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From the ECS State Policy Database
2008 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2008. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

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ILSigned into law 08/2008P-12Repeals the Professional Development Block Grant. Amends requirements related to annual census for special education, such that census must include students age 3 to 21 (rather than birth to 21) receiving special education services. Eliminates requirement that state board of education annually report on "children of non English background" receiving special education services. Eliminates provision authorizing the state board to provide matching grants to districts to support technology-related investments. Eliminates provision directing the state board to adopt rules for the administration of the School Technology Program.

Authorizes student biometric information to be destroyed without notification to or the approval of a local records commission within 30 days after use of the information is discontinued due to student graduation, withdrawal, or a written request from the individual having legal custody of a student.

Establishes circumstances under which a district may levy a tax or issue bonds for facilities alteration or reconstruction. Adds provision requiring that summer session costs be reimbursed based on the actual expenditures for providing these services.

Deletes certain provisions related to clock hour requirements for teachers' continuing education units.

Authorizes school student records to be released, transferred or disclosed to the state board or another state government agency or among state government agencies to evaluate or audit federal and state programs or perform research and planning, but only to the extent that the release, transfer, disclosure, or dissemination is consistent with the federal FERPA (Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act).

Authorizes the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy to develop additional campuses throughout the state, but specifies that any additional campus does not need to serve as a residential institution. Adds to the board of trustees of the Illinois Mathematics and Science Academy to include the superintendent of the district where each campus is located.

Abolishes the board of trustees of the Illinois Summer School for the Arts on the effective date of this legislation. Transfers to the state board of education all of the board of trustees' powers, duties, assets, liabilities, employees, contracts, property, records, pending business, and unexpended appropriations.

Repeals 105 ILCS 420, the Council on Vocational Education Act and 105 ILCS 423, the Occupational Skill Standards Act. Eliminates provision requiring the state board of education's annual report on vocational education to include recommendations on programs and policies to overcome sex bias and sex stereotyping in vocational education programming and an assessment of the state's progress in achieving such goals prepared by the state vocational education sex equity coordinator pursuant to the Federal Vocational Education Law.

Requires a school enrolling a student to make a copy of the student's certified birth certificate and return the original to the person enrolling the child. Provides that once a school has received a certified copy of the child's birth certificate, the school need not request another such certified copy with respect to that child for any
other year in which the child is enrolled in that school.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2482lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 2482
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation

MOAdopted 07/2008P-12Proposes rules regarding standards for summer school programs. MISSOURI 17889
http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/5csr/5c50-340.pdf
Title: 5 CSR 50-340.050
Source: http://www.sos.mo.gov

WVSigned into law 07/2008P-12Requires county boards filling summer school program positions to give employment preference to professional educators who are regularly employed by the county on a full-time basis. http://www.legis.state.wv.us/Bill_Text_HTML/2008_SESSIONS/2X/BILLS/hb217%20enr.htm
Title: H.B. 217B
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

WYAdopted 07/2008P-12Establishes emergency rules regarding grants under the Wyoming Bridges Summer School, Enrichment and Extended Day Grant Program. Sets forth grant requirements and application procedures to which districts must adhere to for eligibility. http://www.k12.wy.us/A/supt_memos/2008_096.pdf
Title: Chapter 33
Source: Department of Education

OKSigned into law 06/2008P-12Relates to schools; provides a school district which has a certain amount of students participating in a summer reading program may be allocated a base amount of moneys for the program which shall be in addition to the per-student reimbursement amount provided; provides a student in a certain grade who is an English language learner and is found not to be reading at a certain level shall be eligible to participate in a summer reading remediation program. One section slated NOT to be codified requires the state department to conduct a survey of districts to determine their ability to administer the criterion-referenced tests at 8th grade and the end-of-instruction tests at the secondary level online and within the limitations of the testing window dates established by the state board of education. Requires the department to report to the legislature and governor by December 2008 and to recommend solutions.
http://www.sos.state.ok.us/documents/Legislation/51st/2008/2R/SB/1769.pdf
Title: S.B. 1769
Source: http://www.sos.state.ok.us

TXAdopted 06/2008P-12The Intensive Summer Program purpose is to create pilot programs in which institutions of higher education provide intensive academic instruction for students who are identified as being at risk of dropping out of school or college. The areas for intensive instruction are English/language arts, mathematics and science. The Intensive Summer Programs pilot will identify best practices and strategies that work to help prepare students for college and workforce readiness. http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/Rules/tac3.cfm?Chapter_ID=4&Subchapter=L
Title: 19 TAC 1.4.L.4.210 -.214
Source: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us

ILAdopted 01/2008P-12Strengthen recipient districts' accountability with respect to implementation of the program, chiefly by providing for some quality assurance measures regarding the teachers paid from the state funds provided. Salient among these requirements are following the established curriculum and sequence and planning to teach every day while the program is in session. The latter provision has been found to be critical because the Summer Bridges Program is compressed into a short period of time and each day of instruction is important to students' success.
Pages 881-888 of 917: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume32_issue6.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 232.50, .60
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com

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