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
+ Accountability--Measures/Indicators
+ Accountability--Reporting Results
+ Accountability--Rewards
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Drive
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--No Pass No Play
+ Accountability--Sanctions/Interventions--Takeovers
+ Accountability--School Improvement
+ Adult Basic Education
+ Assessment
+ Assessment--Accommodations
+ Assessment--College Entrance Exams
+ Assessment--Computer Based
+ Assessment--End-of-Course
+ Assessment--Formative/Interim
+ Assessment--NAEP (NAEP Results and NAEP Organization)
+ Assessment--Performance Based/Portfolio
+ Assessment--Value Added
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Alternative Education
+ At-Risk (incl. Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol
+ Attendance
+ Attendance--Compulsory
+ Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower)
+ Attendance--Truancy
+ Background Checks
+ Bilingual/ESL
+ Business Involvement
+ Career/Technical Education
+ Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship
+ Cheating
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Charter Districts
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Closings
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Cyber Charters
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Finance
+ Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--Research
+ Choice of Schools--Choice/Open Enrollment
+ Choice of Schools--Magnet or Specialized Schools
+ Choice of Schools--Vouchers
+ Civic Education
+ Civic Education--Character Education
+ Civic Education--Pledge of Allegiance
+ Class Size
+ Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Arts Education
+ Curriculum--Core Curriculum
+ Curriculum--Drivers Education
+ Curriculum--Environmental Education
+ Curriculum--Family Living Education
+ Curriculum--Financial Literacy/Economics Ed.
+ Curriculum--Foreign Language/Sign Language
+ Curriculum--Health/Nutrition Education
+ Curriculum--Home Economics
+ Curriculum--International Education
+ Curriculum--Language Arts
+ Curriculum--Language Arts--Writing/Spelling
+ Curriculum--Mathematics
+ Curriculum--Physical Education
+ Curriculum--Science
+ Curriculum--Sex Education
+ Curriculum--Social Studies/History
+ Demographics--Condition of Children/Adults
+ Desegregation
+ Economic/Workforce Development
+ Education Research
+ Equity
+ Federal
+ Finance
+ Finance--Adequacy/Core Cost
+ Finance--Bonds
+ Finance--District
+ Finance--Equity
+ Finance--Facilities
+ Finance--Federal
+ Finance--Funding Formulas
+ Finance--Litigation
+ Finance--Local Foundations/Funds
+ Finance--Lotteries
+ Finance--Resource Efficiency
+ Finance--State Budgets/Expenditures
+ Finance--Student Fees
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues
+ Finance--Taxes/Revenues--Alternative Revenues
+ Governance
+ Governance--Deregulation/Waivers/Home Rule
+ Governance--Ethics/Conflict of Interest
+ Governance--School Boards
+ Governance--School Boards--Training
+ Governance--Site-Based Management
+ Governance--State Boards/Chiefs/Agencies
+ Health
+ Health--Child Abuse
+ Health--Mental Health
+ Health--Nutrition
+ Health--School Based Clinics or School Nurses
+ Health--Suicide Prevention
+ Health--Teen Pregnancy
+ High School
+ High School--Advanced Placement
+ High School--College Readiness
+ High School--Dropout Rates/Graduation Rates
+ High School--Dual/Concurrent Enrollment
+ High School--Early Colleges/Middle Colleges
+ High School--Exit Exams
+ High School--GED (General Education Development)
+ High School--Graduation Requirements
+ High School--International Baccalaureate
+ Instructional Approaches
+ Instructional Approaches--Grading Practices
+ Instructional Approaches--Homeschooling
+ Instructional Approaches--Problem Based Learning
+ Instructional Approaches--Single-Sex Education
+ Instructional Approaches--Time/Time on Task
+ Integrated Services/Full-Service Schools
+ International Benchmarking
+ Leadership
+ Leadership--District Superintendent
+ Leadership--District Superintendent--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Certification and Licensure
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Compensation and Diversified Pay
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Evaluation and Effectiveness
+ Leadership--Principal/School Leadership--Preparation
+ Middle School
+ Minority/Diversity Issues
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--American Indian / Alaska Native / Native Hawaiian
+ Minority/Diversity Issues--Hispanic
+ No Child Left Behind
+ No Child Left Behind--Adequate Yearly Progress
+ No Child Left Behind--Assessment
+ No Child Left Behind--Choice/Transfer
+ No Child Left Behind--Consequences for Schools
+ No Child Left Behind--Finance
+ No Child Left Behind--Report Cards
+ No Child Left Behind--School Support
+ No Child Left Behind--Supplemental Services
+ Online Learning--Digital/Blended Learning
+ Online Learning--Virtual Schools/Courses
+ P-16 or P-20
+ P-3
+ P-3 Child Care
+ P-3 Content Standards and Assessment
+ P-3 Early Intervention (0-3)
+ P-3 Ensuring Quality
+ P-3 Evaluation/Economic Benefits
+ P-3 Finance
+ P-3 Governance
+ P-3 Grades 1-3
+ P-3 Kindergarten--Full Day Kindergarten
+ P-3 Preschool
+ P-3 Teaching Quality/Professional Development
+ Parent/Family
+ Parent/Family--Parent Rights
+ Partnerships--University/School
+ Postsecondary
+ Postsecondary Accountability
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Accreditation
+ Postsecondary Accountability--Diploma Mills
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Financial Aid
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Textbooks
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees
+ Postsecondary Affordability--Tuition/Fees--Prepd/College Savings Plans
+ Postsecondary Faculty
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Compensation
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Intellectual Property
+ Postsecondary Faculty--Teaching Assistants
+ Postsecondary Finance
+ Postsecondary Finance--Efficiency/Performance-Based Funding
+ Postsecondary Finance--Facilities
+ Postsecondary Governance and Structures
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Community/Technical Colleges
+ Postsecondary Institutions--For-Profit/Proprietary
+ Postsecondary Institutions--Private/Independent
+ Postsecondary Online Instruction
+ Postsecondary Participation
+ Postsecondary Participation--Access
+ Postsecondary Participation--Admissions Requirements
+ Postsecondary Participation--Affirmative Action
+ Postsecondary Participation--Outreach
+ Postsecondary Students
+ Postsecondary Students--Foster Youth
+ Postsecondary Students--Graduate/Professional
+ Postsecondary Students--Military
+ Postsecondary Students--Minority
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion
+ Postsecondary Success--Completion--Completion Rates (Statistics)
+ Postsecondary Success--Developmental/Remediation
+ Postsecondary Success--Retention/Persistence
+ Postsecondary Success--Transfer/Articulation
+ Private Schools
+ Privatization
+ Promising Practices
+ Promotion/Retention
+ Public Involvement
+ Reading/Literacy
+ Reading/Literacy--Adult Literacy
+ Religion
+ Religion--Prayer/Meditation
+ Rural
+ Scheduling/School Calendar
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Day/Class Length
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Extended Day Programs
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Summer School
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Week
+ Scheduling/School Calendar--Year
- School Safety
COAdopted 12/2009P-12Student Restraints Policy
1 CCR 301-45
Outlines the procedures to be followed in the administration of restraint of students, staff training, documentation requirements, and the r...

