan; specifies a transition. Prohibits any plan from including the abandonment or demolition of any school or... More... NJ Issued 02/2006 P-12 Ovesight 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 program and recommend reforms. The governor appointed 6 new members to the Schools Construction Corporation (SCC) Board of Dir... More... NJ Issued 02/2006 P-12 Special 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 Counsel is to be appointed by the Governor.  During the period of appointment the Special Counsel shall also serve as a Sp... More... DE Signed into law 01/2006 P-12 School "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 districts, vocational-technical school districts and charter schools pay for energy cost increases resulting from, but not lim... More... 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