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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." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. State Status/Date Level Summary 21st Century Skills WV Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into... More... Accountability AK Adopted 10/2007 P-12 IMPLEMENTING 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... More... LA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Louisiana 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Accountability 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... More... IA Signed into law 09/2007 P-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... More... WV Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into... More... MA Issued 08/2007 P-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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Accountability 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 ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Independent 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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Evaluation 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 SDE 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... TN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Accountability 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... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... CO Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Growth 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... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 State Accountability System A.B. 3676 Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related repor... More... Accountability--Accreditation TX Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Accountability 19 TAC Chapter 97 Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter... More... UT Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Accreditation of Secondary Schools R277-413 Deletes previous Northwest Association of Accredited Schools and State Board of Education accreditation standards and provides newly revised... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Expands 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... More... Accountability--Measures/Indicators LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School, 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 ... More... LA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Louisiana 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Accountability A.B. 400 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to incorporate various indicators into the Academic Performance Index, including high scho... More... LA Adopted 08/2007 P-12 School, 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... More... LA Adopted 04/2007 P-12 District 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 High 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 ... More... CO Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Growth 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... More... Accountability--Reporting Results NY Emergency Rule Extension 11/2007 P-12 Contracts 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... More... CA Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Accountability, 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... More... NY Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Contracts 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,... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Oregon 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Accountability 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 ... More... AZ Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Accountability S.B. 1522 Relates to accountability and standard measurements of acceptable academic progress. Adds provisions for calculating academic gains on the ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State 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 ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Reporting 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Report Cards S.B. 274 Relates to information that school districts must publish on their websites; relates to education assessment programs and the confidentialit... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Accountability 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Contract 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 State Accountability System A.B. 3676 Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related repor... More... Accountability--Rewards LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School, 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 ... More... LA Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Rewards 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... More... TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Modifies 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... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Academic 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... More... AK Adopted 04/2007 P-12 PUBLIC 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... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School, 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 ... More... TX Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Accountability 19 TAC Chapter 97 Adopts new 19 TAC Chapter 97, Planning and Accountability, Subchapter EE, Accreditation Status, Standards, and Sanctions. The new subchapter... More... LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Louisiana 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... More... NY Emergency Rule Extension 11/2007 P-12 Contracts 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... More... LA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Louisiana 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Accountability A.B. 438 Relates to the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 which establishes the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program to pro... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Reinstating 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... More... CA To governor 07/2007 P-12 Special education A.B. 485 Relates to special education. Prohibits a nonpublic, nonsectarian school or agency whose certification has been revoked, and certain other a... More... LA Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Rewards 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... More... NY Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Contracts 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,... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School 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... More... PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Distressed 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 ... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 No 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Exemptions 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... More... AK Adopted 04/2007 P-12 PUBLIC 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... More... AR Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Comprehensive 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 ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Standards 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Contract 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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 charter 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... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Sanctions 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 ... More... SD Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Sanctions 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... More... NJ Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 State Accountability System A.B. 3676 Revises various provisions of The New Jersey Quality Single Accountability Continuum public school district monitoring system, related repor... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive KS Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 No 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 No 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... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Exemptions 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... More... Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Distressed 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 ... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Recovery 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... More... Accountability--School Improvement CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Accountability A.B. 438 Relates to the Public Schools Accountability Act of 1999 which establishes the Immediate Intervention/Underperforming Schools Program to pro... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School 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... More... SC Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 06/2007 P-12 Parent 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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Math 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 ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School 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... More... MD Became law without governor's signature 04/2007 P-12 School 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, ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Standards 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Contract 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... More... WV Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Regional 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... More... TX Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Early 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... More... Adult Basic Education CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-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... More... IL Signed into law 10/2007 Community College We 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Alternate 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Assessment ID Adopted 12/2007 P-12 alternative assessment IDAPA 08.02.03 Proposes to align the Alternative Assessment Extended Content Standards with the Idaho Content Standards; Sets appropriate cut scores; Imple... More... OH Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 Test 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 language 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... More... GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... WV Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Performance Based Accreditation System Title 126, Series 13 Amends rules regarding standards, assessment, and accountability for student performance and progress. Incorporates 21st Century skills into... More... MA Issued 08/2007 P-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... More... DE Passed 06/2007 P-12 Task 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... More... LA Adopted 06/2007 P-12 Integrated 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 ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Adminstering 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 ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 End-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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 GRAD 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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State 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... