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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]. 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 CA Signed into law 10/2009 P-12 Transmission of State Board Meetings and Hearings S.B. 312 Requires the state board of education and the state allocation board to provide for live video and audio transmission of all meetings and he... More... IL Signed into law 08/2009 P-12 "Twice-Exceptional" Students H.B. 900 Requires the Advisory Council on the Education of Children with Disabilities and the Advisory Council on the Education of Gifted and Talente... More... HI Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Department of Education Employee Benefits H.B. 541 Extends repealer from 2009 to 2011 for provision requiring civil service benefits for department of education civil service employees to be ... More... HI Veto overridden: legislature has overridden governor's veto 07/2009 P-12 Teacher Standards Board H.B. 183 Increases the membership on the Hawaii teacher standards board from 13 to 15 with two public members representing the community. Allows the ... More... OH Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 District Transition from One Educational Service Center to Another H.B. 1 - Section 3311.059 Specifies the impacts the state board must consider in determining whether to approve a local district's resolution to sever from its educat... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Recordings of State Board Meetings H.B. 1 - Section 3301.041 Adds new section. Requires the state board of education to make an audio recording of each regular and special business meeting, to be made ... More... OH Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Dissolution of Educational Service Center H.B. 1- Section 3311.0510 Establishes procedures for the dissolution of an educational service center (ESC) from which all districts within the ESC's service area hav... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Advisory Council and Early Childhood Financing Workgroup H.B. 1 - Section 3301.90 and 265.70.20 Section 3301.90:Creates the Early Childhood Advisory Council to serve as the federally mandated state advisory council for early childhood e... More... OH Vetoed 07/2009 P-12 Recontracting Following Dissolution of Educational Service Center H.B. 1 - Section 3313.843 Provides that if an educational service center that has received funding according to statutory provisions as they stood prior to September ... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Ohio Tuition Trust Authority H.B. 1 - Section 3334.03, 3334.07, 3334.08, 3334.11 Places the Ohio tuition trust authority in the office of the chancellor of the board of regents. Provides that the Ohio tuition trust author... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 "Help Me Grow" Advisory Council H.B. 1 - Section 3701.611 and 289.20 Establishes the "Help Me Grow" advisory council, to serve as the state interagency coordinating council, as described in 20 U.S.C. 1441. Est... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Early Childhood Cabinet Appointment H.B. 1 - Section 265.10.23 Directs the governor to appoint to the early childhood cabinet a representative of a board of health of a city or general health district or... More... OH Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Department of Education Use of Volunteers H.B. 1- Section 265.60.30 Authorizes the department of education to use volunteers to accomplish any of the purposes of the department. Directs the state superintende... More... TX Signed into law 07/2009 P-12 Education Agency Sunset S.B. 2A Relates to the governmental entities subject to the sunset review process. Extends the sunset of the education agency, the tax division, the... More... UT Adopted 07/2009 P-12 MESA Funding Application Review Committee R277-717-1 Changes the composition of the MESA Public Education Funding Application Review Committee in the definitions. http://www.rules.utah.gov/publ... More... UT Adopted 07/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Payment for Attending and Traveling to Meetings R25-5 Clarifies rules related to per diem payments and reimbursement of travel expenses for policy board officers or employees to attend official ... More... ME Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Review of State Board of Education Duties H.B. 900 The Department of Education will review the powers and duties of the State Board of Education and prepare legislation to transfer the powers... More... OR Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 State Board of Education S.B. 428 Adds the State Treasurer and the Secretary of State to the Board of Education as nonvoting, ex officio members. Chapter 446 http://www.leg.s... More... TX Signed into law 06/2009 P-12 Outside Legal Counsel for Teacher Retirement System H.B. 1259 Sets conditions and procedures permitting the the Teacher Retirement System to hire outside legal counsel to provide legal services. http://... 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 h... More... AL Pocket veto by governor 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College Filling of State and Local Leadership Positions H.B. 64 Requires notice of a vacancy in the positions of state superintendent of education and chancellor to be posted by the state board of educati... More... HI Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Postsec. Teacher Education Coordinating Committee S.B. 501 Clarifies membership requirements of the Teacher Education Coordinating Committee to ensure that all institutions that are state-approved te... More... ID Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Finance S.B. 1230 Appropriates moneys to the State Board of Education for the Office of the State Board of Education; limits the number of full-time equivalen... More... TX Signed into law 05/2009 P-12 Internet Broadcasts of Open Meetings H.B. 772 Provides for Internet broadcasts of open meetings held by the state board of education. http://www.legis.state.tx.us/tlodocs/81R/billtext/pd... More... GA Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Postsec. Community