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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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MISigned into law 12/2008Community College
Postsec.
Amends the Community College Act; authorizes community college districts to operate new jobs training programs, to enter into training agreements with employers, and to issue bonds to finance the training programs; defines new jobs training program as a project established for the creation of new jobs by providing education and training or retraining of workers for such jobs; authorizes an employer to pay for such training by use of a credit from the withholding tax.
http://www.legislature.mi.gov/documents/2007-2008/publicact/pdf/2008-PA-0359.pdf
Title: S.B. 1342
Source: http://www.legislature.mi.gov/

COAdopted 10/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Addresses the administration of the Postsecondary and Workforce Readiness Assessments Pilot Program. Beginning in the 2008-09 academic year, directs the department to implement a pilot program for the purpose of evaluating standards and collecting data regarding student performance on postsecondary and workforce planning, preparation, and readiness assessments from assessment vendors and local education providers that volunteer to participate in the pilot program.

http://www.sos.state.co.us/CCR/NumericalSubDocList.do?deptID=4&deptName=300%20Department%20of%20Education&agencyID=109&agencyName=301%20Colorado%20State%20Board%20of%20Education&ccrDocID=3001&ccrDocName=1%20CCR%20301-77%20RULES%20FOR%20THE%20ADMINISTRATION%20OF%20THE%20POSTSECONDARY%20AND%20WORKFORCE%20READINESS%20ASSESSMENTS%20PILOT%20PROGRAM
Title: 1 CCR 301-77
Source: http://www.sos.state.co.us/

CAVetoed 09/2008P-12
Postsec.
ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT AND THE ECONOMY: Recommend concurrence in SENATE amendments., Requires the State Economic Strategy Panel to prepare and submit a preliminary version of the Economic Development Strategic Plan to the Governor and Legislature and to prepare a final version of the plan within a specified period of the conclusion of required hearings by the Legislature on the preliminary version. Requires specified agencies to collaborate in plan preparation. Requires the panel to consult with state entities regarding the plan. Requires the plan be development by private donations.
Title: A.B. 1916
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov

CAVetoed 09/2008P-12
Community College
Establishes the existing Career Resource Network that provides career development information and resources to people in the state to enable them to attain their career goals, as a program in the State Department of Education. Establishes a state agency partners committee to coordinate the use of network information and resources.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 1230
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov

CAVetoed 09/2008P-12Amends existing law that requires the Employment Training Panel to establish a three year plan that includes the identification of specific industries, production and quality control techniques, and regions of the state where employment training funds would most benefit the state's economy. Requires each plan to consider new and emerging industries, such as clean technology. Requires the panel to develop a definition of clean technology.
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 2622
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov

CASigned into law 09/2008P-12
Community College
Requires the Superintendent of Public Instruction to develop, in conjunction with certain organizations, a report that explores the feasibility of expanding and establishing career multiple pathway programs in the state. Authorizes the Superintendent to use existing state resources and federal funds to complete the report and to apply and accept grants and receive donations and other financial support from public or private sources if funds are not available. Chapter 681
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 2648
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov

CASigned into law 09/2008P-12Requires county juvenile justice plans for high-risk juveniles to assess job training services and strategies, and requires a demonstration of the effectiveness at reducing delinquency through job training and employment to qualify for funding allocation. Chapter 326
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 2125
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov

CASigned into law 09/2008P-12
Postsec.
Enacts the Green Collar Jobs Act of 2008. Requires the State Workforce Investment Board to establish the Green Collar Jobs Council that shall develop a comprehensive array of programs, strategies, and resources to address the workforce needs that accompany the state's growing green economy and to establish green job training programs for eligible individuals, and develop related partnerships. Chapter 312
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: A.B. 3018
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov

