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State |
Status/Date |
Level |
Summary |
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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--College Entrance Exams |
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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--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization) |
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| Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio |
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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--Cyber Charters |
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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--Vouchers |
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| Civic Education |
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| Civic Education--Character Education |
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| Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance |
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| Class Size |
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| Curriculum |
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| Curriculum--Arts Education |
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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--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--Health/Nutrition Education |
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| Curriculum--Home Economics |
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| Curriculum--International 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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| Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults |
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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--Bonds |
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| Finance--District |
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| Finance--Equity |
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| Finance--Facilities |
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| Finance--Federal |
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| Finance--Funding Formulas |
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| Finance--Litigation |
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| Finance--Local Foundations/Funds |
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| Finance--Lotteries |
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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--School Boards |
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| Governance--School Boards--Training |
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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 |
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| Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices |
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| Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling |
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| Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning |
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| Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education |
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| Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task |
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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--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay |
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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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| Middle School |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian |
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| Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic |
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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--Report Cards |
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| No Child Left Behind--School Support |
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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 Finance |
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| P-3 Governance |
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| P-3 Grades 1-3 |
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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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| AR | Adopted 12/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Defines terms used in the Arkansas Acedemic Challengs Scholarship Program and requirements for student participation. Requires Director of Department of higher education to report annually on implementation of lottery scholarships. Defines award for two- and four-year colleges.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/2010F/Acts/Act265.pdf
Title: H.B. 1163/S.B. 126
Source:
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| IL | Adopted 12/2009 | Postsec. | Existing rule provides that the amount of undergraduate tuition revenue a public university may waive is limited to 3% of total available undergraduate tuition revenue, subject to exceptions. Creates an exception to the 3% limit for financial aid waivers for Illinois resident students demonstrating financial need.
From notice of adopted amendment in Illinois Register: "While not a panacea for the major reduction in need-based student state aid, this proposed change in rules would exempt waivers granted to resident undergraduates on the basis of financial need from the 3% limitation. Student-need waivers are used to attract academically talented students who otherwise would be prohibited from attending due to cost. Public universities expanding the use of these waivers would not be subject to the budgetary adjustment permitted for institutions that exceed the 3% limit.
Pages 133-136 of 224: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue52.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 1075.700
Source: www.cyberdriveillinois.com
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| CA | Signed into law 11/2009 | Postsec. | Under existing law, Cal Grants are need-based awards granted by the Student Aid Commission. New provision requires the Student Aid Commission to adopt regulations establishing a pilot program for an alternative Cal Grant delivery system under which a qualifying institution, if it elects to participate and meets specified requirements, would be authorized to voluntarily administer award grants under the Cal Grant A and B Entitlement Programs and the Community College Transfer Cal Grant Entitlement Program. Provides that institutions participating in the pilot alternative delivery system are to function as a one-stop shop for student financial aid by providing assistance to all students, parents and high school counselors seeking information about Cal Grant awards and other financial aid, including information about the availability of, requirements for and amount of Cal Grant awards available at other institutions in all segments of postsecondary education. Provides that eligible institutions are to be selected from among their respective campuses by the regents of the University of California, the board of trustees of the California State University and the board of governors of the California Community Colleges. Appropriates $4.3 million to the commission for the 2009-10 fiscal year. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0151-0200/ab_187_bill_20091105_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 187
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| OR | Temporary Rule Adoption 11/2009 | Postsec. | Amends rules to authorize the Commission to reduce grants to students during the school year, if required by the budget. Page 331 of 387: http://arcweb.sos.state.or.us/rules/Jan_2010_Bltn.pdf
Title: OAR 575-031-0025
Source: arcweb.sos.state.or.us
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| CA | Signed into law 10/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Expresses legislative intent to refine higher education reporting requirements to provide for more effective, manageable and transparent reporting by the higher education segments.
Requests that the University of California notify each high school's governing board of (1) the number of graduates who enrolled in the university in the previous year and the number of graduates who were required to take the entry level writing requirement and (2) the comparable numbers of all California high school graduates who enrolled in the university. Requests that the university of California report such information to the department of finance and the joint legislative budget committee. Establishes legislative intent that California State University (CSU) assess and report the entry-level proficiency of all first-time freshmen. Requires the CSU system to annually report to the legislature, by campus:
(1) The total number of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen
(2) The proportion of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen that are exempt from entry-level proficiency exams
(3) The proportion of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen that become exempt through each of the approved alternatives
(4) The entry-level proficiency exam pass rates of regularly admitted and specially admitted first-time freshmen.
Directs the California State University to and requests that the University of California report annually to the legislature on specified components of their institutional financial aid programs for undergraduate, graduate and professional degree students, including the typical financial aid package for a typical dependent undergraduate student with a parent income of $20,000, $40,000, $60,000, $80,000 and $100,000.
Amends Section 66057 by establishing legislative intent that the University of California and the California State University accommodate enrollment growth by maximizing the utilization of existing instructional facilities during the summer term before building new classrooms and teaching laboratories. Also establishes legislative intent that the University of California and the California State University make requests for capital outlay funding for space for classrooms and class laboratories justified using legislatively approved utilization standards and a reasonable assumption of summer-term enrollment. Adds provisions related to five-year capital outlay for UC and CSU systems. Requests that the University of California and requires that California State University report annually to the legislature on summer enrollment counts and on efforts undertaken to increase summer enrollment.
Repeals 66352, "Task force on instruction in business ethics." Eliminates provision in 67312(b) that the California State University must and the University of California system may report on its efforts to serve students with disabilities (requirement that California Community Colleges submit such reports remains in place).
Adds Section 67501, which directs the California State University and California Community Colleges, and permits the University of California, to annually submit to the legislature a comprehensive five-year capital outlay plan that includes specifeid components. Requires five-year plans to be updated annually.
Adds Section 67502, which requests that the the Regents of the University of California provide the joint legislative budget committee and the department of finance with a summary of all instructional and research space in the university system. Specifies elements the summary must address. Requires the California State University to provide the joint legislative budget committee and the department of finance with a summary of all instructional and faculty office space in the university system.
