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From the ECS State Policy Database
2007 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2007. 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
- 21st Century Skills
WVAdopted 09/2007P-12Performance Based Accreditation System
Title 126, Series 13
Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into...

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- Accountability
AKAdopted 10/2007P-12IMPLEMENTING GROWTH MODEL
4 AAC 06.805(b), .812, .845(c)
Implements a growth model as part of the state's accountability system under the federal No Child Left Behind Act. ALASKA 3552...

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LAAdopted 10/2007P-12Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.603, 613, and 4313
Revises Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII).

Revises section 603 to i...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Accountability
A.B. 494
Requires the Department of Education to notify a school district that a review is scheduled to occur if the department intends to waive that...

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IASigned into law 09/2007P-12
Postsec.
Student Information Systems
H.F. 468
Directs the department of education to conduct a study on the student information systems currently in use in the state, the types of data c...

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WVAdopted 09/2007P-12Performance Based Accreditation System
Title 126, Series 13
Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into...

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MAIssued 08/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
The Readiness Project
Executive Order No. 489
Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth ov...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Accountability and Technology Infrastructure
S.B. 184
Revises provisions governing the annual reports of accountability and the plans to improve. Eliminate the requirement for the establishment ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Independent Office of Educational Accountability
H.F. 2245 [Educational Accountability]
Amends duties of the Independent Office of Educational Accountability as it relates to the commissioner of education's reporting requirement...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12School Performance Report Cards
H.F. 2245 [School Performance Report Cards]
Requires the Independent Office of Educational Accountability to convene and faciliate an advisory group of curriculum and measurement exper...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12School improvement plans
H.B. 1517
Relates to an act to expand monitoring by the Department of Education of school district implementation of school improvement plans as requi...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12Evaluation of state education system
H.B. 2663
Enacts the continuing adequacy evaluation act of 2007 to continually evaluation the state education system by strengthening and preserving t...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12SDE staffing for accountability
S.B. 274 (Accountability--Evaluating Performance)
Section 68 changes the position of director of the Division of Public School Accountability of the Department of Education to assistant comm...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Arkansas Evaluation Center
S.B. 951
Creates the Arkansas evaluation center to: Attract students to existing courses and provide new online and distance learning courses; stimul...

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TNSigned into law 04/2007P-12Accountability System Review
S.B. 457
Adds a new section. Directs the office of education accountability to periodically study the overall school accountability system and report...

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NJSigned into law 03/2007P-12School District Fiscal Accountability
A.B. 5; S.B 4
Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in com...

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NJSigned into law 03/2007P-12School District Fiscal Accountability
A.B. 5
Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in com...

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COSigned into law 02/2007P-12Growth Model for Student Performance
H.B. 1048
Requires the convening of a technical advisory panel to assist in the development of a longitudinal growth model to measure the academic gro...

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NJSigned into law 01/2007P-12State Accountability System
A.B. 3676
Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related repor...

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- Accountability--Accreditation
TXAdopted 12/2007P-12Accountability
19 TAC Chapter 97
Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter...

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UTAdopted 08/2007P-12Accreditation of Secondary Schools
R277-413
Deletes previous Northwest Association of Accredited Schools and State Board of Education accreditation standards and provides newly revised...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Expands Use of State Institute Fund
S.B. 68
Adds support activities related to school accreditation and teacher training and retention to the list of purposes for use of the State Inst...

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- Accountability--Measures/Indicators
LAAdopted 12/2007P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 517, 613, 707, 709, 903, 1301, 1601-1609, 1901,2101, 2301, 2401, 2501-2505, 2701- 2721, 3301-3303, 3503, 3507, 3701, and 3905.
Amends rules concerning Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System. Sets the target graduation rate for ...

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LAAdopted 10/2007P-12Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.603, 613, and 4313
Revises Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII).

Revises section 603 to i...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Accountability
A.B. 400
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to incorporate various indicators into the Academic Performance Index, including high scho...

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LAAdopted 08/2007P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4302 and 4313
Revises the use of Alternative Assessment results in accountability as suggested by the Department of Education's Technical Advisory Committ...

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LAAdopted 04/2007P-12District Accountability
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4301, 4302, 4310, 4311, 4313, 4315, 4503, and 4517
Replaces District Responsibility Index with District Responsibility Indicators to provide a more specific picture of how districts are to be...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12High Quality Educational Programs
S.B. 657
From Fiscal Note: The purpose of this bill is to revise the standards, assessment and accountability system to accommodate the higher order ...

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COSigned into law 02/2007P-12Growth Model for Student Performance
H.B. 1048
Requires the convening of a technical advisory panel to assist in the development of a longitudinal growth model to measure the academic gro...

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- Accountability--Reporting Results
NYEmergency Rule Extension 11/2007P-12Contracts for Excellence
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12
Readopts, by emergency action effective November 25, 2007, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Regents meeting that added a...

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CASigned into law 08/2007P-12Accountability, Report Cards
A.B. 1061
Relates to the Classroom Instructional Improvement and Accountability Act. Deletes items from the list of school conditions for which assess...

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NYAdopted 07/2007P-12Contracts for Excellence
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12
Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Oregon Report Card
H.B. 2263C, Section 9
The purpose of the Oregon Report Card is to monitor trends among school districts and OregonĒs progress toward achieving the goals stated in...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Accountability and Technology Infrastructure
S.B. 184
Revises provisions governing the annual reports of accountability and the plans to improve. Eliminate the requirement for the establishment ...

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AZSigned into law 05/2007P-12Accountability
S.B. 1522
Relates to accountability and standard measurements of acceptable academic progress. Adds provisions for calculating academic gains on the ...

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COSigned into law 05/2007P-12State Report Card Requirements and Procedures
H.B. 1345
Concerns modifications to school accountability reports. Spells out various proceedures and requirements related to state and No Child Left ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12Reporting
S.B. 274 (Accountability Provisions)
Section 1: Provides for the accountability information formerly reported by the Department of Education will now be reported on each distri...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12Report Cards
S.B. 274
Relates to information that school districts must publish on their websites; relates to education assessment programs and the confidentialit...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12Accountability
H.B. 2039
Requires the Department of Education to provide a single achievement profile to schools that offer instruction in grades K-12 or a combinati...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Student Progress Reports
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 2
Provides that by July 1, 2008, a student progress report must be prepared for all students. States that the progress report must provide par...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Contract for Excellence
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 12
Requires every district with at least one school currently identified as requiring academic progress or in need of improvement or in correct...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Reporting Amendments
H.B. 215
Specifies how average class size shall be calculated for the purpose of reporting class size by grade and subject on annual school performan...

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NJSigned into law 01/2007P-12State Accountability System
A.B. 3676
Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related repor...

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- Accountability--Rewards
LAAdopted 12/2007P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 517, 613, 707, 709, 903, 1301, 1601-1609, 1901,2101, 2301, 2401, 2501-2505, 2701- 2721, 3301-3303, 3503, 3507, 3701, and 3905.
Amends rules concerning Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System. Sets the target graduation rate for ...

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LAAdopted 07/2007P-12Rewards Eligibility and Corrective Actions
LAC 28:LXXXIII.1301, 4313, 4903, and 4905
Amends the following Sections of Bulletin 111:
• §1301 Reward Eligibility: Changes one requirement for exemplary academic growth to 2.0 poin...

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TXSigned into law 07/2007P-12Modifies Use of Rewards
H.B. 2399
House Bill 2399 amends the Education Code to allow a school campus to use the 25 percent of its student achievement program award that is no...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12Academic Achievement Award Program
H.B. 1593
Relates to the Academic Achievement Award (AAA) program: expanding the program to the top four schools in each category; adding an award for...

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AKAdopted 04/2007P-12PUBLIC SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE
4 AAC 33.520
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Amends the participation rate in the Public School Performance IncentivePr...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
LAAdopted 12/2007P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.301, 517, 613, 707, 709, 903, 1301, 1601-1609, 1901,2101, 2301, 2401, 2501-2505, 2701- 2721, 3301-3303, 3503, 3507, 3701, and 3905.
Amends rules concerning Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System. Sets the target graduation rate for ...

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TXAdopted 12/2007P-12Accountability
19 TAC Chapter 97
Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter...

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LAAdopted 11/2007P-12Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:CXI.2007, Bulletin 118
In accordance with R.S. 49:950 et seq., the Administrative Procedure Act, the Board of Elementary and Secondary Education has amended Bullet...

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NYEmergency Rule Extension 11/2007P-12Contracts for Excellence
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12
Readopts, by emergency action effective November 25, 2007, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Regents meeting that added a...

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LAAdopted 10/2007P-12Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.603, 613, and 4313
Revises Bulletin 111 - The Louisiana School, District, and State Accountability System (LAC Part Number LXXXIII).

Revises section 603 to i...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Accountability
A.B. 438
Relates to the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 which establishes the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program to pro...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Reinstating authority
A.B. 45
Requires the Fiscal Crisis and Management Assistant Team, until all operational areas have been returned to the governing board of the Oakla...

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CATo governor 07/2007P-12Special education
A.B. 485
Relates to special education. Prohibits a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency whose certification has been revoked, and certain other a...

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LAAdopted 07/2007P-12Rewards Eligibility and Corrective Actions
LAC 28:LXXXIII.1301, 4313, 4903, and 4905
Amends the following Sections of Bulletin 111:
• §1301 Reward Eligibility: Changes one requirement for exemplary academic growth to 2.0 poin...

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NYAdopted 07/2007P-12Contracts for Excellence
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12
Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12School Improvement Plans
H.B. 2263C -- Improvement Plan Components
Requires state superintendent to assign school ratings. Requires schools rated as in need of improvement to file school improvement plan. Su...

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PASigned into law 07/2007P-12Distressed School Districts
H.B. 842, Sec. 5 (Section 113 (c) of the Act)
These provisions set parameters for how staff of a "distressed" district in which pupils have been reassigned to another district are to be ...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12No Pass No Drive Amended to Include One Year Suspension/Expulsion
H.B. 2260
Adds making a threat, including a false report, to use a bomb, dynamite, any other deadly explosive or destructive device including chemical...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Exemptions for No-Pass No-Play Law
S.B. 1517
Standardizes the exemptions for students enrolled in certain advanced courses from the requirement that a student be suspended from particip...

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AKAdopted 04/2007P-12PUBLIC SCHOOL PERFORMANCE INCENTIVE
4 AAC 33.520
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Amends the participation rate in the Public School Performance IncentivePr...

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ARAdopted 04/2007P-12Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability
005.19.06-002, ADE 247
Adopts rules to develop a single comprehensive testing, assessment and accountability program which utilizes the most current and effective ...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Standards and Accountability
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 1
Adds new sections 211 (see separate record), 211-a, 211-b and 211-c to the education code.

Section 211-a: Directs the regents, by the begi...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Contract for Excellence
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 12
Requires every district with at least one school currently identified as requiring academic progress or in need of improvement or in correct...

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ARSigned into law 03/2007P-12charter school, accountability
H.B. 1504
Provides a major revision of the Public Charter School Law. Amends Public Charter School Law to allow for obtaining conversion public chart...

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MSSigned into law 03/2007P-12Sanctions Applicable to Schools/Districts Under Conservatorship
S.B. 2960
Revises and clarifies sanctions applicable to schools and districts which are under conservatorship due to a declaration of an emergency or ...

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SDSigned into law 02/2007P-12Sanctions for Cheating
H.B. 1033
Establishes process for following up on allegations of certified personnel and teachers for compromising the integrity of a state-required a...

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NJSigned into law 01/2007P-12State Accountability System
A.B. 3676
Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related repor...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
KSSigned into law 04/2007P-12No Pass No Drive
S.B. 129
From supplemental note on S.B. 129:
Changes notification requirements regarding students expelled or suspended from school for committing a...

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KYSigned into law 03/2007P-12No Pass No Drive
H.B. 32
Deletes the requirement that a local school district operate an alternative education program prior to the revocation of a student's operato...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Exemptions for No-Pass No-Play Law
S.B. 1517
Standardizes the exemptions for students enrolled in certain advanced courses from the requirement that a student be suspended from particip...

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- Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
PASigned into law 07/2007P-12Distressed School Districts
H.B. 842, Sec. 5 (Section 113 (c) of the Act)
These provisions set parameters for how staff of a "distressed" district in which pupils have been reassigned to another district are to be ...

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Recovery School District Procurement of Services and Property
S.B. 154
Grants the Recovery School District the same authority to procure services and property afforded to a city, parish, or other local public sc...

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- Accountability--School Improvement
CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Accountability
A.B. 438
Relates to the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 which establishes the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program to pro...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12School Improvement Plans
H.B. 2263C -- Improvement Plan Components
Requires state superintendent to assign school ratings. Requires schools rated as in need of improvement to file school improvement plan. Su...

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SCVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2007P-12Parent Orientation
H.B. 3254
Adds a new section (59-18-1600) to provide that a school that has received an unsatisfactory absolute academic performance rating on its mos...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Improvement Plans
H.B. 472
During the first year a system or school is on probation, the commissioner of education shall: (A) Have the authority to approve a school sy...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Math Coaches Pilot, Other Instructional Assistance
H.B. 2237 (Technical Assistance, Professional Development Provisions)
A portion of this large bill establishes grants of up to $2.5 million per year to provide technical assistance and professional development ...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12School improvement plans
H.B. 1517
Relates to an act to expand monitoring by the Department of Education of school district implementation of school improvement plans as requi...

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MDBecame law without governor's signature 04/2007P-12School District Master Plans
S.B. 907
Requires county boards of education to submit comprehensive master plans to the State Department of Education on or before October 1, 2008, ...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Standards and Accountability
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 1
Adds new sections 211 (see separate record), 211-a, 211-b and 211-c to the education code.

Section 211-a: Directs the regents, by the begi...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Contract for Excellence
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 12
Requires every district with at least one school currently identified as requiring academic progress or in need of improvement or in correct...

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WVAdopted 04/2007P-12Regional Education Service Agencies
Title 126, Series 72
Amends rules regarding the establishment and operation of regional education service agencies. Clarifies the role of the State Superintenden...

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TXAdopted 02/2007P-12Early Identification of Schools
19 TAC Chapter 97 (97-1002)
House Bill 1, 79th Texas Legislature, Third Called Session, 2006, amended the TEC, Chapter 39, by adding §39.1322 requiring the commissioner...

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- Adult Basic Education
CAVetoed 10/2007P-12
Postsec.
Adult Literacy
A.B. 1030
Authorizes the Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services Program to be used for services targeted to young adults 16 years of age an...

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ILSigned into law 10/2007Community CollegeWe Want to Learn English Initiative
S.B. 1446
Authorizes the community college board to establish and administer a We Want to Learn English Initiative to provide resources for immigrants...

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TNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Alternate Means to Earn Credit Hours
S.B. 118
Requires state department to develop alternate methods whereby adult students at adult high schools may satisfy any requirement that such st...

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VASigned into law 03/2007Postsec.
Community College
Continuing or Professional Education Definition
S.B. 1279, H.B. 2154
Defines continuing or professional education to mean those classes, courses, and programs designed specifically for individuals who have com...

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- Assessment
IDAdopted 12/2007P-12alternative assessment
IDAPA 08.02.03
Proposes to align the Alternative Assessment Extended Content Standards with the Idaho Content Standards; Sets appropriate cut scores; Imple...

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OHSigned into law 11/2007P-12Test Administration Timing
H.B. 190 - Multiple Components
One section of this bill revises the scheduling of the spring administration of the elementary achievement tests from no earlier than the we...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12language arts assessment
A.B. 252
Authorizes the Department of Education to make a primary language assessment available to public schools for assessing pupils enrolled in du...

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GAAdopted 09/2007P-12Student Assessment Programs
GAC 160-3-1-.07
Adds language regarding the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for EL...

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WVAdopted 09/2007P-12Performance Based Accreditation System
Title 126, Series 13
Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into...

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MAIssued 08/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
The Readiness Project
Executive Order No. 489
Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth ov...

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DEPassed 06/2007P-12Task Force
H.C.R. 32
This Resolution requires a transition to a statewide student assessment system that is economical, focused, requires less testing time, meas...

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LAAdopted 06/2007P-12Integrated LEAP and Accommodations for Special Populations
LAC 28:CXI.1709-1729, 3306, and 3307
Provides information regarding addition of achievement level descriptors for iLEAP, which causes a reformatting of a chapter. Adds language ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Adminstering International Assessments
H.B. 3259
Establishes a program for school districts to administer international assessment tests to students in the district and specifies a funding ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12End-of-course Assessments
S.B. 1031
From bill analysis: This bill would phase out TAKS and replace it with end of course exams in the four core subject areas in grades 9-12. Th...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12GRAD Assessments
H.F. 2245 [Statewide Testing and Reporting System]
Amends laws concerning state's assessment system. Transitions from to MCA IIs to GRAD assessment program at the high school level.
http://ww...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12State Assessment System
H.F. 2245 [High School Assessment]
Amends state's high school assessment system. Phases out MCA II's and phases in Graduation Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD) exam. Esta...

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NESigned into law 05/2007P-12Statewide Assessment and Reporting System
L.A. 653
Requires the state board to implement a statewide assessment and reporting reporting system; grade level standards and assessments; and the ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12District-Wide Assessments
S.B. 110
Limits the district-wide tests, examinations and assessments that the board of trustees of a school district may administer between July 1, ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12End-of-Course Tests
H.B. 2237 (End of Course Assessment Provisions)
Requires development and implementation of college-prep courses and end-of-course assessments (mathematics, science, social studies, and Eng...

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TXVetoed 05/2007P-12Substitute Assessments for Military Dependents
S.B. 960
Extends the provision allowing students transferring into Texas schools to use their SAT or ACT scores to "test out" of the math and languag...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12assessments and teacher license
S.B. 274 (Technical corrections)
Act makes corrections in code including modifying references to state-mandated tests or benchmark exams to references to "augmented, criteri...

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ARAdopted 04/2007P-12Comprehensive Testing, Assessment and Accountability
005.19.06-002, ADE 247
Adopts rules to develop a single comprehensive testing, assessment and accountability program which utilizes the most current and effective ...

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MSAdopted 04/2007P-12Assessment of Special Populations
State Board of Education Policy 7601
Proposes approval of the Administrative Procedures Act process.Revises the policy for Statewide Assessment System Assessment of SpecialPopul...

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NHSigned into law 04/2007P-12Civics and Economics Assessments
H.B. 167
Adds civics and economics to the required areas of assessment in the statewide improvement and assessment program. Specifies that the assess...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Reporting of Student Performance on Standards-Based Tests
S.B. 1004
Requires the public education department to provide districts with their respective students' scores on all required standards-based academi...

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NMVetoed 04/2007P-12State Payment for Mandatory Assessments
S.B. 501
Requires the public education department to pay the costs of mandatory assessments.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0...

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ARSigned into law 03/2007Postsec.Rising Junior Exam
S.B. 203
Relates to an act to repeal the requirement that college juniors take the Rising Junior Exam.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/ftproot/bills/20...

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LAAdopted 03/2007P-12Statewide Assessments
LAC 28:CXI.305 and Chapter 19
Approves for advertisement revisions to Bulletin 118- Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices. Consolidates statewide test information....

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12State Assessment System (U-PASS)
H.B. 155
Modifies U-PASS (Utah Performance Assessment System for Students) by: expanding the basic skill courses tested to include intermediate algeb...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12High Quality Educational Programs
S.B. 657
From Fiscal Note: The purpose of this bill is to revise the standards, assessment and accountability system to accommodate the higher order ...

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AKAdopted 02/2007P-12TEST SECURITY
4 AAC 06.765, 34.055
Amends rules to the Department of Education and Early Development.Provides test security guidelines for the English Language assessment. Add...

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SDSigned into law 02/2007P-12Writing Assessments
H.B. 1035
Revises the required grade levels for assessment of writing skills by every public school district. Changes from grades 5 and 9 to "at least...

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NJActive 01/2007P-12End-of-Course Biology Assessment
Department Policy
States that beginning in spring 2008, New Jersey will begin administering an end-of-course assessment in biology. Per memo: "This direction ...