ILVeto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 09/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Subject to appropriation, requires the department of commerce and economic opportunity to conduct a study to identify current and projected shortages in critical occupations and specific skill sets within businesses and industries, and to devise strategies to alleviate any identified shortages. Requires all state agencies to cooperate with the department in conducting the study. Requires the department to report the results of its study and its recommendations to the governor and general assembly by February 1, 2009. Provides that the study may build upon previous studies by the department. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/SB/PDF/09500SB2632lv.pdf
Governor's amendatory veto message: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/fulltext.asp?DocName=09500SB2632gms&GA=95&SessionId=51&DocTypeId=SB&LegID=37083&DocNum=2632&GAID=9&Session=
Title: S.B. 2632
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation

CASigned into law 08/2008P-12
Postsec.
Requires the Employment Development Department, in addition to its existing duties and obligations, to report annually to the Governor, Legislature, and the Workforce Investment Board regarding the training expenditures made by local workforce investment boards in the prior fiscal year. Provides guidance to the Workforce Investment Board regarding the development of a strategic workforce plan. Relates to training services provided by the local boards. Authorizes certain related actions by the department. Chapter 376
http://www.assembly.ca.gov/acs/acsframeset2text.htm
Title: S.B. 302
Source: http://www.assembly.ca.gov

ILSigned into law 08/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Creates the Commission on Children and Youth Act. Provides for membership, appointments, goals, recommendations, and reports. Provides that the Early Learning Council must have primary responsibility for development of a five-year strategic plan for children age birth to five, and that the commission on children and youth must develop a comprehensive 5-year strategic plan for providing services to children, youth and young adults ages birth to 24. Requires that the commission's plan include specific recommendations to achieve specified outcomes related to preventive health, education completion, workforce development, social and emotional development, and civic engagement. Requires the commission to provide an interim report to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2009. Requires that draft strategic plan be submitted to the governor and general assembly by December 31, 2010, and that a final strategic plan be submitted to the same by June 1, 2011. Requires the Department of Human Services to provide administrative support.
http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/95/HB/PDF/09500HB4456lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4456
Source: www.ilga.gov

MASigned into law 08/2008Postsec.
Community College
Provides for the creation of the Clean Energy Technology Center and related Alternative and Clean Energy Investment Trust Fund; provides the types of clean energy investments of the fund to include clean energy related projects that stimulate workforce development and post-secondary financing.
http://www.mass.gov/legis/bills/house/185/ht05pdf/ht05018.pdf
Title: H.B. 5018
Source: http://www.mass.gov

LASigned into law 07/2008Postsec.
Community College
Establishes the Grants for Grads Program and the Grants for Grads Fund for assistance to college graduates in the purchase of their first home. Provides that eligible graduates must be Louisiana residents who have received an associate, baccalaureate, master's, or other postgraduate degree and who intend to live and work in Louisiana for at least five years after college graduation or completion of a postgraduate degree. Establishes maximum awards for individual and married grantees. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=502056
Title: H.B. 1156
Source: www.legis.state.la.us

LASigned into law 07/2008Postsec.
Community College
Terminates the Department of Labor and transfers its duties to the State Workforce Commission. Provides for the integration of workforce development programs, for block grants to workforce development areas, and for an automated Internet-based job-matching system. Establishes the Workforce Investment Council. Provides for the creation of local workforce investment boards. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=503074
Title: H.B. 1104
Source: www.legis.state.la.us

NYSigned into law 07/2008Postsec.Amends provisions of law establishing a faculty development program to assist institutions of higher education with the retention and recruitment of research faculty to expand eligibility for the program to research institutions; for reconstruction and improvement of facilities, and for other related purposes. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A10944&sh=t
Title: A.B. 10944
Source: http://assembly.state.ny.us

LASigned into law 06/2008P-12
Postsec.
Establishes the Workforce Training Rapid Response Fund. Authorizes the board of supervisors of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System to use such funds for various purposes, including for education directed at refining or developing literacy or other basic education skills; programs directed at lifelong learning or continuing education; job readiness training; vocational, technical, or occupation education; worker or workplace education; articulated career path programs and constituent courses of such programs that lead to initial or continuing licensure, certification, or associate degree level accreditation; and other education programs whose purpose is to assist citizens to improve their employment opportunities.