Adds Section 67503, which requests that the Regents of the University of California, and requires California Community Colleges and the California State University, to annually report on the utilization of classrooms and teaching laboratories.
Adds Section 67504, which relates to the Long Range Development Plans (LRDPs) that each University of California campus and medical center periodically develops to guide physical development.
Repeals 71020, requiring the California Community Colleges Board of Governors every three years to develop and submit a diversity paper concerning its own membership.
Adds 92611.9, establishing legislative intent that the University of California carefully monitor the use and effects of the contracting of services at newly developed facilities. Requests that the UC system annually report to the fiscal committees of the legislature on specified provisions related to hiring and contracting.
Adds Chapter 10.5. University of California-Mexico Research Programs and Section 92830 under that chapter, requesting the University of California to report annually until 2013 to the legislature on specified components regarding the facility for University of California-Mexico research and academic programs in Mexico City. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_1151-1200/ab_1182_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 1182
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| TX | Issued 09/2009 | Postsec. | Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in cooperation with Texas public institutions of higher education, to undertake a comprehensive review of opportunities for achieving cost efficiencies, including:
--State funding based on student course completion
--Restructuring the state's financial aid programs to improve administrative efficiencies and to provide financial aid to students who work hard to academically prepare for college
--Academic program consolidation and elimination of programs that produce relatively few graduates
--Faculty workload
--Articulation agreements between two-year and four-year institutions
--Distance learning
--Alternatives to creating new campuses
--Course redesign to improve quality and reduce instructional costs for more courses
--Cooperative, cross-system contracting and purchasing
--Space utilization
--Energy use
--Cost of instructional materials.
Also directs the higher education coordinating board to conduct a review of higher education cost efficiencies implemented in other states and other countries. Directs the higher Education Coordinating Board, Based on the findings of this review, to develop practices, policies and recommendations for cost-containment among public institutions of higher education and submit these to the governor, legislature and public institutions of higher education by November 1, 2010.
Executive order: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?ObjectID=A3C6E9A3-CE4A-E4DE-C6D8183684DC9CD6
Final report (November 2010): http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/files//dmfile/CostEfficiencies11.19.2010.pdf
Draft report (July 21, 2010): http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?objectid=23A87B1E-DFF7-820A-C807155DB1EB855B
THECB Web page about the advisory committee on higher education cost efficiencies: http://www.thecb.state.tx.us/index.cfm?ObjectID=9D89F7D3-F892-EEA0-D923B6D6D465D781
Title: E.O. RP73
Source: www.thecb.state.tx.us
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Consolidates the "Future Teacher Corps Program" and the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching's "Golden Apple Scholars Program". Provides that the consolidated program will be known as the Golden Apple Scholars of Illinois Program, and will be managed by the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. Requires the transfer of funds from the Future Teacher Corps Program to the Golden Apple Foundation for Excellence in Teaching. Provides that the eligibility requirements apply only to Illinois Future Teacher Corps scholarships. Provides for the apportionment of special license plate revenues.
Title: H.B. 3999
Source:
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that an applicant for the State Scholar program is eligible to be designated a State Scholar if he or she is a resident attending a Department of Defense school. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4039lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 4039
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec. | Provides for the award of scholarships to children and spouses of emergency medical services personnel killed in the course of their employment and grants for the training of EMS personnel. Provides for the issuance of special license plates. Provides for the deposit of a portion of the fees charged for such plates into the EMS Memorial Scholarship and Training Fund. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB2433lv.pdf
Title: H.B. 2433
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IL | Signed into law 08/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes the state board as the administrator of the Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship program. Provides that this does not preclude the state board from
establishing an agreement with the Illinois Student Assistance Commission or any other state agency or other entity to perform tasks pertaining to the Robert C. Byrd federal scholarship program. Repeals existing language in 110 ILCS 947/65.60 regarding the administration of federal scholarship programs. Pages 59-60 of 63: http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1977lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1977 - Robert C. Byrd Federal Scholarship Program
Source: www.ilga.gov
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| ND | Signed into law 08/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Relates to financial assistance for students. Defines "Eligible institution" as an accredited public or private (deleted nonprofit) postsecondary institution located (added the term located) in this state and (added) offering a program of instruction at least equal in length to two academic years. Grants have to be paid directly to the institution, not to the student.
http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JASQ0300.pdf
Title: S.B. 2166
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| AK | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to an investment in the education loan fund; relates to authority for the commissioner of revenue to enter into a bond purchase agreement and letter of credit with the Alaska Student Loan Corporation; relates to a proposal for a program under which the state repays loans to students for costs of postsecondary education. Chapter 48
http://www.legis.state.ak.us
Title: H.B. 172
Source: http://www.legis.state.ak.us
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| CA | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | From legislative analysis: Establishes the California National Guard Education Assistance Award Program on behalf of qualifying members of the California National Guard, the State Military Reserve, and the Naval Militia under the administration of the commission. Requires the Student Aid Commission, in consultation with the Military Department, to adopt emergency rules and regulations for the purpose of implementing the
program. Requires the Student Aid Commission to report annually to the legislature regarding program participation. Requires the Legislative Analyst, on or before January 1, 2016, to prepare and submit to the legislature a report on the program. Provides that the program would become operative only if funds are appropriated for the purposes of the program. Also provides that implementation of the program would be contingent upon the receipt of federal funds. Provides the program would become inactive on July 1, 2019, and would be repealed on January 1, 2020. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0001-0050/abx4_12_bill_20090728_chaptered.pdf
Title: A.B. 12D - Section 4
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov
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| DE | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Makes several changes to the Delaware National Guard Educational Benefits program; requires State- supported institutions to charge members the in- state rate for tuition and fees regardless of the members' state of residence; makes changes to allow members to pursue master's degree programs; allows members to receive a grade less than a 2.0 on an individual course, but requires members to maintain a cumulative grade point average of 2.0 or higher.