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OHSigned into law 12/2009P-12Dating Violence Prevention
H.B. 19 - Dating Violence Prevention
Enacts the Tina Croucher Act to require school districts to adopt a dating violence prevention policy as part of its policy prohibiting hara...

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ILSigned into law 11/2009P-12Interference with a Public Institution of Education
H.B. 557
Expands the statute concerning interference with a public institution of higher education to also include interference with public elementar...

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ILSigned into law 11/2009P-12
Postsec.
Civil Rights
H.B. 2547
Provides that the exercise of free speech, free expression, free exercise of religion or expression of religiously based views by any indivi...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Razors and Box Cutters on School Grounds
A.B. 870
Makes it a misdemeanor or felony to bring or possess razors with unguarded blades or box cutters upon school grounds of any public or privat...

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CAVetoed 10/2009Community College
Postsec.
Community College Enrollment for Previously Expelled Students
A.B. 1400
Authorizes the governing board of a community college district to either deny enrollment, permit enrollment or permit conditional enrollment...

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CAVetoed 10/2009P-12Walking Schoolbus
S.B. 315
Authorizes the governing board of any school district to establish and maintain a walking schoolbus, defined as a group of pupils walking to...

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CAVetoed 10/2009P-12Alcoholic Beverages or Containers Near School Property
A.B. 888
Prohibits, as an infraction, the possession of an alcoholic beverage container, or consumption of an alcoholic beverage, on a public street,...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Reporting Possession of Firearm or Explosive to Authorities
A.B. 1390
Requires a school principal or the principal's designee to report any act involving either the possession, sale, or furnishment of a firearm...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12
Postsec.
Restraining Orders to Protect Threatened Students
S.B. 188
Authorizes a chief administrative officer of a private postsecondary educational institution, or a person designated to maintain order on th...