Directs the the secretary of the department of labor, the secretary of the department of economic development, the commissioner of higher education, the chairman of the workforce investment council, and the chief executive officer of the Louisiana Community and Technical College System to approve a strategic plan, based on specified data, that provides direction to the board on how monies appropriated from the fund should be expended. http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=500887
Title: H.B. 1018
Source: www.legis.state.la.us

RISigned into law 06/2008Community College
Postsec.
Establishes the Community College of Rhode Island Twenty-first Century Work Force Commission. Sets the commission's mission as: The proposal of specific actions to strengthen the community college of Rhode Island's position as a key institution in Rhode Island's effort to create a twenty-first century work force prepared for the high wage job opportunities required for a knowledge-based economy. http://www.rilin.state.ri.us/PublicLaws/law08/law08084.htm
Title: H.B. 7889
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

VTSigned into law 06/2008P-12
Community College
Relates to economic and workforce development.
Section 11 of this bill (The Adult technical education; workforce education and training; report) requires the commissioner of education to:
(1)  Outline and review the current method or methods by which tuition is paid for students enrolled in secondary schools ("secondary students") to attend regional technical center programs.
(2)  Consider and propose potential solutions to any barriers preventing, discouraging, or failing to encourage secondary students to attend regional technical center programs, including scheduling issues, availability of classes outside the traditional school day and academic year, and financial disincentives.
(3)  Outline and review the current method or methods by which the cost of adults entering programs at a regional technical center is funded, both for adults who have a high school diploma and for those who do not.
(4)  Consider and propose potential solutions to any barriers preventing, discouraging, or failing to encourage adults, with and without a high school diploma, to attend regional technical centers, including scheduling issues, availability of classes outside the traditional school day and academic year, and financial disincentives.
(5)  Consider and propose potential financial and other incentives to encourage regional technical centers to offer technical education programs at times other than the traditional school day and academic year and to otherwise make technical education programs more available to secondary students and to adults with and without high school diplomas.
(6)  Consider the positive and negative aspects of including within the definition of "pupil" for purposes of determining a district's average daily membership all adult students with a high school diploma who are attending programs at a regional technical center and consider and propose other methods of subsidizing tuition for these students.
(b)  On or before January 15, 2009, the commissioner shall submit a written report to the senate committee on economic development, housing and general affairs, the house committee on commerce, and the senate and house committees on education detailing the results of the work performed pursuant to this section and all potential methods of addressing the identified issues.
http://www.leg.state.vt.us/docs/legdoc.cfm?URL=/docs/2008/bills/passed/H-885.HTM
Title: H.B. 885
Source: http://www.leg.state.vt.us

CTSigned into law 05/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Continues the function of the Youth Futures Committee by establishing the Youth Policy Council to assist youth between the ages of twelve and twenty-one in entering the state's workforce; relates to improved school attendance, improved percentages of youth graduating from high school, enrollment in employment programs that build skills, full youth employment, opportunities for public service, safe and stable housing, and access to mental and physical health providers.
http://www.cga.ct.gov/2008/ACT/sa/pdf/2008SA-00003-R00HB-05133-SA.pdf
Title: H.B. 5133
Source: http://www.cga.ct.gov/

GASigned into law 05/2008P-12Relates to Department of Economic Development. Creates a Made in Georgia program promoting goods and products manufactured in Georgia by showcasing and promoting goods and products manufactured in the state, informing Georgians of the diverse manufacturing sector within the state and providing educational outreach efforts to bring the science of manufacturing into the classroom and emphasizing the significant contributions Georgia companies make to the economy and quality of life. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2007_08/pdf/sb359.pdf
Title: S.B. 359
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

HISigned into law 05/2008Postsec.Authorizes the University of Hawaii to transfer all funds at its disposal, with the exception of general funds and tuition and special fund moneys, into the revolving fund to finance the establishment of new commercial enterprises. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2008/Bills/HB2245_CD1_.htm
Title: H.B. 2245
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