http://legis.delaware.gov/LIS/lis145.nsf/vwLegislation/HB+73/$file/legis.html?open
Title: H.B. 73
Source: http://legis.delaware.gov/
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| IL | Adopted 07/2009 | Postsec. | Amends rule to respond to market changes and client suggestions, to implement state and federal statutory amendments, to clarify issues that have arisen during the previous year, and to reflect changes in the requirements for participation in the Lender of Last Resort Program. Pages 218-228 of 560: http://www.cyberdriveillinois.com/departments/index/register/register_volume33_issue28.pdf
Title: 23 IAC 2720.20, .40, .50
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Adopted 07/2009 | Postsec. | Requires that a recipient of the Go Higher Grant must not be in default on a federally-guaranteed student loan nor be liable for any overaward on any grant or loan under Title IV of the Higher Education Act. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/011/005/200.htm
Title: 11 KAR 5:200
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| KY | Adopted 07/2009 | Postsec. | Provides a definition of "home school" and prescribes initial application procedures for home school students to participate in the Robert C Byrd Honors Scholarship Program. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/011/018/010.htm
Title: 11 KAR 18:010
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Establishes the CART provider and sign language interpreter tuition repayment program and fund for the promotion, acquisition, and retention of CART providers and sign language interpreters in New Hampshire.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0441.html
Title: H.B. 441
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/
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| NY | Vetoed 07/2009 | Postsec. | Allows a change in the income status of an applicant or the income of the persons responsible for the applicant's support after the beginning of a semester to result in a change in the applicant's tuition assistance program award for that semester, provided the applicant applies for the judgment, provides documentation regarding the change in status, and the change was caused by death, divorce or separation, permanent or total mental or physical disability, deployment to active duty, or catastrophic illness. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A08864&sh=t
Title: A.B. 8864
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Existing legislation allows a nonresident student who is a member of the U.S. armed forces stationed in Ohio to pay in-state tuition. New provision extends in-state tuition to members of the Ohio national guard. Page 1456 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3333.42
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Amends Section 3333.122, regarding a need-based financial aid program for Ohio residents. Pages 1440-1449 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3333.122
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Section 3333.62: Amends selection criteria for postsecondary institutions' funding proposals for the choose Ohio first scholarship program, which supports undergraduate and/or graduate education for Ohio residents in STEM fields, medicine and STEM education (from http://regents.ohio.gov/news/press_releases/2007/RFP092607.pdf). New provision permits the chancellor to evaluate the merit of a proposal based on the extent to which the proposal will increase the number of women participating in the choose Ohio first scholarship program.
Section 3333.66: Existing law provides that choose Ohio first scholarships must be at least $1,500 or more than half of the highest in-state undergraduate instructional and general fees charged by all state universities. New provision permits the chancellor of the board of regents to authorize a postsecondary institution to award a choose Ohio first scholarship in an amount greater than one-half of the highest in-state undergraduate instructional and general fees charged by all state universities to either of the following: (a) Any undergraduate student who qualifies for a scholarship and is enrolled in a program leading to a teaching profession in science, technology, engineering, mathematics, or medicine; (b) Any graduate student who qualifies for a scholarship, if any initiatives selected for awards aim to recruit Ohio residents enrolled in postsecondary institution in other states or other countries to return to Ohio and enroll as graduate students in STEM or STEM education fields or medicine or medicine education fields.
Pages 1458-1460 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 3333.62, 3333.66
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Repeals 3333.27, which directed the chancellor to establish and administer the student choice grant program. The student choice grant program made available grants to residents who were enrolled as full-time students at nonprofit institutions of higher education in the state and who maintained an academic record that met or exceeded specified standards.
Page 2725 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Sections 3333.27
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| OH | Signed into law 07/2009 | Postsec. | Provides that if the amounts appropriated for the need-based Ohio College Opportunity Grant Program are inadequate to provide grants to all eligible students, the chancellor must create a formula for the distribution of available funds. Specifies this formula must be complete and established before the start of the 2010-11 school year. Requires the formula to be based on division (C)(1) of Section 3333.122 (i.e., must do one of the following: (1) Give preference in the payment of grants based upon expected family contribution, beginning with the lowest expected family contribution category and proceeding upward by category to the highest expected family contribution category; (2) Proportionately reduce the amount of each grant to be awarded for the academic year under this section; or (3) Use an alternate formula for such grants that addresses the shortage of available funds and has been submitted to and approved by the controlling board), but also include an "at-risk component" and "academic performance component" in determining priority for grant recipients. Specifies that the chancellor may use the academic performance component to increase an award for credit or course completion or other factors as determined by the chancellor. Provides that an "at-risk component" may include but is not limited to a first-generation student, non-traditionally aged adult student, graduate of a low-achieving high school, or any other factors the chancellor may determine.
Directs all eligible institutions to collect at-risk and performance data for all students eligible for an Ohio College Opportunity Grant, and report that information, including a recommendation of eligble students considered most at-risk, to the chancellor. Directs the chancellor to determine which at-risk and performance components are most appropriate to use for each type of institution and develop a formula for each type of institution. Permits the chancellor to require institutions to provide matching funds for students receiving Ohio College Opportunity Grants. Requires the chancellor to report on the board of regents Web site award tables based on the formulas created for the distribution of available funds, and to notify students and institutions of any reduction in awards.
Pages 2963-2965 of 3120: http://www.legislature.state.oh.us/BillText128/128_HB_1_EN_N.pdf
Title: H.B. 1 - Section 371.50.50
Source: www.legislature.state.oh.us
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| NH | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Revises the statute on tuition waivers for children of firefighters and police officers who attend an approved postsecondary educational institution. The bill also permits such children to apply for a room and board scholarship to cover room and board costs, to the extent of available funds, and creates a room and board scholarship fund in the office of the state treasurer. The room and board scholarship fund replaces the existing chancellor[ ] s scholarship endowment trust fund.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us/legislation/2009/HB0225.html
Title: H.B. 225
Source: http://www.gencourt.state.nh.us
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| TN | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Authorizes local governments or local education agencies to create a promise zone under the direction and approval of the Department of Revenue (DOR). Entities creating these zones shall create a promise zone authority to manage the program. Creating entities will give college scholarships to students living within the zone and who graduate from a high school within the promise zone or receive their general education diploma (GED). A portion of the sales and use tax earmarked for education shall be used to fund these scholarships. Authorizes the use of other local funding for scholarships.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/HB0885.pdf
Title: H.B. 885
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Requires public institutions of higher education to ensure that one or more employees is trained in understanding state and federal student financial assistance programs for military veterans and their families, and in assisting veterans and family members in obtaining aid through these programs. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03951F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3951
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Establishes the Jobs and Education for Texans (JET) grant program and fund to award grants to public junior colleges and public technical institutes, and to eligible nonprofit organizations to:
(1) Develop or support nonprofit organizations' programs that prepare low-income students for careers in high-demand occupations. Eligible programs must help students prepare for, apply to and enroll in a public junior college/technical institute, provide matching funds, and demonstrate that they have achieved or will achieve above average developmental course completion rates, persistence rates, and 3-year degree or certificate completion rates among participating students.
