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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 Accountability Accountability--Accreditation Accountability--Measures/Indicators Accountability--Reporting Results Accountability--Rewards Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers Accountability--School Improvement Adult Basic Education Assessment Assessment--Accommodations Assessment--Computer Based Assessment--End-of-Course Assessment--Formative/Interim Assessment--High Stakes/Competency Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) Assessment--Value Added At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention) At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools Choice of Schools--Tax Credits Choice of Schools--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Class Size Counseling/Guidance Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Censorship Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Excusal Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language Curriculum--Geography Education Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education Curriculum--Language Arts Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling Curriculum--Mathematics Curriculum--Physical Education Curriculum--Science Curriculum--Sex Education Curriculum--Social Studies/History Data-Driven Improvement Desegregation 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 nonpartisan perspectives on issues related to business and economic growth; concerns investments in research, development... 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 information technology project identified in a report submitted to the committee by the board of regents to determine w... 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 development. Adds to the Donahoe Higher Education Act a provision requiring that the Postsecondary Education Commission convene a ... 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 credit, charitable organization tax credit eligibility, beef tax credits, equity investment tax credits, film production... 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, support the teaching of innovation and its application for the common good and promote Hawaii's role as a center of innovat... 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 and pays taxes in the State after earning the degree; provides that residents who earn associate degree or bachelor's deg... 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 research, technology, the commercialization of intellectual property and such other work as necessary to develop, promo... 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 programs and strategies that will help retrain workers, coordinate retraining and expansion activities with local chambe... 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/clics/clics2007a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/98ABFF8BFE1278B587257251007B296B?open&file=1256_enr.pdf... 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 identify and promote opportunities for expanding and diversifying aerospace-related industries in the state, which may include... 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 kindergarten to grade 12, paid for from available funds in the Unclaimed Property Fund. Also directs the Department of Education... 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 alternatives in education within existing school systems including how alternative education programs contribute toward helping s... 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, works and pays taxes in the State; provides that residents who earn associate degree or bachelor's degree from an accr... 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 cooperative industry and university research partnerships to increase the pace of innovation technology developments th... 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 and other issues that influence the development, implementation and continuous improvement of a demand-driven workforce d... 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 performance measures; provides for duties and compensation of employees; limits salary of the Executive Director; provid... 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 education and global competitiveness to draft a Texas Compact that reflects a long-term vision and step-by-step plan to at... 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 policies that allow their employees to attend parent-teacher conferences, volunteer at schools, and participate in mentor... 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 by enhancing existing grant programs and establishing new grant and loan programs; provides that the grant programs are... 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 policies and procedures for the High School to Business Career Enhancement Program through which student internships sha... 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 2011, students with test scores between the top five percent and the top three percent qualify for a scholarship of $1,000.... 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 certain workforce educational programs. Revises the interest rate and delinquency charge that may be charged to student... 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 students; supports voluntary statewide act assessment for all 11th grade students called the Voluntary Universal ACT Assessmen... 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 retention and attraction of the young adult population in the state in both urban and rural areas. Provides that the 15-membe... 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 the state for medical or osteopathic school matriculation. Participating students will be provided with financial assis... 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. Increases the amount of educational debt that may be paid by the board of regents. Increases the fee that may be assessed... 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 of every New Mexico high school student for success in higher education or a career no later than the 2008-2009 school ye... 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 definition of technology or research, as long as they support university teaching, research or service missions. Also, lan... 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 industrial communities and government through the development of research parks on university property. Engages in othe... 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 independent institution of higher education in the state that meets specified requirements. Provides that in order to qualify f... 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 from the state's colleges and universities into industry to grow and expand the state's economy; provides that, in addit... 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 workers than in the past; (2) Increasing Washington's economic competitiveness requires increasing the supply of skilled ... 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 Representatives; (2) two members of the Senate; (3) one person representing the Higher Education Coordinating Board; (4) one ... 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 economic and workforce development. http://www.wisgov.state.wi.us/journal_media_detail.asp?locid=19&prid=2615... 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 representatives of the private business sector for the purposes of creating jobs, increasing research, and encouraging economic dev... 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 postsecondary education center to alternatively satisfy wage requirements; requires 90% of employees to receive base hou... 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 educational entities but also as workforce development centers. Contingent upon appropriations, the board will pilot a minimum ... 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 education necessary to become licensed social workers. http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2007/html/HB/0400-0499/HB... 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/2007/billhtml/HB0286.htm... 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 Legislative Oversight Commission on Workforce Investment for Economic Development and the Legislative Oversight Commission on E... 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 in postsecondary courses leading to a two- or four-year degree; allows program participants to be exempt from the requi... More... 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