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Statewide 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 ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 District-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, ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 End-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... More... TX Vetoed 05/2007 P-12 Substitute 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 assessments 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... More... AR Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Comprehensive 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 ... More... MS Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Assessment 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... More... NH Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Civics 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Reporting 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... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 State 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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... LA Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Statewide Assessments LAC 28:CXI.305 and Chapter 19 Approves for advertisement revisions to Bulletin 118- Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices. Consolidates statewide test information.... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 State 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 High 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 ... More... AK Adopted 02/2007 P-12 TEST 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... More... SD Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Writing 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... More... NJ Active 01/2007 P-12 End-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 ... More... Assessment--Accommodations AK Adopted 10/2007 P-12 ALTERNATE PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT 4 AAC 04.160, .775 Amends rules dealing with alternate performance standards for students with significant cognitive disabilities to include proficiency levels... More... AK Adopted 10/2007 P-12 ASSESSMENT 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... More... AK Adopted 09/2007 P-12 ASSESSMENT 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... More... GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... IL Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Testing, 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... More... LA Adopted 08/2007 P-12 School, 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... More... LA Adopted 06/2007 P-12 Integrated 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 ... More... LA Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Participation 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... More... LA Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Statewide Assessments LAC 28:CXI.305 and Chapter 19 Approves for advertisement revisions to Bulletin 118- Statewide Assessment Standards and Practices. Consolidates statewide test information.... More... LA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Statewide 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... More... LA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 State 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... More... Assessment--Computer Based UT Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Online Testing R277-402 Defines "Formative assessment" as an activity, such as questioning, observation, interview and assessment, engaged in by teachers and studen... More... Assessment--End-of-Course WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 High 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... More... LA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Statewide 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... More... Assessment--Formative/Interim UT Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Online Testing R277-402 Defines "Formative assessment" as an activity, such as questioning, observation, interview and assessment, engaged in by teachers and studen... More... SC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Students 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Intensive 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 ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Budget H.B. 1001 From Center for Evaluation & Education Policy: Appropriates money for state agencies and makes other distributions. Specifies a school fundi... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Early 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,... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Advanced 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 High 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 High 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 ... More... Assessment--High Stakes/Competency CA Proposed Rule COMMENT DEADLINE: 05/07/2007 Rule Adoption 12/2007 P-12 HIGH 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... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Exit 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... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Assessments, 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 ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Standards, 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 ... More... Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) OK Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Achieving 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... More... Assessment--Value Added OH Adopted 05/2007 P-12 Value-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... More... CO Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Growth 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... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Jobs 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... More... TX Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Dropout 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 ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Ensuring 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 ... More... LA Adopted 08/2007 P-12 School, 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... More... NC Issued 07/2007 P-12 Programs 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... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Rhode 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... More... SC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Students 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... More... CA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 After-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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Truancy 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... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 High 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Withholding 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 High 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.... More... WA Adopted 06/2007 P-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... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Area 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=... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Distance 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Permitting 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 ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Education 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... More... WA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Children'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 ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Programs 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... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Quality 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 ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Statewide 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Standards, 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 ... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Alternative education finance S.B. 219 Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to revise the Academic Performance Index to include additional information by a specified ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Alternative Education Programs Committee H.B. 1224 Establishes the Alternative Education Programs Committee. The committee shall review and make recommendations for the promotion of alternati... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Alternative 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 ... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Alternative Programs of Education A.B. 2A Creates pilot program for alternative programs of education for disruptive pupils established, appropriates funds and district eligibility r... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Pilot: 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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Greater 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... More... TN Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007 P-12 Alternative 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Alternative 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 ... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Alternative 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 No 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... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Alternative 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... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Extended 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... More... At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Safety 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... More... NJ Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Programs 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... More... FL Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... FL Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Drug 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... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Controlled 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. Steroid Testing S.B. 8 Requires random steroid testing of high school students participating in University Interscholastic League (UIL) -sponsored and UIL-sanction... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Idaho 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... More... TN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Reporting 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... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Teen 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... More... MN Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Eligibility 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Alcohol 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... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Professional 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 ... More... Attendance LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Raises 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... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Twins 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... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Clarifies 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... More... TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Excused 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... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-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... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Defines "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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Pilot: 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Truancy 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... More... DE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Enhanced 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... More... ME Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Compulsory 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 ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Pupil 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 ... