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From the ECS State Policy Database
2009 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2009. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All."

Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date].

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+ Accountability
+ Accountability--Accreditation
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+ Accountability--Rewards
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- Postsecondary Students--Military
CASigned into law 10/2009P-12
Postsec.
Specifies that priority registration provisions of the University of California, California State University and community college districts apply to any member or former member of the Armed Forces who has received an honorable discharge, a general discharge, or an other than honorable discharge, and to any member or former member of the State Military Reserve, but not to those who have received either a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge. Defines Armed Forces of the United States for these purposes. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov/pub/09-10/bill/sen/sb_0351-0400/sb_361_bill_20091011_chaptered.pdf
Title: S.B. 361
Source: www.leginfo.ca.gov

ILSigned into law 08/2009Postsec.Creates the Higher Education Veterans Campus Service Act. Requires all public colleges and universities to conduct a survey of the services and programs that are provided for veterans, active duty military personnel and their families at each of their respective campuses. Sets forth the elements the survey must evaluate. Requires the survey to be made available as a guidebook to all veterans enrolling in the institution, and to be available on the home page of all campus Internet links as soon as practical. Requires each public college and university to appoint a Coordinator of Veterans and Military Personnel Student Services on each campus. Requires the board of higher education and the department of veterans' affairs to conduct a joint review of the surveys. Requires the governor's office to conduct a review of the surveys and to submit an evaluation report to each college and university, offering suggestions on the conduct of student veteran-related policies and programs. Authorizes the board of higher education and the department of veterans' affairs to issue a best practices report to highlight those programs and services that are most beneficial to veterans and active duty military personnel. Requires public colleges and universities to make their best efforts to determine how online curricula can be expanded or altered to serve the needs of student veterans and currently-deployed military, including the extent to which institutions can share share existing technologies to improve the online curricula of peer institutions. Requires institutions, one year after the effective date of this act and each year afterwards, to report to the board of higher education on the fiscal impact of the programs and services related to the requirements of this Act. Requires the board of higher education to compile this information and submit a report to the governor, the governor's office of management and budget, the director of veterans' affairs, and specified legislative leaders. http://www.ilga.gov/legislation/96/SB/PDF/09600SB1624lv.pdf
Title: S.B. 1624
Source: www.ilga.gov/legislation

CASigned into law 07/2009Postsec.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

NJSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.
Community College
Establishes the Troops to College Program. Directs Commission on Higher Education, in consultation with the Department of Military and Veterans' Affairs, to establish the program to assist New Jersey's public institutions of higher education in coordinating the provision of a comprehensive array of services to assist veterans in making the transition into the college classroom. Services may include assistance in applying for state and federal student financial aid, counseling resources, a campus veterans' assistance officer to provide a single point of contact for information on the institution's benefits and programs for veterans, and an online resource to consolidate pertinent information specifically for veterans attending that institution.
http://www.njleg.state.nj.us/2008/Bills/PL09/125_.HTM
Title: A.B. 3360/S.B. 2171
Source: http://www.njleg.state.nj.us

OHAdopted 06/2009Postsec.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 criteria. http://www.registerofohio.state.oh.us/pdfs/3333/0/1/3333-1-10_PH_FF_A_RU_20090622_0900.pdf
Title: OAC 3333-1-10
Source: www.registerofohio.state.oh.us

ORSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.
Community College
Creates Campus Veterans' Service Officers Program in Department of Veterans' Affairs; directs department to appoint sufficient number of veterans' service officers to ensure assignment of one veterans' service officer to every community college and every institution in Oregon University System. Chapter 759
http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2100.dir/hb2178.en.pdf
Title: H.B. 2178
Source: http://www.leg.state.or.us/

TXSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.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

GASigned into law 05/2009P-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

GASigned into law 05/2009Postsec.
Community College
Urges the Board of Trustees and the president of the Georgia Military College to maintain the current military programs at the military junior college of Georgia, Georgia Military College. http://www.legis.state.ga.us/legis/2009_10/pdf/sr96.pdf
Title: S.R. 96
Source: Lexis-Nexis/StateNet

+ Postsecondary Students--Minority
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics)
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
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