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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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 | 21st Century Skills |
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| Accountability |
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| Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Accountability--Measures/Indicators |
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| Accountability--Reporting Results |
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| Accountability--Rewards |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play |
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| Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers |
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| Accountability--School Improvement |
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| Adult Basic Education |
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| Assessment |
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| Assessment--Accommodations |
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| Assessment--Computer Based |
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| Assessment--End-of-Course |
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| Assessment--Formative/Interim |
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| Assessment--High Stakes/Competency |
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| Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Value Added |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education |
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| At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol |
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| Attendance |
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| Attendance--Compulsory |
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| Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) |
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| Attendance--Truancy |
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| Background Checks |
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| Bilingual/ESL |
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| Business Involvement |
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| Career/Technical Education |
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| Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship |
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| Cheating |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance |
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| Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research |
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| Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment |
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| Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools |
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| Choice of Schools--Tax Credits |
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| Choice of Schools--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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| Curriculum--Censorship |
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| Curriculum--Core Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Drivers Education |
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| Curriculum--Environmental Education |
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| Curriculum--Excusal |
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| Curriculum--Family Living Education |
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| Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. |
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| Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language |
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| Curriculum--Geography Education |
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| Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts |
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| Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling |
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| Curriculum--Mathematics |
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| Curriculum--Physical Education |
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| Curriculum--Science |
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| Curriculum--Sex Education |
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| Curriculum--Social Studies/History |
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| Curriculum--Speech Education |
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| Data-Driven Improvement |
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| Demographics |
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| Desegregation |
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| Economic/Workforce Development |
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| Education Research |
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| Equity |
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| Federal |
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| Finance |
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| Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost |
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| Finance--Aid to Private Schools |
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| Finance--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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| Finance--Private Giving |
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| Finance--Resource Efficiency |
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| Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures |
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| Finance--Student Fees |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues |
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| Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues |
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| Governance |
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| Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule |
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| Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest |
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| Governance--Mandates |
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| Governance--School Boards |
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| Governance--Site-Based Management |
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| Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies |
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| Health |
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| Health--Child Abuse |
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| Health--Mental Health |
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| Health--Nutrition |
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| Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses |
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| Health--Suicide Prevention |
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| Health--Teen Pregnancy |
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| High School |
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| High School--Advanced Placement |
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| High School--College Readiness |
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| High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates |
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| High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment |
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| High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges |
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| High School--Exit Exams |
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| High School--GED (General Education Development) |
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| High School--Graduation Requirements |
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| High School--International Baccalaureate |
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| Instructional Approaches--Constructivism |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Official English |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools |
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| International Benchmarking |
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| Leadership |
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| Leadership--District Superintendent |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Recruitment and Retention |
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| Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Tenure |
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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--African American |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| No Child Left Behind |
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| No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress |
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| No Child Left Behind--Assessment |
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| No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer |
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| No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools |
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| No Child Left Behind--Finance |
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| No Child Left Behind--Parent Involvement |
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| No Child Left Behind--Reauthorization Issues/Waivers |
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| No Child Left Behind--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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| No Child Left Behind--Special Populations |
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| No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services |
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| Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning |
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| Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses |
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| P-16 or P-20 |
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| P-3 |
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| P-3 Child Care |
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| P-3 Content Standards and Assessment |
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| P-3 Early Intervention (0-3) |
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| P-3 Ensuring Quality |
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| P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits |
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| P-3 Family Involvement |
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| P-3 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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| P-3 Health and Mental Health |
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| P-3 Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Kindergarten--Full-Day Kindergarten |
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| P-3 Preschool |
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| P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development |
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| Parent/Family |
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| Parent/Family--Parent Rights |
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| Partnerships--University/School |
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| Postsecondary |
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| Postsecondary Accountability |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation |
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| Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills |
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 | Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid |
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| AL | Adopted 12/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Increases the maximum award amount for Alabama Student Assistance Program from $2,500 to $5,000.
Title: AAC 300-4-2-.06
Source: http://www.alabamaadministrativecode.state.al.us/monthly.html
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| MI | Signed into law 12/2007 | Postsec. | Amends the Education Savings Program Act; adds as an authorized withdrawal from such an account a withdrawal made because a beneficiary attended a service academy to the extent that the amount of the withdrawal does not exceed the costs of the advanced education attributable to that attendance; revises provisions relating to program managers.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2007-PA-0153.pdf
Title: H.B. 5138
Source: Michigan Legislature
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| NJ | Signed into law 12/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides a military service exemption to the requirement of continuous enrollment under the NJ STARS and NJ STARS II Programs.
http://www.state.nj.us
Title: A.B. 3253
Source: http://www.state.nj.ust
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| TX | Unofficially approved by Voters. 11/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | (PROPOSITION 2; SJR 57 2007)Proposes a constitutional amendment to provide for the issuance of a specified amount of general obligation bonds to finance educational loans to students and for authority to enter into bond enhancement agreements with respect to general obligation bonds issued for that purpose.
