ECS
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."

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State Status/Date Level Summary
+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
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+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
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+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
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+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
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+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
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+ Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks
- Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
MOAdopted 11/2009Postsec.Determination of Student Residency
6 CSR 10-3.010
Distinguishes between the residency requirements pertaining to in-state tuition eligibility and state student financial aid eligibility. Adds requirements addressing loss of residency.
http://www.sos.mo.gov/adrules/csr/current/6csr/6c10-3.pdf...

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CASigned into law 10/2009Community College
Postsec.
Community College Fees
A.B. 947
Authorizes a community college district to charge the additional fee to any nonresident student by deleting a condition that a nonresident be a citizen and resident of a foreign country. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/asm/ab_0901-0950/ab_947_bill_200...

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CASigned into law 10/2009Community College
Postsec.
Transportation Fees in Community College Districts
A.B. 774
Amends existing law that authorizes the governing boards of specified community college districts to require that a transportation service fee be paid only by students and employees using those services. Extends the transportation fee authority to include any ...

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CASigned into law 10/2009Postsec.In-State Tuition for Certain Wards of the State
A.B. 669
Allows an exception to the uniform residency requirements for a student 19 years of age or under at the time of enrollment in postsecondary education, who resides in the state and is a dependent or ward of the state through the child welfare system, or was ser...

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NYAdopted 10/2009Postsec.State University of New York Tuition and Fees Schedule
Title 8 NYCRR section 302.1(c) - (i)
Amends the State University of New York Tuition and Fees Schedule to increase tuition for resident students in graduate and professional programs. no changes to as published in July 29, 2009 register. Pages 44-46 of 47: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12
Postsec.
Textbooks and Fees
H.B. 475
Prior legislation required districts to set aside free textbooks and provide fee waivers to children eligible for free meals under the Community School Lunch Program. Current amendment replaces reference to children eligible for free meals under the Community ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009Postsec.Postsecondary Affordability and Access
H.B. 4094
Requires the Board of Higher Education's master plan to include higher education affordability and accessibility measures. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/HB/PDF/09600HB4094lv.pdf...

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AZSigned into law 07/2009Postsec.Tuition and Fees
H.B. 2495
Allows an honorably discharged military person who served on an Arizona military installation to receive in-state student classification regardless of the time the person resided in Arizona. Chapter 91
http://www.azleg.gov/FormatDocument.asp?inDoc=/legtext/49...

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MOSigned into law 07/2009P-12
Postsec.
Parental Involvement
S.B. 291--Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program
Creates the Volunteer and Parents Incentive Program to be implemented and administered by the Department of Elementary and Secondary Education.
Under the program, the Department will provide a reimbursement to parents or volunteers who donate time at certain s...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12
Postsec.
No Fees for Free Lunch Students
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.642
From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Prohibits districts from charging instructional or materials fees to students eligible for free lunch.
DOE summary document: http://www.ode.state.oh.us/GD/DocumentManagement/DocumentDownload.aspx?DocumentID=71635
Pages 1194-1195 of...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12
Postsec.
In-State Tuition for Ohio National Guard Members
H.B. 1 - Section 3333.42
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....

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ORSigned into law 07/2009Postsec.Tuition/Fees
S.B. 5544
Appropriates moneys from General Fund to the Student Assistance Commission for certain biennial expenses; limits biennial expenditures from fees, moneys or other revenues, including Miscellaneous Receipts, but excluding specified lottery funds and federal fund...

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LASigned into law 06/2009Postsec.
Community College
Online Course Tuition
H.B. 771
Authorizes the state Community and Technical College System Board of Supervisors to equalize tuition for online courses.
http://www.legis.state.la.us/billdata/streamdocument.asp?did=665913...

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OHAdopted 06/2009Postsec.Resident Tuition for Veterans and Their Families
OAC 3333-1-10
Revises rules relating to student residency for state subsidy and tuition surcharge purposes. Includes in the definition of residents (for purposes of determining tuition payment classification) veterans, their spouses and dependents who meet specified criteri...

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ORSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.Tuition Waivers
S.B. 595
Sets limits on the dates of enlistment for tuition waiver eligibility requirements for service members; declares emergency, effective on passage. Chapter 236
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/sb0001.dir/sb0046.en.pdf...