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- Assessment--Accommodations
AKAdopted 10/2007P-12ALTERNATE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT
4 AAC 04.160, .775
Amends rules dealing with alternate performance standards for students with significant cognitive disabilities to include proficiency levels...

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AKAdopted 10/2007P-12ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
4 AAC 06.775
Adopts by reference, the 2007 edition of the Participation Guidelines for Alaska Students, setting forth the requirements in assessments for...

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AKAdopted 09/2007P-12ASSESSMENT PROGRAM FOR STUDENTS WITH DISABILITIES
4 AAC 06.775
Adopts by reference, the 2007 edition of the Participation Guidelines for Alaska Students, setting forth the requirements in assessments for...

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GAAdopted 09/2007P-12Student Assessment Programs
GAC 160-3-1-.07
Adds language regarding the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for EL...

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ILAdopted 09/2007P-12Testing, Professional Development and Background Checks at Special Education Facilities
23 IAC 401.10 thru .260 (non seq.)
Amends policies regarding the assessment of special education students at nonpublic, public out-of-state, public residential or private spec...

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LAAdopted 08/2007P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4302 and 4313
Revises the use of Alternative Assessment results in accountability as suggested by the Department of Education's Technical Advisory Committ...

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LAAdopted 06/2007P-12Integrated LEAP and Accommodations for Special Populations
LAC 28:CXI.1709-1729, 3306, and 3307
Provides information regarding addition of achievement level descriptors for iLEAP, which causes a reformatting of a chapter. Adds language ...

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LAAdopted 03/2007P-12Participation in Alternate Assessments
LAC 28:XCVII.905
Clarifies guidelines for the participation in alternate assessments for students with disabilities who cannot participate in regular assessm...

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LAAdopted 03/2007P-12Statewide Assessments
LAC 28:CXI.305 and Chapter 19
Approves for advertisement revisions to Bulletin 118- Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices. Consolidates statewide test information....

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LAAdopted 02/2007P-12Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.Chapters 1, 3, 5, 18, 23, 27, 33, and 35
Makes various changes to state assessment system. Creates end-of-course tests, to be phased in over a period of six years starting in fall 2...

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LAAdopted 02/2007P-12State Assessment System
LAC 28:CXI.Chapter 17 and 20
Adds new language in Chapter 17 regarding statewide assessments. Updates Integrated Louisiana Educational Assessment Program (iLEAP) (Chapte...

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- Assessment--Computer Based
UTAdopted 09/2007P-12Online Testing
R277-402
Defines "Formative assessment" as an activity, such as questioning, observation, interview and assessment, engaged in by teachers and studen...

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- Assessment--End-of-Course
WASigned into law 04/2007P-12High School Graduation Exam Options
S.B. 6023
A conditional delay of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) as a graduation requirement in mathematics is created for the gr...

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LAAdopted 02/2007P-12Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.Chapters 1, 3, 5, 18, 23, 27, 33, and 35
Makes various changes to state assessment system. Creates end-of-course tests, to be phased in over a period of six years starting in fall 2...

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- Assessment--Formative/Interim
UTAdopted 09/2007P-12Online Testing
R277-402
Defines "Formative assessment" as an activity, such as questioning, observation, interview and assessment, engaged in by teachers and studen...

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SCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Students At-Risk of Being Poorly Prepared
H.B. 3628
Approves regulations of the Board of Education. This regulation addresses the requirement of the Education and Economic Development Act of 2...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Intensive Math and Science Intervention Pilot
H.B. 2504
Requires the commissioner to establish an intensive mathematics and algebra intervention pilot program for students not performing at grade ...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12Budget
H.B. 1001
From Center for Evaluation & Education Policy: Appropriates money for state agencies and makes other distributions. Specifies a school fundi...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Early Childhood Literacy Programs
H.F. 2245 [Early Childhood]
Establishes a research-based early childhood literacy program premised on actively involved parents, ongoing professional staff development,...

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INSigned into law 04/2007P-12Advanced Placement and Pre-AP
H.B. 1300
Provides that for a teacher to be eligible for a stipend to cover expenses related to a summer training institute, the training must:
(1) P...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12High School Graduation Exam Options
S.B. 6023
A conditional delay of the Washington Assessment of Student Learning (WASL) as a graduation requirement in mathematics is created for the gr...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12High Quality Educational Programs
S.B. 657
From Fiscal Note: The purpose of this bill is to revise the standards, assessment and accountability system to accommodate the higher order ...

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- Assessment--High Stakes/Competency
CAProposed Rule COMMENT DEADLINE: 05/07/2007 Rule Adoption 12/2007P-12HIGH SCHOOL EXIT EXAMINATION
Title 5 CCR Sec(s) 1200, 1202, 1204, 1204.5, 1205, 1207, 1207.1,1207.2, 1207.5, 1209, 1210, 1211, 1211.5, 1215, 1215.5, 1216, 1217, 1218, 1219,1225
Introduces a fee for local educational agencies (LEA) that order excessive test materials, requires LEAs to submit unlisted accommodations a...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12Exit exams
S.B. 123
Requires a school district or state special school to grant a diploma to a pupil with a disability who is scheduled to graduate in a specifi...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12Assessments, Exit Exams
A.B. 144
Requires the Department of Education to provide the mathematics portion of the high school exit examination to the Franklin-McKinley School ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12State Assessment System
H.F. 2245 [High School Assessment]
Amends state's high school assessment system. Phases out MCA II's and phases in Graduation Required Assessment for Diploma (GRAD) exam. Esta...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Standards, Assessment, Professional Development & Code of Conduct Updates
S.B. 795
Provides for the phasing out of the eighth grade cumulative history test in the 2007-2008 school year, and the implementation of the United ...

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- Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
OKSigned into law 04/2007P-12Achieving Classroom Excellence II Task Force
S.B. 921
Creates the Achieving Classroom Excellence II Task Force; states that the task force shall study the following issues:
1. Comparison of the...

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- Assessment--Value Added
OHAdopted 05/2007P-12Value-Added Progress
OAC 3301-58-01 thru -03
Regarding the implementation of the value-added progress dimension. Relates to levels of academic progress in reading and mathematics relati...

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COSigned into law 02/2007P-12Growth Model for Student Performance
H.B. 1048
Requires the convening of a technical advisory panel to assist in the development of a longitudinal growth model to measure the academic gro...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
LAAdopted 11/2007P-12Jobs for America's Graduates Louisiana Program
LAC 67:III.5591
Establishes the Jobs for America's Graduates Louisiana Program to increase retention of at-risk students, capture out-of-school youth in nee...

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TXAdopted 11/2007P-12Dropout Prevention Strategy Plan
19 TAC §89.1701
HB 2237, 80th Texas Legislature, 2007, added the TEC, §29.918, requiring districts with a high dropout rate to develop a dropout prevention ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Ensuring Success in School Task Force
H.B. 1330
Requires the state board of education to convene an Ensuring Success in School Task Force to develop policies and procedures for addressing ...

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LAAdopted 08/2007P-12School, District and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.4302 and 4313
Revises the use of Alternative Assessment results in accountability as suggested by the Department of Education's Technical Advisory Committ...

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NCIssued 07/2007P-12Programs for At-Risk Children
Executive Order No. 120
Accelerates teacher and other personnel recruitment and the implementation of needed academic support programs for at-risk children in light...

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RISigned into law 07/2007P-12Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007
H.B. 5351
Creates the Rhode Island High School Dropout Prevention Act of 2007; provides that it shall be the responsibility of the Department of Eleme...

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SCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Students At-Risk of Being Poorly Prepared
H.B. 3628
Approves regulations of the Board of Education. This regulation addresses the requirement of the Education and Economic Development Act of 2...

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CASigned into law 06/2007P-12After-school programs
A.B. 1685
Requires certain measures of the 21st Century High School After School Safety and Enrichment for Teens Program effectiveness related to repo...

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Truancy and Assessment and Service Centers
S.B. 187
Gives permanent status to truancy and assessment and service centers (which were initially established through a pilot program). Deletes lan...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12High School Completion for At Risk Students
H.B. 1296
Implements the recommendations of the Governor's Task Force to Engage State's Youth; ensures that students experiencing education disruption...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Dropout Reporting, Exit Exam Alternatives, Competency Based Credits
S.B. 312
Expands the annual reports of accountability information to include the rate of pupils who drop out of school in grades 6, 7 and 8. Requires...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Withholding Funding When Goals Not Met
H.B. 1609
Codifies provisions concerning program performance goals, objectives, and measures and provides the commissioner of education authority to w...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12High School Completion and Success Initiative
H.B. 2237
From bill analysis: Establishes the High School Completion and Success Initiative in order to improve secondary school instruction in Texas....

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WAAdopted 06/2007P-12
Community College
Programs for At-Risk/Dropout Students
WAC 392-121-188
Amends rules pertaining to programs for at-risk and dropout students. Indicates that community and technical colleges currently provide prog...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Funding for Students in Dual Enrollment and Early College High School Programs
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - IC 20-43-4-8
A student who participates in:
        (1) a postsecondary enrollment program under IC 21-43-4 is considered a student enrolled in the schoo...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Area Learning Centers
H.F. 2245 [Area Learning Centers]
Amends rules concerning area learning centers designated by the state commissioner.
http://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Distance Education and Independent Study
S.B. 535
Authorizes school districts to operate an alternative program for all grade levels of pupils who are at risk of dropping out of school, subj...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Permitting Attendance of Students to Age 26
H.B. 1137
Permits students who are at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age on the first day of September of any school year to be eligible ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Education Research Centers
H.B. 2237 (At-Risk Components)
One part of this large bill requires the commissioner of education to contract with one or more education research centers to study best pra...

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WASigned into law 05/2007P-12Children's Trust of Washington
S.B. 5830
Within available funds, the Children's Trust of Washington must fund evidence-based and research-based home visitation programs for parents ...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12Programs for At-Risk Youth
H.B. 677
Appropriates funds to the board of crime control to sustain funding for existing prevention and after-school programs for at-risk youth.
htt...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12Quality Educator Payment
S.B. 335
Provides a quality educator payment to certified teachers employed by the Youth Challenge Program which assists at-risk youth in developing ...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Statewide Dropout Prevention, Intervention and Retrieval Program
H.B. 1573
Authorizes a statewide program for comprehensive dropout prevention, intervention, and retrieval; provides that, subject to the availability...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Standards, Assessment, Professional Development & Code of Conduct Updates
S.B. 795
Provides for the phasing out of the eighth grade cumulative history test in the 2007-2008 school year, and the implementation of the United ...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
CASigned into law 10/2007P-12Alternative education finance
S.B. 219
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to revise the Academic Performance Index to include additional information by a specified ...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12Alternative Education Programs Committee
H.B. 1224
Establishes the Alternative Education Programs Committee. The committee shall review and make recommendations for the promotion of alternati...

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NHSigned into law 06/2007P-12Alternative Education and Regional Vocational Centers
S.B. 101
Permits at risk students to attend an alternative education program at a regional vocational education center. Authorizes the department of ...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Alternative Programs of Education
A.B. 2A
Creates pilot program for alternative programs of education for disruptive pupils established, appropriates funds and district eligibility r...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Pilot: of Mandated Attendance for Suspended Students
H.B. 2138
Adds a new section: A pilot project of mandated attendance in an alternative school for students who have been suspended shall be establishe...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Greater Accountability for Alternative Education
S.B. 2157
Requires greater accountability for alternative education; for example, requires academic indicators to include grade point averages or othe...

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TNEligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007P-12Alternative Schools
H.B. 1545, S.B. 1427
Requires the advisory council for alternative education, established by Tennessee Code Annotated, Section 49-6-3404, to study issues relatin...

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TNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Alternative School Pilot
H.B. 1545
Requires the advisory council for alternative education to study alternative school pilot sites and report to the governor, the state board ...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12Alternative Adolescent Residential or Outdoor Programs
H.B. 769
Requires registration and licensure of alternative adolescent residential or outdoor programs. Allows provisional licensing and requires bac...

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KYSigned into law 03/2007P-12No Pass No Drive
H.B. 32
Deletes the requirement that a local school district operate an alternative education program prior to the revocation of a student's operato...

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MSSigned into law 03/2007P-12Alternative Education Authority
S.B. 2338
Directs the state board to promulgate guidelines for alternative school programs which provide broad authority to school boards of local sch...

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WYSigned into law 02/2007P-12Extended Day & Summer School Programs, Distance Learning/Virtual University & Finance - Alternative Education Updates
H.B. 115
Requires the state superintendent of public instruction to review at-risk program strategies funded under the block grant model, specificall...

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- At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Safety Education
H.B. 3327
Provides safety education in public schools includes instruction on the consequences of alcohol consumption and the operation of a motor veh...

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NJAdopted 07/2007P-12Programs to Support Student Services
NJAC 6A:16-1.3 and 4.1; NJAC 6A:16-4.4
Amends rules regarding programs to support student development. Relates to voluntary policies for the random testing of student alcohol or o...

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FLSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Athletics Drug Testing Program
H.B. 461
Relates to high school athletics drug testing; requires the state High School Athletic Association to facilitate a drug testing program to r...

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FLSigned into law 06/2007P-12Drug Testing for School Athletes
H.B. 463
Relates to public records of drug test findings in high school athletics; exempts from public records requirements findings of drug test adm...

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ORSigned into law 06/2007P-12Controlled Substances
S.B. 296
Classifies the unlawful delivery of marijuana or a schedule I, II, or III controlled substance to a person under 18 years of age by a person...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007Postsec.Steroid Testing
S.B. 8
Requires random steroid testing of high school students participating in University Interscholastic League (UIL) -sponsored and UIL-sanction...

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IDSigned into law 04/2007P-12Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program
S.B. 1237 (Section 6)
Provides that it is legislative intent that the Idaho Safe and Drug-Free Schools Program include the following:
(1) Districts will develop a...

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TNSigned into law 04/2007P-12Reporting Suspicion of Drug Offenses
H.B. 1271, S.B. 1529
Requires school personnel to report reasonable suspicion of drug offenses committed by students to principal; permits school personnel to re...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Teen Early Intervention Mental Health and Substance Abuse Specialist Program
S.B. 1147
Defines "teens at risk" as public school students in grades 7-12 who have been identified as expressing or exhibiting indications of depres...

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MNSigned into law 03/2007P-12Eligibility for Extracurricular Activities Following Treatment
S.B. 1499
Ensures a student's ability to participate in league-sponsored activities after completing licensed treatment programs for alcohol or substa...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Alcohol Enforcement Grants
S.B. 51
Expands the list of state agencies that can be awarded grants for alcohol enforcement by the Utah Substance Abuse and Anti-Violence Coordina...

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WYSigned into law 02/2007P-12Professional Assistance Program Extended to Teachers
H.B. 302
Extends the professional assistance program, which provides drug or alcohol abuse prevention, referral, treatment or rehabilitation, to any ...

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LAAdopted 11/2007P-12Compulsory Attendance, Exit Exams
LAC 28:CXV.1103, 2323, and 2324
Makes changes to Bulletin 741 - Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators:

1103: Allows students in danger of failing due to excessive a...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Raises Compulsory School Age
S.B. 18
Raises from 16 to 18 the age for compulsory school attendance and provides a procedure for a pupil who is at least 16 years of age to obtain...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Twins or Multiples Class Assignment
S.B. 78
Allows a parent or guardian of twins or other multiples to request a classroom placement for the children. Provides that a parent or guardia...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Clarifies Exemptions to Compulsory School Attendance
H.B. 87
Inserts clarifications to the exceptions to the compulsory school attendance statute.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB008...

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TXSigned into law 07/2007P-12Excused Absence for Court Appearance
H.B. 2455
House Bill 2455 amends the Education Code to require a school district to grant an excused absence for a student ordered to make a court app...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12Student Truancy Policy
H.B. 353
Strengthens the truancy laws by making it a Class E crime for parents who fail to take corrective measures for truant children from kinderga...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Admission Requirements
H.B. 150
Modifies school admission requirements. Moves cut-off date for enrollment to August 31 from October 16.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Dropout Reporting, Exit Exam Alternatives, Competency Based Credits
S.B. 312
Expands the annual reports of accountability information to include the rate of pupils who drop out of school in grades 6, 7 and 8. Requires...

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ORSigned into law 06/2007P-12Defines "Person in Parental Relationship"
S.B. 215
Defines "Person in parental relationship" as an adult who has physical custody of a child or resides in the same household as the child, int...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Pilot: of Mandated Attendance for Suspended Students
H.B. 2138
Adds a new section: A pilot project of mandated attendance in an alternative school for students who have been suspended shall be establishe...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Truancy Reporting
S.B. 1161
Increases the time frame required for a school district to report to certain authorities, from seven to 10 days, if a student has not attend...

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DESigned into law 05/2007P-12Enhanced Truancy Court Activities
S.B. 26
Provides for enhanced Truancy Court activities in the Justice of the Peace Court. Eliminates the need to transfer a case of contempt by a ju...

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MESigned into law 05/2007P-12Compulsory Attendance Coordinator
S.B. 155; L
Concerns compulsory school attendance. This bill adds to the duties of the attendance coordinator serving as the liaison between the school ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Pupil Truancy
A.B. 485
Require a report of pupils who drop out of school in grade 8 to be included in the reports of accountability prepared by the State Board of ...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Permitting Attendance of Students to Age 26
H.B. 1137
Permits students who are at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age on the first day of September of any school year to be eligible ...

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MTTo governor 04/2007P-12Services for Developmentally Disabled
H.B. 195
Relates to services for individuals who are developmentally distabled, clarifies that such individuals may return to high school after gradu...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
High School Redesign
H.B. 584/S.B. 561
Provides for high school redesign. Directs the department of education to establish a readiness assessment system to measure the readiness o...

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TXSigned into law 04/2007P-12Requiring Attendance of Those Voluntarily Attending School
H.B. 566
H.B. 566 authorizes school districts to require persons who voluntarily enroll in school or voluntarily attend school after their 18th birt...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Alternative Pathways to a Diploma
H.B. 1051
Finds that the state's commitment to providing a basic education for all public school students under the age of twenty-one should continue ...

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COSigned into law 03/2007P-12Minimum Compulsory Attendance Age
S.B. 16
Changes the minimum age for compulsory education from seven to six years, on or before August 1 of each year. Compulsory attendance ages the...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Kindergarten Attendance
S.B. 33
Amends 13-28-2 to read: Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Raises Compulsory Attendance Age to 18
S.B. 199
Increases the compulsory attendance age for school attendance from 16 to 18, unless the child has graduated or is excused per certain provis...

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- Attendance--Compulsory
UTAdopted 10/2007P-12Truancy Prevention
R277-607
Adopts rules in compliance with 2007 H.B. 207. Amends definition of "habitual truant." Requires local boards and charter school boards to de...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Compulsory School Age
S.B. 543
Requires a person having custody or control of a child who is below the compulsory school age but enrolled in kindergarten in a public schoo...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Raises Compulsory School Age
S.B. 18
Raises from 16 to 18 the age for compulsory school attendance and provides a procedure for a pupil who is at least 16 years of age to obtain...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Clarifies Exemptions to Compulsory School Attendance
H.B. 87
Inserts clarifications to the exceptions to the compulsory school attendance statute.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/HB008...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Dropout Reporting, Exit Exam Alternatives, Competency Based Credits
S.B. 312
Expands the annual reports of accountability information to include the rate of pupils who drop out of school in grades 6, 7 and 8. Requires...

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MESigned into law 05/2007P-12Compulsory Attendance Coordinator
S.B. 155; L
Concerns compulsory school attendance. This bill adds to the duties of the attendance coordinator serving as the liaison between the school ...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
High School Redesign
H.B. 584/S.B. 561
Provides for high school redesign. Directs the department of education to establish a readiness assessment system to measure the readiness o...

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TXSigned into law 04/2007P-12Requiring Attendance of Those Voluntarily Attending School
H.B. 566
H.B. 566 authorizes school districts to require persons who voluntarily enroll in school or voluntarily attend school after their 18th birt...