Title: V. 2
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Expresses the intent of the Legislature that resident students with financial need be made aware of the opportunities afforded to them through the various state and federal financial aid programs. Establishes the Cash for College Program under the administration of the Student Aid Commission. Authorizes the commission to allocate funds for support of local Cash for College projects designed to accomplish prescribed goals. Creates the Cash for College Fund for voluntary contributions or donations. Chapter 741.
http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/asm/ab_1501-1550/ab_1540_bill_20070925_enrolled.pdf
Title: A.B. 1540
Source: http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/
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| ID | Adopted 10/2007 | Postsec. | Rewrites rules of both the Promise A and Promise B scholarships in the Promise Scholarship Program to modify the selection criteria and the eligibility requirements to allow for the inclusion of home-schooled students. Criteria includes high school record and GPA, ACT composite score, ACT COMPASS score showing scores for writing skills, reading skills and mathematics. IDAHO 7685
http://adm.idaho.gov/adminrules/rules/idapa08/0105.pdf
Title: IDAPA 08.01.05
Source: http://adm.idaho.gov
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| CA | Vetoed 09/2007 | Postsec. | Amends the Donahoe Higher Education Act to require the Trustees of the California State University and the Board of Governors of the California Community Colleges, and request the Regents of the University of California to establish procedures to enable persons who are exempt from paying nonresident tuition to be eligible to receive student aid awards from private entities that are administered by these segments. Relates to eligibility requirements. Requires community college districts to waive fees.
http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_1_bill_20070917_enrolled.pdf
Veto message: http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0001-0050/sb_1_vt_20071013.html
Title: S.B. 1
Source: http://info.sen.ca.gov
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| CA | Signed into law 08/2007 | Postsec. | Repeals provisions of existing law relating to the establishment and operation of the auxiliary organization and the state's participation in the federal Family Education Loan Program if the Director of Finance makes a notification that specified occurrences, related to either the sale of the state Student Loan Guarantee Program assets or a transaction with a transferee guarantee program operator have been consummated and 30 days lapse after the receipt of the notice. http://info.sen.ca.gov/pub/07-08/bill/sen/sb_0051-0100/sb_91_bill_20070824_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 91
Source: http://www.senate.ca.gov/
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | Postsec. | Concerns scholarships for children of veterans. Adds Operation Enduring Freedom and Operation Iraqi Freedom to the list of periods of hostilities for which each county shall be entitled, annually, to one honorary scholarship in the University of Illinois for qualified students. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB0486lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 486
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Specifies that scholarship awards from moneys deposited into the state college and university trust fund are to support Illinois residents. Directs the state treasurer to create separate accounts within the university grant fund for each university or college for which collegiate license plates have been issued. Provides that moneys in the university grant fund must be allocated to each account in proportion to the number of plates sold in regard to each university or college. Provides that moneys deposited into these accounts during the preceding calendar year must, subject to appropriation, be distributed through the Illinois
Student Assistance Commission to participating private colleges and universities. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB0169lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 169
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| LA | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides relative to minimum scores on specified tests that are required of certain home study students to be eligible for Tuition Opportunity Program for Students awards; provides relative to effectiveness; provides relative to the minimum cumulative high school grade point average required of certain students for Performance and Honors awards. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=450063
Title: H.B. 634
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ME | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides a tax credit to reimburse educational loan payments for any resident who earns an associate or bachelor's degree and lives, works and pays taxes in the State after earning the degree; provides that residents who earn associate degree or bachelor's degree from an accredited State junior college, college or university may take advantage of the credit; provides that the person or his or her employer may claim the credit for payments made during each year that person lives and works in the State.
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/billtextsearch.asp
Title: I. 2; LD 948; LR 124
Source: Maine Legislature
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| MI | Signed into law 07/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Expands eligibility for Michigan promise award to include certain residents who graduated from out-of- state high schools.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/billenrolled/House/pdf/2007-HNB-4595.pdf
Title: H.B. 4595
Source: Michigan Legislature
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec. | Establishes tuition waivers for foster children at any public postsecondary institution.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2007/SB0168.html
Title: S.B. 168
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Expands the Oregon Opportunity Grant and helps more students afford the cost of attending an Oregon University or Community College. Under this model, award amounts will be based on the student's income level and family size—not just the cost of attending the institution. This new model for awarding financial aid will take effect July 1, 2008.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/sb0300.dir/sb0334.en.pdf
Title: S.B. 334
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| OR | Signed into law 07/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Makes veterans enrolled part-time in course of study or professional training eligible for state financial aid.
http://www.leg.state.or.us/07reg/measpdf/hb2200.dir/hb2208.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2208
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us
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| ME | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides a tax credit to reimburse educational loan payments for any resident who earns an associate degree or a bachelor's degree and lives, works and pays taxes in the State; provides that residents who earn associate degree or bachelor's degree from an accredited State junior college, college or university may take advantage of the credit.
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/billtextsearch.asp
Title: L.D. 1856; LR 2619
Source: Maine Legislature
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| OK | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Relates to the Education Lottery Trust Fund and higher education. On or after July 1, 2008, twelve percent (12%) of the revenue derived pursuant to this paragraph shall be apportioned monthly to the General Revenue Fund and eighty-eight percent (88%) of such revenue shall be apportioned to the Education Reform Revolving Fund; Not later than November 1, 2007, and November 1 of each subsequent year, the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education shall estimate the amount of revenue they deem necessary to fund awards allowed pursuant to the Oklahoma Higher Learning Access Act, for the fiscal year which begins the following July 1 and provide such estimate to the State Board of Equalization; amends eligibility standards so that a student must be a United States citizen or lawfully present in the United States. Provides for GPA and standardized testing qualifications; requires students to comply with codes of conduct of the institution of higher education; provides for program contact person designation for students not attending public or private school.