VAIssued 05/2008Community College
Postsec.
(Executive Order 2008-61) Relates to the Chief Workforce Development Officer Coordination of Workforce Development and Accountability, Cross- Cabinet Collaboration and the Role of the Virginia Community College System.
http://www.governor.virginia.gov/Initiatives/ExecutiveOrders/pdf/EO_61.pdf
Title: Executive Order 61
Source: http://www.governor.virginia.gov

MDSigned into law 04/2008Postsec.
Community College
Establishes the Parren J. Mitchell Public Service Scholarship in the Workforce Shortage Student Assistance grants program; requires the State Higher Education Commission to select and offer grants to certain students who plan to pursue a career in public service in certain areas; requires the Commission to select certain students who are representative of certain criteria and individuals who demonstrate to the Commission a certain intent to enter into public service at a certain time.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2008rs/bills/hb/hb1287e.pdf
Title: H.B. 1287
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/

MESigned into law 04/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
(Resolve)Directs the Department of Education to recommend to the Board of Education an innovative model of consolidated and integrated secondary and postsecondary education; concerns facilities for a regional high school, a fully integrated career and technical high school, a higher education center that will provide courses and degrees from both the University of Maine System and the Community College System, and centers of excellence that will provide industry-specific training. The model must, among other criteria, promote the development of a "one campus" design, where all facilities are located on one site, providing a streamlined and integrated learning experience for students of all ages.
http://janus.state.me.us/legis/LawMakerWeb/externalsiteframe.asp?ID=280027887&LD=2175&Type=1&SessionID=7
Title: H.B. 1549
Source: http://janus.state.me.us/house/

NESigned into law 04/2008Community CollegeMakes revisions to statutes governing the Job Training Cash Fund in the Department of Economic Development. The Department would be required to: Establish a subaccount within the fund to provide job training grants targeted to small and rural employers. The amount placed in the subaccount would be equal to the amount of interest accruing to the Job Training Cash Fund in the prior fiscal year. Whenever practicable, the Department would give priority consideration to training services offered by community college areas.
http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB956.pdf
Title: L.B. 956
Source: http://uniweb.legislature.ne.gov

VASigned into law 04/2008Community CollegeAdds the Chancellor of the Community College System to the Board of the Authority to help better coordinate workforce development in the state.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+CHAP0787
Title: H.B. 731
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us

WISigned into law 04/2008P-12
Postsec.
Bill creates in the department of agriculture, trade and consumer protection the agricultural education and workforce development council. The council is directed to increase the hiring and retention of well-qualified employees in industries related to agriculture, food and natural resources, promote the coordination of educational systems to develop, train, and retrain employees for current and future careers in agriculture, develop support for employment in fields related to agriculure and recommend policies and other changes to imrove the efficiency of the development of agricultural education across educational systems. The council must select members and create committees as stipulated in the bill. Members of the council may not be reimbursed for expenses incurred in the performance of their duties.
http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2007/data/acts/07Act223.pdf
Title: A.B. 83
Source: http://www.legis.state.wi.us

IDSigned into law 03/2008P-12
Postsec.
Provides an exception from the merit system for employees of the Idaho Career Information System; establishes the Career Information System within the Department of Labor to help citizens understand the link between educational preparation and work, explore education and career alternatives, and successfully seek work. Chapter 97
http://www3.idaho.gov/oasis/S1256.html
Title: S.B. 1256
Source: http://www3.idaho.gov

LAAdopted 03/2008P-12Amends rules relating to the Entrepreneurship Content Standards Curriculum Framework. Discusses specific skills, traits, characteristics, objectives and benchmarks of the standards, and relation to other subjects. Relates to Career & Tech programs.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v143/28v143.doc
Title: LAC 28:CXLIII.Chapters 1-5
Source: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/

MSSigned into law 03/2008Postsec.
Community College
Extends repealer on the tax credit for certain employers sponsoring skills training for employees. Provides an income tax credit for certain employers sponsoring skills training for employees.
http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us/documents/2008/pdf/SB/2500-2599/SB2534SG.pdf
Title: S.B. 2534
Source: http://billstatus.ls.state.ms.us