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COSigned into law 03/2007P-12Minimum Compulsory Attendance Age
S.B. 16
Changes the minimum age for compulsory education from seven to six years, on or before August 1 of each year. Compulsory attendance ages the...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Raises Compulsory Attendance Age to 18
S.B. 199
Increases the compulsory attendance age for school attendance from 16 to 18, unless the child has graduated or is excused per certain provis...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Truancy & Compulsory Education Updates
H.B. 207
Directs a local school board, local charter board, or school district to preapprove an extended absence of a school-age minor if it is deter...

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- Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Compulsory School Age
S.B. 543
Requires a person having custody or control of a child who is below the compulsory school age but enrolled in kindergarten in a public schoo...

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ILSigned into law 07/2007P-12Upper Statutory Age for a Student with Disabilities
H.B. 817
In the definition of children with disabilities, provides that an eligible student who requires continued public school educational experien...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Admission Requirements
H.B. 150
Modifies school admission requirements. Moves cut-off date for enrollment to August 31 from October 16.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions...

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ORSigned into law 06/2007P-12Defines "Person in Parental Relationship"
S.B. 215
Defines "Person in parental relationship" as an adult who has physical custody of a child or resides in the same household as the child, int...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Permitting Attendance of Students to Age 26
H.B. 1137
Permits students who are at least 21 years of age and under 26 years of age on the first day of September of any school year to be eligible ...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Alternative Pathways to a Diploma
H.B. 1051
Finds that the state's commitment to providing a basic education for all public school students under the age of twenty-one should continue ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2007P-12kindergarten entrance age
S.B. 217
Lowers the age of enrollment in kindergarten in public school from 5 by September 1 in 2009-2010, for the 2010-2011 school year
the cutoff a...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Kindergarten Attendance
S.B. 33
Amends 13-28-2 to read: Any child who is five years old on the first day of September is eligible for enrollment in kindergarten during that...

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- Attendance--Truancy
UTAdopted 10/2007P-12Truancy Prevention
R277-607
Adopts rules in compliance with 2007 H.B. 207. Amends definition of "habitual truant." Requires local boards and charter school boards to de...

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CASigned into law 07/2007P-12Funding state mandates
A.B. 1698
Requires the Commission on State Mandates to amend the parameters and guidelines regarding the notification of truancy mandate program and d...

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Truancy and Assessment and Service Centers
S.B. 187
Gives permanent status to truancy and assessment and service centers (which were initially established through a pilot program). Deletes lan...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12Student Truancy Policy
H.B. 353
Strengthens the truancy laws by making it a Class E crime for parents who fail to take corrective measures for truant children from kinderga...

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DESigned into law 05/2007P-12Enhanced Truancy Court Activities
S.B. 26
Provides for enhanced Truancy Court activities in the Justice of the Peace Court. Eliminates the need to transfer a case of contempt by a ju...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Pupil Truancy
A.B. 485
Require a report of pupils who drop out of school in grade 8 to be included in the reports of accountability prepared by the State Board of ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Student Record Transfer
H.B. 145
Provides that for purposes of establishing a student's status as a truant, the student's attendance record is cumulative for an entire schoo...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Truancy & Compulsory Education Updates
H.B. 207
Directs a local school board, local charter board, or school district to preapprove an extended absence of a school-age minor if it is deter...

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- Background Checks
OHSigned into law 11/2007P-12Background Checks
H.B. 190 - Multiple Components
• Requires school districts, educational service centers, community schools, STEM schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to request crimin...

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ILSigned into law 09/2007P-12Criminal Sexual Offense by an Employee
H.B. 3512
Amends the Privacy of Child Victims of Criminal Sexual Offenses Act. Provides that when a criminal sexual offense is committed or alleged to...

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ILAdopted 09/2007P-12Testing, Professional Development and Background Checks at Special Education Facilities
23 IAC 401.10 thru .260 (non seq.)
Amends policies regarding the assessment of special education students at nonpublic, public out-of-state, public residential or private spec...

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ALAdopted 08/2007P-12Teacher Education
AAC 290-3-3
Repeals and replaces rules to require background clearance for admission to the internship and to clarify field experience requirements for ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Contract with a Third Party for Non-Instructional Services
H.B. 1347
Adds to provisions allowing a local board of education to contract with a third party for non-instructional services currently performed by ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Background Checks of Private School Employees
S.B. 143
Provides that a nonpublic elementary or secondary school may not obtain Nonpublic School Recognition status unless the school requires all a...

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NCSigned into law 08/2007P-12Background Checks
H.B. 1659
Authorizes criminal history record checks of employees of and applicants for employment with the department of public instruction.
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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Background Checks for Volunteers
H.B. 37
Requires a school administrative unit, school district or charter school to adopt a policy designating certain categories of volunteers as d...

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NYAdopted 07/2007P-12Fingerprinting and Criminal History Record Check
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 80-1.11, 87.1 through .10 nonseq.
Sets forth the requirements and procedures for the fingerprinting and criminal history record check of prospective school employees of nonpu...

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PASigned into law 07/2007P-12Section on Background Checks
H.B. 842, Sec. 111
Part of this large bill requires the state department of prescribe a method for applicants to submit a set of fingerprints to the FBI.
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TNSigned into law 07/2007P-12Automatic Revocation of Teaching Certificate
S.B. 1730
Provides that the state board shall automatically revoke the license of a licensed teacher or administrator without the right to a hearing u...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Background checks fo Teacher Training Candidates
H.B. 2076
Provides that all students wishing to enter teacher training programs are required to agree to the release of investigative records to the t...

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NJSigned into law 05/2007P-12Background Checks for School Volunteers
A.B. 515
Permits criminal history record check for unpaid volunteers in schools and requires applicant to be reimbursed for costs of check; permits t...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Criminal Cases Involving Teachers
A.B. 313
Requires the department of education to establish a procedure for the notification, tracking and monitoring of the status of criminal cases ...

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ORSigned into law 05/2007P-12Disclosure of Suspected Child Abuse
S.B. 380
Upon request from a law enforcement agency, the Department of Human Services or the Teacher Standards and Practices Commission, a school dis...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Criminal Background Checks
S.B. 9
Requires a national criminal history background check for all certified public school employees. Current non-certified employees are require...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12Ethics
S.B. 274 (Teacher Certification)
Sections 23 and 24 of the act amend the provisions of Arkansas Code 6-17-410 and 6-17-414 concerning issuance of new teacher licenses, and ...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12Background Checks
S.B. 1045
Increases the types of offenses precluding receipt of fingerprint clearance card from the Board of Fingerprinting; includes crimes of sexual...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter schools, background checks
H.B. 2041
Relates to charter schools, fingerprinting and a civil penalty if a charter school fails to comply with fingerprinting requirements. New pro...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Background Checks
S.F. 277 (Section 11)
Requires that a national background check be conducted of any teacher who holds a license other than an initial license issued by the board ...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12School Volunteer Background checks
S.B. 210
Requires background checks for certain volunteers, contractors and contractor employees. Requires reports of school employee misconduct. Pro...

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ORSigned into law 04/2007P-12Criminal Records Checks
H.B. 2047
SECTION 1. ORS 326.603 is amended to read:(1) For the purposes of requesting a state or nationwide criminal records check, the Department of...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Background Checks for Bureau of Indian Affairs Schools
S.B. 5382
Authorizes Washington State Patrol and Federal Bureau of Investigation record checks for Federal Bureau of Indian Affairs-funded school empl...

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LAAdopted 03/2007P-12Sexual Misconduct Involving a Student
LAC 28:CXV.501
Requires any district, prior to hiring any employee, to request from the applicant's current or previous employer any documentation regardin...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Modifies Charter School Provisions
H.B. 164
Modifies charter school application and authorization provisions; modifies certain requirements for charter schools, including those relatin...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007Postsec.
Community College
Higher Education Criminal Background Checks
H.B. 196
Directs the state Board of Regents to adopt a policy requiring an applicant for a position in a higher education institution that involves
s...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Requires School Contractors Verify Employee Sex Offender Status
H.B. 1707, S.B. 1346
Provides that as a condition of awarding a contract for the provision of services that require the contractor or his employees to have direc...

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- Bilingual/ESL
TXAdopted 12/2007P-12Outline of Instruction for English Language Learners
19 TAC 2.74.A.74.4
Outlines the instruction school districts must provide to English language learners in order for them to have the full opportunity to learn ...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12
Postsec.
Adult Literacy
A.B. 1030
Authorizes the Library Literacy and English Acquisition Services Program to be used for services targeted to young adults 16 years of age an...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12Bilingual endorsements
A.B. 280
Establishes the State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have mastered languages in addition to English. Requires the...

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ILSigned into law 10/2007Community CollegeWe Want to Learn English Initiative
S.B. 1446
Authorizes the community college board to establish and administer a We Want to Learn English Initiative to provide resources for immigrants...

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GAAdopted 09/2007P-12Student Assessment Programs
GAC 160-3-1-.07
Adds language regarding the Assessing Comprehension and Communication in English State to State for English Language Learners (ACCESS for EL...

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TXAdopted 09/2007P-12Adaptations for Special Populations
19 TAC Chapter 89
Revise the process of applying for a bilingual exception and/or an English as a second language (ESL) waiver. Other adopted amendments add l...

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TXAdopted 07/2007P-12Dual Immersion Programs
89.1613
Defines and establishes procedures, quality assurance for dual immersion programs.
http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tacupdates/july2007/ch08...

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FLVetoed 06/2007P-12Requirements for English Language Learner Teachers
S.B. 2512
Relates to public school educator certification; relates to English for Speakers of Other Languages Educators; specifies inservice requireme...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12District Budget Reporting, Grant Fund for Licensed Education Personnel
A.B. 1A
Revises provisions governing the inclusion of certain information in the biennial budget request for the state distributive school account f...

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NYAdopted 06/2007P-12Students with Limited English Proficiency
Title 8 NYCRR Part 154
Enacts emergency regulations to prescribe requirements for the development by school districts of comprehensive plans for students with limi...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Dual Language Pilot Project
H.B. 2814
Creates a dual language education pilot project including not more than 30 campuses in 10 districts statewide. School districts participatin...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Transportation for ELL Program
H.F. 2245 [High Needs ESL]
Authorizes district to provide transportation to allow a student who attends a high-need English language learner program and who resides w...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Bilingual/Multilingual Certificates
H.F. 2245 [Multilingual/Bilingual]
Directs the Department of Education to develop and recommend to the legislature by February 15, 2008, the standards and process for awarding...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12English Immersion Pilot
S.B. 398
Establishes a pilot program to study English immersion and English language learner programs for pupils who are limited English proficient. ...

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IDSigned into law 04/2007P-12Additional Funds to Assist English Language Learners
S.B. 1237 (Section 9)
Directs the state department of education to distribute $750,000 on a one-time basis to schools in which the population of English language ...

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NDSigned into law 04/2007P-12Defines English Language Learner
S.B. 2200 (English language learner provisions)
Adds two new sections: Section 45 and 46. Defines English language learner means a student who:
1. Is at least five years of age but has not...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Services for Limited English Proficient Students
S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 10
Eliminates provision that districts receiving state funds for the education of limited English proficient students must develop a comprehens...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Official State Language
S.B. 1172
Amends existing law to declare English to be the official state language. Provides that English is the sole language of government, subject ...

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IDAdopted 03/2007P-12Standards of Performance for Limited English Proficient Students
IDAPA 08.02.03
Incorporates the following by reference:
The Idaho Content Standards
The Idaho English Language Development Standards
The Limited English ...

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LAAdopted 02/2007P-12School, District, and State Accountability System
LAC 28:LXXXIII.307, 409, 515, 703-707, 3905, 4001, and 4527
Makes changes to the state accountability system to take advantage of new and existing flexibility outlined in guidance for No Child Left Be...

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LAAdopted 02/2007P-12Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices
LAC 28:CXI.Chapters 1, 3, 5, 18, 23, 27, 33, and 35
Makes various changes to state assessment system. Creates end-of-course tests, to be phased in over a period of six years starting in fall 2...

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MEIssued 01/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Sub-Cabinet for Multicultural Affairs and the Multicultural Affairs Advisory Council
EXECUTIVE ORDER NO. 25 FY 06/07
Creates the Multicultural Affairs Sub-Cabinet to promote interdepartmental collaboration on multicultural policy development and program imp...

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- Business Involvement
TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Grants for Volunteers, Technology-Based Supplemental Instruction
H.B. 2237 (Supplemental Help Provisions)
Requires the commissioner to award grants to organizations that provide volunteers for programs to enhance college readiness, workforce read...

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- Career/Technical Education
CASigned into law 10/2007P-12Teacher credentials
S.B. 52
Renames the designated subjects vocational education teaching credential the designated subjects preliminary career technical education teac...

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MOAdopted 10/2007P-12
Postsec.
Teacher certification,
5 CSR 80-800.270
Amends rule to incorporate changes in the Compendium for 2007. Deletes certification requirements for Postsecondary Career Educators as of J...

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MOAdopted 10/2007P-12
Postsec.
Teacher certification
5 CSR 80-800.380
Amends rule to incorporate 2007 Compendium changes. Deletes certification requirements for Postsecondary Career Educators as of June 2007.
...

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CASigned into law 09/2007Postsec.private postsecondary
S.B. 45
Extends the provisions of the Private Postsecondary and Vocational Education Reform Act of 1989. Provides for the extension of voluntary agr...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Career education
A.B. 598
Authorizes a community college or apprentice training instructor to teach a career technical education course in a subject that is not a cor...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12Career education facilities
S.B. 13
Requires the State Department of Education to include in the application for school districts for new construction funding certain questions...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12Career/Technical Education
A.B. 597
Makes the State Department of Education responsible for the creation of comprehensive, easy to access, user-friendly Web site pages with spe...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Career education
A.B. 666
Relates to existing law that establishes an incentive grant program for the purpose of improving, expanding, and establishing instructional ...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12
Postsec.
P-16
A.B. 428
Requires each school district offering any of grades 9 to 12, inclusive, prior to class registration, for each school in the district, to pr...

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VTAdopted 09/2007P-12EDUCATOR LICENSING
16 VSA 164(5), -1691a, -1692, -1695, -1697, -1792(a), -1751, -59
Amends rules pertaining to Career and Technical (CTE) educator licensing. The goals of the changes to the CTE endorsements are to:
· break ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Agricultural Science Teacher Training Continuum and Incentive Funding Grants
H.B. 1922
Subject to appropriation, requires the state board of education to develop a secondary-level agricultural science teacher training continuum...

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LAAdopted 08/2007P-12CTE Course Offerings
LAC 28:CXV.Chapter 23
Updates career and technical education course offerings so that they are more aligned with national standards. Pages 6-8 of 79: http://www.d...

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HIBecame law without governor's signature 07/2007P-12Project EAST
H.B. 1630
Relates to high school-level project EAST (environmental and spatial technology), which integrates cutting-edge technology, such as computer...

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NHSigned into law 07/2007P-12Admission of Students With Two Years High School
H.B. 822
Requires regional vocational schools to accept students who have completed 2 years of high school regardless of the number of credits earned...

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PASigned into law 07/2007P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Pennsylvania Technical College Program
H.B. 842 -- Article XIX-F
This section of H.B. 842 establishes the Pennsylvania Technical College Program as a competititve grant program (to the extent that funds ap...

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FLSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Workforce and Career Preparation
S.B. 1232
Creates the State Career and Professional Education Act to improve academic performance and to respond to workforce needs; requires a school...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Career and Technical Education
H.B. 1225
Requires the Tennessee council for career and technical education to conduct a study to determine proper methods for integrating career and ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Awareness of Career and Technology Education
H.B. 3485
From bill analysis: The purpose of this bill is to raise awareness about the value of career and technology education by including it in exi...

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CTSigned into law 05/2007P-12Technical High Schools Committee
S.B. 1283
Relates to the advisory committee on technical high schools; reconstitutes the state-wide technical high school advisory committee with memb...

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HISigned into law 05/2007P-12Career/Technical Education and STEM
S.B. 885 (Section 1-10)
Directs the department of education to establish and administer a career and technical education program that meets the requirements of the ...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12Workforce Proficiency Panel
S.B. 345
Repeals provisions establishing the vocational technical proficiency panel (also called the workforce proficiency panel); repeals a provisio...

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KSSigned into law 05/2007Postsec.
Community College
Postsecondary Technical Education Authority
H.B. 2556
Establishes the postsecondary technical education authority. Provides that when making appointments of the representatives of Kansas busines...

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NDSigned into law 05/2007P-12Career and Technical Education, Enrepreneurship Education
H.B. 1019
Increases funding for for the Department of Career & Technical Education by $4.9 million, 29 percent over from the previous biennium. The $4...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Career and Technical Education Reporting
A.B. 131
Requires reports of accountability information for public schools to include certain information regarding pupils enrolled in career and tec...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Reimbursement for Certification Exams
H.B. 2383
Entitles a student to reimbursement for the cost of a certification examination upon completion of a school district's career and technology...

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IDSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Idaho Digital Learning Academy
S.B. 1237 (Sections 12-14)
Strikes existing provision that funding for the Idaho Digital Learning Academy be provided from an annual budget request to the legislature ...

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VASigned into law 04/2007P-12Technical Diploma
H.B. 2039
Requires the state board to establish the requirements for a technical diploma. This diploma shall meet or exceed the requirements of a stan...

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WASigned into law 04/2007Community College
Postsec.
Private Vocational Schools
S.B. 5402
It is clarified that private vocational schools must meet the minimum requirements to obtain and maintain an operating license. Private voca...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12
Community College
Skill Centers
S.B. 5790
Creates a new chapter addressing skill centers. Beginning in the 2007- 08 school year, students attending skill centers will be funded for a...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Professional-Technical Regional Public Charter Schools
S.B. 1088
Allows for the creation of "professional-technical regional public charter schools." Provides that a professional-technical regional public ...

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LAAdopted 03/2007P-12High School Coursetaking
LAC 28:CXV.2319
Adds Database Programming with PL/SQL, Java Programming, Database Design and Programming and Digital Media I/II to the computer/technology c...

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SDVetoed 03/2007Community College
Postsec.
State Board of Technical Institutes
S.B. 95
Establishes a State Board of Technical Institutes, to provide for its powers, duties, and responsibilities, and to provide for the transfer ...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Career & Technical Education Diploma
S.B. 1147, H.B. 2039
Directs the Board of Education to establish the requirements for a technical diploma, which must meet or exceed the requirements of a standa...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Standards, Assessment, Professional Development & Code of Conduct Updates
S.B. 795
Provides for the phasing out of the eighth grade cumulative history test in the 2007-2008 school year, and the implementation of the United ...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Career & Technical Education Project Contractor Licensing Requirements Exemption
H.B. 2757
Exempts from the contractor licensing requirements work undertaken by students as part of a career and technical education project as define...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12
Community College
Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education Sunset Date Extension
H.B. 2040
Extends the sunset date for the Advisory Council on Career and Technical Education until July 1, 2012. The 17-member advisory council is ch...

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OHAdopted 02/2007P-12Diploma with Honors Criteria
OAC 3301-13-07, -16-01, -02
Revises criteria for awarding the diploma with honors for both the college preparatory and career-technical curriculum options, effective wi...

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VASigned into law 02/2007P-12Reporting Number of Career & Tech. Ed. Students
H.B. 1978, S.B. 1148
Requires local school boards to include in their annual report to the Board of Education the number of students who have met the requirement...

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IDAdopted 01/2007P-12
Postsec.
Graduation Requirements and Advanced Opportunities
IDAPA 08.02.03
Increases total number of credits required for high school graduation to 46 credits (23 Carnegie units) starting with the 2013 graduating cl...

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- Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Career education
A.B. 598
Authorizes a community college or apprentice training instructor to teach a career technical education course in a subject that is not a cor...

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FLSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Workforce and Career Preparation
S.B. 1232
Creates the State Career and Professional Education Act to improve academic performance and to respond to workforce needs; requires a school...