http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2007-08bills/SB/SB820_ENR.RTF
Title: S.B. 820
Source: http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2007 | Postsec. | Prohibits relatives of public college and university board members from receiving certain scholarships from the institution or system whose board the member serves, with exceptions.
http://www.capitol.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/SB01325F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1325
Source: http://www.capitol.state.tx.us
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| AZ | Vetoed 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the Early Graduation Scholarship Program under which eligible students who graduate from a public high school or charter school earlier than the student's class is scheduled to graduate may receive a scholarship of a specified amount to be applied to their first two years of postsecondary instruction at a community college, State University, private post secondary educational institution, or private vocational program, as defined.
http://www.azleg.gov/legtext/48leg/1r/summary/h.sb1183_05-02-07_astransmittedtogovernor.doc.htm
Title: S.B. 1183
Source: http://www.azleg.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec. | Relates to public postsecondary need-based student financial assistance; requires state residency for such assistance grant; revises eligibility criteria for the renewal of specified financial aid awards; creates the Public Postsecondary Career Education Student Assistance Grant Program for specified career certificate programs; provides for grants to community college presidents or school district superintendents; relates to payment of wages for student employees.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0343er.doc&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0343&Session=2007
Title: H.B. 343
Source: Florida Legislature
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to definitions relative to the Georgia HERO (Helping Educate Reservists and their Offspring) Scholarship, so as to provide that surviving spouses of certain deceased service members are eligible for scholarships. Provides that term of award eligibility for spouses of deceased is four years. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb131.pdf
Title: H.B. 131
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| GA | Vetoed 05/2007 | Postsec. | Relates to eligibility requirements for a Helping Outstanding Pupils Educationally (HOPE) grant. Provides that students at Georgia Military College are eligible for HOPE grants.
Bill: http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/hb363.pdf
Veto message (scroll down): http://www.gov.state.ga.us/press/2007/press1441.shtml
Title: H.B. 363
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| HI | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec. | Establishes the Senator Hiram L. Fong scholarship program and the Senator Oren E. Long scholarship program.
http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/sessioncurrent/Bills/HB1529_CD1_.htm
Title: H.B. 1529
Source: www.capitol.hawaii.gov
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates the All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship program for students with a minimum 2.5 high school grade point average and who demonstrate financial need. Establishes scholarship duration as four full-time semesters at a two-year institution or two full-time semesters at a four-year institution. Provides that eligible students must begin postsecondary studies within two years of high school graduation. Provides that to maintain scholarship eligibility, students must continuously receive awards as a full- or part-time student and must make satisfactory academic progress each semester of college.
Another section requires the state department to convene a work group to address statute/rule pertaining to Quality Faculty Plans for community college staff. A report is due to the legislature by January 14, 2008.
Establishes the All Iowa Opportunity Scholarship fund in the state treasury. http://coolice.legis.state.ia.us/Cool-ICE/default.asp?category=billinfo&Service=Billbook&ga=82&hbill=SF588
Title: S.F. 588 (Sec. 28)
Source: coolice.legis.state.ia.us
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Recodifies the law governing higher education. Changes references in provisions that cross reference to the law being recodified. Makes related changes. Repeals obsolete provisions. (The introduced version of this bill was prepared by the code revision commission.)
Title: S.B. 526 (omnibus) - Recodification of Higher Education Code
Source: http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/SE/SE0526.1.html
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that a student who is in foster care or placed in the home of a relative or other unlicensed caretaker may enroll in the 21st Century Scholars program at any time before the student graduates from high school, is not required to be eligible for free or reduced price lunches to participate and is not required to have a custodial parent or guardian agree to the student's participation in the program. http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/PDF/HE/HE1266.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1266
Source: www.in.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Expands eligibility for the 21st Century Scholars program to grade 7 students, and beginning with the 2008-09 school year, to grade 6 students. Provides that an individual must be at least 18 or have withdrawn from school to receive a GED diploma. Modifies the formula for determining graduation rates, and adds an informational five-year and six-year graduation rate determination.
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2007/HE/HE1647.1.html
Title: H.B. 1647
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| MO | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Increases the amount of the Bright Flight scholarships from $2,000 to $3,000 beginning with fiscal year 2011. Beginning with fiscal year 2011, students with test scores between the top five percent and the top three percent qualify for a scholarship of $1,000. Creates the Access Missouri Financial Assistance program, defines eligibility criteria and maximum and minimum financial awards. Repeals Gallagher student financial assistance and college guarantee programs and directs that certain gambling boat boarding fee revenue that currently goes to the Missouri College Guarantee Fund be instead deposited into the Access Missouri Financial Assistance Program.
Enacts the Higher Education Student Funding Act, limiting tuition increases that institutions may charge. Grants Missouri Higher Education Loan Authority (MoHELA) authority to transfer assets of the authority to the newly created Lewis and Clark Discovery Fund. Requires MoHELA to distribute $350 million of assets of the authority to the fund not later than September 30, 2013. Moneys in the fund may be appropriated by the general assembly only for funding for capital projects at public colleges and universities and funding for the Missouri Technology Corporation's ability to work with colleges and universities in identifying opportunities for commercializing technologies. Directs the department of economic development to allocate a percentage of the state ceiling for private activity bonds to MoHELA.
http://www.senate.mo.gov/07info/pdf-bill/tat/SB389.pdf
Title: S.B. 389 [Postsecondary Finance]
Source: http://www.senate.mo.gov
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| MT | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Revises portions of the governor's postsecondary scholarship program. Revises: (1) duties of the council and board; (2) criteria of types and amounts of scholarships; (3) eligibility requirements; and (5) public and private sources of funding.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/specsess/0507/billhtml/SB0002.htm
Title: S.B. 2A (Postsecondary)
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov/
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Revises provisions relating to student loans administered by the Western Interstate Commission for Higher Education for students enrolled in certain workforce educational programs. Revises the interest rate and delinquency charge that may be charged to students who receive certain loans from the Commission.
http://www.leg.state.nv.us/74th/Bills/SB/SB357_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 357
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us/
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| NY | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec. | Protects students and parents from being steered by lenders and institutions of higher learning into student loans laden with conflicts of interest.
