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From the ECS State Policy Database 2009 State Policies / Activities

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The following summary includes policies enacted in 2009. This database is made possible by your state's fiscal support of the Education Commission of the States (ECS). Most entries are legislative, although rules/regulations and executive orders that make substantive changes are included. Every effort is made to collect the latest available version of policies; in some instances, recent changes might not be reflected. For expediency purposes minimal attention has been paid to style (capitalization, punctuation) and format. To view the documents, click on the blue triangle next to the topic of interest. To view all, press the button located at the top labeled "Expand All." Please cite use of the database as: Education Commission of the States (ECS) State Policy Database, retrieved [date]. 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Dropout Prevention)--Drugs/Alcohol Attendance Attendance--Compulsory Attendance--Statutory Ages (Upper and Lower) Attendance--Truancy Background Checks Bilingual/ESL Business Involvement Career/Technical Education Career/Technical Education--Career Academies/Apprenticeship Cheating Choice of Schools--Charter Schools Choice of Schools--Charter Schools--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 Counseling/Guidance 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 IL Adopted 12/2009 P-12 Federal Funding of School Districts 23 IAC 100.120, .130, .Table C Adapted from Illinois Register: Amends rules to provide for uniformity in accounting for the federal funds that school districts receive under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Establishes new account numbers so that the specific feder... More... CA Signed into law 09/2009 P-12 Bringing Per-Pupil Spending to National Average A.C.R. 54 States legislative intent that the state of California generate sufficient funds for, and allocate sufficient funds to education, so as to bring per-pupil spending up to or beyond the national average, and to a level that accounts for the actual cost of educat... More... AZ Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2011C Provides for K-12 budget reconciliation; relates to intergovernmental agreements and contracts, the Early Graduation Scholarship Program, charter schools, the State Board of Education duties, school district and charter school procurement, school accreditation... More... AZ Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2648 Relates to the implementation of the FY 2009-10 budget for K-12 education, basic state aid, K-12 rollover, online instruction, teacher performance pay, the Early Graduation Scholarship Program, the School Facilities Board, school district personnel employment ... More... AZ Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 1187 Relates to charter schools and financing; makes appropriations; relates to kindergarten through grade twelve education budget reconciliation; relates to contracts; relates to investment of public monies, graduate information and scholarships. http://www.azleg.... More... CA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 After School Education and Safety Program A.B. 2 - Section 8 The purpose of the After School Education and Safety Program is to create incentives for establishing before- and after-school enrichment programs (including during the summer) that partner public schools and communities to provide academic and literacy suppor... More... CA Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. No Automatic Increases A.B. 12D - Section 6 Provides that no automatic increases will be provided to the University of California, California State University or to state agency operations, including, but not limited to, annual price increases to state departments and agencies. http://www.leginfo.ca.gov... More... OH Adopted 07/2009 P-12 State Health Care Fund OAC 3307:1-11-12 Establishes the "Health Care Fund" as a separate account within the Employers' Trust Fund. Provides that fund assets may be used only for the payment of health care benefits, qualified medical expenses, dental and vision coverage, if applicable, and to reimbur... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Waivers from Financial Requirements H.B. 1 - Section 3306.40 Authorizes local boards to apply to the state superintendent for waivers from financial provisions established in Chapter 3306, including any applicable expenditure or reporting standard prescribed by rule adopted by statutory requirement, or or a waiver of an... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Formula Accountability and Transparency Form H.B. 1 - Section 3306.35 Applies only to school districts, and not to community schools or STEM schools. Directs the department of education to develop a form, to be known as the "Formula Accountability and Transparency" form or "FACT" form. Directs the department to annually publish ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Flexibility to Meet ARRA Requirements H.B. 1 - Section 265.50.53 and 265.50.55 Section 265.50.53: In fiscal years 2010 and 2011, allows the state superintendent to recommend the reallocation of unexpended and unincumbered general revenue fund appropriations if the superintendent deems this necessary to meet the reporting requirements of ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Calculating Certain Components of State Funding H.B. 1 - Section 3306.06, 3306.07, 3306.08, 3306.09, 3306.091, 3306.10, 3306.11, 3306.12, 3306.13, 3306.18, 3306.19, 3306.191, 3306.192, Establishes the method of calculating the following components of each district's adequacy amount: Section 3306.06: "Additional services support component" (includes 5 factors: family and community liaison; counselor; summer remediation; school nurse wellness... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 District Spending Plans H.B. 1 - Section 3306.30 Requires local boards to annually submit to the department of education a plan describing how the district will spend the funds received under the evidence-based model. Requires districts to spend funds received for each component, and for districts with a thr... More... TN Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Reporting of Total Funds Received - ARRA H.B. 1988 Requires the state school bond authority to report the total funds received under the federal American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to the chairs of the senate and house finance, ways and means committees by January 2, 2010. http://www.capitol.tn.gov/... More... MO Vetoed 06/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 2 Appropriates money for the expenses, grants, refunds, and distributions of the State Board of Education and Department of Elementary and Secondary Education. http://www.house.mo.gov/billtracking/bills091/billpdf/truly/HB0002T.PDF... More... NV Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Postsec. Consultants A.B. 463 Requires the Interim Finance Committee to approve the employment of a consultant by a department, agency, or local governmental entity; requires a board, commission, school district and institution of the Higher Education System to submit a report concerning c... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 5520 Appropriates moneys from the General Fund and the Rainy Day Fund to the Department of Education for the State School Fund; creates a formula by the the Department of Administrative Service calculates the amount of certain appropriations from funds; limits bien... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Budgets H.B. 2012 Requires the transfer of the lottery ending balance after the end of each biennium to the school capital matching subaccount created within the Education Stability Fund. Chapter 872. http://www.leg.state.or.us/09reg/measpdf/hb2000.dir/hb2012.en.pdf... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 5554 Relates to state financial administration; transfers the balance of the Education Stability Fund to the State School Fund; establishes the maximum limit for payment of expenses by the Department of Education from lottery moneys transferred to the State School ... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 SEA Funds H.B. 3646 - Sections 40 and 41 Section 40: Specifies that the state education agency is to use funds appropriated for such purposes to develop (1) summer study guides to help parents of students who do not perform satisfactorily on one or more portions of specified state assessments and (2)... More... WI Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 ARRA Funds S.B. 232 Act No. 23. STATE SCHOOL AID; JUNE 2009. In the second fiscal year of the fiscal biennium in which this subsection takes effect, in addition to the lapse required in 2009 Wisconsin Act 11, section 9139 (1f), there is lapsed to the general fund $261,278,000 fro... More... GA Vetoed 05/2009 P-12 Expenditure Controls S.B. 178 Sections 8 and 9 Adds new subsections to Code Section 20-2-167 and 20-2-184.1. Provides that for the 2008-09 and 2009-10 school years, the expenditure controls relating to direct instruction costs, media center costs, professional development costs, and additional days of inst... More... MN Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Mapping State Expenditures on Children H.B. 702 Authorizes a pilot project to map state expenditures on children for providing health, safety, stability, growth, development, and education in the state. Requires a study on the collection and reporting of summary data relating to decisions that affect a chil... More... MT Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Additional Uses for Stimulus Funds H.B. 645 Implements receipt of and appropriates federal stimulus funds to include the hospital bed tax allocation, school district employee retirement costs, unemployment benefits and working training, TANF block grants, water projects, the Medicaid account, a wood pro... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Stabilization Fund Dollars H.B. 1400 - Stabilization Fund Dollars Requires the superintendent of public instruction to notify the superintendent and board of each school district in the state, by certified mail, that any education stabilization fund dollars received by the district as a result of the American Recovery and Re... More... ND Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 State School Aid H.B. 1400 and H.B. 1013 - Appropriations From the fiscal note: The total funding increases addressed in the bill is $198,544,337. It is made up of $102,800,000 general fund, 10,100,000 state tuition fund, and $85,644,337 federal ARRA state fiscal stabilization funds. The breakdown is as follows: $82,... More... NE Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Amends Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act L.B. 545 Changes the Tax Equity and Educational Opportunities Support Act pursuant to the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009; amends provisions regarding the Education Innovation Fund; relates to property taxes; amends provisions regarding expenditures for ... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 Postsec. Education Stabilization Funding S.B. 69 Authorizes the Oklahoma State Regents for Higher Education to expend from the Education Stabilization component of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act Fund the sum of Sixty-eight Million Seven Hundred Ninety-two Thousand Four Hundred Seventy-seven Dolla... More... OK Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Appropriations S.B. 219 Appropriations bill -- state department of education. http://webserver1.lsb.state.ok.us/2009-10bills/SB/SB219_ENR.RTF... More... WA Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Salaries H.B. 2363 Suspends temporarily any cost-of-living salary increases for educational employees; provides for additional cost-of-living allocations in subsequent fiscal years. Chapter 573 http://apps.leg.wa.gov/documents/billdocs/2009-10/Pdf/Bills/House%20Passed%20Legislat... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Special Schools S.B. 1210 Appropriates funds to the State School for the Deaf and the Blind; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions; provides legislative intent on personnel costs; provides legislative intent on school operations; directs salary reductions. Chapter 204 htt... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 312 Appropriates moneys to the Superintendent of Public Instruction/State Department of Education for fiscal year 2010; limits the number of full-time equivalent positions; expresses legislative intent with regard to the longitudinal data system; provides legislat... More... ID Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Finance H.B. 314 Appropriates moneys to the Department of Health and Welfare for the Independent Councils for fiscal year 2010; provides that the State Controller shall make transfers from the General Fund; limits the number of full time equivalent positions for the Independen... More... NV Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Finance A.B. 533 Makes a supplemental appropriation to the State Distributive School Account for unanticipated shortfalls in Fiscal Year 2008-2009 in certain tax revenue. Chapter 17 http://leg.state.nv.us/75th2009/Bills/AB/AB533_EN.pdf... More... UT Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Minimum School Year Program S.B. 4 Modifies revenues appropriated for the Minimum School Program and school building programs; establishes a ceiling for the state contribution to the Minimum School Program for fiscal year 2008-09; specifies how reductions to the Minimum School Program shall be ... More... WI Signed into law 02/2009 P-12 Postsec. Act 2 - Finances and Appropriations S.B. 62 Provides a total of $2,630,000 in grant moneys to certain organizations in the building trades to provide job training and retraining programs, including training in green building and the installation of alternative energy systems. The following organizations... More... 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