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CASigned into law 10/2009P-12Loitering Around a School or Other Locale
S.B. 492
Relates to the crime of loitering, after being asked to leave, near any school or public place at which children attend or normally congrega...

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UTAdopted 09/2009P-12Local Board Assurances
R277-108-5
Requires each local school board and charter school governing board to provide written assurance assurances that the board has:
(1) Impleme...

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CASigned into law 08/2009P-12Nooses on School Property
A.B. 412
Provides that any person who hangs a noose, knowing it to be a symbol representing a threat to life, on property of a K-12 educational facil...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Bomb Threats to Schools
H.B. 4049
Provides that a person who makes a false or terrorist threat that a bomb or explosive device has been placed in a school must be required by...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Day/Temporary Labor Service Agencies
H.B. 866
Bars any day and temporary labor service agency in Chicago from operating or transacting business at a location within 1,000 feet of a schoo...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009Community College
Postsec.
Community College Officers of the Peace
H.B. 2253
Repeals and rewrites provisions related to the appointment, duties and training of law enforcement officer and non-law enforcement officer m...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009Postsec.Campus Violence Prevention Plans
H.B. 336
Amends the Campus Security Enhancement Act of 2008. Requires the inter-disciplinary and multi-jurisdictional campus violence prevention plan...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009Postsec.Private College Campus Police
H.B. 2507
Relates to the peace officer powers granted to members of a private college or university campus police department. Provides that such power...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Cell Phone Use in School Speed Zones
H.B. 72
Provides that a person, regardless of age, may not use a wireless telephone while operating a motor vehicle on a roadway in a school speed z...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Threat of Destruction or Violence at School
H.B. 1105
Provides that a person commits disorderly conduct when he or she knowingly transmits or causes to be transmitted a threat of destruction of ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Traffic Fines in School Zones
S.B. 2024
Provides that $50 of the additional fine charged for (1) speeding in a school zone or (2) failure to yield to a pedestrian in a school zone ...

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ILSigned into law 08/2009P-12Safety Education and Driver Education
S.B. 1977 - Safety Education and Driver Education
Clarifies that Internet safety component must be taught at least once a school year to students in grades 3-12. Requires one class period a ...

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NCSigned into law 08/2009P-12Violence in School - Reporting Requirements
H.B. 1078
Ensures that acts of violence in schools are reported to the local superintendent or the superintendent's designee; requires local boards of...

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NCSigned into law 08/2009P-12Taking Indecent Liberties With a Student Requires Registration as Sex Offender
H.B. 209
Adds the offense of taking indecent liberties with a student to the list of sex offenses that require registration under the Sex Offender an...

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NDSigned into law 08/2009P-12School Procedures to Help in Identification and Location of Missing Children
S.B. 2161
Relates to school enrollment procedures to aid in the identification and location of missing children. When a child enrolls in a public or n...

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NHSigned into law 08/2009P-12Commission to Study School Discipline
H.B. 332
Establishes a commission to study school discipline. Defines membership and provides for duties of commission.
http://www.gencourt.state.nh....

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ORSigned into law 08/2009Postsec.Safety
S.B. 658
Grants to the university police of the Health and Science University the powers and authority of peace officers and police officers; require...

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AZSigned into law 07/2009P-12Background checks
H.B. 2031
Requires contractors, subcontractors, vendors, or any of their employees to have a valid fingerprint clearance card if they provide services...

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ILSigned into law 07/2009P-12Aggravated Battery with a Firearm
H.B. 867
Provides that aggravated battery with a firearm is also committed if the firearm is discharged on school grounds at a person known to be a s...

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LASigned into law 07/2009P-12School Safety Policies
H.B. 688
Creates the crime of unlawful disruption of the operation of a school; provides that the crime includes the commission of intimidation or ha...

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LASigned into law 07/2009P-12
Postsec.
Community College
Assault on Teachers and Faculty
H.B. 274
Relates to the crime of assault on a school teacher; provides that the definition of school means any public or nonpublic elementary, second...

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MOSigned into law 07/2009P-12Student Discipline
S.B. 291--Seclusion Rooms
Requires school district discipline policies to prohibit confining a student in an unattended, locked space except for an emergency situatio...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12Parental Notification Procedures for Responding to Threats and Emergencies
H.B. 1 - Section 3313.536
From DOE summary of H.B. 1: Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and chartered nonpublic schools to inform, prior to o...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12In-Service Training on Violence Prevention
H.B. 1 - Section 3319.073
Partially from DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Extends to public middle and high schools a requirement that under existing law applies to public ele...