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A07950&sh=t
Title: A.B. 7950
Source: http://assembly.state.ny.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the Texas Veterans Commission (commission) to establish a program to issue vouchers to be exchanged for an exemption from the payment of tuition and required fees at an institution of higher education to students in grades 6 through 12 or at postsecondary educational institutions who sound "Taps" on a bugle, trumpet, or cornet during military honors funerals held in this state for deceased veterans. Requires a voucher to be issued in the amount of $25 for each time a student sounds "Taps" as described by this subsection. Requires the commission to encourage a private or independent institution of higher education to grant a tuition and fee exemption in exchange for a voucher. Authorizes a district to excuse a student in grades 6 through 12 for the purpose of sounding "Taps" at a military honors funeral held in this state for a deceased veteran. Prohibits a student whose absence is excused under this subsection from being penalized.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB01187F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1187
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | Postsec. | Allow graduates of unaccredited high schools (including home school programs) to compete for loans through the B-On-Time Student Loan Program. Prohibits discrimination based on the secondary school attended.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB01250F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1250
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides exemption from tuition and fees at a public institution of higher education for adopted students.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/80R/billtext/pdf/HB02702F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2702
Source: http://www.legis.state.tx.us
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| ID | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Makes an appropriation to the state board of education, including $1,925,000 for the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship. Directs the state board of education, when awarding the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship, to give first priority to all eligible students attending eligible public postsecondary institutions. Directs the board to make any remaining scholarship funds available to other eligible students attending eligible private, not-for-profit, postsecondary institutions. Session Law Chapter 348
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/H0329.html
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/H0329.html
Title: H.B. 329 (see assoc. H.B. 217)
Source: www3.state.id.us
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Requires the Maryland Higher Education Commission to establish and administer a grant program for dually enrolled students; requires a recipient of a dual enrollment grant to be a resident of the State and a dually enrolled student; requires the Commission to administer funds for the Dual Enrollment Grant Program and to distribute funds to an institution of higher education on behalf of a dual enrollment grant recipient.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2007RS/bills/sb/sb0525e.pdf
Title: S.B. 525
Source: Maryland Legislature
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| MT | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Expands the repayment of educational loans to include physicians practicing in medically underserved areas or for underserved populations. Increases the amount of educational debt that may be paid by the board of regents. Increases the fee that may be assessed to certain students preparing to be physicians.
http://data.opi.mt.gov/bills/2007/billhtml/SB0553.htm
Title: S.B. 553
Source: http://data.opi.mt.gov/
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| NE | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Access College Early Scholarship Program, and eliminates the Community Scholarship Foundation Program. The purpose of the program is to provide financial assistance to low-income students for courses to be taken for credit from a qualified postsecondary educational institution while still enrolled in high school.
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB192.pdf
Title: L.B. 192
Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends eligibility requirements for all general awards, academic performance awards and student loans. Requires all such aid recipients to have been approved for participation in federal student financial aid programs authorized by Title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965. Provides that students not attending institutions eligible for participation in federal Title IV financial aid programs on or before July 1, 2007 (1) who received their first award before the 2006-2007 academic year shall be eligible for payments until the end of the 2009-2010 academic year; or (2) who received their first award for the 2006-2007 academic year through and including the 2009-2010 academic year shall be eligible for payments until the end of the 2014-2015 academic year.
Requires students first receiving financial aid in the 2006-2007 academic year to have a certificate of graduation from a recognized school providing secondary education within the U.S., or the recognized equivalent of such certificate, or have been admitted to such institution after receiving a passing score on a federally approved ability to benefit test that has been independently administered and evaluated. Requires students first receiving financial aid in the 2007-2008 academic year or thereafter to have (1) a certificate of graduation from a school providing secondary education from a state within the U.S.; or (2) the recognized equivalent of such certificate; or (3) received a passing score on a federally approved ability to benefit test that has been identified by the board of regents as satisfying the eligibility requirements of statute and has been independently administered and evaluated as defined by the commissioner.