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- Cheating
NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Advisory Council on Parental Involvement
S.B. 143
Establishes an Advisory Council on Parental Involvement and prescribes the membership and duties of the council. State accountability law re...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12Falsified assessment information
S.B. 274 (Cheating)
Section 11 concerns sanctions to be imposed for violation of security or confidentiality on a state-mandated assessment by school district p...

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SDSigned into law 02/2007P-12Sanctions for Cheating
H.B. 1033
Establishes process for following up on allegations of certified personnel and teachers for compromising the integrity of a state-required a...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
CASigned into law 10/2007P-12Charter school finance
S.B. 345
Authorizes the governing board of a charter school to use monthly installments and withholding options in making salary adjustments to the s...

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NYAdopted 10/2007P-12Delegation of Authority Regarding Charter Schools
Title 8 NYCRR Section 3.16
Amends regulations to delegate authority for conducting charter school hearings from the board of regents to the commissioner of education. ...

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NYAdopted 10/2007P-12Procedures for Charter School Public Hearings
Title 8 NYCRR Section 119.4
Establishes procedures for the conduct of public hearings concerning charter schools. Page 9-11 of 38: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/regis...

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OHSigned into law 10/2007P-12Amends Provisions Related to Community Schools (Charters)
H.B. 119 -- Community Schools Provisions (Charter Schools)
Permits establishment of a start-up community school after June 30, 2007 only if the school's governing authority contracts with an operator...

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UTAdopted 10/2007P-12Charter Schools
R277-477-3
Requires all charter schools to have a committee consisting of a majority of parents designated to make decisions regarding School LAND Trus...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12Charter schools
A.B. 177
Relates to charter schools that serve at-risk pupils. Extends allowable term of operation until a specified date, subject to the approval of...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Charter Schools
A.B. 1281
Relates to Charter School Act of 1992. Revises the description of the procedures relating to pupil suspension or expulsion. Requires a descr...

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GAAdopted 09/2007P-12Charter Schools
GAC 160-4-9-.04
Clarifies rules regarding charter schools, including applicable definitions, responsibilities, petition provisions and termination of the ch...

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UT09/2007 09/2007P-12Amends Charter School Caps, etc.
R277-470
Adds rules for identifying the maximum number of authorized charter school students statewide. Provides for new or expanding charter school ...

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AZSigned into law 07/2007P-12
Postsec.
Postsecondary grants
S.B. 1069
Relates to postsecondary education grants and their implementation; relates to early graduation scholarships, school districts and charter s...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Charter School Teacher Participation in State Retirement System
H.B. 1471
Allows an existing charter school to participate in the teachers' and state employees' retirement system and the state teachers' and state e...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Charter School Administrators
S.B. 214
Requires any person employed as an administrator in a public charter school to be licensed or registered to administer by the Teacher Standa...

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RISigned into law 07/2007P-12Funding for Special Education Students in Career/Technical Charters
H.B. 6128
Permits any career/technical charter public schools which enroll special education students from outside the school district with verifiable...

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AZSigned into law 06/2007P-12Charter school finance
H.B. 2790
Relates to fingerprinting of applicants for a new or renewed teaching certificate in a school district or charter school; relates to calcula...

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HISigned into law 06/2007P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 603
Clarifies the significant role of the board of education in policymaking for charter schools, including:
         (A)  Appointing members of...

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NHSigned into law 06/2007P-12Approval of New Charter Schools
H.B. 2
Prohibits the state board of education from approving new charter schools between July 1, 2007 and June 30, 2009, provided that a charter sc...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Empowerment Schools
S.B. 238
Authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts to establish a program of empowerment schools for the public schools of the school dis...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Charter School Sponsorship
A.B. 591
Authorizes a college or university within the Nevada System of Higher Education to sponsor charter schools. Sets forth the requirements for ...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12Charter School Changes
H.B. 1589
Amends the Charter Schools Act: adding certain higher education institutions as additional sponsors for charter schools; specifying certain ...

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CAAdopted 05/2007P-12Charter Schools
Title 5 CCR Sec(s) 11962, 11962.1
Establishes clear procedures to be implemented in the event of theclosure of a charter school. Requires that a petition for a charter school...

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COSigned into law 05/2007P-12Charter School Facilities
H.B. 1178
Concerns the use of school district facilities by charter schools. Charter schools may purchase a building and grounds, at a district's desc...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Charter Systems Act
S.B. 39
Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Charter School Student Records
H.F. 2245 [Charter School Records]
Requires that closed charter school must transfer the student's educational records within 10 business days of closure to the student's scho...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12State Board Sponsored Charter Schools
A.B. 334
Creates a school district for charter schools sponsored by the state board for federal law purposes. Revises provisions governing the closur...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Texas Public Finance Authority
H.B. 1400
Relates to the issuance by a corporation established by the Texas Public Finance Authority of revenue bonds for open-enrollment charter scho...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12Character Education, Charter Schools
H.B. 2204
Concerns the Character Education Office; makes an appropriation; relates to public and charter schools. Changes administration of the progra...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter schools, background checks
H.B. 2041
Relates to charter schools, fingerprinting and a civil penalty if a charter school fails to comply with fingerprinting requirements. New pro...

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DESigned into law 04/2007P-12School District and Charter School Budget Reports
H.B. 21
Requires the Department of Education to develop a standardized format for the reporting of the local school district or charter school budge...

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MSSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter School Applications
H.B. 554
Reenacts procedures for public schools to apply for and be granted charter school statuts. Extends the repealer on charter school statutes t...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter School Enrollment Limits
H.B. 1245
Relates to charter school requirements, clarifies enrollment limits and declares an emergency.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regula...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter School Facilities Fund
S.B. 634
Creates fund relating to charter school facilities funding. Provides procedures for meeting the needs of state-chartered and locally charter...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12NCLB Consequences for Schools and Reporting Requirements
H.B. 34
Distinguishes a student's academic proficiency from the adequate yearly progress of public schools and school districts; conforms rankings o...

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NMVetoed 04/2007P-12Charter School Enrollment Limits
S.B. 1147
Relates to charter school requirements, amends existing law to clarify enrollment limits.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/fin...

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NMVetoed 04/2007P-12Public School Accountability & Assessment
S.B. 287
Distinguishes a student's academic proficiency from the AYP of schools and districts. Conforms rankings of schools in need of improvement wi...

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NMVetoed 04/2007P-12Charter School Student Activities
H.B. 513
Adds the charter school student activities program unit into the program cost calculation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/fi...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter School Hiring Practices
S.B. 189
Would make the hiring practices of charter schools align with current hiring practices of school districts by requiring all decisions to hir...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 2107 -- Part D-2
Provides that an application for a charter school cannot be approved unless the charter entity finds that in a school district where the tot...

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ARSigned into law 03/2007P-12charter school, accountability
H.B. 1504
Provides a major revision of the Public Charter School Law. Amends Public Charter School Law to allow for obtaining conversion public chart...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Professional-Technical Regional Public Charter Schools
S.B. 1088
Allows for the creation of "professional-technical regional public charter schools." Provides that a professional-technical regional public ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Modifies Charter School Provisions
H.B. 164
Modifies charter school application and authorization provisions; modifies certain requirements for charter schools, including those relatin...

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WYSigned into law 02/2007P-12Charter School Applications & Renewal
H.B. 31
Restricts the frequency of charter school applications to allow only one application every 12 months from any person, group or organization ...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Charter Systems Act
S.B. 39
Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
GAAdopted 09/2007P-12Charter Schools
GAC 160-4-9-.04
Clarifies rules regarding charter schools, including applicable definitions, responsibilities, petition provisions and termination of the ch...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Modifies Charter School Provisions
H.B. 164
Modifies charter school application and authorization provisions; modifies certain requirements for charter schools, including those relatin...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
UTAdopted 10/2007P-12Charter Schools
R277-477-3
Requires all charter schools to have a committee consisting of a majority of parents designated to make decisions regarding School LAND Trus...

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HISigned into law 06/2007P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 603
Clarifies the significant role of the board of education in policymaking for charter schools, including:
         (A)  Appointing members of...

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COSigned into law 05/2007P-12Charter School Facilities
H.B. 1178
Concerns the use of school district facilities by charter schools. Charter schools may purchase a building and grounds, at a district's desc...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Charter Systems Act
S.B. 39
Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio...

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DESigned into law 04/2007P-12School District and Charter School Budget Reports
H.B. 21
Requires the Department of Education to develop a standardized format for the reporting of the local school district or charter school budge...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter School Facilities Fund
S.B. 634
Creates fund relating to charter school facilities funding. Provides procedures for meeting the needs of state-chartered and locally charter...

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NMVetoed 04/2007P-12Charter School Student Activities
H.B. 513
Adds the charter school student activities program unit into the program cost calculation.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/fi...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Modifies Charter School Provisions
H.B. 164
Modifies charter school application and authorization provisions; modifies certain requirements for charter schools, including those relatin...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Charter School Facilities Financing Act
H.B. 318
Creates the State Charter School Financing Authority; defines the authority's powers and duties, including the power to issue obligations
un...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Public Charter School Fund
H.B. 2311
Establishes the Public Charter School Fund for the purposes of establishing or supporting public charter schools in Virginia that stimulate ...

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- Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
CASigned into law 09/2007P-12Charter schools
S.B. 537
Amends the Charter Schools Act which authorizes a chartering agency to charge for up to 1% of a charter school's revenue for the actual cost...

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HISigned into law 06/2007P-12Charter Schools
S.B. 603
Clarifies the significant role of the board of education in policymaking for charter schools, including:
         (A)  Appointing members of...

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- Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
UTAdopted 11/2007P-12Student Enrollment Options
R277-437
Provides for greater flexibility in allowing students to transfer from one school district to another or within the student's resident schoo...

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MAIssued 08/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
The Readiness Project
Executive Order No. 489
Establishes the Readiness Project to develop a plan to implement fundamental and systemic reforms to public education in the Commonwealth ov...

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AZVetoed 06/2007P-12Choice, Desegregation
H.B. 2119
Relates to open enrollment for students in schools ordered to desegregate. ...

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SCVetoed 06/2007P-12Pilot of Open Enrollment Program
H.B. 3124
Provides for a pilot "testing" of a public school open enrollment choice program in the public school system.
http://www.scstatehouse.net/se...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Enrollment of Teachers' Children
S.B. 1585
Permits children of teachers who live outside of the state to attend a school within the district where the teacher is employed at no tuitio...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Scholarship Program for Children in Foster Care
S.B. 400
Establishes the Program of School Choice for Children in Foster Care for certain pupils who are in foster care, to be administered by the de...

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ARSigned into law 03/2007P-12Choice
H.B. 2251
Amends certain provisions of the Public School Choice Act of 1989; provides that any student who accepts a school choice transfer may return...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12School District Tuition Amounts
H.B. 1281
Relates to school district tuition per student payments; relates to students sent to another district.Specifies that the tuition amount paya...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Interstate Enrollment Agreements
H.B. 1236
Allows the Department of Education to enter into enrollment agreements with the State of Iowa.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2007/bills/...

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IAAdopted 02/2007P-12Student Assignments May Not Be Based Solely or Primarily on Race
IAC 281-17.2(282), 17.6(2), 281-17.14(282), 17.14(1) through 17.14(5)
These amendments are in response to the June 28, 2007, decision of the United States Supreme Court that student assignments may not be based...

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SDSigned into law 02/2007P-12Interstate Enrollment Options
H.B. 1038
Removed provision that required students who are not residents of South Dakota to reside in school districts that border South Dakota in ord...

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- Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
TXSigned into law 07/2007P-12
Postsec.
Texas Governor's Schools
H.B. 1748
House Bill 1748 amends the Education Code to transfer all powers and duties relating to the Texas governor's schools program from the Texas ...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12School of Science and Mathematics
S.B. 194
Relates to the School of Science and Mathematics; requires budgeting in certain categories and amounts; requires certain performance measure...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12
Postsec.
Speciality Schools
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Article 24.5
Authorizes the board of trustees of Ball State University, Indiana State University, Indiana University or Purdue University to establish a ...

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- Choice of Schools--Tax Credits
LASigned into law 07/2007P-12School Readiness Tax Credits
S.B. 361
Grants school readiness tax credits to individuals for child care expenses of children five and under, to child care providers, to child car...

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LAVetoed 07/2007P-12Tuition Tax Credit
S.B. 45
Grants a non-refundable credit against individual income tax for elementary and secondary education tuition in an approved parochial and pri...

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- Choice of Schools--Vouchers
GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act
S.B. 10
Enacts the Georgia Special Needs Scholarship Act to provide scholarships for public school students with disabilities to attend eligible pri...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Education Voucher Program Amendments
H.B. 174
Amends the Parent Choice in Education Program that awards scholarships to students to attend a private school; modifies the criteria for qua...

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UTSigned into law 02/2007P-12Parent Choice in Education program
H.B. 148, H.B. 174
Establishes the state school voucher program, which provides scholarships for students to attend a private school; specifies criteria for qu...

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- Civic Education
ILSigned into law 11/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Election Judges and Election Day
S.B. 662
Amends the Election Code. Allows high school juniors to serve as election judges. Allows an individual not entitled to vote in a precinct or...

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LAAdopted 11/2007P-12Business Manager and Constitution Day
LAC 28:CXV.503, 2305
Amends sections of Bulletin 741 - Handbook for School Administrators.

503: Adds business manager to the list of certified personnel a dist...

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MATo governor 11/2007P-12Commonwealth Corps
S.B. 2301
Establishes the Commonwealth Corps; provides for volunteer community service; creates a pilot program for the Commonwealth Student Corps.
ht...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12Citizenship education
A.B. 466
Authorizes service by a pupil as a member of a precinct board for an election to be independent study. Exempts that pupil from the requireme...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Citizenship
A.B. 183
Requires each school district with at least one high school to report the voter registration efforts described in provisions of existing law...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Civic Education Advancement
H.B. 2787
Provides that funding for civic education professional development for high school teachers must be provided by line item appropriation made...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Student Voting
S.B. 951
Directs community colleges and state institutions of higher education to adopt plans to encourage students to register to vote and to vote i...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Task Force on Civics and Financial Education
H.B. 2584
Creates a Task Force on Civics and Financial Education to study and make recommendations about how to increase and improve civics and financ...

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CTSigned into law 06/2007P-12Democracy Education in Elementary Schools
H.B. 7017
Concerns democracy education in elementary schools; requires students in the fourth or fifth grade to take part in a program of participator...

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Legislative Youth Advisory Council
S.B. 46
Establishes the Legislative Youth Advisory Council as an initiative under the administration of the state commission on civic education. Pro...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12Excused Absences for Pages
H.B. 1464
Directs the board of education to adopt rules providing for excused absences from school for legislative and governor's pages.
http://www.nc...

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KSSigned into law 05/2007P-12Bullying Prevention and Character Education
S.B. 68 (Section 4)
Defines "bullying." Directs each local board, by January 2008, to adopt a policy prohibiting bullying on school property, in a school vehicl...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Nevada Youth Legislative Issues Forum
S.B. 247
Create the Nevada Youth Legislative Issues Forum, consisting of 21 members who are enrolled in grades 9-12. Sets forth the powers and duties...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12Character Education, Charter Schools
H.B. 2204
Concerns the Character Education Office; makes an appropriation; relates to public and charter schools. Changes administration of the progra...

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COSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Display of Flags in Education and Other Institutions
H.B. 1050
Concerns the display of flags. Allows display of flags from countries other than the U.S. or the state of Colorado under particular circumst...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Students as Precinct Election Board Members
H.F. 618
Allows a county commissioner of elections to appoint high school students in good standing to serve as precinct election board members. http...

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MDSigned into law 04/2007P-12Commission on Civic Literacy
S.B. 492
Establishes a Commission on Civic Literacy; requires the Commission to elect specified officers from among its members; requires the State D...

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NHSigned into law 04/2007P-12Civics and Economics Assessments
H.B. 167
Adds civics and economics to the required areas of assessment in the statewide improvement and assessment program. Specifies that the assess...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Legislative Yourth Advisory Council
H.B. 1052
Adds a new section acknowledging the importance of the legislative youth advisory council. Amends prior legislative appointment process to a...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Geography, Government Education
S.B. 1172
Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Veterans Day Commemoration
H.B. 2601
Requires the Board of Education to make available to local school divisions information regarding the commemoration of Veterans Day in publi...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Commemoration of George Washington's Birthday
H.B. 2837
Requires the Department of Education to make information available to local school divisions regarding the commemoration of George Washingto...

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WVAdopted 03/2007P-12Dec. 7, 1941 Day of Remembrance
S.C.R. 51
Requests the Governor issue a proclamation on December 7th of each year declaring a State Day of Remembrance honoring all West Virginia patr...

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- Civic Education--Character Education
ILSigned into law 11/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Election Judges and Election Day
S.B. 662
Amends the Election Code. Allows high school juniors to serve as election judges. Allows an individual not entitled to vote in a precinct or...

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LAAdopted 11/2007P-12Business Manager and Constitution Day
LAC 28:CXV.503, 2305
Amends sections of Bulletin 741 - Handbook for School Administrators.

503: Adds business manager to the list of certified personnel a dist...

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MATo governor 11/2007P-12Commonwealth Corps
S.B. 2301
Establishes the Commonwealth Corps; provides for volunteer community service; creates a pilot program for the Commonwealth Student Corps.
ht...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12Citizenship education
A.B. 466
Authorizes service by a pupil as a member of a precinct board for an election to be independent study. Exempts that pupil from the requireme...

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CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Citizenship
A.B. 183
Requires each school district with at least one high school to report the voter registration efforts described in provisions of existing law...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Civic Education Advancement
H.B. 2787
Provides that funding for civic education professional development for high school teachers must be provided by line item appropriation made...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Student Voting
S.B. 951
Directs community colleges and state institutions of higher education to adopt plans to encourage students to register to vote and to vote i...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Task Force on Civics and Financial Education
H.B. 2584
Creates a Task Force on Civics and Financial Education to study and make recommendations about how to increase and improve civics and financ...

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CTSigned into law 06/2007P-12Democracy Education in Elementary Schools
H.B. 7017
Concerns democracy education in elementary schools; requires students in the fourth or fifth grade to take part in a program of participator...

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Legislative Youth Advisory Council
S.B. 46
Establishes the Legislative Youth Advisory Council as an initiative under the administration of the state commission on civic education. Pro...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12Excused Absences for Pages
H.B. 1464
Directs the board of education to adopt rules providing for excused absences from school for legislative and governor's pages.
http://www.nc...

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KSSigned into law 05/2007P-12Bullying Prevention and Character Education
S.B. 68 (Section 4)
Defines "bullying." Directs each local board, by January 2008, to adopt a policy prohibiting bullying on school property, in a school vehicl...

More...
NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Nevada Youth Legislative Issues Forum
S.B. 247
Create the Nevada Youth Legislative Issues Forum, consisting of 21 members who are enrolled in grades 9-12. Sets forth the powers and duties...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12Character Education, Charter Schools
H.B. 2204
Concerns the Character Education Office; makes an appropriation; relates to public and charter schools. Changes administration of the progra...

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COSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Display of Flags in Education and Other Institutions
H.B. 1050
Concerns the display of flags. Allows display of flags from countries other than the U.S. or the state of Colorado under particular circumst...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Students as Precinct Election Board Members
H.F. 618
Allows a county commissioner of elections to appoint high school students in good standing to serve as precinct election board members. http...

More...
MDSigned into law 04/2007P-12Commission on Civic Literacy
S.B. 492
Establishes a Commission on Civic Literacy; requires the Commission to elect specified officers from among its members; requires the State D...

More...
NHSigned into law 04/2007P-12Civics and Economics Assessments
H.B. 167
Adds civics and economics to the required areas of assessment in the statewide improvement and assessment program. Specifies that the assess...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Legislative Yourth Advisory Council
H.B. 1052
Adds a new section acknowledging the importance of the legislative youth advisory council. Amends prior legislative appointment process to a...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Geography, Government Education
S.B. 1172
Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Veterans Day Commemoration
H.B. 2601
Requires the Board of Education to make available to local school divisions information regarding the commemoration of Veterans Day in publi...