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OHSigned into law 07/2009P-12School Health and Safety Inspections
H.B. 1 - Sections 3313.473, 3313.86, 3701.93 through 3701.936
From DOE summary of H.B. 1:
Section 3313.86: Creates new Section 3313.86. Requires school districts, community schools, STEM schools and ch...

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TNSigned into law 07/2009P-12Sexual Offenders
H.B. 1120
Relates to sexual offenders; prohibits sexual offender from being upon the premises of or loitering within 1,000 feet of a school, day care ...

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TNSigned into law 07/2009P-12School Safety Summit
H.B. 687
Requires board of education to convene a summit of various education stakeholders to discuss school safety issues. http://www.capitol.tn.gov...

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CTSigned into law 06/2009P-12Readmitting Expelled Students
H.B. 6567
Requires boards of education to readmit students to the district if such student has been in an out-of-district placement in lieu of expulsi...

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DESigned into law 06/2009P-12Amending Zero Tolerance Policies
H.B. 120
Amends the zero tolerance provision in the Delaware Code to give discretion to school boards to modify the terms of expulsions when a school...

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FLSigned into law 06/2009Postsec.Jurisdiction of Campus Police
S.B. 554
Relates to the legal jurisdiction of campus police; redefines the term mutual aid agreement to authorize state university police officers to...

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HISigned into law 06/2009P-12
Postsec.
Fire Inspections
S.B. 564
Makes discretionary, rather than mandatory, fire inspections conducted by the county fire chiefs. Provides that frequency of inspections of ...

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LAAdopted 06/2009P-12Guidelines for Expelled Students and their Parents
LAC 28:CXV.1309
Specifies the offenses for which expelled students and their parents or guardians shall have enrolled in and participate in an appropriate r...

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LASigned into law 06/2009P-12Student Discipline
S.B. 223
Provides relative to the removal of students from the classroom for certain inappropriate behavior and for parental notification and involve...

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MESigned into law 06/2009P-12Student Dating Violence Policies
H.B. 760
Requires school administrative units, with the help of the Department of Education's model dating violence policy, to implement dating viole...

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NCSigned into law 06/2009P-12Science Safety Measures in Schools
H.B. 42
Provides that prior to July 1, 2010, and annually thereafter, each local board of education shall certify to the State Board of Education (S...

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NCSigned into law 06/2009P-12Schools Notified of Criminal Intelligence Information
H.B. 1327
Authorizes law enforcement agencies to disseminate an assessment of criminal intelligence information to a school principal when necessary t...

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NCSigned into law 06/2009P-12School Bus Safety/Detection and Prosecution of Individuals Who Pass Stopped School Buses
H.B. 440
Provides for the use of automated camera or video recording systems to detect and prosecute individuals who pass stopped school buses; incre...

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NCSigned into law 06/2009P-12Reproductive Health and Safety Education
H.B. 88
Removes the requirement that local school administrative units (LEAs) provide only abstinence until marriage education and requires LEAs to ...

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ORSigned into law 06/2009P-12Cell Phones
H.B. 2377
Prohibits person of any age from operating motor vehicle while using mobile communication device except under certain circumstances.
http://...

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ORSigned into law 06/2009P-12Student Records
S.B. 512
Requires notice to a school administrator when a youth is within jurisdiction of the juvenile court, is charged with or convicted of certain...

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ORSigned into law 06/2009P-12
Postsec.
Hazing
S.B. 444
Defines terms for the purpose of the prohibition on hazing; punishes student organizations and their members by a maximum fine. Chapter 493
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SCSigned into law 06/2009P-12
Postsec.
Relates to Prohibition on Carrying Weapons on School Property
S.B. 593
Provides that the prohibition on the carrying of weapons on school property does not apply to a person who is authorized to carry a conceale...

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TNSigned into law 06/2009P-12Revised Bully Policies Go to Commissioner
S.B. 681
As introduced, requires an LEA revising its policy prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying, which was filed with the commissioner ...

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TNSigned into law 06/2009P-12Allegations Against Employees
H.B. 1210
Prohibits the issuance of an arrest warrant or criminal summons without written approval of the appropriate district attorney general to the...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Student Firearm Possession while Not on School Campus
H.B. 1020
Provides that a student may not be expelled solely on the basis of the student's use, exhibition or possession of a firearm at an approved t...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Leave Time for Assaulted Staff
H.B. 1470
Requires school districts to notify employees that they are entitled to leave time if physically assaulted during the performance of their r...