(2) Defray the start-up costs of new career and technical education programs in high-demand occupations
(3) Provide scholarships for students who demonstrate financial need and who are enrolled in training programs for high-demand occupations.
In awarding grants to public junior colleges and public technical institutes for the development of new career and technical education courses or programs, provides the comptroller may consider whether the course or program offers new or expanded dual credit career and technical educational opportunities in public high schools.
Directs the comptroller to conduct a study of the feasibility of basing part of all public postsecondary technical training program funding on the program's economic benefit to the state, and of estimating the additional tax revenue from employers generated by the ability of public junior colleges/technical institutes/state colleges to prepare students for employment fields for which there is employer demand. Requires the comptroller to report to the lieutenant governor and speaker of the house by January 2011 for legislative action based on the results of the study.
Defines "green jobs" as jobs in the field of renewable energy or energy efficiency. Establishes the Green Job Skills Development Fund and Training Program to support the implementation and expansion of green job skills training programs. Specifies that an eligible training program must be hosted by a regional partnership designed to implement training programs that lead trainees to economic self-sufficiency and career pathways. Requires regional partnerships to include at a minimum a postsecondary institution; chamber of commerce, local workforce agency, local employer, or other public or private participating entity; economic development authority; and community or faith-based nonprofit organization that works with one or more targeted populations.
Specifies criteria that eligible green job skills training programs must meet. Requires programs receiving grants to target specified groups of individuals for training, including low-income workers, unemployed youth and adults, individuals who did not complete high school, or other underserved sectors of the workforce in high poverty areas. Provides that a training program may use grant funds for support services, including basic skills, literacy, GED, English as a second language, and job readiness training, career guidance, and referral services. Establishes grant application procedures. Specifies training programs the comptroller must give preference to, and requires 20% of funds to be reserved for job skill training programs that serve the unemployed and those with incomes at or below 200% of the poverty level. Establishes grantee reporting requirements, and requires the comptroller to report biennially on submitted information to the governor, lieutenant governor and speaker of the house. Directs the comptroller to adopt standards for a green job skills training program awarded a grant.
H.B. 1935: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01935F.pdf
H.B. 3 (pages 169-174): http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB00003F.pdf
Title: H.B. 1935 and H.B. 3, Section 64
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Creates new Section 56.014. Directs institutions of higher education that are required to set aside a portion of student tuition payments to provide financial aid to notify each student from which a portion of tuition payments is set aside of the amount required to be set aside for this purpose. Provides this section applies beginning with tuition charged for the springn 2010 semester. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01304F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1304
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Amends provision of resident tuition for competitive scholarship recipients. Authorizes institutions to determine whether to charge resident tuition to nonresidents who hold a competitive scholarship of at least $1,000 (previously such students were automatically entitled to resident tuition). Clarifies that nonresident students eligible for resident tuition in the 2009-2010 academic year as this provision existed on January 1, 2009 are entitled to pay resident tuition as long as the student remains enrolled in the same certificate or degree program. Requires students to declare, before receiving a scholarship, whether the student is related to a current member of the institution's or system's governing board (previously, students were required to make this certification when applying for a scholarship. The amendment will simplify the process for students of applying for institutional scholarships.) http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB04244F.pdf
Title: H.B. 4244
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Creates the Texas Armed Services Scholarship Program. Provides eligible students must be a member in good standing of an ROTC program while enrolled in a public or private institution of higher education in the state, be appointed by the governor, lieutenant governor or a state legislator, and enter into an agreement that, among other requirements, the student will complete four years of ROTC training and, after graduation, enter into a four-year commitment to serve in the Texas Army or Air Force National Guard or as a commissioned officer in any branch of the U.S. armed forces.. Provides that in each year, the governor and the lieutenant governor may each appoint two students and each state senator and each state representative may appoint one student to receive an initial scholarship. Requires the higher education coordinating board to award such scholarships beginning with the 2010-11 academic year. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03452F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3452
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Directs the higher education coordinating board to prescribe uniform standards to ensure that information on the cost of attending Texas public higher education institutions is available in a manner that is readily accessible and easily understandable to prospective students and their families. Requires that the uniform standards address all elements that constitute the total cost of attendance, including tuition and fees, room and board costs, book and supply costs, transportation costs, and other personal expenses. Requires all public institutions offering undergraduate programs to prominently display on the institution Web site information on the cost of full-time first-year attendance, aligned to the uniform standards. Requires any public institution's printed or electronic materials on the cost of undergraduate attendance to conform to the uniform standards. Requires public institutions to consider these uniform standards when providing information on the cost of attendance to prospective nonresident, graduate or professional program students.
Directs the board to prescribe requirements for an institution of higher education to provide on the institution's Web site consumer-friendly and readily understandable information regarding student financial aid opportunities, and requires this information to be provided in connection with the aforementioned information on the cost of attending the institution as a full-time first-year student. Requires the information to include a link to the FAFSA Web site intended to assist persons applying for student financial aid. Also requires the board to provide on its Web site a program or tool that will compute the estimated net cost of attendance for a full-time first-year student at each institution of higher education, and requires the board to make this tool or program available
Requires the board to prescribe the initial standards and requirements by January 2010, and for institutions to comply by April 2010. Directs the board to encourage private institutions of higher education to participate in the tuition equalization grant program, to prominently display information on cost of attendance for full-time first-year students in accordance with board standards, and to conform to those standards in printed and electronic materials that provide information on cost of attendance to prospective undergraduate students. Also directs the board to encourage those institutions to include on their Web sites a link to the FAFSA Web site, and to make the net price calculator tool available to private institutions for posting on their Web sites.