More...
VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Commemoration of George Washington's Birthday
H.B. 2837
Requires the Department of Education to make information available to local school divisions regarding the commemoration of George Washingto...

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WVAdopted 03/2007P-12Dec. 7, 1941 Day of Remembrance
S.C.R. 51
Requests the Governor issue a proclamation on December 7th of each year declaring a State Day of Remembrance honoring all West Virginia patr...

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- Class Size
NYEmergency Rule Extension 11/2007P-12Contracts for Excellence
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12
Readopts, by emergency action effective November 25, 2007, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Regents meeting that added a...

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GAAdopted 08/2007P-12Class Size in Grades 9-12
GAC 160-5-1-.08, -.10
Establishes class size maximums for core courses in grades 9-12. http://www.doe.k12.ga.us/_documents/doe/legalservices/160-5-1-.08.pdf...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Reaching One's Potential for Excellence (ROPE) Scholars Pilot Program.
S.B. 1030
The purpose of the ROPE Scholars Pilot Program is to strengthen middle grades education in order to provide students with the opportunity to...

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NYAdopted 07/2007P-12Contracts for Excellence
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12
Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,...

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WVAdopted 07/2007P-12Quality Early Education System
Policy 2525
The most recent updates to Policy 2525: West Virginia's Universal Access to a Quality Early Education System support quality in the classroo...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Multiples and Maximum Class Sizes
S.B. 123
Requires twins or other multiples to be placed in the same classroom if the parent requests. Also allows districts to establish maximum clas...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Reporting Amendments
H.B. 215
Specifies how average class size shall be calculated for the purpose of reporting class size by grade and subject on annual school performan...

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- Curriculum
UTAdopted 11/2007P-12Instructional Materials Commission Operating Procedures
R277-469
2007 H.B. 364 prohibits a school district from purchasing certain instructional materials unless the materials have been evaluated by an ind...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12Curriculum
A.B. 150
Establishes the Financial Literacy Initiative for improving financial literacy by offering instructional materials for teachers and schools ...

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OKAdopted 10/2007P-12Personal Financial Literacy Education
OAC 210:35-9-31
Amends rules to require public schools to provide personal financial literacy education in grades 7-12. Outlines 14 areas of instruction tha...

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ORAdopted 09/2007P-12Health and Physical Education
OAR 581-022-1210
Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ...

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OKAdopted 08/2007P-12Physical Education
OAC 210:25-5-31
Amends rules to require that public elementary schools provide instruction in physical education for full-day kindergarten through grade 5 s...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Task Force on Civics and Financial Education
H.B. 2584
Creates a Task Force on Civics and Financial Education to study and make recommendations about how to increase and improve civics and financ...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Physical Education
H.B. 3141
Requires the state department to collect data on: (1) The number of minutes of physical education that are provided to K-8 students each sch...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12Instruction in Lawful Abandonment of Newborn Baby
H.B. 485
Requires local boards of education to ensure that students in grades nine through twelve receive annual health instruction including informa...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
American Sign Language
H.B. 915
Encourages the public schools, the community college system and the University of North Carolina to offer American Sign Language for credit ...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12Physical Education
H.B. 1601
Prohibits counting recess towards the physical education requirements; directs the state board to encourage school districts to provide phys...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12Passport to Financial Literacy Act
H.B. 1476
Requires personal financial literacy education to be taught in public schools in the state; lists areas of instruction; directs school distr...

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WVAdopted 06/2007P-12Foreign Language Standards
Title 126, Series 44G
Amends rules regarding foreign language content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. ...

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COSigned into law 05/2007P-12Science-based Sex Education
H.B. 1292
Concerns the adoption of science-based content standards for instruction regarding human sexuality. The standards are intended to help reduc...

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FLSigned into law 05/2007P-12Physical Education Requirement
H.B. 967
Relates to physical education; provides requirements for student participation in physical education; requires review and revision of the Su...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12World Languages Pilot Program Grants
H.F. 2245 [World Languages]
Creates a pilot program to award five world languages grants to develop and implement sustainable, high-quality model world languages progra...

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NDSigned into law 05/2007P-12Career and Technical Education, Enrepreneurship Education
H.B. 1019
Increases funding for for the Department of Career & Technical Education by $4.9 million, 29 percent over from the previous biennium. The $4...

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TNEligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007P-12Teaching Procedures re: "Safe Haven" Law
S.B. 293, H.B. 0234
This bill requires that the course of instruction in all public schools in grades 9 through 12 include instruction regarding the procedure f...

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TNSigned into law 05/2007P-12
H.B. 1944
Removes the provision in the junior and senior high school curriculum that permits a course on personal finance to satisfy the instruction r...

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TXBecame law without governor's signature 05/2007P-12Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum
H.B. 2176
To address an increase in births to unmarried parents in Texas from 1995 to 2002, the office of the Attorney General created the Parenting a...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12Character and citizenship
S.B. 274 (Curriculum)
Section 52 repeals code concerning requirements for social studies, civics education, character and citizenship. (Act No. 1573)
http://www.a...

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COSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Display of Flags in Education and Other Institutions
H.B. 1050
Concerns the display of flags. Allows display of flags from countries other than the U.S. or the state of Colorado under particular circumst...

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INSigned into law 04/2007P-12Holocaust Education
H.B. 1059
Directs each district to include a study of the Holocaust in each high school U.S. history course. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Physical Education in Grades K-6
H.B. 208/S.B. 156
Provides for physical education in grades kindergarten through six in elementary schools. Adds physical education program units and charter ...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Uniform Curricula Aligned to State Standards
H.B. 911
Directs each school district to align its curricula to meet the state standards for each grade level and subject area so that students who t...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Financial Literacy Skills and Knowledge
H.B. 1980
Provides that, to the extent funds are appropriated or are available for this purpose, the superintendent of public instruction and other me...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Geography, Government Education
S.B. 1172
Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12North Dakota Studies
H.B. 1172
From the fiscal note: This bill as amended requires that North Dakota Studies be taught in grades 4 and 8. It also requires that North Dakot...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Concept-Based Fitness Class
S.B. 2354
Amends graduation requirement of one-half unit of physical education during each school year to include the following: Once every
four years...

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VASigned into law 02/2007P-12Dating Violence & Abusive Relationship Instruction
H.B. 1916
Requires the state Board of Education to incorporate instruction on dating violence and the characteristics of abusive relationships into it...

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- Curriculum--Arts Education
TNSigned into law 07/2007P-12No Tax on School Art Supplies During Annual Sales Tax Holiday
S.B. 616
Includes school art supplies with a sales price of $100 or less per item as items exempt from sales tax during the annual sales tax holiday....

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Visual and Performing Arts
S.B. 299
Requires the state board of elementary and secondary education to develop, adopt, and provide for the implementation of a visual arts curric...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Support of VSA arts of Nevada
A.B. 76
Provides for a portion of the money in the Account for License Plates for the Support of the Education of Children in the Arts to be distrib...

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MESigned into law 03/2007Postsec.Doctoral Degree in Visual Arts
H.B. 361
Authorizes the Institute for Doctoral Studies in the Visual Arts to confer the degree of Doctor of Visual Arts upon students in accordance w...

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- Curriculum--Censorship
ILSigned into law 08/2007Postsec.
Community College
College Campus Press Act
S.B. 729
Creates the College Campus Press Act. Provides that all campus media produced primarily by students at a state-sponsored institution of high...

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- Curriculum--Core Curriculum
UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Independent Evaluation of Textbook Alignment with Core Curriculum
H.B. 364
Prohibits a school district from purchasing certain instructional materials unless the materials have been evaluated by an independent party...

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- Curriculum--Drivers Education
ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Distracted Driving as a Major Traffic Safety Issue
S.B. 1557
Requires a driver education course to include classroom instruction on distracted driving as a major traffic safety issue. http://www.ilga.g...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Drivers Education
S.B. 172
Eliminates provision allowing driver education courses to allow, in lieu of 5 clock hours of practice driving in a dual control car, the equ...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Drivers Education Surcharge/Fee
H.B. 2216
Allows the state Board of Education to authorize a local school board's request to assess a surcharge for driver education programs in order...

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- Curriculum--Environmental Education
WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Outdoor Education and Recreation Program
H.B. 1677
Declares an intent to establish an outdoor education and recreation program to provide a large number of underserved students with quality o...

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WYSigned into law 02/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Wyoming Conservation Corps
S.B. 85
Establishes the Wyoming Conservation Corps at the University of Wyoming to begin in the summer of 2007, and be patterned after similar conse...

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- Curriculum--Excusal
TXSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.Foreign Student Course Exemptions
S.B. 1051
Exempts foreign students enrolled in joint degree programs with Texas universities from the statutorily required 12 semester credit hours of...

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- Curriculum--Family Living Education
TNEligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007P-12Teaching Procedures re: "Safe Haven" Law
S.B. 293, H.B. 0234
This bill requires that the course of instruction in all public schools in grades 9 through 12 include instruction regarding the procedure f...

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TXBecame law without governor's signature 05/2007P-12Parenting and Paternity Awareness Curriculum
H.B. 2176
To address an increase in births to unmarried parents in Texas from 1995 to 2002, the office of the Attorney General created the Parenting a...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Human Growth and Development Curriculum
H.F. 611
Defines "age-appropriate" and "research-based." Directs the department of education to develop age-appropriate and research-based materials ...

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VASigned into law 02/2007P-12Dating Violence & Abusive Relationship Instruction
H.B. 1916
Requires the state Board of Education to incorporate instruction on dating violence and the characteristics of abusive relationships into it...

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- Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
OKAdopted 10/2007P-12Personal Financial Literacy Education
OAC 210:35-9-31
Amends rules to require public schools to provide personal financial literacy education in grades 7-12. Outlines 14 areas of instruction tha...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Task Force on Civics and Financial Education
H.B. 2584
Creates a Task Force on Civics and Financial Education to study and make recommendations about how to increase and improve civics and financ...

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RIPassed 07/2007P-12Personal Financial Education Pilot
H.B. 6235
Creates a special legislative commission whose purpose it would be to study the status and future of youth personal financial education in t...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12Passport to Financial Literacy Act
H.B. 1476
Requires personal financial literacy education to be taught in public schools in the state; lists areas of instruction; directs school distr...

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NDSigned into law 05/2007P-12Career and Technical Education, Enrepreneurship Education
H.B. 1019
Increases funding for for the Department of Career & Technical Education by $4.9 million, 29 percent over from the previous biennium. The $4...

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TNSigned into law 05/2007P-12
H.B. 1944
Removes the provision in the junior and senior high school curriculum that permits a course on personal finance to satisfy the instruction r...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Financial Literacy as an Elective
H.B. 1205
Requires that financial literacy be offered as a high school elective.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB1205.pdf...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Financial Literacy Skills and Knowledge
H.B. 1980
Provides that, to the extent funds are appropriated or are available for this purpose, the superintendent of public instruction and other me...

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IDAdopted 03/2007P-12Financial Education
H.C.R. 10
Recognizes the importance of basic financial education and business-oriented educational programs for all citizens. Urges the state board of...

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VASigned into law 02/2007Postsec.Economic Education & Financial Literacy Programs
H.B. 2513
Expands economic education and financial literacy programs at public institutions of higher education to include subjects in savings and inv...

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- Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
CATo governor 09/2007P-12Foreign Language
A.B. 280
Establishes the State Seal of Biliteracy to recognize high school graduates who have mastered languages in addition to English. Requires the...

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LAAdopted 08/2007P-12Duration of Foreign Language Specialist Certificate PK-8
LAC 28:CXXXI.311
Allows the Foreign Language Specialist Certificate PK-8 to be valid for six years due to changes in the visa requirements. Page 10 of 79: ht...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
American Sign Language
H.B. 915
Encourages the public schools, the community college system and the University of North Carolina to offer American Sign Language for credit ...

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WVAdopted 06/2007P-12Foreign Language Standards
Title 126, Series 44G
Amends rules regarding foreign language content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. ...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12American Sign Language
S.B. 170
Provides that any student, not just a deaf student, may fulfill the foreign language requirements for a college preparatory curriculum seal ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12World Languages Pilot Program Grants
H.F. 2245 [World Languages]
Creates a pilot program to award five world languages grants to develop and implement sustainable, high-quality model world languages progra...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Bilingual/Multilingual Certificates
H.F. 2245 [Multilingual/Bilingual]
Directs the Department of Education to develop and recommend to the legislature by February 15, 2008, the standards and process for awarding...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Official State Language
S.B. 1172
Amends existing law to declare English to be the official state language. Provides that English is the sole language of government, subject ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Critical Languages Program
S.B. 80
Establishes the Critical Languages Program, which includes languages described in the federal National Security Language Initiative, includi...

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WYSigned into law 02/2007Postsec.
Community College
Foreign Language Teacher Loan Repayment Program
H.B. 182
Amends the teacher shortage loan repayment program to include students pursuing degrees to become foreign language teachers; transfers admin...

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- Curriculum--Geography Education
NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Geography, Government Education
S.B. 1172
Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;...

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- Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Health and Physical Education Coordinator
S.B. 362
Directs the state department of education to hire a health and physical education coordinator not later than the beginning of the 2008-2009 ...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Human Growth and Development Curriculum
H.F. 611
Defines "age-appropriate" and "research-based." Directs the department of education to develop age-appropriate and research-based materials ...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Parental Notification/Consent Clinical Health Care Class
H.B. 371
Requires specific parental notification and consent before public education students who are minors may participate in the clinical experien...

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- Curriculum--Language Arts
CAVetoed 09/2007P-12language arts assessment
A.B. 252
Authorizes the Department of Education to make a primary language assessment available to public schools for assessing pupils enrolled in du...

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CABecame law without governor's signature 07/2007P-12speech pathologists
S.C.R. 40
Requests the Governor and all state agencies to work together to alleviate the critical shortage of speech-language pathologists in the stat...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Library Services to Blind and Physically Handicapped
H.F. 2245 [Services to Blind and Physically Handicapped]
Directs the Department of Education to provide specialized services to the blind and physically handicapped through the Minnesota Library f...

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MSSigned into law 03/2007P-12K-3 Literacy and Numeracy Screening
H.B. 1058
Relates to dyslexia screening and remediation pilot programs. Requires state department of education to select a literacy and numeracy scree...

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- Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
SDSigned into law 02/2007P-12Writing Assessments
H.B. 1035
Revises the required grade levels for assessment of writing skills by every public school district. Changes from grades 5 and 9 to "at least...

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- Curriculum--Mathematics
NYAdopted 08/2007P-12Summer Academies and Teacher Professional Development for Middle Grades Math and Science
Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.14 and 100.15
Establishes criteria for the award of grants for the Excelsior Scholars program for grade 7 math and science students. Establishes criteria ...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Reaching One's Potential for Excellence (ROPE) Scholars Pilot Program.
S.B. 1030
The purpose of the ROPE Scholars Pilot Program is to strengthen middle grades education in order to provide students with the opportunity to...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12District Budget Reporting, Grant Fund for Licensed Education Personnel
A.B. 1A
Revises provisions governing the inclusion of certain information in the biennial budget request for the state distributive school account f...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12Middle School Mathematics Laboratories
S.B. 179
Relates to middle school mathematics laboratories; deletes specific number of schools to be identified by state board for certain program; s...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12School of Science and Mathematics
S.B. 194
Relates to the School of Science and Mathematics; requires budgeting in certain categories and amounts; requires certain performance measure...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Intensive Math and Science Intervention Pilot
H.B. 2504
Requires the commissioner to establish an intensive mathematics and algebra intervention pilot program for students not performing at grade ...

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COSigned into law 05/2007P-12After-school Science and Math Programs
H.B. 1243
Establishes the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") after-school education pilot grant program ("grant program") in t...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Teacher Center Duties
H.F. 2245 [Mathematics and Science Teachers]
Amends duties of teacher centers, requires teacher centers to provide a professional development program to train interested and highly qual...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Summer Program for Potential Engineering Students
H.B. 2978
Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to design and administer a one-week summer program to take place on campuses that off...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Math Coaches Pilot, Other Instructional Assistance
H.B. 2237 (Technical Assistance, Professional Development Provisions)
A portion of this large bill establishes grants of up to $2.5 million per year to provide technical assistance and professional development ...

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IDSigned into law 04/2007P-12Early Math Education Program
S.B. 1237 (Section 8)
Directs the superintendent of public instruction to develop an early math education program, similar in approach to the K-3 literacy assessm...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Excelsior Scholars and Summer Institutes for Grades 5-8 Math and Science Teachers
S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 39
Adds section 3641-A to the education code. Directs the commissioner to establish an Excelsior Scholars program for grade 7 math and science ...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Science and Mathematics Tuition Reimbursement Program
S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 36
Creates science and mathematics tuition reimbursement program. Provides that of the amount appropriated for grants to schools for the 2007-2...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
GET Ready for Math and Science Scholarship Program
H.B. 1779
Establishes the GET ready for math and science scholarship program. The purpose of the program is to provide scholarships to students who ac...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Math and Science
H.B. 1906
Declares that the activities in this act revise and strengthen the state learning standards that implement the essential academic learning r...

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MSSigned into law 03/2007P-12K-3 Literacy and Numeracy Screening
H.B. 1058
Relates to dyslexia screening and remediation pilot programs. Requires state department of education to select a literacy and numeracy scree...

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NMSigned into law 03/2007P-12Mathematics & Science Education Act
H.B. 220/S.B. 552
Creates the Mathematics and Science Bureau within the department of education and a 12 member advisory council to advise the bureau. Defines...

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- Curriculum--Physical Education
OHSigned into law 10/2007P-12PE Standards
H.B. 119 - Physical Education Standards
Requires the state board to adopt standards for physical education in grades K-12 developed by the National Association for Sport and Physic...

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CASigned into law 09/2007P-12physical education
S.B. 601
Requires the Department of Education to ensure that data collected through Categorical Program Monitoring indicates the extent to which each...

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ORAdopted 09/2007P-12Health and Physical Education
OAR 581-022-1210
Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Waiver/Modification of Physical Education Mandate
H.B. 1839
Provides that a state-board approved waiver from or modification to a physical education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to ex...

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OKAdopted 08/2007P-12Physical Education
OAC 210:25-5-31
Amends rules to require that public elementary schools provide instruction in physical education for full-day kindergarten through grade 5 s...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Physical Education
H.B. 3141
Requires the state department to collect data on: (1) The number of minutes of physical education that are provided to K-8 students each sch...

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LASigned into law 06/2007P-12Health and Physical Education Coordinator
S.B. 362
Directs the state department of education to hire a health and physical education coordinator not later than the beginning of the 2008-2009 ...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12Physical Education Requirements
H.B. 1011
Requires a minimum of 150 minutes per week for kindergarten to grade 5 and 225 minutes per week for grades 6 to 8 of physical education taug...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12Physical Education
H.B. 1601
Prohibits counting recess towards the physical education requirements; directs the state board to encourage school districts to provide phys...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Physical Education Requirements and Exemptions
S.B. 530 and 19 TAC Chapter 103, Subchapter AA, §103.1001
From bill analysis: Provides that a school district shall require a student enrolled in kindergarten or a grade level below grade six to par...

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FLSigned into law 05/2007P-12Physical Education Requirement
H.B. 967
Relates to physical education; provides requirements for student participation in physical education; requires review and revision of the Su...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Physical Education in Grades K-6
H.B. 208/S.B. 156
Provides for physical education in grades kindergarten through six in elementary schools. Adds physical education program units and charter ...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Concept-Based Fitness Class
S.B. 2354
Amends graduation requirement of one-half unit of physical education during each school year to include the following: Once every
four years...

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ILSigned into law 02/2007P-12Special Education Students and Physical Education
S.B. 2762
Provides that an individualized education program team may determine that a pupil must utilize time set aside for physical education to rece...

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- Curriculum--Science
CASigned into law 10/2007P-12Outdoor Science
S.B. 95
Establishes eligibility criteria for a residential outdoor science program. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to apportion t...