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TXSigned into law 06/2009P-12Disclosure of Child Misdemeanor Information
S.B. 1056
Bars criminal justice agencies from publicly disclosing criminal history information related to a child's conviction for a misdemeanor offen...

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WISigned into law 06/2009P-12School Safety Plans
A.B. 75
Provides that if a school district is created or a public or private school opens after the effective date of this paragraph, the school boa...

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WISigned into law 06/2009P-12School Safety Plans
A.B. 75
Repeals 120.12(26), which required the school board of a common or union high school district to have a school safety plan for each school i...

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WISigned into law 06/2009P-12Funding Adjustments for School Safety Plans, School Nurses, Transportation, and Energy Efficiency
A.B. 75
Adds 121.91 (4) (L). Defines "local law enforcement agency". Provides additional funding if a local board and local law enforcement agency (...

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ALSigned into law 05/2009P-12Student Harassment (Bullying) and Suicide Prevention
H.B. 216
Effective October 1, 2009. Establishes the Student Harassment Prevention Act. Requires local boards to adopt policies by July 2010 to preven...

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ALSigned into law 05/2009P-12School Safety Plans and Drills
H.B. 199
Becomes effective July 1, 2010. Requires local boards of education to adopt school safety plans and protocols. Requires principals to instru...

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ALSigned into law 05/2009P-12Behavior/Driver's License Eligibility
H.B. 464
Creates a system for increasing the age at which a person is eligible to apply for a learner's permit or driver's license if the person, ove...

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MNVetoed 05/2009P-12Establishment of Model Policies on Bullying
S.B. 971
Relates to education; provides for harassment, bullying, intimidation, and violence policies by school boards; revises provisions requiring ...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Assessing School Safety and Students' Engagement and Connection at School
H.F. 2
Establishes a process for the commissioner and qualified experts and other stakeholders including parents and teachers to (1) identify highl...

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MNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Suspension of Children with Disabilities
H.F. 2
Consistent with federal law and state suspension procedures, allows school personnel to suspend children with disabilities. Establishes para...

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NHSigned into law 05/2009P-12Teen Dating Violence
H.C.R. 7
This concurrent resolution urges the development of teen dating violence education policies in all schools in the state.
http://www.gencourt...

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NVSigned into law 05/2009P-12Gang Activity
A.B. 154
Amends existing law which authorizes the boards of trustees of school districts to establish policies prohibiting the activities of criminal...

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NYSigned into law 05/2009P-12Public Schools Emergency Alert Act
A.B. 1245
Enacts the public schools emergency alert act. Requires the New York City Schools chancellor to implement an emergency alert notification sy...

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OKSigned into law 05/2009Postsec.Campus Security Plans May Be Confidential
S.B. 585
Allows public educational institutions may keep confidential campus security plans. An institution or agency may in its discretion release ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Notice to Schools Clarified/Broadened
S.B. 680
Expands the offenses for which notice must be given to schools when an adjudicated delinquent juvenile offender is sent back into a regular ...

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TNSigned into law 05/2009P-12No More Van Transportation
S.B. 2327
Removes the authorization for an LEA to transport up to 15 students to and from an interscholastic athletic or other interscholastic or scho...

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TNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Bullying Provisions Required Rather than Encouraged
S.B. 283
Requires, rather than encourages, school districts to include certain criteria in policies prohibiting harassment, intimidation, or bullying...

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TNSigned into law 05/2009P-12Discipline Referrals
H.B. 374
Requires written referrals for student's behavior to be returned to faculty or staff member issuing the referral. The referral would be kept...

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WASigned into law 05/2009P-12School safety
S.B. 5263
Prohibits the carrying onto, or possession on, public or private elementary and secondary school premises, school-provided transportation, o...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009P-12Appeal of Suspension of Expulsion
H.B. 1091
Allows a school district board of directors to meet in executive session on an appeal of the suspension or expulsion of a public school stud...

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ARSigned into law 04/2009Postsec.
Community College
Campus Security Enhancement Act
H.B. 2135
Enacts the Campus Security Enhancement Act to create a multidisciplinary advisory task force composed of leaders in education, mental health...

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COSigned into law 04/2009P-12Discipline for Artificial Firearms at School Property
S.B. 237
Permits, rather than requires, a school district to suspend or expel a student for brandishing an artificial firearm; permits a school distr...

