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From the ECS State Policy Database 2009 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2009. 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]. 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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--Cyber Charters 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--Vouchers Civic Education Civic Education--Character Education Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance Class Size Curriculum Curriculum--Arts Education Curriculum--Core Curriculum Curriculum--Drivers Education Curriculum--Environmental Education Curriculum--Family Living Education Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed. 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Community College Dual Credit-Only License ARM 10.57.102, .201, .204, .215, .301, .413, .420, .425, .426, .437,.438 Establishes new rules regarding Class 8 dual credit-only postsecondary faculty license endorsements. ... More... RI Signed into law 11/2009 Postsec. Community College Bachelors Degree in Three H.B. 5286 Authorizes the Bachelors Degree in Three program, a new educational initiative designed to expedite the process so that students can earn a ... More... IA Adopted10 10/2009 P-12 Senior Year Plus Program IAC 281-22.1(261E) thru 281-22.29(216E) Rescinds Chapter 22, "Postsecondary Enrollment Options," and adopts a new Chapter 22, "Senior Year Plus Program." The senior year plus progr... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Dual Credit Quality Act H.B. 1079 Creates the Dual Credit Quality Act. Requires the Illinois Community College Board and the Board of Higher Education to develop policies to ... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Repeals Minimum Age for Postsecondary Admission S.B. 263 Removes a provision that prohibits a student from being admitted to instruction in any of the departments of the university who has not atta... More... ND Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Postsec. Makes Grade 10 Students Eligible for Postsecondary Options H.B. 1273 Adds students enrolled in grade ten as eligible for enrollment in a postsecondary options program. http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Funding Formulas H.B. 1 - Section 3314.088, 3365.04, 3365.041, 3365.07, 3365.08, 3365.10 and 3365.12 Partially from the DOE summary of H.B. 1: Adjusts payments to community schools and STEM schools as well as other payments/transfers: --Sets... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Community College Dual Enrollment Courses H.B. 2480 Authorizes junior colleges (two-year institutions) to enter into agreements with school districts to offer courses for joint high school and... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Increasing Workforce in High-Demand and "Green" Occupations H.B. 1935 and H.B. 3, Section 64 Establishes the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant program and fund to award grants to public junior colleges and public technical in... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Dual/Concurrent Enrollment H.B. 3646 - Section 15 Specifies that a district is not required to pay a student's tuition or other costs to participate in the college credit program as establis... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. State Virtual School Network H.B. 3646 - Sections 35-38 Section 35: Directs the commissioner to establish rules regarding procedures for verifying that teachers of electronic courses through the s... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. K-12/Postsecondary Sharing of Facility Costs H.B. 3646 - Section 74 Authorizes a school district and an institution of higher education located wholly or partially in the county in which the district is locat... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Dual Credit Study H.B. 3646 - Section 91 Directs the commissioner of education, in collaboration with the commissioner of higher education, to conduct a study of dual credit program... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 State Assessments H.B. 3 - Section 50 through 52 Directs the state education agency, in developing state assessments for math, reading, writing, social studies and science for grades 3-8, t... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 H.B. 3 - Section 61 and 63 (College Placement Testing and Math, Science Courses for High-Demand Occupations) Section 61: Provides that a student who has completed a recommended or advanced high school program and demonstrated the performance standar... More... AL Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Dropout Prevention S.B. 334 Increases the upper mandatory school age to 17 while retaining existing exceptions for certain students. Allows a student over the age of 17... More... CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Dual/Concurrent Enrollment Program H.B. 1319 Repeals the high school fast track program, the Postsecondary Enrollment Options Act, and the Fast College Fast Jobs Act. Allows school dist... More... CO Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Dual Enrollment and Career/Tech Programs S.B. 285 Includes career and technical education program providers among the institutions of higher education that are permitted to offer concurrent ... More... GA Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 Counting Certain Dual Enrollment Students S.B. 178 Sections 1 and 2 Adds provisions for counting dual enrollment students who are enrolled in a program other than that established in Code Section 20-2-161.1. ... More... GA Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 College- and Work-Ready Programs of Study S.B. 178 Section 10, Part 1 Enacts the "Building Resourceful Individuals to Develop Georgia's Economy Act". Directs the department of education to develop focused progr... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 High School Graduation - Diploma Requirements H.B. 1400 - Sections 15 and 16 Requires all high schools to offer one dual enrollment course or one Advanced Placement course. Increases total number of Carnegie units for... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 High School Credit for Concurrent Enrollment Course Completions S.B. 290 Adds a provision that when a student earns college credit through concurrent enrollment, school districts shall provide academic credit for ... More... AR Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Tuition for Dual Credit H.B. 1993 Allows a two-year or four-year college or university to provide concurrent credit courses to high school students at a reduced tuition amoun... More... GA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Dual/Concurrent Enrollment H.B. 149 Enacts the Move on When Ready Act, which provides a program for 11th and 12th grade students to attend postsecondary institutions for high s... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Grant Program for Dual-enrollment Students H.B. 1396 Expands eligibility in the Part-Time Grant Program to include specified students who are dually enrolled in specified secondary schools in t... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College High School Enrollment Options S.B. 689 Establishes a Study Group on Expanding Enrollment Options for High School Students; establishes the membership and staffing of the Study Gro... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Dual Credit H.B. 2119 Expands dual credit opportunities; directs the superintendent of public instruction, the state board for community and technical colleges, a... More... WA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 High School Diploma H.B. 1758 Expands options for students to earn high school diplomas; expands students' options and choices for completing high school by awarding dipl... More... NE Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Access College Early Scholarship Program L.B. 20 Changes provisions of the Access College Early Scholarship Program Act for low-income dually enrolled students to authorize the coordinating... More... UT Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Postsec. Concurrent Enrollment S.B. 81 Modifies requirements governing concurrent enrollment programs and courses. Requires student assessment prior to participation in English an... More... 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