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NYAdopted 08/2007P-12Summer Academies and Teacher Professional Development for Middle Grades Math and Science
Title 8 NYCRR Section 100.14 and 100.15
Establishes criteria for the award of grants for the Excelsior Scholars program for grade 7 math and science students. Establishes criteria ...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Reaching One's Potential for Excellence (ROPE) Scholars Pilot Program.
S.B. 1030
The purpose of the ROPE Scholars Pilot Program is to strengthen middle grades education in order to provide students with the opportunity to...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12District Budget Reporting, Grant Fund for Licensed Education Personnel
A.B. 1A
Revises provisions governing the inclusion of certain information in the biennial budget request for the state distributive school account f...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12School of Science and Mathematics
S.B. 194
Relates to the School of Science and Mathematics; requires budgeting in certain categories and amounts; requires certain performance measure...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Nature Science Curriuclum
H.B. 1700
H.B. 1700 implements nature science curriculum on a statewide level. The Texas Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math Center of Texas Te...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Intensive Math and Science Intervention Pilot
H.B. 2504
Requires the commissioner to establish an intensive mathematics and algebra intervention pilot program for students not performing at grade ...

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COSigned into law 05/2007P-12After-school Science and Math Programs
H.B. 1243
Establishes the science, technology, engineering, and mathematics ("STEM") after-school education pilot grant program ("grant program") in t...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Teacher Center Duties
H.F. 2245 [Mathematics and Science Teachers]
Amends duties of teacher centers, requires teacher centers to provide a professional development program to train interested and highly qual...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Science Lab Grant Program
H.B. 2237 (Science Lab Provisions)
One section of this bill creates a science laboratory grant program. Requires the commissioner to establish a competitive grant program to ...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Excelsior Scholars and Summer Institutes for Grades 5-8 Math and Science Teachers
S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 39
Adds section 3641-A to the education code. Directs the commissioner to establish an Excelsior Scholars program for grade 7 math and science ...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Science and Mathematics Tuition Reimbursement Program
S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 36
Creates science and mathematics tuition reimbursement program. Provides that of the amount appropriated for grants to schools for the 2007-2...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
GET Ready for Math and Science Scholarship Program
H.B. 1779
Establishes the GET ready for math and science scholarship program. The purpose of the program is to provide scholarships to students who ac...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Outdoor Education and Recreation Program
H.B. 1677
Declares an intent to establish an outdoor education and recreation program to provide a large number of underserved students with quality o...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Math and Science
H.B. 1906
Declares that the activities in this act revise and strengthen the state learning standards that implement the essential academic learning r...

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NMSigned into law 03/2007P-12Mathematics & Science Education Act
H.B. 220/S.B. 552
Creates the Mathematics and Science Bureau within the department of education and a 12 member advisory council to advise the bureau. Defines...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Governor's Science & Technology Education Program
S.B. 217
Expands the informal science and technology education program within the Governor's Office of Economic Development to include the direct spo...

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VAPassed 03/2007Postsec.Science/Technology Education in Graduate Programs
H.J. 611
This joint resolution of the legislature establishes a joint subcommittee to study science and technology education in business, law, and po...

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- Curriculum--Sex Education
CASigned into law 10/2007P-12Sex education
A.B. 629
Enacts the Sexual Health Education Accountability Act. Requires any program conducted by an outside agency at a publicly funded school, that...

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LAEnrolled 06/2007P-12Evaluation of the Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence
H.C.R. 200
Requests the department of health and hospitals to provide for an evaluation of the Louisiana Governor's Program on Abstinence by an externa...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12Instruction in Lawful Abandonment of Newborn Baby
H.B. 485
Requires local boards of education to ensure that students in grades nine through twelve receive annual health instruction including informa...

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COSigned into law 05/2007P-12Science-based Sex Education
H.B. 1292
Concerns the adoption of science-based content standards for instruction regarding human sexuality. The standards are intended to help reduc...

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TNEligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007P-12Teaching Procedures re: "Safe Haven" Law
S.B. 293, H.B. 0234
This bill requires that the course of instruction in all public schools in grades 9 through 12 include instruction regarding the procedure f...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Human Growth and Development Curriculum
H.F. 611
Defines "age-appropriate" and "research-based." Directs the department of education to develop age-appropriate and research-based materials ...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12Sexual Health Education
S.B. 5297
By September 1, 2008, every public school that offers sexual health education must assure that it is medically and scientifically accurate; ...

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- Curriculum--Social Studies/History
CAVetoed 09/2007P-12Social science
A.B. 72
Encourages instruction in social science for grades 7 to 12, inclusive, to include instruction on World War II and the role of Filipinos in ...

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NYVetoed 08/2007P-12Veterans Speaking about Military Experiences
A.B. 6574
Directs the director of the division of veterans affairs to develop a program providing for veteran educational speakers in classrooms of pu...

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INSigned into law 04/2007P-12Holocaust Education
H.B. 1059
Directs each district to include a study of the Holocaust in each high school U.S. history course. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Geography, Government Education
S.B. 1172
Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;...

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- Curriculum--Speech Education
CABecame law without governor's signature 07/2007P-12speech pathologists
S.C.R. 40
Requests the Governor and all state agencies to work together to alleviate the critical shortage of speech-language pathologists in the stat...

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- Data-Driven Improvement
NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Student Progress Reports
S.B. 2107 - Part A, Section 2
Provides that by July 1, 2008, a student progress report must be prepared for all students. States that the progress report must provide par...

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- Demographics
NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12NCLB Consequences for Schools and Reporting Requirements
H.B. 34
Distinguishes a student's academic proficiency from the adequate yearly progress of public schools and school districts; conforms rankings o...

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- Desegregation
AZVetoed 06/2007P-12Choice, Desegregation
H.B. 2119
Relates to open enrollment for students in schools ordered to desegregate. ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12Multiracial Diversity
H.F. 2245 [Multiracial Diversity]
Authorizes a school district to apply to the commissioner for a waiver from the requirement to maintain racial balance within a district sch...

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NESigned into law 05/2007P-12Division of a Learning Community into Separate Education Centers
L.B. 641
Pertains to Class V school districts. (Omaha Public Schools is only class V district as of bill passage.) Provides for the division of a lea...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Full-Day Kindergarten Planning Grants and Desegregation Grant
S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 38
Authorizes the commissioner to award grants to districts that operated half-day kindergarten programs in the 2006-2007 school year, and that...

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IAAdopted 02/2007P-12Student Assignments May Not Be Based Solely or Primarily on Race
IAC 281-17.2(282), 17.6(2), 281-17.14(282), 17.14(1) through 17.14(5)
These amendments are in response to the June 28, 2007, decision of the United States Supreme Court that student assignments may not be based...

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- Economic/Workforce Development
MEIssued 11/2007Postsec.
Community College
Governor's Council on Competitiveness and the Economy
Executive Order 08 FY 08/09
(Executive Order 08 FY 08/09) Creates the Governor's Council on Competitiveness and the Economy; concerns a public/private partnership for n...

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WISigned into law 10/2007Postsec.Joint Committee on Information Policy and Technology
S.B. 40
Directs the joint committee on information policy and technology to review any University of Wisconsin System, institution or college campus...

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CAVetoed 09/2007Postsec.Workforce development
A.B. 365
Expresses findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the relationship between postsecondary education and workforce developmen...

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MOSigned into law 09/2007Community CollegeEconomic Development
H.B. 1A
Relates to economic development and incentive programs; relates to ticket resales, tax increment financing, distressed areas assemblage tax ...

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HIVetoed 07/2007P-12
Postsec.
Ingenuity Charter
H.B. 1670
Establishes the Ingenuity Charter to facilitate the development of intellectual property, uphold high labor and environmental standards, sup...

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MESigned into law 07/2007Postsec.
Community College
Incentives for Graduates to Work and Live in State
I. 2; LD 948; LR 124
Provides a tax credit to reimburse educational loan payments for any resident who earns an associate or bachelor's degree and lives, works a...

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RISigned into law 07/2007P-12
Postsec.
Creates a Research Foundation
H.B. 5455
Establishes a research foundation, as a nonprofit corporation, at the University of Rhode Island to administer the development of scientific...

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ALSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.
Community College
Workforce Training
H.J.R. 153
Creates a task force to study and recommend strategies to assist existing industries in the State; provides that the task force will review ...

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COSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.
Community College
In-state Tuition for Economic Development Incentives
H.B. 1256
Concerns in-state tuition for persons who move to Colorado as the result of an economic development incentive.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/cl...

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HISigned into law 06/2007Postsec.Office of Aerospace Development
S.B. 907
Eliminates references to the Office of Space Industry. Creates the Office of Aerospace Development to coordinate space activities and identi...

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MEDied 06/2007P-12Financial Literacy Training for Teachers
H.B. 1089
Requires the Treasurer of State to organize a seminar in November 2007 for training in teaching financial literacy to students from kinderga...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12Alternative Education Programs Committee
H.B. 1224
Establishes the Alternative Education Programs Committee. The committee shall review and make recommendations for the promotion of alternati...

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MESigned into law 06/2007Postsec.
Community College
Financial Aid for College Students Who Remain in State
L.D. 1856; LR 2619
Provides a tax credit to reimburse educational loan payments for any resident who earns an associate degree or a bachelor's degree and lives...

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NHSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.
Community College
World Competitiveness
H.B. 499
Renames the industrial research center at the University of New Hampshire as the Innovative Research Center. Redefines its purpose to foster...

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OHIssued 06/2007Postsec.
Community College
Governor's Workforce Policy Advisory Board
Executive Order No. 14
Establishes the Governor's Workforce Policy Advisory Board to advise the Governor with respect to business, workforce, training, education a...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology
S.B. 196
Relates to the Center for the Advancement of Science and Technology; requires budgeting in certain categories and amounts; requires certain ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.Commission on Higher Education and Global Competitiveness
H.C.R. 159
Requests that the governor, the lieutenant governor, and the speaker of the house of representatives create a select commission on higher ed...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Employers for Education Excellence Award
S.B. 1433
Requires the State Board of Education (board) to create the Employers for Education Excellence Award, to encourage businesses to implement p...

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VTSigned into law 06/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Internship Grant Programs
H.B. 433
Bridges the state's workforce development gap by supporting workforce development and secondary and postsecondary internships with employers...

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FLSigned into law 05/2007P-12High School to Business Career Enhancement Act
H.B. 1161
Relates to the High School to Business Career Enhancement Act and high school work experience; requires each district school board to adopt ...

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MOSigned into law 05/2007Postsec.
Community College
Higher Education Finance
S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Finance]
Increases the amount of the Bright Flight scholarships from $2,000 to $3,000 beginning with fiscal year 2011. Beginning with fiscal year 201...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007Postsec.
Community College
Student Loans
S.B. 357
Revises provisions relating to student loans administered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education for students enrolled in...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Economic/Workforce Development
H.B. 1562
Improves the college remediation rate and ensures a general suitable, and efficient system of college and workforce readiness for all studen...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Generation Iowa Commission
H.F. 617
Establishes the generation Iowa commission within the department of economic development for purposes of advising and assisting in the reten...

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MSSigned into law 04/2007Postsec.
Community College
Rural Physicians Scholarship Program
H.B. 1465
Establishes the Mississippi Rural Physicians Scholarship Program to identify and recruit university and college students from rural areas of...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007Postsec.
Community College
Educational Loans for Physicians
S.B. 553
Expands the repayment of educational loans to include physicians practicing in medically underserved areas or for underserved populations. I...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
High School Redesign
H.B. 584/S.B. 561
Provides for high school redesign. Directs the department of education to establish a readiness assessment system to measure the readiness o...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007Postsec.
Community College
University Research Park Act
S.B. 773
Clarifies the scope of the existing University Research Park Act. Expands permitted acvitities to those that may not fit under the strict de...

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NMVetoed 04/2007Postsec.
Community College
Broaden University Research and Development
H.B. 900
Broadens the scope of university research and economic development. Forges links between New Mexico's educational institutions, business and...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
High Needs Nursing Programs at Independent Institutions and Empire Innovation Programs
S.B. 2107, Parts E-4, E-5, E-6
Adds new section 6401-A to the education code. Authorizes the commissioner to grant state aid for high needs nursing programs to any indepen...

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UTSigned into law 04/2007Postsec.Commercialization of State College/University Developed Technologies
H.B. 125
Modifies the recognized purposes of the Centers of Excellence Act to include facilitating the transition of research generated technologies ...

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WASigned into law 04/2007Postsec.
Community College
Meeting the Demand for Higher and Differently Skilled Workers
H.B. 1096
Finds that: (1) The economic trends of globalization and technological change are increasing the demand for higher and differently skilled w...

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WASigned into law 04/2007Postsec.
Community College
Education of Students in High Demand Fields
S.B. 5731
Establishes a committee on the education of students in high demand fields. The committee consists of: (1) two members of the House of Repre...

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WIIssued 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Governor's Business Council
Executive Order No. 193
Relates to the creation of the Governor's Business Council to collaborate on regional and statewide development priorities to support econom...

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ARSigned into law 03/2007Postsec.Economic Development
H.B. 2413
Authorizes the Science and Technology Authority to support an alliance of research universities, chancellors and presidents, and representat...

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KYSigned into law 03/2007Postsec.
Community College
Economic Development and Postsecondary Education Centers
H.B. 468
Relates to economic development; declares an emergency; establishes the criteria for eligible companies that locate a project adjacent to a ...

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MSSigned into law 03/2007P-12Secondary School Redesign
S.B. 2345
Directs state board to develop and pilot a program to redesign secondary schools in the state to function not only as curriculum and educati...

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MSSigned into law 03/2007Postsec.
Community College
Social Worker Scholarship
H.B. 475
Establishes a scholarship program to enable family protection workers employed by the department of human services to obtain the college edu...

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MTSigned into law 03/2007Postsec.
Community College
Workforce Training in High Poverty Areas
H.B. 286
Revises allocation or workforce training and other economic development oppotunity funds to high poverty areas.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007Postsec.
Community College
Workforce Investment Council Annual Report Update
S.B. 489
Amends the West Virginia Workforce Investment Act to require the Workforce Investment Council to include in its annual report to the Legisla...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007Postsec.
Community College
West Virginia Works Separate State College Program
S.B. 518
Establishes the West Virginia Works Separate State College Program & Fund to provide funding for works program participants who are enrolled...

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- Education Research
TXAdopted 12/2007P-12Education Research Centers
19 TAC Chapter 95
This item adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 95, Commissioner's Rules Concerning Education Research Centers, §95.1001, Operation of Education Researc...

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COSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.Innovative Higher Education Research Fund
S.B. 182
Concerns State matching funds for competitive Federally sponsored research projects at Colorado public universities; creates the Higher Educ...

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- Equity
IAAdopted 11/2007P-12Accreditation Standards Related to Discrimination and Prekindergarten
IAC 281, 12.1(1), 281-12.2(256), 12.3(6), 12.3(13), 12.8(1)
Reflects that education programs are not to discriminate on the basis of the added characteristics of sexual orientation and gender identity...

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- Federal
LAAdopted 08/2007P-12Complaints Related to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965
LAC 28:CXV.349
Establishes procedures for the department of education to handle complaints on issues related to the Elementary and Secondary Education Act ...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12State Board Sponsored Charter Schools
A.B. 334
Creates a school district for charter schools sponsored by the state board for federal law purposes. Revises provisions governing the closur...

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- Finance
CASigned into law 09/2007Community College
Postsec.
community college
A.B. 668
Enacts the Community College Student Federal and State Financial Aid Opportunity Act. Expresses various findings and declarations of the Leg...

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WVSigned into law 09/2007Postsec.
Community College
Higher Education Policy Commission
S.B. 2005B
Relates to higher education generally; authorizes conveyance of property, the Higher Education Policy Commission, election of officers, meet...

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CATo governor 08/2007P-12Appropriation
S.B. 80
Provides funding for education under the State Budget Act for the 2007-2008 fiscal year.
http://www.senate.ca.gov/...

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MASigned into law 08/2007P-12Regional School Budget Process
H.B. 586
Relates to streamlining the regional school budget process, capital outlay expenses and a city or town's apportioned share for expenditures....

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NCSigned into law 07/2007Postsec.
Community College
Fiscal Efficiencies
H.B. 749
Implements fiscal efficiencies within the university system and state government as recommended by the University of North Carolina Presiden...

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NJAdopted 07/2007P-12SCHOOL FACILITIES PROJECTS
NJAC 19:32-1 thru -4
Amends rules establishing a grant program to fund the State share of the final eligible costs of school facilities projects undertaken by sc...

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AZSigned into law 06/2007P-12Charter school finance
H.B. 2790
Relates to fingerprinting of applicants for a new or renewed teaching certificate in a school district or charter school; relates to calcula...

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NCSigned into law 06/2007P-12Resolution of Disputes
H.B. 1519
Modifies the law pertaining to the resolution of disputes between the state board of education and the board of county commissioners regardi...

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NHSigned into law 06/2007P-12Adequate Education
H.B. 927
Sets forth the substantive educational content of an adequate education, requires the establishment of criteria to identify schools with gre...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12District Budget Reporting, Grant Fund for Licensed Education Personnel
A.B. 1A
Revises provisions governing the inclusion of certain information in the biennial budget request for the state distributive school account f...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Basic Support Guarantee
A.B. 563
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recalculate the basic support guarantee for Fiscal Year 2008-09 based upon a salary inc...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Review of School Districts Based on Financial Management Principles
A.B. 244
Revises provisions governing the review of school districts based upon financial management principles. Revises provisions governing the pre...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Financial Administration
A.B. 615
If a municipality proposes to issue or incur general obligation bonds, the proposal must be submitted to the electors at an election. Provid...

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OKSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Funding Formula Task Force
S.B. 925
Creates to continue until December 31, 2007, the School Funding Formula Task Force. The task force is to review the statutorily created for...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Finance- Guaranteed Yield
H.B. 828
Relates to the guaranteed yield of school district enrichment taxes to fund the maintenance and operations of public schools.
http://www.cap...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12School Finance Reform Task Force
H.F. 2245 [School Finance]
Establishes the school finance reform task force. Task force goals include: (1) creating a standard and index to ensure that the formula rem...

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MTSigned into law 05/2007P-12Kindergarten Average Number Belonging Funding
S.B. 2A (Kindergarten)
Provides full-time Average Number Belonging funding for school districts that enroll students in full-time kindergarten. Provides start-up f...

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NESigned into law 05/2007P-12Elections to Exceed Property Tax Limit
L.B. 289
Changes procedure relating to elections to exceed the property tax levy limit. Specifies that the method of voting at the meeting will prote...

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NESigned into law 05/2007P-12School Breakfast Funding
L.A. 73
Relates to school breakfast funding. Changes the basis for the state reimbursement of the school breakfast program from the current year to ...

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NESigned into law 05/2007P-12Educational Service Units and Early Childhood Education Grants
L.B. 603
Relates to educational service units and school funding, incuding distance education. Changes provisions relating to: election of board memb...

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WASigned into law 05/2007P-12Investment of Permanent Common School Fund
H.B. 2396
The legislature declares its intent to clarify the law authorizing investment of the Permanent Common School Fund in equities when the inves...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Finance, tuition/fees
H.B. 2079
Relates to the income tax review schedule; deletes certain sections for review; provides for 2012 review of sections regarding charitable or...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007Community College
Postsec.
Community College Finance
H.B. 2193
Concerns provisional community college districts and aid; provides for continuation. (Chapter No. 13)
Removes wording eliminating the distri...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12Charter schools, background checks
H.B. 2041
Relates to charter schools, fingerprinting and a civil penalty if a charter school fails to comply with fingerprinting requirements. New pro...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12Elections Regarding School Funding
S.B. 225
Authorizes that in years when the legislature meets in regular session or in a special session that affects school funding, the trustees may...

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MTIssued 04/2007P-12Interim Study of Taxation and School Funding
S.J.R. 31
Requests that the legislative council designate an appropriate interim or statutory committee, or direct sufficient staff resources to: (1) ...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Home School Student Activities Program Unit
S.B. 1098
Establishes a home school student activities program unit.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB1098.pdf...