Makes the 2005-2006 academic year the last year for which first receipt of state award is contingent upon the student's maintaining "good academic standing" as defined by the commissioner. Provides that students who receive their first state award during the 2006-2007 academic year and thereafter must make satisfactory progress toward the completion of the program's academic requirements as provided below. Provides "reasonable progress toward completion of the program" means a student must complete, at a minimum, the following requirements at the time of certification; provided that nothing shall prevent a college from developing stricter standards to measure reasonable progress:
(1) For students first receiving aid in 2007-2008 and thereafter, and enrolled in four- or five-year undergraduate programs organized in semesters:
Before being certified for this payment, a student must have accrued at least this many credits with at least this grade point average:
1st semester: 0 credits, 0 GPA
2nd: 3 credits, 1.1 GPA
3rd: 9 credits, 1.2 GPA
4th: 21 credits, 1.3 GPA
5th: 33 credits, 2.0 GPA
6th: 45 credits, 2.0 GPA
7th: 60 credits, 2.0 GPA
8th: 75 credits, 2.0 GPA
9th: 90 credits, 2.0 GPA
10th: 105 credits, 2.0 GPA
Provides that for students first receiving aid in 2007-2008 and thereafter, and enrolled in two-year undergraduate programs whose terms are organized in semesters, before being certified for this payment, a student must have accrued at least this many credits with at least this grade point average:
1st semester: 0 credits, 0 GPA
2nd: 3 credits, .5 GPA
3rd: 9 credits, .75 GPA
4th: 18 credits, 1.3 GPA
5th: 30 credits, 2.0 GPA
6th: 45 credits, 2.0 GPA
Provides that for students first receiving aid in 2007-2008 and thereafter, and enrolled in four- or five-year undergraduate programs whose terms are organized on a trimester basis, before being certified for this payment, a student must have accrued at least this many credits with at least this grade point average:
1st trimester: 0 credits, 0 GPA
2nd: 2 credits, 1.1 GPA
3rd: 4 credits, 1.1 GPA
4th: 9 credits, 1.2 GPA
5th: 17 credits, 1.2 GPA
6th: 25 credits, 1.3 GPA
7th: 33 credits, 2.0 GPA
8th: 40 credits, 2.0 GPA
9th: 50 credits, 2.0 GPA
10th: 60 credits, 2.0 GPA
11th: 70 credits, 2.0 GPA
12th: 80 credits, 2.0 GPA
13th: 90 credits, 2.0 GPA
14th: 100 credits, 2.0 GPA
15th: 110 credits, 2.0 GPA
Provides that for students first receiving aid in 2007-2008 and thereafter, and enrolled in two-year undergraduate programs whose terms are organized on a trimester basis, before being certified for this payment, a student must have accrued at least this many credits with at least this grade point average:
1st trimester: 0 credits, 0 GPA
2nd: 2 credits, .5 GPA
3rd: 4 credits, .5 GPA
4th: 9 credits, .75 GPA
5th: 15 credits, .75 GPA
6th: 21 credits, 2.0 GPA
7th: 30 credits, 2.0 GPA
8th: 37 credits, 2.0 GPA
9th: 45 credits, 2.0 GPA
http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=S02107&sh=t
Title: S.B. 2107, Part E-1
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| VA | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Chapter 850. The measure provides higher education grants to Virginia residents, who have successfully completed an acceptable associate degree program at a Virginia two-year college and have been admitted to an accredited nonprofit public or private institution of higher education in the Commonwealth. The amount of the award is fixed at $1,000 per year, with an additional $1,000 per year available to those students pursuing undergraduate collegiate work in engineering, mathematics, nursing, teaching, or science. The measure includes eligibility requirements.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB1681ER2
Title: H.B. 1681
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec. | Authorizes the Washington Higher Education Facilities Authority is authorized to originate and purchase educational loans and to issue student loan revenue bonds. The Authority has the power to form non-profit special purpose corporations or may contract with non-profit corporations to accomplish these purposes. State educational loans are not guaranteed by the state and the proceeds from loan repayment may be used to make required payments to bondholders. It still takes four of the seven members to constitute a quorum at meetings of the Authority. However, members who participate by a means of communication that allows all members to hear each other during a meeting are deemed to be present in person at the meeting for all purposes.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5385.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5385
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Finds that: (1) The economic trends of globalization and technological change are increasing the demand for higher and differently skilled workers than in the past; (2) Increasing Washington's economic competitiveness requires increasing the supply of skilled workers in the state; (3) Improving the labor market competitiveness of all Washington residents requires that all residents have access to postsecondary education; and (4) Community and technical college workforce training programs and Washington state apprenticeship and training council-approved apprenticeship programs provide effective and efficient pathways for people to enter high wage, high skill careers while also meeting the needs of the economy. Requires the college board to develop and implement a workforce education program known as the opportunity grant program to provide funding for students enrolled at qualified institutions of higher education in opportunity grant-eligible programs of study as described in this act. Students enrolled in the opportunity grant program are eligible for: (1) Funding for tuition and mandatory fees at the public community and technical college rate, prorated if the credit load is less than full time, paid directly to the educational institution; and (2) An additional one thousand dollars per academic year for books, tools, and supplies, prorated if the credit load is less than full time. Declares that funding under this act is limited to a maximum forty-five credits or the equivalent in an opportunity grant-eligible program of study, including required related courses. No student may receive opportunity grant funding for more than forty-five credits or for more than three years from initial receipt of grant funds in one or a combination of programs.
Requires the college board, in partnership with business, labor, and the workforce training and education coordinating board, to: (1) Identify job specific training programs offered by qualified postsecondary institutions that lead to a credential, certificate, or degree in high demand occupations, which are occupations where data show that employer demand for workers exceeds the supply of qualified job applicants throughout the state or in a specific region, and where training capacity is underutilized; (2) Gain recognition of the credentials, certificates,
and degrees by Washington's employers and labor organizations. The college board shall designate these recognized credentials, certificates, and degrees as "opportunity granteligible
programs of study"; and (3) Market the credentials, certificates, and degrees to potential students, businesses, and apprenticeship programs as a way for individuals to advance in their careers and to better meet the needs of industry.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1096-S2.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1096
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the GET ready for math and science scholarship program. The purpose of the program is to provide scholarships to students who achieve level four on the mathematics or science portions of the tenth grade Washington assessment of student learning or achieve a score in the math section of the SAT or the math section of the ACT that is above the ninety-fifth percentile, major in a mathematics, science, or related field in college, and commit to working in mathematics, science, or a related field for at least three years in Washington following completion of their bachelor's degree. The program shall be administered by the nonprofit organization selected as the private partner in the publicprivate partnership.