H.B. 2504: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02504F.pdf
S.B. 1764: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01764F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2504 - Section 3 and S.B. 1764
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Amends existing language on tuition and fee exemptions for firefighters. Adds new subsection providing tuition/fee exemptions to peace officers who enroll in undergraduate criminal justice or law enforcement courses. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02347F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2347
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Vetoed 06/2009 | Postsec. | Re-establishes the Texas Save and Match Program (currently under 54.7521). Under new program, the prepaid higher education tuition board opens a matching account for each eligible beneficiary and matches contributions to that account. Defines eligible beneficiary as Texas resident or dependent thereof, child under age 7, and in a household whose income is no more than 400% of the federal poverty level. Allows eligible beneficiary to participate for no more than five years, either consecutive or nonconsecutive, provided beneficiary meets eligibility requirements. Establishes differential matching guidelines based on whether an eligible beneficiary's household income is 200%, 300% or between 300-400% of the federal poverty level. Authorizes the board to establish pilot projects under the program to incentivize participation in the Prepaid Higher Education Tuition Program, the Higher Education Savings Program, and the Prepaid Tuition Unit Undergraduate Education Program.
Adds provisions regarding the exclusion of certain assets in prepaid tuition programs and higher education savings plans for purposes of determining eligibility for state health and welfare assistance programs. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB01760F.pdf
Title: S.B. 1760
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Existing policy provides in-state tuition and fees to employees who took up residence in Texas as a result of employment by a business or organization established in the state as part of the program of state economic development and diversification. New provision specifies that a participating business or organization must have become established in the state no more than five years before the enrollment date for such employees to be eligible for in-state tuition. Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board, in consultation with the Texas Economic Development and Tourism Office, to establish procedures to determine which businesses are eligible for employees to receive in-state tuition. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB02244F.pdf
Title: S.B. 2244
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Amends provisions related to to tuition and laboratory fee exemptions at public institutions of higher education for qualified volunteer firefighters enrolled in fire science courses. Clarifies that tuition and fee exemptions are only for courses offered as part of a fire science curriculum. Adds certain volunteer firefighters to those eligible for a tuition and fee exemption. Clarifies that exemptions are only for those firefighters making satisfactory academic progress toward a degree or certificate. Directs the higher education coordinating board to adopt rules governing the granting or denial of an exemption, including rules relating to the determination of a student's eligibility for an exemption and a uniform listing of degree programs covered by the exemption. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB02013F.pdf
Title: H.B. 2013
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Existing law provides an exemption from student fees for military personnel. Amended provision also provides military personnel with tuition exemption; adds that for any such exemption, the person must have entered into service at a location in the state, have listed Texas as the person's home, or otherwise have been determined to be a Texas resident at the time the person entered the service. Provides grandfather clause for military personnel who were receiving an exemption before specific residency requirement established by the present Act. Extends tuition and fee exemptions to resident spouses of military personnel who died or were totally disabled while in service.
Directs the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to prescribe by rule procedures to allow a service member who becomes eligible for an exemption to waive the person's right to any unused portion of the maximum number of cumulative credit hours for which the person could receive the exemption and assign the exemption for the unused portion of those credit hours to a child of the person.
http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00093F.pdf
Title: S.B. 93
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 06/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Establishes scholarship program for students graduating in the top 10% of their high school class, to encourage them to public institutions of higher education in the state. Establishes additional scholarship eligibility criteria, ineligibility criteria, scholarship amounts, and continuing eligibility criteria. Pages 12-18 of 21: http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/SB00175F.pdf
Title: S.B. 175 - Section 5
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Provides that the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program in the department of administration is to assist the board in administering the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program. Transfers certain administrative duties from the board to the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program. Adds the Wisconsin Association of Independent Colleges and Universities to the state entities that must report to the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program information on tuition and fees charged to attend each of the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in the state for the current academic year. Directs the office of the Wisconsin Covenant Scholars Program to annually calculate the average of the tuition and fees charged for the current academic year among the private, nonprofit, accredited institutions of higher education in the state.
Directs the board to promulgate rules establishing eligibility criteria for designation as a Wisconsin covenant scholar.
Pages 184-185 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| WI | Signed into law 06/2009 | Postsec. | Requires that financial aid be provided to eligible members of the immediate family of service members.
Page 544 of 692: http://www.legis.state.wi.us/2009/data/acts/09Act28.pdf
Title: A.B. 75
Source: www.legis.state.wi.us
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to Police Officer's and Firefighter's Survivors Educational Assistance. Defines volunteer firefighter; Adds dependents and spouses of volunteer firefighters killed or totally disabled in the line of duty to those eligible for free tuition through the assistance program (previously only dependents and spouses of injured or killed full-time law enforcement officers and firefighters were eligible).
Title: S.B. 379
Source: www.lexis.com
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Extends educational benefits for a spouse and dependents of deceased or totally disabled veterans or prisoners of war. Extends term of tuition/fee waiver from four to five years, and from 36 to 45 months. Adds references to husbands and widowers to section on those dependents eligible for educational benefits.
Title: H.B. 177
Source: www.lexis.com
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| AL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Authorizes public two-year and four-year institutions of higher education to waive undergraduate tuition and fees for Purple Heart recipients.