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NMVetoed 04/2007P-12Public School Cash Balance Credits
S.B. 159
Relates to school finance, makes cash balance credits proportional to the size of the excess cash balance.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions...

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NMSigned into law 04/2007P-12Allowable Limit on Cash Balances
H.B. 59
Raises the allowable limit on cash balances a school district may keep. Changes the basis for calculating excess cash balances by referring ...

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ALSigned into law 03/2007P-12Finance
S.J.R. 3A
Reallocates to the State Executive Commission on Community Services Grants an appropriation from the Education Trust Fund to the Joint Legis...

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ALSigned into law 03/2007P-12Tornado Damage Repair
H.B. 141
Makes a supplemental appropriation from the Education Trust Fund in the State Treasury to the State Department of Education, for Enterprise ...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Public School Permanent Endowment Fund
S.B. 1098
Amends existing law to require that property from an estate with no heirs or other claimants be paid to the Public School Permanent Endowmen...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12Public School Finance
S.B. 541
Relates to public school finances; requires local share to be calculated assuming properties are being assessed at sixty percent of market v...

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WYVetoed 03/2007P-12Federal Mineral Royalties Deposits
H.B. 278
Requires federal mineral royalties above $200 million to be deposited to the common school account within the permanent land fund after the ...

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VASigned into law 02/2007P-12Selection of Joint School Fiscal Agent
H.B. 2371
Authorizes the participating school boards of a joint school, including academic year Governor's Schools operated by two or more school divi...

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WYSigned into law 02/2007P-12Extended Day & Summer School Programs, Distance Learning/Virtual University & Finance - Alternative Education Updates
H.B. 115
Requires the state superintendent of public instruction to review at-risk program strategies funded under the block grant model, specificall...

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NESigned into law 01/2007P-12Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
L.B. 21
Relates to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act. Changes provisions relating to cost growth factor.
http://uniweb.legisl...

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- Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
NHSigned into law 06/2007P-12Adequate Education
H.B. 927
Sets forth the substantive educational content of an adequate education, requires the establishment of criteria to identify schools with gre...

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MNSigned into law 05/2007P-12School Finance Reform Task Force
H.F. 2245 [School Finance]
Establishes the school finance reform task force. Task force goals include: (1) creating a standard and index to ensure that the formula rem...

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- Finance--Aid to Private Schools
NYAdopted 09/2007P-12Loan of Instructional Computer Hardware
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 21.3 and 100.12
Provides for the loan of instructional computer hardware from public schools to nonpublic schools.
Pages 7-10 of 34: http://www.dos.state.ny...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Instructional Computer Hardware and Technology Equipment Apportionment
S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 7-a and 7-b
Section 7-a: Adds new section 753 to education code, on instructional computer hardware and technology equipment apportionment. Authorizes a...

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- Finance--Bonds
TXUnofficially approved by Voters. 11/2007Postsec.
Community College
Bonds to Finance Student Loans
V. 2
(PROPOSITION 2; SJR 57 2007)Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide for the issuance of a specified amount of general obligation bond...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.
Community College
Increased Bonding Authority
S.B. 455
Increases revenue bonding authority of the Nevada System of Higher Education.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/SB/SB455_EN.pdf...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Financial Administration
A.B. 615
If a municipality proposes to issue or incur general obligation bonds, the proposal must be submitted to the electors at an election. Provid...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Texas Public Finance Authority
H.B. 1400
Relates to the issuance by a corporation established by the Texas Public Finance Authority of revenue bonds for open-enrollment charter scho...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12Funding
S.B. 274 (Finance)
Section 32 of the act repeals code concerning eligibility for isolated schools funding; Section 30 properly replaces the isolated schools la...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12General Obligation Bonds
H.B. 672
Raises the maximum amount of debt a school district can incur through the issuance of general obligation bonds and certain other long term o...

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- Finance--District
DEAdopted 11/2007P-12Standardized Financial Reporting
14 DAC 735
Requires all school districts and charter schools to post the summary of their financial documentation on their respective website.
http://...

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IASigned into law 09/2007P-12On-Site Fiscal Review
H.F. 317
Relates to an on-site fiscal review to be conducted under phase II of the accreditation process upon recommendation by the school budget rev...

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MISigned into law 09/2007P-12School District Shared Services
H.B. 4592
Relates to a study by a school district concerning opportunities for sharing services with other providers of similar services, such as an i...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Renewable Energy Source Grants
H.B. 285
Subject to appropriation, authorizes the department of commerce and economic opportunity to establish and operate a renewable energy grant p...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Funding for Affordable Multifamily Housing Units
S.B. 220
Provides schools districts with funding for each affordable multifamily housing unit located in their district. The additional funding equat...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12
Community College
Wind Generation Turbine Farms
S.B. 843
Allows school districts and community college districts to own and operate wind generation turbine farms that directly or indirectly reduce ...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12District Fiscal Audits
S.B. 800
Requires an accountant who performs a school district audit to make determinations regarding a district's accounting systems and compliance ...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12School Improvement Fund Grants
S.B. 318
Changes student achievement activities for which a school district or program may use a School Improvement Fund grant; includes education se...

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AZSigned into law 06/2007P-12District overexpenditures and receivership
H.B. 2612
Requires school districts that overexpended their budgets in FY 2004-05 and 2005-06 plus any overexpendture in FY 2006-07 to correct these o...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act
S.B. 2054
States that the general assembly recognizes the importance of school support organizations in providing financial support to help carry out ...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12Allocation of Expenditures to Student Instruction
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Article 42.5
Creates new article in the education code, "Allocation of Expenditures to Student Instruction."

Chapter 1. Purposes and General Provisions
...

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KSSigned into law 05/2007P-12School Finance
S.B. 68 (Section 1-3)
Amends the method for determining the nonproficient pupil weighting of each district. Amends procedures for a district to adopt a local opti...

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TXSigned into law 05/2007P-12Impact Fees for Independent Districts
S.B. 883
Relates to the imposition of impact fees on the property of a school district; establishes that a school district is not required to pay imp...

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AZSigned into law 04/2007P-12Finance, property tax
H.B. 2078
Relates to the property tax oversight commission providing oversight of the budgeting and taxation process of counties, municipalities, scho...

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DESigned into law 04/2007P-12School District and Charter School Budget Reports
H.B. 21
Requires the Department of Education to develop a standardized format for the reporting of the local school district or charter school budge...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Waivers from Certain Staffing Requirements
S.F. 277 (Section 5 and 8)
Section 5: Strikes and rewrites section 256.11A. Authorizes the board of directors of a school district to file a request by August 1, 2007 ...

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IDSigned into law 04/2007P-12Hardship Bus Runs
S.B. 1236 (Section 10)
Clarifies uniquely difficult geographic circumstances under which a district may be reimbursed by the state board for transportation costs a...

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MTSigned into law 04/2007P-12School Budget Law Revision
H.B. 363
Revises school budget laws. Would allow districts to increase their budgets beyond the capped amount without approval from the voters. Would...

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NJSigned into law 03/2007P-12School District Fiscal Accountability
A.B. 5; S.B 4
Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in com...

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NJSigned into law 03/2007P-12School District Fiscal Accountability
A.B. 5
Amends school district accountability measures; provides that if a school district is spending state education funds for purposes not in com...

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- Finance--Equity
UTSigned into law 08/2007P-12Equalization Task Force
H.B. 1003
Creates a 16-member Equalization Task Force. The task force is to review and make recommendations on the following issues:
(a) methods to pr...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Equalized Wealth
H.B. 3226
Relates to the equalization of property wealth in certain school districts; provides that, if a school district's wealth per student exceeds...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12Funding
S.B. 274 (Finance)
Section 32 of the act repeals code concerning eligibility for isolated schools funding; Section 30 properly replaces the isolated schools la...

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IDSigned into law 04/2007P-12State Education Funding
S.B. 1236 (Section 8)
Increases state education funding to school districts, partially in order to create greater funding equity between school districts in the s...

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TXAdopted 02/2007P-12Need for Lower Property Taxes
S.C.R. 20
Based on the premise that the legislature finds that the existing need for lower school district property taxes constitutes an emergency for...

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- Finance--Facilities
MEApproved by voters 11/2007Postsec.
Community College
Higher Education Institution Capital Improvements
V. 3 Ballot Initiative
(QUESTION 3; P.L. 39-2007) Authorizes issuance of bonds for interior and exterior building renovations, improvements and additions at all ca...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12Finance--Facilities
A.B. 1450
Requires the State Allocation Board to provide a grant for 50% of the replacement cost of an existing building to be demolished if a school ...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12Facilities finance, surplus property
S.B. 789
Authorizes the Chino Valley Unified School District to transfer specified surplus property owned by the school district to the City of Chino...

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ILVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007P-12School Facility Occupation Tax
S.B. 835
Creates the "school facility occupation tax". This tax for up to 1% of the cost of business transactionsmust be voted on in a county wide r...

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ALSigned into law 09/2007P-12
Postsec.
Education Facilities Excellence Act of 2007
H.B. 21
Act 2007-415, HB21, is the Education Facilities Excellence Act of 2007. Authorizes the Alabama Public School and College Authority to sell a...

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CASigned into law 09/2007Postsec.Teacher quality
S.B. 280
Deletes the staff development requirement for certificate for instruction delivered in English to limited-English-proficient pupils. Require...

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CATo governor 09/2007P-12Facilities finance
A.B. 1014
Relates to the Leroy F. Greene School Facilities Act, that provides a school district's eligibility for new construction funding is determin...

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MASigned into law 08/2007P-12Regional School Budget Process
H.B. 586
Relates to streamlining the regional school budget process, capital outlay expenses and a city or town's apportioned share for expenditures....

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NJAdopted 07/2007P-12SCHOOL FACILITIES PROJECTS
NJAC 19:32-1 thru -4
Amends rules establishing a grant program to fund the State share of the final eligible costs of school facilities projects undertaken by sc...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Construction Taxes
S.B. 1036
Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes; authorizes school districts to impose construction taxes; dedicates re...

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HISigned into law 06/2007P-12Lease Payments for Schools Account
S.B. 1820
Authorizes the department of education to enter into financing agreements with the agreement of the director and with the approval of the at...

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NJSigned into law 06/2007P-12Creates New Jersey Schools Development Authority
A.B. 4336; S.B. 2796
Establishes the New Jersey Schools Development Authority and revises the school construction program established under the Educational Facil...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Financial Administration
A.B. 615
If a municipality proposes to issue or incur general obligation bonds, the proposal must be submitted to the electors at an election. Provid...

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COSigned into law 05/2007P-12Public School Facilities Equity Act
S.B. 41
Concerns the creation of the Public School Facilities Equity Act to address the capital construction needs of public schools in the State. C...

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NDSigned into law 04/2007P-12State Aid Provisions
S.B. 2200 (finance provisions)
Adds a new section that sets school district size weighting factors -- weighted student units. Another new section establishes minimum and m...

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NMVetoed 04/2007Postsec.
Community College
Finance Board Capital Expendigure Threshold
S.B. 264
Relates to higher education. Provides a threshold amount for capital expenditures. Requires state board of finance approval.
http://legis.st...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Bond Guarantee Program
S.B. 1053
From legislative analysis: Raises the cap for the School Bond Guarantee Program when school districts in Idaho access the state's AAA guaran...

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MSSigned into law 03/2007Postsec.
Community College
Leasing Land for Private Construction
H.B. 1208
Authorizes the board of trustees of state institutions of higher learning to authorize universities to lease land at the univeersity for the...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Construction Project Approval
H.B. 1248
Schools considering construction projects are required to get approval from the state superintendent. If the superintendent denies the reque...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Building Energy Efficiency Loan Fund
H.B. 351
Creates a revolving loan fund for use by school districts to improve energy efficiency in school district buildings. http://le.utah.gov/~200...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12Literary Fund Stipulations
H.B. 2350
Provides that a school board's application to the Board of Education for a loan from the Literary Fund must be signed by the chairman of the...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission Creation
S.B. 756
Establishes the Public-Private Partnership Advisory Commission to review and advise responsible public entities that are agencies or institu...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Freedom of Information Act Exemptions for Schools Facilities Projects
S.B. 1002
Allows memoranda, staff evaluations, or other records prepared by the responsible public entity, its staff, outside advisors, or consultants...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12Public School Finance
S.B. 541
Relates to public school finances; requires local share to be calculated assuming properties are being assessed at sixty percent of market v...

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WYSigned into law 03/2007P-12Facilities Funds Surplus
S.B. 16
Allows unexpended amounts from major building and facility repair and replacement payments to be earmarked for use in subsequent school
year...

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WYSigned into law 02/2007P-12Facility Repair & Maintenance Bonds
H.B. 38
Allows district school boards to propose bonds for the purpose of facility repair and maintenance; requires bonding propositions for facilit...

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WYSigned into law 02/2007P-12Facilities Payment Expansion
S.B. 14
Expands major building and facility repair and replacement payments for school districts to include buildings or facilities that would other...

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- Finance--Funding Formulas
MDEnacted 11/2007P-12School Funding Formula and Revenues
H.B. 1A
Relates to funding for public and private elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and community colleges; relates to property ass...

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MIEnacted 11/2007P-12School Funding and Cost Estimates
H.B. 4359
Provides appropriations for School Aid; provides for public schools and school districts; relates to cost estimates.
http://www.legislature....

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OHSigned into law 10/2007P-12Amends Funding Provisions
H.B. 119 -- School Funding
Prescribes the per pupil base cost formula amount; increases by 3% each year the hourly rate that is used to calculate the based funding sup...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Calculation of a School Day
H.B. 1910
Provides that for state aid purposes, if during a school day, a district has provided at least one clock hour of instruction but must dismis...

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NJAdopted 08/2007P-12Financing Urban Districts - Revised Requirements
NJAC 6A:10-1.1, 1.2, 2.1, 2.2, 2.3, 2.6, 2.7, and NJAC 6A:10-2.10
Proposes to amend rules concerning Financing Foundational and Demonstrably Needed Programs and Services in Abbott School Districts. Suspends...

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PASigned into law 07/2007P-12Increases in Targeted Funding
H.B. 842 -- Fiscal Assistance
Section 24 (Section 2502.13) increases aid to small schools; aid to low income districts; and at-risk funding. Also establishes aid for dist...

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COSigned into law 06/2007P-12Enrollment Count for Military Children
H.B. 1232
Concerns aid for school districts in which pupils who are the dependents of military personnel enroll after October 1.
http://www.leg.state....

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12Funding Formula Changes for Specific Districts
H.B. 368
Adjusts the school funding formula to require the unorganized territories to pay their full and fair share of educating students from the un...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Basic Support Guarantee
A.B. 563
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recalculate the basic support guarantee for Fiscal Year 2008-09 based upon a salary inc...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12Funding
H.B. 2293
Increases the states funding level to schools. The state will now provide 75%, instead of 65%, of the cost of instructional positions to sc...

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VTSigned into law 06/2007P-12Misc. Provisions
S.B. 93
Amends provisions regarding joint contract school districts, genders and dates of birth of pupils, base contract amounts, K-12 tuition agree...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Funding for Students in Dual Enrollment and Early College High School Programs
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - IC 20-43-4-8
A student who participates in:
        (1) a postsecondary enrollment program under IC 21-43-4 is considered a student enrolled in the schoo...

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KSSigned into law 05/2007P-12School Finance
S.B. 68 (Section 1-3)
Amends the method for determining the nonproficient pupil weighting of each district. Amends procedures for a district to adopt a local opti...

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ARSigned into law 04/2007P-12Finance
H.B. 1726
Act to assist school districts with the transition between levels of categorical funding for the national school lunch students by providing...

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IDSigned into law 04/2007P-12State Education Funding
S.B. 1236 (Section 8)
Increases state education funding to school districts, partially in order to create greater funding equity between school districts in the s...

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KSSigned into law 04/2007P-12Additional Student Count
H.B. 2159
Allows for an additional student count in February to determine if a school district has experienced an increased student enrollment due to ...

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NDSigned into law 04/2007P-12State Aid Provisions
S.B. 2200 (finance provisions)
Adds a new section that sets school district size weighting factors -- weighted student units. Another new section establishes minimum and m...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12Funding Formulas
S.B. 2103 and S.B. 2107 -- Funding Components
Senate Bill 2107, and its companion bill SB 2103, made several major changes to the state's educational funding formula - these changes incl...

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WASigned into law 04/2007P-12K-12 Finance Formula Work Group
S.B. 5627
Declares that this act is intended to make provision for some significant steps towards a new basic education funding system and establishes...

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ARSigned into law 03/2007P-12Finance
H.B. 1632
Amends the public school funding act of 2003; ensures that every public school district in the state receives the full amount of foundation ...

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ARSigned into law 03/2007P-12Enhanced Educational Funding
H.B. 1633
Provides enhanced educational funding by supplementing the amount of per student foundation funding distributed to school districts for the ...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Funding Formula and Consolidation Incentives
S.B. 157
Revises the state aid to education formula and sets funding amounts to reimburse districts that choose to consolidate.
http://www.legis.stat...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Funding for Small School Districts
S.B. 32
Revises provisions relating to the distribution of state aid funds to sparse school districts.Defines sparse school districts as having an a...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12Public School Finance
S.B. 541
Relates to public school finances; requires local share to be calculated assuming properties are being assessed at sixty percent of market v...

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NESigned into law 01/2007P-12Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act
L.B. 21
Relates to the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act. Changes provisions relating to cost growth factor.
http://uniweb.legisl...

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- Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
UTPassed 02/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
School & Institutional Trust Lands Administration Resource Development
H.C.R. 4
This concurrent resolution of the legislature encourages the development of natural resources on lands administered by the School and
Instit...

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- Finance--Lotteries
MDEnacted 11/2007P-12Video Lottery Funding for Education
H.B. 4A
Adds a new article to the State Constitution to authorize video lottery terminal gaming in the State for the primary purpose of providing fu...

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- Finance--Private Giving
TNSigned into law 04/2007Postsec.Confidentiality for Donors
S.B. 2080
Makes confidential certain information relating to donors of gifts to public institutions of higher education or to certain related foundati...

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- Finance--Resource Efficiency
MESigned into law 06/2007P-12School District Consolidation
H.B. 685; LD 216
Allows a school administrative unit that is a municipality or school administrative district to combine with another school administrative d...

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MESigned into law 06/2007P-12School District Consolidation
H.B. 685
Allows a school administrative unit that is a municipality or school administrative district to combine with another school administrative d...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12Allocation of Expenditures to Student Instruction
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Article 42.5
Creates new article in the education code, "Allocation of Expenditures to Student Instruction."

Chapter 1. Purposes and General Provisions
...

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MESigned into law 04/2007P-12School District Reorganization
H.B. 35
(Resolve) Provides for legislative review of portions of Chapter 28: Closing a School in the Unorganized Territory, a major substantive rule...

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- Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
NYEmergency Rule Extension 11/2007P-12Contracts for Excellence
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12
Readopts, by emergency action effective November 25, 2007, the emergency rule adopted at the September 10, 2007 Regents meeting that added a...

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NYAdopted 07/2007P-12Contracts for Excellence
Title 8 NYCRR Sections 100.13 and 170.12
Establishes allowable programs and activities, criteria for public reporting by school districts of their total foundation aid expenditures,...

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TXSigned into law 07/2007P-12Accounting Modifications
H.B. 2365
From fiscal note: The bill would allow the state and political subdivisions of the state to follow state statutory modified accrual standard...

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TXSigned into law 07/2007P-12School Land Board's Authority
H.B. 3699
House Bill 3699 amends the Natural Resources Code and the Education Code to broaden the School Land Board's (SLB) authority to manage and co...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Basic Support Guarantee
A.B. 563
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to recalculate the basic support guarantee for Fiscal Year 2008-09 based upon a salary inc...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Inclusion of Foreign Exchange Students for Receiving State Funds
H.B. 160
Allows a school district or charter school to include, with certain exceptions, foreign exchange students in the district's or school's memb...