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ORSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.
Community College
Tuition/Fees
H.B. 2571
Allows certain veterans with honorable discharges to pay tuition and fees at discounted rates; exempts distance education and self-support courses from discounted rates; requires state institutions of higher education and community colleges to participate in c...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009Community College
Postsec.
Fee Waivers for Veterans
S.B. 847
Amends provisions relating to postsecondary fee waivers for military personnel and their children. Authorizes public technical institutes and public state colleges to establish a fee for extraordinary costs associated with a specific course or program that are...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009Community College
Postsec.
Junior College District Employees
H.B. 1568
Authorizes the governing board of a junior college district to exempt a district employee from all or a portion of student tuition and fees. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pdf/HB01568F.pdf...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.Tuition Set-Asides for Financial Aid
S.B. 1304
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 requir...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.Resident Tuition for Competitive Scholarship Recipients
H.B. 4244
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 automatica...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.Environmental Service Fees
H.B. 3353 and S.B. 2182
These identical companion bills authorize institutions of higher education to charge students an environmental service fee, if approved by a majority vote of students in a general student election. Specify amounts a fee may not exceed. Provide fee may be used ...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.
Community College
Information on College Costs and Financial Aid
H.B. 2504 - Section 3 and S.B. 1764
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 prosp...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-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 state virtual school network successfully completed the required professional development before teaching the course. Req...

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TXVetoed 06/2009Postsec.Funding for Certain Excess Undergraduate Credit Hours
S.B. 1343
From Bill Analysis (http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/analysis/pdf/SB01343F.pdf):
Students in a four-year institution are required to have 120 credit hours in order to receive their degree. Currently, there is a "30-hour rule" that allows students to t...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12
Postsec.
In-State Tuition for Residents; Tuition Waiver to Children of Parents in Overseas Active Duty
S.B. 297
Allows in-state tuition to any veteran who files with the institution at which he/she intends to register a letter of intent to establish residence in this state and is either (1) eligible for benefits under the federal
Post-9/11 Veterans Educational Assistanc...

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AZSigned into law 05/2009Postsec.Tuition Tax Credits
H.B. 2001B
Relates to insurance premium tax credits; allows a credit against the premium tax liability incurred by insurers for contributions to school tuition organization; provides for foster and disabled students; provides that excess amounts may be carried forward; d...

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FLSigned into law 05/2009Postsec.Education Estimating Conference/University Tuition and Fees
S.B. 762
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 (...

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FLSigned into law 05/2009Postsec.Postsecondary Tuition Residence Requirements/Encourage University Completion/State May Support Private Colleges and Universities
S.B. 1696
Provides that in order to qualify as a resident for community college and state university tuition purposes, a person/parent or guardian must have maintained legal residence in the state for at least 12 consecutive months immediately prior to his or her initia...

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IDSigned into law 05/2009Postsec.Student Residency
H.B. 211
Amends existing law relating to residency requirements for public institutions of higher education; revises the definition of resident student; relate to time spent away from the state while enrolled in a postsecondary education program. Chapter 329
http://www...

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KYAdopted 05/2009P-12
Postsec.
Tuition and Fees
780 KAR 2:140
Repeals and re-establishes a refund policy for tuition charges for career and technology programs/classes in Kentucky TECH schools, and for continuing education classes for adults. http://www.lrc.ky.gov/kar/780/002/140.htm
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NVSigned into law 05/2009Postsec.Tuition/Fees
A.B. 188
Authorizes the Board of Regents of the University of Nevada to waive certain fees and tuition for a child, widow or widower of a person who was killed while serving in the Nevada National Guard. Chapter 28
http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB188_EN.pdf...

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NVSigned into law 05/2009Postsec.Free Tuition for Veterans
S.B. 318
Provides that tuition at all campuses of the Nevada System of Higher Education must be free for certain veterans. Chapter 420
http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/SB/SB318_EN.pdf...

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ORSigned into law 05/2009Postsec.
Community College
Tuition/Fees
H.B. 2011
Directs State Board of Higher Education and community college district boards to permit Oregon residents 65 years of age or older to audit courses without paying instructional fees at any state institution of higher education or community college. Chapter 344
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AKSigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Supplemental Education Loan
H.B. 109
Relates to eligibility for the state supplemental education loan program and to the interest rate for a loan made under the state family education loan program.
Chapter 7 SLA 9
http://www.legis.state.ak.us...

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COSigned into law 04/2009Postsec.
Community College
College Programs for Inmates
H.B. 1264
Requires that costs associated with a college-level academic program for an inmate shall be borne by the inmate unless he or she receives financial aid or scholarships for the program.
http://www.leg.state.co.us/clics/clics2009a/csl.nsf/fsbillcont3/884C0DCA60E...

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INSigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Tuition/Fees
H.B. 1165
Exempts the children of a public safety officer who is killed in the line of duty from the payment of educational costs for up to specified semester credit hours at a state educational institution or technical school. Public Law 51
http://www.in.gov/legislativ...