Requires the office of the superintendent of public instruction to: (1) Notify elementary, middle, junior high, high school, and school district staff and administrators, and the children's administration of the department of social and health services about the GET ready for math and science scholarship program using methods in place for communicating with schools and school districts; and (2) Provide data showing the race, ethnicity, income, and other available demographic information of students who achieve level four of the math and science Washington assessment of student learning in the tenth grade. Compare those data with comparable information on the tenth grade student population as a whole. Submit a report with the analysis to the committees responsible for education and higher education in the legislature on December 1st of evennumbered years.
Provides that school districts shall: (1) Notify parents, teachers, counselors, and principals about the GET ready for math and science scholarship program through existing channels. Notification methods may include, but are not limited to, regular school district and building communications, online scholarship bulletins and announcements, notices posted on school walls and bulletin boards, information available in each counselor's office, and school or district scholarship information sessions. (2) Provide each student who achieves level four on the
mathematics or science high school Washington assessment of student learning with information regarding the scholarship program and how to contact the program administrator.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1779-S2.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1779
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Declares an intent to inspire and encourage all Washington students to dream big by creating a guaranteed four-year tuition scholarship program for students from low income families and those students that may be the first in their family to attend college. Finds that, too often, financial barriers prevent many of the brightest students from considering college as a future
possibility. Often the cost of tuition coupled with the complexity of finding and applying for financial aid is enough to prevent a student from even applying to college. Many students become disconnected from the education system early on and may give up or drop out before graduation. Declares an intent to alert students early in their educational career to the options and opportunities available beyond high school.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Senate%20Passed%20Legislature/5098-S2.PL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5098
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Declares an intent to create the passport to college promise pilot program that will have two primary components, as follows: (1) Significantly increasing outreach to foster care youth between the ages of fifteen and eighteen regarding the higher education opportunities available to them, how to apply to college, and how to apply for and obtain financial aid; and (2) Providing financial aid to former foster care youth.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1131-S.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1131
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec. | Changes tuition waivers for families of fallen veterans and national guard members.
Title: S.B. 5002
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes part-time students at postsecondary institutions to qualify for a state need grant. Encourages institutions of higher education to review their policies and procedures regarding financial aid for students taking a less-than-half-time course load, and to implement policies and procedures providing students taking a less-than-half-time course load with the same access to institutional aid, including tuition waivers, as provided to students enrolled half time or more. Provides that the act shall be null and void if appropriations are not approved.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1179-S.PL.pdf
Title: H.B. 1179
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WA | Signed into law 04/2007 | Postsec. | Management of the investments of funds for all scholarship endowment programs administered by HECB is vested in the State Investment Board. The State Investment Board must invest the funds using reasonable care and prudence. The State Investment Board may commingle the scholarship funds with other funds it manages. HECB retains all authority regarding policies related to the funds, except for investment management. The State Treasurer retains custody of the funds.
http://www.leg.wa.gov/pub/billinfo/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202007/5039-S.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 5039
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov
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| WV | Vetoed 04/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires the state's Chief Technology Officer (CTO) to create and implement a program to refurbish and donate state surplus computers which are no more than four years old from state agencies to public schools and low-income school children; encourages the CTO to collaborate with other agencies including, but not limited to, the State Board of Education; the Department of Education's Division of Technical and Adult Services; Regional Education Service Agencies; the Division of Corrections; Prison Industries; and private technology industries in creating and establishing the program; requires the CTO to consult with and provide any necessary assistance to any governing board of an institution of higher education in creating a computer and computer equipment donation program.
Continues the board of governors at specified public institutions of higher education and specifies the appointment of members to each board.
Continues the West Virginia Council for Community and Technical College Education and places the community college employee salary schedule and classification system under its authority.
Establishes the Health Education Loan Program for students enrolled in a school of medicine; allows any individual who has received a loan through the program and who has provided services as a medical doctor or a doctor of osteopathy in a medically underserved area or in a medical specialty in which there is a shortage of physicians in the state to be eligible for cancellation of ten thousand dollars of the outstanding loan or loans for every full twelve consecutive calendar months of such service.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2558%20EnrSUB.htm
Title: H.B. 2558
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| CO | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Concerns Higher Education Loan Repayment Assistance Programs for students from institutions of higher education who enter public service careers.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/Clics/Clics2007A/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/975F12E94F4D635287257251007D6948?Open&file=1242_enr.pdf
Title: H.B. 1242
Source: Colorado Legislature
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides additional scholarship eligibility to dependents or certain members of the armed forces. Session Law Chapter 95
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/S1095.html
Title: S.B. 1095
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| ID | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates the Idaho Opportunity Scholarship for financially disadvantaged students. Covers the costs of tuition, fees, room and board, and books for Idaho residents who graduate from an accredited Idaho high school and who attend an eligible postsecondary institution full-time to work toward an undergraduate degree, certificate or diploma. Defines eligible postsecondary institutions as both:
(1) public postsecondary organizations administered by the state board, the board of regents of the University of Idaho, the board of trustees of a community college, or the state board for professional-technical education; or
(2) any private not-for-profit accredited by a state board-recognized organiation and that is under the control of an independent board and not directly controlled or administered by a public or political subdivision.