Title: H.B. 578
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Relates to tax credits for contributions to nonprofit scholarship-finding organizations; specifies that upon the request of any eligible nonprofit scholarship-funding organization, a school district shall inform all households within the district receiving free or reduced-priced meals under the National School Lunch Act of their eligibility to apply for a tax credit scholarship.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0453er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0453&Session=2009
Title: H.B. 453
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Requires the Education Estimating Conference to develop information relating to the national average of state university tuition and fees; revises provisions relating to the use of the student financial aid fee and the establishment of a tuition differential (to be used to promote improvements in the quality of undergraduate education and shall provide financial aid to undergraduate students who exhibit financial need); provides requirements for a university board of trustees to submit a proposal to the Board of Governors to implement a tuition differential; requires the Board of Governors' review and approval of a proposal.
http://laws.flrules.org/files/Ch_2009-098.pdf
Title: S.B. 762
Source: http://laws.flrules.org
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to educational dollars for duty program; removes duties of Board of the Governors of the State University System and State Board of Education with respect to program; authorizes the payment of tuition and fees for current guard members; provides that a member who has obtained a master's degree is ineligible to participate in the program; revising courses not authorized for the program; provides that college preparatory courses are authorized for the program; authorizes the Department of Military Affairs to pay tuition and fees for members enrolled in a nonpublic postsecondary institution or a nonpublic vocational technical program which are equal to the amount required to pay for tuition and fees at a public postsecondary education institution or public vocational-technical.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0685er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0685&Session=2009
Title: H.B. 685
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| FL | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Authorizes an eligible student who receives benefits as a veteran who served on active duty in the Armed Forces after September 11, 2001, to defer college tuition and fees under certain circumstances.
http://www.myfloridahouse.gov/Sections/Documents/loaddoc.aspx?FileName=_h0509er.xml&DocumentType=Bill&BillNumber=0509&Session=2009
Title: H.B. 509
Source: http://www.myfloridahouse.gov
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| GA | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides that dependent children of military personnel stationed in the state on active duty meet the residency requirements for purposes of HOPE scholarships. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb484.pdf
Title: H.B. 484
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| IA | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | SF 451 makes active-duty soldiers, veterans and their families eligible for in-state tuition at Regents universities and community colleges if they served after 9/11 and live in Iowa. S.F. 470 increases funding for the National Guard Tuition Aid Program to $4 million, helping more servicemembers get a college education.
Title: S.F. 451 and S.F. 470
Source: Sen. Becky Schmitz newsletter, May 21, 2009
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| MN | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Requires all postsecondary institutions in Minnesota to notify students that criminal arrests, charges or convictions may limit their educational choices and access to financial aid. The notice must be given at the time the student is accepted and when the student selects a major.
https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us/bin/bldbill.php?bill=S2083.3.html&session=ls86
Title: S.B. 2083
Source: https://www.revisor.leg.state.mn.us
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| ND | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Any resident student who graduates from a high school during or after the 2010-11 school year is eligible to receive a North Dakota career and technical education scholarship provided the student completes all requirements for a high school diploma and:
1. a. Completes one unit of algebra II; b. Completes two units of a coordinated plan of study recommended by the department of career and technical education and approved by the superintendent of public instruction; and c. Completes three additional units, two of which must be in the area of career and technical education; 2. Obtains a grade of at least "C" in each unit or one-half unit required for the diploma; 3. Obtains a cumulative grade point of at least "B", as determined by the superintendent of public instruction; and 4. Receives: a. A composite score of at least twenty-four on an ACT; or b. A score of at least five on each of three WorkKeys assessments. Requirements for an academic scholarship are similar, except for the WorkKeys score option, and requiring one unit of advanced placement and AP exam or a dual-credit course.
Scholarships are available to eligible students in the amount of $700 for each semester during which enrolled full time at an accredited state institution and maintains a cumulative grade point average of 2.75. Scholarships are capped at $6,000 and go to the institutions in which the students are enrolled. Students are not required to be enrolled in consecutive semesters. However, a scholarship under this section is valid only for six academic years after the student's graduation from high school and may not be applied to graduate programs.These scholarships are available to any eligible student who graduates from a high school in this state or from a high school in a bordering state under chapter 15.1-29.http://www.legis.nd.gov/assembly/61-2009/bill-text/JARF1000.pdf
Title: H.B. 1400 - Scholarships
Source: http://www.legis.nd.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 05/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Changes diversity criteria (deletes terms racial, ethnic, and cultural backgrounds but leaves term "diverse") under the Student Diversity Scholarship Program Act.
http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Final/LB440.pdf
Title: L.B. 440
Source: http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov
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| NV | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Revises provisions governing the Governor Guinn Millennium Scholarship Program; requires the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to establish criteria with respect to students who actively served or participated in a charitable, religious or public service assignment or mission to exempt such students from the 6-year limitation on applications for the Millennium Scholarship. Chapter 192
http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/SB/SB209_EN.pdf
Title: S.B. 209
Source: http://www.leg.state.nv.us
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Requires the Tennessee Higher Education Commission (THEC) with the assistance of the Tennessee Board of Regents (TBR), the University of Tennessee (UT), and the Tennessee Student Assistance Corporation (TSAC), to study tuition relief programs for veterans that have been enacted in other states and the feasibility of establishing such programs for veterans attending higher education institutions in Tennessee.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB1693.pdf
Title: S.B. 1693
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/
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| TN | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Requires HOPE Scholarship students who currently retain the scholarship as a result of maintaining at least a 2.75 cumulative grade point average, and a 3.0 grade point average in the last
semester in which the student attended full-time, to maintain full-time and continuous enrollment for continued scholarship retention. Current law requires these students to maintain full-time enrollment for scholarship retention.
http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills/106/Bill/SB0771.pdf
Title: S.B. 771
Source: http://www.capitol.tn.gov/Bills
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| TX | Adopted 05/2009 | Postsec. | Establishes rule concerning the definition of student's financial need. Defines need as the difference between the student's cost of attendance as determined by the institution and the student's expected family contribution as calculated using the U.S. Department of Education's methodology.