NHIssued 03/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Establishes the Task Force for Retention and Recruitment of a Young Workforce for New Hampshire. Establishes membership and duties of the task force.
http://www.nh.gov/governor/orders/documents/executive_order_2008-3.pdf
Title: Executive Order 2008-3
Source: http://www.nh.gov/

UTSigned into law 03/2008Postsec.Provides that the name, addresses, and phone numbers of individuals who perform, or provide supplies or services for, medical or scientific research at an institution within the state system of higher education that is conducted using animals be classified as protected documents. http://le.utah.gov/~2008/bills/sbillenr/sb0113.pdf
Title: S.B. 113
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

VASigned into law 03/2008Community CollegeProvides that the strategic plan for workforce development shall be developed in coordination with the development of the comprehensive economic development policy required from the Governor during the first year of his administration. The bill also enhances the role of the Chancellor of the Virginia Community College System by designating the Chancellor as staff to the Virginia Workforce Council.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+HB1312ER
Title: H.B. 1312
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us

VASigned into law 03/2008P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Creates the Virginia Career Readiness Certificate Program to certify the workplace and college readiness skills of Virginians, in order to better prepare them for continued education and workforce training, successful employment, and career advancement. The Virginia Workforce Council, in consultation with the Secretary of Education, shall promulgate regulations necessary to implement and administer the Program. Funding shall come from the Workforce Investment Act, or other sources as shall be made available, in an amount not to exceed $1 million.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?081+ful+CHAP0243
Title: S.B. 756
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us

WASigned into law 03/2008Postsec.
Community College
The workforce training and education coordinating board (WTECB) is directed to convene a working group to take actions related to electronically distributed learning. These actions include identifying and evaluating current workplace-based educational programs with electronically distributed components, reviewing and establishing standards and best practices regarding electronically distributed learning and recommending methods to increase student access and increase the availability and use of digital open textbooks. Results of the workgroup are due to the legislature by December 2008.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/6295-S.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 6295
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature

WASigned into law 03/2008P-12The workforce training and education coordinating board (WTECB), in cooperation with operating agencies of the state training system and private career schools and colleges, is directed to conduct research into workforce development programs designed to reduce the unemployment rate of people ages 18-24. The research must include disaggregated demographic information, a comparison of the effectiveness of programs exiamined and, if possible, income data.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2007-08/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202008/6261.SL.pdf
Title: S.B. 6261
Source: http://www.leg.wa.gov/legislature

AZIssued 01/2008P-12
Community College
(Executive Order 2008-03) Relates to development of a 21st Century Health Care Workforce Plan; concerns review of relevant data on status of workforce; concerns assessment of the State's needs; concerns creating benchmarks for short and long-term goals; concerns educational and training infrastructure; relates to innovative strategies for public and private sector workforce development.
Title: E.O. 6
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

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+ School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching)
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services
+ School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation
+ Service-Learning
+ Special Education
+ Special Education--Federal Law/Regulations
+ Special Education--Finance
+ Special Education--Placement
+ Special Education--Transition
+ Special Populations--Corrections Education
+ Special Populations--Foster Care
+ Special Populations--Gifted and Talented
+ Special Populations--Homeless Education
+ Special Populations--Military
+ Standards
+ State Comparisons/Statistics
+ State Longitudinal Data Systems
+ State Policymaking
+ State Policymaking--Ballot Questions
+ State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions
+ STEM
+ Student Achievement
+ Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap
+ Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance
+ Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring
+ Student Supports--Remediation
+ Students
+ Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities
+ Students--Incentives
+ Students--Mobility
+ Students--Records/Rights
+ Teaching Quality
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds.
+ Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance
+ Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits
+ Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring
+ Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals
+ Teaching Quality--Preparation
+ Teaching Quality--Professional Development
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools
+ Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects
+ Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force
+ Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights
+ Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract
+ Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining
+ Technology
+ Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware
+ Technology--Funding Issues
+ Technology--Internet Safety
+ Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training
+ Textbooks and Open Source
+ Urban
+ Urban--Governance
+ Whole Child