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Permitting 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 ... More... MT To governor 04/2007 P-12 Services 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... TX Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Requiring 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Alternative 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 ... More... CO Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Minimum 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Kindergarten 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Raises 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... More... Attendance--Compulsory UT Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Truancy 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Raises 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... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Clarifies 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-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... More... ME Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Compulsory 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 ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... TX Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Requiring 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... More... CO Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Minimum 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Raises 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Compulsory 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... More... IL Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Upper 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... OR Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Defines "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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Permitting 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 ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Alternative 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 ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 kindergarten 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Kindergarten 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... More... Attendance--Truancy UT Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Truancy 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... More... CA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Truancy 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... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... DE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Enhanced 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Pupil 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 ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... Background Checks OH Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 Background Checks H.B. 190 - Multiple Components • Requires school districts, educational service centers, community schools, STEM schools, and chartered nonpublic schools to request crimin... More... IL Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Criminal 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... More... IL Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Testing, 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... More... AL Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Teacher 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 ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Contract 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 ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Background 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... More... NC Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Background Checks H.B. 1659 Authorizes criminal history record checks of employees of and applicants for employment with the department of public instruction. http://ww... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Background 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... More... NY Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Fingerprinting 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... More... PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Section 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. http:... More... TN Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Automatic 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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Background 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... More... NJ Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Background 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Criminal 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 ... More... OR Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Disclosure 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Criminal Background Checks S.B. 9 Requires a national criminal history background check for all certified public school employees. Current non-certified employees are require... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Ethics 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 ... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Background Checks S.B. 1045 Increases the types of offenses precluding receipt of fingerprint clearance card from the Board of Fingerprinting; includes crimes of sexual... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Background 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 ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School Volunteer Background checks S.B. 210 Requires background checks for certain volunteers, contractors and contractor employees. Requires reports of school employee misconduct. Pro... More... OR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Criminal 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Background 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... More... LA Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Sexual 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Modifies Charter School Provisions H.B. 164 Modifies charter school application and authorization provisions; modifies certain requirements for charter schools, including those relatin... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Requires 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... More... Bilingual/ESL TX Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Outline 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 ... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-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... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Bilingual 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... More... IL Signed into law 10/2007 Community College We 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... More... GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... TX Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Adaptations 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... More... TX Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Dual Immersion Programs 89.1613 Defines and establishes procedures, quality assurance for dual immersion programs. http://www.tea.state.tx.us/rules/tacupdates/july2007/ch08... More... FL Vetoed 06/2007 P-12 Requirements 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 District 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... More... NY Adopted 06/2007 P-12 Students 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Dual 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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Transportation 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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Bilingual/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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 English 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. ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Additional 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 ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Defines 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Services 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... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Official 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 ... More... ID Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Standards 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 ... More... LA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 School, 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... More... LA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Statewide 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... More... ME Issued 01/2007 P-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... More... Business Involvement TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Grants 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... More... Career/Technical Education CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Teacher credentials S.B. 52 Renames the designated subjects vocational education teaching credential the designated subjects preliminary career technical education teac... More... MO Adopted 10/2007 P-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... More... MO Adopted 10/2007 P-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. ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 Postsec. 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Career 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Career 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Career/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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Career education A.B. 666 Relates to existing law that establishes an incentive grant program for the purpose of improving, expanding, and establishing instructional ... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 P-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... More... VT Adopted 09/2007 P-12 EDUCATOR 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 ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-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... More... LA Adopted 08/2007 P-12 CTE 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... More... HI Became law without governor's signature 07/2007 P-12 Project EAST H.B. 1630 Relates to high school-level project EAST (environmental and spatial technology), which integrates cutting-edge technology, such as computer... More... NH Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Admission 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... More... PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-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... More... FL Signed into law 06/2007 P-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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Career 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 ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Awareness 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... More... CT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Technical 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... More... HI Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Career/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 ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Workforce Proficiency Panel S.B. 345 Repeals provisions establishing the vocational technical proficiency panel (also called the workforce proficiency panel); repeals a provisio... More... KS Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. 