Title: 19 TAC 1.21.A.21.8
Source: www.lexis.com
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Requires the Texas Workforce Commission and the Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board to enter into a memorandum of understanding for the coordination and administration of the Texas Career Opportunity Grant Program, which reduces the financial barriers to postsecondary career education and training for economically disadvantaged Texans. Authorizes functions assigned to the commission in grant program statute to be assigned to the coordinating board pursuant to the memorandum of understanding. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB03519F.pdf
Title: H.B. 3519
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| TX | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Amends eligibility requirements for the Tuition Equalization Grant Program, which allows financially needy students to attend private, non-profit postsecondary institutions in the state. Allows eligible students to be enrolled in at least three-fourths of a full course load. Requires eligible students to be making satisfactory academic progress toward a degree or certificate as determined by the student's institution. Directs the coordinating board to adopt rules to allow a student not making satisfactory academic progress, in the event of hardship, to receive a tuition equalization grant. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB04476F.pdf
Title: H.B. 4476
Source: www.legis.state.tx.us
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Provides for the federal Yellow Ribbon G. I. Education Enhancement Program and requires state institutions of higher education to participate in the program. Requires state institutions of higher education to enter into agreements with the United States Secretary of Veterans Affairs to provide matching contributions toward the cost of tuition and mandatory fees not otherwise covered under the Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistance Act of 2008.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=HB2335%20ENR%20SUB.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=2335
Title: H.B. 2335
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| WV | Signed into law 05/2009 | Postsec. | Reconstitutes the Higher Education Student Financial Aid Advisory Board and requires training and development for members of the Higher Education Policy Commission, the Council for Community and Technical College Education. Dissolves the PROMISE Scholarship Board and transfers its powers and duties to the Higher Education Policy Commission.
http://www.legis.state.wv.us/bill_status/bills_text.cfm?billdoc=SB373%20SUB2%20enr.htm&yr=2009&sesstype=RS&i=373
Title: S.B. 373
Source: http://www.legis.state.wv.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Broadens the Higher Education Opportunities Grant Program; provides need-based financial aid for all college-going individuals from low income families to be used at institutions of higher education.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1213.pdf
Title: S.B. 850
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides continuing eligibility for a scholarship benefit for the children and spouses of emergency medical technicians, firefighters and law enforcement officers and personnel killed or permanently and totally disabled while in the course of their duties.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1217.pdf
Title: S.B. 855
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| AR | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Provides flexibility for the State Department of Higher Education in awarding Governor's Scholars Program Awards by providing that if there are more eligible applicants than available scholarships, the Department may determine a procedure for awarding additional scholarships while not exceeding available funds.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/2009/R/Acts/Act1218.pdf
Title: S.B. 856
Source: http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Specifies a revised method of calculating grade point average for purposes of HOPE scholarship eligibility, effective with students entering grade 9 in the 2008-09 school year. Specifies that the Georgia Student Finance Commission must uniformly apply weights for Advanced Placement and International Baccalaureate coursework, and that grade point averages must be on a 4.0 scale. Makes 3.0 grade point average the minimum grade point average for HOPE scholarship eligibility for all students. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb313.pdf
Title: H.B. 313
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| GA | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Defines "highest year-end balance" as the highest total amount of unexpended and uncommitted funds in the Lottery for Education Account, as determined by the state auditor, at the end of any fiscal year. Replaces certain references to "year-end balance" with "highest year-end balance" in Section 50-27-13, on lottery shortfall reserve subaccounts. Reduces scholarships for book allowances to $150 a year if the year-end balance of a fiscal year is less than 92% of the highest year-end balance. Eliminates all scholarships for book allowances for non-Pell-eligible students if the year-end balance of any subsequent fiscal year is less than 84% of the highest year-end balance. Eliminates scholarships for mandatory fees if the year-end balance of any further subsequent fiscal year is less than 75% of the highest year-end balance. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/hb157.pdf
Title: H.B. 157
Source: www.legis.state.ga.us
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Changes the number of semester hours of courses in which a student must be enrolled in order to qualify as a part-time student for the Part-Time Grant Program from at least 6 to at least 3 semester hours, but no more than 11 semester hours. Limits the percentage of the part-time grant allocation that may be provided to students who are enrolled in at least 3 but less than 6 semester hours of courses each semester.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/hb/hb0948t.pdf
Title: H.B. 948
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| MD | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Expands eligibility in the Part-Time Grant Program to include specified students who are dually enrolled in specified secondary schools in the State and specified institutions of higher education; provides that a recipient of a specified part-time grant is not required to receive specified academic credit under specified circumstances.
http://mlis.state.md.us/2009rs/bills/hb/hb1396t.pdf
Title: H.B. 1396
Source: http://mlis.state.md.us/
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| NM | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides resident tuition eligibility at state institutions of higher education for honorably discharged veterans.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0136.pdf
Title: S.B. 136
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Adds new section 668-g. Establishes scholarship program for 4-5 years of undergraduate study in the state for the children, spouses and financial dependents of those who died as a result of the Continential Airlines Flight 3407 crash February 12, 2009. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00157&sh=t
Title: A.B. 157 - Part EE
Source:
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| NY | Signed into law 04/2009 | Postsec. | Establishes the New York Higher Education Loan Program. Makes available loans for students enrolled at least half-time in 2- or 4-year, graduate or professional degree programs, or certificate programs at Title IV-eligible institutions in the state. Provides loans may cover tuition and fees, books, room and board, and other educationally related expenses. Establishes powers and duties of the corporation and loan repayment provisions. Provides that preference must be given to eligible borrowers demonstrating financial need based on the student's family gross income. Requires borrowers to complete a financial literacy course. Requires the corporation to report annually to the governor, the director of the division of budget and specified legislative members on the number and characteristics of loans awarded, including the number of students who received loans who demonstrated financial need. http://assembly.state.ny.us/leg/?bn=A00157&sh=t
Title: A.B. 157 - Part V
Source: assembly.state.ny.us
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| WA | Partial veto 04/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to student financial aid; provides for the labeling of each financial aid program as an opportunity pathway; provides for consideration of students who have completed an associate of arts or associate of science degree when awarding a needs grant; permits institutional financial aid funds to be used for financial aid for high school students enrolled in dual credit programs; provides for the establishment of a work-study opportunity grant; creates the higher education loan program.
Chapter 215
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/Session%20Law%202009/2021-S2.SL.pdf
Title: H.B. 2021
Source: http://apps.leg.wa.gov
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| IN | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Requires school corporations to provide each student who applies for free or reduced lunches under the national school lunch program with an application for the twenty-first century scholars program; requires each school to give assistance in reading the instructions and completing the enrollment forms. Public Law 9
http://www.in.gov/legislative/bills/2009/pdf/he/he1389.1.pdf
Title: H.B. 1389
Source: http://www.in.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12
Postsec.