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INSigned into law 04/2009P-12Student Discipline
H.B. 1419
Requires the governing body of a school corporation to develop an evidence-based plan for improving behavior and discipline in the school co...

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INSigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Background Checks, Student Discipline
H.B. 1462
Exempts a postsecondary educational institution from paying a fee for a limited pre-employment criminal history record; requires school corp...

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INSigned into law 04/2009P-12School Speed Zones
H.B. 1123
Authorizes a city, county, or town to establish speed limits for schools located on streets or highways under the jurisdiction of the city, ...

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MDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Suspension/Expulsion -- not for Attendance Offenses only
H.B. 660; S.B. 241
Prohibits a principal from suspending or expelling a student from school solely for attendance-related offenses.
http://mlis.state.md.us/200...

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MDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Student Dating Violence Prevention
S.B. 1049
Requires the State Board of Education to develop and implement in the public schools a program to educate students about dating violence; re...

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MTSigned into law 04/2009P-12Two prongs: Discipline & Location of School Board Meetings
H.B. 332
Allows school board trustees to meet outside district boundaries for purpose of collaboration with other boards, agencies or collaboratives;...

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NDSigned into law 04/2009P-12Consistent Disciplinary Policies
S.B. 2289
Provides for consistent policies regarding corporal punishment. Prohibits a school board from expanding through policy the definition of cor...

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NYSigned into law 04/2009Postsec.Domestic Violence and Stalking Prevention
A.B. 2714
Requires college campuses to provide incoming students with information about domestic violence and stalking prevention. http://assembly.sta...

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ARSigned into law 03/2009P-12Juvenile Safety Plan
H.B. 1057
Provides for verbal notification of changes to a juvenile safety plan to school principals and assistant school principals. http://www.arkle...

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ARSigned into law 03/2009P-12Antony Hobbs III Act
S.B. 312
Creates school- based automated external defibrillator and cardiopulmonary resuscitation programs.
http://www.arkleg.state.ar.us/assembly/20...

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NDSigned into law 03/2009P-12Consistent Disciplinary Policies
S.B. 2289
Provides for consistent policies regarding corporal punishment. Prohibits a school board from expanding through policy the definition of
cor...

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UTSigned into law 03/2009P-12Reporting Speeders in Reduced Speed School Zones
H.B. 202
Authorizes a school crossing guard who observes a person speeding in a reduced speed school zone to report the incident to a law enforcement...

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UTSigned into law 03/2009P-12Disruption of School Activities
H.B. 244
Provides a definition of school property to include areas where programs or activities are being conducted. Provides that it is a class A mi...

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VASigned into law 03/2009P-12Alternative Education for Students Charged with an Offense
H.B. 2341
Provides that pending the decision by the division superintendent as to whether to require that a student charged with an offense involving ...

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VASigned into law 03/2009P-12Assistance in Event of an Emergency
S.B. 1150
Requires all school emergency plans to include a provision that the Department of Criminal Justice Services and the State Criminal Injuries ...

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VTSigned into law 03/2009P-12Comprehensive Statewide Approach to Prevention of Child Sexual Abuse
S.B. 13
Intended to implement the November 2008 Report of the Senate Committee on Judiciary's 34-Point Comprehensive Plan for Vermont's Sexual Abuse...

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UTAdopted 02/2009P-12Electronic Devices in Public Schools
R277-495
Directs all districts and charter schools, by April 2009, to adopt policies governing the possession and use of electronic devices while on ...

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VASigned into law 02/2009P-12Sufficient Cause for Suspension
H.B. 1794
Provides that the sufficient cause necessary to suspend a student cannot rest solely on instances of tardiness or truancy.
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VASigned into law 02/2009Postsec.
Community College
Emergency Planning
H.B. 1664
Eliminates the requirement that the State Council of Higher Education must develop and revise, as it deems necessary, a model institutional ...

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VASigned into law 02/2009P-12Reporting of Violent Acts
H.B. 2513
Adds act of violence by a mob to the listing of offenses that are reported by a juvenile intake officer to a school division superintendent ...

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VASigned into law 02/2009P-12Codes of Student Conduct
H.B. 1624
Relates to Board of Education model policies for codes of student conduct; provides for the inclusion of electronic bullying, harassment, an...

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VASigned into law 02/2009P-12Suspension of Driver's License Due to Truancy
H.B. 1826
Provides for the suspension of the driver's license or learner's permit of any minor who has 10 or more unexcused absences from public schoo...

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