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... More... ND Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Career 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Career 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Reimbursement 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... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-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 ... More... VA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Technical 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 Community 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Professional-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 ... More... LA Adopted 03/2007 P-12 High 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... More... SD Vetoed 03/2007 Community 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 ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Career & 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Standards, 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 ... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Career & 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-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... More... OH Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Diploma 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... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Reporting 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... More... ID Adopted 01/2007 P-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... More... Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Career 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... More... FL Signed into law 06/2007 P-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... More... Cheating NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Advisory 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Falsified 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... More... SD Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Sanctions 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... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NY Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Delegation 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. ... More... NY Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Procedures 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... More... OH Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Amends 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... More... UT Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Charter Schools GAC 160-4-9-.04 Clarifies rules regarding charter schools, including applicable definitions, responsibilities, petition provisions and termination of the ch... More... UT 09/2007 09/2007 P-12 Amends 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 ... More... AZ Signed into law 07/2007 P-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... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... HI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 603 Clarifies the significant role of the board of education in policymaking for charter schools, including:          (A)  Appointing members of... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Approval 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Empowerment 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-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 ... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Charter School Changes H.B. 1589 Amends the Charter Schools Act: adding certain higher education institutions as additional sponsors for charter schools; specifying certain ... More... CA Adopted 05/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Charter Systems Act S.B. 39 Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Texas 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... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Character 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... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... DE Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School 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... More... MS Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 NCLB 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... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Public 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... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 charter 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... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Professional-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 ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Modifies Charter School Provisions H.B. 164 Modifies charter school application and authorization provisions; modifies certain requirements for charter schools, including those relatin... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Charter 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 ... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Charter Systems Act S.B. 39 Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings GA Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Charter Schools GAC 160-4-9-.04 Clarifies rules regarding charter schools, including applicable definitions, responsibilities, petition provisions and termination of the ch... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Modifies Charter School Provisions H.B. 164 Modifies charter school application and authorization provisions; modifies certain requirements for charter schools, including those relatin... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance UT Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... HI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 603 Clarifies the significant role of the board of education in policymaking for charter schools, including:          (A)  Appointing members of... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Charter Systems Act S.B. 39 Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio... More... DE Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Modifies Charter School Provisions H.B. 164 Modifies charter school application and authorization provisions; modifies certain requirements for charter schools, including those relatin... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public 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 ... More... Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research CA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... HI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Charter Schools S.B. 603 Clarifies the significant role of the board of education in policymaking for charter schools, including:          (A)  Appointing members of... More... Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment UT Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... MA Issued 08/2007 P-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... More... AZ Vetoed 06/2007 P-12 Choice, Desegregation H.B. 2119 Relates to open enrollment for students in schools ordered to desegregate. ... More... SC Vetoed 06/2007 P-12 Pilot 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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Enrollment 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Scholarship 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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Choice 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... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Interstate 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/... More... IA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... SD Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Interstate 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... More... Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-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 ... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-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 ... More... Choice of Schools--Tax Credits LA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School 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... More... LA Vetoed 07/2007 P-12 Tuition 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... More... Choice of Schools--Vouchers GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Georgia 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Education 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... More... UT Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Parent 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... More... Civic Education IL Signed into law 11/2007 P-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... More... LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Business 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... More... MA To governor 11/2007 P-12 Commonwealth Corps S.B. 2301 Establishes the Commonwealth Corps; provides for volunteer community service; creates a pilot program for the Commonwealth Student Corps. ht... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Citizenship 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Citizenship 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Civic 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Task 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... More... CT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Democracy 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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Legislative 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Excused 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... More... KS Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Bullying 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... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Nevada 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... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Character 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... More... CO Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Students 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... MD Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Commission 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... NH Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Civics 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Legislative 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... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Geography, Government Education S.B. 1172 Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Veterans 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... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Commemoration 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... More... WV Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Dec. 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... More... Civic Education--Character Education IL Signed into law 11/2007 P-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... More... LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Business 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... More... MA To governor 11/2007 P-12 Commonwealth Corps S.B. 2301 Establishes the Commonwealth Corps; provides for volunteer community service; creates a pilot program for the Commonwealth Student Corps. ht... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Citizenship 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Citizenship 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Civic 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Task 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... More... CT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Democracy 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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Legislative 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Excused 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... More... KS Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Bullying 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... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Nevada 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... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Character 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... More... CO Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Students 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... MD Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Commission 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... NH Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Civics 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Legislative 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... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Geography, Government Education S.B. 1172 Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Veterans 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... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Commemoration 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... More... WV Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Dec. 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... More... Class Size NY Emergency Rule Extension 11/2007 P-12 Contracts 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... More... GA Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Class 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... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Reaching 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... More... NY Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Contracts 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,... More... WV Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Quality 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Multiples 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... Curriculum UT Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Instructional 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... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Curriculum A.B. 150 Establishes the Financial Literacy Initiative for improving financial literacy by offering instructional materials for teachers and schools ... More... OK Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Personal 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... More... OR Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Health and Physical Education OAR 581-022-1210 Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ... More... OK Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Physical 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Task 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Physical 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Instruction 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-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 ... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 1601 Prohibits counting recess towards the physical education requirements; directs the state board to encourage school districts to provide phys... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Passport 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... More... WV Adopted 06/2007 P-12 Foreign Language Standards Title 126, Series 44G Amends rules regarding foreign language content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Science-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... More... FL Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Physical Education Requirement H.B. 967 Relates to physical education; provides requirements for student participation in physical education; requires review and revision of the Su... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 World 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... More... ND Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Career 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... More... TN Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007 P-12 Teaching 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-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... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 P-12 Parenting 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Character 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... More... CO Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Holocaust 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/... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Physical 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 ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Uniform 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Financial 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... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Geography, Government Education S.B. 1172 Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 North 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... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Concept-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... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Dating 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... More... Curriculum--Arts Education TN Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 No 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.... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Visual 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Support 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... More... ME Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Curriculum--Censorship IL Signed into law 08/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Curriculum--Core Curriculum UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Independent 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... More... Curriculum--Drivers Education IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Distracted 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Drivers 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Drivers 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... More... Curriculum--Environmental Education WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Outdoor 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... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-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... More... Curriculum--Excusal TX Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Curriculum--Family Living Education TN Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007 P-12 Teaching 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... More... TX Became law without governor's signature 05/2007 P-12 Parenting 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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Human 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 ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Dating 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... More... Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. OK Adopted 10/2007 P-12 Personal 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Task 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... More... RI Passed 07/2007 P-12 Personal 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... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Passport 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... More... ND Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Career 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Financial 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Financial 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... More... ID Adopted 03/2007 P-12 Financial 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... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language CA To governor 09/2007 P-12 Foreign 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... More... LA Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Duration 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-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 ... More... WV Adopted 06/2007 P-12 Foreign Language Standards Title 126, Series 44G Amends rules regarding foreign language content standards and objectives for West Virginia schools. ... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 American 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 ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 World 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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Bilingual/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... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Official 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 ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Critical Languages Program S.B. 80 Establishes the Critical Languages Program, which includes languages described in the federal National Security Language Initiative, includi... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Curriculum--Geography Education ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Geography, Government Education S.B. 1172 Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;... More... Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Health 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 ... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Human 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 ... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Parental 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... More... Curriculum--Language Arts CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 language 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... More... CA Became law without governor's signature 07/2007 P-12 speech 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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Library 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... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 K-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... More... Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling SD Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Writing 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... More... Curriculum--Mathematics NY Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Summer 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 ... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Reaching 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 District 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... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Middle 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... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Intensive 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 ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 After-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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Teacher 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Summer 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Math 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 ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Early 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Excelsior 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 ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Science 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Math 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... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 K-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... More... NM Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Mathematics & 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... More... Curriculum--Physical Education OH Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 PE 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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 physical education S.B. 601 Requires the Department of Education to ensure that data collected through Categorical Program Monitoring indicates the extent to which each... More... OR Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Health and Physical Education OAR 581-022-1210 Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Waiver/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... More... OK Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Physical 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Physical 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... More... LA Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Health 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 ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Physical 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... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Physical Education H.B. 1601 Prohibits counting recess towards the physical education requirements; directs the state board to encourage school districts to provide phys... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Physical 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... More... FL Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Physical Education Requirement H.B. 967 Relates to physical education; provides requirements for student participation in physical education; requires review and revision of the Su... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Physical 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 ... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Concept-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... More... IL Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Special 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... More... Curriculum--Science CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Outdoor Science S.B. 95 Establishes eligibility criteria for a residential outdoor science program. Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to apportion t... More... NY Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Summer 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 ... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Reaching 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 District 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... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Nature 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Intensive 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 ... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 After-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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Teacher 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Science 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 ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Excelsior 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 ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Science 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Outdoor 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Math 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... More... NM Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Mathematics & 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Governor'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... More... VA Passed 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Curriculum--Sex Education CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Sex 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... More... LA Enrolled 06/2007 P-12 Evaluation 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Instruction 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... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Science-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... More... TN Eligible for GOVERNOR'S desk. 05/2007 P-12 Teaching 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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Human 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 ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Sexual 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; ... More... Curriculum--Social Studies/History CA Vetoed 09/2007 P-12 Social 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 ... More... NY Vetoed 08/2007 P-12 Veterans 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... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Holocaust 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/... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Geography, Government Education S.B. 1172 Amends several pieces of required instruction; changes from United States history, geography, and government to 1) geography; 2) government;... More... Curriculum--Speech Education CA Became law without governor's signature 07/2007 P-12 speech 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... More... Data-Driven Improvement NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... Demographics NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 NCLB 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... More... Desegregation AZ Vetoed 06/2007 P-12 Choice, Desegregation H.B. 2119 Relates to open enrollment for students in schools ordered to desegregate. ... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Multiracial 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... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Division 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Full-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... More... IA Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... Economic/Workforce Development ME Issued 11/2007 Postsec. 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... More... WI Signed into law 10/2007 Postsec. 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... More... CA Vetoed 09/2007 Postsec. Workforce development A.B. 365 Expresses findings and declarations of the Legislature relating to the relationship between postsecondary education and workforce developmen... More... MO Signed into law 09/2007 Community College Economic Development H.B. 1A Relates to economic development and incentive programs; relates to ticket resales, tax increment financing, distressed areas assemblage tax ... More... HI Vetoed 07/2007 P-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... More... ME Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. 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... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-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... More... AL Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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 ... More... CO Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... HI Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... ME Died 06/2007 P-12 Financial 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... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Alternative Education Programs Committee H.B. 1224 Establishes the Alternative Education Programs Committee. The committee shall review and make recommendations for the promotion of alternati... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... OH Issued 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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 ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Employers 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... More... VT Signed into law 06/2007 P-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... More... FL Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 High 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 ... More... MO Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 Postsec. 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... MS Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 Postsec. 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... UT Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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 ... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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... More... WI Issued 04/2007 P-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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. Economic Development H.B. 2413 Authorizes the Science and Technology Authority to support an alliance of research universities, chancellors and presidents, and representat... More... KY Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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 ... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Secondary 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... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... MT Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Education Research TX Adopted 12/2007 P-12 Education 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... More... CO Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Equity IA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Accreditation 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... More... Federal LA Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Complaints 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 ... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State 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... More... Finance CA Signed into law 09/2007 Community 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... More... WV Signed into law 09/2007 Postsec. 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... More... CA To governor 08/2007 P-12 Appropriation S.B. 80 Provides funding for education under the State Budget Act for the 2007-2008 fiscal year. http://www.senate.ca.gov/... More... MA Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Regional 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.... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 Postsec. 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... More... NJ Adopted 07/2007 P-12 SCHOOL 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... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... NC Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Resolution 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... More... NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Adequate Education H.B. 927 Sets forth the substantive educational content of an adequate education, requires the establishment of criteria to identify schools with gre... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 District 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Basic 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Review 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Financial 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... More... OK Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School 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... More... MT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Kindergarten 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... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Elections 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... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School 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 ... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Educational 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... More... WA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Investment 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... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 Community 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... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Charter 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... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Elections 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... More... MT Issued 04/2007 P-12 Interim 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) ... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Home 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... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 P-12 Public 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... More... NM Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Allowable 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 ... More... AL Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Finance 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... More... AL Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Tornado 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 ... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public 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... More... WY Vetoed 03/2007 P-12 Federal 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 ... More... VA Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Selection 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... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Extended 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... More... NE Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 Tax 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... More... Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost NH Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Adequate Education H.B. 927 Sets forth the substantive educational content of an adequate education, requires the establishment of criteria to identify schools with gre... More... MN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School 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... More... Finance--Aid to Private Schools NY Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Loan 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Instructional 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... More... Finance--Bonds TX Unofficially approved by Voters. 11/2007 Postsec. 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Financial 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Texas 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 General 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... More... Finance--District DE Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Standardized 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://... More... IA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 On-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... More... MI Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 School 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Renewable 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-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 ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 District 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 ... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School 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... More... AZ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 District 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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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 ... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Allocation 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 ... More... KS Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School 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... More... TX Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Impact 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... More... AZ Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Finance, property tax H.B. 2078 Relates to the property tax oversight commission providing oversight of the budgeting and taxation process of counties, municipalities, scho... More... DE Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School 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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Waivers 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 ... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Hardship 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... More... MT Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NJ Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... Finance--Equity UT Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Equalization 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Equalized 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 State 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... More... TX Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Need 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... More... Finance--Facilities ME Approved by voters 11/2007 Postsec. 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... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Finance--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 ... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 Facilities 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... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 P-12 School 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... More... AL Signed into law 09/2007 P-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... More... CA Signed into law 09/2007 Postsec. Teacher quality S.B. 280 Deletes the staff development requirement for certificate for instruction delivered in English to limited-English-proficient pupils. Require... More... CA To governor 09/2007 P-12 Facilities 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... More... MA Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Regional 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.... More... NJ Adopted 07/2007 P-12 SCHOOL 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Construction Taxes S.B. 1036 Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes; authorizes school districts to impose construction taxes; dedicates re... More... HI Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Lease 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... More... NJ Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Creates 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Financial 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... More... CO Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Public 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... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 State 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... More... NM Vetoed 04/2007 Postsec. 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... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 Postsec. 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... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Construction Project Approval H.B. 1248 Schools considering construction projects are required to get approval from the state superintendent. If the superintendent denies the reque... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Literary 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public 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... More... WY Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Facilities 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... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Facility 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... More... WY Signed into law 02/2007 P-12 Facilities 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... More... Finance--Funding Formulas MD Enacted 11/2007 P-12 School 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... More... MI Enacted 11/2007 P-12 School 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.... More... OH Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Amends 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Calculation 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... More... NJ Adopted 08/2007 P-12 Financing 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... More... PA Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Increases 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... More... CO Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Enrollment 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.... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Basic 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... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... VT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Misc. 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... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-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... More... KS Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School 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... More... AR Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Finance H.B. 1726 Act to assist school districts with the transition between levels of categorical funding for the national school lunch students by providing... More... ID Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 State 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... More... KS Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Additional 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 ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 State 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... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 K-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... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Finance 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 ... More... AR Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Enhanced Educational Funding H.B. 1633 Provides enhanced educational funding by supplementing the amount of per student foundation funding distributed to school districts for the ... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Funding 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public 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... More... NE Signed into law 01/2007 P-12 Tax 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... More... Finance--Local Foundations/Funds UT Passed 02/2007 P-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... More... Finance--Lotteries MD Enacted 11/2007 P-12 Video 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... More... Finance--Private Giving TN Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Finance--Resource Efficiency ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... ME Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Allocation 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 ... More... ME Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 School 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... More... Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures NY Emergency Rule Extension 11/2007 P-12 Contracts 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... More... NY Adopted 07/2007 P-12 Contracts 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,... More... TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Accounting 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... More... TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Basic 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Inclusion 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... More... Finance--Student Fees OH Signed into law 11/2007 P-12 All-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 ... More... MS Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Financial Hardship Waivers H.B. 833 Specifies eligibility for students to receieve financial hardship waivers for supplemental instructional materials and supplies, excluding t... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues MD Enacted 11/2007 P-12 School 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... More... MD Enacted 11/2007 P-12 Video 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... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NJ Rejected by voters 09/2007 P-12 Property 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... More... HI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 School 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... More... OR Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Construction Taxes S.B. 1036 Restricts local government power to impose construction excise taxes; authorizes school districts to impose construction taxes; dedicates re... More... VT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Misc. 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... More... VT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Controlling 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... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Elections 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... More... VT Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Statewide 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 ... More... NY Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 High 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... More... UT Sent to Governor 03/2007 P-12 New 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public 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... More... WY Vetoed 03/2007 P-12 Federal 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 ... More... TX Adopted 02/2007 P-12 Need 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... More... Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Agriculture 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 Postsec. 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. ... More... TN Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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 ... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-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 ... More... ID Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Public 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... More... Governance TX Adopted 11/2007 Community College New 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... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Governance S.B. 132 Makes various clarifying and technical changes to the Education Code which assigns various duties to state and local educational agencies an... More... TX Signed into law 07/2007 P-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 ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-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... More... ME Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... MO Signed into law 05/2007 P-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... More... WA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 District 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... More... TN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Accountability 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... More... TX Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 District 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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... More... WA Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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. ... More... WV Adopted 04/2007 P-12 Regional 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... More... SD Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Creates 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... More... OK Issued 02/2007 P-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, ... More... TX Adopted 01/2007 Postsec. 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... More... Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Waiver/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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Waivers 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 ... More... Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest LA Adopted 11/2007 P-12 Business 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... More... IL Vetoed 08/2007 Community 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... More... HI Vetoed 07/2007 Postsec. 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 ... More... LA Signed into law 07/2007 P-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... More... NY Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 New 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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 ... More... KY Signed into law 04/2007 Postsec. 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 ... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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 ... More... Governance--Mandates RI Passed 07/2007 P-12 Study 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 ... More... Governance--School Boards NM On November 2008 Ballot 12/2007 P-12 Increase 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... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 school 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Community 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 ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Mandated 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... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Removal 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... More... NY Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 New 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... More... RI Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Training for School Committee Members H.B. 5286 Adds labor and labor relations, negotiating collective bargaining agreements, and employee contract analysis to the professional development... More... DE Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 School 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Roles 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... More... TX Signed into law 06/2007 Postsec. 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... More... NE Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Educational 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... More... NV Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Televised 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... More... TX Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Terms, 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... More... VA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Health 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... More... KY Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... ND Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Rural 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Local 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... More... UT Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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,... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... VA Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 School 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... More... WV Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Education 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... More... Governance--Site-Based Management NV Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 Empowerment 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Charter Systems Act S.B. 39 Enacts the Charter Systems Act. Amends definitions of "charter," "charter petitioner," "local revenue," and "petition," and adding definitio... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Membership 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... More... GA Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School 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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Teacher 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 ... More... Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-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... More... NC Signed into law 07/2007 P-12 Removal 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... More... CT Signed into law 06/2007 P-12 State 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... More... HI Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 School 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... More... IN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Workforce Proficiency Panel S.B. 345 Repeals provisions establishing the vocational technical proficiency panel (also called the workforce proficiency panel); repeals a provisio... More... ME Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 Student 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... More... ME Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State 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... More... TN Signed into law 05/2007 P-12 State 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... More... IA Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Board 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... More... IN Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Division 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... More... ND Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 Qualifications, 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... More... TX Signed into law 04/2007 P-12 District 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... More... UT Signed into law 04/2007 P-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... More... CO Signed into law 03/2007 P-12 Qualifications 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://... More... Health LA Adopted 12/2007 P-12 School Health Forms LAC 28:CXV.1145 Amends sections of Bulletin 741-Louisiana Handbook for School Administrators concerning school health forms. Establishes standardized health... More... MA Signed into law 12/2007 P-12 Hygenic 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... More... MA Signed into law 12/2007 P-12 H.B. 413 Establishes a task force within the department of education to examine hygienic procedures pertaining to school band instruments to prevent ... More... CA Vetoed 10/2007 P-12 student 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... More... CA Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 Health 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... More... IA Adopted 10/2007 P-12 School 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... More... IL Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 10/2007 P-12 Eye Examinations S.B. 641 In the section concerning health examinations and immunizations, provides that all children enrolling in kindergarten or enrolling for the f... More... OH Signed into law 10/2007 P-12 PE 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... More... IA Signed into law 09/2007 P-12 Blood 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... More... NY Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Diagnostic 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... More... OR Adopted 09/2007 P-12 Health and Physical Education OAR 581-022-1210 Adds health and physical education to list of curriculum defined by state content standards. ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Green 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Training 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,... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Integrated 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... More... IL Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Health 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... More... NJ Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Virus Prevention Campaign S.B. 2286 Requires distributing information about human papillomavirus to parents and guardians of seventh to twelfth graders and to pediatricians; es... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Food 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... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Nebulizers 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... More... NY Signed into law 08/2007 P-12 Idling 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... More...