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ORSigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Tuition
H.B. 2258
Changes the definition of lower income household for purposes of statutes relating to individual development accounts which allow individuals in a lower income household to accumulate assets tax-free by making deposits, which are matched by private donations, ...

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VASigned into law 04/2009Postsec.
Community College
Financial Aid Eligibility
S.B. 1547
Relates to eligibility for state financial aid programs; provides that persons who have completed a qualified program of home school instruction and qualified persons who have been excused from school attendance shall be deemed to have met the high school grad...

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WASigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Higher Education Reciprocity
H.B. 1474
Changes border county opportunity program provisions; expands the border county higher education opportunity project to allow resident tuition for certain persons who relocated from Oregon border counties to Washington border counties within the previous twelv...

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WASigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Residency Definition
H.B. 1487
Regards resident student classification; expands the definition of "resident student" relevant to chapter 28B.15 RCW, college and university fees.
Chapter 220
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/1487-S.PL.pd...

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WASigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Student Fees
S.B. 5776
Regards student fees, charges, and assessments; provides that fee increases voted on by college and university students are not subject to the legislative approval provisions and use of the fees is not subject to the restriction on legislative activities; allo...

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WAPartial Veto 04/2009P-12
Community College
Postsec.
Workforce Development
H.B. 2071
Revises the elements of the individual responsibility plan developed for WorkFirst recipients to include education, training, and other opportunities available to the recipient to support employment goals and advance in the workplace.
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/do...

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WASigned into law 04/2009Postsec.American Indian Scholarship Program
S.B. 5001
Eliminates the matching fund requirement for the American Indian endowed scholarship program; eliminates the scholarship trust fund; provides that funds appropriated by the Legislature may be deposited into the scholarship endowment fund. Chapter 259
http://ap...

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WASigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Instate Tuition
H.B. 2344
Regards resident undergraduate tuition. Allows the tuition rate to increase by greater than 7% for the 2009-10 and the 2010-2011 academic years only.
Chapter 540
http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislature/2344-S.P...

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WASigned into law with partial veto 04/2009Postsec.Tuition and Fees
S.B. 5734
Extends the authority of the governing boards of the public colleges and universities to set full-time tuition fees for all students other than resident undergraduates; requires, prior to reducing or increasing tuition for each academic year, the governing boa...

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KSSigned into law 03/2009Postsec.Tuition
H.B. 2007
Concerns state educational institutions; relates to waiver fees and tuition at undergraduate and graduate levels.
Chapter 2009-25
http://www.kslegislature.org/bills/2010/2007.pdf...

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NYAdopted 03/2009Postsec.Tuition and Fee Increases
Title 8 NYCRR 302.1(b)-(i)
Amends rules to increase tuition for students in all programs in the State University of New York. Adopted as proposed in February 4 rulemaking (pages 26-28 of 32: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2009/feb4/pdfs/rules.pdf...

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UTSigned into law 03/2009Postsec.Tuition and Nonresident Scholarships
H.B. 364
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. Est...

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ARSigned into law 02/2009Postsec.
Community College
National Guard Tuition Incentive Program
S.B. 268
Amends the State National Guard Tuition Incentive Program; provides that in-service recruits are not eligible for benefits under the program; modifies the maximum value and total annual number of tuition incentive awards issued under the program.
http://www.ar...

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VASigned into law 02/2009Postsec.
Community College
Tuition and Fees For Foster and Special Needs Adoption Students
H.B. 1599
Relates to grant program for certain foster care and special needs adoption students; 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 rec...

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VASigned into law 02/2009Postsec.
Community College
Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program
H.B. 1893
Provides that scholarships awarded through the Brown v. Board of Education Scholarship Program may be used to cover the costs of required academic fees, in addition to tuition and textbooks already provided by state law, and graduate study at the masters and d...

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VASigned into law 02/2009Postsec.
Community College
Tuition Assistance for National Guard Members
H.B. 2342
Provides that notwithstanding the eligibility requirement that a member of the National Guard have a minimum of two years remaining on his service requirement in order to receive a grant, if a member is activated or deployed for federal military service or sta...

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NYAdopted 01/2009Postsec.Tuition Refund Based on Hardship
Title 8 NYCRR Section 302.2(b)
Limits time period for tuition refunds based on hardship to one year following the term for which the tuition is due. Adopted as published on page 14 of 16: http://www.dos.state.ny.us/info/register/2008/nov5/pdfs/rules.pdf...

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