Directs the state board to establish rules to determine academic and financial eligibility; establish an application process for students; and determine a selection process. Provides that student eligibility may not exceed 8 semesters.
Creates an opportunity scholarship program account in the state treasury, to include moneys appropriated to the account by the legislature, moneys contributed to the account from other sources, and the earnings on such moneys. Session Law Chapter 259
http://www3.state.id.us/oasis/H0217.html
Title: H.B. 217 (see assoc. H.B. 329)
Source: www3.state.id.us
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| KY | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Waives the public higher education or vocational tuition of a spouse or child of a deceased or permanently and totally disabled veteran and who is under a certain age, for a period not in excess of 45 months. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/RECORD/07RS/HB128/bill.doc
Title: H.B. 128
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Adopted 03/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Amends to incorporate Acts 64 and 65 of the First Extraordinary Session of 2005 concerning the TOPS initial and continuing eligibility requirements; Provides waivers of certain TOPS initial eligibility requirements for students displaced by Hurricanes Katrina and Rita who will graduate from high school or complete state board-approved home study programs during the 2006-2007 academic year. http://www.doa.louisiana.gov/osr/reg/0703/0703rul.pdf
Title: LAC 28:IV.703, 705, 803, and 805
Source: www.doa.louisiana.gov
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates the students with disabilities scholarship act; defines a student with disabilities as a student who has a record of a physical or mental condition that substantially limits one or more major life activities, including attention deficit disorder or other specific learning disabilities that the Higher Education Department recognizes as disabilities. Creates the Students with Disabilities Scholarship Fund.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/HB0518.pdf
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0537.pdf
Title: H.B. 518/S.B. 537
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Creates the college assistance migrant program at New Mexico State University to serve educational needs of migrants and seasonal farm workers who are students at the university.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0858.pdf
Title: S.B. 858
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends time that students with disabilities can be defined as full time for purposes of eligibility for state lottery scholarship program.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0689.pdf
Title: S.B. 689
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Enables students at tribal colleges to receive scholarships under the College Affordability Act. Defines student eligibility and terms of scholarship.
http://legis.state.nm.us/Sessions/07%20Regular/final/SB0355.pdf
Title: S.B. 355
Source: http://legis.state.nm.us/
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| TX | Adopted 03/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Requires all state agencies, except institutions of higher education,state agencies defined in ?531.001(4), Government Code, and state agencies granted an exemption from the requirements by the department, to post a synopsis of all funding opportunities under financial assistance programs atwww.dir.state.tx.us/approvals/index, the central website designated by thedepartment. TEXAS 10886
Title: 1 TAC 10.210.210.3 -.5
Source: Lexis-Nexis
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Waives the undergraduate tuition at state institutions of higher education for surviving dependents of Utah resident military members, including a member of the National Guard or reserve component of the armed forces, killed on federal active duty, provided certain conditions are met; allows the State Board of Regents to request reimbursement from the legislature for costs incurred in providing the tuition waiver. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0309.htm
Title: H.B. 309
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Changes requirements for the Utah Higher Education Tuition Assistance Program to allow money appropriated for the program to be available only for need-based grants to students; eliminates other requirements under the program. http://le.utah.gov/~2007/bills/hbillenr/hb0195.htm
Title: H.B. 195
Source: http://www.le.state.ut.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes the Two-Year College Transfer Grant Program for the purpose of providing higher education grants of up to $2,000 per year to domiciles of Virginia who have successfully completed an acceptable associate degree program at a public two-year institution of higher education beginning with the first-time entering freshman class of the fall 2007 academic year; grant eligibility requires a student must (i) have received an associate degree at a Virginia two-year public institution of higher education, (ii) have enrolled in a Virginia four-year public or private institution of higher education by the fall following the award of the associate degree, (iii) have applied for financial aid, and (iv) have financial need; eligibility is limited to three academic years or 70 credit hours. This bill is identical to SB 749.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+HB1681H3
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?ses=071&typ=bil&val=sb749
Governor's recommendation: http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+amd+HB1681AG
Title: H.B. 1681, S.B. 749
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Includes the surviving spouses and children between the ages of 16 and 25 of members of the Virginia National Guard or members of the Virginia State Defense Force killed in the line of duty among the beneficiaries entitled to free undergraduate tuition and the payment of required fees at any public institution of higher education in Virginia. http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?071+ful+SB1187ER
Title: S.B. 1187
Source: http://legis.state.va.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends tuition and fees waiver for members of the West Virginia Army National Guard and West Virginia Air National Guard enrolled in Master's degree programs at any accredited college, university, business or trade school, or aviation school located in West Virginia; provides tuition and certain fee waivers for up to eight semesters at any state institution of higher education to certain military recipients of the Medal of Honor or a Purple Heart Medal through creation of the Andrew J. Trail Purple Heart Recipient College Bill of Rights Act of 2007. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/sb667%20enr.htm
Title: S.B. 667
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2007 | P-12
Postsec. | Allows tuition and fees for courses taken for the renewal of a teaching certificate or to gain an additional endorsement in a shortage area to be reimbursed by the department of education. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2588%20Enr.htm
Title: H.B. 2588
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides for payment of tuition and fees for any member of the Army National Guard or Air National Guard during the period of his or her service who is enrolled in a course of undergraduate study or a Master's degree program and is attending any accredited college, university, business or trade school located in West Virginia or is attending any aviation school located in West Virginia for the purpose of taking college-credit courses; allows a member of the West Virginia National Guard who is receiving payments for tuition and fees under this section, and is discharged from the military service due to wounds or injuries received in the line of duty, to continue to receive payments for tuition and fees under this section as if he or she were still a member.