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- Finance--Student Fees
OHSigned into law 11/2007P-12All-Day Kindergarten
H.B. 190 -- Multiple Components
Permits school districts that are not eligible for state payments for all-day kindergarten to charge tuition on a sliding scale for all-day ...

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MSSigned into law 03/2007P-12Financial Hardship Waivers
H.B. 833
Specifies eligibility for students to receieve financial hardship waivers for supplemental instructional materials and supplies, excluding t...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues
MDEnacted 11/2007P-12School Funding Formula and Revenues
H.B. 1A
Relates to funding for public and private elementary, secondary, and postsecondary education and community colleges; relates to property ass...

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MDEnacted 11/2007P-12Video Lottery Funding for Education
H.B. 4A
Adds a new article to the State Constitution to authorize video lottery terminal gaming in the State for the primary purpose of providing fu...

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ILVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007P-12School Facility Occupation Tax
S.B. 835
Creates the "school facility occupation tax". This tax for up to 1% of the cost of business transactionsmust be voted on in a county wide r...

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NJRejected by voters 09/2007P-12Property Tax Relief
V. 5 Public Question 1
Property tax. Dedicated annual revenue of an amount equal to a tax rate of 1% under the state sales tax for property tax reform
FAILED 47-5...

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HISigned into law 07/2007P-12School Impact Fees
H.B. 19
Creates new section regarding school impact fees. Requires new residential developments to contribute toward the construction of new or expa...

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ORSigned into law 07/2007P-12Construction Taxes
S.B. 1036
Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes; authorizes school districts to impose construction taxes; dedicates re...

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VTSigned into law 06/2007P-12Misc. Provisions
S.B. 93
Amends provisions regarding joint contract school districts, genders and dates of birth of pupils, base contract amounts, K-12 tuition agree...

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VTSigned into law 06/2007P-12Controlling Costs While Maintaining Quality
H.B. 526
Provides for a slight rollback in property tax assessments for this year and would place a cap on property evaluations in the future. In add...

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NESigned into law 05/2007P-12Elections to Exceed Property Tax Limit
L.B. 289
Changes procedure relating to elections to exceed the property tax levy limit. Specifies that the method of voting at the meeting will prote...

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VTSigned into law 05/2007P-12Statewide Education Property Tax Rate Adjustment
H.B. 88
Reduces the statewide education property tax rates from the statutory rates of $ 1.10 homestead and $ 1.59 nonresidential to new rates, for ...

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NYSigned into law 04/2007P-12High Tax Aid
S.B. 2107 - Part B, Section 16-a
Creates new section 3602 in the education code. Establishes $99.99 million two-tier High Tax Aid providing funding to eligible districts sta...

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UTSent to Governor 03/2007P-12New School District Property Tax Amendments
H.B. 58
Prohibits certain new school districts from levying a property tax prior to the year in which the district assumes responsibility for studen...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12Public School Finance
S.B. 541
Relates to public school finances; requires local share to be calculated assuming properties are being assessed at sixty percent of market v...

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WYVetoed 03/2007P-12Federal Mineral Royalties Deposits
H.B. 278
Requires federal mineral royalties above $200 million to be deposited to the common school account within the permanent land fund after the ...

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TXAdopted 02/2007P-12Need for Lower Property Taxes
S.C.R. 20
Based on the premise that the legislature finds that the existing need for lower school district property taxes constitutes an emergency for...

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- Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Agriculture in the Classroom Fund
H.B. 1024
Creates the Agriculture in the Classroom Fund in the State treasury. Provides for the issuance of Agriculture in the Classroom license plate...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007Postsec.
Community College
Scholarship Funds from License Plates
S.B. 169
Specifies that scholarship awards from moneys deposited into the state college and university trust fund are to support Illinois residents. ...

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TNSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Support Organization Financial Accountability Act
S.B. 2054
States that the general assembly recognizes the importance of school support organizations in providing financial support to help carry out ...

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NDSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Fee-Based Catering Services
S.B. 2344
Allows institutions of higher education and school districts to provide (for fee) catered meal services off-site as long as those functions ...

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IDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Public School Permanent Endowment Fund
S.B. 1098
Amends existing law to require that property from an estate with no heirs or other claimants be paid to the Public School Permanent Endowmen...

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- Governance
TXAdopted 11/2007Community CollegeNew Baccalaureate Programs at Community College Level
19 TAC 1.5.B.5.21 -.23
Requires selected community colleges to follow the preliminary authority requirements before proposing new baccalaureate degree programs. TE...

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CASigned into law 10/2007P-12Governance
S.B. 132
Makes various clarifying and technical changes to the Education Code which assigns various duties to state and local educational agencies an...

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TXSigned into law 07/2007P-12
Postsec.
Texas Governor's Schools
H.B. 1748
House Bill 1748 amends the Education Code to transfer all powers and duties relating to the Texas governor's schools program from the Texas ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.Certficate of Recognition for Donations
S.B. 469
Requires the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) to produce a certificate of recognition to any person who contributes $10,000...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Recodification of Higher Education Code
S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Recodification of Higher Education Code
Recodifies the law governing higher education. Changes references in provisions that cross reference to the law being recodified. Makes rela...

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MESigned into law 05/2007P-12Student Member on State Board of Education
H.B. 133
Expands the membership of the State Board of Education to include one student member.
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsit...

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MOSigned into law 05/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Committee on Education
S.B. 389 [Committee on Education]
Modifies the responsibilities of the legislative committee on education. Requires the committee to meet at least twice a year. Charges commi...

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WASigned into law 05/2007P-12District board member elections
H.B. 2154
The date of elections for Educational Service Districts with one or more members whose
terms expire the following January is changed from ea...

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TNSigned into law 04/2007P-12Accountability System Review
S.B. 457
Adds a new section. Directs the office of education accountability to periodically study the overall school accountability system and report...

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TXSigned into law 04/2007P-12District Employee Communications with School Board
S.B. 135
Protects this important communication by prohibiting employment policies that restrict the ability of a school district employee to communic...

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WASigned into law 04/2007Postsec.Coordinating Board Revisions
H.B. 1883
Revises the higher education coordinating board. Effective July 22, 2007, the Executive Director of the HECB is appointed by the Governor fr...

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WASigned into law 04/2007Postsec.Investment of Scholarship Endowment Funds
S.B. 5039
Management of the investments of funds for all scholarship endowment programs administered by HECB is vested in the State Investment Board. ...

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WVAdopted 04/2007P-12Regional Education Service Agencies
Title 126, Series 72
Amends rules regarding the establishment and operation of regional education service agencies. Clarifies the role of the State Superintenden...

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SDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Creates Seven Education Service Agencies
H.B. 1171
Part of this bill requires the secretary of the Department of Education shall establish seven education service agencies to provide services...

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OKIssued 02/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Establishes a Cabinet System, Including Secretary of Education
Executive Order 2007-07
Creates a Cabinet system. The Secretary of Education is responsible for a number of executive entities, including state board of education, ...

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TXAdopted 01/2007Postsec.Supervision of Educational Research Centers
19 TAC 1.1.A.1.17
Authorizes the Commissioner to provide direct supervision of the educational research centers created by Texas Education Code.
http://www.t...

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- Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Waiver/Modification of Physical Education Mandate
H.B. 1839
Provides that a state-board approved waiver from or modification to a physical education mandate may remain in effect for a period not to ex...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Waivers from Certain Staffing Requirements
S.F. 277 (Section 5 and 8)
Section 5: Strikes and rewrites section 256.11A. Authorizes the board of directors of a school district to file a request by August 1, 2007 ...

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- Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
LAAdopted 11/2007P-12Business Manager and Constitution Day
LAC 28:CXV.503, 2305
Amends sections of Bulletin 741 - Handbook for School Administrators.

503: Adds business manager to the list of certified personnel a dist...

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ILVetoed 08/2007Community College
Postsec.
State Officials and Employees Ethics Act
H.B. 3504
Amends the State Officials and Employees Ethics Act. Classifies community college districts as units of local government that must adopt res...

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HIVetoed 07/2007Postsec.Administrative Positions in the University of Hawaii System
S.B. 46
Provides that for administrative positions in the University of Hawaii system filled by excluded employees, proposed compensation or change ...

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LASigned into law 07/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Code of Governmental Ethics
H.B. 493
Provides that the state board of ethics must, on a regular basis, offer training on its computerized data management system, as well as educ...

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NYSigned into law 07/2007P-12New York City Community School District
S.B. 1666
Amends the Education Law in relation to the effect of certain regulations and by-laws on community council members, community superintendent...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.Scholarship Prohibitions for Relatives of Board Members
S.B. 1325
Prohibits relatives of public college and university board members from receiving certain scholarships from the institution or system whose ...

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KYSigned into law 04/2007Postsec.
Community College
Contract Between Postsecondary Institution and a Business
S.B. 130
Relates to employee interest in contracts between a public postsecondary education institution and a business; permits a governing board of ...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Contracts & Services Conflict-of-Interest Prohibition
H.B. 3094
Prohibits county and district school officers, secretaries of boards of education, school supervisors or superintendents, and teachers from ...

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- Governance--Mandates
RIPassed 07/2007P-12Study of the Impact of Mandates
S.B. 361
(Joint Resolution)Would create an eleven (11) member special legislative commission whose purpose it would be to make a comprehensive study ...

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- Governance--School Boards
NMOn November 2008 Ballot 12/2007P-12Increase Size of Certain School Boards
S.J.R. 6
Proposes an amendment to the Constitution to increase the size of school boards in school districts with a specified population; provides fo...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12school board member
S.B. 909
Relates to existing law that establishes the amount of compensation for the services of a member of the city board of education or governing...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Community Organization Use of School Facilities During Non-School Hours
S.B. 538
Encourages school boards to allow community organizations to use school facilities during non-school hours. Provides that if a school board ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Mandated Child Abuse Reporters
S.B. 1428
Amends the Abused and Neglected Child Reporting Act. Adds members of a school board, the Chicago Board of Education, or the governing body o...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Removal of Local Board Members by State Board
H.B. 349
Repeals the law allowing the state board to remove local school board members.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H3...

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NYSigned into law 07/2007P-12New York City Community School District
S.B. 1666
Amends the Education Law in relation to the effect of certain regulations and by-laws on community council members, community superintendent...

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RISigned into law 07/2007P-12Training for School Committee Members
H.B. 5286
Adds labor and labor relations, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and employee contract analysis to the professional development...

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DESigned into law 06/2007P-12School Board Elections
S.B. 44
Clarifies that vacancies on the School Boards shall be filled in accordance with the procedures for filling a vacancy; provides that the las...

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NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12School Governing Boards and Administrators Evaluating Teachers
S.B. 328
Revises provisions governing the salaries of the members of the boards of trustees of school districts based on the population of the county...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007P-12Roles of and Relationship Between Boards and Superintendents
H.B. 2563
Clarifies the precise roles and relationship between boards and superintendents. Provides the major responsibilities of a board in a way tha...

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TXSigned into law 06/2007Postsec.Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
S.B. 1007
Authorizes a student to serve as a student representative on Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB), but without voting power. Th...

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NESigned into law 05/2007P-12Educational Service Units and Early Childhood Education Grants
L.B. 603
Relates to educational service units and school funding, incuding distance education. Changes provisions relating to: election of board memb...

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NVSigned into law 05/2007P-12Televised School Boad Meetings
A.B. 267
Authorizes the board of trustees of a school district in a county whose population is 50,000 or more to cause each meeting of the board to b...

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TXSigned into law 04/2007P-12Terms, School Boards
S.B. 670
From the bill analysis: The bill amends the Education Code to authorize the board of trustees of school districts to change the length of th...

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VASigned into law 04/2007P-12Health Insurance Credits Retired Teachers & School Board Employees
H.B. 2370, S.B. 1218
Increases the monthly health insurance credit for retired teachers from $2.50 to $4.00 for each full year of the retired member's creditable...

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KYSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Board Member Reimbursements and Deductions
H.B. 50
Increases the maximum amount of annual expenses for which local school board members can be reimbursed for meetings from $2,000 to $3,000 pe...

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NDSigned into law 03/2007P-12Rural School Boards
H.B. 1305
Relates to membership on rural school boards; for districts that have undergone reorganization, the reorganization plan may provide for scho...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12Local School Board Public Hearing Requirements
S.B. 133
Requires a school board to hold a public hearing prior to closing a school or changing the boundaries of a school, and establishes notice re...

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UTSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Board Members Compensation Schedule
H.B. 234
Authorizes local school boards to adopt board compensation schedules for the compensation and expenses of their members beginning on July 1,...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12School Board Vote Tie-breaker
H.B. 1810
Authorizes any popularly elected school board to appoint a qualified voter who is a resident of the county, city, or town to cast the decidi...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12School Board Official Severance Benefits Announcement
H.B. 1862
Requires that any severance benefits provided to any departing official appointed by a local school board shall be publically announced by t...

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VASigned into law 03/2007P-12School Board Employee Housing Assistance
H.B. 2446, S.B. 1387
In order to ensure its competitiveness as an employer, allows counties with the county executive form of government to provide for the use o...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12School Board Personnel Mileage Reimbursement
S.B. 100
Requires local school boards to reimburse school personnel for mileage costs when they are required to use a personal motor vehicle in the c...

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WVSigned into law 03/2007P-12Education Code Amendments
H.B. 2189
Amends Education Code in the following ways:

1) Prescribes authorities of county school boards.
2) Expands purposes for which schools may e...

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- Governance--Site-Based Management
NVSigned into law 06/2007P-12Empowerment Schools
S.B. 238
Authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts to establish a program of empowerment schools for the public schools of the school dis...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Charter Systems Act
S.B. 39
Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12Membership of School Councils
S.B. 72 (Section 1)
Specifies that parents of students enrolled in the school must comprise a majority of school council members. Replaces prior requirement tha...

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GASigned into law 05/2007P-12School Administrative Managers
S.B. 72 (Section 2)
Authorizes local districts to hire school administrative managers in lieu of or in addition to assistant principals. Provides that such scho...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Teacher Quality Committee
S.F. 277 (Section 17)
Strikes Section 284.4, subsection 1, paragraph c, which made a district eligible for student achievement and teaching quality monies if the ...

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- Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Whistleblower Act
H.B. 742
Amends the Whistleblower Act. Provides that an "employer" as defined in the act includes:
(1) A political subdivision of the state
(2) A uni...

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NCSigned into law 07/2007P-12Removal of Local Board Members by State Board
H.B. 349
Repeals the law allowing the state board to remove local school board members.
http://www.ncga.state.nc.us/Sessions/2007/Bills/House/HTML/H3...

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CTSigned into law 06/2007P-12State Board of Education Chairperson Qualifications
S.B. 1354
Concerns the Chairperson of the State Board of Education and appointment of the Commissioner of Education; requires the Chairperson of the S...

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HISigned into law 05/2007P-12School Health Aides
S.B. 98
Repeals the transfer from the department of health to the department of education those public health nurses who supervise the school health...

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INSigned into law 05/2007P-12Workforce Proficiency Panel
S.B. 345
Repeals provisions establishing the vocational technical proficiency panel (also called the workforce proficiency panel); repeals a provisio...

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MESigned into law 05/2007P-12Student Member on State Board of Education
H.B. 133
Expands the membership of the State Board of Education to include one student member.
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsit...

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MESigned into law 05/2007P-12State Board of Education Membership
S.B. 240
Changes the composition of the State Board of Education by requiring that membership of the board be broadly representative of the geographi...

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TNSigned into law 05/2007P-12State Board Member Term Changes
H.B. 951
Alters the terms of state board members from nine years to five years.
http://www.legislature.state.tn.us/bills/currentga/Chapter/PC0316.pdf...

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IASigned into law 04/2007P-12Board of Educational Examiners
H.F. 615
Extends the membership of the board of educational examiners to include the director of the department of education, or the director's desig...

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INSigned into law 04/2007P-12Division of Professional Standards and Emergency Communication Disorder Permit
S.B. 451
Eliminates reference to professional standards board. Establishes the divisions of professional standards within the department of education...

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NDSigned into law 04/2007P-12Qualifications, State Superintendent
H.B. 1169
Deletes the requirement that the state superintendent of public instruction hold a professional teaching license.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/as...

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TXSigned into law 04/2007P-12District Employee Communications with School Board
S.B. 135
Protects this important communication by prohibiting employment policies that restrict the ability of a school district employee to communic...

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UTSigned into law 04/2007P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Compensation
S.B. 228
Among other provisions, provides budget increases and decreases for the compensation of state employees not including school district person...

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COSigned into law 03/2007P-12Qualifications of State Education Commissioner
S.B. 20
Clarifies, changes and specifies the qualifications, tenure and performance review criteria for the state Commissioner of Education.
http://...

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- Health
LAAdopted 12/2007P-12School Health Forms
LAC 28:CXV.1145
Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning school health forms. Establishes standardized health...

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MASigned into law 12/2007P-12Hygenic Procedures Pertaining to Instruments
H.B. 413
Establishes a task force within the department of education to examine specified hygienic procedures pertaining to band instruments to preve...

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MASigned into law 12/2007P-12
H.B. 413
Establishes a task force within the department of education to examine hygienic procedures pertaining to school band instruments to prevent ...

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CAVetoed 10/2007P-12student health
S.B. 533
Relates to vaccinations. Adds pneumococcus to the list of childhood diseases for which the Legislature intends the eventual achievement of t...

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CASigned into law 10/2007P-12Health
S.B. 624
Relates to the Stop Tobacco Access to Kids Enforcement Act that prohibits the furnishing of tobacco products to, and the purchase of tobacco...

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IAAdopted 10/2007P-12School Nurse, School Guidance Counselor
IAC 281-12.2(256), 12.3(11), 12.4(12)
Requires that each school district have a school nurse and a qualified (i.e., licensed by the Board of Education Examiners) guidance counsel...

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ILVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007P-12Eye Examinations
S.B. 641
In the section concerning health examinations and immunizations, provides that all children enrolling in kindergarten or enrolling for the f...

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OHSigned into law 10/2007P-12PE Standards
H.B. 119 - Physical Education Standards
Requires the state board to adopt standards for physical education in grades K-12 developed by the National Association for Sport and Physic...

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IASigned into law 09/2007P-12Blood Lead Test
H.F. 158
Requires children to receive a blood lead test by age six or prior to enrollment in an elementary school. Strongly encourages parents to hav...

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NYAdopted 09/2007P-12Diagnostic Screenings
Title 8 NYCRR Part 117
Amends regulations regarding diagnostic screenings of students who are new entrants to school or who have low test scores on the statewide t...

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ORAdopted 09/2007P-12Health and Physical Education
OAR 581-022-1210
Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Green Cleaning Schools Act
H.B. 895
Creates the Green Cleaning Schools Act. Requires the Green Government Coordinating Council, in consultation with other agencies and interest...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Training in CPR and Using a Defibrillator
H.B. 258
Amends the Critical Health Problems and Comprehensive Health Education Act. Requires the state board of education, subject to appropriation,...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Integrated Pest Management
H.B. 425
Relates to Integrated Pest Management Programs. Provides that required notification that such program is not economically feasible must be g...

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ILSigned into law 08/2007P-12Health Data Task Force
S.B. 547
Provides that a Health Data Task Force be convened to create a system for public access to integrated health data. Requires the state superi...

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NJSigned into law 08/2007P-12Virus Prevention Campaign
S.B. 2286
Requires distributing information about human papillomavirus to parents and guardians of seventh to twelfth graders and to pediatricians; es...

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NYSigned into law 08/2007P-12Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act
A.B. 4051
Enacts Food Allergy and Anaphylaxis Management Act. Directs the commissioner to establish an anaphylactic policy for school districts for th...

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NYSigned into law 08/2007P-12Nebulizers in Schools
S.B. 6074
Requires every school district and board of cooperative educational services to provide and maintain a nebulizer on-site in every public and...

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NYSigned into law 08/2007P-12Idling of School Bus Engines
S.B. 5973
Requires the commissioner of education to promulgate regulations requiring school districts with a significant number of children with asthm...

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