Community College | Changes provisions of the Access College Early Scholarship Program Act for low-income dually enrolled students to authorize the coordinating commission for postsecondary education to limit the number of scholarships awarded in each term or to an individual student. Revises commission's reporting requirement on the program from biennial to annual. http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB20.pdf
Title: L.B. 20
Source: www.nebraskalegislature.gov
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| NE | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides a definition of high school graduate for purposes of postsecondary financial aid and admission to postsecondary institutions. Provides a student is a high school graduate if he or she has obtained an associate of arts degree or an associate of science degree from a community college in the state. Since a high school diploma is a prerequisite for receipt of federal financial aid, such a definition would allow students not previously eligible for federal financial aid to become potential recipients. http://www.nebraskalegislature.gov/FloorDocs/Current/PDF/Slip/LB102.pdf
Title: L.B. 102
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| NM | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Requires a certain portion of the president's gratis scholarships at public post-secondary educational institutions to be granted based on financial need.
http://nmlegis.gov/Sessions/09%20Regular/final/SB0028.pdf
Title: S.B. 28
Source: http://nmlegis.gov/
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| SD | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Revises the General Appropriations Act for fiscal year 2009 to fund the state Opportunity Scholarship.
http://legis.state.sd.us/sessions/2009/Bills/SB164ENR.pdf
Title: S.B. 164
Source: http://legis.state.sd.us/
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Changes the engineering, computer science and related technology student loan program to a scholarship program. Eliminates requirement that scholarship monies be used only at state system of higher education institutions that offer a four-year degree. Eliminates provision that loan recipients who do not work in the state for a number of years equal to the number of years of the loan repay a portion of the loan. Requires the Technology Initiative Advisory Board to annually recommend to the board of regents a distribution of the scholarship funds to institutions in the state system of higher education, based on a formula. Specifies components of the formula based on the number of engineering, computer science and related technology degrees awarded and offered, and the length of each such degree offered at the institution. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/sbillenr/sb0105.pdf
Title: S.B. 105
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | P-12
Postsec. | Makes the state board of regents the sole agency authorized to award New Century scholarships. Provides that for students graduating in 2011 and thereafter, the total scholarship is equal to $5,000 and adjusts the time period in which a student may use the scholarship monies. Modifies the institutions at which a student may use a Regents' Scholarship. Requires student eligible for a Regents' Scholarship to complete specified Carnegie units in English, math, science, social studies and foreign languages. Requires a student who has completed one or more of these courses through a college course to submit a college transcript indicating the course the student completed. Amends method of calculating student grade point average for scholarship eligibility. Also provides that for students graduating in 2011 and thereafter, the total Exemplary Academic Achievement Scholarship is equal to $5,000, and adjusts the time period in which a student may use the scholarship monies. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/sbillenr/sb0104.pdf
Title: S.B. 104
Source: le.utah.gov
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Expands the powers of the department of agriculture and food in administering the Rural Rehabilitation Program. Authorizes the department of agriculture and food to approve and to make education loans or grants to individuals for the purpose of attending a vocational school, college or university. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0105.pdf
Title: H.B. 105
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| UT | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Amends the definition of a resident student for tuition purposes within the state system of higher education. Authorizes Dixie State College to offer a good neighbor waiver of the nonresident differential in tuition rates charged to undergraduate students. Establishes purposes of and student qualifications for alumni legacy nonresident scholarships. Authorizes the president of an institution to waive an amount up to the full nonresident portion of tuition for alumni legacy nonresident scholarships. Provides that a student who attends an institution within the state system of higher education on an alumni legacy nonresident scholarship may not count the time during which the scholarship is received towards establishing resident student status in the state. Increases from 400 to 600 the number of nonresident partial tuition scholarships that may be in effect at any time. http://le.utah.gov/~2009/bills/hbillenr/hb0364.pdf
Title: H.B. 364
Source: le.utah.gov
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| VA | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Modifies the eligibility of the current program to allow a student enrolled in a minimum of six credit hours per semester at a two-year institution of higher education to receive a grant for tuition and fees; provides that a student who has a prior bachelor's degree is excluded from participation; relates to foster care.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+SB1049ER
Title: S.B. 1049
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to higher education; provides for a matching program for fallen heroes endowments. Chapter 209
http://legisweb.state.wy.us
Title: S.B. 89
Source: http://legisweb.state.wy.us
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| WY | Signed into law 03/2009 | Postsec. | Relates to the Hathaway student scholarship program; provides for a provisional opportunity scholarship in lieu of the career scholarship; extends scholarship use; specifies application of scholarship modification. Chapter 204
Title: H.B. 174
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| LA | Adopted 02/2009 | Postsec. | Amends rules relating to scholarship and grant programs. Allows eligible nonpublic high school and home school students to participate in the Early Start program.
http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/lac/28v4-7/28v4-7.doc
Title: LAC 28:IV.103, 301, 504, 701, 703, 803, 1001, 1401- 1409, 1413-1417, 1705, 1901
Source: http://doa.louisiana.gov/osr/
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| TX | Adopted 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Amends rules concerning the higher education program for veterans and their dependent. Deletes provision defining a child as a dependent if he or she was claimed as a dependent for tax purposes the year of the veteran's death or disabling injury. Deletes definition of federal survivor benefits.
Title: 19 TAC 1.21.NN.21.2100, .2101, .2103, .2106 -.2108
Source: www.lexis.com
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| TX | Adopted 02/2009 | Postsec. | Establishes new rules concerning provisions for Scholarships for Students Graduating in the Top 10 Percent of Their High School Class.
Title: 19 TAC 1.22.K.22.196 -.202
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet
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| VA | Signed into law 02/2009 | Postsec.
Community College | Provides for the exclusion of certain financial records of the Virginia College Savings Plan from the Freedom of Information Act, the authorization for closed meetings of the Board of the Virginia College Savings Plan in certain circumstances, the expansion of the Virginia College Savings Plan Board from eight to 11 members.
http://leg1.state.va.us/cgi-bin/legp504.exe?091+ful+HB2549ER
Title: H.B. 2549
Source: http://leg1.state.va.us
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