Provides children and spouses of deceased armed service personnel who meet certain requirements with a tuition and fees waiver at a state postsecondary education or training institution, or up to two thousand dollars per year to attend a private postsecondary education or training institution.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/HB2931%20EnrSUB.htm
Title: H.B. 2931, S.B. 487
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| WV | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes a retirement system for emergency medical services personnel, which includes scholarships for dependent children of deceased personnel up to but not exceeding six thousand dollars per year to any state university, college, trade or vocational school. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2007_SESSIONS/RS/BILLS/hb2717%20Enr%20SUB.htm (see section §16-5V-25)
Title: H.B. 2717
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us/
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Revises the Hathaway scholarship program by increasing curriculum requirements necessary to qualify for scholarships; establishes specific curriculum requirements for various scholarship levels for students graduating in the 2007-2008 school year, 2009-2010 school year, and 2010-2011 school year and thereafter, with requirements increasing each graduating year.
Beginning with the class of 2010-2011, requirements for honor or performance scholarship eligibility will be 4 years of math, including Algebra I & II and Geometry, 4 years of Language Arts, 4 years of Science, 3 years of Social Studies, and 2 years of a Foreign Language; requires courses necessary for scholarship eligibility to be aligned with state content and performance standards; requires all school districts to submit to the state department of education a list of courses provided in the district that satisfy the curriculum requirements specified in the bill, and for the department to verify the courses.
Requires accommodations are provided to a student with an individual education plan (IEP) or working under a federal 504 designation in order to meet the requirements of the success curriculum, including taking a modified course that is at grade level and is included within the scope of the student's IEP or 504 designation.
Beginning with the 2007-2008 school year and thereafter, requires counseling services to be provided to students in 8th - 12th grade on curriculum requirements of high school graduation, curriculum requirements necessary for each of the Hathaway scholarships and a summary of the various Hathaway scholarships, current achievement levels for the statewide proficiency assessment, the importance of curriculum for career options and the earning differences anticipated based upon curriculum choices and at various levels of postsecondary education, an assessment of the student's course history, as well as options available regarding future course selection and the consequences attached to selected course pathways, and other information regarding scholarship opportunities available to students and associated curriculum and student performance requirements. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0097.pdf
Title: H.B. 97
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2007 | Postsec. | Provides that loans resulting from undergraduate and postgraduate education for physicians, dentists and health care providers who provide their services in the state are eligible for repayment up to specified amounts. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0164.pdf
Title: H.B. 164
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides up to 10 semesters of free tuition and fees at the University of Wyoming and/or any Wyoming community college for surviving dependents of any peace officer, firefighter, or emergency medical technician who dies while acting within the scope of their duties, as well as surviving spouses and dependents of combat veterans and Vietnams veterans who were residents of Wyoming at least one year prior to military service and died during active duty service; provides the same free tuition/fees benefit to any combat veteran and Vietnam veteran who was a resident of Wyoming at least one year prior to military service and who is not receiving tuition/fees benefits under the "GI bill"; requires that surviving dependents are under the age of 22 at the time of death of the parent or legal guardian who falls into one of the eligible categories to be eligible for the free tuition and fees; requires that combat veterans and their spouses enroll at the University of Wyoming or a Wyoming community college no later than 10 years following completion of military service to be eligible for the free tuition and fees; exempts Vietnam veterans from the enrollment time requirement for eligibility for the free tuition and fees; requires achievement and maintenance of a 2.0 GPA by the end of the 3rd or 4th semester in college in order to continue to receive the free tuition and fees. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0112.pdf
Title: H.B. 112
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides that dependents of peace officers who are totally disabled while in the scope of duty shall receive free tuition and fees up to a total of 10 semesters at the University of Wyoming and up to a total of 6 semester at a state community college. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/SF0121.pdf
Title: S.B. 121
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Expands the Hathaway scholarship program to graduate and professional degrees; clarifies provisions regarding students attending multiple institutions under the Hathaway scholarship program; extends time for attending postsecondary institutions under the Hathaway program as specified. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0099.pdf
Title: H.B. 99
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends the teacher shortage loan repayment program to include students pursuing degrees to become foreign language teachers; transfers administrative authority for the program from the Wyoming Higher Education Assistance Authority to the Wyoming Community College Commission. http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/HB0182.pdf
Title: H.B. 182
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| WY | Signed into law 02/2007 | Postsec. | Establishes a dental student loan repayment program and allows for loan forgiveness if certain requirements are met.
http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/Enroll/SF0045.pdf
Title: S.B. 45
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us/2007/bills.htm
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| NJ | Signed into law 01/2007 | Postsec. | Extends eligibility for higher education tuition assistance to certain former members of New Jersey National Guard and increases number of tuition-free credits available to National Guard members and their dependents.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/bills/BillView.asp
Title: A.B. 2542; S.B. 1550
Source: New Jersey Legislature
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