College State Contracts and Purchases S.B. 44 Establishes elements that must be reflected in state board rules on contracts or purchases of $100 or more. Requires the state board, to the... More... HI Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Federal Grants Revolving Fund S.B. 164 Relates to the department of education and the federal grants revolving fund. Authorizes the department to expend such funds to monitor gran... More... HI Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 State Board Meetings S.B. 438 Authorizes the board of education to file any meeting notice that specifies legislation or legislation-related agenda items no fewer than tw... More... HI Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 District Business and Fiscal Officers S.B. 163 Repeals the district business and fiscal officer positions within the department of education. In lieu of these positions, the legislature h... More... HI Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Performance Standards Review Commission S.B. 162 Repeals the educational and performance standards review commission. http://www.capitol.hawaii.gov/session2009/Bills/SB162_.HTM... More... MD Signed into law 04/2009 P-12 Youth Advisory Council Member H.B. 485; S.B. 463 Alters the term of a youth member of the Youth Advisory Council; increases the term of a youth member who is elected cochair of the Council;... More... KY Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Education and Workforce Development Cabinet S.B. 78 Renames the Education Cabinet the Education and Workforce Development Cabinet; amends various statutes to conform; confirms Executive Order ... More... MS Vetoed 03/2009 P-12 State Board Authority H.B. 590 Authorizes the State Board of Education to contract with and provide funds to regional educational service agencies for any education-relate... More... MS Signed into law 03/2009 P-12 Contracting With Regional Educational Service Agencies S.B. 2315 Authorizes the State Board of Education to contract with and provide funds to regional educational service agencies for any education-relate... More... OH Adopted 03/2009 P-12 Exemptions from Statutes/Rules OAC 3301-46-01 Authorizes the governing board of any educational service center, or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school to submi... More... OH Adopted 03/2009 P-12 Innovative Education Pilot Programs OAC 3301-46-01 Authorizes the governing board of any educational service center or the administrative authority of any chartered nonpublic school to submit... More... UT Adopted 03/2009 P-12 State Board Procedures R277-101 Includes new definitions, a new section regarding consideration of previous state board action, and a new section on state board waiver of a... More... UT Adopted 03/2009 P-12 State Board of Education Protected Documents R277-117 Provides definitions, procedures in preparing and releasing RFPs, and RFP-like proposals or grants, and procedures for maintaining the fairn... More... 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 School Safety--Bullying Prevention/Conflict Resolution School Safety--Code of Conduct School Safety--Corporal Punishment School Safety--Disaster/Emergency Preparedness School Safety--Expulsion/Suspension School Safety--No Child Left Behind--Safe Schools School Safety--Sexual Harassment and Assault School Safety--Special Education School/District Structure/Operations School/District Structure/Operations--District Consolidation/Deconsolidation School/District Structure/Operations--Facilities School/District Structure/Operations--Food Service School/District Structure/Operations--Libraries School/District Structure/Operations--Personnel (Non-Teaching) School/District Structure/Operations--School Size School/District Structure/Operations--Shared Services School/District Structure/Operations--Transportation Service-Learning Special Education Special Education--Finance Special Education--Placement Special Education--Transition Special Populations--Corrections Education Special Populations--Foster Care Special Populations--Gifted and Talented Special Populations--Homeless Education Special Populations--Immigrant Education Special Populations--Military Standards State Longitudinal Data Systems State Policymaking State Policymaking--Task Forces/Commissions STEM Student Achievement Student Achievement--Closing the Achievement Gap Student Supports--Counseling/Guidance Student Supports--Mentoring/Tutoring Student Supports--Remediation Students Students--Athletics/Extracurricular Activities Students--Employment Students--Mobility Students--Records/Rights Teaching Quality Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Alternative Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Assignment Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Highly Qualified Teachers Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Natl. Bd. for Prof. Teach. Stds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Special Education Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--State Prof. Standards Bds. Teaching Quality--Certification and Licensure--Substitute Teachers Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Pay-for-Performance Teaching Quality--Compensation and Diversified Pay--Retirement/Benefits Teaching Quality--Evaluation and Effectiveness Teaching Quality--Induction Programs and Mentoring Teaching Quality--Paraprofessionals Teaching Quality--Preparation Teaching Quality--Professional Development Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--At-Risk Schools Teaching Quality--Recruitment and Retention--High-Needs Subjects Teaching Quality--Reduction in Force Teaching Quality--Teacher Attitudes Teaching Quality--Teacher Rights Teaching Quality--Tenure or Continuing Contract Teaching Quality--Unions/Collective Bargaining Teaching Quality--Working Conditions Technology Technology--Computer Skills Technology--Devices/Software/Hardware Technology--Equitable Access Technology--Funding Issues Technology--Teacher/Faculty Training Textbooks and Open Source Urban Urban--Governance